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Trump's Unity Speech 👀😳 do we have confirmation yet? (Original Post) underpants Jun 2020 OP
Does anybody actually give a crap? Geechie Jun 2020 #1
That speech is going to be a loong time in writing and re-write. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2020 #2
Well, his screechwriters aren't really capable of writing those words so... nt 2naSalit Jun 2020 #4
Stephen Miller will plagiarize Martin Luther King Jr. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #8
Biden already gave it at the George Floyd funeral. fierywoman Jun 2020 #3
I hope it happens vlyons Jun 2020 #5
I do too but time is running out. underpants Jun 2020 #11
It's taking... Newest Reality Jun 2020 #6
Also takes time to translate. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2020 #9
I am bemused by the possibility of the Orange Divider giving such a speech. Yonnie3 Jun 2020 #7
Oh I think it will be fantastic underpants Jun 2020 #10
Is he trying to unite... orwell Jun 2020 #12

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)
2. That speech is going to be a loong time in writing and re-write.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jun 2020

Trump is incapable of reading the words that attempt to heal the wounds that he has exploited for his political benefit.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
5. I hope it happens
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jun 2020

It would surely be a butt show of gigantic proportions. It would be staged to look like a real POTUS was leading the nation. Possibly from the oval office with a bank of American flags as backdrop. But of course, such a speech would be nothing but empty platitudes, read off a monitor, and not read well. No emotion. Just stumbling over big words.

Trump is all about appearances, but there is no real substance there. Just a con man grifter, putting on a show.

"Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
Form is no other than emptiness, and emptiness is no other than form."

--- The Heart of Wisdom Sutra


underpants

(182,803 posts)
11. I do too but time is running out.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 12:50 PM
Jun 2020

The funeral was yesterday. He can’t wait past Thursday. A Friday night speech? Next week? No way.

As I said below - there is absolutely no upside for him here speech or no speech.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. It's taking...
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jun 2020

It's taking Miller a while to plagiarize a unity speech Hitler made. It needs some updates and adjustments.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,735 posts)
9. Also takes time to translate.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 12:00 PM
Jun 2020

Spanky would completely botch it in the original German because of too many long words.

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)
7. I am bemused by the possibility of the Orange Divider giving such a speech.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jun 2020

He doesn't know the words needed. Will he be able to pronounce them? Will he learn punctuation so he can pause in the proper places rather than at random. Will he be able to provide any inflection as he reads? Will he be able to stick to the speech without inserting random extraneous matters in order to praise hemself?

I think I know the answers already.

For my amusement I may actually listen to it live instead of trying to decipher the transcript.

tRump truly puts the I and the ME into AMERICA

underpants

(182,803 posts)
10. Oh I think it will be fantastic
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 12:48 PM
Jun 2020

A fantastic train wreck.

There’s absolutely no upside for him but we know his ego thinks he can fix the situation, that people are just dying to hear from him.

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