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global1

(25,242 posts)
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:37 PM Nov 2022

Tr**p Who Likes To Seek Revenge May Surprise Us All.....

Most Repugs are blaming him for the losses they sustained in the midterms and he is being called a loser. Many Repugs are telling him not to announce his candidacy for the 2024 nomination. Many Repugs are touting DeSantis as their anointed one for 2024.

So I'm thinking that Tr**p's announcement tonight is to say - yes he is running for president in 2024 - but as a third party candidate and not as a Repug.

Wouldn't that be an interesting development?

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Tr**p Who Likes To Seek Revenge May Surprise Us All..... (Original Post) global1 Nov 2022 OP
The Trump Party! Go for it! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2022 #1
Trump Party - a combination of all of his bankruptcies and Bang Bang Boebert's pork sliders Probatim Nov 2022 #10
"It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to... Harker Nov 2022 #54
aka/dba The Humpty Trumpty Party! alterfurz Nov 2022 #68
More proof that he is addict to losing randr Nov 2022 #2
You may be right, Beachnutt Nov 2022 #3
What time is Trump going to announce? Meadowoak Nov 2022 #4
??? after he goes to the bathroom and flushes a few more docs down the toilet? orleans Nov 2022 #44
I believe 9:00 pm. SergeStorms Nov 2022 #48
This might be the only time I want to watch him Tribetime Nov 2022 #65
He won't do that because it won't own the Libs Walleye Nov 2022 #5
Although it would mean the GOP would not as well Zambero Nov 2022 #16
We can only hope. But what gets into his diseased mind nobody knows Walleye Nov 2022 #18
That is what I see happening... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2022 #51
Right - less media attention and no access to the deep pockets of the GOP FakeNoose Nov 2022 #60
Great news for Democrats....a la Ross Perot. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #6
Nope. He wants to own the GOP. GOP gives him leverage for party extortion. ZonkerHarris Nov 2022 #7
He has to run to continue fleecing his followers. IMO republianmushroom Nov 2022 #8
Music to the ears... Sogo Nov 2022 #9
He may announce his own new party, but vlyons Nov 2022 #11
He doesn't have the brains or the money to start a third party PortTack Nov 2022 #12
He doesn't really need a party. He's got his scam fundraiser Walleye Nov 2022 #19
No, but he would hire consultants to do it for him GoodRaisin Nov 2022 #30
What would the animal of his party be? boston bean Nov 2022 #13
a pig geardaddy Nov 2022 #21
Good one! boston bean Nov 2022 #39
With no disrespect to actual pigs geardaddy Nov 2022 #64
Dodo bird. Meadowoak Nov 2022 #46
A Banana Slug. SergeStorms Nov 2022 #49
A golden calf Generic Brad Nov 2022 #66
He'll only do that AFTER he milks the GOP for every dime he can get. Vinca Nov 2022 #14
This. GoodRaisin Nov 2022 #31
Anything is ..."possible" Stuart G Nov 2022 #15
I bet he's hunkered down on the gold toilet right now brewing up something special Blue Owl Nov 2022 #17
I will be in bed when he announces, but I will check back in the morning... Chainfire Nov 2022 #20
he OWNS the GOP WHY would he run 3rd party?? WarGamer Nov 2022 #22
the twist is in rrze Nov 2022 #23
I can see this happening after he loses the Puke Primary GuppyGal Nov 2022 #24
yes, it would be better if he waited until then..... Gato Moteado Nov 2022 #26
My guess is that he will announce not running Turbineguy Nov 2022 #25
He isn't smart enough to think that far ahead. Meadowoak Nov 2022 #47
My guess is that's more likely than another run for office. Torchlight Nov 2022 #27
It could only benefit the Democratic Party. I'm all for it. Martin68 Nov 2022 #28
But he could be Traildogbob Nov 2022 #29
I hope. Then those two can tear eacg other up, I can only hope, but tRumps ego is not like ours.I debm55 Nov 2022 #32
Stop teasing me!!! SKKY Nov 2022 #33
He tried in 2000 on the Reform Party ticket grantcart Nov 2022 #34
My bet inthewind21 Nov 2022 #35
Its too early for that. honest.abe Nov 2022 #36
If only, we can hope. TNNurse Nov 2022 #37
Will he and his fat arse be coming down an escalator again or... llmart Nov 2022 #38
He might. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #40
It's possible. Trump has a decent chance of losing the nomination. Renew Deal Nov 2022 #41
McConnell jonstl08 Nov 2022 #42
The Bull,,,shit party. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2022 #43
I was thinking the same BidenRocks Nov 2022 #45
I wish . . . AverageOldGuy Nov 2022 #50
I too am sick of Trump however if he can totally alienate others that would be a great outcome. gordianot Nov 2022 #52
Maybe he'll get his revenge by divulging what he knows about foreign contributions to RNC, NRA, and wiggs Nov 2022 #53
If not now then later if he loses the republican nomination TlalocW Nov 2022 #55
Stroke out already, you F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR**. niyad Nov 2022 #56
That would be great, but he doesn't have the money or infrastructure. themaguffin Nov 2022 #57
That will happen AFTER that Fascist loser will lose the nomination. Justice matters. Nov 2022 #58
That would be excellent ... so I'm sure he won't do it. Kablooie Nov 2022 #59
That would signal his final demise from politics. Caliman73 Nov 2022 #61
It would be his need for attention, not revenge, that would motivate that Warpy Nov 2022 #62
Here's an image to hold onto: next time it will be an arrest warrant, not a subpoena. Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #63
A variation is that he will have his own party and he is the nominee, but welcomes karynnj Nov 2022 #67

Probatim

(2,528 posts)
10. Trump Party - a combination of all of his bankruptcies and Bang Bang Boebert's pork sliders
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:43 PM
Nov 2022

A bloody good cleanser for the republican't party.

Harker

(14,015 posts)
54. "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to...
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:11 PM
Nov 2022

cry if I want to - you would cry too, if it happened to you."

alterfurz

(2,474 posts)
68. aka/dba The Humpty Trumpty Party!
Wed Nov 16, 2022, 11:22 AM
Nov 2022

2024 scenario: In the primaries, Trump & DeSantis duel each other to a draw. But when DeSantis narrowly prevails at the convention, Trump refuses to endorse his rival and instead announces his own third-party run (with VP Marjorie Taylor Greene) and slate of congressional candidates on the Humpty Trumpty ticket. On November 5, with Ron & Don evenly splitting the MAGA/Nazi/Klan/Evangelical vote, the Dems easily win both the House and a filibuster-proof Senate majority. Meanwhile, Biden-Buttigieg cruise to a 505-30 electoral landslide, carrying every state but Florida.

Hey, it could happen! An old man can dream, can’t he?

orleans

(34,051 posts)
44. ??? after he goes to the bathroom and flushes a few more docs down the toilet?
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:34 PM
Nov 2022

i googled & can't find a time.

after he finishes his hamburders?

Tribetime

(4,685 posts)
65. This might be the only time I want to watch him
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 08:36 PM
Nov 2022

I want to see him burn the party to the ground I'm gonna have a beer and enjoy it

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
16. Although it would mean the GOP would not as well
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:56 PM
Nov 2022

His sense of revenge could be more acute toward the party wishing to throw him overboard.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)
51. That is what I see happening...
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:54 PM
Nov 2022

... it will be much easier for him to run as GOP and totally mess up, put the final touches, on the collapse of the GOP. Remember, there are still significant numbers of Trump Humpers to mess up GOP elections, as we have seen.

If he runs on another party ticket, he will get less media attention.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
60. Right - less media attention and no access to the deep pockets of the GOP
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:27 PM
Nov 2022

Those are the only 2 things that Chump really wants.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
6. Great news for Democrats....a la Ross Perot.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:39 PM
Nov 2022

TDFG will still go on the attack on Republicans in his childish and spiteful manner for the blame they are placing on him.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
11. He may announce his own new party, but
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:46 PM
Nov 2022

getting it on the ballot in 50 states takes work AND money. And we all know that Trump doesn't like to work. So if he announces creating a 3rd party, it's just another grift for suckers to throw money at.

GoodRaisin

(8,922 posts)
30. No, but he would hire consultants to do it for him
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:51 PM
Nov 2022

while he plays golf and flies around doing hate rallies.

Chainfire

(17,532 posts)
20. I will be in bed when he announces, but I will check back in the morning...
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:33 PM
Nov 2022

America really needs a third party alternative. Democrats and two Republican parties; the Facists and the Damned Fascists!

rrze

(20 posts)
23. the twist is in
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:41 PM
Nov 2022

My bet is that he announces something other than run for 24 as an R:
possibilities:
1.leaving truth social for twitter reinstatement (Musk there)
2. fake lawsuits against jan 6 committee
3. new party as mentioned MAGA (not R) with MTG (yuck) by his side
4. Announcing running mate but not official start of campaign (see #3)
other prediction:
no Ivanka or Jared or Melania but will force Jr. there with his demon stripper

Gato Moteado

(9,853 posts)
26. yes, it would be better if he waited until then.....
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:47 PM
Nov 2022

....first beat up desantis in the primary, and then after losing to desantis anyway, run as a 3rd party candidate when it's too late for the GOP to prepare for that.

that would be an automatic dem win for the white house in 2024.

Turbineguy

(37,322 posts)
25. My guess is that he will announce not running
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:44 PM
Nov 2022

Just to deprive us of his intelligence, class and general couth-ness, causing great wailing and gnashing of teeth as he owns us libs.

Torchlight

(3,330 posts)
27. My guess is that's more likely than another run for office.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:48 PM
Nov 2022

Throwing it at the wall, I'm expecting Trump to get on tonight and begin hawking some new media platform or multi-level membership to the his all-new He-Man Woman Hater's Club or whatever new catch phrases they're using this go-around. I just don't the sense he's going to announce.

But I'm wrong more often than I'm right, my idle speculation holds zero consequences, and my guesses are usually based on nothing more than how tasty my last cup of coffee was.

Traildogbob

(8,724 posts)
29. But he could be
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:50 PM
Nov 2022

Appointed Speaker of the House. Can’t prosecute sitting Speaker. Then 2024 he could reject all delegates not for him, assign himself as winner of presidency and never leave and never see a minute of consequences for all his crimes.
Surely it is too absurd to think it could happen, here in MurKKKa. But ya can bet Bannon and Hannity have planted the seed.
He could make Newt Gingrich’s time as Speaker seem like an American Hero.
Or as Speaker, Biden and Kamala impeachment could make Dump president. Sure it can’t happen, but ya think Q has not got that in their sights?

debm55

(25,164 posts)
32. I hope. Then those two can tear eacg other up, I can only hope, but tRumps ego is not like ours.I
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:52 PM
Nov 2022

honestly don't think he is capable of being President.

 

inthewind21

(4,616 posts)
35. My bet
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 04:54 PM
Nov 2022

It's all a bunch of hoopla for nothing. Just to draw attention to himself. I predict it will be nothing more than the 5,043,629th regurgitation of an incoherent I'm the greatest and they're all losers rant. He's not going to give up the RNC legal money spigot, that might cut into his grift .

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3721990-rnc-chair-says-committee-cant-pay-trumps-legal-bills-if-he-announces-2024-run/

llmart

(15,536 posts)
38. Will he and his fat arse be coming down an escalator again or...
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:07 PM
Nov 2022

maybe he'll be running up the escalator to show how fit he is.

(You know I'm joking about the running part, right?)

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
41. It's possible. Trump has a decent chance of losing the nomination.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:14 PM
Nov 2022

And I doubt he wants to fight for something he believes is his without the excuse that it was stolen.

The downside is that he would almost certainly lose the GE as a 3rd party candidate. At best bed get a majority of republicans while Democrats hold firm.

jonstl08

(412 posts)
42. McConnell
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:15 PM
Nov 2022

Would it not be funny if he decides to file a lawsuit against Mitch McConnell blaming him for the election losses. I mean he hates McConnell with a passion so I would not put it past him.

AverageOldGuy

(1,523 posts)
50. I wish . . .
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:47 PM
Nov 2022

. . . the press would just ignore Trump -- broadcast, cable, and print media -- juist ignore him. We live 2 jhours from Richmond, VA, and must go there at least once a month for wife's doc appointment(s). All the way down and back we listen to Sirius satellite radio. We gave up listening to CNN and MSNBC (as well as dropping them from our viewing at home) because they both are the 24/7 Trump News Channels -- it's Trump, Trump, Trump day in, day out.

WHY CAN'T THE BROADCAST, CABLE, AND PRINT MEDIA JUST DROP HIM???

Yes, I know he's a formeer President but WTF does he do as former President? Does he sponsor charities, feed starving, build Habitat for Humanity houses, rescue dogs and cats, build a Presidential library? NO. All he does is feed his fat ass, play golf, and bitch at the rest of the world.

JUST DROP HIM. I guarantee no one would miss him.

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
52. I too am sick of Trump however if he can totally alienate others that would be a great outcome.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 05:59 PM
Nov 2022

Trump is the Republican Party.

Signed A never Trumper

wiggs

(7,812 posts)
53. Maybe he'll get his revenge by divulging what he knows about foreign contributions to RNC, NRA, and
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:11 PM
Nov 2022

some gop candidates...and about whatever else will make others look bad. After all, his favorite pastime is making others look bad. He would love to get the last laugh on his co-conspirators who no longer support him (Lindsay is apparently still trying to save himself).

TlalocW

(15,381 posts)
55. If not now then later if he loses the republican nomination
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:12 PM
Nov 2022

If he does run, and he doesn't get the nomination, he'll go scorched earth.

Justice matters.

(6,928 posts)
58. That will happen AFTER that Fascist loser will lose the nomination.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:23 PM
Nov 2022

In the meantime, let's see de$antanass destroy him in the debates (many "subjects" to accuse him of... like the biggest deficit ever recorded in 4 years et al).

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
61. That would signal his final demise from politics.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:29 PM
Nov 2022

Away from the money that the Conservative movement has, Trump's candidacy would fail instantly. He won't spend his own money, and his followers don't have enough to sustain him.

Trump has benefitted from the largess of very wealthy people who were able to get their payout with massive tax cuts. They appear to be done with him because he can offer them no more. Without the apparatus, all Trump is, is a carnival barker. If he runs 3rd party he will crash and burn, and turn into a laughing stock.

If he announces anything tonight, it will be that he is going to "reclaim the Republican Party from all the haters" and run in 2024.

Warpy

(111,252 posts)
62. It would be his need for attention, not revenge, that would motivate that
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:34 PM
Nov 2022

Revenge can be best served by continuing the grift, sucking small donations away from other candidates, something that would also fatten his coffers considerably.

Starting his own party, all razzle dazzle and no substance, is probably a dream to him. It is also unlikely to succeed for the full two years until the next election as his ideas are yuge but his follow through non existent.

A third party bid is likely to happen if someone else gets the nomination. That, he can do.

Ford_Prefect

(7,894 posts)
63. Here's an image to hold onto: next time it will be an arrest warrant, not a subpoena.
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 06:56 PM
Nov 2022

And Donny knows this...

Subpoenas can be delayed and evaded over time. Arrest Warrants not so much.

karynnj

(59,503 posts)
67. A variation is that he will have his own party and he is the nominee, but welcomes
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 08:45 PM
Nov 2022

Both the Republican party and Democratic party to also select him. He will run on multiple lines.

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