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BoRaGard

(2,973 posts)
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:29 PM Jun 2024

Cool, calm, collected - the Felon's con?

The repubes and their black-ops ruski comrades know the whole wide world is expecting their Felon to freak out tonight, or at least to act out bigly.

But I'd bet a gunny sack of belly button lint that the Felon and Blowhard Bannon have been noodle-to-noodle, working up a stinking republi-scam for tonight: maybe pretend to be cool, calm, collected. You know, out of character, but inviting viewer's "conFIDENCE."

They are going to see how many more "suckers and losers" they can con.

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Cool, calm, collected - the Felon's con? (Original Post) BoRaGard Jun 2024 OP
Trump will never remember nt GenThePerservering Jun 2024 #1
Joe should push his buttons Beachnutt Jun 2024 #2
Exactly, smack him right in his big fat nose, gab13by13 Jun 2024 #3
Trump can't pull that off though. emulatorloo Jun 2024 #4
My money says trump's tantrums will be legion. Torchlight Jun 2024 #5
I have wondered if he will start out birdographer Jun 2024 #6
Trump is not capable of pulling off a calm demeanor wnylib Jun 2024 #7
Good point about the trial. So drugged he constantly nodded off. emulatorloo Jun 2024 #8

Beachnutt

(8,146 posts)
2. Joe should push his buttons
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:34 PM
Jun 2024

and set him off to show who he really is.
Bring up his sexual assault trial for one.

gab13by13

(25,298 posts)
3. Exactly, smack him right in his big fat nose,
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:37 PM
Jun 2024

and laugh, and then do it again. Once TSF's fuse is lit it's over.

Let him try to be refined, he cannot.

emulatorloo

(45,584 posts)
4. Trump can't pull that off though.
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:43 PM
Jun 2024

Besides, stinky Bannon is too busy trying to evade his prison sentence.

Torchlight

(4,251 posts)
5. My money says trump's tantrums will be legion.
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:54 PM
Jun 2024

I'v never watched the man maintain emotional self-control if he thinks he can get away with it. I see zero indication it will happen tonight.

birdographer

(2,527 posts)
6. I have wondered if he will start out
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 03:57 PM
Jun 2024

acting like an adult. I think he might be able to pull this off for a limited amount of time. But at most, IMO, about 30 minutes. His mic keeps getting muted while he is talking. He has no teleprompter, no cheering paid-for crowd. He is being asked REALLY HARD questions and his answers being challenged or called lies. Biden is baiting and triggering him, but Biden refuses to fall for any of his attacks, he gets ignored. During their breaks, he has time to throw his tantrum, but that just puts him in tantrum mode.

He could surprise us, if instead of Adderall he is on Valium or Xanax. I just don't see anything lasting him through the entire debate. He is mentally unstable.

wnylib

(24,536 posts)
7. Trump is not capable of pulling off a calm demeanor
Thu Jun 27, 2024, 04:12 PM
Jun 2024

throughout an entire debate unless he is sedated. We saw at his trial what happens when he is under the influence of calming drugs.

When Trump tries to act presidential and deliver a calm statement, he speaks in a dull, flat monotone. That's either due to sticking to a teleprompter script or to being sedated for the purpose.

I'm betting that we will see the flat, monotone Trump, the snorting, angry Trump, or the rambling, incoherent Trump. Maybe all three at different stages in the debate.

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