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We got more votes than anybody's ever had. We need to watch the vote. We need to guard the vote. We need to stop the steal. We don’t need the votes. We have to stop, focus, don’t worry about the votes. We got all the votes — Donald J Trump

Nonilex , to random
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Eugene Robinson:

It is irresponsible to obsess over Pres #Biden’s tendency to mangle a couple of words in a speech while #Trump is out there sounding detached from reality. Biden, who is old, at least makes sense. Trump, who also is old, rants like someone you’d cross the street to avoid.

#Unfit #Demented #MalignantNarcissist #Deranged #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/10/trump-sharks-electrocuted-boat-story/

Nonilex OP ,
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We in the have failed by becoming inured to Trump’s verbal incontinence — not just the rapid-fire & -seeking threats, but also the frightening glimpses into a mind that is, evidently, . In 2016, said outrageous things at his campaign rallies to be entertaining. In 2024, his tangents raise serious questions about his .

Nonilex OP ,
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His rally on Sun in Las Vegas offered a grim smorgasbord of examples, but the obvious standout (& not in a good way) is the story he told about being aboard a hypothetical electric-powered boat. posits that the battery would be so heavy that it would cause the craft to sink, & he relates his purported conversation w/a knowledgeable mariner about this scenario. Bear w/me, but it’s worth reading the passage in full:

“I say, ‘What would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you’re in the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery’s now underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?’
“By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately, do you notice that? Lot of sharks. I watched some guys justifying it today: ‘Well they weren’t really that angry, they bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were not hungry but they misunderstood who she was.’ These people are crazy. He said, ‘There’s no problem with sharks, they just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming.’ No, really got decimated, and other people, too, a lot of shark attacks.
“So I said, ‘There’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards, or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking? Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted, or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?’ Because I will tell you, he didn’t know the answer.
“He said, ‘You know, nobody’s ever asked me that question.’ I said, ‘I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming through that water.’ But you know what I’d do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted? I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark. So we’re going to end that, we’re going to end it for boats, we’re going to end it for trucks.”
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    • Nonilex OP ,
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    Trucks? He’s actually [supposedly] talking about the transition to , which he has vowed to halt. That entire is part of ’s rationale for one of his major positions. [policy via hallucination, girl bye]
    …The White House press corps would be in wolf pack mode if were in the middle of a speech & suddenly veered into gibberish about boats & sharks.

    Nonilex OP ,
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    There would be front-page stories questioning whether President , at 81, was suffering from ; & the op-ed pages would be filled w/thumb-suckers about whether MVP Harris & the Cabinet should invoke the . would already have scheduled hearings on Biden’s mental condition & demanded he take a cognitive test.

    The tendency w/ , at 77, is to say he’s “just being Trump.” But he’s like this all the time.

    flexghost , to random
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    Trump saying his supporters would choose "suicide over Biden"

    ...

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rally-suicide-joe-biden-las-vegas-video-1910234

    peteorrall ,
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    @flexghost I saw clips of this rally. Really, it's incredibly sad how far the has fallen due to . This nation has become the on the stage. It will take us generations to recover from this, provided he does not win .

    The stakes are high and even with all this realtime unfolding at his rallies, his supporters still see him as the bringer of the of the .

    This is whom the and (supposedly) half of stand behind with unwavering support. This guy. This , , and .

    I've never been so nauseated and embarrassed as an . What a time to be alive.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    I love me some !

    Nonilex ,
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    We’d like to believe his VP & Cabinet would step in & invoke 25A for the good of the country…But…the kind of ofcls attracts…would benefit from a demented president they could…manipulate….

    I thought electing a who idolizes dictators & appears to be loyal to was the worst conceivable outcome for our country, but I was wrong. A malignant narcissist who basically works for is a hundred times worse.

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