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RVInit wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:10 pm He has nothing to complain about.

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 1:04 pm

RVInit wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:10 pm He has nothing to complain about.

That's indistinguishable from a Suranis post.

I'm teasing, but the two of you are on the same page with regard to how our media fawn over Trump incessantly (and to the detriment of the country I love). And I think you both have an excellent analysis of the situation. In four or five billion years, I may start to cool down about the CNN town hall.

noblepa wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 4:26 pm Its unsurprising that TFG doesn't know this, but that's not how debates work. Before the conventions, Democratic contenders debate other Democratic contenders and Republican contenders debate other Republican contenders. Only after each party chooses its nominee do the Democractic and Republican contenders debate.

The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump
Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term

In the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump stayed mostly silent, and when he finally delivered his farewell address to the nation, he disavowed the attack on the U.S. Capitol as something that “all Americans were horrified by” and “can never be tolerated.”

Now, as Trump seeks to return to the White House, he speaks of Jan. 6 as “a beautiful day.” He says there was no reason for police to shoot the rioter attempting to break into the House chamber, and he denies there was any danger to his vice president, Mike Pence, who was hiding from a pro-Trump mob chanting for him to be hanged. He has promised to pardon many rioters if he becomes president again.

On this and a host of subjects, from sexual assault to foreign and domestic policy, Trump’s positions have become even more extreme, his tone more confrontational, his accounts less tethered to reality, according to a Washington Post review of Trump’s speeches and interviews with former aides. Where he was at times ambiguous or equivocal, he’s now brazenly defiant.

Embracing extreme positions is nothing new for Trump: Since launching his 2016 campaign by calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and then pledging to ban Muslims from entering the country, he has promoted divisive policies, made inflammatory comments and prompted constitutional showdowns with Congress and the courts. But a return to the White House, in Trump’s own articulation, would be his chance to take revenge on his political opponents and push even further on his most polarizing programs.

Consecutive Day 15 of Trump campaigning on his golf courses.

Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm Any thoughts/wagers on Trump's VP pick?

Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 2:29 pm I was thinking Niki Haley,

but then...I am tossing Sarah Palin in the mix.

somerset wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 6:20 pm tfg didn't write that.

Alan Blinder @alanblinder wrote: One bit that didn't make the article: Trump said he's hosting Boris Johnson for dinner this evening.

Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT wrote: "He is still casting aside objections from family members of Sept. 11 victims, some of whom believe Saudi Arabia played a role in the 2001 attacks, because, as he said Thursday, LIV tournaments are 'great economic development.'" Trump at his club via @alanblinder and GOAT…

somerset wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 1:54 pm

Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm Any thoughts/wagers on Trump's VP pick?

I'm guessing it will be a woman, with adolescent sex appeal, subservience and mushroom cultivation (not necessarily in that order) being the main KPIs.