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PaulX2

(2,032 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 05:21 PM Nov 2018

Trumps Gambling On Racism Fear And Caravan For Midterm Strategy Backfiring Big Time

Trump doubled down on the caravan, racism, and fear garbage to "help" Republicans in the midterms. It appears that this is backfiring, compared to him touting his (lackluster) accomplishments instead. He is motivating his base, but he is really really really motivating the rest of America to stop him. Remind you of anything?

Trump's casino failed. Instead of managing a casino like a pro, Trump made "gut" decisions based on pure arrogance, and stupidity. Any decent manager could have ran the Taj Majol better, but Trump will be Trump.

Bankruptcy....

By the time he bailed it was too late for even the pros to save it.

The Republicans bet their future on Trump.

Boom.....

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murielm99

(30,730 posts)
2. Yep.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 05:29 PM
Nov 2018

Trump did not know the first fucking thing about gambling. He did not know how to play the games. He just wanted to strut around like a mogul.

He does not know the first fucking thing about presidentin' either. Let his strutting days soon be over. Let him walk away with his red tie dragging and his fat ass sagging.

brush

(53,759 posts)
5. Takes real talent to lose money running a casino where all the odds are in your favor.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 05:35 PM
Nov 2018

He was probably money laundering for the Russians too and taking a bath on those transactions.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
3. America needs a Republican disaster tomorrow
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 05:32 PM
Nov 2018

I’d like a party destruction level event, please.

There are a number of conservatives that want this because the current party has gone off the deep end with conspiracy theories and lies.

BigmanPigman

(51,582 posts)
7. If the GOP maintain control of the House and Senate
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 06:48 PM
Nov 2018

He will take the credit. If they lose he will blame Ryan and McConnell, the media and the Dems, blacks, Jews, women, immigrants, the weather, etc. He keeps the same scapegoats.

Marcuse

(7,472 posts)
8. We should send interpreters, lawyers and law judges to the border, not troops.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:34 PM
Nov 2018

Or better yet, to a US adjudication facility in southern Mexico.

Quixote1818

(28,926 posts)
10. He thinks most of the country is as prejudiced as he is. Only problem is, they aren't.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:38 PM
Nov 2018

His crazy base is eating it up but 60% of the country is wondering WTF?

AdamGG

(1,288 posts)
11. The R's rose in the polls after KKKavanaugh, but have trended down the last few weeks
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 07:55 PM
Nov 2018

It's absurd to me that they benefitted from the massively overly partisan date rapist, but based on the polls, it did activate their base and gave them a bump in swing Senate races (ND, TN). But, for now I can maintain some faith in humanity that the R's have trended downward as Trump has amped up the fear/hate a'palooza. Now, it just needs to happen.

Nitram

(22,776 posts)
13. The xenophobic racism schtick is a stupid strategy. He could have stuck to how great the economy is
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 08:05 PM
Nov 2018

doing, but he prefers to lie. It's pathalogical.

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