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sunonmars

(8,657 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 05:35 PM Jun 2020

Does Trump Want to Fight for a Second Term? His Self-Sabotage Worries Aides [View all]




Advisers and allies say the president’s repeated acts of self-destruction have significantly damaged his re-election prospects, and yet he appears mostly unable, or unwilling, to curtail them.

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Many feel he is deliberately trying to lose the election, that he is incapable of keeping control.........

I do get a feeling we are heading for the final reckoning......
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I suspect he regrets ever having run in the first place. He'll eventually blame Obama for having sop Jun 2020 #1
"I never wanted to be President, I did it for the good of the country!" RKP5637 Jun 2020 #2
Wasn't barr a confirming source for the trump bunker episode? empedocles Jun 2020 #3
Let him... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #4
"It would be a travesty to interfere with that..." Mike 03 Jun 2020 #8
I suspect he did everything in his power to not win the last election LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #5
Yeah, that's why I don't buy this 'he's trying to lose' discussion. Aristus Jun 2020 #15
trump needs to re-elected or he faces prison Gothmog Jun 2020 #6
We know that, but he'll never acknowledge it FakeNoose Jun 2020 #16
"I have to be myself" Mike 03 Jun 2020 #7
and hopefully he'll take down the entire republican party with him... dhill926 Jun 2020 #9
That's exactly what we want musclecar6 Jun 2020 #10
I almost feel like he's setting us up for a Black Sox scandal type of situation. Initech Jun 2020 #11
Like in 2016 he never thought he'd win. kacekwl Jun 2020 #12
Question to aides: Where the hell have you been the last 4 years!?! Caliman73 Jun 2020 #13
When is it going to occur to those people that he is, in fact, nuts? Hekate Jun 2020 #14
He is a malignant narcissist Andy823 Jun 2020 #17
it is NOT "self-sabotage" Skittles Jun 2020 #18
Exactly. He is compelled to act an ass. That is his identity. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #19
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