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[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 169 points 1 month ago

lol, I feel like my brain is going to explode if I try to wrap my head around the logic Trump is using to get to this conclusion.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 95 points 1 month ago

This level of mental gymnastics should only be attempted by seasoned professionals.

[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago

Okay, I did some stretches and I feel warmed up.

My biggest complaint is that the answer to the question "So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting crooked Joe Biden?" is "no".

He wasn't forced to fight Joe Biden. Instead of attacking Joe he could've focused on extolling his own virtues.

I feel like reacting this way indicates that he doesn't see himself as a candidate worthy of winning the election on his own merit.

[-] Prezhotnuts@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 month ago

Or their campaign finances are so tight fighting legal battles they can't afford to pivot.

[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Yeah, but if the campaign was based on the belief that "Trump is the best candidate regardless of who he's running against" there would never be a need to pivot based on the opponent changing.

Which to me indicates Trump was viewing his 2024 campaign as a grudge match between himself and Biden as opposed to viewing it as a campaign to be elected president of the United States of America.

Like, where's the strength of conviction? The guy is flailing and it's embarrassing.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

His campaign is a desperate attempt to get back that sweet sweet presidential immunity, plus all the perks he'll get selling out the country for pennies on the dollar.

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[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago

Or he could have just..... not ran.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

And overthrow the government how?

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[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He spent so much effort attacking Joe Biden. Mostly because his entire campaign is centered around attacking Joe Biden, and not any real policies. Now that’s all in vain.

He’s mostly thinking about himself.

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[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 141 points 1 month ago

Why doesn’t Trump just drop out since he was only in the race to challenge Biden? Then the Democrats will have to rebuild their election strategy. Seems like a pretty obvious course of action unless you are complete narcissist who is fine taking down their party with them.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Because there is nothing else, only trump.

[-] BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 month ago

Exactly. In fact, in the next four years, if he is still alive, I bet you that POS is still going to try to run. And they will still let him.

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[-] null@slrpnk.net 126 points 1 month ago

You can tell they're pissed he dropped out because the more obvious framing is that thier anti-Biden campaigning worked, and they were successful.

For them to act like they got ripped off instead tells you everything you need to know.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree, I believe that they are mad that their campaign worked too well, they didn't want him to drop out as he was a viable candidate to win against as he was slipping hardcore poll wise and was shooting himself in the foot, he wouldn't have won. Now they need to re-evaluate their strategy to fight against Harris, which is going to be difficult considering that she is basically a counter opposite of what Biden was and has the exact opposite tactics he did, including background and has a solid history. I personally don't care much about her but, I can see where the threat is.

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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

It also takes away the focus from his little ear booboo. Everyone will be focused on the Dems for the next few weeks unless something more interesting happens.

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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 98 points 1 month ago

Who exactly forced them to spend time and money fighting Crooked Joe Biden? Take it up with them.

[-] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Exactly!

If he felt "forced" to fight Joe in order to win the election it indicates that he doesn't see himself as a candidate worthy of winning on his own merit.

He's always the victim.

[-] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 22 points 1 month ago

Obviously the Biden crime family /s

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[-] oo1@lemmings.world 74 points 1 month ago

spent money fighting . . ?

why doesn't he spend money promotiong awareness of his policies? /s

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[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago

No caps? Coherent sentences? The fat orange cheeto didn't even see this text before it was published....

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This just highlights how well thought out the timing of Biden's statement was.

I don't know when he made his decision, but it was probably weeks ago. He pretended he was still going to be running so that the GOP spent their entire convention attacking him. Once the convention was over, he waited until just after the Sunday politics talk shows were done, and then made his announcement.

Now they get weeks to build up excitement for the Democratic convention while the Republican news cycle is over.

(P.S. as further evidence this wasn't just a spur of the moment decision, look at all the prominent democrats now coming out in support of Harris. I don't think that just happens. I think that only happens after some back-room negotiations. I think these negotiations were done, their support for Harris was locked in, and then they went quiet until the time of the announcement. The democratic party is famous for having its fights out in the open. But, other than Manchin, I can't think of any Democrats (or sorta-kinda-democrats in his case) who even whispered about challenging her.)

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago

If this was actually planed like you say, then God damn they played this game really well.

[-] Michal@programming.dev 16 points 1 month ago

He still got it 😏

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 71 points 1 month ago

The difference between being FOR something and being AGAINST something.

Die mad motherfucker.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 30 points 1 month ago

Exactly! Mf, campaign for yourself, not against an opponent. The entitlement of this guy is unbelievable. He thinks that he's automatically good enough to be president after seriously fucking up last time and just needs to trash the other candidates.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

Lol Trump and the GOP always said he was too old and shouldn't run, so he drops out and now they're mad about it. The GOP is both infuriating and hilarious at the same time.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

"BIDEN TOO OLD!! SLEEPY JOE! HUNTER'S LAPTOP! OLD! BIDEN OLD!"

Joe Biden: The American people have spoken, and I have elected to bow to their wishes and exit the presidential race.

"NOT LIKE THAT! BIDEN OLD! BIDEN COST MONEY! BIDEN OLD! PUT HIM BACK IN, ONLY OLDS NOW!"

[-] frezik@midwest.social 47 points 1 month ago

Do you have any idea how much money it takes to retrain LLMs to astroturf the Internet?

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Look, I have my issues with Trump but if you think Harris is going to be able to lead after her record with....

nah I'm just fuckin with you, I'm not a political bot

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 47 points 1 month ago

Lol, that's amazing. What a precious little snowflake he is.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 month ago

Oh man, he should really stick it to Kamela and the dems by switching to a different candidate on the GOP side! Just sayin'

[-] 242@lemmy.cafe 44 points 1 month ago

Do over! Do over! Mommy they cheated! Mommmmmmy!

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

Wow, there are 20k people on TRUTH social? /s

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

There's people and there's "people".

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[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Diaper Don crying about a none issue

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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 35 points 1 month ago

Dumb fucking sheep magas don't even see this as petulant baby diaper shitting... If you really had a StRoNg MaN presidential candidate then he'd have said "Obama, Kamala, Hillary, Biden, who cares? I'll beat anyone you throw at me!"

But that's not who Trump is so we get: "Wahhhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhh Wahhhhh!" And his followers go "yeah! Wahhh! It's really bad! Wahhh wahhh! We're tough! Wahhh get my gun I need to feel like a man!"

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[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

It's almost as if he didn't want the best person to win and lead the country.

[-] blazera@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

You know what i see? Someone coming up with excuses for when he loses.

Kick his racist, sexist ass with a black female president

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[-] DevCat@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Shouldn't we all be reimbursed for what trump did to the economy?

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 18 points 1 month ago

How come Trump was allowed to spend four years proving that he wasn’t capable of being President on the taxpayers’ dime then?

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago

Trump is being forced to run for president? Is he unable to make decisions on his own or is he being forced by companies that line his pockets?

[-] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago

He's being forced by the fact that it's the only way he sees to stay out of jail basically lol. All those "Democrat Witch Hunts" are really getting to him.

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[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many Trump voters think he authors his own tweets?

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