Trump Rails Against Broken Rally Teleprompters, Threatens to Stiff Contractors

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/unscripted-trump-broken-teleprompters-stiff-contractors-1235036263/

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  2. I can’t believe there’s anyone left who is signing a contract with convicted on Donald Trump that doesn’t involve upfront payment.

  4. I’m watching it now. CNN said that he said something like “I don’t care about you, I just want your vote.”

  5. He never needed a reason to stiff contractors before. Why now?

  6. Teleprompters? The things they disparaged Obama for using?

  7. The Melon Felon rages against something else?
    Oh, No!

  8. > “It’s 110 [degrees], but it doesn’t feel it to me… If anybody goes down, we have people, they’ll pick you up right away. They’ll throw water… Everybody was so worried yesterday about you and **they never mentioned me**,” Trump said, although it was just shy of 100 degrees at the Las Vegas airport near the venue at the time he spoke. “I’m up here sweating like a dog. Secret Service said, ‘We gotta keep everybody safe.’ They don’t think about me. **I’m working my ass off. I’m working hard. This is hard work**.”

    The Republican candidate for president, everyone.

  9. *34-time convicted felon Trump.

    That’s 30 more felony convictions than Martha Stewart, who went to prison for 4 months as a first time offender for far, far less serious crimes… none of which were committed in order to deprive the United States of a free and fair election.

  10. He’s always looking for ways to stiff his contractors. He’s been like that for decades. It’s not surprising at all, and if he wasn’t a filterless idiot, he wouldn’t really need the prompter anyway.

  11. If I was the vendor, I would just immediately shut it down after a comment like that.

  12. Does Drumpf ever talk about what his stance is on actual issues impacting Americans? He uses rallies like therapy sessions ranting about every little thing that’s happened to him over the last 4 years.

  13. So… the smartest man on the planet with the perfectly functioning brain accidentally rambles the truth, and then blames it on the fact that he can’t read from his script?

    LOL

  16. He can’t string a sentence of his lies together coherently faster than he can read…

  17. I seem to remember “Trump doesn’t use/need teleprompters because he’s so smart” being a republican talking point once upon a time

  18. Didn’t he and his followers say and keep saying he doesn’t need teleprompters?

  19. oh, he was always going to stiff the contractors, this is him just deciding what excuse to use.

  20. > Everybody was so worried yesterday about you and **they never mentioned me**,” Trump said…. “**I’m** up here sweating like a dog. Secret Service said, ‘We gotta keep everybody safe.’ **They don’t think about me**. **I’m** working my ass off. **I’m** working hard. This is hard work.”

    Meeee meeeee meeeeeeeeeee

  21. HTF can anyone watch this and think “Yeah this guy is qualified to be president.”?

  23. Again?

    Last time it was a podium, the time before that it was the teleprompters.

    I’m really starting to think maybe Trump is the problem!

  24. Contractors should from now on inform Trump that they will provide him with equipment but if he wants actual working equipment he should pay upfront.

  25. It’s the entire world just trying to make him look bad. (Sarcasm)

  26. Trump stiffs contractors… isn’t that just a day that ends in a “Y”.

  27. “Threatens” to stiff the contractors.
    Hell, Convicted Felon Trump is known for not paying his bills. It’s on the contractor for not getting paid upfront when you’re dealing with a known welch.

  28. I’m pretty sure he never paid the carpet guys from his casino. My friends uncle told us that in the 80s, when he was a contractor there.

  29. Someone should publish a list of every contractor or vendor he’s Stiffed

  30. Anyone who does business with this asshole and doesn’t get the cash upfront deserves whatever treatment they receive.

  31. A Trump never pays his debts

    I thought only Joe needed a teleprompter

  32. The teleprompters are working just fine.

    He’s just too fucked up to read them and stay on message.

    Just another shell game he plays with his captive audiences to cover his syntax missteps and fumbling of over his words.

    Just like the trope he uses when he maligns the media covering the event.

  34. Imagine providing equipment and services to anything related to Trump and expecting to have the bill paid.

  35. Wow…threatening to engage in “theft of service” right before his probation hearing.

  36. Can’t he remember the four phrases he repeats at nauseam? I thought he was a genius. “ I need a teleprompter to cry properly “

  37. He steps onto the stage, a grin on his face, Ready to dazzle, take his place. But as he starts to speak, the screen starts to flop, The teleprompter’s broken, now he’s lost the plot.

    (Chorus) Oh, Donald Trump and the teleprompter’s curse, Words are stumbling, it’s getting worse. Every little glitch, every awkward pause, He’s fumbling and mumbling, can’t find the cause.

    (Verse 2) He points and he blames, says it’s all fake news, But the crowd’s not buying his high-heeled shoes. The sentences crumble, he can’t find his way, Without his teleprompter, he’s got nothing to say.

    (Chorus) Oh, Donald Trump and the teleprompter’s curse, Words are stumbling, it’s getting worse. Every little glitch, every awkward pause, He’s fumbling and mumbling, can’t find the cause.

    (Bridge) He tries to improvise, but it’s a wild ride, Mixing up his facts, taking hits on his pride. He waves his tiny hands, tries to shift the blame, But the crowd’s all laughing, and it’s a shame.

    (Verse 3) He’s losing his mind, can’t keep it all straight, His rants and his rambles, it’s getting quite late. Then comes the verdict, he’s found guilty at trial, His face turns to shock, gone is the smile.

    (Chorus) Oh, Donald Trump and the teleprompter’s curse, Words are stumbling, it’s getting worse. Every little glitch, every awkward pause, He’s fumbling and mumbling, can’t find the cause.

    (Outro) So here’s to the bloopers, the mishaps galore, With Donald at the mic, it’s never a bore. The teleprompter’s busted, but it’s crystal clear, He’s tripping and slipping, year after year.

    4o

  39. As an Av professional myself, I wonder every day how this douchenozzle can still manage to find AV companies willing to do his events.

    Whoever is doing them, I hope you’re charging an arm and a leg and insist on getting paid up front

  41. Trump was going to stiff the contractors regardless whether or not the teleprompters worked.

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