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More evidence he's lost sense

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 23:39:23 +0000

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More evidence he's lost sense about what his base likes:

“It turned me off,” Kennedy said. “Breaking up a peaceful protest just for a photo op.” https://t.co/d6ScRrXC0j
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 27, 2020

That this is retweeted by Haberman is also a small hint--it's like she's aware something is up and is hunting for verification.

Ivanka is the one who suggested the bible photo op. Suddenly we are also seeing videos of Ivanka supporting Dad's initiatives. Odd, as if he is losing confidence and turning only to those he trusts?

BREAKING NEWS: Trump Seems

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:07:50 +0000

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BREAKING NEWS: Trump Seems Not to Care If Americans Die From COVID-19, But His Own Secret, Taxpayer-Funded Precautions to Avoid Getting Sick—Now Revealed—Are Shockingly Extensive for a Man Who Pretends the Pandemic Is Over https://t.co/zHUvioyHd9
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 27, 2020

Who knows what will happen.

moat — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 01:12:57 +0000

In reply to thanks for reminding, I did

Who knows what will happen.
One element from the Nixon debacle stands out. With that presidential pardon, the GOP carried on just as they had before.
Will they be able to pull off the same trick again?

thanks for reminding, I did

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:52:01 +0000

In reply to Carville has been suggesting

thanks for reminding, I did see that. In my wanderings on Twitter last night I saw "Carville" trending and did take a look (interesting that trending--there were a lot of fans with clips and such just grateful to see him speak up on the race and Trump and found what he said encouraging, hardly any bashing even tho I know many on the left dislike him in the past.)

Carville has been suggesting

moat — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:19:00 +0000

In reply to WOW--even tho he's not known

Carville has been suggesting a stepping down versus an embarrassing loss scenario.

More of a recommendation, at this point, than a prediction.

Cook Political Report:

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:09:23 +0000

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Cook Political Report:

The Trump campaign and GOPers know that they can't afford this election to be a referendum on Trump. But, the president himself can't help but ensure that it is. https://t.co/RTmPJ3b2zu
— amy walter (@amyewalter) June 26, 2020

WOW--even tho he's not known

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:03:18 +0000

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WOW--even tho he's not known to be great with predictions-this is a wild thing to say!

Trump has cancelled his trip to his New Jersey country club this weekend, so will presumably be at the White House. If memory serves, President Johnson made his surprise announcement that he wouldn't seek renomination or reelection in 1968 on a Sunday night, from the White House.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 26, 2020

Here's the transcript of

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:01:21 +0000

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Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term. pic.twitter.com/XKMawRiXFs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

already put this on another

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:54:56 +0000

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already put this on another thread but it belongs here too. When he says he wishes there was less testing for coronavirus, he just really simple mindedly means it and believes it--he sees high positive numbers there as bad ratings for him, that is all?!

Joe Biden on Trump today:

"He thinks that finding out that more Americans are sick will make him look bad. That’s what he’s worried about, he’s worried about looking bad.”https://t.co/MueoTvnEmN
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) June 25, 2020

It's the same thing when he would brag about economy and employment numbers in the past. It's all about only him, those kind of stats, they are "ratings" and mean nothing more? He doesn't see real people in such numbers, they are simply "ratings."

excerpt

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:18:57 +0000

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excerpts:

Days earlier, Mr. Trump had sparked alarm by responding to protests over police brutality with a threat that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

Mr. Trump pushed back against his aides. “I have to be myself,” he replied, according to three people familiar with the meeting. A few hours later, he posted on Twitter a letter from his former personal lawyer describing some of the protesters as “terrorists.”

In those moments, and in repeated ones since then, the president’s customary defiance has been suffused with a heightened sense of agitation as he confronts a series of external crises he has failed to contain, or has exacerbated, according to people close to him. They say his repeated acts of political self-sabotage — a widely denounced photo-op at a church for which peaceful protesters were forcibly removed, a threat to use the American military to quell protests — have significantly damaged his re-election prospects, and yet he appears mostly unable, or unwilling, to curtail them.

Mr. Trump doesn’t want to be seen as a “loser,” a label he detests, in the campaign against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. And some advisers believe Mr. Trump’s taste for battle will return in the fall, when the general election fight is more engaged.

But for now, they said, the president is acting trapped and defensive, and his self-destructive behavior has been so out of step for an incumbent in an election year that many advisers wonder if he is truly interested in serving a second term.

Rather than focus on plans and goals for another four years in office, Mr. Trump has been wallowing in self-pity about news coverage of him since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, people who have spoken with him said. He has told advisers that no matter what he does, he cannot get “good” stories from the press, which has often been his primary interest. “These people,” Mr. Trump has growled to advisers about reporters, throwing an expletive between the two words.

The New York Times interviewed more than a dozen people who speak or interact with the president frequently, including current and former White House aides, campaign advisers, friends and associates. Most spoke on condition of anonymity to candidly discuss internal White House affairs, and to avoid retribution. They would like to see him win again, but say they’re struck by how his demeanor has shifted during this latest dire threat to his presidency

He tells them he has to be himself. He wants to be popular as he sees himself and as we got to know more about him, that has clearly always the case.

It's not really about being president, he never really wanted the job of president, he only wanted to win the president contest because it was one of the yugest contests in the world? And affords one of the yugest bully pulpits? Now it's: been there, done that, what's next? Sees nothing is going to change, can't win over more fans by running again?

He really would probably get more attention and audience now with a nightly teevee show? The presidential gig is sort of stalled in place, nothing exciting to look forward to, no change in audience, met all the dictators, etc.