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DuringĀ his press conferenceĀ at his Bedminster, N.J., property, Trump was asked by multiple journalists about criticism from some Republicans that he needs to be more disciplined and lay off the personal attacks on Harris. He responded that he was ā€œentitled to personal attacks.ā€

The Harris campaign criticized the event, saying he had ā€œa stream of not-much-consciousnessā€ and then ā€œit did not get betterā€ when he took questions.

ā€œAt his country club,Ā Donald Trump, huffed and puffed his opposition to lowering food costs for middle and working class Americans and prescription drug costs for seniors before pivoting back to his usual lies and delusions,ā€ spokesperson James Singer said.

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    Ahead of Trumpā€™s speech, the campaignĀ mocked the former president, releasing a media advisory saying that he was set to ā€œhold another public meltdownā€ and ā€œdeliver another self-obsessed rant.ā€

    Were they always putting this stuff out there, and I was missing it?
    Because this should have been their message from the get go.

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      Nah, the Harris campaign seems to be a lot more politically savvy and aware that trying for bipartisanship like Biden did is a wasted effort.

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        Theyā€™ve also figured out that the way to make Trump lose his shit repeatedly is to not react to his bullshit in any way except dismissiveness. Make an off-handed burn comment and then move on with your own platform like the senile old fuck doesnā€™t even deserve more than that.

        Comments like ā€œWhatever that wasā€ and ā€œCanā€™t run a livestreamā€, etcā€¦ is just the perfect off-hand snark to use because it turns him into a joke, but doesnā€™t lessen his threat. Itā€™s a position of ā€œCan you fucking believe that this joke of a human is actually a threat to our democracy people? Like WTFā€ is basically the gist of her snark remarks. And itā€™s totally having the effect they want.

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        More that they couldnā€™t say this when Biden wasnt making any sense either.

        Now that the Dem candidate can string two sentences together and remember what the first sentence was, itā€™s safer to be realistic about trump.

        It was always these easy, Biden just was holding us back.

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          when Biden wasnt making any sense either.

          Similarly, Prez Biden has had a stammer in his speech since birth; heā€™s just hidden it better. The biggest sign of decline is that heā€™s not hiding it. Combined with a rabid-jackal press interface that Mr Trump doesnā€™t see, it makes Prez Biden look far worse than he is. When allowed to form a freakinā€™ thought, he makes good decisions; in a time when that seems so rare.

          Having said that, optics are everything, and the campaign was at risk of losing a decent leader and lifelong politician for one that can mumble into a microphone louder and only presents in public as a completely terrible human being and leader and manager.

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      Nah. Whatā€™s even more fun is seeing George Conway run ads with messages like this on TV shows and channels that T**** is known to watch.

      So, Cheeto-dick Chump sits to watch a golf tournament on TV and he ends seeing himself sounding like an idiot and being called weird.