Leroy42 wrote: » Yeah, not formally coming out to say he was running in 2024 is quite a tell. Trump doesn't do subtle. He would like nothing more than have launched his campaign as soon as possible. Given that he said he would have big things to say soon as he slunk away from the WH, and yet had nothing is pretty telling. We can all agree that Trump loves nothing more, and has been incredibly good at, leading the media headlines. He tends to take over the narrative. And he feeds off that. And yet here was a great opportunity to take the story away from Biden, from the Covid success etc and get it firmly back on him. That Trump was formally starting his re-eleciton campaign. He didn't do that. And one can only assume because he knows, at this point in time at least, he has no chance.
hotmail.com wrote: » Do American voters comment on the Daily Mail?
astrofool wrote: » Negative 5 months for trump it seems. If he was running, he would have announced just as he did in 2017 when president, all he's doing now is stringing some fools along with him. His numbers are well down since the election and will only get worse as the years go on.
Quin_Dub wrote: » I'm not sure that declaring/not declaring is the real measure for him Something that might be worth checking - How long can he keep the various PAC's going without declaring that he's running? It's all about the money , if he has to declare to allow him to keep raking in the donations he'll do that , not because he definitely will , but because he wants/needs the money.
briany wrote: » He got the most votes of any Republican presidential candidate in history. Does that say nothing of his popularity?
briany wrote: » Trump may need some time to recombobulate before announcing another run at the presidency, but even taking another presidential bid out of the equation, his shadow looms large over the Republican party. He got the most votes of any Republican presidential candidate in history. Does that say nothing of his popularity? The only question is if he runs himself or if he decides on a surrogate.
astrofool wrote: » This means nothing really, it fails to take into account population growth and a very high turn out in the states, he lost the votes by about 10%, that is a huge margin to overcome, even with the EC to protect you.
everlast75 wrote: » This is interesting DeSantis is top. He is a carbon copy of Trump, so it would appear people "like" Trump's way of politics, but don't necessarily think he is the guy to bring it home.
Asked if he regretted anything about how he handled the riots, Trump blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for poor security and then boasted about the size of the crowd that was in D.C. to support him. “The press doesn’t like to talk about it, but the real number was much, much bigger... It was tremendous numbers of people, not the Capitol, I’m talking about the rally itself, and it was a lovefest, it was a beautiful thing.”
ExMachina1000 wrote: » I dismissed it because it's not a real thing. Even suggesting that its plausible seems like an opinion of fantasy.
Quin_Dub wrote: » Trump called in to Fox News after his CPAC speech.. Sounds like it was just as you might have expected it to be. His ability to "Look at an utterly appalling thing and find a single crumb that he thinks makes him look good and then to make a huge deal of that crumb whilst ignoring the utterly awful thing" is truly unsurpassed.
everlast75 wrote: » https://twitter.com/TheRealHoarse/status/1366430400344686597?s=19 This just in - a Hotel Group suffers hallucinations of a nazi sign...
TomTomTim wrote: » Remember all those YT videos that used to do the rounds about Illuminati symbolism and what not? The very types of videos that would be mocked unmercifully by people like you, and most people in this thread. What does it feel like to have devolved into a paranoid conspiracy theorist, who see Nazis everywhere?
dublin49 wrote: » He is mind blowing,talk about throwing the rule book away,He is undoubtably the most unique political character that have ever lived.If he was portrayed as he is in a work of fiction the readers would complain about how unrealistic a character he is.I practically never agree with anything he says views and yet have to acknowledge his unstinting confidence in his own providence and his ability to turn each and every fxxk up into a win for him .I sat in horrific awe last night at his performance,even his most trenchant critic must concede he is some performer .
ohnonotgmail wrote: » no paranoia required. it is right there in the picture.
TomTomTim wrote: » It's very interesting that they've used a supposed Nazi symbol that most people don't even recognize. It's certainly my first time to see it, and I'm far more right wing than most people on this site.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » it isn't aimed at you then. It is aimed at the white supremacists who would recognise it. It is a dog whistle.
briany wrote: » Building your stage in the same shape as a symbol used by Nazis isn't what I'd call a dog whistle. I thought dog whistles were supposed to be subtle and have a decent degree of deniability. How big a cohort of voters is it in the states who would A) recognise the symbol and be pleased by it? I'm not doubting there are a lot of racists in the Republican base, but I would have thought the majority are of the 'Mexicans go home' type, as opposed to the ones studied in Nazi iconography.
Quin_Dub wrote: » It's the perfect thing though.. Their supporters will fall into three categories Group 1 - Those that recognise it for what it was - "Gotcha Chief , Message received , wink wink " Group 2 - Those that dont' recognise it , but now read the news and dismiss it as "Liberal Snowflakes gone mad" - Feeds the "them and us" persecution complex they are so fond of. Group 3 - Those that miss it entirely and don't even see the media - No change From a GOP perspective they lose nothing and possible gain a bit more support/loyalty from groups 1 and 2.
ExMachina1000 wrote: » I'd say that is a conspiracy theory
ohnonotgmail wrote: » do you still think it looks nothing like a rune?
ExMachina1000 wrote: » I think conspiracy theorists are seeing what they want to see.
