I guess this is 1965.

I am betting on the Browns this year to win the Superbowl.

The poor Browns have never even got to the Super Bowl.

Yeah, in 1964.

They must have somehow meant the Cavs, but that was strange.

Of course, they were called the Baltimore Ravens at the time

Ditching a bunch of campaign funders is a big deal. Smells like desperation to me.

invited the group to form. Maybe he regards it as a sort of servant.

He might have been informed that he was played. And Melania too, and he doesn't know what to do. Flying back to NYC and skipping this big fundraiser is kind of weird.

Something is up.

It certainly seems that this was prompted by the Melania speech foofaraw. Watch for someone being dismissed from Trump's staff shortly. That may tell more of the story. If it was a prankster, the beans may get spilled publicly, and not by Trump's campaign. Sort of like the "Art of the Deal" ghost-writer spilling the beans on that book.

Trump's not all that bright, really. Greedy people with monster egos are among the most easily pranked.

Uh, yeah, that's an understatement.

Maybe someone can trace that rick roll video post. That might be a clue. Or maybe just some sharp wise guy who put it together. I didn't watch the speech.

I'm betting one of the kids gave her the speech to read.

Kind of sums up the whole social dichotomy- our First Lady has her own compelling and inspiring ideas. The proposed Republican First Lady will even plagiarize a speech about the value of work.

Unreal!

I'd bet he went back to NY because that's where his wife is ... They did start floating the, "She hating this campaign stuff" narrative.

We all know Melania Trump's speech introducing her husband to the voters - a strange thing to need to do here, because everyone in America knows who Donald Trump is - contains a couple of paragraphs from the speech Michelle Obama gave to introduce Barack Obama to the voters in 2008.

What's not quite so well known, is there are a couple of sentences in Melania's speech that came from Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."

why not "Rick Rob"?

Basically, somebody would post a link, purportedly to a news article or something relevant to the thread topic. Users clicked on it and got a video of Rick Astley singing "Never gonna give you up." You'd been rickrolled.

you can tell by his body language, right?

To placate.

Pretty sure Melania is not a happy camper today

I guess she'll wait until after the election to file for divorce.

Personally, I think the ultimatum is coming: It's me or your candidacy. We all know which one he would choose.

Particularly the ones of him surrounded by eye candy.

Wouldn't that just throw this shindig into complete chaos.

purported "billionaire" status. and, as for "businessman"? four bankruptcies?

"failed con artist"? "failed wannabe businessman"? I can think of others, but not in mixed company.

billionaire? prove it asshole.

That could double Trump's presence and quintiple his on-message percentage.

As long as you don't care about what year, decade, century, or millennia it occurred in.

The Cleveland Clowns started sucking LONG before Elizabeth Warren abandoned the Republican Party.

I think that's about the time frame the Browns abandoned winning.

I don't watch much football anymore outside of college. I use to watch and keep track of the NFL. You don't see that phrase often.

He was en route to NYC long before the plagiarism story blew up, and was reported to have not planned to return before Wednesday.

wife #4?

Never ceases to amaze...

His wife is being attacked and to protect her he is dropping out.

Never happen but can you imagine the scene I Cleveland if it did?

I think they would have to schedule a 2nd convention in August.

And that would be that.

Trump pulling a Perot is par for the course at this point.

If he's going to go all Perot.

Wasn't the delegate vote supposed to happen today?

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Yikes!

taking it out on her would be perfectly in character.

Ivanka Trump alleged that The Donald forcibly sexually assaulted her out of anger when his hair restoration went badly. She called it rape but I think that later she withdrew that word. His lawyer, however, stated that a husband, by definition, cannot "rape" his spouse.

The Trumps and their enablers are such a classy crowd. They have the best taste and best lifestyle and everyone should aspire to be like them. (snark)

Looks like Melania will have to wear large, very dark sunglasses for a few weeks.

Domestic violence is not a joke.

Wife beating is never funny.

Trump doesn't give credit to anyone but Trump.

he's going to have to run back to Trump Tower where he can think, while the world is annihilated

What are the GOP going to do when he really melts down, say with only 1 day left of the Convention? This is now without a doubt NOT a guy who should be receiving classified intelligence briefings.

Is there a bait and switch plan in place for just such an emergency? Who pulls the trigger on that one and is it another Karl Rove pet to the rescue? Who does Reince Priebus have in his pocket these days? Does it then go to Ted Cruz as the candidate who finished 2nd in the primary? Does the GOP even have rules about this situation?

Many people have been saying he'd balk when the going got tough, and that he doesn't do reality well at all. I don't foresee him quitting, but I can see him melting down and this sure looks like a major symptom to me. The MSM could really end his campaign and possibly his career, right now, if they pushed him hard enough.

at many tmes in the last 36 hours, it appears the trump campaign is spiraling out of control.

Wonder how many calls the cheetoh julious will make tonight?

So there are 3 mysterious goings on, here: 1. He did not meet with the donors that he and the GOP are desperate for. 2. He flew out to NY unexpectedly. 3. He is turning up at the convention when he wasn't scheduled.

It's all very curious.
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In the beginning and might have been fabricated to garner clicks/views and stir controversy for ratings.

that Trump University used.