• Trump is vowing not to be “nice” after his near-fatal shooting at his Pennsylvania rally.
  • He initially softened his tone, calling for unity in a speech at the Republican National Convention.
  • But he quickly resumed attacks on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    “I was going to milk this for sympathy until you started ignoring me.”

    I’m getting good at translating from narcissist. I wish I had learned French instead.

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    Imagine what an asshole you have to be to be nearly assassinated and shrug off all sympathy toward it within a week. Cool dude. I don’t really care, do u?

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    To the great surprise of no one.

    Remember this is the man who, during the Covid pandemic, was handed a softball question from a reporter “What do you say to Americans who are scared… millions who are scared right now?” Basically set him up to provide a reassuring, caring response, to sound presidential for once in his life.

    Except his response was: “I say that you’re a terrible reporter,” Trump snapped aggressively. “That’s what I say. I think that’s a very nasty question. You’re doing sensationalism.”

    He’s a hateful, divisive, incompetent person who consistently reminds us how terrible humans being can be.

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      He was bad before, helped make the pandemic what it was (is), but this would have been a shining point in an otherwise terrible presidency. Like you said, it was an almost trope level question in crisis, one that any leader knows how to approach, and he went sideways. Anyone with any empathy towards others who supported him should have walked away then.

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        Literally two words like “stay strong” would have been infinitely better. And that was literally the very first thing that popped into my head. I’m sure I could come up with something a little more meaningful given a few seconds of thought.

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    This dude is going to be wearing some kind of bandage on his ear for the next few months isn’t he.

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      I don’t think it’s just about sympathy. I think if it took off a small piece of his ear, he will never take it off because of his vanity. You’ll probably never see that side of his face again if he can help it.

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      I just got an image in my head of him wearing an eye patch on his ear with the elastic running across his forehead, and had a good giggle, thanks lol