Donald J. Trump plans to hold a “general news conference” on Thursday afternoon at his private club and home, Mar-a-Lago, the first such event he has held in months.
Mr. Trump announced the event on his website, Truth Social, on Thursday morning.
New laxative recommendations?
I’m calling my shot: by the end of September, he drops the hard R in public.
It would be hilarious if he was dumping Vance from the ticket, but I have a hunch this will be something racist - maybe he’s going to accuse Kamala of not being American and we’re going to have to deal with a whole Birtherism 2.0 “movement”
I suspect he’s dropping out on some pretense, now that the campaign stopped being fun. If there is any chance in hell he could get a deal to get his sentence(s) commuted, I think he’d do it in a heartbeat.
He is still in quite a bit of legal jeopardy. I highly doubt he would drop out knowing that some lawsuits have only been held at bay due to the position of power a presidential candidate and the godhead of a cult has.
Not that I believe this is the case AT ALL, but to further this line of thought:
If he was dropping out, it would be because he’s already got the party machine going on a new (guaranteed) nominee who would have already promised to pardon trump (and this promise would be assured by some damning fact trump could use as an assurance)
0% chance. Narcissists cannot admit defeat.
He won’t. The only reason he is running this time is to stay out of jail though I think.
If he drops out, I guarantee he’s going to be doing a runner shortly after.
It’s more likely he’ll use this event to set up things for a civil war
I could easily see that. Right now the only thing I’m not expecting is for the next couple of months to be uneventful.
His dropping out seems very unlikely. Not impossible by any means, but unlikely. He doesn’t seem like the person who’s capable of admitting defeat, especially considering his legal troubles
I think if Trump was projected to lose by an embarrassing margin - I’m talking like 75-25 - he might prefer trying to weasel out of having a legitimate devastating loss on official record. That’s not happening though with how big his base is, and with the electoral college being the way it is he is still probably favoured to win - though yes the polls are slipping.
Regardless, I can’t see him dropping out now.
I think if Trump was projected to lose by an embarrassing margin - I’m talking like 75-25 - he might prefer trying to weasel out of having a legitimate devastating loss on official record.
No way. Trump would just use that as “proof” that the election was rigged. In his mind there is no way people wouldn’t vote him into office, so any scenario where he loses, his narcissism would force him to claim there was election malfeasance .
You’re probably right.
I agree, and I think we’re working from the same priors. I just have a funny little hunch.
Heh, I get it. Let’s see what happens – I’d certainly enjoy the chaos that Trump dropping out would cause. Republicans would go fucking nuts
It would have a pleasing symmetry with the headache Biden has caused with the old guard in the Dem party that wanted him out.
More likely than him “dropping out” would be him saying that there would be no Republican candidate for president “because the election is rigged!!!”
I could see this also, a bad faith withdrawal and pivot to inciting further insurrection. My gut tells me that some kind of historical first is coming down the pipe.
Could use it as an excuse for another coup attempt
Heh, I get it. Let’s see what happens – I’d certainly enjoy the
chaosthat Trump dropping out would cause. Republicans would go fucking nuts
we’re going to have to deal with a whole Birtherism 2.0 “movement”
AKA BM 2.0
Oh, shit…
Not Number Two.
Damn - I totally blew the opportunity for BM #2
😭
Whatever you do, don’t blow a BM.
Can he dump Vance at the moment though? The RNC has already voted and he’s already been certified as the VP candidate.
I know Vance could step down and Trump could appoint a new VP, but I’m not sure that Trump has the ability to “fire” him.I’m not sure that Trump has the ability to “fire” him.
That’s never stopped him before
I know Vance could step down and Trump could appoint a new VP, but I’m not sure that Trump has the ability to “fire” him.
Trump would be the type to announce he’s firing Vance so he can be The Strong Man™ but it would in reality have to be Vance stepping down. It all works out to be the same result though.
Washington Post:
Opinion What Trump chooses to obscure reveals the truth Karen TumultyAugust 8, 2024 at 5:13 p.m. EDT
Former president Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “Unhinged” has become a shopworn word in the years since Donald Trump descended the escalator in Trump Tower. But the former president’s hour-long news conference on Thursday afternoon from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida might have been a new personal best.
It’s clear what is going on. Trump, who only three weeks ago thought he had this election in the bag, is freaking out over the ascendance of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Trump sees what we all see: the euphoria that has overtaken Harris’s party, the tens of thousands who are flocking to her inaugural swing through battleground states, the torrent of poll numbers that show the race is suddenly tied. “We were given Joe Biden, and now we’re given somebody else,” he said, adding — not convincingly — “I think, frankly, I’d rather be running against somebody else.”
But rather than framing a sharp and coherent case against Harris, which his strategists so desperately want him to do, the former president on Thursday veered from grievance to grievance like a pinball. As he took questions from the media, desperation was practically oozing from his pores. And without the cheers of a rally crowd punctuating his rambling monologue, the incoherence of what he had to say was all the more apparent.
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How much Trump misses and needs those throngs of supporters was clear. Again and again, he boasted — lied, actually — about their size. “Nobody has spoken to crowds bigger than me,” Trump said, claiming that he drew more people to the National Mall than the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. did in 1963 when the civil rights leader gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. He lamented, falsely, that the numbers that Harris is drawing have been inflated by the media.
Yet Trump has been strangely absent lately from the stage he loves, and his most recent appearances have been disasters. He delivered a racist rant about Harris at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on July 31, and days later attacked Georgia’s popular Republican governor, Brian Kemp, during a rally in Atlanta.
This week, his only rally is on Friday in deep-red Montana. Asked why he is doing so little campaigning, Trump first dismissed that as a “stupid question” and then claimed it is “because I’m leading by a lot and because of letting their convention go through a lot, I’m doing tremendous amounts of taping here. We have commercials that are at a level I don’t think that anybody’s ever done before.”
Really? In the first five days of this month, Trump and his allies spent about $16.5 million on advertising, according to AdImpact. That compares with about $23 million by President Joe Biden, Harris and their allies. Since early March, the ad-tracking firm estimates, the Democratic side has spent nearly three times as much as Trump’s has.
The truth about Trump and his fixations is often made clearest by what he chooses to lie about. He’s scared, because he is running behind — in polls and in fundraising. And he isn’t at all sure what to do about it.
And, oh, there was some actual news in this news conference: Trump proposed three dates next month for debates with Harris. As of this writing, Harris has agreed to one of them, on Sept. 10, sponsored by ABC News. That is the same arrangement previously agreed to by Trump and Biden.
There have been many unpredictable twists in this campaign, and surely there will be more to come. For now, however, the biggest question is whether Trump, a master of driving events, can climb out of the back seat in which he finds himself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/08/trump-news-conference-harris-grievances/
And he’s going charge everyone to attend. Just ignore the shithead. Why does it have to be on his own private venue? Just do it in a McDonald’s; it’s basically his second home
Cool maybe he can have a heart attack in front of cameras!
It’s fun seeing him spin out.
Prediction: he’s going to announce he’s selling golden Trump brand dildos so everyone can go fuck themselves.
Nah, with J.ust D.umb Vance now on board, it’ll probably be a new “Freedom Couch” sold exclusively at Bob’s Discount Furniture.
Why is mine tarnishing? Is this even real gold?
It’s crusted with diamond dust!
Golden couches.
With a special pocket for glove and lube storage.
Not too many comments actually make me laugh out loud, thanks for the laugh!
“golden” dildos, at $1000. But if you opt for the “I’ve always supported you, and believe all your lies” version for $100,000 you can get the ultra special trump bucks dildo, modeled off your savior trump’s dick itself*. (*Note: all special versions are the same as the regular, any and all payments are recurring subscriptions and cannot be cancelled except in person)
“Why aren’t you all paying attention to me anymore?”
Realistically, no matter what the topic is, this is the core problem.
My diaper’s full and I need changing! 🧷
Harris should hold a town hall at the exact same time…
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How’d that work out?
Is it to claim that he has really important news about Kamala’s birth certificate and he’ll be sharing it at a later date?
It’s not October yet
But what about the long form birth certificate? /s
I’d love for Kamala to sue him for defamation.
I still remember hearing that scum sucker Trump talk about wanting to tighten the libel laws before he was president, obviously so people couldn’t accurately talk about him as president.
He needs to pay his bill from EJC suit. Maybe with an actual consequence followed through he will learn to shut his mouth.
Ok. It’s Thursday. When’s the conference?
The conference is going to happen two weeks from now.
Donald J. Trump plans to hold a “general news conference” on Thursday afternoon at his private club and home, Mar-a-Lago, the first such event he has held in months.
Mr. Trump announced the event on his website, Truth Social, on Thursday morning.
Where are you seeing the two weeks figure?
