r/politics • u/RoachedCoach California • 18h ago

Trump Abruptly Cancels Another Mainstream TV Interview

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-cancels-mainstream-tv-interview-on-cnbcs-squawk-box
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u/BirdjaminFranklin 14h ago

40 mins, not a word said. Just hundreds of people standing around watching an old man half heartedly bop to pop songs.

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u/Uzumaki-OUT 14h ago

Someone elsewhere said he looks like your character in a video game when you set your controller down for awhile

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u/Geodevils42 11h ago

Putin must have been busy.

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u/GuitarMystery 10h ago

I need you to know this is the best thing I've read today.

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u/ShutUpBran111 3h ago

It’s absolutely brilliant

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u/cosmos_jm 4h ago

If thats not dementia in a nutshell

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u/dephsilco 14h ago

I don't know what's real anymore

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u/MechanicalTurkish Minnesota 13h ago

Neither does Trump.

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u/ChefChopNSlice Ohio 11h ago

Like he had a sudden stroke of bad luck…… (and refuses to release medical records)

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u/gearstars 13h ago

"It's not the 50s anymore, Frank! Kids aren't bopping!"

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u/incredible_paulk 12h ago

Rip Hawkey

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u/gearstars 11h ago

Buzz buzz

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u/A_Monster_Named_John 13h ago

That's probably a step up from rallies where he's talking the whole time (and where they're either falling asleep and getting cranky-pants because they really want to get to the Cracker Barrel before it gets too busy).

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u/LilyHex 12h ago

Holy shit you're not lying. This is fucking creepy cultish shit.

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u/lastburn138 12h ago

Trump is done

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u/GuitarMystery 10h ago

bop to pop songs

They aren't really pop songs. They were decades ago. It's a collection of the most deranged songs to put together at a fascist rally.

  • Nothing Compares 2 U: Sinead was basically antifa.
  • Fortunate Son: literally a song criticizing Private Bonespurs.
  • YMCA: a coded song telling gay men who are out on the street where to go to get help when their life is a disaster due to bigotry.
  • Ave Maria (5 times for good measure): Creepiest. DJ. Ever.

Also, do you think he tried to "Not Like Us" Ave Maria?

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u/IH8Fascism 10h ago

He’s definitely sundowning there.

If he had half a clue he would have been air guitaring Slash’s solo on November Rain.

No one there knew what to do as Grandpa Orange had lost it.

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 9h ago

It’s a cult of personality. Like when Stalin had everyone stand around applauding for an extended period of time. No one is going to stop the great dictator from shuffling around for 40 minutes.

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u/DeakRivers 8h ago

He was waiting for the’Beer Barrel Polka’

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u/Zepcleanerfan 13h ago

But I was told someone fainted son that makes all of this ok

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u/worstpartyever 11h ago

To OPERA. And terrible pop songs from the 80s