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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 315 points 2 years ago

She's said she'll be at ABC on Sep 10, and looks forward to debating Trump in the time and place he previously agreed to. She's holding his feet to the fire on this, I don't expect there to be any agreement on any other debate until this one is over.

[-] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 154 points 2 years ago

Explains why he was so antagonistic toward the ABC reporter at the National Association of Black Journalists. As bad as that makes him look outside of the MAGA bubble, it lets him make the pathetic argument that ABC was mean to him so he won't go debate there. His fragile little ego is more important to him than winning the election. Good news for democracy lovers.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

You are giving his cognitive abilities far too much credit.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 28 points 2 years ago

The biggest mistake that can be made is to consider your opponent dumb, thus underestimating them.

Assume it was a purposeful play, and counter appropriately.

[-] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Why is assuming purpose required for appropriate counterplay?

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He is the dumbass face of it all, but he serves his purpose for the really smart bastards in the party who know full well what they're doing when they push his buttons, send him out to rile up his (their) base, and unleash him and them on all of us.

The core of the Republican party isn't the blustering dumbass out front, it's the fascism machine at the heart of Project 2025 and all the rest of it pulling his strings. Trump is a useful idiot to very smart people doing very bad things, and we should all be appropriately worried and alert.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Ohh, I fully agree, but I also think that Trump's mental capacity has decayed so much that he couldn't stay on script for more than 2 minutes if he were left without his handlers. That's why I doubt this interview was part of some grand plan to get out of the debate.

[-] melechric@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

100%

His behavior during the NABJ interview was classic Donny: a narcissist doing everything he could to deflect and avoid been held to account for his prior words/behavior.

Just happened that he let his racism shine through as he tried to worm his way out. Which shows how cognitively impaired he is.

The headline on this article is exactly what Trump was hoping for.

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