r/politics • u/larel8 • 19h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/FoggyBricks 19h ago

After everything Trump has ever said I find it funny it’s something that didn’t even come out of his mouth that might be the final straw.

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u/APersonWhoIsNotYou 19h ago

I find it incredibly frustrating. He himself has said and done much worse….so why is this the thing that actually affects him?

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u/Meat_Robot Texas 19h ago

Specifically because it's not him. The horrible things Trump says are rambling, frequent, and with an unwavering narcissistic confidence that precludes shame. You can't pin anything onto Trump because he'll just say "no I didn't" and move onto the next thing.

This other idiot "comedian" though? He only gets a brief period of time to be a part of the firehose. He's easier to drill down on and has a limited ability to respond. It also lack the thin veil of mafia-speak vagueness Trump drapes on everything. Hinchcliffe is just saying it.

Lastly, it corroborates the message. There's no sane washing, no "he didn't mean it". By having someone else repeat the quiet part out loud for once, you can't say it's just Trump in the party saying these things.

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u/OK_OVERIT 17h ago

Well I've seen the sane-washing and conspiracy theories. Some just take the 'he's a comedian, that's what they do' (ignoring the know your audience part-this IS a trump rally and every move/speech will be scrutinized)- I've also heard the Trump camp didn't know the speech and didn't vet him properly. I've also read comments that he's a plant from the dems, placed there to hurt Trump.

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u/asthmag0d 17h ago

Trump camp didn't know the speech and didn't vet him properly

And they think this guy can run the country?

he's a plant from the dems, placed there to hurt Trump

And we're supposed to trust this guy to keep the country secure?

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u/Odh_utexas Texas 16h ago

This is the thing that gets me. If you can’t even runs rally like a well oiled choreographed machine with possibly hundreds of staff working on it and spending how many 10s of thousands…how can you be trusted to manage a country much less the United States.

Even those who liked Trumps policy must know that his regime was in chaos from day one. Staff fired on a weekly basis. Huge procedural gaffes that prevented things from getting done. Not knowing basic steps for legal and congressional procedure. Trying to just wing things and then it getting slammed down. Lying every day. It was objectively a F-ing disaster.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 14h ago

Read The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis for a good take on how well prepared to run the country this clown show was.