@#3 ... If "republicans" wanted someone younger than Trump, then why did they nominate Trump? ...

That's an interesting question.

... a majority of Republican voters have said they would prefer a president who is younger than the 78-year-old former commander-in-chief ...

Maybe they nominated Trump because, at the time of the RNC, it was Trump vs Biden, and they thought Biden was weaker?

Of course, Pres Biden then pulled an awesome strategic move, dropping out after the RNC convention that nominated Trump/Vance.

And now the GOP is still trying to figure out how to handle that.

@#13 ... A reference to what? ...

A reference to the then Democratic presumed ticket of Biden/Harris.

Pres Biden did a strategic end-run around the GOP by waiting until after the RNC Convention had announced Trump/Vance before he announced his stepping down.

... You are an idiot ...

Why, thank-you. I always appreciate those ad hominem attacks.

@#16 ... In this particular instance, you called yourself an idiot. ...

OK, I'm listening.

I readily admit that I came into this thread late.

I saw the "You are an idiot" appellation and thanked the alias for hurling it at me.

So, please explain my misunderstanding.

thx.

@#18

For starters, many thanks for the follow-up comment.

But, yes, I think Pres Biden was a reference.

Citing the #9 comment...

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If "republicans" wanted someone younger than Trump, then why did they nominate Trump?
#3 | POSTED BY CHIEFTUTMOSES

Biden was the reference.
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... That makes absolutely no sense
A reference to what? The younger republicans they could have made their official nominee against an old Biden ...

And that is, and has been my point.

For the RNC, Pres Biden was the Democratic Pres presumptive nominee.

And, for the RNC, the Republicans acted in response to that scenario. To their now chaos in responding to the results of it.

And, continuing in my opinion, in doing so, the Republicans fell for, hook, line and sinker, Pres Biden's strategy of waiting until after the RNC to announce his stepping down.

As a result of that major blunder by the GOP strategists, we now seem to have a Democratic presumptive nominee, VP Harris. One which seems to have caught the GOP strategists off-guard. (aside: if they cannot seem to handle this type of strategic assault, how well will they do if they win the Oval Office?)

We also seem to have a Trump campaign that has been out-maneuvered by Pres Biden, and now seems to be struggling (almost humorously at times) in their response to current events.

@#20 ... I have to say Trump's whining about Kamala has been most delicious. ,,,

Yeah, the Trump campaign appears to have been caught totally off-guard regarding Pres Biden choosing to drop out of the campaign after the RNC convention.

I mean, Totally Off Guard.

So, that leads me to ask...

If the folk advising fmr Pres Trump were able to be hoodwinked to such an extent by Pres Biden in this fashion... how might those advisors fare against those entities who may not view the United States in a favorable light?

Or will fmr Pres Trump continue his cozying up to the autocrats and dictators of the world?

@#22 ... It's pretty funny that "senile" Biden got the best of Trump AGAIN. ...

Yup.

But that leads me to ask, WTF is the issue with the Trump campaign?

I mean, if I saw that coming, why didn't the Trump campaign see that coming?

And, by extension, what does that say about the people fmr Pres Trump would want to surround himself with, should he have the opportunity to occupy the Oval Office once again?

Would he select such strategic-ignorant people because his goal seems to be surrounding himself with anal-pore-kissing toadies who express a loyalty to him and not the Constitution?