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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 112 points 4 days ago (6 children)

You know what, we can do that too:

"They're saying Trump is sleeping with Laura Loomer. She's controlling him. He's an old piece of shit that is easily manipulated and controlled by a crazy woman willing to give him some sadvag. People are saying this."

[–] spaghetti_hitchens@fedia.io 54 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I've read this on the internet so I believe it to be true

[–] CritFail@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Now I've seen someone read that comment out on TV, so therefore it must be true!

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also his rally crowd sizes are very small. Very.

[–] elvith 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We have small crowds, very small crowds. The smallest of all crowds. Sad.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We used to have huge crowds, I've been there. I've campaigned with them. Huge crowds. We filled the National Mall. Millions of people. You should have seen them. I've spoken to them. Now, they're all gone. Where are they, I don't know. They were huge. Now they're so small. You should see them now. Wow. What a small crowd.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

The crowds come in, the crowds go out, you can't explain it.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 19 points 4 days ago

You know, I've also heard people saying this. Many people are saying this.

Who specifically? Oh, I can't recall.

But lots of people are saying this.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 6 points 4 days ago

I also heard this.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, word is on the street Laura and Don are a couple. Hell I think I might have heard some people talking about it at the bar. Melania must be pissed 😂

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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He sounds like me accusing people of hacking because I lost in a game.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But he won, remember?

The enemy is both weak and strong.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 52 points 4 days ago (3 children)

In Trump land, the accusation is always an admission.

This asshole was probably wearing 3 wires, but he bought them off Temu, and they shorted out after she shook his hand.

Motherfucker was a sweaty mess after that power move.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Conservative debate has basically devolved into "But, can you tell me what a woman is?". Trump could have a team of the best conservative debaters in his ear and he'd do just about as well.

Also doesn't help that he doesn't listen to jack shit so he'd likely rip out the headphone for being annoying.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's actually not just wires - credible reports say he used a different kind of device

It's well known that Donald Trump was using a bluetooth butt plug during the debate [...]

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago
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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Until these headlines say "Trump lies about..." the publication is complicit. Get fucked Forbes.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The real scoop is that Trump himself wore a bluetooth communication device throughout the debate - the tell tale signs of subtle vibrations have been confirmed by independent experts - I've seen talk of this before on Lemmy but it seems like MSM have been suppressing this story... yet another case of conservative bias.

It's been credibly pointed out elsewhere that Trump pulled a Hans Neimann

It's well known that Donald Trump was using a bluetooth butt plug during the debate [...]

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This would be a good rumor to spread except that everyone knows he doesn't have the rectal control to hold in a butt plug.

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

That's why he's got a diaper on. Helps keep it in place and catches it if it slips out.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

That's why he had that face the whole time

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Is it Morse code or just the 1 for no, 2 for yes kind of thing?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Can you imagine Donny Diapers learning Morse code? I'm surprised he can even read at a 3rd grade level.

Anyway, it's probably more like one buzz for "calm the fuck down" and two for "no, seriously CALM THE FUCK DOWN!"

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Morse code - it's how people talked when Trump was growing up afterall.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

BZZZZZ. BZZZZZ.

Tell him to change the subject from people eating pets!

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

"I'm trying but he won't stop!"

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This cracks me up because he did not lose so much because of her outstanding performance as much as his aweful one.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She did perform great, but honestly I'd say a large part of that would be her reactions in the side-by-side while he spoke. There's not way someone could have told her through an ear-piece how to react quickly enough for that. It's just a really stupid lie, but that's pretty normal for this gross weird old man.

I disagree again that she performed great. She was fine and certainly great by any modern us political standards. but I mean all she had to do was mention he rallies and he lost all composure.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 26 points 4 days ago (3 children)

He kept nodding his head during the debate like he was agreeing with Harris.

My thought was he was listening to a coach in his ear.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago

Ass, a coach in his ass. He borrowed the tech from Hans Neimann.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lol at someone backstage telling him "OK now attack her race. That's great, great now immediately stop talking about the economy and mention how Haitians are eating dogs! And cats too. Perfect!"

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago

You can't prove he didn't have a Bluetooth powered butt plug on the whole time

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's what the loser of the debate would say. But Trump says he was the clear winner of the debate, so I'm confused.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even if he had won the debate, he's still a weirdo loser.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

It's going to be the exact same with the election. He'll say he won regardless of the results.

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 22 points 4 days ago

It really does suck when you're in a debate and the other person defuses all your points with facts. It would have been far nicer if the other person looked stupid. If they don't actually know anything, like myself, that's also kinda dishonest to just have those facts. Especially when it's a debate in the election, which is really a game show on TV, and not about real politics. Shameful behavior

[–] socsa@piefed.social 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So I guess that means Trump must have had a secret earpiece. Or maybe a vibrating butt plug.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago

They tried that but Trump is so incontinent it kept falling into his dirty diaper.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Just because one of his lies has been debunked does not mean he won't try to milk it for a bit more media attention.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I won the debate, but the only reason I lost was she cheated!

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

...by having actual experts feed her sensiblr answers, demonstrating a good politician's critical judgement of her own limits and trust in the subject matter expertise of others for good decision making

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But Trump told me he WON so why would that Matter?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

“My opponents are simultaneously bumbling fools and criminal masterminds!”

[–] finley@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  1. The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Umberto Eco is my literary crush

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Kinda sounds like he thinks Kamala did unbelievably well.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago

I had no reason to think that Trump had wore an earpiece but now I'm completely convinced he did

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Even if it were true, its like the dumb concept of no calculators allowed on math tests. In real world practice she can and should get all the help from experts she can.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago

Poor little orange turd. He is having some tough days. Today is a good day to retire.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

the earrings sent messages to his brain forcing trump to repeat all the bullshit he saw on TV

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