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global1

(25,247 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 09:45 PM Jun 2020

Trump Has Had A Few Bad Weeks Now In A Row Where He Has Been Put On The Defensive.....

He's been put off his game and because of his narcissism he's been made to defend his vanity and (what he thinks is) his macho image.

Because he thinks he has to defend himself (i.e., like walking down the ramp or drinking the water with two hands) he really doesn't have the ability to mount any type of campaign for 2020.

As a result - all he knows and all he can fall back on - are his stale talking points from the 2016 election - which are now worn and dated - as he hasn't come up with any decent talking points on the pandemic; unemployment; the potential for a Trump recession or depression or reform of the police in this climate of BLM protests. Bolton's book and the Lincoln Project are also contributing to an impending breakdown

Also coming off the embarrassment of the Tulsa rally and trying to figure out what happened and if he is losing his base - he's reeling - and because he's an idiot - I don't think he knows what to do going forward.

So my suggestion is 'to keep him on the run' and 'keep him on the defensive'. Keep him at that riled up state where he goes after his own people like the WH and his campaign staff. Don't let up on making him look weak.

Keep stepping on his narcissism to make him seethe as he sits there in the WH angrily tweeting. Drive him nuts (or more nuts than he is).

Let's see if we can keep this pressure on him till November.

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Trump Has Had A Few Bad Weeks Now In A Row Where He Has Been Put On The Defensive..... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2020 OP
I feel an Infrastructure Week coming underpants Jun 2020 #1
+ effin 1. Good one. yonder Jun 2020 #6
If by infrastructure you mean vaccine Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #8
Unnnn, not a good card seeing few will take the first couple of batches uponit7771 Jun 2020 #10
Macho image... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #2
Agreed EarlG Jun 2020 #3
The ads against him have been non-stop. BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #4
I anticipate Mary Trump's upcoming book psychoanalyzing her uncle will force Trump over the sop Jun 2020 #5
The stress should have done him in by now. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #7
Apparently he thinks accusing Obama of treason will cheer him up. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #9
When they go low... MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #11

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)
10. Unnnn, not a good card seeing few will take the first couple of batches
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 02:35 AM
Jun 2020

... I don't know anyone who's rushing out to take a vaccine that was developed in less than a year where he usually gets developed in 3 or 4 years

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Macho image...
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 09:53 PM
Jun 2020

Macho image. Heheheh. Well, that may be his self-perception.

It's hard to even imagine an orange chicken with a macho image, but he's free to play make believe all he wants.

EarlG

(21,947 posts)
3. Agreed
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 09:54 PM
Jun 2020

He almost seems punch drunk at this point. They hyped up that Tulsa rally as a “campaign reset” and then he spent 15 minutes telling a story about how he walked down a ramp.

It certainly suggests that keeping up the attacks on things that trigger his narcissism will prevent him from being able to focus on anything of any importance to the average American.

BigmanPigman

(51,591 posts)
4. The ads against him have been non-stop.
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 09:56 PM
Jun 2020

He gives them so much ammo to use. His ego is such a huge, bigly one that it is easy to target and injure.

sop

(10,177 posts)
5. I anticipate Mary Trump's upcoming book psychoanalyzing her uncle will force Trump over the
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 10:07 PM
Jun 2020

edge. That should be fun to watch.

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