All the threads about the upcoming (?) debate... and the talk of an earpiece for trump...

[albacore]

And I haven't seen anything about electronic counter-measures by the Biden camp.
Earpieces are radio waves, right?
Can't they be jammed?
I still think trump will not debate.
He's close to melt-down right now.

[bullimiami]

1. I don't think he will. He can't stage manage the show. Too risky.

[Metaphorical]

2. It's the reason for Trump's meeting with Musk

Musk will supply him with a Neuralink implant so that he can get through the debate using Musk's Grok AI.

[Ocelot II]

3. He's not going to use an earpiece or anything of the kind,

assuming he shows up in the first place. All this discussion of earpieces and jamming or whatever is silly (and even if any of this was feasible, do you really think Biden's people would publicly discuss "countermeasures" ?) - for the simple reason that Trump would never agree to do it. Not because he wouldn't cheat, because cheating is how he rolls, but because he doesn't think he'd need to do it. He thinks he's smarter than everyone else and wouldn't need any help from an aide talking into his earpiece. And his staff also knows that even if they could talk him into it and get away with it, he's incapable of understanding and using whatever data or talking points they give him. He wouldn't listen and couldn't comprehend any of it anyhow.

[Think. Again.]

8. It's perfectly feasable.

[captain queeg]

4. Yeah I don't think he could manage that but who knows.

I still think he will bail out. If he has a melt down on stage or off the rethugs will say Biden did something. Poisoned him, drugged him, the sky is the limit for these crackpots.

[anciano]

5. I don't think he will actually show...

but if he does it will be manna from heaven for our team because his remarks and conduct will be on full display for the whole world to see, live and unedited.

[brooklynite]

6. The reason you don't need "countermeasures" is there WON'T BE ANY EARPIECES!

This is absolutely baseless speculation.

[Ocelot II]

7. Yup. It won't happen for the simple reason that Trump would never go for it.

[Think. Again.]

9. Or he will.

[brooklynite]

10. I've explained why he won't; please offer a counter-argument

[Think. Again.]

11. My counter-argument is...

Maybe he will.

[brooklynite]

12. Why?

[Think. Again.]

13. Because you asked me to.

[brooklynite]

14. No - why do you think he might?

[Think. Again.]

15. Because it's cheating, it's dishonest, he can't compete with Biden in a debate...

...and I firmly believe he would do it.

[Ocelot II]

21. Trump cheats when he thinks it will benefit him, but the flaw in this argument

is the notion that Trump knows he can't compete with Biden in a debate, or that he would need help to defeat him. But Trump thinks he's smarter than anyone else. He wouldn't accept help from staff prompting debate responses into his earpiece because he doesn't think he needs help. He has never sought advice from staff, even from his own lawyers when he's the defendant in a criminal trial, and he generally ignores or rejects it when it's offered. Why would this be any different?

[Think. Again.]

22. If you really are inside his head...

...you should get out.

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. Exactly - why would a very stable genius with connections to MIT who "aced" a cognitive test need an earpiece?

Earpieces are for losers.

[DemocraticPatriot]

16. I suppose you would not have 'seen anything about electronic counter-measures

by the Biden camp' because the Biden camp does not scream out every single thought that comes to their minds at the moment that it comes to them??? !!! lol (unlike someone else whom we are all familiar with...)


Yes, electronic counter-measures are possible, but problematic without knowing what frequency your opponents are transmitting on....
IMHO.

I'll leave it to any electronics experts to sort it out beyond that.

[Red Mountain]

17. I remember George Bush jr

and the weird box on his back showing through his suit jacket.

Never heard anybody debunk the idea it was a receiver.

[DemocraticPatriot]

19. Yeah, "Lumpy Back" Shrub....

For those who don't recall it

NASA photo analyst: Bush wore a device during debate
Physicist says imaging techniques prove the president's bulge was not caused by wrinkled clothing.
https://www.salon.com/2004/10/30/bulge_5/

[W_HAMILTON]

18. Trump isn't well enough mentally to handle someone talking in his ear and converting that to a coherent verbal message.

Hell, he can't even put together a coherent verbal message on his own or even with the help of a teleprompter. Zero chance he can do it while someone is talking in his ear. Too much processing power needed and that brain is running on empty.

Everyone should calm down.

[DemocraticPatriot]

20. That is my opinion also.

It would only confuse him, and he would appear to be very puzzled....

Hell, if they try to do that, it may actually work to our advantage!

[Ocelot II]

23. It's hard even for a smart, alert person to simultaneously listen to and comprehend

someone talking to them live along with someone giving them information through an earpiece, which they then have to process into a response to the live question. That's why I never thought Bush was bugged during the 2004 debate either, despite the odd-looking lump on his jacket. He couldn't have handled it and he's smarter than Trump.