# The Donald Trump 2024 Campaign Thread (Primary Edition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970 "2022-11-15T18:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/41 "2022-11-16T02:09:41Z")
I guess I’m taking one for the team then. I’m watching CNN and they’re carrying his speech. So far, what he says happened on his watch doesn’t align with reality. For example, he tooks steps to save American lives from Covid in the spring/summer of 2020, and saved many. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/42 "2022-11-16T02:09:48Z")
Oh look, someone filed to create a new campaign committee. [https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00828541/1661550](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00828541/1661550) ---
**Author:** ![loriloolee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@loriloolee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loriloolee)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/43 "2022-11-16T02:10:15Z")
I didn’t think he was going to run. But he is. Holy Shit!! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/44 "2022-11-16T02:11:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > CNN is now on Biden speaking about the missile strike in Poland. They seem to be casting about for any kind of filler before Trump takes the podium. Which he will do when he feels like it, of course. With luck Article 5 will be invoked and none of us will have to live through another Trump candidacy. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/45 "2022-11-16T02:19:56Z")
OK, there was a whopper: “My endorsements resulted in 232 wins and 22 losses.” Is there any way that could be correct? I’m highly doubtful of those numbers. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/46 "2022-11-16T02:20:36Z")
Msnbc is just showing pictures every now and again. Did he just preempt tucker? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/47 "2022-11-16T02:21:11Z")
Diverting into an endorsement of Herschel Walker now. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/48 "2022-11-16T02:23:11Z")
I am 100% certain we will have to live through another Trump candidacy, a primary season where he will dominate the GOP field and next summer a GOP nominating convention where he will be inaugurated again as the GOP nominee for President. I’ve said it before, the only way this doesn’t happen is if he dies. Not wishing death on anyone, just that is the only way I see him not being the GOP nominee in 2024. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/49 "2022-11-16T02:23:15Z")
And there’s the announcement: he’s running for President. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/50 "2022-11-16T02:23:20Z")
God, no. Will this torture never end? ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/51 "2022-11-16T02:24:14Z")
I tried to watch and got through about 5 seconds. Could someone please post a link to a transcript when it is available? ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/52 "2022-11-16T02:24:40Z")
Where’s John Wilkes Booth when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/53 "2022-11-16T02:24:46Z")
I’m half listening to hear if he says anything about Desanctimonious…. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/54 "2022-11-16T02:24:46Z")
Very unlikely it will end anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/55 "2022-11-16T02:26:47Z")
Not impressed by DeSantis, then? He’s supposed to be a smarter Trump. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/56 "2022-11-16T02:28:23Z")
So far, @JaneDoe42 , it’s mostly how America had the world’s respect when he was President. Russia, North Korea, and China respected him because he was so tough. Then, he turned to how nothing bad that has happened over the last two years was the result of anything he did while in office. Inflation, high gas prices, lack of respect from the global community–they’re all Biden’s fault, and we all know that Biden falls asleep at international conferences, and forgets the name of the country he is in when travelling. You didn’t miss much. Imagine what you might think he would say, and he said it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/57 "2022-11-16T02:29:43Z")
Trump has a firm hold on a large % of the GOP base. DeSantis is unlikely to run in 2024 in my opinion. The GOP can push back all they want and many of them have in the last few days. We’ve seen it before and when the base gets riled they all end up backing down. I see no reason to think things have changed all that much. The GOP won’t learn any lessons about supporting this boob until they get totally crushed. 2022 midterms were bad for them but not bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/58 "2022-11-16T02:32:04Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > he tooks steps to save American lives from Covid in the spring/summer of 2020, and saved many. Saying you could have killed more people the last time you were President might not be the best point to emphasize when you’re announcing your plan to run again. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/59 "2022-11-16T02:40:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I’m half listening to hear if he says anything about Desanctimonious…. I lasted 15 more minutes. God I hate this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970/60 "2022-11-16T02:41:44Z")
I don’t think DeSanctimonious runs in 2024 either. There’s no reason for a currently-popular 44-year-old governor to get into the mud with the orange hog. He can let Trumpy-Wumpy take one last dumpy on the GOP, and clean up the mess in '28. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donald-trump-2024-campaign-thread-primary-edition/974970.md?page=4)