Donald Trump to Las Vegas rally attendees: "I don't care about you"
Donald Trump to Las Vegas rally attendees: "I don't care about you"
Amid his Sunday campaign rally, the former president made a quip about the heat affecting his attendees.
"See now, the press will take that, and they'll say, 'He said a horrible thing.'"
Ok, so the guy is a fuckwit and all, but the article has right in it where he pretty plainly put it as a joke. We don't need to feed the new cycle with every crass bs thing that comes out of his mouth.
Can you explain to me how this is a joke?
His audience laughed because they're dumb. But to me, this looks like the negging thing where you anticipate being called out for your insult and say "It's a joke. It's just a joke!"
Yeah, he takes a sec, realizes what he said and then tries to play it off
I mean, regardless, the reason he says shit like that is so he can later point to the media and say "look what they're saying about me," and his cultists lap it up. It doesn't really matter much if he meant it or not.
Just a prank bro!
Except that we know it’s not a joke to him. Fuckwit and all, he is serious, you know.
I mean, that was clearly what he was going for, and a news writer took the bait.
This is the kind of shit conservatives point to when they attack the "mainstream media."
There was a rally not long ago where there was an issue with the podium. Some headline made it sound like he was unstable and shaking and had to hold on to the podium for stability. In reality the podium was wobbly and he quipped something like "oh no, it's leaning to the left". It was legitimately funny and a prime example of what his base finds charming. Yet still some clickbait headline tried to spin it in a bad way. Fucking infuriating.
Sure. "A joke."
"Just kidding, heh (but seriously, I don't care about you.)"
What did Trump do for Nevadans when he was president?
Exactly.
Any trump supporter reading this will see this thread and know that the Democrats are delusional because the full context of the quote shows that it was not to be taken seriously and within seconds Trump not only dismissed it as a joke but called that liberals would take this quote out of context and run with it.
Which is exactly what is happening. Besides giving Republicans more reasons to stick their heads in the sand, what on earth is the point of discussing this? Trump himself called out that it's just more good publicity for him.
I make a habit of downvoting most Newsweek and Salon articles. They are opinion drivel. Just give me the facts, and I'll draw my own conclusion.
The media did exactly what he said they would and then quoted him saying they would do that?
WTF?
His followers will love it though.
We as a people already lost. It's just a show.
This is the bread and butter of wine moms and reddit political subs
By November, Trump’s campaign slogan will just be, “Fuck you!”
His voters will cream.
Can't wait for a shirtless Trump on a Billboard taking a drag off a cigarette and exhaling the smoke with the text, "If you don't vote Trump... Fuck You!" Then flips the viewer off.
This was a Dutch satirical piece, a video of a politician of the 'party against people', in such the antisocial neoliberal is proudly staying how his party will screw people over. Indeed whilst smoking a cigarette..
Finally an honest politician, one that stabs you in the front instead of stabbing you in the back
The old, "throw something extreme out there and call it a joke" strat eh?
His jokes are more based in reality than anything else he says...
After watching the video clip, I’d say that’s about the highest degree of self-awareness I’ve ever seen from Trump.
It’s just an illusion, like everything else with him
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Amid high temperatures at Donald Trump's campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, the former president made a quip about the heat affecting his attendees by stating that he needed their votes, adding, "I don't care about you."
Trump and President Joe Biden became the presumptive 2024 Republican and Democratic presidential nominees respectively in March as both continue to campaign ahead of November's election.
At his rally, Trump spoke about the heat affecting his attendees as he made a joke about needing their votes.
Democratic Pennsylvania state Representative Malcolm Kenyatta simply wrote: "He's finally telling the truth."
Reiterating Kenyatta's remarks, progressive political commentator Luke Beasley posted to X, "He finally said the truth."
On Thursday, 11 people with heat exhaustion were hospitalized after waiting in line for an indoor Trump rally in Phoenix, with temperatures reaching 110 degrees.
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Given the context around the bad joke, it seems like he was going for sarcasm, but it just came out like trash because he’s old and no longer on top of his game.
I hate Trump as much as the next one but no one in this thread can see that’s what actually happened here.