Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

idk give him a shot why not

Ah yes:

The scenarios Republicans find themselves fantasizing about range from the far-fetched to the morbid. In his recent book Thank You for Your Servitude, my colleague Mark Leibovich quoted a former Republican representative who bluntly summarized his party’s plan for dealing with Trump: “We’re just waiting for him to die.” As it turns out, this is not an uncommon sentiment. In my conversations with Republicans, I heard repeatedly that the least disruptive path to getting rid of Trump, grim as it sounds, might be to wait for his expiration.

Their rationale was straightforward: The former president is 76 years old, overweight, appears to maintain the diet of a college freshman, and believes, contrary to all known science, that exercise is bad for you. Why risk alienating his supporters when nature will take its course sooner or later? Peter Meijer, a former Republican representative who left office this month, termed this strategy actuarial arbitrage.

“You have a lot of folks who are just wishing for [Trump’s] mortal demise,” Meijer told me. “I want to be clear: I’m not in that camp. But I’ve heard from a lot of people who will go onstage and put on the red hat, and then give me a call the next day and say, ‘I can’t wait until this guy dies.’ And it’s like, Good Lord.” (Trump’s mother died at 88 and his father at 93, so this strategy isn’t exactly foolproof.)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/01/2024-republican-primary-donald-trump-deus-ex-machina/672888/

The exchange with Portman at the end, ridiculous.

But I’ve heard from a lot of people who will go onstage and put on the red hat, and then give me a call the next day and say, ‘I can’t wait until this guy dies.’

looool

Meantime

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/nyregion/trump-stormy-daniels-grand-jury.html

“I want to be clear: I’m not in that camp."

Ten minutes later:

"Can we go off the record now? All right. Just make sure you include that quote about me not wanting him to die, OK? But, god, I can't wait for him to die."

the looming DeSantis/Trump showdown is gonna be wild, especially if things start turning against him. can't imagine he's gonna handle it the way Bernie did.

He destroyed a whole generation of "up and coming" GOPers in 2016, I genuinely want him to do it again, but I'm afraid he's not up to the task.

lol knowing this guy's luck, *DeSantis* is going to be the one that dies.

Fine with me

Why not both?

They're both in the same state, the right hurricane might take care of both in one fell swoop

DeSantis should drop a new mixtape featuring a verse by Trump, in which Trump murders him, and DeSantis is so embarrassed he disappears. And then Trump dies.

the looming DeSantis/Trump showdown is gonna be wild

i honestly can't wait for this

They're both in the same state, the right hurricane alligator might take care of both in one fell swoop

Fixed.

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Those guys are so tough no mere alligator could take them.

are we certain Desantis is going to run? I think he might wimp out.

Don't you mean he might woke out?

apparently he is preparing for a run, according to a bunch of news outlets quoting inside sources.

everyone expects him to, and if he ever wants to this would be the time to do it. his stock's never gonna be higher

He's not running *cough* I'm running.

america isn't ready for a music critic president

a Negroni drinking president

Soto/(Nude) Gyllenhaal '24

Well, yeah.

I had a vivid dream about two weeks ago... Jerry Orbach-era L&O, with Det Briscoe on the trail of some shirtless, leather-jacket wearing cat burglar. When he finally catches up with the perp and his associates, they're wearing "Stipe/Biles '24" lapel badges. "Good luck with that," says Briscoe.

So, there are options.

Wow.

michael stipe and simone biles the gymnast?

Briscoe didn’t clarify. But it was my brain so I guess so!

amazing dream

that is one hell of a dream/post

https://i.imgur.com/5ykPh6e.png

The Lion, The Bitch & The Wardrobe

nailed it

RealDonaldTrump meets a lion he is 100% getting mauled

AI art has gone too far

https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/donald-trump-2016-election-biography-photos-24.jpg?resize=2048,1336

Donald probably thinks its name is Assland

or Asian

the hands in that lion painting seem a little.. small

Even in those worshipful paintings he still has the bearing and posture of someone who has freshly shit themselves.

He should be in a goregrind band

does the artist know how big a lion actually is? and why is Trump dressed like a hotel doorman

lol this nerd is going to get booted off mainstream social media again faster than Kanye*.

2 days after saying he still believes Putin more than the US Intel Community, the current Republican front runner for President reposts a message encouraging people to be “locked and LOADED” to “physically fight for him this time.”

Normal signs of a well-functioning democracy. pic.twitter.com/sH9iE3C5Z3

— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) February 1, 2023

*Though probably not, sigh ...

People my age and old

the 15 millionth ilx post is coming up in only 14K posts...what if we let bygones be bygones and invite him to the The 200,000th Thread Anticipation, Celebration, & Physical Fights Thread and contain his physical fighting challenges in there

he'd get to 51 so fast

This is pretty snarky, even by Chotiner standards:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/are-republicans-ready-to-move-on-from-donald-trump

There was really no need to include his own little pissy asides