Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

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

Fitting that "They got my 6" tweet came from Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwXkKDiNI4U

There's no need to interview people who speak of themselves in the third person. ("Here's what Jim Rinacci thinks, okay?")

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

― Tracer Hand,

oh there absolutely was -- I wish fucking NYT reporters did it.

In your initial responses to my questions, you expressed concern that other people would have qualms about Trump. But it seems like you have some qualms, too.

Renacci: Well, I do. But, as I said, I have qualms that could be changed with him coming out and just saying, “This isn’t about me. This isn’t about the 2020 election anymore. This isn’t about January 6th. This is about me getting back and changing the country and representing the people.” Do I think there were problems in the 2020 election? Yes, I do. But I also believe in the Constitution, and I believe that the Constitution tells us that once the House and the Senate vote, the election’s over.

what's kind of amazing is that if Trump could somehow force himself to say those things, even though it would be very obvious that he didn't mean any of those things at all, he would win the GOP nomination (and he might anyway, imo). even after everything that has happened. all he has to do is say the things he very obviously doesn't believe, and his base would understand that he was just saying the things he was being forced to say (like when he told the proud boys to stand down and stand by), and he wins. he could even do some bullshit like say "i know that i won the 2020 election, and i know that all of you know that and i am a proud boy for all of you who fought so hard for me, but the time has come to focus on 2024 bla bla bla" and that would be enough, if he actually just focus. but he can't.

that new yorker convo with Renacci is really funny, though. "congressman, you're a smart guy", lol

"Maybe he has a thing against talking in the third person."

Isaac Chotiner is a real one there. I don't understand how he continues to get these interviews, but I'm here for it

I see these two statements repeated constantly:

1. Trump remains, arguably, the most powerful Republican in the country.
2. Aside from his most blinkered loyalists, virtually everyone in the party agrees: It’s time to move on from Trump.

Honest question here. Why does #2 not negate #1?

here's the key part, nothing to see here

So you would still support him if he won the nomination?

I would support him as a Republican, because the Democratic Party has gone so far away from the ideals and principles of where we should be going. Absolutely I would support him if he was the nominee.

"everyone in the party" apparently doesn't include the party's voters

Honest question here. Why does #2 not negate #1?

2, translated: Trump is kind of a shitty candidate.
1, translated: the party's even shittier.