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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

As Donald Trump’s two main Republican rivals slugged it out Wednesday on an Iowa debate stage, the former president appeared across town on a Fox News Channel town hall in a counterprogramming move where few discouraging words were heard.

Trump walked onstage to cheers and chants of “USA,” stayed at the end to sign autographs and heard one audience member blurt out “love you” after he took her question.

He was barely challenged by questioners who left several challenging topics on the table — like Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election, his support for Capitol insurrectionists and legal arguments this week in which his lawyers claimed he had immunity from any potential crimes he might have conducted while in office.

When asked about his previous statements that a second term as president would be about retribution for his enemies, Trump said he wouldn’t have time for it.

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[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

Trump is the US’s Putin. It’s all very obvious but we’re just walking right into it anyway.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Putin isn't a complete moron though, so we're lucky there

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Have you seen Ukraine? Putin is the sort of guy that claims to be a chess master while forgetting how the horsies move and knocks over the board on accident when he gets pummeled as a result.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

and heard one audience member blurt out “love you” after he took her question.

She wouldn't be the first deluded person to fall in love with a rapist, sadly.

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Amazing the "love" he gets from women when this is the way he gives out love:

The more than 25 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or misconduct (which he has denied), and the countless more who have endured public vitriol and threats to their life after being targeted by him, have all been punished either for challenging him or for denying him what he fundamentally believed was his due.

It's almost on the level of Jesus there /s

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

What a circus.

I'm wondering how much both of them were both sucking on Trump's dick while also going against him, a dude who was too much of a coward to even show up.

Weak ass GOP.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Fox News loves Trump so not surprising.

[-] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

I'm looking forward to a split Republican vote

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 17 points 10 months ago

How would it be split? Unless Trump is successfully removed from the ballot, Trump is the only candidate that republican voters actually want.

[-] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

I'm not too sure about that. There are Republicans who have never liked Trump, ones who have had enough of him, and ones who would die for him. If enough states successfully remove him the party might consider an alternative. In that case you'll get a lot of write ins for Trump and an easy Democrat win. If they don't go with an alternative, we can at least count on those states being blue

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

How did those never-Trumpers do in 2016? I'm pretty sure most of them ended up supporting Trump.

[-] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sorry guys I didn't mean to inject optimism into this thread

Edit: Don't forget we won 2020. We were smart to swap out Hillary after she lost 2016. Maybe they'll be smart too. In fact, how many times has a losing candidate been chosen by their party again?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I'm glad you're optimistic. I just don't know, considering past history, if that's the part to be optimistic about.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

I just think most of us have learned not to get our hopes up much for anything going well in US politics and especially wrt this guy. From where I'm sitting, being optimistic about something like a split conservative vote is just asking for major disappointment.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Assuming he makes it through the primary on top (and he probably will), I just don't think any of his opponents have the balls to run 3rd party.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

what a choad

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

“Righty-ho-ho, how would you describe your perfect Sunday?”

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