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[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

Probably pooped his pants lol

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 81 points 2 days ago

I went and checked the source: https://bongino.com/ep-2353-live-with-president-donald-trump

He sits down at timestamp 33:34 and says that remark at timestamp 1:09:12. So he was there for 35 minutes.

The characterisation "a few minutes into their discussion" seems disingenuous.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

Raw Story may be on the same side as us but they are still complete trash. Headline is often a straight-up lie.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 20 points 2 days ago

35 minutes doesn't seem very long for an interview. Is expecting the presidential candidate to remain lucid and coherent for slightly more than a half hour too much to ask?

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 2 days ago

No no, that's not what I'm saying. Just that there's no need to over dramatise the events in a way that makes your point shakier than it has to be.

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[-] archomrade@midwest.social 9 points 2 days ago

This entire article is sensationalized. Bongino doesn't even really seem phased when trump says he's gotta go.

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[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 140 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bottom line, if he can’t handle the stresses of a campaign then he can’t handle the stresses of the Presidency and you can bet your life that they’re already plotting to remove him by way of the 25th amendment inside of a year. So this isn’t about Trump anymore, this is about preventing a Vance ~~Presidency~~ Dictatorship.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What stress as president? He just golfs and when pushed for a decision on something, just picks randomly from the options presented. He doesn't even bother understand what the options are. Remember the whole injecting bleach crap? That was him literally glancing at a slide and running with it, obviously with no prior briefing.

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[-] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 102 points 2 days ago

He's suffering from frontotemporal dementia. This is relatively certain. The town hall was classic sundown syndrome. The fundamentalists know this and are going to have him removed from office shortly after the election (if he wins). The democrats would gladly take the opportunity to remove him, as would many republicans. Unfortunately that would put Vance in the oval office which should terrify anyone who doesn't want to larp a handmaid's tale.

As a European I find it utterly bewildering that people seriously consider voting for him. But alas I don't get a say in it.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

If you watched exclusively right-wing media, you would get heavily edited (and mercifully brief) presentations of Trump, along with hours of talking heads playing him up while demonizing Harris (and of course heavily edited presentations of the Democrat). The issue is not with their choice of Trump but with their choices of what media to consume - the latter choices lead quite logically and inevitably to the former choice.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Dude there's a whole cottage industry here that's dedicated to trying to understand why people vote for him, and the answers are as varied as they are stupid.

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

But how else will podcasters, ring light, and audio equipment manufacturers make a living? Who will hear about FACTOR meals and $40 underwear with neon laser rainbow cats?

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[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That shit was harrowing at the retirement home I worked at. I only worked during the day, so the worst thing I saw was falls. My fiancé's brother worked at night, though. The residents would get stir crazy at night. They'd try to "escape," and they'd be found laying in the nearby hospital's flower bead. This was in NON-assisted living. Trump definitely reminds me of those residents. They'd end up walking to the hospital because it was the only place they knew how to get to, but they didn't know why they were walking there. They just wanted to escape. A lot of them expected their old house/ kid's house.

[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There are fake Bus Stations in front of some Nursery Homes with patients for dementia, because when they escape.... they wait for the Bus.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's a good one!

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

My grandma did that. She escaped a dozen times, even behind a passcode door.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

The best explanation I've come up with after discussing politics at length with them is that they are gaslit. Pure and simple. They just have enough gullibility to see one tiny thing that coincides with something they were taught or otherwise believe. It also explains why they are being scammed so easily on truthsocial.

Trump just has that dirty salesman skill of creating a story with just enough validity or truth and twisting everything to his favor.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

There's a lot more that we can add to that. Washington politics are so amazingly dirty, they have been for decades, everyone knows it, and Trump is different from other people. He's actually even dirtier than most career politicians, but he feels different from them.

You also have the problem that some government institutions are corrupt and big business is very corrupt. It's easier for people to imagine that conspiracy theories are true when they can openly see badness happening around them left unchecked. For example, if I watch on TV or YouTube and I see a court case where the prosecutor, lead detectives, and the judge are all incredibly biased and some of them are bad liars, then I know something is wrong with that courthouse. I might extrapolate and conclude that something is wrong with all courthouses. Which is to say, I've become more vulnerable to conspiracy theories because real bad behavior is left unchecked.

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[-] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago

According to Trump, Weinstein got “schlonged. ... He got hit as hard as you can get hit."

I uhh.. don’t think that’s what that word means..

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I’ve never heard that word used like this, but I think he’s trying to say “boned” which equates to wronged. He (Trump) is wrong though. Weinstein got what he deserved.

[-] Jeffool@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

When Trump was running the first time for the 2016 election he got a lot of attention for using that word. I remember an NPR host saying how he'd used it before in a similar context that Trump did (a political loss), but at the same time he was regretful about it. I don't remember the details but actually let me search...

Neal Conan. I'm fairly certain I remember him talking about it on the radio, was why this rang a bell for me. But apparently he even wrote an op Ed about it: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1223-conan-schlonged-20151223-story.html

Conan used it literally once in a political context and regretted it as you can read above. And he seems to have vaguely meant it in a way you might say "wow, they got fucked" as you might say about someone being cheated, or "fucked up" for beaten up. Like ruined in some way, not with a literal sexual meaning, just a vague association because of the word itself.

Not that this makes it any more couth or anything; feel how you want to feel about it. Clearly saying "they got fucked" still has that same vulgar sound, so we avoid it in polite conversation, so I imagined a word that sounds so vulgar would probably be avoided by a high profile politician, as given people feel weird about it. And it happened twice.

I just think it's interesting that it's come up again. Language is weird.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Well, to his credit, he could be correct in that Weinstein got "schlonged" in prison.

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[-] dariusj18@lemmy.world 84 points 2 days ago

Remember: the presidency ages people. How long would he be president?

Oddly, this is something that didn't seem to happen to Trump. We all know why of course, he didn't actually do the job of being President.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

Because he doesn't actually do any work, and only worries about himself.

In contrast, presidents like Obama and Biden age quickly because they're actually working nonstop, and stressing out about world events.

[-] b34k@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago

That’s why he’s aging so fast right now… he’s working really hard to try and stay out of prison!

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Donald did no work. He only watched TV, golfed, held rallies. He spent more time on the toilet producing whatever it was that took so many flushes than he did on the job.

Donald aged quickly afterwards and especially after the start of his court cases for the numerous crimes.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 60 points 2 days ago

Among the bizarre topics Trump discussed was his empathy for former producer Harvey Weinstein, saying that he was treated badly after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in New York.

He recognizes fellow travelers. Creep.

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 days ago

I really hate that the only people reporting anything like this are sites like rawstory and dailybeast. Meanwhile, NYT and NPR are reporting on how Kamala is testy and Trump is friendly.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah. Seems that she's "emotional", unlike Trump. Think that people are probably projecting their misogyny.

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[-] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 41 points 2 days ago

I won't be sad when this shit stain is gone from public life.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago

I will be extremely sad if he leaves us with President Vance.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

I just hope he doesn’t manage to run out the clock before facing consequences.

I wouldn’t bet on it, but I do hope for it.

[-] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

"Among the bizarre topics Trump discussed was his empathy for former producer Harvey Weinstein, saying that he was treated badly after being found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault in New York."

From the clip it's hard to get context, but it sounds more like he was saying things that were too crazy for his handlers.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

Article says "'They're going crazy,' Trump said, pointing off camera." Which I think further strengthens your argument.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

This is a narcissistic and delusional old man who has never really participated in society as a normal human being. When he says "they", he literally thinks there is a shadow group of people doing this. The fact that someone rich got caught committing crimes and was found guilty by "normies" is all just a part of the shadow group's plan to allow such things to happen. He literally believes "they" could have stopped that from happening IF they wanted to, but decided not to.

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[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

Don't you think he looks tired

[-] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago
[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

his ass was probably burning from sitting in his shitfilled diaper that long

[-] figaro@lemdro.id 15 points 2 days ago

So I just watched the clip. Granted the clip was only a few seconds, and yes I believe he is old and senile. But.

The clip doesn't seem to give evidence of anything specific. He might have to pee for all we know.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

I feel like the Democrats ought to be pivoting towards attacking Vance at this point. The possibility of Trump kicking the bucket from natural causes and the GOP getting a sympathy (/conspiracy-theorist) bounce in the votes this late would be devastating, so they ought to be pulling out all the stops to anticipate and mitigate that before it happens.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

I have never wanted a month to go by as much as I do right now

Americans are really starting to annoy me at this point

We are slowly destroying ourselves with global warming but all we're centring our attention on is on how 400 million people can't decide between a sane young politician or an elderly sociopath with fascist leanings to lead their country.

We're screwed as a species

[-] grue@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Like it or not, the US presidential election has potentially dire worldwide consequences for global warming. If you think our attention is best spent on global warming -- and I would agree -- then paying attention to the election is that.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

Yeah don't blame this shit on all of us, it's like 1/3rd of the population being morons.

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