All Things Trump: the story continues...

[JimC]

No idea. But he has a verified tick, so is probably a person of some note.

Nah, this is a verified tick...

[Brian Peacock]

[Svartalf]

No idea. But he has a verified tick, so is probably a person of some note.

Nah, this is a verified tick...

16970-close-up-of-a-tick-pv.jpg

looks like a bedbug, just not where you'd expect it.

[JimC]

They are spider's nasty little cousins...

[Svartalf]

let the scorpions eat them

[Tero]

Trump will run because he loves rallies. And he will also promote Trumpian candidates in 2024, keeping the party close to him. He will lose the election against pretty much anyone but Biden. Biden will need to wrap up his own doings in 2023 and start grooming a successor.

The former President’s recent activities certainly reflect a candidate-in-waiting. At his Saturday rally in Robstown, Texas, he arrived in his beloved Boeing 757 jet, a favorite rally prop during his previous runs for office that he and allies have nicknamed “Trump Force One.” The plane, which had only recently completed repairs, is expected to reappear on the campaign trail in the coming weeks. Trump has also been floating different leadership structures for his campaign and soliciting advice from allies on whether he should name a campaign manager and, if so, who that person should be. Four people familiar with the matter said he is widely expected to offer a leadership position to longtime GOP strategist Chris LaCivita, who currently helms one of his primary fundraising vehicles, and has also discussed elevating Sergio Gor to a senior role, two of those people said. Gor is a former Rand Paul aide who now runs a conservative publishing business with Trump’s son, Don Jr.

“Chris makes a lot of sense and has a reputation for being a very good political operative,” said a Trump adviser. “Trump sees value in bringing on an actual political pro this time.” LaCivita declined to comment on the record.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/politics ... index.html

[Tero]

Trump and Democrat to debate on Twitter in 2024
http://karireport.blogspot.com/2022/10/ ... itter.html

Note to Scotty: this is parody.

[Tero]

It should be pretty obvious at this point. If GOP runs Trump, Democrats must run Obama. As vice president. The Amendment does not specify that a candidate can't run for VP. If by some accident the president quits or dies then the VP does not "run" so the amendmnet does not apply. it says run (well, it says "be elected president") , not "serve." If Trump can avoid being impeached, this is the least the country can do for us, bending the rules!

If anyone’s looking to be rescued in this final stretch before the midterms, it’s the Democratic Party. And it’s turning, yet again, to the 44th president to save them from freefall.

With Joe Biden’s poll numbers stuck in the low 40s, the sitting president has largely been absent from the trail in the final weeks of the campaign, opting for a mix of speeches from the Washington area and headlining fundraisers. Into the void stepped his former boss, who reminded crowds over the weekend that he remains — far and away — his party’s most effective surrogate.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/3 ... s-00064155

[Tero]

On that thought as well, Obama could "run" with a Democrat candidate with the understanding that he would be named secretary of state after the election. The line of succession is:
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate (typically, the Senator with the longest tenure in the Senate)
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security

In the event of a president quitting they would simply jump over the 4th line.

[Tero]

Brazilian election was ALSO stolen!
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/11328644 ... -bolsonaro

[JimC]

Brazilian election was ALSO stolen!
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/11328644 ... -bolsonaro

Apparently supporters of Bolsonaro are preparing for a fight...

[Svartalf]

can we convince the trumpsters that it was bolsonaro who was behind biden, and that they should take their guns and go support lula?

[rainbow]

can we convince the trumpsters that it was bolsonaro who was behind biden, and that they should take their guns and go support lula?

Heads would explode.

[Svartalf]

You say that like it were a bad thing.

[Tero]

The past two years have put a big dent in Trump reputation. He can't deny he was a loser. So I think he will run even if it bankrupts him. A half a year ago I was saying that that would result in Biden also running. But looking at him and the overall picture (twitter feed) I think he is now used up. That is actually good news. If Dems run anybody but Biden or Harris, they are guaranteed a win against Trump.

Trump is holding rallies over the next week in Iowa — an early 2024 primary state — as well as the key presidential battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The effort is designed to put him in the public eye in the final stretches of the midterms, and preserve the ability for him to take credit if various candidates he’s backed come out strong.

There is risk to the approach, as many of Trump’s favorites are not guaranteed success. Losses in various races could put a blemish on the Trump record, and if Republicans fail to win the Senate, many will blame Trump.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3 ... term-rout/

The 2024 campaign will effectively kick off when the polls close on Nov. 8, and potential challengers have spent months carefully laying the groundwork for their own expected campaigns. That includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely seen as Trump’s most formidable challenger and who has been cultivating a deep donor network as he runs for reelection.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Rick Scott and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton have been aggressively stumping for midterm candidates, as have former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Yahoo