Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

It’s actually kind of weird they’re so obsessed with this nightmare fantasy Jimmy comes home with gender identity concerns vs. the reality the Jimmy won’t come home because they’ve had their brains blown out by another AR-15

My old man lived to 83. His last few years were marked by noticeable decline in processing anything new; everything from change in government to different layout in the supermarket used to aggravate him. He'd rely on anecdotes we'd heard hundreds of times before and only liked company he was familiar with.

If Trump gets in, he'll be dead before his term ends.

If he gets in, his GOP appointees and V/P will have no problem with doing his bidding, 

They will not be doing his bidding, he will lose interest in anything other than bombast, rallies and signing things with an audience. Otherwise he will be golfing and watching tv. He will think he is in charge, but he will be managed and things will happen round him. He does not have the energy to do more than get rid of his court cases.

Wow - 45 is getting desperate

Famous advocate of marijuana use....

So that's liberal drug policy.

Free IVF for anyone that needs it.

Free childcare for everyone.

And Harris is the socialist leftie?

I'm not sure the fake wife who writes fake speeches will convince anyone that she wrote this book, or gives two sh1ts about anyone but herself.

"I don't care. Do you?"

Someone in his campaign team got hold of his password. No way he wrote that himself. He wouldn't know what "Amendment 3" or "Schedule 3" is for starters. AND NO CAPS LOCK

Apparently her book is with Skyhorse Publishing which is known for publishing titles from writers who would normally get dropped by other publishers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhorse_Publishing

I'm guessing the impact of this will depend a lot on how much distribution it gets. Skyhorse partner with Simon & Schuster which gives them potentially a lot of reach. However if this is marketed as a fluff-piece for Trump, I kind of expect this to only sell in MAGAworld. A "tell-all" book following their eventual divorce (or his death) would be a worldwide best seller, but my guess is that this one won't be.

Also, I'm wondering who actually wrote this. I'm being increadibly unfair here, but I don't feel like the creator of "Be Best" is that talented a word-smith. Also since Donnie has form of using ghost-writers, it would seem very likely that she'd do the same.

This is an opinion based discussion forum - I thought that was obvious. It’s clear that’s my opinion . Fence sitters and swing voters by their very definition are open to suggestions actions and statements that may not necessarily be significant to ordinary voters - it’s no coincidence that this book is being launched 1 month before the election- none whatsoever -you’ve dismissed it with the same vigour as I’ve considered it will be important - I didn’t ask you for “proof” - I took that as your opinion and engaged accordingly .

As a sceptic I’d totally agree - I see this purely as a “soft-focus” campaign stunt on behalf of the Trump campaign - it will be littered with proTrump propaganda - but that’s not how it will be marketed i reckon - it will be “an honest” account of a “loving wife’s” life to date and how she feels her darling husband is the antidote to all of the US ills.

I predict it will be heavily marketed on day time TV shows- likely the very shows watched by many fence sitters and erm, swingers🤪

I’m not sure it will only sell in Maga world- it will be a perfect beach book for winter sun holidays - short sentences, simple English 😀

There will be a curiosity factor that will make this book sell across the board-especially the female population - this is MAGA soft sell - and it’s likely designed to either reinforce beliefs using a different persona of Trumps wife, or to reach out and influence those undecided - ok yes, ideally they have to buy it to be influenced by it - but what about the soft day time interviews ? These will also help influence people

The market you described is typically female-centric in a campaign where one of the canditates could end up being the first woman to become President while advocating for reproductive rights, while the other canditate is an adjudicated rapist of at least one woman and has bragged about torpedoing the reproducive rights of millions of women in the US.

I'm not certain how a ghost-written fluff-piece by the estranged trophy wife that he imported (and cheats on) will sway all that many. Also, I don't easily imagine the Melania book to easily land onto whatever the current equivilent to Oprah's Bookclub is. It's clearly a product of MAGAworld, and I can easily imagine MAGA-esque marketing along the lines of Trump's NFTs, Gold Shoes and Trump Bibles. To go beyond the typical MAGA-friendly marketing channels might be beyond their means. It's not impossible of course, but I don't see it happening unless they're willing to put a lot of their warchest behind it…and you know…a lot of that money is ringfenced for Donnie himself.

Some good points there- I’d doubt the watchers of Oprahs book club though are their ideal target audience - they’ll be mostly clear democrats I imagine - let’s see what happens- I’m sure the book will be ridiculed overall - but I do think it will sell- people love debate and discussion about books will generally read them and if you want to discuss the book you’ll have to read it first.

Any interesting excerpts will make it into news sites. But I suspect it will amount to paragraphs that people will laugh at it.

“In short - No ones mind is going to be changed by this ghost written dross.”

That’s a big assumption and it points to you knowing what will influence fence sitters and swing voters - an audience that’s tipped to influence the election outcome right now.

The very intangibility of this voter segment- how they could swing on the smallest of things - leads me to not discount this book so readily