it's been covered recently that the reason he keeps doing outside rallies this time around is because he still has outstanding bills for venues all over battleground states from the previous election; it might also be relevant that it's easier to lie about crowd sizes outdoors as opposed to indoor venues with stated capacities. in summary, he's even more of a clown than ever.
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He still owes El Paso, Texas roughly half a million.^[1] It's no wonder venues are hesitant to have him back. Though Trump's been stiffing workers and employees his whole life so the bigger wonder is that they trusted him to begin with.
Is there a reason this hasn't caught up to him? Isn't this theft of service, or fraud of some point with a clear, and intentional pattern? Why the fuck does this dude of all people seem to have the cheat code to do whatever the fuck he pleases? When is it enough?
That's what happens when a madman seizes control of a major political party. The Republicans are scared of his insane followers.
I don't know the reason, but since he has been scamming his whole life ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] I will continue to believe he will get away with everything forever until the opposite is proven.
EDIT: To actually answer the question a bit, part of it might be fear of getting on the bad side of someone well-connected, but otherwise the sad fact is just that the balance of power is so unfathomably unfairly biased towards the rich. What are they gonna do, you know? A lot of these people can't afford to sue him.
The surprising part is the people who still fall for it. I can only guess he must use proxies or alternate names when agreeing to services and stuff. Who would see the name Trump and go forward thinking they'll see their money?
The event, billed as being focused on national security issues
He's 100% saying "national security" because he's worried about his personal security and can't understand how that's different.
Yeah, it's very transparent. We're all in on this joke - everyone but Trumpy and his dumpys.
While Trump has acknowledged the race is closer than before Biden dropped out, his aides believe that Harris remains relatively unknown and that efforts to highlight her past statements and the positions she took in previous races will turn off swing voters after her honeymoon period ends.
Harris "relatively unknown?" Really? And it's been exactly one month since Biden stepped down. In the modern 24 hour news cycle, that's an eternity of a "honeymoon period."
To be fair, she is relatively unknown.
Especially when you consider low information voters (which I expect have similar knowledge to high information voters from other countries).
Her honeymoon period will end as soon as she sits down and does a few serious and unscripted interviews about policy, which she has managed to avoid so far. At the moment it's pure vibes, but at some point you need to get into the business of explaining what you would do and being challenged on it. That will generate lots of attack angles and media stories, both good and bad.
I don't think you can say the vice president is "unknown." Everyone has a general sense of her stances on things. It would be hard for her not to be a better unscripted speaker than Trump.
She'll be better unscripted but also subjected to relatively massive judgement. There's pretty much nothing trump could say that would hurt him. There's a lot Harris could say that would hurt her.
I mean, she could pull a Trump and be like, "I have really big plans. I can't discuss them until I'm in office, but let me tell you.... Big plans."
Chicken under glass, is what's on the menu
A pressed ham… with gravy
Can't wait to see him standing in a bullet proof box pontificating nonesense to the crowd.
overheating without shade FTW
Can't wait for the "Please remember not to forget your Felon President in the back of a hot pope box" PSAs
Of course he's holding more outdoor rallies, he can't afford to use any of the actually nice venues... he still owes them all money!!!!
This has the potential to be the funniest thing...
An event on national security, from behind bulletproof glass.
I’m sure he argued for background checks and other responsible gun ownership measures to keep guns out of the hands of weirdos. Right? Right?
It's gonna be like his previous interview all over again. Everything is to blame on "the immigrants" and other "undesirables".
I hope someone brings firecrackers… send him full melt down.