So why do YOU think cheato is not on the campaign trail?

[senseandsensibility]

He's letting JD "shadow" or as I like to call it, stalk, Harris and Walz around the country. JD's appearances are lame and dishonest, but also boring and lack any charisma. Meanwhile the top of the R ticket golfs.

This is not normal. We are in the last 90 something days of the election. They are not ahead anymore. The momentum is on the Dems' side and has been for a couple of weeks now.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Why is his next event in Bozeman MT?

Is Montana suddenly looking more questionable?

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Lots of USA hating militia types maybe? Clearly from here on in he will focus on

gathering people to kill us, if necessary, when the time comes and take over.

This reality has been with us for many more years than most understand. But when the warning was sounded in 2016, the messengers were laughed at.

[NYC Liberal]

49. He'll be reminding them to "stand back and stand by" again

[hibbing]

57. My first thought n/t

[Attilatheblond]

14. A LOT of trust funders have second homes there in recent decades. Thar's money in them there hills

He's shaking the money tree to get moolah from those who don't want to pay taxes.

[msongs]

19. campaigning for the senate seat? or just aking a week off to rest while vance implodes nt

[BannonsLiver]

25. Probably a fundraiser

Between the campaign money used to pay his legal bills and the amount the family is skimming off the top like some 70s Vegas mafia run casino, the well is probably getting a little dry.

[Cha]

71. Sen Tester is running.. maybe to hate on him and talk about

how great TSF is?

[lame54]

2. Let him sleep...

I'm enjoying the absence

[senseandsensibility]

3. It IS pleasant.

You'll get no argument from me. But he thinks he's indispensable, and it is very out of character for him to turn the campaign over to his VP pick, especially one with no talent for it.

[anciano]

5. Exactly!

Thank you. 🙏

[Sky Jewels]

18. Sleepy sleeps

while Creepy creeps.

[ananda]

4. Maybe they poured water on him and he melted down.

Oh, is that punny too? teehaha

Trump is burnt toast now and they're
trying to scrape him down before they
send him out again.

That's to say I don't really know, but I
like to speculate with whimsical fantasies.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Lol

I did wonder if he's just afraid to be compared to Harris/Walz rallies. His crowd size has always been an obsession and that's about his level of maturity.

[mitch96]

7. Hey, he is a tired old man....give him a break.....NOT..nt

[Blaukraut]

8. He either has COVID or he's moping

My guess is the latter. He needs adoring crowds and it's not happening for him anymore. That's why they're booking him in places like Montana. Next stop will probably be somewhere in Alabama or Kentucky or some other safely red place. Just to fill the venue and make him feel good. Otherwise he'll go on nightly unhinged rants.

[ecstatic]

16. Butler was supposed to be safely red as well

But MAGA is heavily armed.

[Irish_Dem]

9. The rumors are that he has had a (psychiatric) breakdown.

So his staff won't let him campaign.

His tweets seem to confirm this theory.

It makes sense.

A presidential campaign is a brutal endeavor for the healthy.
Trump is elderly, mentally ill, drug addicted, and in poor physical condition.

He has had a difficult year with all his criminal activities catching up with him legally.
And he was obviously hit hard by the Dem ticket changing.

He probably has siphoned off most of his campaign budget and he is
rigid and inflexible, so he is at a total loss.

[ms liberty]

32. It's not surprising after nearly getting shot in the head

Particularly for him with his psychopathology. What happens when a malignant narcissist with an unknown form or stage of dementia has this near a miss? We know he's not seeing someone; his idea of therapy is throwing things and raging at people.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yes I should have added the shooting event as well.

You are so right.

I don't think it is a coincidence that his breakdown is occurring right
after the assassination event.

It was the final straw.

And yes dementia is a factor as well.

Yes of course he just rages and acts out when he is upset.

[usonian]

45. I've been waiting for years for the Eagleton hatchet job to come back and axe the GOP

Karma works, just not on the time scales that we would like.

Sometimes, we have to speed it up to save lives and reputations.

[Irish_Dem]

47. Your wait may soon be over.

In any rational world it would have been over a lot sooner.

[Skittles]

70. the spotlight shifting to a black woman tipped him over the edge

he's losing it and since he won't listen to ANYONE, the only alternative is to keep him on the lowdown - not sure how they are doing that but, yeah

[Irish_Dem]

75. The karma train of black women bringing Trump to justice.

Letitia James, Fani Willis, now Kamala Harris in the ultimate showdown and day of reckoning.

This has hit him hard.

[Skittles]

84. OOH - good point

[Fla Dem]

10. Because he is f'ing lazy and scared.

[TheKentuckian]

11. Because contrary to popular opinion, the more people see of him

the less they can stand his stank ass.

He is also a total wild card and can't stay on the shitty script which is causing own goals.

Basically, the best strategy is to hide him if you're the Republicans.

[misanthrope]

12. Because he thinks the fix is in

Little secret to it now.

[Cartoonist]

15. The ear bruise has him spooked.

He now thinks everyone is out to kill him.

[Metaphorical]

17. I have to admit, I'm mystified

I can see several possibilities, but as to which is correct (if any of them) is anybody's guess.

* He's trying to figure out a strategy, and it's easier to strategize when you're not going from venue to venue.
* He's going to let the media continue to hammer at Harris / Walz and see what, if anything sticks.
* He's receiving instructions from the mothership (Putin, Musk, Heritage, not really sure at this point who owns his chit this week).
* He's exhausted and resting before going back to the grind, since he'll have to compete with the Dems for airtime through August.
* He has come to the conclusion that the optics from doing rallies is just not looking good, but doesn't know what to do next.
* He has decided that he's better off ranting on Truth Social.
* He (and the RNC) is broke, and he's desperately trying to come up with new NFTs to make up the difference.
* He's waiting for a new shipment of Depends.
* ?????

[yourout]

34. I am going with the depends.

[GoCubsGo]

78. Lots of legal stuff coming down on him, too.

The latest being Jenna Ellis flipping on him. His cash grab from the President of Egypt is probably getting a good look at, too. He also has his sentencing coming up, among other decisions that have been going badly for him. He's probably freaking out over all of that, too.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

20. Is he bored now that he's not running against Biden?

He seems to have a short attention span - now that his enemy isn't running has he lost interest?

[tulipsandroses]

21. Because he's a lazy ass. This might have been the schedule all along since he didn't expect President Biden to drop out

Can't get off his lazy ass to do anything other than typing nonsense.

[Tetrachloride]

22. Scared and therefore glitching

[BannonsLiver]

23. Because he's too fat and decrepit to keep up a schedule.

[struggle4progress]

24. He's a low energy dude who needs time to recover from grimacing and ranting

[oldtime dfl_er]

26. Watcj fpr dirty tricks

They sometimes take a couple of days to plan....

Remember he was off the campaign trail for 11 days before Butler, PA.

[roscoeroscoe]

38. This is my take also

Plotting dirty tricks and election rfkng. He's gone straight to plan B; he and the campaign expect to lose and are just going through the motions shoving Vance out there. The real effort is going to election shenanigans and such.

[Tree Lady]

65. I was thinking of that when I heard

about Vance parking his plane near Air Force 2 and talking to reporters that were there for Kamala. And the protesters making noise at last rally.

[onetexan]

73. They're just having vapid vance follow Kamala around

Maybe a front while they're cooking up crap.

[applegrove]

27. Maybe he is molting? Actually i do think he is resting while Vance

and the rest of the oligarchs and authoritarian politicos are going to try one attack after another on the Harris ticket. Vance today said the illegals were 'people who shouldn't be here' and were 'good people.' Trump doesn't know what the pirouette#@&£ ....... I mean pivot will be so he will be lying low till they get the poll numbers on how successful the attacks/lovebombing are and then Trump will be told who to be. Maybe he will be a fleeting and flighting orange butterfly. No threat to anyone. A Monarch of course.

[spooky3]

28. Because there is another fake elector scheme or something like it

He’s told people he doesn’t need their votes.

He’s scheming to overturn the election, not to win it.

[Metaphorical]

46. That doesn't make sense

Not that I don't put it past him, but he's making some AWFULLY big assumptions about how far he can tilt the scales, especially since he's VERY dependent upon the courts to side with him, and historically his luck there has not been great. The GOP's ability to ratfuck systems have as much to do with their unexpected nature than anything, and frankly at this point, everyone is EXPECTING them to cheat. That makes it MUCH harder to run a con.

[spooky3]

48. This is a guy who has failed at nearly everything in life, even when he cheats

So why would you expect him to make sense?

[RobinA]

82. Well, I'm Going

to disagree here. He has been successful in life, by his measurement. Rich, glitzy buildings across the world, airplane at his command, can pretty much do what he wants and people kowtow. Even became President of the United States. Unfortunately, what formerly worked for him is now not working quite as well (or at all) with all current evidence saying that he's headed for the weeds. Now imagine you are him, everything that has worked for you all your life suddenly is useless. You've got a set of metric wrenches and a Ford to fix. And you aren't very creative when it comes to problem solving. He's suddenly a no handed paper hanger. At his age he is unlikely to be able to switch strategies, so he's pretty damn stuck. Which is not good for the old guy's stress level and ability to remain in his created reality.

[MyMission]

66. He plans to contest results in many states

And expects the supreme Court to install him.
It won't work.

They (tfg and GOPQ) plan to cheat on multiple fronts.
It won't work.

He is assuming it will be a close election, and it will not.
It will be a landslide, a blue tsunami, so even if some states override their electors or suppress votes Harris and Walz will still win.

I'm convinced he's planning to take this to the courts.
As you said, his track record with courts ruling in his favor is not good, but he still expects to be successful, despite his many losses and failures.

[spooky3]

74. Here's a tweet from someone who sees it as you do

Link to tweet

“ I’m being as blunt as I need to be: He is fully expecting the swing states to not certify the election & he is going to try & take this to his gerrymandered SCOTUS to install him as president.”

And, he may be hoping that the vote will be questioned and the election will be thrown to the House to vote, which is Republican-controlled.

[MLAA]

29. I'd say his team' is holding him hostage due to his mental decline.

[DET]

30. He's In Serious Mental and Physical Decline

Mental decline - as evidenced by his recent posts. Physical decline - just look at him, and he could barely stay awake at his own inauguration. His staff can’t trust him to go out and make an even bigger ass out of himself than he already has. We’re in Weekend at Bernie’s territory. Plus he’s afraid of his own base. And he’s a lazy SOB.

[Raven123]

31. Ego. He is being swamped by Harris. Can't take it

[2naSalit]

33. My two cents...

He's coming here because of many of the reasons mentioned already.

He thinks he can boost that POS, Sheehy, because he's tanking like a lead balloon. Have to remember that half the state would have to show up to fill that stadium... we're pretty spread out. He'll have to bus in some extras from Idaho.

He also came to hit up a couple - few magat billionaires like Daines, gov. body-slammer and whomever has a big trophy ranch nearby, plenty to choose from.

BUT

Here's a little something I would like to relate, Bozeman is at roughly 5K elevation (4813) and if he goes to any fancy homes, he'll go higher. Someone of his age, weight and health might have a hard time adjusting to elevation while here. It's real common for folks who spend most of their lives within the sea level to 500ft elevation range and make a 3000+ elevation climb for several hours to have serious health problems in the first 48 hours.

[MaryMagdaline]

36. Yes. I'm at sea level in South Florida and I can barely handle Asheville's elevation.

Montana would be very, very rough.

[hatrack]

40. Think positive, y'all!!!

Also, is he doing in Bozeman? It's the . . 3rd? 4th-largest city in a not-very populous state?

[2naSalit]

41. Daines and...

Gianforte live there and it's real close to jellystone. Lots of magat money around here. And that louse, Sheehy, lives nearby. He's here to boost that loser.

[Doc Sportello]

50. Interesting point about the elevation

When I moved to northern New Mexico it took me weeks to adjust. And, as you point out, he is living at sea level. Dare we hope?

[2naSalit]

62. I hope that...

He's at least affected to where he can't function and has to just go lay around. It took me some time to adjust, I moved up here after six months in the desert below sea level. I try to stay above 4K ft nowadays.

[Liberal In Texas]

35. He's probably not very well. And he's lazy. It seems like he's been told that there is a backup plan if he loses the

electoral college. They are also cocksure the Supremes will litigate all the lawsuits they'll file and find for the repubs. I hope the dems have a plan to keep this from happening.

[usonian]

37. Run out of options. Planning a escape.

He might flee in a Russian submarine,
a Russian submarine,
a Russian submarine.

Even his stooges on the high court can't save him now.

He will blame or already has blamed his henchmen for his downfall.

[DET]

42. Great Scene

If Trump has any semblance of a brain left and has not completely lost contact with reality, he must know that he’s almost out of options. Even the Supreme Court can see the handwriting on the wall. I would expect to see him attempt to flee to any country that will take him (and house him in luxury). Whether he will be caught and thwarted has yet to be determined.

[MartyTheGreek]

43. Find his call in video on FOX today. He had a thick tongue while speaking. Medicated? Covey Sick? n/t

[Kaleva]

44. Age may be catching up to him

[GoCubsGo]

79. Along with a whole lot of his legal problems.

Isn't his sentencing for some of them coming up in a week or so?

[claudette]

51. Maybe he's too

old and tired. Vance is getting more press than Dumpy and eventually that's gonna make the orange felon explode.

[Sogo]

52. He's confident in the fix they have in place and so he's just cruising?

He says things like "You don't even have to vote this time, because we've taken care of everything."

[keithbvadu2]

53. He is undergoing cognitive therapy?

[Self Esteem]

54. I think it's probably age.

His schedule was light even before the assassination attempt.

I do think it's probably difficult for him to stand on a stage, the heat, and riff incoherently for two hours. He's made comments recently during these that allude to the heat. He probably does get very exhausted coming out of those rallies. My guess is if it starts to cool off a bit more, he'll be back to doing them more frequently.

[Groundhawg]

55. i think he may have passed away.

[Blue Owl]

56. He's filling pantloads faster than they can change him

[Ocelot II]

58. Several possibilities:

1. He's ill, or at least too feeble to handle a more demanding schedule.
2. His handlers are trying to keep him from doing more rallies because they know he's gone completely mental and they don't want him out in public more than absolutely necessary.
3. He can't afford more events - he's scared to have outdoor rallies and he doesn't want to pay for indoor venues.
4. He's hates it that the Harris/Walz are drawing big numbers and he knows he can't get those sorts of crowds any more.
5. He thinks it's in the bag and would rather play golf.

[hatrack]

81. Yep. It's a combination platter of fantasy, bad health, greed, rage and sloth . . .

.

[LudwigPastorius]

59. He's a lazy fuck, who believes he is entitled to the White House without having to campaign hard for it.

[MattBaggins]

60. Clearly cognitive decline

There is a lot of chatter that the GOP is looking to replace him.

He's clearly too old to run for president.
#DonOld

[róisín_dubh]

63. Is there?

That seems highly unlikely

[MattBaggins]

72. It's a lie

Their behavior has been so atrocious that I'm willing to sow FUD here and there

[magicarpet]

61. The rich donors are trying to give cheato a time out.

Hoping a lighter campaign schedule with lots of golf time will tone down his venomous demeanor customarily displayed at his campaign Nazi Rallies.

They probably brought Vance on board knowing the Tangerine Cheato was a lost cause - but Vance maybe a bigger buffoon than Cheato and possible more caustic and abrasive.

What a swell political party the GOP has become with Cheato & fuck my sofa - at the helm.

[kimbutgar]

64. He's getting AI cloned for a slicker donOLD to compete against Kamala !

[Hekate]

67. Doctor's orders? Frightened staffers?

[RainCaster]

68. He's out of money

With all his legal bills siphoning away his election moolah, TSF has no money for his ego sating rallies.

[GoodRaisin]

69. He's depressed and lazy.

It is starting to occur to him he is likely to lose so he doesn’t feel like going out anymore; instead, sitting home ruminating and trying to think what he is going to do now.

[Diraven]

76. He'll be lucky if a hundred people show

Bozeman is not a big city. His campaign will still claim a crowd of 50 thousand though.

[Emile]

77. He is laundering his campaign money.

[Brainfodder]

80. Next stage of his illness has kicked in?

He already can't keep up with the teleprompter?
Already landed in Belarus?
Options....

[Kid Berwyn]

83. Straight jacket limits his accordion play.

[KewlKat]

85. His bone spurs were bothering him?

[Pacifist Patriot]

86. He does not have the physical and mental stamina...

As I've said elsewhere, I honestly believe he is administered a cocktail of chemicals to get him "regulated" before an appearance. It is why he cannot do things back to back and is frequently quite tardy. It's getting harder and harder (impossible) to get that chemical balance optimal anymore.

I used to pray for a presidential aneurysm. Now I'm hoping he can hold it together until Election Day because this is only going to get worse and I want him to live just long enough to feel the loss in every atom of his bloated body. And I definitely don't want the GOP to have the opportunity to replace him.

[markpkessinger]

87. I think he's counting on GOP election officials in places like Georgia to not certify election results . . .

. . . hoping to generate enough chaos to send the election to the House or the Courts.