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applegrove

(123,579 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:17 PM Oct 5

Trump's 2024 strategy: A campaign about literally nothing

Trump's 2024 strategy: A campaign about literally nothing

John Stoehr
October 5, 2024 8:02AM ET

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-nihilist/

"SNIP...........

As president, Trump was against fairness and balanced budgets when he cut taxes for the rich. He was against free trade and free labor when his administration tried to complete a border wall. He was against peace and diplomacy when he sabotaged relations with US allies. He was against competence when his negligence killed over a million people in the pandemic. And he was against democracy and the rule of law when he tried and failed to overturn a free and fair election.

(He's not for anything)

There are no serious policies. There are no serious plans to solve problems. He isn’t giving anyone a reason to vote for him. Trump is only “s— talking America,” as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro put it, for the purpose of negating Kamala Harris and his enemies.

And to hide the blindingly obvious fact that Trump’s campaign is about nothing, he has made up fantastical lies about the economy being the worst on the planet, America being a “failing nation,” foreign leaders “laughing at us,” big cities being overrun by criminals, thugs slitting throats, gangs raping women and, of course, Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs. Trump’s latest whopper is about the United States government refusing to help hurricane victims if they’re Republicans.

As Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote: “At this point, the Trump campaign rests entirely on denouncing things that aren’t happening — an imaginary bad economy, imaginary runaway crime and now an imaginary failure of Biden and Harris to respond to a natural disaster.”

...............SNIP"

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Trump's 2024 strategy: A campaign about literally nothing (Original Post) applegrove Oct 5 OP

It's like he copied the premise of an old sit com Attilatheblond Oct 5 #1

No he's worse. He's a nihlist-narcissist. applegrove Oct 5 #2

True dat. But like the sit com that was about nothing, his campaign is about nothing Attilatheblond Oct 5 #4

Or, is it possible Demented Donnie believes all those things are TRUE?? Hmmmmmm??? NoMoreRepugs Oct 5 #3

No he is aware of his lies. applegrove Oct 5 #5

I beg to differ. His campaign is NOT about nothing B.See Oct 5 #6

Yes. You can look at it that way too. But name me a policy other than ones that will cause inflation? applegrove Oct 5 #7

Like I said B.See Oct 5 #8

The only principle Don Trump has....is the pricipal in his bank account. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 5 #9

The rich around Trump and Trump have devolved to become a number. They applegrove Oct 5 #10

I thought this sounded familiar. keep_left Oct 6 #11

Attilatheblond

(4,516 posts)

1. It's like he copied the premise of an old sit com

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:23 PM

Oct 5

The one that was about nothing.

applegrove

(123,579 posts)

2. No he's worse. He's a nihlist-narcissist.

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:27 PM

Oct 5

Attilatheblond

(4,516 posts)

4. True dat. But like the sit com that was about nothing, his campaign is about nothing

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:34 PM

Oct 5

Even his rage rants are so disjointed that no one can figure out what he's talking about.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,638 posts)

3. Or, is it possible Demented Donnie believes all those things are TRUE?? Hmmmmmm???

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:27 PM

Oct 5

applegrove

(123,579 posts)

5. No he is aware of his lies.

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:39 PM

Oct 5

B.See

(3,809 posts)

6. I beg to differ. His campaign is NOT about nothing

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:40 PM

Oct 5

It's about HATE
It's about VENOM.
It's about VICTIMHOOD.
It's about FEAR.
It's about tsfks Own EGO.
It's about REVENGE.
It's about owning the LIBS.

That's all that matters to HIM and to THEM.

democracy? expendable.

applegrove

(123,579 posts)

7. Yes. You can look at it that way too. But name me a policy other than ones that will cause inflation?

Reply to B.See (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:43 PM

Oct 5

B.See

(3,809 posts)

8. Like I said

Reply to applegrove (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:50 PM

Oct 5

Policies? Of no importance. Inflation? Doesn't matter. Not democracy, the Constitution, elections, balance of powers, environment, etc etc.

Forget trying to apply logic, rhyme or reason to this cult. There ARE no exigencies save for what I listed.

Which is precisely why there are none.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,616 posts)

9. The only principle Don Trump has....is the pricipal in his bank account.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:06 PM

Oct 5

Trump is about his top-line number....probably one that only he knows.

applegrove

(123,579 posts)

10. The rich around Trump and Trump have devolved to become a number. They

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:35 PM

Oct 5

are not fathers or Americans or Grandfather's otherwise they would care about things like the future and the environment. They are their net worth and that is it.

keep_left

(2,504 posts)

11. I thought this sounded familiar.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 12:15 AM

Oct 6

Trump’s latest whopper is about the United States government refusing to help hurricane victims if they’re Republicans.

That's exactly what Trump did during the pandemic--seizing PPE and medical equipment (and selling it off to the Chinese), threatening "blue states" if they didn't kiss his ass on network TV, and let's not forget Jared telling those "Democrat-run cities" that "they can just suffer" through the pandemic with no help whatsoever from the Trump regime. Worst of all, Trump had states competing against each other for supplies and assistance, like a real-life version of The Hunger Games. My term for it at the time was the "free-market pandemic".

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