Between rising prices and gilded ballrooms, Trump has practically giftwrapped oppo ads for Democrats.

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    6 hours ago

    He doesn’t care. He’s on his way out, ultimately he’ll burn the entire world just to get his way.

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    You have to keep in the front of your mind the fact that he’s a strong narcissist. Things like truth and reality don’t matter, and the only thing that’s kind of true to him is whatever he believes, and that’s what he believes right now, and that’s that he’s the best, and everyone loves him except for crazy people.

    So in answer to your question, no, he is not trying to lose because in his brain he isn’t losing and he couldn’t possibly lose.

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      Strong narcissist is a severe understatement. He doesn’t think other people are capable of agency at all. Which is why he’s constantly flying off the handle any time someone breaths in his direction

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        Then we need a new word, because narcissist is the closest we’ve got. I think he’s just such a distilled pure case that it seems different when it’s just the prime example.

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    My guess is the powered that holdings strings will sacrifice Trump if he loses the elections and bank on JD Vance staying in office with the rest of the corrupt cabinet.

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          Not what I said.

          But in the end dems only hold the status quo until the next reps move in, so it’s really just a matter of time, anyway. Voting dems feels like it should be helping, but it’s not. It’s a race to the bottom, and the choice is between fast descent and slow descent.

          The system is working as intended. The first step to change it is accepting it’s not working for the people, no matter what you vote.

          Having said that, if confined to the system, the dems are obviously the sane choice.

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    Probably bored of unlimited power and is tired of being around the other miserable fucks in his cabinet.

    I cant imagine a hell worse than the personal life trump has created for himself.

    Shitting yourself through a presidency you are completely incapable of managing. Surrounding yourself with the most evil people on the planet. Everyone hating your guts and the people who dont hate you are mentally challenged. Then living with the fact that the thin veneer of your legacy is all undone the second the world sees the mandated documents you signed the law to release.

    Trump might nuke us all to hell but only because he lives his own personal hell every time he looks in the mirror to slop orange gook on his face like the fucking clown he is.

    But yeah, when hes not using his fortune to fuck kids he gets to eat big macs on air force one.

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      Yeah and the sad/hilarious thing about it is that he doesn’t even enjoy rich guy shit . He doesn’t appreciate good food, which is why he eats McDs instead of $1000/oz caviar. He’s traveled but I’m sure he just sits in hotels–can you imagine him appreciating being in a new place and just taking in the surroundings, or enjoying nature somewhere? He’s not having amazing new experiences skiing in the Alps or skydiving or anything.

      Other than covering everything he can with gold and I guess being a guest on some luxury yachts, he could have had everything he’s ever cared about on a working stiff’s salary. The only real thing his wealth ever did for him was allow him to put up buildings with his name on it. Was that worth never having a real relationship or someone loving you (other than maybe with Epstein), never having a single accomplishment, and having everyone except delusional cultists detest your entire existence?

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        The only thing that makes him happy when he travels is when he sees hotels, golf courses, etc. all emblazoned with the name Trump. He’s such a narcissist that he simply can’t enjoy something that doesn’t shout “Trump” in the most garish way possible.

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      That would require a level of self-awareness greater than any that Trump has ever shown.

      I’d put my money on incompetence, dementia and hubris.

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      11 hours ago

      I like that someone edited this manga to later post on 4chan only for you to eventually upload it here. Maga really can’t stop winning can they? Like we told them what would happen but their hatred said otherwise. Now we are forced to deal with the consequences.

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    Doesn’t matter the damage would take a generation to fix and the heritage foundation has solidified 3/4 of its plan. The other elephant in the room is that the fascist terrorist state of Israel fully owns both parties so unless we start arresting these politicians for treason we’ll continue to be occupied by a genocidal state. This is the part where I get yelled at because vote blue no matter who which I have done my entire life and I’m pretty old and things continue to get worse. Also, candidates like Newsom are also neoliberal Israeli first fascists so there’s that too.

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    23 hours ago

    They are betting on there being no midterms, or provoking a 9/11 type attack and rallying support before then.

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      For any attack against the US, the Donvict is at the top of my list of suspects responsible at this point. It’s the new meaning of ‘America First.’

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    He will try his hardest to cheat, but he is also pissing a lot of people off.

    Now if the Stop All Voters Equality bill passes, then it’s possible we could lose tens of millions of votes due to more election rigging by Republicans, but even then it may not be enough.

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    He’s knows he’s going to lose, so he wants it to be as messy as possible.

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        Interesting tidbit from that article:

        California runs a top-two primary system that puts all candidates on the same ballot, regardless of party, and sends the two candidates who get the most voters onto the November general election.

        Leading California Democrats are worried that their party has so many candidates, they risk splitting the vote and sending Bianco and Steve Hilton, another top Republican, onto the general election. That would be a stunning outcome in the heavily Democratic state.

        Then implement ranked-choice ballots you stupid bastards

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    Many people are underestimating how much red and purple states are going to suppress blue votes. This is without the SAVE act suppressing an unprecedented net amount of democratic votes.

    Previously we were looking at a base 3 point advantage for republicans…people got used to that. It’s estimated Trumpism expanded that to about 5% the last election…going forward it could be 8 or above. The Democrats will never will again if the save act passes. It’s just numbers.

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      The SAVE act is too much of a wild card variable to accurately predict, too wide reaching with too much general fuckery. Most Republican fuckery requires precision so as to prevent back firing, slow well tested and generally easy to control. This is the equivalent of calling an arty bombardment on yourself, sure you may just kill your enemies or you just blow yourself up.

      Wouldn’t factor too much of it before it passes, which I suspect it never will simply because the Republicans with brain cells probably want it to stay in limbo. It’s basically a no lose situation for them if it stays just a bill they support openly even if backrooms deals have effectively killed it.

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      I’ve heard a lot of people talking about how the SAVE Act may actually hurt more Republican voters, as they’re significantly less likely to have a passport vs Democratic voters

      This absolutely does not make it ok

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    Remember the pandemic, he sucks at handling a crisis and can only succeed if dems shoot themselves in the foot and put an unpopular candidate.

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      she’s a woman, that’s what made her unpopular

      it wasn’t a bad decision, she’s still the most qualified candidate

      but americans showed what they want and they will live with it

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      If there was another pandemic right now trump would deny its existence annd even more millions of Wankees would die. And they’d die for him and for “freedumb” - willingly.