Because he is going to cut Medicare and Medicaid, all of that stuff is gonna get touched.
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"no no no, I cut OBAMAcare"
I will never stop laughing at "I hAve CONcePtS of A PlAN" said in the voice of a fucking child who got caught lying
I, almost for certain, thought that (along with the rest of that debate) was the end of him at the time. Entire political careers have lived and died on sub-10-second sound bites, and there is no way to spin that to make him sound like he knows what he's doing.
Bro if the fuckin' grabbing women by the pussy comment, the 30+ felonies, the insurrection, the mocking of the disabled, the comments about the underage pageant contestants, being best friends with Jeff Epstein, and generally being a fucking LOSER didn't do it, why would him saying he has a plan do anything?
I forgot about him calling dead soldiers losers.
And the nonstop golfing.
And the theft of classified documents.
And the pissy sex party.
And trying to nuke a hurricane.
him being a shitty human being is something his supporters like and admire, but even really terrible people prefer a leader that has some idea of what they're going to do as a leader.
I have to disagree. The supporters around me like the chaos.
I tell them that their idea of changing the government is akin to burning their house down with their children inside because it needs new plumbing. They just don't care.
And I understand why they are the way they are - they're desperate, and they lack the cognitive capacity to fully understand what's happening. I can't blame them, as much as I want to. They're sick - mentally ill. Truly broken by a system that's designed to break them.
this is the local representation hiding behind the orange dictators apron strings. they refuse to meet with their consituents to answer to their actions (or lack thereof), so theyre attempting to appeal to the hyper-maga crowd who are so brainwashed by fox news they believe this shit.
Propaganda sinks in better if it's heard years in advance instead of 3 months before the election. It's easier to make people think other news sources are exaggerating if they've heard the opposite for months and months prior
Because we do not live in a Democracy with regular election seasons.
We live in a fascist oligarchy, which must constantly beam propoganda into the minds of its citizens.
...
Trump basically never stopped campaigning during the entirety of the Biden term, nor even for his fist term... despite being the President.
US political ad seasons are notorious for being ... way too long, up to a year... compared to most functional demcracies, where this ad season is often several weeks, not several, or many months.
Trump ratcheted this lengthy American political ad season into just literally all the time.
Before him, a sitting President running ads... during the middle of their own term... I think its literally unprecedented. Sure they'd give addresses and speeches to the public in extraordinary situations... but not run what amount to campaign ads... just all the time.
This is the power of money and media in the digital age.
Tell the lies often enough, and they become real to the enthralled. Literally right out of Goebbels playbook.
It truly now just is cult reaffirming propoganda, in the derogatory 1984/dictator sense of propoganda
Trump has stated many times he'll serve a third term. Told people they'd "never need to vote again." He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
Trump has stated many times he’ll serve a third term. Told people they’d “never need to vote again.” He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
Hell, his official website is selling Trump 2028 merch.
Yeeee-up.
Look at the Atlantic interview.
"I would never, ever consider running again, I'm against it, I don't even want to talk about it, it's a boundary too far, stop asking."
"However I do have people shouting in my face that I must."
He'll not run again.
However, unless he is stopped by the American people, or death, or death by the American people -wink wink- then his second term will be for as long as he wants it to be. Putin style.
It's up to the people of the USA if he is allowed to do that or not.
I doubt they'll do anything though. They'll wait and wait hoping for someone else to do something and when they finally realise no one is going to stop him it will be too late. He'll have taken over everything that could topple or stand against him and filled it with his cronies. The backwards school yard bully will have become the backwards despotic dictator.
He fully plans on being President untill he dies.
Tbh, I really hope he got this for him.
This has ALWAYS been a key feature of fascist regimes throughout history: operating as if you're always running for election. Mussolini and Hitler both continued to hold big rallies even after they'd officially suspended voting. It's a big part of how they keep their base engaged.
This is why. Republicans in Congress are planning to take "at least" $880 Billion over ten years out of Medicare and Medicaid to pay for extending tax cuts for the wealthy. There are also ads in the opposite direction raising alarm about this. They say they'll make the cuts without reducing benefits, and by that they generally mean they're going to pay doctors even less for caring for those patients.
The Coalition to Strengthen Healthcare has some resources to facilitate grass roots advocacy if you're interested!
Not really an answer to your question, but Firefox + Ublock Origin will fix that problem for you.
And YouTube ReVanced for mobile.
And NextDNS for everything else.
I like https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Is ReVanced having any features I'm missing out on with NewPipe? (Serious question, never bothered trying ReVanced)
ReVanced mods the official YouTube apk, meaning you maintain syncing watch history, subscriptions, likes, comments etc. Which iirc NewPipe doesn't. Whether you care about that is entirely up to you though, NewPipe is certainly better if you care more about privacy
That or they are going to cut Medicare and then blame it on the democrats, and people will believe it because they saw the commercial.
Because you're not blocking ads.
Exactly. Switch to Firefox + uBlock Origin. Problem solved.
Because he's a narcissistic, egotistical, megalomaniac and loves seeing his face and hearing his own voice. The ads are not for you. They're for him.
at this point I suspect they're also buying air time to deny it to other outfits like Lincoln Project.
Yep, he likes running for office where he can get cheers and applause, but not actually governing. Except he's too chicken shit to actually hold rallies anymore for fear someone puts a bullet through his skull. Probably a reasonable fear too, given the rate he's breaking things in the States.
All of the above
Because he is going to run for a third term and they're expecting to lose with the current momentum.
I haven’t seen a commercial in years, but what I can speak about is the random us flags. Is this for July 4th or is it to support Trump? My grocery store sells so many sizes now and they’re so cheap. It’s the cheapest thing they have.
They run TV ads in California where Kristi Noem talks about how great Trump is for deporting all of these people and how secure America is. Then pictures of CECOT prisoners arranged in little squares surrounded by guards proudly posed. It’s so odd.
He is a Narcissist. He needs to be loved, that's why he thrives in his role of Almighty President-King.
Polls are showing that he isn't, so he pushes ads here and tries to buy love there.