The scary thing about the recent Trump rally wasn't that it was different than his campaign rallies

[Tommy_Carcetti]

The scary thing about it was that it was exactly the same as his campaign rallies. Exactly the same.

He's not going to change, people.

[RKP5637]

1. I listened to it briefly, yep, it was the SOS! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

2. That's a good thing in terms of making him a one-termer

Bad for the country, but that was always going to be the case.

[Orrex]

3. Did anyone think that he would change?

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The GOP congress and the media have shown that he's all but untouchable, so what possible incentive could he have to change?

[2naSalit]

9. I don't ge where

anyone should think that he would.

[hibbing]

15. How many times did you hear the word "pivot" during the campaign

All these paid political commentators, oh he will pivot, blah blah blah blah. I haven't watched one of those shows since the election, and I was an addict, it has helped.


Peace

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. It ** IS ** a campaign rally. Paid for by a group promoting him for 2020. . . . nt

[underpants]

5. Yep

[greymattermom]

6. That's a good thing

The longer he keeps saying the same thing, and the longer folks see what has and hasn't happened, the more they will realize that he is a snake oil salesman. When health care is taken away, and taxes for middle class folks go up, they will notice. Finally. Not everyone who voted for Trump is a skinhead.

[Vinca]

7. I'm not as scared by Trump as I am by his supporters.

How does a person not know by now they were conned by the ultimate con man? Those crazies would line up to vote for him for 2020 in a heartbeat.

[atreides1]

8. How do they not know?

Ask those Germans who stuck with Hitler, to the very end of his regime...because it's the same mentality! It's based on their hatred of diversity, their fear of change, and their delusional acceptance that they are the "Master Race"!!!!

[manicraven]

11. I agree. If it was truly about their financial situation, they'd recognize they were conned and

dump tRump, but instead, no matter what he says or does, they lick his boots. They LOVE that he's aggressive towards immigrants and obviously is a racist and bigot.

[kimbutgar]

13. I just saw a program on NTGeo, Hitler's final days

It was fascinating how many people stuck with him to end despite the devastation and death of so many Germans. I got kind of anxious watching thinking about where we are today with chump and his followers. They are replaying it tonight or early Tuesday am pst at 12:00 am. It was so enlightening and scary. I saw footage I had never seen before that was gruesome.

[Chipper Chat]

12. Did you take a good look at the people behind Him at the rally?

They all looked like relatives of the mountain men in 'Deliverance.'
And the sad part is they are multiplying.
'God HELP the YOU ....ESS..........AAAAAAAA'.

[Vinca]

24. I pointed out the kids holding up signs to my husband.

They're being groomed to be both hateful and stupid.

[sammythecat]

25. The movie "Idiocracy"

is now our reality. These people are hardened in their willful ignorance and they are not going away. They are here for the long term and, yes, they are multiplying.

[Saviolo]

14. Partially because they WANT to be conned

I put together a little information/analysis of it here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029001144

[not fooled]

18. Sadly, you are probably right

If his adherents were rational people they wouldn't have voted for dump in the first place.

They follow him out of hatred and fear, and those emotions will override all of the other considerations, i.e. that he is screwing them in every other way. As long as he keeps the hatred flowing, that's all he needs to keep them voting for him.

One thing he's good at is conning rubes, and he senses the way forward to keep doing so--hence the hate-filled rallies which will continue until the next election.

[Wounded Bear]

10. SSDD...

[niyad]

16. the only thing that will change is him sliding more dangerously into madness, with the collusion

of the "swamp", the pukes, and his deplorables (and, oh yes, whichever puppet master is actually pulling his strings)

[0rganism]

17. he will ALWAYS be on the campaign trail, because it's what he liked best

he loves the adulation of the rubes far more than any of the activities associated with democratic governance. he's a natural snake-oil salesman, so expect more and more of that.

time for Democrats to counter with a sales campaign of our own. oh wait, forgot we don't do that, because the inherent truth and rightness of our positions always shines through and leads us inexorably to victory.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. It's basically Ponzi scheming.

He just continues to promise and promise on things he knows he can't deliver. It inevitably will fall apart and he knows that.

Question is, what happens when it falls apart and he's still President?

[0rganism]

27. i would guess he blames Democrats for his unfulfilled promises

which has a decent chance of success because
1. Democrats are actually ideologically opposed to much of his batshit insane agenda and probably will attempt to obstruct it in every way possible
2. Democrats suck at messaging and apparently have no idea how to coordinate a catchy response to his continuous stream of destructive bullshit

leaving Trump free to promise whatever he likes to the GOP base

[greymattermom]

20. I'm the same age as he is

and my thinking about the future is changing. Maybe I'd ride a crazy roller coaster for a few years, if it were a total thrill, and I'm the person who is afraid to go on Space Mountain.

[bigbrother05]

21. 100 days and he's already abandoned any pretense of governing

He'll be in full campaign mode for as long as he can remain in office. That's the only way his ego will allow him to function.

[IronLionZion]

22. Don't any of them wonder when the jobs he promised are coming?

Blatant lies can only go on for so long, right?

[MrPurple]

23. He'll conjure the illusion of creating jobs, like with Carrier

while trying to demonize "Fauxahantas", claiming it's the other side who are frauds. And, a significant number will continue to buy into the WWE level reality and follow right along.

[pansypoo53219]

26. he needs ego booster shots. preznit blizzard(he is a HUGE snowflake).

[pnwmom]

28. It WAS a campaign rally. Literally. He has already registered for the 2020 campaign and is already

raising money.