As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’

“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” said Matthew Bartlett, a GOP strategist and former Trump administration appointee. “This is a guy who cut through the Republican primary like a knife through butter. This is a guy who pummeled a semi-conscious president in a debate and literally out of a race. And now this is a guy who cannot come to grips with a competitive presidential race that would require discipline and effective messaging. And we’re seeing a candidate and a campaign absolutely melt down.”

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As we all have witnessed over the last couple of weeks, Trump is just unable to pivot away from Biden and focus on Harris and her platform. Even the Republicans are starting to panic and wonder if he will be able to find focus in the last 90 days. This is an intensely impactful period, and if he keeps going off script and into murky waters, such as questioning Harris' racial background or calling her low IQ, things will just get harder for him.

It will be especially hard if he can't let go of Biden. It's as if Biden had a permanent place in his head, and he just... can't... let him go. He absolutely hates that he lost to him, and he just wants to go against him again. A re-match is all that's on his mind, when he should be focused on his opponent.

Check out this completely crazy post from him today, that can only be described as pure fantasy, and that's if you want to go easy on him.


Biden might crash the convention and take the nomination back? Whoa. And all those colorful epithets for his favorite targets. And then when Biden takes back the nomination he gave up himself, he will challenge him to a debate again? And something about people he hates the most? *smh*

This isn't normal behavior. For anyone - let alone a presidential candidate.

Toys in the attic?

And if all this behavior won't be a problem with his voters, it sure is becoming an issue with the donors. They seem to be tightening up and he is now severely trailing behind Harris. Just in the month of July, he raised a $138m to her $310m. At the same time, 94% of her donations came from small donors - under $200, while a large part of his sum comes from one of the largest banking families in the country, the Mellon family. Are small donors wiped out? No more money for his personal lawyers?

If he is to have any chance of staying afloat in this race, he has to be able to focus and stop attacking people in horrible ways. But discipline may be too much to ask for from an aging man who may be losing his impulse control. You know how when people get older, they lose that filter that used to be there, and they start flipping off kids and telling everyone to buzz off? Well, Trump is at that advanced age, and that may be exactly why he cannot control himself any more.

My guess... we're going to see much more of this deterioration in his behavior through the election. I don't think you can squeeze this toothpaste back in the tube.

Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message.

It didn’t last. By midday, the former president was already back to re-litigating his controversial appearance in Chicago last week, where he questioned Kamala Harris’ Black identity and suggested a major network journalist should be fired — “I didn’t know who she was, she was nasty,” he told a livestreamer.

And if Trump had an opening to hit Harris on the economy, it was unclear even to leaders of his own party if he could sustain it.

Republicans on Monday reeled from Trump’s undisciplined approach to the opening stages of his new general election matchup with Harris — following a weekend that saw him praise Russian leader Vladimir Putin while smearing Harris as “low IQ,” and “dumb” and attacking a popular swing-state GOP governor whose turnout operation he may need in November.

I predict, based off the way he capitalized Hussein, he's going to revert to being a full-blown birther shortly. If he does that, you might as well call the race.

a reply to: Threadbarer

He's pivoted to calling Kamala, "Kamabla" as well recently. Of course no idea what that's about. Saw a clip of Scott Baio on Fox yesterday quite concerned and wishing he could talk to Trump about his messaging,(That was hard to type while giggling) point is, if you're losing Scott Baio, it's a problem. 🤣

He has the first court date with Judge Chutkin next Friday, so I can only imagine it will get worse as well in the upcoming weeks. Plus Harris/ Walz have a very busy schedule, so their rallies will be posted daily, which will further anger him.

Vance has a few things planned, but like today in Michigan, it's at a private event at a police station. And of course it's at a suburban police station in which the chief was suspended in 2020 for using racially charged Tweets. (I went the same private school as him, ugh) along with uproar at the time for charging 5 protesters who stepped off the sidewalk into the street with a felony charge, so that's kind of messy as well.
Compared to Harris/Walz bigger rally in Detroit today.

a reply to: frogs453

I just saw the numbers from Vance's rally yesterday. Around 200 people. The venue could comfortably hold 1300 with the largest attendance being around 1900.

And then there's Trump whose only event scheduled right now is a rally in a state that's not even in play.

This guy just survived an assassination attempt on him. That he is speaking at all is a literal miracle.
This changes something in a person. He faced his own mortality and now he knows he has a job to do.
To drain the swamp which was, as it looks responsible for the attack on his life.

I don't think saying mean, hurty words about those who deserve it is equivalent to mean, deadly bullets aimed at your brain.

This man is going for the truth and he has a mission.

Make no mistake, Trump is going to drain the swamp, now even more determined than before his astronomical escape from certain death, and the worms will cry that it is a mean
thing to do and how mean and hurty he is towards them.

Yeah, get ready to face the big, mean sludge pump.
Nobody here is wincing, we are the ones who ordered the device, because we want a nice place to swim in the summer. Full of beautiful fish. A place to bring the family and not be scared of leeches, worms or legionnaires disease.

We are all ready to press the 'on' button!

originally posted by: Euronymous2625
No sane person still thinks this dumpster fire is president material.

If he's a dumpster fire then by comparison Harris is a landfill on fire.

Both suck. He sucks less than her. That's pretty bad for Harris.

Oh .. and both Vance and Walz suck too.

And so do Kennedy and Libertarian Chase Oliver.

Sucky all around. It's just a matter of who sucks less to vote for. And that's sad.

a reply to: Hecate666

A lot of us don’t care about mean words. His base certainly doesn’t, and independents who can see through the fact both sides are engaged in similar tactics don’t either.

But it’s just not tactical. He doesn’t have to win his base, he’s got them. For people who really are swing voters or undecided, you have to ask yourself is it more helpful or hurtful that he leans into certain talking points.

I know most don’t like polls, so if you look at the betting odds where he was 3/1 against Biden, and only took a small dip when Harris was pretty much announced… to now, where the betting odds are almost even money, we can see a trend.

He’s losing the momentum he had when he looked more calculated at the debate. We saw a glimpse of someone who seemed to be more statesman like.

The more the right leans into whether or not she’s black, a DEI hire, and identity politics, the closer this race will be IMO.

If Trump just played it smart, this wouldn’t even be remotely close. He’s his own worse enemy right now.

Maga claims words don't matter, yet they've pulled out their fainting couches and are clutching their pearls over the double entendre Walz used in the rally last night about Vance and the couch.

Screeching about why doesn't anyone care that it is "misinfo", that political rallies should not allow such things, that such types of things should not be part of the political landscape. And yes, they are actually serious. 🤣

originally posted by: CriticalStinker
If Trump just played it smart, this wouldn’t even be remotely close. He’s his own worse enemy right now.

Kamala and Walz are two anti-American socialists, not Democrats, with ideas and policies that are radically opposed to a healthy America. Trumps policies are just fine. He should be running away with this election. But the reality is that it is tied up right now because of Trumps bloviating out-of-control MOUTH that doesn't stop running and spewing. I agree, he's his own worst enemy. Nearly everyone who is voting for him wants him to shut up and just work the policies instead of his rhetoric. He's win by a landslide if he'd do that ... even with the left wing media in the tank for Kamala/Walz.

originally posted by: frogs453
... the double entendre Walz used in the rally last night about Vance and the couch.

Oh geeeze ... what a chucklehead.
So Walz has just as much of a stupid running-mouth as Trump.
Great .. just what this race needed. More idiocy.

This isn't normal behavior. For anyone - let alone a presidential candidate.

It is indeed an odd post, I find it odd Trump has enough confidence in Biden that he believes Biden could even begin to do those things. But compared to some of the ridiculous things said by kackling Kamala, crazy Nancy, shifty Adam, and cryin' Chuck, it looks fairly sane. I left out Obama because I view him as more of a moderate and he seems to have an issue with how far left the left has moved in recent years.

Btw, I don't think most Trump supporters care if he attacks most of those people, because they go out of their way to attack his character at every chance they get. As for donations, money isn't everything in an election, as proven by previous elections. Having said that, I don't particularly think money will be an issue for Trump considering the massive inflow of support he received from big players after the attempt on his life, even if the left wants to act like it never happened and had no effect on his level of support.

Over the last week or so I've seen a huge amount of propaganda from the left talking about how Trump is losing his marbles, falling in the polls, losing funding, etc... and you know what I see in all that? A desperate attempt by the left to regain the narrative because there was an immense show of unity in the Republican party after Trump survived the attempt on his life, Biden failed spectacularly in the debate, and they know Kamala is one of the most unlikable politicians ever. You might even call it a nervous breakdown.

For real... I find it hard to believe any of her supporters actually like her, but now they have no choice but to defend her and pretend to like her. To be fair I don't particularly like Trump that much, and I defend some of the dumb things he does because I believe the alternative is far worse for the US and the entire world. The left thinks the same way so I can't really blame them for supporting Kamala.

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um, nobody is even talking about the Harris ralley last night, it was that uneventful.

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Lol I don't think Trump even knows what a double entendre is.

And yes providing school lunches for children, strengthening protections for workers, ensuring paid family leave, ensuring women's rights. So radical.

Oh and not taxing seniors. Crazy times! Wait, isn't Trump running on that now? Believe we have a thread on it.

You guys and your fake candidate with her farther Left VP pick are off the rails.

Nobody wants those radical, America hating Commie clowns running this country into the ground from within.
Nobody voted for them. 😂😂

Open borders and men's tampons are policies you guys can really get behind eh?, this is what you guys are pretending to gloat about?

It's astonishing how far the America hating rot has infiltrated your brains.

originally posted by: some_stupid_name
a reply to: frogs453

um, nobody is even talking about the Harris ralley last night, it was that uneventful.

If you say so!

a reply to: RazorV66

They are free in all bathrooms. And as I believe you're not female, that's a huge deal. No need go get into the specifics of it, but it's a great and helpful thing to teens in school.

originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: Hecate666

A lot of us don’t care about mean words. His base certainly doesn’t, and independents who can see through the fact both sides are engaged in similar tactics don’t either.

But it’s just not tactical. He doesn’t have to win his base, he’s got them. For people who really are swing voters or undecided, you have to ask yourself is it more helpful or hurtful that he leans into certain talking points.

I know most don’t like polls, so if you look at the betting odds where he was 3/1 against Biden, and only took a small dip when Harris was pretty much announced… to now, where the betting odds are almost even money, we can see a trend.

He’s losing the momentum he had when he looked more calculated at the debate. We saw a glimpse of someone who seemed to be more statesman like.

The more the right leans into whether or not she’s black, a DEI hire, and identity politics, the closer this race will be IMO.

If Trump just played it smart, this wouldn’t even be remotely close. He’s his own worse enemy right now.

I agree but Trump has come this far, if you believe the Crooks attempt on his life was real, I do, and now we have the Pakistani man with Iranian connections.

Have we ever seen a person put through so much in modern politics and still be neck and neck , speaks to either how lousy the candidates are against him, or to his resilience if nothing else. I have stated here many times I don't like how he is at all, but I can understand much of it. His base loves his message and at it's heart thats all they care about, the margin for error is closing, it was inevitable, once the left realized all other efforts to thwart his campaign have failed.

This is why he went with Vance, he must have the Bible belt to get out and vote, motivated voters are his best ally now. If they are motivated he can win Georgia, and North Carolina then will need Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio or Wisconsin. Four of 6 swing states get him a likely win.

Let the left run wild with social media, most of Trump's base is unplugged anyway, I have a feeling lots of moderate Democrats and Independents are either unplugged or are beginning to find the social media blitz distasteful on both sides. It depends on if they get out to vote and who they vote for.

As much as Vance was hailed as a "meh' pick, so is Walz. I need to see Harris under pressure, answering questions at a real presser

here's a reasonable and fair analysis of the possibilities, the debate(s) loom large

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Have we ever seen a person put through so much in modern politics and still be neck and neck , speaks to either how lousy the candidates are against him, or to his resilience if nothing else.

100%.

Enthusiasm is low for a lot of Americans in the choices we have, and had in recent times.

But ultimately this boils down to a popularity contest. On a good day, 50%~ of eligible voters turn out to a presidential election. We have to assume a good portion of that know current events at a headline level. I’d be scared to know how many read into stories from multiple sources, and keep up with global current events too.

It’s a shame, it makes the races more superficial, but it is what it is.

Republicans and Democrats also share about 30% of the electorate each, leaving 40% independent, third party, and apathetic. Those are typically who decide the election as you’re usually going to secure your base.

Right now he’s campaigning for the people he already won over. I know Kamala got VP because of her identity, but I can also say it’s a horrible topic to lean into if you want to win over people.

a reply to: frogs453

Walz signed a bill that redefined "sexual orientation" to include pedophilia.