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'He has dementia': Internet erupts after Trump suggests he looks like Elvis
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I mean, look at him. Is that supposed to be a...face? It's just plain tragic.
When the road is made of breadcrumbs, you can't really make them out anymore
Where are you getting this from?
Oh I see. I guess I figured these were plenty of non supporters on truth social. Even if just these to troll. So I didn't read that as supporters attacking him for it.
Biden is on Truth Social. And, at least at one point, he had more followers on it than Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/18/biden-truth-social-followers-trump
And yes, Biden uses it to troll Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-campaign-ridicules-donald-trump-truth-social-1866030
So, basically, interpreting that comment as saying supporters are attacking him for this doesn't hold water.
I mean it may be true. That person who asked where Ivanka is and why she isn't doing anything about it sounds like a Trump supporter.
How so? I don't see it.
Does that really sound like someone who isn't planning to vote for Trump?
No, not at all. "Politics aside" is used when you disagree with someone on politics.
So you think a Biden voter would want Ivanka to step in to make Trump a better candidate?
Why would she want that?
No, I think it's just an insult.
So a Biden voter is insulting Trump by begging his daughter to help him with his campaign?
She didn't say anything about his campaign. If we're talking about him having dementia, which is what this whole thing is about, then Jil is probably telling her to get help with that. But the reality is that Jil probably doesn't care and this is just an insult.
I just don't understand how asking Ivanka to "do something FFS" is either an insult or a request for medical help. Neither of those claims make any sense to me.
The whole thing is about him having dementia. It's the context. How can that not make sense? How does making up it being about the campaign make more sense?
She didn't say anything about dementia. If she wanted to insult him about having dementia, why didn't she mention the dementia?
It makes more sense for it being about the campaign because, again, she is begging Ivanka to help Trump. It doesn't matter if she says "politics aside." Only a Trump supporter would want that rapist seditious wannabe dictator to get help. Because helping him helps him win. That should be blatantly obvious.
If she wanted to help his campaign, why didn't she mention the campaign? We're both inferring what she was referring to, so the double-edged nature of this question should be patently obvious. I'm a little shocked it was even asked.
This is included as an example in an article that starts with "Donald Trump on Saturday was hit with an avalanche of criticism." The author of the article pretty clearly agrees with me. Additionally, you are ignoring the "politics aside" part of the comment which strongly implies there is a differing of politics here that Jil wants to transcend. You are required to infer both the context and the content of the post itself for your position to be true, so it certainly does not make more sense.
It's facetious. She doesn't expect it to happen.
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How can you state that as if it is fact after saying the above?
I figured it was safe from the context that I wouldn't have to repeat what we were talking about every time. But I guess I should have seen super pedanticism coming in this debate, rather than working together to try and get to the truth.
You seem to believe you already know the truth.
Yes, obviously I do. Which is why I took a position. The fact that you nit-picked my language, and are now trying to make this about me, makes it pretty clear your goal is simply to get a win at this point.
I see, you know the truth but I can only infer things and I am definitely wrong but am defending my position because I want to "get a win."
Interesting.
The Trump fans mostly follow Trump’s personal account which is automatically added to your follow list when you sign up there, they don’t have much reason to seek out the Team Trump campaign account. Biden’s audience is tiny on that platform compared to Trump’s audience.