Can Trump Sink Any Lower?

[AGBF]

Trump is attempting to besmirch the 75 year-old man pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York. His accusations are bizarre.


"But even by his own standards, Mr. Trump appeared to test the boundaries of credulity by trying to brand a retired septuagenarian computer programmer as a follower of Antifa, whose adherents are, for one thing, generally much younger.

Some Antifa activists, practicing a tactic called Black Bloc, have been known to dress like ninjas and wear masks or balaclavas during protests while shattering windows and scuffling with the police.

Near Buffalo, however, the idea that Mr. Gugino was one of them struck many as absurd.

'Antifa? Oh, heavens no,' said Judy Metzger, 85, a longtime friend who lives near Mr. Gugino in Amherst, a suburb of the city. 'Martin is a very gentle, a very pleasant person.

...​

Mr. Buckley said he was disturbed that Mr. Gugino — 'a 75-year-old elder,' as he put it — had effectively been tarred as a thug by Mr. Trump and his supporters.

'He’s one of the most gentle people I know,' Mr. Buckley said. 'He’s not aggressive at all. But people make up the most insane stories so they don’t have to deal with reality.'

Mr. Trump’s tweet seems to have been based on a report by One America News Network, a right-wing cable television channel, which claimed that Mr. Gugino had been trying to knock out the police officers’ radios with his cellphone — an idea that several of Mr. Gugino’s friends dismissed as ludicrous."

Trump Falsely Targets Buffalo Protester, 75, as ‘Antifa Provocateur’ (Published 2020)

The president attacked Martin Gugino even as the activist was in the hospital recovering from a head wound sustained when the police shoved him to the ground.

www.nytimes.com

 

[asscherisme]

Disgusting.

And yes, unfortunately Trump has proven he has no depth to how low he can sink. Each time I think he can't go lower, he goes lower.

 

[Elizabeth35]

He absolutely can go lower and he will.
As things get more desperate leading up to the election---no holds barred.

 

[cmd2014]

Just resign yourself to the fact that there is no bottom. It's less frustrating that way.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

The only designated antifa I know of are these.
So I can't understand when supposed American ideals became somehow antithetical.
It's ludicrous on its face. The police brutalized an old man and Trump supports it.

 

[doberman]

He's like Henry VIII in the last years of his reign - a bloated narcissist finding enemies everywhere.

 

[LLJsmom]

He's like Henry VIII in the last years of his reign - a bloated narcissist finding enemies everywhere.

sorry, can't help it! you had me at "bloated"

 

[kenny]

... and he'll probably get reelected.

 

[SandyinAnaheim]

Like I told my husband, this is why you don't elect a reality TV sub-star....no good can come of it. Might as well have elected Snookie. Idiotic as she is, she's less so then he is and would likely do a better job, even if by mistake.

 

[asscherisme]

... and he'll probably get reelected.

Nooooooo I need to have faith that he can't be re-elected after he has shown who he is. If he is re-elected, I will lose faith in humanity.

 

[alittlelight]

Kenny, do you really still believe that? I did until about a month ago, but it seems less likely now.

 

[House Cat]

Trump is just trying to get back into the news cycle. He’s upset that the protests have taken all of the attention away from him. He knows that in order to stay relevant with his supporters (with short attention spans) he must do whatever it takes to be the biggest thing in the news. There is no such thing as too low during an election year.

 

[Maria D]

After the photo where he "thumbs up" with an infant orphaned in a mass shooting I stopped paying attention to his outrageous behavior and lies. Can he sink lower? He already has, many times. Each incident is carefully orchestrated to get you to forget the one before it.

 

[Roselina]

One wouldn‘t think so, but yes, I‘m sure he can. Sad.

 

[liaerfbv]

I also think he's going to win again this year. I'm mentally preparing myself. I know too many people in Florida who still support him to hope otherwise.

 

[KaeKae]

Sadly, horrifyingly, it appears there is a bottomless pit regarding how low he can go.

 

[kenny]

alittlelight asked, "Kenny, do you really still believe that? I did until about a month ago, but it seems less likely now. "

Yes.
I hope I'm wrong.

But if his supporters still voted for him after that pvssy-grabbing thing, they clearly ... well ... need I say more?
I feel like my country has disappeared.

Plus IMO Biden is not a very exciting candidate.
Unfortunately, in today's dumbed-down America, excitement and charisma matters in politicians.
Trump has both. But of course, so did that Hitler guy.

 

[Demon]

I thought I saw this on here somewhere, but I couldn't find it. I may just be mixing up my forum. But it can't hurt to show it again, regardless. It's funny enough to see at least twice. Wanting CNN to retract a poll!

Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading

President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

www.cnn.com

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

I thought I saw this on here somewhere, but I couldn't find it. I may just be mixing up my forum. But it can't hurt to show it again, regardless. It's funny enough to see at least twice. Wanting CNN to retract a poll!

Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading

President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

www.cnn.com

He then went and hired the worst he can find to cook his own polls!

Angry Trump Hires Famously Wrong Pollster to Call CNN Fake News

Trump has retained John McLaughlin, who is so inaccurate that Republicans beg other Republicans not to hire him.

nymag.com

 

[Demon]

I don't know if this is really CNN's response, due to the persons name, but if it is its perfect.

 

[Maria D]

I don't know if this is really CNN's response, due to the persons name, but if it is its perfect.

David Vigilante is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for CNN and Warner Media News and Sports, so It is likely legit.

 

[lovedogs]

That letter is freaking amazing

 

[Demon]

David Vigilante is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for CNN and Warner Media News and Sports, so It is likely legit.

Lol!! I wasn't sure if that name was legit. Thanks! I love it.

 

[Madam Bijoux]

This quote from John Steinbeck's book "East of Eden" nails it:
"I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. Some you can see, misshapen and horrible, with huge heads or tiny bodies. . . . And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul?"

 

[AGBF]

I still couldn't believe this story was true. But it is in the mainstream news.

"CNN says that for the first time in its 40-year-history, it has been threatened with legal action by a politician displeased with its polling results. The network says it received a cease-and-desist letter from President Trump's campaign, demanding that it retract—and apologize for—a poll released Monday that shows the president 14 points behind Joe Biden among registered voters. The letter to CNN President Jeff Zucker claims the poll was 'designed to mislead' voters. 'It's a stunt and a phony poll to cause voter suppression, stifle momentum and enthusiasm for the President, and present a false view generally of the actual support across America for the President,' the letter states. CNN says it stands by the poll and has no intention of complying with the campaign's demands".

Trump Campaign Orders CNN to Apologize for Poll

Not going to happen, network says

www.newser.com

Lol!! I wasn't sure if that name was legit. Thanks! I love it.

 

[Karl_K]

All poles are garbage and are worded to edge the responce the way they want it.

 

[echomomm]

When a person has hit rock bottom (firing anyone who disagrees with him, challenging poll numbers, accusing a 75 year old man of faking his own injury, inciting violence in your own country, ignoring a pandemic), is there any lower they can go?

 

[kenny]

When a person has hit rock bottom (firing anyone who disagrees with him, challenging poll numbers, accusing a 75 year old man of faking his own injury, inciting violence in your own country, ignoring a pandemic), is there any lower they can go?

Lower?
He could eliminate taxes for Trump voters, then double taxes for others.
He could nuke places with lots of blue voters, NYC, San Francisco, LA. etc.

 

[Dancing Fire]

All poles are garbage and are worded to edge the responce the way they want it.

Yup, think 2016...

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Like I told my husband, this is why you don't elect a reality TV sub-star....no good can come of it. Might as well have elected Snookie. Idiotic as she is, she's less so then he is and would likely do a better job, even if by mistake.

So what are your thoughts on Kanye?

I actually had a think as to how he'd fare in comparison to Trump the other day

He's super weird apparently but might not be any worse!