I Think it's Happening; The Collapse

[Beetwasher.]

This disastrous Musk interview will accelerate things, I think it’s an inflection point. The media can’t ignore it any longer. USA Today is publishing scathing ridicule of Trump. Once the story becomes Trumps fitness, and he’s subjected to incessant ridicule, it’s over for him. That’s now becoming the story and the zeitgeist. Pedal to the metal folks. Time to toss some Acme anvils.

That’s all folks!

[MaryMagdaline]

1. I'm here to help

[WhiteTara]

2. He's been nominated, it's not that easy. Besides,

don't you think the GQP should carry that to term? No late term abortions for them!!!

[sheshe2]

66. Oh snap!

You nailed it White Tara, carry that fecal fetal mass to full term.

[RandySF]

3. The press will help him back up.

[mucifer]

4. Yup, the press is constantly editing everything he says to make him look presidential

They refuse to stop doing it.

[Beetwasher.]

6. Some Will try, but when you've lost USA Today

And they are mocking you openly…

[uponit7771]

17. EXACTLY !!! The M$M is 100% the main reason Benedict Donald is even being talked about. Anyone else in any other G20 ...

... nation would've been talked about like they were nuts and thrown out of the race.

GQP has an Epstein problem and will have to do this again in 2028

[calimary]

69. He stirs shit up. And they make headlines out of it.

And the public buys it (and buys INTO it).

[bullimiami]

51. Naaa the press are cowards and vultures.

If they see he’s down they’ll start pecking.

[Texin]

58. I think you underestimate the 24/365 cable and MSM media news network industry.

TSF has been the gift that keeps on giving to them since he stepped onto that gilded elevator almost ten years ago. They're going to have to have their cold dead hands peeled away from him before the public take the media's hobby horse away.

[GoodRaisin]

53. Fox News is fighting hard to get their propaganda out on Harris and Walz

to see what sticks. Our campaign has to be prepared for push back on some of that stuff as it rolls out. Of course Fox is attempting to spin up negative stories and scare their voters as we speak. I’m not going to repeat it here but you can be sure the network of lies isn’t conceding anything.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. Freepers: The greatest tech mind and the greatest political blah blah... talking for 2 hours. This will change things

[Beetwasher.]

9. Oh it changed things alright

It started the landslide.

[usonian]

7. I kind of like "Downfall" because so many people have subtitled that movie.

That being said, he's having TOO MANY ACCIDENTS.

Shot at by a sniper.
His airplane is offline for "maintenance"
His campaign supposedly "hacked"
Interview with Elon trashed.
Best of all, his ridiculing of Joe Biden is coming back to haunt him. (Go Joe, you're the greatest.)

I am so reminded of "The Man Who Would Be King"

T'is but a scratch.

[newdayneeded]

40. plus a headquarter break in

[Beetwasher.]

10. Hard no

[Beetwasher.]

13. LOL Not Really

She’s a bit busy right now packing stadiums in swing states. All in good time.

[moonscape]

23. Not to mention planning for the convention and

oh yeah, her other day job.

[JoseBalow]

14. So very, very odd!

Fits right in with repug talking points, doesn't it?

Welcome to DU

[Qutzupalotl]

16. Better to spend her time firing up all the volunteers, new Democrats, and independents

and get everyone registered before state deadlines so we can overwhelm them in November.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Just a Dress Vance's hypocrisy exposed

[John1956PA]

15. One catchphrase is "Say yes to the dress."

https://www.tlc.com/shows/say-yes-to-the-dress

[NBachers]

27. I'm already pre-emptively tired of the "Real Men Wear Dresses" maggots soon to be clunking around in their neckbeard

décolletage.

[lame54]

48. They've already embraced diapers

[msongs]

19. there's gold in them there hills....oil that is....

[onetexan]

32. The same hillbillies he trashed in his book

There's still alotnof hillbilly nuttery in this putz vance.

[Seinan Sensei]

68. Wheeee-doggies, Granny!

[PSPS]

18. Yes, I'm sure the press will proclaim it "disastrous" and hound him out of the race. Amurite? LOL

[Rubyshoo]

20. Did You Say... Acme Anvils ???

[Beetwasher.]

21. Nice!

[KS Toronado]

25. Order your free catalog !

[Dave Bowman]

28. These cartoons are so trippy and hilarious! Thanks!

The portable holes are good ACME products too.

[Zoomie1986]

33. The catapult wasn't Acme

But it's still the best weapon ever in the Looney Tunes universe:

[Dem2theMax]

35. 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

And I'm sitting here laughing like I'm a five-year-old.

What can I say?
Classic cartoons are, well, classic!

[WinstonSmith4740]

71. Me, too!

And the best part is you KNOW what's going to happen, but you're still already laughing by the time the poor coyote gets it.

[grumpyduck]

54. Can you imagine getting paid to come up with this stuff?

Those people must be having so much fun...

[et tu]

59. please- don't

forget the dynamite!

[elleng]

22. You may be right (tho I missed it entirely.)

Trumps fitness >>> Collapse imminent!!!

[Warpy]

24. I think most of the MSM is in shock, honestly

but NPR did a piece on this and they were extremely unkind to poor Donnie. They weren't fond of Musk, either.

[yardwork]

50. It's the second time Musk's platform crashed during an interview.

I think the previous interview was with Trump, too, but I can't remember for sure.

[Warpy]

52. My Xitter account dief of neglect while it was still Twitter

because I've never particularly liked that platform.

However, Musk is getting just what he deserves for firing all the Twitter staff who knew what they were doing in order to create his ideal of anonline libertarian paradise.

[cab67]

65. BBC World Service was even better.

They interviewed a former Trump press staffer who gushed about how much the interview, and Musk in particular, would appeal to younger voters.

The interviewer kept responding with what might as well have been "well.....no."

[swong19104]

26. As Ray Kroc says, as played by Michael Keaton in "The Founder"

"When my competitor is drowning, I walk over and put a hose in his mouth."

[Old Crank]

29. Should have been the story 4 years ago.

But the JINOs ignored it.

[JI7]

30. Never trust our media

[NBachers]

31. They're coming to get you, Donald

[LudwigPastorius]

34. Somehow, I don't think Vern in Thudpucker, Alabama...

went on X to watch Elon Musk’s toungebath of Trump. …and he sure as hell doesn’t read USA Today.

Trump’s base is invulnerable to hard evidence of his dementia and shitbaggery.
It’s a cult.

[Elessar Zappa]

36. I think you're right.

The dam is breaking folks.

[wishstar]

37. DailyMail headline is that he risks Melania's wrath for calling Harris beautiful

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After spreading his lies for days about Harris' crowd size and finally half-heartedly admitting she really did have a huge crowd on the tarmac, today rightwing rag DM reported he inexplicably mispronounced Harris' name as "Camilla" while calling her beautiful and comparing her favorably to Melania and then goes on to reference similarities to the DeSantis disaster.

[no_hypocrisy]

38. TSF's campaign is beyond salvation when both Musk and Hannity

can't make it viable. MSM is bad enough, but you could always count on these two to neutralize the landmines.

[JustAnotherGen]

39. The media isn't going to do this

If 45's fitness was a factor - the media would have hammered 45 from the day he filed to run in 2024.

Once the story becomes Trumps fitness, and he’s subjected to incessant ridicule, it’s over for him.

They are in the bag for 45 and desperate to both sides everything when its something they can attack our party or candidate with.

[GopherGal]

46. Horse race ... must always cover as (create) a horse race.

[lame54]

47. Trump went from a clear lead - 1 or 2 points ahead...

To a statistical tie - 4-6 points behind

That margin of error seems to be growing

[JustAnotherGen]

57. The Media is the Media

So they will do anything and everything they can to make money off of a horse race.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

41. Humpty Trumpty showing more cracks...

I am not a sado-masochist, but I have to admit I am enjoying seeing this man going down bit by bit.

Let us NOT forget that he is still DANGEROUS.

[harumph]

42. Acme anvils, sharks, batteries, whatever does the trick.

[msfiddlestix]

43. It's like being a part of a Death Watch or akin to watching paint dry. let's just move on with an eye on the prize,

Unless, there's nothing else to do, but it seems like there is a lot to pay attention to.

These are things I say to myself when I realize i'm hanging on DU for too long.

[planj07]

44. I won't say it's over for Trump until he loses in November and his second insurrection is crushed

That said he does seem to be slipping. If Kamala can just avoid mistakes and perform well in debates things are looking very good

[Rebl2]

49. Exactly

We don’t want a different person in there in place of trump. Likely better chance of winning in November with him and Vance as candidates.

[Johnny2X2X]

45. It's never a collapse

It's a drip drip. We've been waiting for a collapse and been told this might be it a thousand times now.

But I do think his fitness for office is going to be a campaign issue. It's going to take winning on all fronts to ensure he is defeated.

[D23MIURG23]

55. He made a huge mistake getting the media on the "Biden is Old" attack line.

Now that they're on record yammering for days about how important that is, it's hard for them to backtrack and decide it doesn't matter. Especially given that they were all doing 24h/day nonstop verbal diarrhea about it only a month ago.

This whole campaign has played out like a game of rope-a-dope.

[AntiFascist]

56. The media should ignore Trump, that will hurt him more than anything...

I suppose that's one positive about WWIII starting, it would overshadow any stunts Trump tries to pull to draw attention to himself.

[dsp3000]

60. Nah. They are gonna keep saying he's turned the corner and is now presidential

Fuck the media

[musclecar6]

61. He

Will never stop doing 3 things. Conning, lying and cheating. A true deplorable .

[634-5789]

62. Can't happen soon enough.

[Diraven]

63. But, but

Elon claims his interview was viewed by billions of people. Therefore Trump is the most popular president ever. 🙄

[Emile]

64. It's not over until he is in prison!

[LiberalLovinLug]

67. The last thing we want is for Donald Trump to back out now. He's burning in flames

I want to watch until there's just a pile of smouldering ashes.

He could still pull out, but I don't have much fear of that though. His ego is way too monstrous to ever do what Biden did.

I hope and pray that enough R's do NOT meet behind closed doors and decide to oust the Don, and replace him with some kind of 'moderate' like Haley. Who might be able to win over the never-Trumpers and independents, while still sucking his tiny orange dick to keep him calm. They could squeek out a win, combined with election interference. She'd get that new candidate smell bump, like Harris got.

I have no doubt those kinds of talks are happening. But Trump's ego that they've stoked up for so many years into a god like status, would never concede he's a 'loser'. That he can't win. So he'd fight back against any attempt, and the infighting would drive voters even further away.

But this does scare me. Donny might be open to this as long as he got a guaranteed signed agreement with Haley that she'd make sure every crime he committed and is and was charged with, will disappear. That is probably the main reason he is running, so if that were taken care of, and he saw his chances against "Kamablah" over and done, his basic survival skills might take over, and he'd clap for Haley.

I hope no Republican strategists read that

[Brainfodder]

70. Can I get that in writing?

9 years....

[Scalded Nun]

72. I told my wife...do not dismiss what he said about Venezuela, although I think another destination might be possible

I do not think he will make it to the ABC debate. I believe that right now he is either moving or planning his moving of funds and fully intends on leaving the US. He is fearful, and he sees no no way out of this. A couple of dominoes have fallen, and he knows full well where that will eventually lead. He is in a panic, he is losing what is left of his mind and like a wounded animal is lashing out anywhere and everywhere. Were he an animal I would have tremendous sympathy for him...but he is Trump, and I have nothing but contempt and the hope that he lives out his days in a paranoid swill.

[Demobrat]

73. I can't see Trump dropping out.

I just don’t think his ego would allow it. Unless he fled the country. That I could see.
Stand up like a man like Biden did in front of the world and bow out? Unthinkable. Sneak off under cover of darkness leaving nothing but chaos behind? Oh yeah. He has prison in front of him if he stays. I can totally see him running away and spewing his midnight rants from wherever he lands that doesn’t expedite.