I promise to be different!
I promise to be unique!
I promise not to repeat things other people say!
Trump's vow was....weird.
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“A confident president does not hold a faux convention. A man who feels in control of his political future does not promise every American a $5,000 bounty if his party wins the election..”
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The Atlantic (gift link)
"A confident president does not hold a faux convention. A man who feels in control of his political future does not promise .. a $5k bounty if his party wins the election..[or] make them recite weird pledges in the middle of a speech"
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Folks, if this is not a personality cult, I don't know what is. And the GOP is running as the party of "normal" people? Please.
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At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Donald Trump made it clear that Americans should not vote based on their assessment of the Republicans who are running, “but on their loyalty to him, personally,” Tom Nichols writes
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MAGA recites the 'Trump Pledge.'
Trump made the election about himself, demanding that Americans vote based not on their assessment of the Republicans who are actually running, but on their loyalty to him. He is thoroughly panicked MAGA won't vote. Good.
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Trump's alligance pledge:
"I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States,” he began, as the audience repeated his words, “that loves us so much he can’t even breathe…”
He is insane. Vote for Democrats.
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The Atlantic identifies a single unsettling moment in Trump's convention speech — an implicit demand for personal loyalty that cut through an otherwise chaotic and emotionally overwrought evening.
#mix #trump #politics
“A man who feels in control of his political future does not promise every American a $5,000 bounty if his party wins the election.”
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“Donald Trump loves rallies. Everyone can see how they energize him, how the crowd’s applause encourages him to ditch the hackneyed prose of his speechwriters and go on wild riffs, how the music and cheering are like water to a parched man.“ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“A man who thinks he’s winning a war does not boast that America “controls the Strait of Trump” a day after news reports revealed damage to U.S. military assets in an Iranian strike.”
Pathetic, and desperate.
Also:
Visibly panicked by the prospect of losing his sycophant majority.
👇👇👇
A confident president doesn't hold a faux convention. A man who feels in control of his political future doesn't promise every American a $5,000 bounty.
🤡🤡🤡
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This one gave me a chuckle in the middle of the cringe. In the midst of a horrible news day. In the background of a sad anniversary.
Well done, Sir. Thanks.
"I must pause here and assure you that I am not making any of this up. "
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