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9th June 2019, 08:42 PM | #41 |
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10th June 2019, 12:12 AM | #43 |
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At some point he's going to use the "Investigate the investigators" thing to boost his "ratings" with his base in a major way. He might be waiting for impeachment to fully utilize it.
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10th June 2019, 02:32 AM | #44 |
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I hope I'm wrong, but Trump will use Barr to imprison his political enemies.
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10th June 2019, 04:22 AM | #45 |
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I think Barr is kinda a Trump lackey, but I'm not close to convinced he'd go that far. I agree Trump's probably going to try for that, though.
eta: I think if Barr's intent was to make this basically a show-trial to imprison Trump's enemies, he would have picked someone other than this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.6d22feee4303
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10th June 2019, 05:59 AM | #46 |
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That concerns me as well. But it would need to happen fairly soon. He would need to be seen as "the President who is leading us in a campaign" (wherein expressing dissent is intolerable because "the troops" need to be supported) come Election Day.
Not, "the president who is about to get us into another pointless war" on the eve of the election. |
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10th June 2019, 07:49 AM | #47 |
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On his 77th birthday, he will present proof that he has solved the Riemann hypothesis,
thus avoiding the wear and tear on the minds that most occupants of the office experience. An example from a dozen years ago. |
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10th June 2019, 09:22 AM | #48 |
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10th June 2019, 10:06 AM | #49 |
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Trump said, "I'm holding them up" to do the interview with Ingraham. She did call it a lie afterwards, fake news, but she didn't call him out - she made it sound like some other media outlet had said it. And maybe they did. (In which case they shouldn't have said "Trump held up the ceremonies," but "Trump claimed he was holding up the ceremonies.") But I don't think Ingraham can deny to herself that he told a big whopper right to her face.
IMO a lot of media animus to Trump is based on that fact that he's burned so many journalists/presenters personally. It's probably inevitable that he'll alienate a few more at Fox. |
10th June 2019, 10:34 AM | #50 |
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That falls into prediction category. The problem is, Fox is all-in with him. So even if he does alienate a few people, what's their alternative? Well, there's Pence. Regrettably Trump's health may force Pence to fill in during busy times on a strictly temporary basis ...
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10th June 2019, 10:42 AM | #51 |
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Maybe Trump will have a CVA that miraculously cancels out his NPD. He will suddenly be unable to lie. Much hilarity will ensue, especially when he is re-elected with Democratic control of the House and Senate. He will tell entitled American losers to man up about the immigrant "threat," he will happily sign single-payer UHS because he actually always did want to take care of people (not sarcastic, and it's cheaper) and he'll say it's unconscionable to outlaw first-trimester abortion (and he's paid for more than one, "believe me.")
He will go down in history as the greatest American president. Oops, got carried away there. ETA: He will end the federal prohibition on cannabis. |
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10th June 2019, 12:18 PM | #54 |
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I predict he will die sometime in the next 40 years.
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10th June 2019, 03:36 PM | #55 |
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I'm reminded of a story I once heard about LBJ. During a campaign, he suggested to an aide that they start a rumor that his opponent has sex with pigs. The aide said, "We can't prove that". LBJ replied, "We don't have to prove it. We just have to get him to deny it."
I think a fake photo of Trump having crapped himself is much the same, and his denial will get more news coverage than the photo. |
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10th June 2019, 06:48 PM | #57 |
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It's a clever enough idea in the abstract, but I don't think it works that way in reality. The picture of Trump having crapped himself really was fake. He did not have to deny it himself. It was done for him, and probably just added to his ability to say it's all fake news.
If you want to stand up for truth, lying is a poor technique. |
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10th June 2019, 07:10 PM | #58 |
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I predict Trump will cause a crisis, then solve the crisis by undoing what he did, and then claim that he is a hero that solved a crisis that was there all along.
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10th June 2019, 07:46 PM | #61 |
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10th June 2019, 08:25 PM | #63 |
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Trump will make his monument to racism, The Wall, an issue again coming into the 2020 elections. Also, there will be another invading caravan as well. He'll talk about how they will have a yuge tax cut for the middle class that will come AFTER the 2020 elections.
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10th June 2019, 08:40 PM | #65 |
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When things get bad for him (again), we'll go back to hearing about her emails.
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I don't suppose this qualifies as a "prediction" because I'm not saying it's more likely than the alternative... but I will at least not be at all surprised if he does not actually end up running for re-election.
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This Halloween Trump will overenthusiastically devour a cupcake topped with a nonedible plastic ornament. He will subsequently tweet the colonoscopy of the witch hunt to see if there's any obstruction. This will be criticized as unnecessary because in cases of swallowed witches all you need is a fecal occult blood test.
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Sidenote: In the House they are giving little speeches about the subpoenas, GOP and Democrats alternating. The GOP legislators are still ranting about the witch hunt, Strzok and Page's text messages, the fake dossier, and Hillary's emails.
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I predict Clarence Thomas will announce his retirement around September of next year. Stupid McBigot and the Turtle will use this new vacancy to rile up their base. If the GOP loses the Senate or White House (or both), a new justice will be nominated, confirmed, and sworn in the next day. If they keep the Senate and White House, they will hold the seat open until after the inauguration to use as cover for the next blatant crime they want to distract us from.
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Holy crap, Thomas is only 70. That means at least 20 years of him if he wants to surpass Holmes.
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