# Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196 "2024-08-03T16:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/581 "2024-10-17T16:27:33Z")
I’m not sure how he spins the McD’s fryer to his advantage. If he says it’s a hard job, then he’s implying that it was challenging to him and that he had a hard time doing a minimum wage fast-food job. I don’t see Mr. “I’m the best at everything” admitting that anything was hard for him. If he says it’s easy, then Harris shouldn’t find it challenging. He’d have to say it was an easy job, but that Harris couldn’t do it because it was too hard for her. I guess it’ll be the typical nonsensical mess that his followers will lap up regardless of what he says or does. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/582 "2024-10-17T18:44:35Z")
The ads I see locally (Kentucky here) are mostly about school choice. There’s a ballot proposition for allowing school choice, and it has the tagline “President Trump supports school choice. So should you.” My brother reported having seen one of the “trans prisoners” ads, and said it was almost enough to get him to vote against her. He’s extremely apolitical, but he has a background in corrections, which likely skewed his perspective on the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/583 "2024-10-17T20:11:46Z")
Trump has backed out of a speech to the NRA, because of “scheduling conflicts” and not because he’s an incontinent sundowning wreck. > **[NRA cancels Trump rally in Savannah](https://www.ajc.com/politics/trump-nra-rally-in-savannah-canceled/52HMNGS5ZVEUDEWO7Z3YGAG5ZM/)** > > A keynote address before the National Rifle Association by former President Donald Trump Oct. 22 in Savannah has been canceled. Also, he’s demanding that he get to run against Biden again. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaG85vaWgAMots_?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GaG85vaWgAMots_?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/584 "2024-10-18T00:38:15Z")
How is it that every deal, person and piece of merch that gets involved with Trump has some weird twisted story attached to it? > **[Search for 'Swiss-made' Trump Watch origin leads to Viagra honey store in...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-brand-businesses-honey/)** > > The search for former President Donald Trump's "Swiss-made" watch origins led investigative reporters to a retailer of "Male Enhancement" honey, laced with Viagra, whose spokesperson was instructed to keep his mouth shut until after Election... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/585 "2024-10-18T05:28:12Z")
Judge Chutkan is unsealing Jack Smith’s evidence against Trump tomorrow. > **[Judge Chutkan Moves Fast](https://joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-chutkan-moves-fast)** > > Donald Trump didn’t want Judge Tanya Chutkan to publicly release the appendix Special Counsel Jack Smith attached to his motion arguing that all of the charges against Trump could move forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in the immunity... ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/586 "2024-10-18T06:43:13Z")
Thanks for that, @Smapti. I especially liked this, from Joyce Vance: > [@](#): > > Trump doesn’t like it when the courts treat both sides fairly. He wins when he is treated preferentially, so he wants that to always be the case. But Judge Chutkan is old school. There is none of that in her courtroom. Apparently, she still believes that no one is above the law. Her belief in that bedrock principle of American democracy has the power to make it so. That’s why it’s so important to have federal judges with both intelligence and integrity. Sounds like Trump has encountered a judge who his lawyers cannot snow, and who his position cannot influence. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/587 "2024-10-18T17:06:33Z")
Mencken said, “Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.” Coincidentally, immediately below that quote on the page was this much-repeated one, which he wrote in the Baltimore Evening Sun on July 7, 1920 > As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people…On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. It only took us 96 years (although some might claim there were earlier candidates). ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/588 "2024-10-18T17:25:53Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > I’m not sure how he spins the McD’s fryer to his advantage. He’ll say it was hard for everyone else, but not for him, because of his “good genes” or whatever. Then he’ll toss in some stupidity like, “I said, ‘Why don’t you keep the oil hot in between batches of fries? Then you could cook a whole bunch really fast!’, and the manager said he’d never heard anyone ask such a thing, so I told him, ‘Well, I guess you owe me now, I’ll let you use that one!’” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/589 "2024-10-18T21:40:42Z")
“Can I go back to running against Biden instead? PRETTY PLEASE?” > ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/590 "2024-10-18T21:50:47Z")
He should never permit the sun to backlight his comb-over. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/591 "2024-10-18T22:07:24Z")
Seriously, wow! That is not looking good. The last month or so he has looked ill. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/592 "2024-10-18T22:28:33Z")
He’s “exhausted”. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/18/trumps-age-finally-catches-up-with-him/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/18/trumps-age-finally-catches-up-with-him/) > [@](#): > > In recent days, even the number of interviews has slowed. He has canceled or refused a number of recent conversations, including ones from CBS News, NBC News and CNBC. He had been in conversation with a podcast called “The Shade Room,” according to Politico, but that, too, got canceled. > > Producers for the podcast told Politico that they were told Trump was “exhausted and refusing [some] interviews but that could change.” This echoed comments Trump himself made in a recent podcast appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/593 "2024-10-18T22:33:43Z")
I love the campaign stop he made in a New York barbershop. His followers on Xwitter were saying that this makes him a man of the people. My response was, “he went to a barbershop and his hair still looks like _that_?” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/594 "2024-10-18T22:45:32Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > It only took us 96 years (although some might claim there were earlier candidates). Dress rehearsals. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/595 "2024-10-18T22:45:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Can I go back to running against Biden instead? PRETTY PLEASE?” I’m pretty sure that Biden stepping back in favor of Harris genuinely confused and angered him because it made one of his major goals outright impossible: beating Biden _personally_ to “avenge” his loss against him in 2020. I think that’s one reason he’s kept sliding back to talking like he’s running against Biden; Biden is whom he actually _wants_ to win against. Not Kamala Harris. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/596 "2024-10-18T23:12:35Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I’m pretty sure that Biden stepping back in favor of Harris genuinely confused and angered him because it made one of his major goals outright impossible: beating Biden _personally_ to “avenge” his loss against him in 2020. Also playing the “he’s old and senile” card is impossible now- since trump is clearly old and talking like he is senile. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/597 "2024-10-18T23:13:57Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I’m pretty sure that Biden stepping back in favor of Harris genuinely confused and angered him because it made one of his major goals outright impossible: beating Biden _personally_ to “avenge” his loss against him in 2020. I think that’s one reason he’s kept sliding back to talking like he’s running against Biden; Biden is whom he actually _wants_ to win against. Not Kamala Harris. Well that and the fact that he was soundly beating Biden. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/598 "2024-10-19T21:38:51Z")
I ask any lurkers unsure of their vote to read this: [The Atlantic - Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-does-trump-sound-like-hitler-stalin-and-mussolini/ar-AA1suEPI) In his 2020 campaign, Trump referred to alleged criminal migrants as animals and vermin. But full and frequent use of totalitarian rhetoric, including bad genes and immigrants poisoning our blood, is new this time. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/599 "2024-10-19T23:43:33Z")
More concerns about Trump’s ground strategy. Maybe he doesn’t care-he can just pitch a fit and order people to go riot anyway if he loses. > **[Exclusive: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/trump-campaign-leaked-data-voters-elon-musk)** > > Data suggests canvassers linked to Elon Musk’s America Pac falsely claimed to have visited homes of potential voters ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/600 "2024-10-20T00:44:08Z")
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