These Nazi rallies he does, like in Nashville tonight, what is their impact on the country?

[Stinky The Clown]

He simultaneously channels Hitler and Mussolini. Yelling until his veins pop and his orange mug turns red. If we're lucky, he'll stroke out.

But . . . .

Do these performances help or hurt him with the country?

I have no stats to point to, but I think these are either neutral or negative. Sure, they keep his brownshirts and Hitler Youth all stirred up but I really think the rest of the country is turned off by this crap. His approval today is down to 43%. People, by and large, dislike him and that has to include a lot of those who voted for him, I should think.

Again, I have no facts or data to point to. What do you think?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. If only Bob Altman were still alive to make a movie about these rallies.

[jpak]

3. It would prolly be Leni Riefenstahl

yup

[jpak]

2. It was all white, uptight and alt-right

yup

[oasis]

5. And they'd like very much to keep it that way.

[dubyadiprecession]

4. Trump desperately wants to be cheered on by his supporters.

He is very sad these days and needs this attention.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

22. My thoughts exactly...... The dumbass needs to be around his fellow dumbasses.

When you think about it, he is mostly surrounded by people with IQ's much higher than his. As dumb as his cabinet members ideas are and his media people, they are still much, much smarter than he is. Same with most of the congress people.

[enough]

6. I don't know about the county, but for Trump it's like a blood transfusion.

He gets a wonderful jolt of energy and confidence, then within a short time he goes back to being what he was before, but with that miserable sense of disappointment. Over time, it becomes less and less effective for him. Sad.

[nocalflea]

8. or drug addiction

[hatrack]

18. Precisely - he used to do a little, but the little wouldn't do it . . .

And the little got more and more . . .

[procon]

7. The TV sound was off, but I looked up to see him making mad chopping motions

with his right arm. The first thing that popped into my head was the old videos of Hitler doing the exact same thing in front of his adoring fans. It was chillingly creepy... haz added more rum to my Coke.

[Kimchijeon]

11. Yeah he does appear like Hitler/Mussolini with his goofy speeches

[Charles Bukowski]

9. It's pathetic.

He's practically saying "I'm a nitwit and this is the only part of the process I can handle".

We're not even two months into this travesty and he's already held to two campaign rallies. Trump is begging for validation from the only asswhipes who truly love him - - the Deplorables.

[Initech]

10. They keep showing his only supporters left are old, fat white people.

While the younger, more diverse crowds are outside.

[Squinch]

12. What's the crowd size look like?

[Initech]

14. More protesters outside than fans inside!

[Squinch]

15. That's good! I'm looking forward to the day when a dozen half-wits show up for him.

And it's going to happen.

Thanks for the info. I can't bear to look at that pig.

[titaniumsalute]

13. Most people aren't paying any attention

Look. Most of us have jobs, have kids, have bills, have lives, etc. It is a random Wednesday evening. Lots of people are buried in snow. The NCAA basketball is ramping up.

People get sick and fucking tired of the 2 year campaign for President. Look at the small crowd in DEEP RED Tennessee. No one is paying any attention to Drumpf except for his small group of Nazis.

[hatrack]

16. I think they hurt him - easy to wear out your welcome when you have NOTHING to say . . .

No policy, no substance, just the same old shit from six months ago.

The more he talks, the sicker people get of his dumb ass.

I think he blows off a toe each time he hosts Redneck Nuremberg.

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Yeah, that's how I see it, too.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. The crowd behind him is very "ugly" too. That's got to be a big turnoff....

[lunasun]

19. 43% that is scary after the last few months 43% apporove . Wow . Not normal rallies

Chanting together against Clinton and for the wall I read.
These rallies are a way to recruit and retain the hate now that he is in power
I don't have cable but I assume it was televised so the audience for them may be growing as he continues to govern.. Even if they are just tuning in for circus viewers are consciously hearing the speech and crowd
He is being normalized so the rallies may become more acceptable to the public. Propaganda masters like Bannon and Miller are busy creating an alt world
Those hitler youth eventually vote.

[Lucinda]

20. They are ego boosts. pResidentin' is hard work. He needs the crazies screeching for him in order to

recharge is battery.

[sarcasmo]

21. I view Trump as a Mussolini/Hitler combo. Dictator Chic is Donnie's style.

[Doreen]

24. I think he does it to hype his hateful

supporters. If he has them all hyped up they are more likely to commit violence against those he is against. He is at fault for encouraging his people to hurt others and destroy their property.