It could either be a testament to premature gloating on the part of the NYTimes if Trump wins, or it could be the basis for a book like Woodward and Bernstein’s book on Nixon, The Final Days.
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Donald J. Trump is not sleeping much these days.
Aboard his gold-plated jumbo jet, the Republican nominee does not like to rest or be alone with his thoughts, insisting that aides stay up and keep talking to him. He prefers the soothing, whispery voice of his son-in-law
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ETA: I heard a few pundits commenting on this article and how scary it was. The election hasn’t even happened yet and folks are framing the Trump story as one that may have won the day, but was a terrible mess propped up behind the scenes by the shakiest of operations. Let’s all make sure we go out and vote before that story is finalized and printed!!
Missed the edit window: what I meant to say is that the Trump campaign is being positioned as We Dodged a Bullet - he was in the running, but saner heads prevailed.
I hate invoking Hitler, but it feels like we have been one or two big events away from a situation where…anything could’ve happened.
Yeah, I read that story. It pretty much confirms most of what I thought of Trump and his campaign: it was a dysfunctional organization headed and assembed by a dysfunctional, incompetent, vindictive boob who views success and failure as pure indicators of character without the influence of luck. That may be a big ball of confirmation bias, but I have seen absolutely nothing to make me question that opinion.
I’m not sure if we dodged a bullet yet, tomorrow will tell.
I want to know how they pick the poor sap who has to tell him he lost- draw straws? This whole thing was started as a publicity stunt. He didn’t know people would take him seriously. Once they did, he became addicted to the crowds and the adulation and kept throwing the red meat because they ate it up and loved him all the more. That all ends after tonight. I would not be surprised at all if he sticks a gun in his mouth tomorrow and blows his brains out- he is not a stable man nor a well man.
When you read it through, they basically say that Penn is hugely against Trump overall, but that he has had a tuition-paying daughter, Tiffany, attending there until this past Spring.
I don’t know what I expect for Trump after this. Maybe continuing “it was rigged” talk. That’s dangerous. Maybe “I didn’t want it anyway.” Definitely lots of “it was someone else’s fault” - he’ll be blaming his campaign people, the RNC, HRC, and the media at a minimum.
I don’t believe he is capable of admitting defeat. If he’s not announced as the winner, it’s because it was rigged, it was unfair, his opponent cheated, anything but admit defeat. He will not kill himself, he will not be despondent, because he didn’t lose. He was robbed by a corrupt person.
