Donald Trump’s verbal gaffes are getting worse, and his team knows it.
    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      76·
      1 month ago

      When rumors started that he might be incontinent, his supporters started wearing diapers in solidarity. I don’t think anything will deter them.

      • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 month ago

        His die hard supporters will go along with almost anything. I do think there’s a line somewhere that he could cross that would cause some of them to leave, but every time some new thing comes up and they go along with it, that line moves a little farther away.

        However, he needs more than just the flavor-aid connoisseurs to win an election. A lot of the people who vote for him will be doing so simply because the feel like things aren’t great and want a change. They will vote while holding their nose, or just ignoring all the insanity around Trump because after a while it turns to white noise.

        Convincing those voters that Trump isn’t going to be a better alternative is possible, and it’s probably easier to convince them Trump is old and unfit than it is to win them over on policy arguments. Way too many people vote (or not) based on vibes, and this line of attack works on that level.

        • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 month ago

          I do think there’s a line somewhere that he could cross that would cause some of them to leave

          Apparently that line was telling his supporters to mask and vaccinate.

        • Dainterhawk999@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 month ago

          An ever changing ceiling based only on the info provided through the media without any self analysis based on any facts.

    • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 month ago

      Remember, going negative is an effort to suppress turnout for the opposition. Trump voters are much more likely to wait until election day to vote, she gets extra time to convince them to just stay home, to not overcome everyday obstacles or just focus on other things.

      If thinking about Trumps failing mental health makes a potential Trump voter uncomfortable, they might just be a little too busy or too tired or too stressed out about other things to deal with the cognitive dissonance of going to the polls to choose him.

      It doesn’t need to work on a lot of people, but shaving off a fractional percent in key states could make a big difference.

    • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      For a single moment, the Daemon slipped and Donald Trumps soul came to the forefront. Long enough for his facial muscles to hint the motion of what should be a decades long suppressed scream of agony and terror. The Daemon retakes control of the body immediately, chaining Trumps soul into his subconscious depths.

      “That wasn’t the deal, Donnie”, it whispered. “We aren’t done yet.”

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 month ago

    The only thing that really concerns me about the election, other than the fact there’s any chance at all trump could win, is the people that are undecided. A decrepit, fascist, fraud, rapist, and convicted felon is running for president vs a female democrat - who at this stage is close to a ‘70s/80s republican, and people haven’t figured it out yet?

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 month ago

      Stop using his word for it.

      Weave implies intent, a pattern reaching a goal.

      He meanders. He wanders, taking tangents as they appear in his brain, and he eventually circles back to the topic on the prompter (sometimes).

      He Family Circus’ his way around in random directions and might make it back home if he’s lucky.

      He doesn’t weave, he meanders.