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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think Trump will surprise some people tonight.
Ive watched a couple of fairly recent interviews and he was vastly different than we normally see. If he acted this way at all in 2020 things could be a lot different, aside from the complete clustertrump failure.
With Mark Levin in September he was reserved and seemed comfortable.
On Tucker he had a virtual office visit with the same Doctor, Siegel, he did the Man Woman Person Camera TV thing. He was again, well, sort of human. He talked like it was a normal conversation. There was no bombast or name calling.
He knows what this chance means. Its not what the cult is looking for but I think he knows that that isnt his audience tonight.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)Angry. Lunatic.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)CatWoman
(79,293 posts)with friendly, brown nosing interviewers
underpants
(182,545 posts)Well see. I doubt Im going to watch.
spooky3
(34,387 posts)Undecideds.
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)These questioners are going to ask specific policy questions. The "moderator" needs to keep him on the subject of the question by asking follow-ups.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)I expect an utter shit show. He's comfortable around other right wing nutjobs, in this townhall he won't know what to expect.
underpants
(182,545 posts)Well see
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)audience members will be asking the questions.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)is eating him up inside. He may START out trying to be calm and well demeanored, but the asshole will out. He'll be blathering about how everyone's out to get him, and burmimismia soon enough I bet.
Also, last I heard, he was still calling it a debate and planning to act like it was one (he is not a smart man) so does anyone want to pick an over/under on how soon before he starts bragging about how Joe didn't even want to show up to the debate?
Thekaspervote
(32,682 posts)Non empathetic to the audiences questions
Stupid rants,,but nothing like his rallies
brewens
(13,517 posts)denbot
(9,897 posts)If he snorted a line of adderal, with a roid chaser, its popcorn time!
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)live love laugh
(13,060 posts)TeamPooka
(24,198 posts)tonight like they did on CNN.
He interrupted women while they were speaking.
His answers were all about himself, not them.
He didn't even try to pretend to answer citizen's questions.
Then there were the lies and bullshit too.
Tonight there is a woman moderator so any question from her is seen as an attack by him, even if it's "how are you feeling?"
I think that tonight, if there ever was a shot at it, a meltdown moment could occur.
There will at least be a repeat of the CNN level, if not worse.
He is incapable of changing, especially on steroids like I think he still is on.
Chance of meltdown....39%
underpants
(182,545 posts)asking about being near eviction and he answered with get a better job. Things will better.
TeamPooka
(24,198 posts)are not MAGA crowds.
His myopic narcissistic world view is his Achilles heel.
I'll get the highlights online later but I know what they will be already.
We've all seen this show before a few times.
People hate reruns of bad shows.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)it's not a friendly interview, it's not a moderator he can bully, it's just undecided voters asking him questions.
He just did this three weeks ago or so...it was a shit show.
RockRaven
(14,872 posts)"more presidential" and "calm and focused" comments even if he's still acting like a cokehead to a disconcerting degree.
tulipsandroses
(5,118 posts)people to be there to ask him softball questions. I would not put it past them. He is so immersed in his grievances, that he has no plans. Not that he had any in the first place. I have not heard him say anything that makes any sense that speaks to what is going on right now that speaks to the concerns of every day Americans. Nobody but your fans cares about Hunter Biden, even if you could prove whatever you claim. Nobody cares. People want to know who is going to help them get out of the mess we are in now. Clearly you have no answers when you spend the bulk of your time talking about yourself.
Tribetime
(4,681 posts)And tens of millions have voted already
underpants
(182,545 posts)I cant imagine anyone really is undecided at this point. NBC will claim that they have a few there.
EarlG
(21,929 posts)as soon as someone challenges his authority by asking him a question which he perceives as criticism, he'll lose his shit. He thinks he won the first debate by berating the moderator, and he'll be on NBC, which he thinks of as the enemy to be vanquished.
I don't think he's going to start yelling at people though. He tends to default to that sort of persecuted, "I don't really care do u?" attitude when challenged in a setting where he's not comfortable. Like the infamous, "it is what it is" during the Axios interview, and the last town hall he did where he was widely perceived as having a dismissive attitude towards the questioners.
I suspect that the takeaway from tonight will be that, once again, when you give him questions from real people, he just seems weird, rude, and out of touch. No doubt at least one clanger will be dropped that people will be talking about tomorrow.
TeamPooka
(24,198 posts)that will offend sooooo many people if he says it there too.
Nobody likes their time wasted.
Their time is valuable.
Quite frankly is she has any moxie at all Guthrie will bring it up and make him defend it live.
That would go very bad for him.
underpants
(182,545 posts)As stated elsewhere here I think its too late to change anywhere near enough minds to have an impact. I think he is just stealing air from Joe. Thats the whole point of it. Even news coverage will be split.
EarlG
(21,929 posts)The October Surprise is that Trump can do a town hall without insulting anybody or acting like an entitled prick
shrike3
(3,471 posts)He's in full asshole mode.
underpants
(182,545 posts)JDC
(10,110 posts)I will not be watching.
shrike3
(3,471 posts)whttevrr
(2,345 posts)The actual performance will be the side show.
The ratings numbers are what will change minds. No one wants to be on the losing team. Republicans who want to exist going forward will reject this loser in droves.
shrike3
(3,471 posts)underpants
(182,545 posts)Okay. I guess the western states are a foregone conclusion anyway
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is a master manipulator. If he is winning anyone over, they are idiots. Anybody who falls for the "New and improved Trump" is a complete sucker. He is ALWAYS going to be the same asshole that he has been his entire life. That will never change.
Never fall for his bullshit. He is a fucking idiot, but if there is one thing he is good at it is manipulating crowds.
2naSalit
(86,282 posts)After that, he won't be able to stop himself from raging on about today's slights. It can only get worse from there.
brooklynite
(94,256 posts)Would you like to revise and extend your remarks?
underpants
(182,545 posts)This is why I dont gamble.
BannonsLiver
(16,275 posts)underpants
(182,545 posts)Thanks.
Stand and Fight
(7,480 posts)Trump behaved exactly as he always has. Like an ass clown and imbecile. Why in the world would you think itd be different? This surprises me coming from you, but it does illustrate that when it comes to Trump, people have a tremendous capacity to fool themselves. Its strange. And I dont mean the sound mean, but Im disappointed in you. Then again, everybody gets one wrong occasionally. No harm. No foul.
underpants
(182,545 posts)not from her and not on short notice. I was wrong. No doubt.
He may have had other plans but Savannah Guthrie dragged him across the stage for 20 minutes and he was done after that.
Stand and Fight
(7,480 posts)I watched Joe Biden instead, but Im glad that fool was further exposed. Hes a cretin. This highlighted that fact further.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)There's no question the moderator caused this debate to evolve as it did. Kudos to Savannah Guthrie. Otherwise you would have been exactly correct, if let's say someone like Susan Page had moderated with a string of policy questions and not challenging on QAnon, etc.
Demonaut
(8,911 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,721 posts)This post did not age well
No it did not
Ill take it.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Are a good sport with a humble soul.
I too was a little worried. But tonight proved you cant fix stupid. trump would have been better off watching Biden from the White House tweeting.
His Qnon answer is going to stick.
underpants
(182,545 posts)I was wrong.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Good on ya!
Cha
(296,679 posts)a different trump tonight.." Really?
Gave Putin's Puppet Too Much credit.