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Ellis Weiner's avatar

Someone asked on Twitter if anyone thought Trump would bow out if, down the line, the polls all pointed to Harris, so as not lose to a black woman. I thought that was a great question, especially considering how his only metrics in life are money and "ratings."

Or course, ratings for one-off political interviews reflect expectations, not accomplishments. Whether Trump can, or wants to, grasp that is anybody's guess.

Meanwhile, I wouldn't be surprised if he did bow out, based on some bullshit medical reason. "The doctors--I have some of the best doctors in the world--they won't let me. 'Sir,' they say, 'We can't let you continue.' I tell them I want to, to save our country, but, they have tears running down their faces, these doctors who have seen everything, they say, 'Sir, you have to step down so you can serve our country in other ways.'"

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Cheez Whiz's avatar

"I heard you got good ratings". Again with the ratings with this guy. You could set your watch to him. That tic alone is enough to convince me hes as dumb as you say. It's the Trump Paradox, you can't ignore him and you can't engage with him. Biden fell for it, and so did the NABJ. The whole concept of fact-checking Trump is flawed beyond a vague hope that someone somewhere finds out and pays attention to it, real-time or not. It sounds like the audience at least knew what they were confronted with, laughing at his claim that his Presidency was better for "blacks" than Lincoln. The endless chasing after "independent" voters, while necessary, is the most insane thing about this election, and that's saying something.

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