NBC News: Trump on the brink?

[NewsCenter28]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-brink-rcna31774

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is bored at Mar-a-Lago and anxious to get back in the political arena — as a candidate, not a kingmaker — according to his advisers, who are divided over whether he should launch a third bid for the presidency as early as this summer.

The article states that no final decision has yet been made. There are rumblings about a July 4th announcement, but those are denied.

Nevertheless, the reporting from Jonathan Allen, if you take the article in its entirety, seems to indicate that a Trump run is all but certain at this point and it's only the timing that is in question.

[PortTack]

1. F..k that!!

[NewsCenter28]

2. My reaction exactly-n/t

[jimfields33]

4. I blame the media and and social media for the constant discussion of him 24/7

[PortTack]

7. Exactly! He tunes in just to hear his name. His cult eats it up. I am sooo done

[NewsCenter28]

10. Honestly, I am losing my ability to cope

The upcoming Jan. 6 hearings are all that kept me sane after reading this news tonight, which was pushed to my iPod as a notification for some reason. I certainly didn't need to know this. Posting it here as a way to try to deal.

[PortTack]

21. Maybe this will make you feel better. President Biden said a few weeks back he'd love to run

Against the orange mass again.

[Walleye]

3. I don't doubt he's been running all along. He's bored in his mind that's a good enough reason

So is this what the Republicans are gonna give us for candidates now? Billionaires who are so bored they have to run for office just to keep interested in life. Never mind what they think they can do for the country, that don’t care

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Poor thing, he lost that narcissist high of being Pres, of course he is bored...

he is jonesing. You would think fleecing the cult for millions would keep interested a bit though.

[Bev54]

6. Trump isn't at Mar-a Lago

He is at his Bedminster club. All his republican cronies have followed him there.

[Skittles]

8. he never conceded

and then there's Jan 6 - he should not be able to run if he does not believe in the process

FUCK THAT FASCIST PIECE OF SHIT

[raccoon]

40. Amen to that! Sounds like the kind of thing you'd expect

In a banana republic – – oh wait…

[highplainsdem]

9. Not the brink I was hoping to hear he was on. Sigh.

[electric_blue68]

11. Hooo, boy, yeah ...

I was (a rare hoping) thinking more like....




dying.




Aaaa, phooo!


I might settle for losing his voice literally, and permanently!

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. You and me both.

[agingdem]

12. The maggot overestimates his power to persuade, his support

he's a known entity, now..he's not coming out of nowhere and he has a reprehensible track record...Trump misses the "toys" that come with the Oval Office, his revenge pulpit..and the asshole assumes if he announces all his legal troubles go away..

[captain queeg]

14. Of course he will run. It was his most successful scam ever

Maybe his only successful scam. The rubes will line up to send him money. But I suspect a lot of the big donors will stay away.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. His running seems like the best thing to eff up the GOP's chances.

The last thing we want is anyone else having a clear path to the nomination.

[NewsCenter28]

16. That's a good point

I'd welcome the midterm being a referendum on Trump rather than Biden. It could change the outcome entirely.

[OrlandoDem2]

25. That's how I am thinking. He might help us but that's what I thought in 2016 admittedly.

[secularhumanizer]

17. Will he be able to.....

Will he be able to run as an indicted insurrectionist/traitor??

[Chainfire]

41. I think that he would have to be convicted of sedition or treason to disqualify him.

If convicted, and jailed of any other felony, he could campaign from prison. (but that is the the legal opinion of a plumber)

[rgbecker]

18. One, Two, Three times a loser.

Best thing for the Democrats. The guy will take down the GOP with him whether it is Biden or any other new comer with any sense. People now know Trump and he will never again be President.

[Me.]

19. JUst Can't See It Happening

THe media is going to be so disappointed.

[FloridaBlues]

20. That's all America needs is a 2 1/2 yrs of trumpet playing President

On top of everything element we have to deal with in politics. I thought they closed up the golf mansion he lives in summertime.

[WarGamer]

22. I'm split. He'd be an easy win for Dems but...

1) He's not their strongest candidate.

DeSantis, Noem or Haley would be a more serious candidate.

2) He'd bring the HATE and division to a boil again.

3) He's easy to run against... look at voter turnout in 2020

[Frustratedlady]

38. He may be easy to run against, at this point in time with his past records, but...

don't forget how the states have changed their rules on how to handle electoral votes if they don't like the way the election turned out. They have a lot of time to fine-tune their laws before 2024.

I'm more afraid of the 2022 and 2024 elections than I've ever been in my life.

[Blue Owl]

23. Fuck that fat piece of shit

[PJMcK]

24. Let me unpack this a little

Trump is bored so he wants to run for president. So we should elect him because he can't figure out what to do with himself?

Trump has amassed more money than both the RNC and the DNC combined! Of course he wants to be a candidate! What else is he going to do with that money? (Yeah, I know. Grift it.)

The second and third paragraphs are contradictory. Either "no final decision has yet been made" OR "a Trump run is all but certain" is true. They are opposites.

Regardless, the only things that will stop Trump from running are he dies, he's indicted in multiple jurisdictions or he knows he'll lose.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. All 3 things together...

"Regardless, the only things that will stop Trump from running are he dies, he's indicted in multiple jurisdictions or he knows he'll lose."

[usonian]

26. I am so waiting to see if he takes the leap

Shout out to newscorpse
https://newscorpse.com/

[UTUSN]

27. There are other brinks I hope he's on.

[niyad]

28. DAMN!! Don't get my hopes up like that!

[Corgigal]

29. Someone must be low on funds,

and needs some attention. Yawnnnnn.

[jcgoldie]

30. well fuck

With that headline I was hoping he was on the brink of spontaneous combustion... or at least cardiac arrest...

[DFW]

31. I think I know who most fears another Trump run

And that would be the Republican party. They couldn‘t field a more divisive, incompetent candidate. Make America Groan again.

Besides, if he still insists he won in 2020, the Constitution clearly states he can‘t be elected to a third term.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. The Grand Canyon is open and available.

......... ........... .........

I think three-fourths of America would be perfectly happy to never hear his name again. tRump just misses all the money he makes off campaigning and the rush he gets from rally crowds.

Rethugs, you let that snake in the door so now live with it!...........

[GoCubsGo]

33. The only think he's "on the brink" of is a cardiovascular event.

The donations to his PAC must be falling off. They're teasing in to get their suckers' hopes up, so that they'll start contributing more. If he was going to run again, he never would have sold his DC hotel/cash cow.

[brush]

34. Let him bring it on. His "still agrieved about 2020" act...

is tired, boring and old. It won't play well anymore. And he's lost a few steps mentally in his presentation.

I repeat, let him bring it on.

[Bristlecone]

35. Gotta keep the money spigot flowing

[budkin]

37. Please let him do this before the midterms

We'll win for sure.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. He needs to follow the tradition of other former presidents and find something else to do

We know he doesn't read, so a library wouldn't interest him, plus he's expected to give those stolen classified documents back to the government. In his case, he should just stick to cheating at golf.

[Chainfire]

42. Once a bully experiences the sweet taste of power, it is hard to let go.

The ideal situation would be for him to have a really nasty fight with DeSantis over the nomination.

[treestar]

43. Of course they can't wait and are covering him breathlessly.