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ksoze

(2,068 posts) Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:28 AM Aug 2016

Stranger Things: Trump

Donald Trump held two rallies on Wednesday -- one during the day, and one at night. They were starkly different... nighttime Trump seemed more willing to say stranger things. From Bloomberg.

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Stranger Things: Trump (Original Post) ksoze Aug 2016 OP

His daytime speeches are usually to business groups and such - The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #1

Jeckyl and Hyde... Javaman Aug 2016 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,704 posts)

1. His daytime speeches are usually to business groups and such -

Reply to ksoze (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:31 AM

Aug 2016

where he has to sound at least marginally sane. He reads a prepared speech from a teleprompter, possibly after having been fed sedatives by his staff. But the evening speeches are at rallies for his true believers, and that's when the Thorazine has worn off and the crazy comes out.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

2. Jeckyl and Hyde...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:45 PM

Aug 2016

business tRump by day, crazy insane racist bigot tRump by not.

I believe he blurs these lines greatly.

tRump: the blurry candidate.

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