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global1

(25,167 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:05 PM Oct 2020

It Bothers Me That Trump Is Still Acting So Arrogant Re: Re-Election.......

The poll numbers all across the U.S. look bad for Trump and great for Biden - however - Trump still talks trash and acts like he has this election in the bag. I'm really bothered by that.

Now I know - he has to put out a positive vibe re: re-election. But when I hear many of his comments - it's like he knows that he's going to steal this election one way or another and remain in office.

Now help me here. Am I being silly about this or does anyone else get the same message from Trump?

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It Bothers Me That Trump Is Still Acting So Arrogant Re: Re-Election....... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2020 OP
Acting is the operative word. He doesn't even believe what he's saying. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #1
He's trying to make his re-election a shoo-in, so when he loses, it was taken from him! TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #19
He's fucking nuts. Don't worry about it. GOTV. mobeau69 Oct 2020 #2
He's all bluster. It's all he knows. All he's ever been. All he'll ever be. MANative Oct 2020 #3
I look at it this way: Trump is and has always been delusional. He believes his own bullshit The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #4
IF the fix was in he wouldn't be so frantic Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #5
I think of Baghdad Bob when I think of Trump right now rurallib Oct 2020 #6
He's a damn narcissist psychopath . I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #7
What else is he going to do? gratuitous Oct 2020 #8
Gaslighting. murielm99 Oct 2020 #9
He thinks he is winning. He goes to rallies every day with 1000s of cheering sycophants. beaglelover Oct 2020 #10
Bernie Sanders thought those big crowds were indicators that he would win too Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #15
I see the exact opposite. Statistical Oct 2020 #11
He doesn't believe the polls. Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #12
Let's not burst his bubble. BKDem Oct 2020 #13
Bluffing with a weak hand. And "tells" galore. yellowcanine Oct 2020 #14
Trump lives in a world where he never loses Trenzalore Oct 2020 #16
Also his campaign advertises in the D.C market on FoxNews even though Virginia isn't competitive Trenzalore Oct 2020 #17
I think he's terrified BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #18

MANative

(4,105 posts)
3. He's all bluster. It's all he knows. All he's ever been. All he'll ever be.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:10 PM
Oct 2020

That's what he's slinging now. Will his minions attempt some nefarious acts? Of course. But it won't work. Too many safeguards in place and too many who are just OVER the chaos.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,270 posts)
4. I look at it this way: Trump is and has always been delusional. He believes his own bullshit
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:10 PM
Oct 2020

because he wants to. He's a narcissist and can't bring himself to accept the likelihood that he will lose, a possibility that scares the bejeebers out of him if he lets himself think about it. His ego just can't take it. So he spins a web of lies about nonexistent polls (and his advisers probably are afraid to show him the real ones). Also, if he keeps telling his cult that he's got it in the bag, maybe some of them will become so complacent that they won't vote if it looks like any kind of hassle on the 3rd.

Johnny2X2X

(18,742 posts)
5. IF the fix was in he wouldn't be so frantic
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:12 PM
Oct 2020

This is a guy still getting over Covid, he wouldn't be trying to do 2 and 3 rallies a day unless he absolutely needed to. Sure, he does the rallies in part to soothe his fragile ego, but 2 or 3 a day is overkill unless he thought he had to do it.

He has to make up a lot of ground and he's acting like a candidate who knows it.

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
6. I think of Baghdad Bob when I think of Trump right now
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:15 PM
Oct 2020

All bluster and not showing any fear as the planes circling his toupee .... but

- have no doubt that he and his criminal cohorts - especially Barr - have some plan in place to steal the election. One piece of that plan is that the vote must be close enough in specific states that there can be court challenges. My thought is that Trump feels that things are set. up in such a way that they may be able to steal the election.

So I do not think they can pull it off, but they believe they can.

In 2016, I have always thought the hold on Merrick Garland's appointment was based on the idea that the repugs could steal the election that year too. And McConnell and Grassley plugged things up while the party went about stealing the election.

Trump's incentive this year is the year, possibly decades of court battles and incarceration he is facing. So he does have motivation.

And he has his Russians. Although this year is looking like a SNL skit of what they did in 2016.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,450 posts)
7. He's a damn narcissist psychopath .
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:17 PM
Oct 2020

In his mind he cannot lose or fail . He can't admit he fucks up. He won't change because he thinks he's perfect. So he lies. Mostly to himself and the magats lie to themselves as well it's the narcissism.
Republicans are the narcissistic party.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. What else is he going to do?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:20 PM
Oct 2020

His entire identity is wrapped up in his delusion of success. Failure isn't allowed to intrude. After he loses, look for an endless stream of victimhood, "poor poor pitiful me," life is so unfair, rigged against me, and a tantrum that would cause a spoiled four year old to say, "Dial it back, dude."

beaglelover

(3,438 posts)
10. He thinks he is winning. He goes to rallies every day with 1000s of cheering sycophants.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:34 PM
Oct 2020

We know it's just his base support, but he thinks everyone loves him and supports him. GOTV Democrats!

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
11. I see the exact opposite.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:39 PM
Oct 2020

In 2016 Trump never once talked about losing. Trump now talks about loosing almost daily at rallies. Yes it is joking but he is talking about it. He said on Rush's hate radio that IF he loses it is because people don't like his attitude.

For someone built 100% of projecting a winning confidence that is telling. It means Trump knows he can lose. Now we can't come out and say "I am going to lose this thing" but he doesn't seem very confident at all.

He seems desperate and flailing. If this thing is in the bag why would he be screaming on Fox News that Barr better indict Biden. Why indict Biden if the election will be over in two weeks and Trump will win.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
12. He doesn't believe the polls.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 04:50 PM
Oct 2020

Everyone around him lies to him for fear of making him angry, so he honestly believes he's ahead in the polls. He tells himself he's killing it, and then he believes his own lies.

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
13. Let's not burst his bubble.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 05:02 PM
Oct 2020

Keep making a fool of yourself, you miserable asshole. We’ve made it through nearly four years of your shit. We take it for another two weeks.

The more your humiliation eats at you, the louder we’ll laugh on 11/3.

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
16. Trump lives in a world where he never loses
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 06:09 PM
Oct 2020

He's overweight with a bad combover and still thinks he is attractive

He brags about ratings he never got when he had he apprentice or the success of casinos that went bankrupt.

He was acting this way in the lead up to the 2018 midterms.

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
17. Also his campaign advertises in the D.C market on FoxNews even though Virginia isn't competitive
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 06:11 PM
Oct 2020

They have to do that so he sees his ads on TV. The guy is a narcotic delusional nut job. I wouldn't read too much into his public behavior.

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