2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump's all in on this third debate.
That's because if he loses on November 8, he's blown whatever is left of his fortune. Unless he moves into the White House, he's going to have to switch to pitching cheap crap on late-night infomercials. He needs this job, dammit to hell. Everything's catching up with him from his past bad business decisions. He's broke. He's old. He's not feeling all that well, either. He's checked what he's holding in his hand, and it's not looking good.
This is his last hand, and he's holding a broken straight. If he doesn't fill it, he's finished.
Watch him sweat!
LexVegas
(6,066 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)This will be loud, empty blather. I hope Hillary can make him truly lose it on national TV.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)he should offer up prayers with Trump and let the media tape it.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)After all, who could deny the President a family reunion at the final Presidential debate?
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)MANative
(4,112 posts)I'll be watching in the same way I do a horror movie - my hands covering my eyes and peeking through my fingers! Betting on a good dozen cringes, too.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)MANative
(4,112 posts)Glad I took today off! LOL
niyad
(113,315 posts)sarae
(3,284 posts)Hah...I'll probably be sitting with one hand covering my face, the other on the mute button.
He's too intensely awful to open all your senses to at once.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)Better still would be a total mental breakdown and have him physically lash out at Hillary on stage.
He is clearly been unglued since the second half of the FIRST debate and has never come close to righting the ship. His advisors are a collection of yes-men and lunatics and mercenaries out for their cut of the cash only. None of them has provided him anything close to valuable consul on how to stop his political bleeding.
I am seeing his numbers nationally dropping down into the low 30's and I am heartened that his 44-45% high water mark is becoming a distant memory. This is a man who deserves to be beaten worse than Mondale's historic crushing by Reagan. We won't see that level of destruction again (unless the GOP again fails to learn the lesson that tripling down on hate and racism is no longer a viable strategy and they give it another go with the crazies in the 'base' in 2020).
underpants
(182,806 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if the both brought it up.
randome
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)lying videos as SOP. I wish everyone recognized his name; they'd all be highly suspicious. And at this point, why wouldn't he produce yet another of his deceptive, even doctored, videos? It'd take weeks for even a minority to learn that it didn't show what they thought.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)A wounded animal is dangerous. I don't want to see her injured.
That's an exaggeration, of course, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Trump completely loses it and gets physical. Probably won't happen, but I really do hope the Secret Service is on the alert.
MineralMan
(146,311 posts)If he did, the Secret Service would be all over him instantly, and that would wrap things up completely. He's stupid, but not that stupid.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)that much credit, especially if he's "whiffed up" prior to showtime... as he appeared to be in the last two.
He's crazy and when on coke, he's even crazier and too cocky.
http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/trump-debate-sniff-sniffles/#peD.SgLoeqqw
MineralMan
(146,311 posts)2naSalit
(86,622 posts)I have been in a motel the last few days, paid for tonight as the last one so I can watch the debate and cringe in relative privacy. (Homelessness is tough and this stuff doesn't make it any better). Meanwhile, the guy from the family staying next door is standing outside my room talking about how the cheeto is "his kind of candidate"... says the homeless guy with kids at a sketchy motel indefinitely.
At least this cheap spot has Internet and teevee.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...but it doesn't mean he's done any preparation, or that he'll show up with any sort of attention span.
I was pretty confident that he'd have quit by now.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...while mooching BIGLY on Corporate Welfare at taxpayer expense. No doubt his loot is buried in some deep, dark bank offshore. It's a standard Republican rip-off routine, Big Shot Style.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)MineralMan
(146,311 posts)If he shows it, I'll look away, I believe.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)"behind" so we can be forewarned.
Interestingly, someone on MSNBC said he spent 3 hours with someone high in the campaign and, when asking if Trump had any concern for hurting America, was told that Trump was acting purely out of fury at this point and that nothing could get to him through his fury.
MineralMan
(146,311 posts)If he can't control it, he'll fail badly on all counts.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)will probably be disappointed. As you say.
He's been enraged a lot, and it's manifested by mostly ignoring his handlers and turning to revving up the approving, comforting noise from his red-in-tooth-and-claw followers at his rallies. What heats them up doesn't work so well on on others he needs to draw, and I expect to see him hold it together but mostly waste this opportunity anyway.
And shame on me, perhaps, but I wouldn't be entirely averse to him attacking Hillary physically, but he's not going to hand us the House and various state legislatures quite so obligingly. Has anyone ever heard of him becoming physical beyond sticking his fingers up the skirts of unprepared women? No. Face-to-face with adversaries, he's actually rather timid.
MineralMan
(146,311 posts)If he can, he'll try the looming presence thing again, though. I don't think that's going to happen in this format, though.
I'm sure he will interrupt her frequently, complain about not getting as much mic time as Hillary, and make faces frequently as she speaks. I think he will attack her verbally, though. If she can keep her composure, that will spur him on to greater efforts in an attempt to shake her.
Hillary will talk about plans for things. Trump will bluster. Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)no doubt an angry Trump determined not to make weird faces.
I'm reminded of the time last debate that he came closest to her, well into her space. I guessed he realized he'd done a big no-no, because he retreated all the way to his stool and actually perched himself on it--the farthest away he could get. The only time he did that because sitting down is usually a de-powering body-language move for men, but the poor childish schlump was seemingly rattled into guiltily putting himself in "time-out."
whttevrr
(2,345 posts)And maybe a little screaming at the moderator for not being 'fair'.
He is such a whiner.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)MineralMan
(146,311 posts)Heaven forfend!
HipChick
(25,485 posts)MineralMan
(146,311 posts)Think of the children, Donald! Don't do it, for the love of Mike.
eShirl
(18,492 posts)To help catapult the proper gander.
Jarqui
(10,125 posts)I don't think he's remotely as wealthy as he claims. I think it's a house of cards teetering before collapse.
Sure, he's have a few mil squirreled away (on top of his head ?? ) but his casinos, gold courses, etc have no been doing well - along with the six bankruptcies and the billion dollar loss in '95.
Now his hotels are looking to avoid using his name ? The effective end may be near ...
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)Where Donnie's going tonight. He's angry, bitter and humiliated, and if Hillary has an early zinger this could go all over the place.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)Actually I think he is making money. He is using campaign money to pay himself for his airplane, venue usage, etc. And because of campaign laws that were in place because they didn't want businesses cutting breaks to politicians in the hopes of future favors, he has to pay the highest rate. To himself. He can legitimately look in the camera and say he had no choice but to pay himself that much. I have read many people that saw this initially as Trump doing it to make money.
The funny thing is that those giving him money have NO clue that is what he is doing with their money.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)He makes Lee Mercer, Jr look normal.