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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri May 14, 2021, 03:45 AM May 2021

Trump Plans to Resume His Trademark Rallies in June

Former President Donald Trump expects to resume rallies with two events next month and one around the July 4 holiday, a person familiar with his plans confirmed.

Trump’s team is still determining the venues for the rallies, the person said. The planned resumption was first reported by the (conservative) New York Post.

With the former president reduced largely to calling into friendly conservative television programs and issuing press releases after being banned from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites, the rallies will give Trump the biggest platform since he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.

The former president, who turns 75 next month, is also expected to appear on May 22 at the first fundraiser for a new super-political action committee he’s backing. It’s being held at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, where the former president is making a seasonal move from his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/trump-s-kingmaking-plan-threatens-gop-s-congress-hopes-in-2022

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Trump Plans to Resume His Trademark Rallies in June (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2021 OP
From prison? Ligyron May 2021 #1
Thought exactly that. mahina May 2021 #3
How many visitors is he allowed at one time? - nt GReedDiamond May 2021 #5
In a better world with the Rule of Law, prison is ... Whiskeytide May 2021 #13
like to see that stunt ? monkeyman1 May 2021 #46
Better get the money upfront if your venue is being rented out by that asshole. Sibelius Fan May 2021 #2
My first thoughts exactly! BlueMTexpat May 2021 #9
That's what I was thinking too. It's a given that he won't pay. Nt raccoon May 2021 #10
And money upfront for security provided by the city. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #42
Not gonna happen if he is fighting extradition Norbert May 2021 #4
I'm sorry what? Bullfeathers May 2021 #6
Barf. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #7
Good God, hasn't this country been through enough??! Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #8
More empty promises/threats from the ultimate Internet tough guy. Grokenstein May 2021 #11
Okay now I want Obama to announce he's holding a public rally on the same day Takket May 2021 #12
I doubt it. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #14
Well, that will make extradition that much easier. aeromanKC May 2021 #15
He should stay in Florida... LakeVermilion May 2021 #16
Mad Cow returns from Pasture to make more cow pies bucolic_frolic May 2021 #17
Well, Yea! He won't do it because he will have to leftyladyfrommo May 2021 #18
Let's see how it works out for him without the WH Communications Agency handling sound and tech, StarfishSaver May 2021 #19
+1. There still seem to be plenty of toadies willing to help him do things, tanyev May 2021 #23
And they don't have the skill, training or resources of the career White House staff StarfishSaver May 2021 #26
Yep. He might manage to have one. GoCubsGo May 2021 #52
that's gonna be hilariously pitiful Withywindle May 2021 #56
FUCK HIM spanone May 2021 #20
He stopped? treestar May 2021 #21
WHAT ?1!1 dweller May 2021 #22
Know how we always say the media and the cult can't quit him? Boomerproud May 2021 #24
More sabotage Etherealoc1 May 2021 #25
They're going to flop for him Johnny2X2X May 2021 #27
...and who's paying for that? tinrobot May 2021 #28
That's my big question. smirkymonkey May 2021 #37
putin might. he loves chaos mucifer May 2021 #53
Maybe he could do fairs and carnivals ? left-of-center2012 May 2021 #29
I wonder if he's going to try to charge admission this time. Liberal In Texas May 2021 #30
It's being held at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey forgotmylogin May 2021 #32
He just can't get over DENVERPOPS May 2021 #45
Even though it is being held at his golf club, murielm99 May 2021 #49
Per the snippet above, Bedminster's in addition to a rally. nt July May 2021 #54
In the exercise yard, I hope. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #31
Still determining venues, are they? gratuitous May 2021 #33
the repubiQon trump campain still owes lots of money to cities Champp May 2021 #51
Hmm... ananda May 2021 #34
Going to fly his 757 with the missing engine?? Bengus81 May 2021 #35
Yeah how is he going to get to these venues? And who's footing the bill? Initech May 2021 #36
Some deep-pocket donor. maxsolomon May 2021 #38
I would think one of his bigger obstacles is his reputation for stiffing people and cities. marble falls May 2021 #39
Grifters gonna grift. 11 Bravo May 2021 #40
Of course he does Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 #41
He's going to get rich selling tickets to his followers. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #43
They always say this but it never happens. JI7 May 2021 #44
he' going to fly in on con -air -1 ! monkeyman1 May 2021 #47
Dear Venue-Managers: Get paid in full up front. nt Hekate May 2021 #48
Part of me wants him to go back into the public eye ronlyons May 2021 #50
Low turnout predicted. Hoping he's jailed first Nululu May 2021 #55

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
13. In a better world with the Rule of Law, prison is ...
Fri May 14, 2021, 06:30 AM
May 2021

... where most of his fans would be.

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“Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse Rock”

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keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
42. And money upfront for security provided by the city.
Fri May 14, 2021, 09:30 PM
May 2021

And money upfront for security provided by the city.

 

Bullfeathers

(108 posts)
6. I'm sorry what?
Fri May 14, 2021, 04:30 AM
May 2021

And then they laughed and laughed all the way to prison. Good grief he’s an idiot and I mean to be disrespectful

Rhiannon12866

(205,535 posts)
8. Good God, hasn't this country been through enough??!
Fri May 14, 2021, 05:17 AM
May 2021

This loser really is certifiable! How can we forget you if you won't go away??!

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
11. More empty promises/threats from the ultimate Internet tough guy.
Fri May 14, 2021, 06:14 AM
May 2021

"I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
"I'll be right there with you."
"These losers and suckers believe everything I tell th--uh, I alone can do it, bigly!"

Takket

(21,578 posts)
12. Okay now I want Obama to announce he's holding a public rally on the same day
Fri May 14, 2021, 06:15 AM
May 2021

And we’ll see which one the “left wing media” covers live on every network.

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
14. I doubt it.
Fri May 14, 2021, 06:39 AM
May 2021

1. There are past venues still waiting for compensation for the clean-up, the security, the insurance for his rallies.

2. Trump is not going to start paying a security or deposit to new venues.

3. Trump is no longer President; therefore there is reduced fear/apprehension of retribution if his requests for venues are declined.

4. Trump's base may love him, but he's old news. Even if they believe he's a President-in-Exile, it's not the same as having all that power behind him right now. He's just a stiff like the rest of them.

bucolic_frolic

(43,189 posts)
17. Mad Cow returns from Pasture to make more cow pies
Fri May 14, 2021, 06:52 AM
May 2021

Demented, off-key, past shelf life crook ready to campaign again.

Trump fatigue will be very real. Saturation dew point reached months ago.

Octogenarian centerfolds would be more popular.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
18. Well, Yea! He won't do it because he will have to
Fri May 14, 2021, 07:17 AM
May 2021

pay upfront. He already owes thousands to cities he visited last time

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
19. Let's see how it works out for him without the WH Communications Agency handling sound and tech,
Fri May 14, 2021, 07:33 AM
May 2021

a White House advance team, press office and staff organizing, promoting and staffing the event, a full presidential-level Secret Service detail, and an entire planeload of press corps covering him...

Oh, and he has to pay his own bills.

tanyev

(42,568 posts)
23. +1. There still seem to be plenty of toadies willing to help him do things,
Fri May 14, 2021, 08:31 AM
May 2021

but they won't work for free.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
26. And they don't have the skill, training or resources of the career White House staff
Fri May 14, 2021, 09:34 AM
May 2021

who spent four years having to carry Trump. He's in a whole different world now.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
52. Yep. He might manage to have one.
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:15 AM
May 2021

It will be a shitshow, and that will be the end of them. Especially if he's restricted to having them in Florida to avoid extradition. July in Florida! How awesome! It'll be a blast watching the orange paint melt off of his face.

Everything Trump touches dies, including his cult rallies.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
56. that's gonna be hilariously pitiful
Sun May 16, 2021, 08:20 PM
May 2021

It'll make the Four Seasons Total Landscaping show look like Oscar night and the Super Bowl combined.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
24. Know how we always say the media and the cult can't quit him?
Fri May 14, 2021, 08:53 AM
May 2021

He can't quit himself. I think this announcement is to keep him in the news. Remember his "beautiful health plan" that was always going to be rolled out in 2 weeks?

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
27. They're going to flop for him
Fri May 14, 2021, 09:39 AM
May 2021

The first few will get a ton of coverage, but then people will get bored.

Even during the campaign he wasn't drawing that big of crowds. And if he's going to charge admission, which I suspect he'll want to do, it's going to be bad for him.

tinrobot

(10,903 posts)
28. ...and who's paying for that?
Fri May 14, 2021, 09:43 AM
May 2021

He stiffed cities out of millions when he could get away with it as President.

Now, not so much. Any intelligent venue will want cash up front.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
37. That's my big question.
Fri May 14, 2021, 05:04 PM
May 2021

These things are expensive and he's not going to spend his own cash putting on these shows.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
29. Maybe he could do fairs and carnivals ?
Fri May 14, 2021, 10:01 AM
May 2021

Some have hog calling contests or cow chip throwing contests.

Seems like his kind of people.

Liberal In Texas

(13,556 posts)
30. I wonder if he's going to try to charge admission this time.
Fri May 14, 2021, 10:12 AM
May 2021

If so, I predict a turnout worse than the big fail in Tulsa.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
32. It's being held at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey
Fri May 14, 2021, 03:45 PM
May 2021

So it's a fundraiser, not a rally; like they'd let the undesirables without money in.

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
49. Even though it is being held at his golf club,
Sun May 16, 2021, 04:27 AM
May 2021

security will be an issue. Who will provide enough security? How big is his lifetime Secret Service protective staff? Will there be a crowd of fascist thugs surrounding him? Will they be uniformed?

This could turn into a mob scene or a circus. We shall see.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
33. Still determining venues, are they?
Fri May 14, 2021, 04:31 PM
May 2021

Let's see, who doesn't require a substantial cash deposit in advance? Who will provide free security? Who will guarantee a full, enthusiastic house?

Champp

(2,114 posts)
51. the repubiQon trump campain still owes lots of money to cities
Sun May 16, 2021, 07:55 AM
May 2021

that they have stiffed...many court cases trying to get the republiQon Cheater-in-Chief to pay his bills.

And this is what the republiQons worship. Sad.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
38. Some deep-pocket donor.
Fri May 14, 2021, 05:22 PM
May 2021

Like the surviving Koch, the surviving Adelson, the Mercers, who knows.

Maybe the RNC?

Trump also has tons of cash from his post-election fundraising.

There's pretty much no way to stop this, and it's a prelude to him running in '24. Re-establish the brand.

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
43. He's going to get rich selling tickets to his followers.
Fri May 14, 2021, 09:34 PM
May 2021

He's going to get rich selling tickets to his followers.

Repetitive ticket sales on your credit card.

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