2016 Postmortem

pat_k

(9,313 posts) Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:39 PM Oct 2016

Trump: "So if I lose, I will consider this..."

At a rally in NC, Trump didn't finish the sentence. I wonder what he was gonna say?

Washington Post
Donald Trump is in a funk: Bitter, hoarse and pondering, ‘If I lose.?.?.’

FLETCHER, N.C. — As he took the stage here in this mountain town Friday afternoon, Donald Trump was as subdued as the modest crowd that turned out to see him. He complained about the usual things — the dishonest media, his “corrupt” rival Hillary Clinton — but his voice was hoarse and his heart didn’t seem in it.

He also promised to do all that he could to win, but he explained why he might lose.

“What a waste of time if we don’t pull this off,” Trump said. “You know, these guys have said: ‘It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. There’s never been a movement like this in the history of this country.’ I say, it matters to me if we win or lose. So I’ll have over $100 million of my own money in this campaign.”

“So, if I lose,” Trump continued as the crowd remained unusually quiet, “if I lose, I will consider this —”

Trump didn’t finish his sentence, but he didn’t really need to
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Trump: "So if I lose, I will consider this..." (Original Post) pat_k Oct 2016 OP

He doesn't have $100 million into his campaign. This is the start of his new big lie. "Oh, I spent TeamPooka Oct 2016 #1

He fucking made money from the campaign, hes full of shit Foggyhill Oct 2016 #2

Yeah. Trump's new math. pat_k Oct 2016 #5

"So if I lose, I will consider this...a kiss isn't just a kiss..." alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #3

"The biggest waste of time in my entire life." Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #4

Yeah. I just kinda hoped he might have pat_k Oct 2016 #6

I will consider retroactive abortion for idiots like me mandatory Foggyhill Oct 2016 #8

I think we should take up a collection Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #9

Where do I send my contribution? pat_k Oct 2016 #13

Today his new excuse for losing seemed to be to blame his supporters Cresent City Kid Oct 2016 #7

Beyond making excuses... pat_k Oct 2016 #12

I will consider this... superpatriotman Oct 2016 #10

Never Heard a Presidential Candidate Contemplating Defeat Like This Stallion Oct 2016 #11

If he loses, Putin is gonna f&&4 him up! nt ecstatic Oct 2016 #14

TeamPooka

(24,230 posts)

1. He doesn't have $100 million into his campaign. This is the start of his new big lie. "Oh, I spent

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:42 PM

Oct 2016

100 million to save this country but it didn't work."
Go fuck yourself Trump

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)

2. He fucking made money from the campaign, hes full of shit

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:44 PM

Oct 2016

pat_k

(9,313 posts)

5. Yeah. Trump's new math.

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:49 PM

Oct 2016

Like how he "presented" 58 floor trump tower as an 80 story building.

NY Times
For Tower Residents, a New Math
May 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/08/garden/for-tower-residents-a-new-math.html?_r=0

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

3. "So if I lose, I will consider this...a kiss isn't just a kiss..."

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:44 PM

Oct 2016

Tick Tock, Tic Tac.

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)

4. "The biggest waste of time in my entire life."

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:47 PM

Oct 2016

He has said this before so we know how it ends. I guess now that it seems like a very real outcome he can't bring himself to think how true his words are.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)

6. Yeah. I just kinda hoped he might have

Reply to Blue Idaho (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:51 PM

Oct 2016

Last edited Fri Oct 21, 2016, 11:53 PM - Edit history (1)

had something else in mind.

Like "I will consider this:"

taking a vow of silence,

or perhaps

moving to Russia.

Foggyhill

(1,060 posts)

8. I will consider retroactive abortion for idiots like me mandatory

Reply to pat_k (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:55 PM

Oct 2016

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)

9. I think we should take up a collection

Reply to pat_k (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:55 PM

Oct 2016

If he promises to move to Russia. Can you imagine him trying to survive against Russian "business men?" They'd stuff him in a 55 gallon drum and sink him in the Volga.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)

13. Where do I send my contribution?

Reply to Blue Idaho (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 10:13 PM

Oct 2016

Cresent City Kid

(1,621 posts)

7. Today his new excuse for losing seemed to be to blame his supporters

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:54 PM

Oct 2016

In his usual backhand way, he says "I can't lose if you turn out and vote"

pat_k

(9,313 posts)

12. Beyond making excuses...

Reply to Cresent City Kid (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 10:07 PM

Oct 2016

...Trump appears to be pathologically incapable of admitting any sort of defeat. That's the truly scary thing. When he says he won't accept the result unless he wins, I think he may be telling us -- intentionally or not -- exactly what's going to happen. He'll probably go to his death bed claiming "I actually won that election." If he does admit defeat, it will be a first.

From Frontline: The Choice 2016 (transcript)

NARRATOR:
But with damning evidence of racial discrimination, the company was forced to settle. Nevertheless, Donald didn’t admit any wrongdoing and even declared the outcome a victory.

TONY SCHWARTZ:
This is a classic example of where Trump begins to demonstrate something he talks about all the time today, which is he’s a counterpuncher. So somebody comes after him and says that he’s done something nefarious and horrible, and he just goes back at them with all guns blazing — you know, Boom, boom, boom! — and admits nothing. Never admit anything. Never say you made a mistake. Just keep coming. And if you lose, declare victory.