Confirmation on TSF being off the trail

[angrychair]

Former President Donald Trump said that he plans to stay off the presidential campaign rally circuit until after the Democratic National Convention, which ends Aug. 22.
The Republican nominee’s schedule this month defies conventional campaign strategy, and draws a sharp contrast with Trump’s schedule in August of 2016.

Something more is going on here. He is unhinged and becoming worse.
Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit about his health but I just wish the press covered it half as much as they covered Joe.

Reference: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/trump-off-campaign-trail-as-harris-walz-vance-barnstorm.html?__source=threads%7Cmain

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I think questioning

45's instability, lack of coherence, and signs memory loss are fair game.

[thomski64]

54. ...fuckin aye.....

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Time is the most precious campaign commodity

13 days off the trail. Guess they figure they can't grab attention during this DNC window.

On the other hand he has no strategy other than to lie and brag about imaginary events.

"Something more is going on here."

Takes time to tweak the lithium salts, antidepressants, tranqs, and stimulants.

The American people are owed a psych eval and some medical records.

[NonPC]

40. Dementia Might Be Taking Hold

Energy level is down. Confused about numbers. Raging at his opponents and perceived enemies. Unable to keep a coherent thought. Talking to imaginary people (Hannibal). Just wants to watch TV and play occasional rounds of golf. Now seems primarily obsessed with his legacy (large crowds, etc).

Don Jr. and crew must have been able to motivate and medicate him enough to do yesterday's press conference. Assured him that he is still leading in the "best" polls, his fans were begging to hear him, and that his favorite reporters and hot women would attend. Then he was allowed to ramble until the meds started wearing off.

I think we will certainly observe his dementia progressing in the coming six weeks. Between the sentencing in NYC and the debate, the mental stress in the week leading up to them both might push him over the edge.

I can't help but wonder if the NY judge is going to sentence him to time in the big house? I know I know -- he's teflon. But at the end of the day, he has been found guilty by a jury, owes NY $400 Million, and hasn't expressed a single word of remorse. With all the craziness with him, maybe the judge will request a mental health assessment before final sentencing. We'd hope that he gets more than a slap on the wrist and probation -- but maybe permanent confinement to a mental institution is the best solution.

[Rebl2]

78. Seems like

since Vice President Harris became the nominee, it has thrown tfg off course.

[LuvLoogie]

3. If he drops out, it's going to be DesantisHaley

[angrychair]

7. Likely

But it would be a rout all across the board. Most maga types would think the mainstream Republicans pushed TSF out and would never vote for either of them. Their party would implode.
It would be amazing.

[brush]

74. They're doomed as they're stuck with him. It's karmic accountability, and it's their fuault...

for staying with the most flawed example of a presidential candidate since...who knows, the corrupt Warren Harding, or the out racist Woodrow Wilson?

They should've dumped hum long ago.

Now that Joe Biden is out and the MSM and cable media outlets are no longer concentrating on his age, trump's weaknesses are now evident and glaringly obvious.

Too bad. So sad.

Something is definitely wrong for him to be taking weeks off at this time at this late date in the campaign. IMO something decisive and disastrous for them is going to decide the election...and it won't be positive for them.

Stock up on popcorn.

[Metaphorical]

21. Oh, that would be fun, but ...

Trump dropping out of his own volition is NOT going to happen. He controls too much of the organization at this point, and DeSatan (sorry, DeSantis) is not even well-liked in Florida, let alone outside of it.

As to campaigning, it has become obvious that he's not growing his base of supporters through the campaign rallies, and the assassination attempt spooked him more than he wants to admit. The Democratic Convention and Harris are going to lead the news cycle for the next three weeks regardless, and the media is getting a LOT of heat for Trump's disastrous "press conference".

Assuming that he's not trying to plan some kind of October Surprise (and I have no doubt that this IS in the works), I expect that he's going to campaign through the few proxies he still has left to him.

[Zoomie1986]

75. I seriously doubt that the shooting gave him PTSD

The only way it affected him was by giving him another angle to exploit his MAGA myrmidons.

[ToxMarz]

39. HIs re-election is directly correlated to his future wealth and dealing with legal woes in his mind. (And revenge!)

He will never drop out. This is all about what he needs, not what's best for anyone else.

[Irish_Dem]

53. If Trump goes, Vance goes with him and they start all over?

[mucholderthandirt]

83. No, it will be Vance. He's on the ticket, he'll have to ignore the couch and carry on.

I guess should he win, he'd get to appoint his own VP, but I think the House has to approve it. That's how I remember it, but my memory isn't always that great, thank you Covid.

[malaise]

4. I still think that he is going to drop out n/t

[Jirel]

12. Never will happen.

The ego will not allow that. Him? Have to step down and beg for a pardon? Not be in charge while watching others win or lose with his fate hanging in the balance? Ain’t happening.

This is a break to get him on better drugs and get the best professionals on their side to try to deal with dementia and anger management.

[regnaD kciN]

31. Nope. Because, unlike Biden...

…TSF knows that, if he doesn’t win (either through winning the election or…other methods), he’ll likely wind up spending the rest of his life behind bars.

It’s why I think he and his cult will become even more dangerous if/when the election is finally called for Harris.

[cannabis_flower]

56. It won't happen unless..

It seems he isn’t going to win and it seems like going to jail and he leaves the country and goes to Saudi Arabia or Russia.

[yourout]

62. Only way he leaves the race is in a hearse.

[ecstatic]

70. Several astrologers are saying he will leave the race somehow

[MrWowWow]

5. It is the Beginning of the End for tramp

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Good thing he had extended fuel tanks installed on tramp force one....Fugitive tramp will then become, via his toy social network, the Internet's Tokyo Rose of Russia, Saudi Arabia or wherever he flees to.
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[Jirel]

6. This.

You know that moment at the end of Star Wars when the torpedos go into the exhaust ports and the order is given “Stand by,” to the helmeted operators shutting things down (as everyone pretty much knows they’ll blow up in seconds)?

Yeah. It’s like that.

[RAB910]

8. He's afraid! Ever since someone shot at him

[Probatim]

34. Someone said he used to talk like a man who'd never been punched in the mouth.

Then he got shot at - and he hasn't been the same since.

(Of course, there is still a lot of speculation about that incident.)

[mahina]

43. And may have had a CT scan that may or may not have shown evidence

Of damage to his brain.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Harris-Walz Campaign-Statement on Trump's Visits to Swing States This Week and in August

Link to tweet

[Teak411]

10. WHAT DOES "TSF" STAND FOR?

[malaise]

14. The Sick Fuck

Coined by Pres Biden
and welcome to DU😀

[WhiteTara]

16. that sick f**k - compliments of Joe Biden

[Brother Buzz]

19. The sick fuck

President Biden first said it in a backroom meeting, but it was just to good to not leak out

[NoMoreRepugs]

27. As a synonym - The SlobFather.

[malaise]

29. That too

😂

[mountain grammy]

42. My personal favorite

😁

[Rebl2]

37. Was wondering same thing

[magicarpet]

11. Or Theil and Musk are going to take the same attitude as Putin.

Fuck this trDUMP guy he is nothing but a useless idiot. Time to cut bait and run. Pointless to waste more time and money on this pathetic clown.

Move on.

[Metaphorical]

24. I think this has already happened

Musk switched his focus to Great Britain awfully quickly. He may also be overextended at this point - still with more money than anyone should ever have, but all too much of it is either on paper or hasn't yet materialized (such as his Tesla compensation). Many very wealthy people are often far from liquid.

[Ms. Toad]

13. I think it's a reaction to the assassination attempt.

And from my personal experience following a violent attack, the longer he delays returning to the kind of scenario in which it happened - the harder it will be. I won't be at all surprised if he doesn't ever return to his traditional rally-style campaigning or if - when he does -it is in indoor arenas where entrants are heavily screened.

[Irish_Dem]

57. I think this is a piece of it.

He is also mentally ill and has dementia.
And has other stressors as well.

It is all too much for him.
He cannot cope.

[Ms. Toad]

69. Has that ever stopped him before?

His mental status hasn't changed dramatically since the assassination attempt, nor have any of the other stressors.

Rallies, and his adoring fans, are like food and air for him - so for him to stop them it must be something new and extraordinary. An assassination attempt fits that bill.

Virtually no one is taking the assassination attempt very seriously. That is in large part because he is such a buffoon that it was easy to imagine it was all a false flag operation. And since his physical injury wasn't serious (and he hammed it up immediately - and for a week or so after), it was easy to ridicule. Rather than focusing on how dangerous the shooter actually was, DU (and others) have been dismissing it as no big deal - calling it his little boo-boo, for example.

But having a bullet (or something you believe is a bullet) come close enough that had you not turned your head, had the shooter not been interrupted moments before firing, etc. you wouldn't be here now is sobering in a way that is much more serious than anyone has been giving it credit for.

[3Hotdogs]

61. I guess its kinda like when you fall off a horse and they tell ya to get right back on.

--- 'cause if ya don't, ya might never get back on.

Yeah. The bullet may have led to him having the shit shaken out'a him.

[livetohike]

15. Laziest candidate ever. He's so ignorant. He has run

out of new material to add to his tired old schtick. He’s floundering. He made a mistake in choosing Vance and he knows it.

[Irish_Dem]

58. Yes his laziness is a piece of it too.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Maybe he asked his buddy Putin to "surprise" us in October with a terrorist attack that will...

push the election his way.

[AZ8theist]

49. That's not a given.....

Immediately after 9/11, Shrubs approval shot up to 90% (I still hated his guts, but oh well...)
A terrorist attack on America could massively shift the election to Harris as Americans want stability and leadership.
NOT switch to treasonous buffoonery.

[LudwigPastorius]

80. Have you read Erich Fromm's "Escape From Freedom"?

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Fear tends to drive people to authoritarianism, not expanded democracy.

See what we got after 9/11: the Patriot Act, the FISA Amendments Act, et al

If there's one thing that Trump doesn't lie about, it's his desire to be an autocrat, and it wouldn't be the first time in history a scared populace turned to such a megalomaniac.

[AZ8theist]

82. I have not read that book.

But I was talking about the short term (< 3 months) possible effects of a terror attack.
People will "rally around the flag" in the short term we have until November.
Yes, there may be longer term policies put in place afterwards, but the short term effects are not always predictable.

[jalan48]

18. I think he's in the process of doing a makeover

He tried the new, non orange look at his presser yesterday, not sure it was an effective look for him. Who knows what he’ll look like at the end of August.

[Metaphorical]

25. He's going to become a black woman

It seems to be working for his opponent, after all.

* sarcasm *

[magicarpet]

33. Oh please don't give don-OLD any ideas.

The Tangerine Menace will go full blown black-face like the racist minstrel Al Jolson.

Spare us that.

[Irish_Dem]

59. He's ordering the wig and the pantsuit as we speak.

He will have to practice looking happy and laughing however.

[AZ8theist]

51. Exactly. Here's his new look:

[Raven]

20. It may well be that Trump and the republicans thinks they have this election rigged and in the bag. n/t

[malaise]

32. Had that thought

But he’s a professional loser
He thought he had the last one too. The words are preparation and vigilance

[Auggie]

47. "He's a professional loser" ... Yes! And good to keep in mind.

[quakerboy]

46. crowd size

His are suffering, he's tantruming, and someone on his team has come up with a way to convince him to stay home a bit so they can stop ducking catsup bottles for a few weeks

[AllyCat]

48. This is in the back of my mind too.

How brazenly horrible can they be and still “win” by rigging state election boards?

[unblock]

67. They really can't get away with it unless people believe the election is close.

The Supreme Court got away with bush v. gore in large part due to the election being super close. Well, not the popular vote, but in the electoral college it came down to just 500 or so votes in one state.

J6 failed in part because it wasn't super close.

He may be relying on another coup, but it won't fly unless he makes the election close enough to steal.

[birdographer]

77. As long as they don't have some nefarious plan for the DNC

Sorry, born to worry. Why that time? Ignore this, it's me doing my worry thing.

[patricia92243]

22. Trump has to have constant worship from his MAGA crowd. Something

is seriously wrong. When will we find out what.

[wcmagumba]

23. He thinks the planned chicanery with election certification in swing states gives him a free pass to a win...nt

[maxsolomon]

26. He is holding an event at MSU in Bozeman today.

Isn't that ON the trail?

[regnaD kciN]

28. I remember, twenty years ago...

…during the postmortem to that year’s election, how John Kerry’s decision to go on vacation the week after the DNC was blamed for playing a large role in his loss, as it destroyed any momentum his campaign had before the opposing convention.

And that was just one week…

[3Hotdogs]

65. Back to that - Kerry walked on stage, with the salute and "Reporting for duty," I had a sinking feeling, it was over.

Dukakis in the tank.... It was over.

This time, when Kamala walked on stage, my feeling was, It's over. WE WON. Then when she added Walz ----

Much of it is about the energy level of the candidate. It's not measurable, but I sense it and register it.

This election is ours.

[Voltaire2]

30. After the almost complete miscoverage of his deranged press conference, in case you had any doubt,

the 'press' is not going to do anything other than pretend that the weird fascist clowns running the republican party are somehow normal, that this is a normal election, and that the important things to focus on are the latest idiotic personal attacks from the fascist's propaganda machine.

[Carlitos Brigante]

35. On point, as usual! nt

[usonian]

36. Over time, the most fatal error is believing your own lies.

It's taking a while because so damn many believed them, too.

But unlike Nazi Germany, we will stop it in its boots.

[PlutosHeart]

38. I think his cult is trying to distance themselves

from rotten things they possibly plan.
Call me paranoid but there is nothing this man does that is good. And to shut him almost gives me major red flags.

[MeNotThatKindOfOrc]

41. The RNC is broke, out of money, no dinero!

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[Grokenstein]

44. Maybe his family/mob is super-busy planning out their escape routes. nt

[slightlv]

71. I wouldn't doubt this...

they've all been conspicuously absent during his "campaign."

[Botany]

45. As I posted yesterday the man is damaged .

.... goods and his own people, the GOP, and
much of the media are trying to hide him and whatever is going on with him. The little of his presser byI watched yesterday showed him slurring his words and unsteady on his own feet along with his gish gallop of lies but at end of the day you can't hide a flaming train wreck.

[lastlib]

50. After that, he'll be off the rail.....

kinda like now (and the last nine years), only worse.

The Felon needs major intervention.

[Devilsun]

52. Internal polling

Their internal polling must be either really good or really bad. 🤔

[ffr]

55. Time enought to stage another fake assasination attempt, maybe one per week

These things take time to coordinate, you know.

Just after the last time the orange turd was not seen for more than a week on the campaign trail, was when he got a bloody ear lobe and we never got confirmation from any official medical report. Hmmm.

Maybe I haven't been following him as much as others.

[onetexan]

81. Yea i have my suspicions about the shooting

I suspect it was staged.

[Figarosmom]

60. His plane was grounded today

Maybe it's on its last legs and he knows it. Musk will have to give him a plane now so he can do rallies.

[Metaphorical]

72. I've wondered about this

Flying private planes is very expensive, especially when they are a 757 like Trump's. Fuel costs around $7 a gallon for 100LL fuel, and a Boeing 757 holds about 11,000 gallons of fuel (at about 1000 gallons an hour), plus fueling service costs, so close to $80,000 a fill-up. Boseman's about 6 hours from Mar-a-lago, so there and back runs pretty much a full tank of gas, and if big backers are backing off, Trump may be paying out of pocket.

Of course, the whole thing about this trip is fishy - go to Montana, which isn't really even a competitive state at this point, then mysterious mechanical problems (which may be legitimate if he can't afford regular maintenance of that monster) which drops him off in Billings, where it's unlikely that there is a press presence. An ideal place for someone (perhaps Russian?) to meet with Trump with no camera coverage.

[onetexan]

63. The Con isn't worried maybe because he thinks the GOP's rig is baked in and he will just seize the presidency by force.

I wouldn't put anything past this dangerous, corrupt, sorry excuse of a human being.

[Rebl2]

79. I reluctantly agree

[BrianTheEVGuy]

64. He is hiding in his basement! NT

[Takket]

66. That's bizarre...

He has an absolutely completely flaccid ego, among other things. He cannot survive without constant adulation from his cult. For him to simply forgo that is beyond confusing. Something major is going on.

[spanone]

68. LIE - he's holding a rally tonight

[wcmagumba]

73. A Trump "rally" is his metaphorical basement, his "safe" space....

[Island Blue]

76. That's a bold strategy , Cotton.

Let’s see if it pays off. 🤣