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Trump criticizes NASCAR ban on Confederate flags and attacks Black driver
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I don't think it has anything to do wit Corona outside of what the pandemic is doing to his favor ability. His popularity is dwindling and he's too much of a self absorbed ego maniac to admit what he's doing isn't working, so he's just going to double down on it.
That's taking into account the race ran past 8pm on the East coast, after starting about an hour late for a weather delay and then having about a 30 minute red flag to clean up the mess on pit road.
sure if you ignore all reality, the fact that corporations and fellow republicans have been able to "read the room" and realize this ain't a winning fight, and the fact that his shitty response to George Floyd/BLM has contributed to approval and pool numbers sinking into the toilet. But aside from talk that, yeah I guess "that cold win it for him", in some sort of alternate reality.
...This has been known for a while. He's been talking & tweeting about this stuff before he considered running for president.
Bingo. I'm glad the media called this shit out in the press briefer, reporters have had enough and there's no spin left. But all this does is distract a mile away from soldiers with bounties on their heads, and a President that not only knew about it, but didn't do anything about.
So...is it still a good rating or are the numbers artificially inflated?
It's good. The longer the race drags on with delays the more people tend to tune out. Especially entering prime time.
AP Style almost literally says "Do not do this kind of shit" in regards to using racial terms that have little to no meaning (to me, race+based in this context fits that)
I hope no one really thinks otherwise. You're 100% right. I mean, I know the political coverage is always analyzing "what does this really mean", but Trump isn't a politician. He's a racist asshole who only dove into politics because a black man became president. I mean, I know he said at times in the past that he wanted to be president, but that was an ego thing. He had no policies, and still has no policies, even now, except "the opposite of Obama" and "do what Putin wants".
I hope 100% you are right. But it's all just talk until November. I've lost trust in the American people. I know I'm seeing more Trump flags in Californianow than I did in 2016, and it's only July.
He knows what pushed him into office the first go around and will rely on that this time. Why not base your campaign on the one thing that made this country. Sadly
It's not really all talk. Polls and projections matter. Certainly more than anecdotes about Trump flags.
Imagine the leader of a country being angry that a flag for another country that spent its entire history as an openly antagonistic entity is being denigrated.
Why isn't this treason?
Why isn't this treason?
He's been doing that forever. Just shitting his pants on purpose again.
no he was behind within the margin of victory, and eeked out a win. Current polling, however, has him getting destroyed by Biden, and he doesn't appear to be doing anything to dig himself out of that hole by playing to the base that's going to vote for him regardless. 2020 isn't 2016, for a myriad of reasons.
I mean, one of his 2020 campaign logos is a full on American Iron Eagle:
Nah. 2020 has people forgetting what 2016-17 looked like. He wasn't. He peddled the lies just like everyone after him that speaks on behalf of Trump. It's a requirement to hide the corruption.
Wanting him to "apologize" for a "hoax." Fucking shitbag.
That's hilarious.
That's hilarious.
Fucking hell, when I heard it was a door pull I figured a simple loop to pull a door down with... not something that could literally be used to fucking hang someone.
No wonder they were concerned.
I fully expect leaks to come out that he's openly using this behind closed doors.
he just makes shit up.
All his insults are about poor ratings, and you think facts matter? According to him everything is a ratings failure except himself
No, it would lose it for him. Badly.
This kind of thing is what has hugely driven away independents and the suburban demographic over the last four years. Doubling down on it will near guarantee his loss.
He's just trying to deflect from the shitty job he's been doing, with everything else that's more important. Continuing to pander to his base, because that's his safe place.
Amazing omen right here!
Amazing omen right here!
This is really looking like the rat in the corner just freaking out about the rising tide. Gathering all his fuckin nasty rats as close to him as possible so he can stand upon their bloated bodies for another couple of minutes above water.
This fuckin loser is gonna railroaded by history books and common knowledge for the rest of his stupid ass life. All of his "base" supporters can walk off a fuckin cliff for all the world cares. I really - TRULY hope that when the shade of the POTUS position is pulled away this old racist moron is properly fucked sideways by lawyers and such until the end of time.
This fuckin loser is gonna railroaded by history books and common knowledge for the rest of his stupid ass life. All of his "base" supporters can walk off a fuckin cliff for all the world cares. I really - TRULY hope that when the shade of the POTUS position is pulled away this old racist moron is properly fucked sideways by lawyers and such until the end of time.
I know the answer is "Because he's an idiot," but I don't understand why Trump makes claims like this.
Yeah, it will fire up his ever-dwindling base, but can no one on his team explain to him "For every person who was already on your side who appreciates this, there's a handful of people who just watched NASCAR for the first time in years, or maybe for the first time ever, and it's going to be very clear to those people that this is bullshit."
"People clearly like this decision. My freedom depends on people liking me. I know what I'll do!"
Notice who he blames?
"How dare you be black and possibly have had a racist symbol put up for you! You should apologize to every white person who supported you only because you exist!"
That's how I read it.
"How dare you be black and possibly have had a racist symbol put up for you! You should apologize to every white person who supported you only because you exist!"
That's how I read it.
Eh, this is a stretch for me. Like, they are racist bigots who lack lack basic empathy and need to be completely dismantled but eagle iconography is not uncommon.
More on topic, more spewing nonsense from nonsense-spewers 😔
We've already heard this from the "alleged" Apprentice tapes NBC is sitting on.
It's not just the eagle itself. It's the circular object he's holding in both talons, wings spread out, looking to the right, the use of the highly nationalist slogan...
They knew what they were doing with this design. This was neither an accident nor an unfortunate coincidence.
I think you're both right. I think whoever picked the logo and paired it with that "America First" Fascist phrase was deliberately going for Nazi messaging and imagery. The Eagle logo itself though is a cheap generic stock image they found on the internet (proven in a previous thread). It's plausable deniability.