Former President Donald Trump spent nearly an hour at his Palm Beach, Florida, social club on Thursday ranting to a room full of reporters as he tries to grab the spotlight from a resurgent Democratic ticket fronted by Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
It was weird. He set up a surprise conference to rant and lie for an hour. I think he is starting to think he might lose.
I think it’s simpler than that: Trump sees Harris/Walz is getting much more attention and bigger rally audiences than him. Which is weird. Maybe he’s too old and should just drop out…
I watched a little to see if he was dropping Vance, but it was too low energy to stay interested. Sad!
Is that even allowed after they are both part of the ticket and he’s the official Nominee? I realize asking Trump to follow the law is a bold strategy, but…
I wonder if they could split regressives in Vance’s state enough to guarantee a loss there if they dropped him
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Her plans are “I’m not Donald Trump”. And that’s more than enough to vote for her.
Looks like you’re in the wrong thread
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Go ahead and tell everyone about the Trump campaign’s list of policy positions.
I’ll get us started, let me know if I missed anything:
Deport illegal immigrants, ban electric cars and promote electric cars by Tesla, close down the EPA and Dept of Education, fire uppity black journalists, get revenge on all the prosecutors, attorneys, and Congressmen who investigated and prosecuted him.
This is a thread about Trump incoherently rambling.
I think strategically it’s smart not to focus on concrete plans too much. People vote according to their feelings more than according to actual policy, and Harris is doing very well right now on the feeling front.
Former President Donald Trump spent nearly an hour at his Palm Beach, Florida, social club
So just another Thursday
And the gullible American press broadcasted his lies live and without any fact checking.
Three groups found it really useful: Trump, his supporters, and the mainstream American media who refused to question any of his lies.
Trump holds seemingly pointless press conference filled with false claims
Isn’t that the description for all of his press conferences?
So just another Thursday in the life of a MAGAt.
Old man lies at camera, weather at 10
Why is this news
The journalists who were lured into a “press conference”, which then turned out just to be an old man yelling at clouds, still need to deliver a story.
Maybe they should think twice about showing up for pointless events like this in the future.
Guessing his speech writers were fired
The 4 rabid monkeys locked in a room with a “see and say” toy? But that’s how he comes up with his most coherent material.
That article is very funny, trrmp giving off some strong circle-the-drain vibes in those quotes.
Don-old is lonely and wants the press to hear his complaints that we have only heard 10,000 before. We might forget you guys! We might forget that the election was…, and we need to build a…, and Man, Woman, TV, Traitor, Rapist.
I mean, you could say that about any press conference he’s given in the past 8 years.
Why are journalists allergic to the word “lie”?
In a way, you can say it is lazy journalism:
The journalist can say he lied, then state factual data – but then real life happens and someone points out this action is subjective, biased and is attacking some person. Maybe the journalist also needs cred power for people to believe his stance.
So to address objectivity in journalism, reporters just say what happened. No backtracking. No side references. Maaaaybe also pushed you their job to make sense of what it is.
There’s also a factor about sponsorship and money but that’s just money talk.
They are cowardly. What I want to know is why they aren’t running, “of fuck this candidate is old old,” articles any longer.
It doesn’t play well in lawsuits. They need the cushion that weasel-words provide.
Because lying means the liar knows they are lying. Stating a falsehood means you don’t have to have the intent of lying.
This comes down to libel. Journalists would like not to get sued because they think someone is lying instead of just claiming things they believe in, misguided as it is.
“Not a single person died Jan 6” this was an easily confirmable lie he told yesterday. Still, crickets.
When they sue you for libel, they will have to prove that you knew you were lying and still went ahead with it, in order to damage or disparage the other party.
This goes the same for Trump: can you prove he knows he’s lying?
Edit: in other, better words:
The legal definition of lying is that someone spread false information with knowledge that the information was false.
In general, a journalist cannot establish whether a person did or did not have prior knowledge, so we don’t use the term. It keeps us from getting sued.
He certainly knew at one point someone had died. Is there exceptions for dementia?
Edit - and I’m not trying to be a smart ass, it’s disgusting and I’m really sick of “oh media can’t say like it is”. It’s cowardly and enabling.
Finally, someone who isn’t afraid to shovel shit
Are you sure he’s not just so completely:
- senile
- deluded
- forgetful
- or just plain stupid
that he actually knows that was a falsehood when he said it?
To call something a lie, you basically have to be inside the person’s head. You have to know not only the action, but the intent. That’s, really, really hard to prove in a way that satisfies the (legitimate and necessary) requirements of journalistic ethics.
