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RandySF

(58,900 posts)
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:19 PM Oct 2016

REPORT: TRUMP PREPARES FOR CRUCIAL DEBATE BY STAYING AT HOME, WATCHING CABLE NEWS, AND BEING MAD

In the crucial hours preceding tonight's all-important town hall debate in St. Louis—as many of his allies revoked their endorsements, pulled money from his campaign, un-invited him from their events, and demanded that he step down—Donald Trump remained largely holed up in his residence and office within the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, obsessively watching CNN and occasionally subtweeting insults at his enemies. According to a report by Maggie Haberman in The New York Times, Trump was joined by a small team of supporters, including Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump Jr., and Jared Kushner. Trump occasionally reassured his diminishing supporters, and growing haters, that he wasn't going anywhere. “The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly,” he tweeted. “I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #MAGA”

According to the Times, some within the group had initially floated the idea of Trump and his wife, Melania, doing a joint television interview in order to quell voters’ fury. That idea was quickly jettisoned, however, after the resurfacing of an old interview that Trump did with Howard Stern, in which he gave the shock jock permission to call his daughter Ivanka Trump a “piece of ass”. (Ivanka Trump, often viewed as Trump’s primary advisor, was missing from Trump Tower that day.)

Whatever else happened in the Tower that day is unclear, but in a sign that Trump may soon have no one left to defend him, Giuliani was the only surrogate on all of Sunday’s political talk shows, as Priebus and Conway abruptly canceled their appearances with little explanation. Giuliani repeatedly and awkwardly struggled to come up with a coherent defense of the man.


http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/donald-trump-debate-lewd-comments?mbid=social_twitter

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REPORT: TRUMP PREPARES FOR CRUCIAL DEBATE BY STAYING AT HOME, WATCHING CABLE NEWS, AND BEING MAD (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2016 OP
Good for cheato!! For once, he's doing exactly what he should be ailsagirl Oct 2016 #1
What? And give up football?! Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #3
He's going to channel The Shinning tonight. grossproffit Oct 2016 #2
Sic transit gloria Trumpi. ucrdem Oct 2016 #4
Don's debate prep Botany Oct 2016 #6
Them's some big ass Trump Bumps®™ grossproffit Oct 2016 #13
He is sulking, because he doesn't want to go. Rex Oct 2016 #7
Trump resting like a no stamina loser that he is! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #8
I wish I were a Manhattan divorce lawyer . . . . OldRedneck Oct 2016 #9
Not with her prenup. I highly doubt that there's even an infidelity clause for him. grossproffit Oct 2016 #17
Obviously, in his mind, the only cure for Trump is more Trump MrScorpio Oct 2016 #11
and with each pronouncement of the next repub to disendorse, scold, or direct trump to get out salin Oct 2016 #15
He's already let his supporters down with all his words bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #16
I know that Hillary can fully handle whatever comes her way lillypaddle Oct 2016 #18
Come Again. Cheviteau Oct 2016 #19
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ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
4. Sic transit gloria Trumpi.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 03:38 PM
Oct 2016

When do we learn that he's billions in debt and hasn't owned the shirt on his back for the last ten years?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. He is sulking, because he doesn't want to go.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 04:47 PM
Oct 2016

That means he will probably come unhinged later on tonight or maybe a huge amount of powder will drop out of his nose. Mic malfunction?

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
9. I wish I were a Manhattan divorce lawyer . . . .
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:15 PM
Oct 2016

. . . I could retire on the fee from this one:

http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/300106-report-melania-trump-refused-to-do-a-joint-tv-appearance-with

Melania Trump refused to do a joint video statement with her husband as the scandal about his past obscene comments about women broke, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Immediately after the Washington Post published the 2005 tape on Friday, the Trump campaign suggested that the couple should appear together on camera and address the controversy.

However, anonymous sources within the campaign told the Times that Melania Trump had no interest in doing a joint video statement with her husband.


grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
17. Not with her prenup. I highly doubt that there's even an infidelity clause for him.
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:56 PM
Oct 2016

There's also more than likely a very stringent confidentiality clause.

salin

(48,955 posts)
15. and with each pronouncement of the next repub to disendorse, scold, or direct trump to get out
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:36 PM
Oct 2016

he orders a minion to create a playing card with that person's name/face/and some points - ala the cards W had for top Alqueada figures. So he can keep track and deal retribution via insult/zingers to each and every one of them! Bwahahahahaha

or he's acting in some other equally insane fashion.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
16. He's already let his supporters down with all his words
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 05:43 PM
Oct 2016

or is he saying his supporters are pussy-gropers too?

Expect the manic side of usual tonight

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
18. I know that Hillary can fully handle whatever comes her way
Sun Oct 9, 2016, 06:13 PM
Oct 2016

however, the prospect of having to deal with this mad dog sociopath filled with hatred and on attack mode, cannot be something she is looking forward to. Stay strong, Hillary! We're with you all the way.

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