White House Press Release Tomorrow Morning?

[MineralMan]

Due to illness, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, will not appear at the scheduled debate with candidate Joseph Biden on September 29, 2020. The event will be rescheduled for a later date.

[dchill]

1. OK. But he'd have to somehow make it Biden's fault.

[durablend]

4. "BIDEN SAID MEAN NASTY THINGS ABOUT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

[The Magistrate]

2. Not Impossible, Sir

A mental breakdown certainly looms for this whimpering, posturing loser.

[MineralMan]

7. Well, no real illness would be required, of course.

Unless fear of humiliation is an illness.

[The Magistrate]

13. At His Level Of Unwarranted Pride, Sir, I Suspect It Is

[C_U_L8R]

3. Bone spurs acting up again?

[cayugafalls]

5. He got a tummy ache from eating too many hamberders and fries.

[DonaldsRump]

6. No. He'll show up.

It's free air time. He needs that now, since he doesn't have much cash.

[MineralMan]

9. I'm not so sure.

He may feel like he needs a breather.

[DonaldsRump]

23. I think he has to show up

I think he showed two days after the Access Hollywood tapes, which were barely a blip to him. He doesn't care, and, just like he did with HRC, he'll just say this shows how smart he is to avoid paying taxes (and then he'll mention all the other taxes he has paid.) Just like that, in his mind, there are no further issues with this.

He is running out of time, and I think he believes he can do his gaslighting and projecting on Joe (e.g., you take drugs, your family is corrupt, etc.). He is going to try to run circles around Joe in a (futile) attempt to make him look weak.

On the tax issue, if I were Joe, once I tee'd up the specifics, I'd say "C'mon, man, and you wrote off $70,000 in hairstyling expenses? Many Americans don't earn that much in a year." That's good for a percentage of votes!

Outside of Russian interference, Trump is running out of time, money, and options. So he'll show up.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. "C'mon, man, you wrote off $70,000 in hairstyling expenses? For *that* hair? Seriously?"

[DonaldsRump]

33. That will get Joe 2% more points and Florida! n/t

[Dagstead Bumwood]

12. And, in his mind

he's so great at anything and everything, that he can just show up and wing it, and it will be spectacular. Taxes shmaxes. It will be the best televised debate performance by any Republican ever, except maybe Lincoln.

[Solomon]

16. I agree. I dont get all the "he will quit/not show up posts.

No matter how bad a day he has he comes out swinging like his shit don't stink.

Everytime. That's his superpower. Shamelessness.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. His Lardship would never admit to illness.

People might think he has covid19 (we wish!), and any illness is a sign of weakness. Canceling his appearance for any personal reason would be a sign of weakness. And Velveeta Voldemort would never give up a TV appearance with a guaranteed audience of millions.

[MineralMan]

11. You could be right. I'm just messing around with ideas here.

Trump is in a very uncomfortable spot today, one he's uncertain of how to handle. He might just be feeling like punting to regather his team and then rejoin the battle.

It's one possibility I'm considering, anyhow.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. No way. People need to stop thinking Trump is grounded in our reality.

He is not. Trump is in his own reality where he's the smartest, greatest person alive on the planet. Trump truly believes he's going to do just fine in the debate and can sell himself like no one has been able to ever sell themselves before.

There's no way he would duck the debate. If anything, he's probably even more fired up because he truly believes he can talk his way out of anything.

[MineralMan]

14. You could be right.

I don't know, and am just guessing on this.

[MontanaMama]

15. I wish!

They’ll have him drugged to his eyeballs and push him out on the stage after bolstering his paper thin ego the whole live long day.

[MineralMan]

17. Well, that would be OK, too.

Biden will mop the floor with his hair, if that is the case.

[Coleman]

18. Has to postpone in order to negotiate the

Armenian military action with one of those former Soviet states, no one remembers. After all the Noble Pease Surprise is more important the some debate.

[BannonsLiver]

19. Who knows. I don't think anything can be ruled out.

As the defeat becomes more apparent the behavior will likely become more erratic.

[bullwinkle428]

20. I'm sorry, but I have to agree with Woodward's assessment - Trump genuinely

believes that no problem cannot be solved via the use of "more Trump". IOW - "just give me more (air) time to explain myself, and everyone will understand!"

[soothsayer]

21. Well he's crying about Joe not taking a drug test

That could do it

[Brother Buzz]

22. I hear Disney has worked out all the bugs in their 'New and Improved' Animatronics device

It's crated and in route, with a stenciled label, "Cash on Delivery (COD)".

[MineralMan]

26. Speaking of Animatronic characters,

On a high school honor society trip to Disneyland in California in 1962, we all trooped into the Animatronics "Presidents" attraction. Things went fine, until Abe Lincoln stood up to speak. He stood up, and then fell over on his face. The audience was quickly ushered out of the attraction, and we all went to other places in the theme park.

Perhaps Trump will fall over at the debate, if he shows up. He does seem unsteady on his feet...

That would be a sight to behold, for sure.

As I remember, I went on many high school trips to Disneyland. It was a very popular destination for such trips. The other most common trip was to the Griffith Park Observatory, but that was, somehow, less popular with the students.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

24. hopefully he takes the hollywood way out,

and checks into drug rehab.
does he own any clinics?

[Captain Zero]

25. Biden should take the stage anyway and answer Trump's questions for him.

Of course what if they had a proxy appear for Trump?

[bearsfootball516]

27. I don't see them canceling, but I'd they did, they'd find a way to blame Biden.

No way would they say it’s due to Trump being sick, because that makes him appear weak.

[Hugin]

28. Bone spurs acting up?

Tsk...

FIND A CURE!

[lettucebe]

29. I would totally not be surprised to see him try to pull a bone spur at the last minute

He doesn't prepare for debates (thinks he's too smart), so he could be a tad nervous about this one, especially with no audience.

[Totally Tunsie]

30. He's not hiding out.

In fact, he's holding a Rose Garden presser this afternoon, supposedly about COVID. He has no shame.

[dalton99a]

31. He'll show up - to "set the record straight" about the fake news from the Deep State

It will be a prime time address to the cult