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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Soon he'll be getting a pope mobile

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I always wondered why he had such a big bulletproof cage at the Jan 6 rally but now, in retrospect, it’s more than clear.

[–] [email protected] 170 points 3 months ago (3 children)

People getting covid vaccines and wearing face masks were living in fear. Man standing behind bullet proof glass? Brave. Strong. Manly.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The hilarious part is how security could screen for guns if his 2020 campaign hadn’t run up debts with unpaid bills at indoor venues. Having to do outdoor events was an unforced error.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Don't they also line people up behind him at rallies? And along the sides?

🤔

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

If you were to try a .30-06 or .50 caliber rifle you might still have a chance.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At least he can start getting used to being in a cage.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

So is he going to draw his ear bandage on the glass with a sharpie?

[–] [email protected] 191 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why not just have more "good" guys with guns?? Isnt that the cure to violent gun crimes they've been preaching?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

Now now, don’t confuse them. You know they won’t be able to figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He lacks the depth and warmth.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago (10 children)

I don’t exactly blame him. That assassination attempt was a massive failure on the organization that should be fail proof.

At the same time, I wonder if this will just be a way to remind people about it. Nobody is talking about it anymore and it was a huge deal for his campaign.

I thought it was interesting that he said he was going to return to the same location in October for a rally. That is a great strategy. So far that is the only thing his campaign has going for it, so might as well lean into it (the strategy…).

[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I assume that it is no longer being reported on because Trump's campaign planners could'nt even find halfway credible evidence that the assassin was not a conservative. This can hardly be explained in any other way than that Trump is not very popular with his own violent supporters.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say "not very popular" ... it's more like there's a non-zero chance that some of his violent, unhinged followers will, upon realizing he's a fraud and they've been duped all this time, turn their violence towards him. It only takes one.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That is of course quite possible. That's just the way it is when you don't build on a political program, but on hatred and idiocy instead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

This video explained it very well for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g

TL;DW: The Alt-Right online presence fails in real life; at some point, frothing rageaholic incels pop a gasket and head on out into the world. Mostly, as cowards, they attack innocent civilians, but if one was particularly focused on Saint McRapey they might go that way too.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's the only movie that started out as satire and became a documentary over time

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Speak = Lies

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Coward. I'd prefer if he was brave.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

That may be necessary because firearms are still allowed at his events (part of the idiotic MAGA ideology, after all), but tennis balls, for example, are not. Maybe Trump can get a good deal on the bulletproof Pope-mobile. What a moron.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Well, he is the leader of the MAGA religion

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The DopeMobile!
or
The OldsMobile

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

The CopeMobile

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 90 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, god. Just imagining the full diaper smell inside that tiny, enclosed space is making me glad I skipped breakfast.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

My first thought also. The windows would turn yellow.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Prediction: he won't do it because it doesn't look good

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Second prediction: He does go through with it, but they forget to put the mics inside the glass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm hoping they use the "technology" (iPhone) that he used for his Musk interview that made him talk like he had a denture malfunction (or that he forgot to put them in).

Sylvester Trump is my new favorite cartoon villain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Second prediction: He does go through with it, but they forget to put the mics inside the glass.

They'll have to hire Youtube's Jomboy to read lips and tell us what crazy Trump is spouting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It may not look good, but you're forgetting that he's a coward.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

He is a coward, but I personally believe he is more of a vain narcissist. It will be curious to see which personality trait wins out!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Prediction: he will because it gives him a chance to remind everyone he was shot after everyone stopped caring. He'll do it and complain about it.

You could be right, but what's the fun in agreeing? Whatever he does, it'll be whatever plays best to his narcissism.

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