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Tommy Carcetti

(44,499 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:17 PM Aug 2024

Okay, you really don't need to watch Trump's "press conference", but just to fill you in...

He's just been reading at a podium nonstop in a monotone voice from a cheap three-ring binder for the past 45 minutes while off to the side there are various groceries just sitting there. Including breakfast sausage which is just melting in the sun.

Honestly, wasting good breakfast sausage like that deserves a fifth indictment in and of itself.

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agingdem

(8,849 posts)
6. this is Trump's pivot..
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:26 PM
Aug 2024

"clean coal, it's clean, everyone knows it's clean that's why they call it clean coal"....riveting stuff!!!!!

birdographer

(2,937 posts)
2. I saw that food in a not-twitter post
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:24 PM
Aug 2024

I don't play the videos, can't stand to hear his voice, but I wondered about the food. He probably forgets it is there. Also the post said he was rambling about windmills and eagles. We know the windmill rant, that's an oldie, but what's the deal with eagles now?

Buns_of_Fire

(19,161 posts)
10. Windmills and eagles? I thought it was windmills and whales!
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:32 PM
Aug 2024

C'mon, now. Take off the fat suit. I know this is really you, Andy Kaufman...

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,391 posts)
3. Jim Messina said on MSNBC, Trump's complaining about the price of grocieries while standing in front of
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:24 PM
Aug 2024

his own high-priced country club!

hlthe2b

(113,971 posts)
5. Thanks, Tommy. No way I was going to watch, but I heard yesterday his stupid Tic Tac story blew up...
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:26 PM
Aug 2024

(meant to illustrate the "horrible" inflation)...

https://www.komonews.com/news/nation-world/trump-uses-tic-tacs-to-demonstrate-inflation-under-biden-harris-administration-shopping-food-snacks-grocery-stores-2024-presidential-election-politics-joe-biden-kamala-harris-jd-vance-tim-walz

The Republican held up a standard pack of Tic Tacs in one hand -- and what appeared to be an incredibly tiny pack of Tic Tacs in the other hand -- during a rally in North Carolina Wednesday.

"This is inflation," he said of the comparison in sizes, adding that he doesn't know anything about the company, which makes mints.

But, he said, he gave them some free advertising by referencing the mints.

"They are so lucky," he joked. "This is the greatest commercial they ever had."


Trump used the mints to illustrate the surging prices of food and other grocery store items.
The problem? The small pack is one of multi-pack economy package with "pocket-sized" dispensed mints. And they are sold at Big Box stores at a hefty discount, so his point proved the opposite.


Of course, this isn't the first time he's pissed off Tic Tac's maker:
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/tic-tac-denounces-trump-229373
Tic Tac denounces Donald Trump

tanyev

(49,297 posts)
12. Oh, right, I forgot about the unwanted publicity Tic Tac got in the p***y grabbing audio.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:48 PM
Aug 2024

I guess Donny’s still using them. Is he still grabbing? Any woman who fits the description of his “type” might want to stay out of arm’s reach. At this point I think he’s too lazy to chase after them.

mucholderthandirt

(1,783 posts)
14. I believe you can get a tiny fake Tic Tak box in one of those blind box things kids like.
Fri Aug 16, 2024, 09:03 AM
Aug 2024

They sell them at Walmart, and a lot of them have tiny food things in there (not real, for playing with).

At any rate, it's a stupid comparison and bound to fail because Trump simply doesn't understand what the fuck he's doing or saying.

Say what you will about Ronald Reagan, and I hated him with a passion, but hand that man a script and point him to his mark, and he could talk so damned good even his enemies half-believed him.

Donald Trump, not so much. They've been trying to reboot him for three weeks and nothing has stuck. I think the Botox is making him worse, since they're giving him notes now.

central scrutinizer

(12,654 posts)
7. You think groceries are expensive now
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:28 PM
Aug 2024

Wait until 20 million immigrants are deported. I’m sure the MAGAts will crawl out of their parent’s basements and pick crops if their god-king needs them.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,704 posts)
9. At least he got asked a tough question -
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:31 PM
Aug 2024

"Why does God shield you and what does that inspire you to do?"

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