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Republicans worry Trump is having a ‘public nervous breakdown’

‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’ former Congressman and Republican Adam Kinzinger said

Republicans are concerned that party leader Donald Trump is having a “public nervous breakdown” after he made a series of offensive outbursts about Vice President Kamala Harris as he slips behind her in the polls.

The former president has made a number of insulting personal attacks against his Democratic rival since she moved to the top of the ticket. Last week, Trump questioned Harris’s racial identity at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Over the weekend, he accused Harris of having a “low IQ.”

New polls indicate Trump is slipping behind the vice president in the popular vote and races are tightening in battleground states.

“This is what you would call a public nervous breakdown,” Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump state department appointee, told https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/05/republicans-cringe-trump-harris-attacks-00172724.

sudo42 ,

Republicans worry Trump is having a ‘public nervous breakdown’

No, Trump is just preparing his insanity defense for when he loses.

workerONE ,

He never had any marbles to lose. He doesn’t read and has a short attention span. He’s only interested in enriching himself and gaining power, he doesn’t care about anyone else, he doesn’t care about this country. He doesn’t care about people’s beliefs, they are just a tool he uses as a means to an end.

NewNewAccount ,

Headlines like this have existed for the entire time Trump has been in the political spotlight.

Do not trust conservatives will see this and agree. Do not get complacent. Vote. Encourage friends and family to vote.

nova_ad_vitum , (edited )

At this point the people who are already Trump supporters will not be swayed. He was always nuts, he was always weird, he always spewed out nonsensical word-salad. The fight is for independents who are still on the fence, and everyone on both sides considers them gullible idiots, and campaign strategy will reflect that.

eestileib ,

Everyone correctly considers them gullible idiots when it comes to politics.

All those people will have other areas of individual expertise as well.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

They’re not wrong, it’s just that being in a breakdown/meltdown state is normal for him.

JimSamtanko ,

So, based on this- he’s been having a nervous breakdown for the past four years following four year of…. [Checks notes] a four year nervous breakdown.

FelixCress , (edited )

Donald Trump is losing his marbles

We all know that. For years.

Sludgehammer ,
@Sludgehammer@lemmy.world avatar

‘Donald Trump is losing his marbles,’

He had some?

nieminen ,

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Adderbox76 ,

Theoretically, what would happen if this close to the election, the stress causes a blood vessel to burst and Trump just strokes out?

I mean, besides the post-jedi levels of celebration, would Vance just be inserted into the ticket if it’s too far along to have a new primary?

modus ,

His cult would still vote for him if he’s got a pulse.

lolcatnip ,

Is being alive a qualification to be elected? I have no doubt Trump’s people will try to pull an Air Bud “there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball” move.

thetreesaysbark ,

weekend at bernies

Jerboa wouldn’t let me paste the gif

transientpunk ,
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HWK_290 ,

A bigger question is, how could we tell that even happened?

Edit: I mean short of him dying or becoming a drooling vegetable. The man is already deeply deranged and exhibiting significant mental declind

finley ,

after the Yub Nub festival, presumably Vance should step up, but, given his shocking unpopularity, the RNC could nominate someone entirely different.

nobody knows. it has never happened before, so it would be new territory.

dhork ,

Once the individual state filing deadlines have passed, it’s likely that Trump/Vance would have to remain on the ballot. But this is one instance where the Electoral College helps, because the election is not for the candidates themselves, it is for electors who support the ticket. And the final certification of electors is up to each State Legislature.

So, if God exercises His Ultimate Veto on Trump’s Presidency, it will be commonly understood that Vance would take over the ticket. He will pick a new VP, and any former Trump/Vance electors would likely cast electoral votes for Vance/Chesterfield instead. While it is possible that State Democrats might challenge this, it’s also absurd to force electors to vote for someone who can no longer take office, so it’s likely that States would give their blessing to the substitution. Particularly if Harris is the overall winner regardless, and the Republican EC votes are simply for the historical record, and have no effect on the outcome.

wjrii ,

Vance/Chesterfield

First VP with a sexual harassment claim against their boss?

kandoh ,

I think almost dying really rattled him. He seems very unthrilled about being out in public now.

Milk_Sheikh ,

He was SHOOK at the RNC days after the attempt - it would have been the funniest thing for someone to pop a balloon right as he walked out

Tja ,

Ha! Missed me.

eestileib ,

Well that’s one thing I can sympathize with him about.

Lizardking27 ,

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IchNichtenLichten ,
@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world avatar

If he wins, his legal troubles go away. If he loses they come back with a vengeance.

Looks like this weird old man is starting to get nervous and lash out.

Please continue.

IllNess ,

Finding out the Supreme Court isn’t going give him unlimited power might’ve blown a gasket.

On top of what you said if Harris wins a prosecutor who Trump constantly insults will be president, and Biden, who Trump also insults and put his son in prison, will have 3 months to do whatever the fuck he wants. Lol

lolcatnip ,

All true except Biden had nothing to do with his son being prosecuted. At most, Biden will allow him to go to prison by leaving office without pardoning him (which I believe he will do, because it’s the not-corrupt thing to do.)

dhork ,

No, he absolutely should pardon Hunter. He should acknowledge the hypocrisy in a public statement, though. He should note the broad power the Supreme Court has given him to take Official Actions like this with impunity, and double-dog dare Congress to do whatever it takes to rein in abuses like that.

lolcatnip ,

Hmm, that’s a good point.

Tja ,

Is it? Presidents had pardon power before the SC ruling.

crusa187 ,

This would actually be pretty cool, and might even work to restore some balance to the scales of justice. Alas, I don’t think Biden has the requisite cojones.

dhork ,

Since it involves his kid, though, he might find the juice to do it.

toasteecup ,

I don’t think it’s a matter of having the chutzpah or not.

Biden at his core is a pretty solid straight lace public servant. He listens to the majority of the people and tries to do what’s best for the country. While that move would be great for the country, it goes against his straight lacedness.

theangryseal ,

I mean, this is what I’d do.

I try hard to hold onto my moral compass and practice what I preach, but when it comes to my kids I probably could go hard. Especially if they were facing a future in a cage. If I had the power I just wouldn’t let it happen.

Tja ,

It’s not an abuse, or at least not a new abuse. Presidents always had pardon power, and trump himself pardoned his friends. Nothing to do with the SC ruling.

dhork ,

But he can now highlight it as an “official act”, which means that he can do whatever he wants, no backsies.

He can further drive the point home by publically stating that Hunter gave him a $5 “gratuity” afterwards, and daring Mike Johnson to impeach him over it.

IchNichtenLichten ,
@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world avatar

Amazing how quickly things can turn around. I was getting worried when Biden was still in the race. Now it’s open season on those peculiar far right oddballs.

garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

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stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Cry baby snowflake felon is little cry baby snowflake felon - big shocker here

IllNess ,

Remember when Amber Rose said she would back Trump because he was a “real man”?

Lol

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

It’s almost always just power plays imo. On both sides.

I think a big problem we have is that our populace is so large. We have a lot of culture and lifestyles to embrace, so politicians in order to appeal to the broad audience wash out most of who they actually are and end up with these surface level generalists who still have personalities below that we won’t see.

Hard to be a singular representative for a large populace and stay popular.

borf ,

both sides

ignores the rest of the comment

stevedidwhat_infosec ,

Just trying to understand - are you saying that it’s not both sides?

I personally think that republicans are more likely to go back on their word, but dems do it as well

To address the problem we need to have the problem in full in front of us if we’re to eradicate the problem and not just swing a pendulum back and forth endlessly until the planet boils us alive

TrickDacy ,

What exactly is “both sides” here? You’re getting pushback because that’s a loaded phrase and is basically never used in good faith. But show us this is an exception, if you can.

DaddleDew ,

His Olympic-level mental gymnastics abilities are starting to fail at keeping him convinced that what is happening to him isn’t someone else’s fault.

peopleproblems ,

How come when this guy has a public nervous break down it’s big news, but when the rest of us have one it’s “suck it up and get therapy?”

I want people to get worried about the country when I have a nervous breakdown.

MagicShel ,

How is your nuclear engineering? You could potentially make folks quite nervous, indeed.

peopleproblems ,

I have no certifications, but I do understand more than I need to about PWR and BWR plants. I mean, I couldn’t run a plant myself, I don’t know what all the buttons do, and I don’t know the various smaller parts and components.

I mean if you gave me time and low enriched nuclear fuel, a machinist, an electronics technician, and some money to buy other components and generators I could probably get one built. Would it be safe? Unlikely, but it would work.

But that’s also sort of the same lines as, yes technically I’ve worked on a flight control computer for commercial air craft, or heart pumps. I’ve definitely been capable of working on missile control systems but I decided I didn’t like the idea of building weapons.

So I mean, in all, how worried I make other people is entirely dependent on what makes people worry.

Being commander in chief seems to make a lot of people worry without a lot of effort

kent_eh ,

Had Trump not regularly insulted people who seek out therapy there might be a bit more sympathy for the situation he finds himself in.

DarkDecay ,

Could just be his old man dementia finally surfacing. He’s fucking old, the oldest presidential candidate for sure. He’s done, he should just drop out, it’s pathetic.

Valmond ,

Donold Trump.

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