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[–] [email protected] 247 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Man is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He doesn’t want to make this election a referendum on abortion, because as we’ve seen in ballot measures in the past two years, he can’t win that fight. However, his base won’t accept anything but a hardline stance. Must suck to be him, couldn’t happen to a worse person.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Same situation where he was almost begging his cult to take the vaccine. You can see him share how important it was, realizing they were gonna lynch him, and immediately kept twisting it over and over until he was on their side again.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If he hadn't politicized it in the first place it would've been ok, but he saw the blue cities being hit first and so it was initially a benefit because people voting against him were dying. Then his big dumdum a-brain couldn't extrapolate to the future where eventually only people against science would be dying, so he came out against protections. By the time the he realized his cult was dying off it was far too late for them to change their personalities.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

While this is all true, I do want to clarify. He was always for the vaccine. Because you take the vaccine and then the problem goes away.

He was always against masking and social distancing, because that hurts the Dow Jones Industrial Average. He cared more about the S&P 500 than he did about the American people.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Moreover as Fauci recounts, tiny hands wanted it to be just like the seasonal flu that 'in a few months just goes away'.

His idiot brain wanted it gone by obfuscation and denial.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He put himself there. Remember that in 2012 he was pretty waffley on abortion and then he listened to the Christian nationals and stuffed to court with people who wanted to kill Roe. Whether he is truly drinking the Kool-Aide (personally I don't think Trump gives a shit about anything as long as he gets money and fame) or not he is now committed to a position that 70% of Americans disagree with. The fact that Dems aren't knocking it out of the fucking park (we're moving in the right direction finally, at least) is a pretty clear sign that America is sick and tired of neoliberalism and wants actual change.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

While he doesn't care about anything 9ther than himself, I think that he such poor management skills that he doesn't know how to resolve any situation that you can't bully yourself out of.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He could always drop out and tend to his fake bullet wound 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's one thing Trump hates, and that's being seen as weak.

I rather him push forward and continue raging until he expires.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

If he wins the coming election, we don’t have time until his expiry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Man is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Imo this is also one of the issues that shows how he has boxed himself into a corner with his VP candidate choice. If he had chosen someone that appeals to a different voter base, rather than Vance, who caters to the same crowd, then they'd have an easier time arguing both sides at the same time.