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Cheez Whiz's avatar

The as-seen-on-tv scams are a long-established behavior with Trump. These look like some hustler came to him with the plan and he licensed his name for his usual cut. Hey, free money and somebody else pushing the Brand, why not? This is a billionaire who cashed a 13 cent check from Spy magazine, after all. It's usually a fool's errand to disagree with Emptywheel, but the extra sting of losing to a black woman will pale before the knife of losing the election and the presidential shield which is the only thing that can make everything go away, plus all that money just sitting there.

The mind-bogglingly stupid way they are running the campaign can only be explained by epic widespread madness (Trump is covering that by himself), and/or total reliance on the plan to game the Electoral College. Hammer the base without mercy, hope there's enough hate and fear out there to make it plausibly close (a pretty safe bet, that), ratfuck the vote counting enough to justify the lawsuits standing at the ready, and go. Is there any other explanation that comes close to explaing the circus?

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ssdd's avatar

Yeah, I’ve had the same thought. He’s throwing so many obvious grifts out there — the sneakers, watches, books, nft trading cards, coins and whatever else I missed — because he thinks he’ll lose so he may as well throw it all against the wall.

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