@#13 ... Why is a multiple convicted felon getting any police or secret service protection? ...

Because, in spite of his legal entanglements, he's still a legitimate candidate and there's probably a couple hundred people out there trying to figure out how to kill him without getting caught.

That's just typical Trump on stage killing time with his super-duper intellectual "weave."

It's like a jigsaw puzzle. It's not his fault if nobody is smart enough to figure it out./s

Also

Keep in mind that Trump never intended to win this election honestly. His new scheme is to coerce election officials in swing states at the local or district level to refuse to certify a Harris win based on some "trumped" up excuse of suspected irregularities. His scheme is to throw the decision to the House of Representatives which, as I understand the process, is one vote per state.

The last I heard, Trump's scheme doesn't seem to be working. Governors and election officials are balking at violating their own Constitutionally mandated election rules. The State of Georgia may be the exception but that's also up in the air.

So, if Trump is just killing time so he doesn't look like Harris already has him whipped, it's possible he already knows his scheme isn't going to work and he's lost the election.

CORKY

I hope Trump receives a "friendly" invitation to retire in Moscow or St. Petersburg ~ whichever city has the tallest buildings with windows.

Trump thinks that he is so hated that he needs U.S. military fighter jets as escorts.

I fail to see the logic behind that. Who does he think is going to try and shoot him down? Especially in the air.

I hope President Biden realizes that Trump's request is just an attention-grabbing scheme to make him look so important that he needs a military escort.

Trump has become the biggest, nastiest, unscrupulous, irresponsible, narcissistic, mentally unstable troll in the country.

I apologize for the redundancy.

Rcade gave us a means to protect ourselves from trolls. It's called Killfile. Use it!

Also, don't feed them. They gorge themselves on attention, knowing that you've at least read their post.

My question is why aren't these religious groups trying to ban vasectomies? (with no exceptions)

My guess is that we'll never see that subject come up.

And she didn't steal it from charity fundraisers either.

Always the eager opportunist, it sounds to me that Majorie Taylor Green has jumped on Trump's death threats carousel.

But meteorologists? Really? Because they laughed at her for saying that the government controlled the weather? (Democrats caused Hurricane Milton, hint, hint)

And because President Biden called her stupid?

And because she wants to be included in Trump's inner sanctum if he wins the election?

Or, maybe President Biden is right. She's just stupid!

AU

The main message I get is that she doesn't have to lie, scheme, cheat, scam, skim, sell political favors or create false impressions to win. She doesn't have to dig up dirt, make threats, destroy careers or use ragtag hooligans as enforcers. She doesn't have to hobnob with or make promises to America's enemies in exchange for campaign chicanery. She doesn't have to use discrimination to create chaos. She doesn't have to use fear of retaliation to get support.

And she's not dodging a multitude of felony and civil indictments for fraud, attempts to overthrow the government and Espionage.

That tells me she'd be the same as a president that she is as a candidate ~ A refreshingly honest broker ~ for a welcome change.

Tied up so he couldn't even try to save himself.

That's cold.

Trump's mind has been taking a lot of side trips for quite a while. It comes with his age.

Trump is going to need more than fawning if he crosses Putin a second time. ~ 2020 and again in 2024.

COMMONOTES

Well, there was that "Apprentice" shindig at Mara-a-Lago. I suspect Vance had holes in both his kneepads that were provided by Peter Thiel.

"Trump has Putin on speed dial."

Reassuring Mr. Putin that it's 'all in the bag' for 2024 no doubt.

Trump is very envious of the power Vladimir Putin has in Russia. Trump wants the same for himself in the U.S. at least for as long as he lives.

Then, of course, we have J.D. Vance wearing out his kneepads in hopes the GOP picks him as Trump's successor.

ZED @ #15

"Of course MAGA would support Trump despite his being concretely proven to be a traitor"

Trump won't need that bunch of ragtags any more. As Dictator he'll abolish the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and have the whole U.S. Military at his disposal. Trump has already told us he plans to fire any general, including the Joint Chief, if they disobey him.

The first thing Dictators guard most against is a mutiny or a military coup.

Remember in Russia when there were rumors of dissent in the Kremlin, Putin broke us the clique.

And also remember what happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin , leader of the Wagner Group, when Putin got the message they were headed for Moscow.

So yeah, Trump will follow the example set his friend, Vladimir Putin.

DANNI

Trump will make sure his newly appointed Attorney General at the DOJ will not charge him with Treason.

Keep in mind, that if Trump is elected, all of the other felony charges against him will be dropped and disappear into the dustbin of history.

Any State Attorney General with civil indictments or pending charges will also be replaced and the charges dropped.

With the U.S. Supreme Court in his pocket, appeals will be fruitless.

IOW, if Trump wins this election, he will be a free man to retaliate against all his enemies. No one who has ever made a judgment or spoken out against his re-election will be safe from his rampage.

BTW, if Trump is elected, the Free Press will be among the first to go and the media will be replaced with State Run TV along with internet access.

The United States will also have a new Constitution drawn up by the folks at the Heritage Foundation. Trump will be America's first Dictator and there won't be a thing anybody can do about it ~ without being arrested for crimes against the new "establishment."

The United States will be in charge of a madman ~ as most Dictators in history are known to be.

GUNSLINGER

Right now Trump is just a (small t) traitor. But if he's elected and ignores NATO (and Congress if necessary) to join forced with an adversary (Russia) he will be officially a (capitol T) Traitor. His only recourse is to be exonerated by the U.S. Supreme Court, an objective already in progress.

On the domestic side . . .

Trump is not smart enough to devise and carry out such a complicated plan. He's basically a follower. The plan itself has been engineered by the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025) in cooperation with the GOP.

Which answers the question of why Trump is going to such drastic (and unlawful) measures to win the election in 2024. Absolutely EVERYTHING is dependent upon it. They're all desperate ~ Trump, Putin, the GOP, the U.S. Supreme Court, the engineers of the project at the Heritage Foundation, J.D. Vance (the GOP's unelected replacement in 2028) and every state governor and every state legislator who has joined forces with Trump to abolish democracy in favor of an autocracy and a one-party rule forever.

And let's don't forget that Trump also sent 100's of America's reserve stockpile of respirators to Russia, leaving the United States desperately short of this critical life-saving medical necessity and added to the million + unnecessary deaths of American citizens ~ all of which are rightfully attributed to Trump's incompetency in a crisis.

Trump's loss in 2020 ended up putting big crimp in Russia's expansion plans. Those multiple phone calls between Trump and Putin could have been Trump trying to convince an angry Mr. Putin that he (Trump) had a bulletproof plan to overturn the election and that he (Putin) should go forward with the invasion of Ukraine ~~ which he (Putin) did in February 2022.

I find it hard to believe that Mr. Putin was that gullible but on the other hand, the cooperative planning between Trump and Putin for the invasion was a long time in the making, not to mention wholly dependent on Trump winning re-election ~~ so perhaps, with Russian forces already amassed on the border, it was too late for Mr. Putin to do anything but take Trump's word and go forward.

A serious case of bad judgment on both Trump and Putin.

But all is not lost. If Trump wins in 2024 and cuts off military funding for Ukraine, Mr. Putin, if can hang on just another few months, might finally get his wish.

It's not too early to predict, with a Trump presidency, that the United States will find itself involved in WWIII as Trump joins forces with Russia to expand their invasion into the Baltic states and beyond in Eastern Europe.

Trump speaks on a 4th grade level.

Yeah, but Melania doesn't. Especially on the abortion issue and women's rights.

Melania spoke out and agrees with the judge in Georgia who said, "Women are not community property."

Now I guess Trump doesn't like his wife so much any more.

HUGH

Trump just wants to reduce the Dept. of Education down to the size of a thimble. Somebody has to be sitting at a desk to order and pay (with taxpayer money) for all those fake leather-bound Bibles from Trump's new Bible printing company at $300 a pop. The Governor of Oklahoma already has a pending order in for thousands of copies for Oklahoma classrooms.

Civil War?

Maybe Trump is planning on using the U.S. Army or the National Guard. If not, then I think Trump overestimates the number of his hard-core Proud Boys.

HUGH @ #9

I'm not convinced the investors were expecting the kind of $-returns-$ you're talking about, especially Saudi Arbia who had to prop it back up a couple times. I think it's more likely they were buying favors from Trump when (BIG IF) he gets re-elected.

Trump can talk the wings off a fly when he wants to. Especially if he's selling a money scam.