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I started noticing some social media chatter a few days ago that Trump will likely skip the upcoming debate on June 27. That chatter seems to be increasing now that CNN has announced mics will be muted along with its other rules. He also has only faced sycophantic questioners since he left the White House (and he wasn't giving a deposition). It's certainly rare waters for him as few people seem to realize he is incapable of stringing together coherent sentences. So, will he stick to his word about debating any time, any place?
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Yes, he will attend the debate | |
20 (48%) |
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No, he will skip the debate | |
21 (50%) |
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bucolic_frolic
(47,758 posts)tinrobot
(11,474 posts)Focus the camera on his empty podium for two minutes on every question.
sakabatou
(43,315 posts)WarGamer
(15,820 posts)BoRaGard
(3,342 posts)And then true to his felonious republican heart, he will label anyone who calls him out as CHICKEN, a "sucker and a loser."
That's how he rolls. That's how the republicans roll.
No truth. No integrity. No honor.
TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)People made the same claims then.
The guy loves a stage. There's no reason whatsoever for him to not attend.
BoRaGard
(3,342 posts)He's getting a chair. He's getting lights. And the moderator has a KILL switch for when he overbabbles.
Not a winning formula for the republican felon.
DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)him to understand the extent of his mental problems....
Logic would dictate that he should seek an 'out',
but we are not dealing with a person who has any logic left.....
He believes that he is in all ways superior to President Joe Biden,
and that he can never lose anything
Unless his "handlers" lock him in a closet, he will 'debate', as he calls it....
Torchlight
(4,252 posts)Against all rational campaign advice, he'll go. I think he kinda reinforced that sentiment late last week when he began laying the ground for his own poor performance ( “Maybe I’m better off losing the debate. I’ll make sure he stays. I’ll lose the debate on purpose. Maybe I’ll do something like that.” ).
His opinion of himself is far too high to allow anything or anyone to deny him what he thinks is a canned hunt. Afterwards, the excuses for his flawed (most positive adjective I can think of) perfomance will flow faster than cheap box-wine at a TX book fair, but until then, he'll advertise as loudly as he can and anywhere he can about how he'll wipe up the stage with Pres. Biden
Emile
(31,048 posts)TwilightZone
(28,834 posts)Except the one that was cancelled because he had COVID.
There's no reason for him to show up. People are expecting a rational decision from him based on circumstances, and that's their first mistake.
I'm not sure why so many think he won't show up, but it sure is a persistent notion.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)This poll (currently at 58-38% for no-show) is a good measure of people trapped in deductive reasoning:
Premise - Trump is bad
Premise - chickening out of a debate is bad
Therefor - Trump will chicken out of the debate
Even some Democrats keep on wanting to lock Galileo up in his bedroom.
onenote
(44,854 posts)Going back to 2016, there have been so many wrong predictions about what Trump would do: drop out before the primary debates, drop out before the convention, drop out before the general election debates, drop out before inauguration day, leave office before his term is up. It continued in 2020, with similar predictions. Now it shows up in predictions that he skip the debates, that he will flee the country, and so on.
Bucky
(55,334 posts)It makes me wary of any optimism. What if I'm one of those idiots thinking the shadows in the cave are real?
Trump's sitting neck & neck with Biden in the polls and yet has historically out-performed the polls on Election Day (albeit only twice). He's shit for coattails, but always benefits personally from his cult. We're just sitting around expecting Biden's numbers to get better or for the fence sitters to wake up and start caring about the "lesser of two evils" principle (not that Biden on substance is in any way "evil" ).
Make me think about getting a job in a purple state temporarily and working on a campaign.
Polybius
(18,543 posts)35% here think Biden wins by 10+.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219036858
Tribetime
(6,418 posts)But unfortunately he won't because he's leading so why do it
0rganism
(24,768 posts)TSF won't answer any questions, instead he just denounces CNN and rages about Biden's "corruption" at every opportunity. After, he can rely on highlight-reel edits to save him from his actually-abysmal debate performance.
He'll declare victory and rely on M$M to ignore anything of substance and everything Biden says, unless it involves stuttering. TSF will boast about being Daniel in the lions' den, going toe-to-toe with the Deep State's champion and the Very Unfair Media, which he vanquished singlehandedly through sheer awesomeness and his family's latent MIT genius.
If clips circulate widely of his actual idiocy during the debate, and his inability to say anything meaningful on a variety of topics looks like it's getting enough buzz to be a campaign issue, he'll just flip the script: "I totally meant to throw that debate, it meant nothing to me you old fools, no one watches your stupid shows anyway." His surrogates will rotate through a variety of prearranged pressers, podcasts, and pundit shows to describe in fabulous fictional detail how TSF did some jujitsu move that totally discredits CNN.
Remember, his stupidly shallow act doesn't have to work for everyone: just a few thousand well-distributed voters in the upper Midwest, enough to get him what he wants in November.
Anyway, if I were his campaign staff, that's how I'd play it.
lees1975
(6,137 posts)His dementia is bad, and they can't afford for that to be on display on the national stage.
onenote
(44,854 posts)And those who already support him don't care about his "dementia" -- they think its just an act or something blown up by the "fact news"
Takket
(22,691 posts)not like it is coming as a shock.
Polybius
(18,543 posts)He's a showman who loves being the center of attention, and in his mind it's his chance to shine.