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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 195 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey Trump, it is a sign of weakness if you change course now.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be weird if he changed course this late in the game.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No, no, you're doing great! Keep making a big deal about her ethnicity, you've almost got all the black voters convinced to stay home!

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[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I thought you were smarter than that but you’re acting like a dumbass.

The rest of us caught on 8 years ago.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

They saw what they wanted to see.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are begging him to focus on policy.

Oh you sweet summer children, Trump never had any policy. If he tries to focus on it it will just further show he's all bluster no substance.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, should focus more on P2025 policy and how it will be implemented. That will win over a lot of people.

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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Trump, please do three months of denying Kamala is even American. Make campaigns great again or something. Stay the course.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

"Trump's fans beg him to change course."

Sure, Jan. You wouldn't BE his fans if he wasn't exactly the thing he is every single day.

Anyway, is this really the thing that's a step too far? Is this the worst thing he's ever done on camera? It isn't.

It just feels worse this time because you can feel that Kamala Harris is going to beat him.

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah. He should keep doubling down. I'm sure that won't backfire. /s

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's all his mind is capable of.

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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

I mean, he’s a weird fucking loser

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You need to focus on policy.

When has he ever done that? His magnum opus was crooked Hillary and lock her up.

Do they not know that he is mostly about slogans and talking shit?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

He's always focused on policy. This is him focused on policy. His policy is "whatever Trump decides is best for Trump at any given moment," and he's so dedicated to it that he got the GOP to write it into their platform.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why do websites think that "turning off my ad-blocker" or "paying for a subscription" are my only two options?

It's the internet. The option to x out of there and go read almost the exact same article elsewhere is always a third option.

Demands only work when you have content no one else does.

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

I especially like how they've always loaded the full page in the background behind their popup with their little ultimatum. So they've already paid the costs in bandwidth and resources to serve up the page anyway, only for me to just close the tab on them.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine all these people thinking Trump will read their tweets and take their advice

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Weirdest part is people being surprised...

They still don't get how much Joe was holding the party back. Anyone else would have seen these same gains

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Sadly being good at governing doesn't mean being good at running in an election.

I was hoping that people could see trump presidency vs Biden presidency and see the difference, but it looks like that's not enough.

Having said that, I hope Kamala will be as good or even better than Biden in governing.

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[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Focusing in policy would tank him.

His whole appeal is that he has no coherent ideology, so you can project whatever views you have onto him.

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[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Trump will interpret this as "time to double down!"

[–] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Uuh. Every conservative I know irl can't stop boasting about how hard Trump is kicking Biden and Harris's ass

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

His true colors are showing.

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