Trump Allies Urge Him Not to Be a ‘Raging Asshole’ at Debate
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-allies-urge-raging-asshole-debate-1235046992/
Trump Allies Urge Him Not to Be a ‘Raging Asshole’ at Debate
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-allies-urge-raging-asshole-debate-1235046992/
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An impossible feat for the lying POS.
They can urge, but the convicted felon isn’t able to stop himself from acting that way.
That’s like urging water to not get things wet
Difficulty: Impossible
The old fable about the scorpion and the frog comes to mind.
If you have allied yourself with someone who has to be reminded not to be a raging asshole in a presidential debate the problem is *you.*
Trump: instructions unclear, will be the bigliest most luxurious asshole that the world has ever seen.
I mean, he might as well. It’s the only interesting thing about the debate. How awful this chucklefucker is going to be.
So Trump cannot be Trump? That is basically saying he will do it anyway.
That’s like telling a bear not to shit in the woods
Biden should just start out with ” you know.. i have never debated a convicted felon before.. “
That’s going to be a nearly impossible feat for this raging asshole
But isn’t that why at least half of his constituency is so thrilled by him? He’s the asshole they could never be.
We are 30 hours away. What are the odds Trump balks out.
There is a better chance of a singularity of infinite mass and density suddenly appearing on stage and singing show tunes, than this happening.
No raging asshole, no raging asshole. You’re the raging asshole!
maga loves that about him though. most of them are also raging assholes.
i feel like the bar for him is so low that if he does manage to appear even slightly normal the media will give him the W. he doesn’t have to be eloquent or discuss actual policies he just has to not be a raging asshole.
Raging asshole is all he’s got. What’s he gonna do instead, present policy positions? Rofl
Reminding us, yet again, that a depressing number of conservatives are perfectly fine with trump and other similarly volatile politicians. These conservatives desire only for trump’s horrible fascism to simply wrapped in a more outwardly palatable guise.
The ship done left the dock and sank at sea like a decade ago. It’s far, far, far to late for him to heed this advice.
From his perspective, he’s succeeded by always going full Trump. He doesn’t value *anyone’s* advice more than his own intuition that he can do no wrong. I honestly think he’s gone so long without exerting discipline over his impulses that he’s no longer capable of controlling them. Plus he’s mentally crumbling.
He’ll talk some absolute nonsense, he’ll say things that are embarrassing and crude, and people will be unbothered because he made this the new normal for American politics.
But I think Biden (and team) will be shrewd about giving Trump enough rope to hang himself with. There’s a real chance that Trump could have a serious meltdown or very publicly make his cognitive issues too blatant for a lot of people to ignore.
You can’t change the stripes on the zebra. He’ll be a Raging Asshole for the world to see.
He will come out and talk gibberish, lying and calling names and MAGA will declare him the winner.
Watch and see.
If you remove the raging asshole from him, then what is left other than a full diaper and some orange makeup?
That’s like asking a dog not to be a canine.
“My friends, and I have the best friends, all very successful, wealthy, very smart… they said to me, ‘Sir… sir, try not to be a raging asshole, sir.”
Imagine having to try to convince a raging asshole not to be a raging asshole to his face. Doesn’t sound like a good time. Love that for them.
Elections have consequences. Next time don’t pick a raging asshole to be your party’s chosen nominee when both part of his appeal as well as his very nature is to be a raging asshole.
I remember when he was giving a speech to Boy Scouts, and got off on a tangent about how rich men have yacht orgies. The man has no self control or awareness of how other people see him, he just knows he has to keep talking non-stop or it will give the audience time to think about what he said and realize what a fraud he is.
“But can I be a lying asshole? A fearmongering asshole? A covfefe asshole? …. WHALE!”
Lol you silly idiots, why would a raging asshole listen to advice to not be a raging asshole?
His debate prep team have advised him to accurately report the correct time at several random intervals during the debate to ensure he actually states some factual information when fact checked.
That’s like telling a fish not to swim.
They’re also urging him to not shit his pants. We’ll see how that goes.
What if Biden takes crazy-intellect-enhancing drugs?
He’s the president! He might have access to these all the time!?
What if he takes them every single day?
What if he’s smarter than me all the goddamn time??? Oh wait
Trump will not change. He has not changed in decades, why the fuck would he change now? At this point, the only people who are upholding this bullshit narrative are the media.
As if he’s going to keep to the GOP script. He’s a liability by every metric. A lose canon. If not Biden, then he himself will act like the lunatic he is. I am awaiting anything, from him going up to Bidens microphone to scream into it because his microphone will be turned off to him just walking away in the middle of the debate because he thinks its dominance or whatever. The ultimate kicker would be him shitting himself.
Problem is he can’t not be a raging asshole
Not only because of his shit personalty but also because him being a ragging asshole is how he shows “strength” to the weak people who make up his cult
Yeah, that’ll work. The guy who’s been a raging asshole for the past 30+ years. I’m sure he’ll pull it back tomorrow night.
A raging asshole is what his base wants & expects.
Trump’s inclination when there’s a microphone and an audience is to do what has worked pretty well for him since the mid-2010s, and especially since he left office: Say outrageous things to entertain his supporters. That doesn’t work in a debate aimed at swing voters, although successfully pointing out the bias of moderators is usually good for a few points.
I listened to a little of a podcast he did with these Silicon Valley venture capitalists. He wants their support and knows what to say to them. He came off measured and smart, which I didn’t think he could still do. Of course there was much to annoy Trump *haters*, but this election won’t be about Trump haters. That’s their issue and they will turn out to vote for Biden.
The vast fuzzy middle between “usually votes Democrat” and “usually votes Republican” is win, for whoever gets it. If he has the ability to talk to those people and *only* those people*,* he has a shot at being perceived as the debate’s winner. If Biden stumbles over a laundry list of stuff his supporters already agree with, but otherwise seems on his last legs, he will be perceived (broadly) as the loser.
Both of them, if their advisors have any sense, will have it pounded into their heads that *both of them are very unpopular*. They are aiming for that middle in a half-dozen battleground states, that’s it.
Trump doesn’t have “allies.” That’s not how he operates. He has toadies and he has sycophants and he has people trying to use him.
Or a raging narcissist, racist, misogynist, elitist, pig, perv, crook, and fraud?
So, they’re saying “For god’s sake, whatever you do, don’t be yourself.”