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Septua

(2,263 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:09 AM Aug 2022

Trump really is f'n nutzo...

DAILYBEAST headline:

Trump Demands Either New Election ‘Immediately’ or Make Him ‘Rightful’ President Now

Former President Donald Trump on Monday took time off from melting down over the FBI executing a search warrant at his home to seize classified documents to demand that he be installed as commander-in-chief of the United States—22 months after he decisively lost the 2020 race.

The twice-impeached ex-president, though, did propose a “minimal solution” if he is not returned to the White House right away: Declare the 2020 vote “irreparably compromised” and hold a new one “immediately.”


This hasn't received enough reporting... He has regurgitated Hunter's laptop and decided it was the single factor resulting in his election loss.

“So now it comes out, conclusively, that the FBI BURIED THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY BEFORE THE ELECTION knowing that, if they didn’t, ‘Trump would have easily won the 2020 Presidential Election,’” the ex-president blared.

He continued: “This is massive FRAUD & ELECTION INTERFERENCE at a level never seen before in our Country. REMEDY: Declare the rightful winner or, and this would be the minimal solution, declare the 2020 Election irreparably compromised and have a new Election, immediately!”


He talks like he's still president, "demanding" actions that can only be described as ludicrous.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-demands-either-new-election-immediately-or-make-him-rightful-president-now?ref=scroll

Another opinion of his mental state:

If anyone needed more evidence of Donald Trump’s mind-bending view of reality, on Monday he demanded to be declared president — nearly two years after the election he decisively lost. But he was also open to another option. In a “minimal” alternative “solution,” someone (probably not President Joe Biden) must “immediately” launch a do-over election, he said in a message on Truth Social.


https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-agree-trumps-demand-election-rcna45420
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jonstl08

(412 posts)
1. Ok
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:18 AM
Aug 2022

Ok By this logic then since the FBI "interfered" in the 2016 election by announcing another review of Hillary Clinton's emails 2 weeks before the election I want Hillary declared the winner and the three Supreme Court justices Trump appointed be removed from the bench and replaced by ones Hillary would have appointed and all federal judges appointed by Trump are no longer on the bench. Also Trumps tax plan is hereby rescinded. Since he was illegitamate then it seems fair

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. Let's also not forget he broke the law with his Stormy Daniels payout
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:25 AM
Aug 2022

And Cohen went to jail for it.

Had that story come out right before the election, that he was cheating w/a porn star while his wife was at home with their new baby? Very well may have caused him to lose, esp. if Comey hadn't shot his mouth off.

Using similar reasoning, THAT was MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD, too, Donnie!

Botany

(70,606 posts)
2. Republican Run Senate Intel Committee / Trump is a Russian Asset & Hunter & his Laptop are
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:21 AM
Aug 2022

....Russian talking points.

Attacks on Biden and his son, Hunter, were part of this operation. Through “US officials and prominent US individuals, some of whom were close to former President Trump and his administration,” the report says Russia’s intelligence services “repeatedly spread unsubstantiated or misleading claims about President Biden and his family’s alleged wrongdoing related to Ukraine.” In this way, Trump’s circle “laundered” the Russian-planted stories, which were then recirculated—and promoted by Russia’s online proxies—as American news.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html

Botany

(70,606 posts)
8. For the very little bit that I have followed the "Hunter's laptop" shit I have found out
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:52 AM
Aug 2022

Hunter's "dirty laptop" was discovered @ a computer repair shop in N.J. that he had never been too and he
lives in California. BTW Every time you hear "Hunter's Laptop" you are hearing Russian disinformation.

Irish_Dem

(47,501 posts)
13. Trump hereby decrees he is the current POTUS, will move into the WH in 24 hrs.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 02:09 PM
Aug 2022

And pardon himself for all past, present and future crimes.

And wants all new classified docs waiting for him in the Oval Office.

Zambero

(8,974 posts)
7. They're getting their laptops, years, and ironies mixed up
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:40 AM
Aug 2022

Hillary Clinton lost the EC vote in 2016 largely due to Russian interference coupled with the 11th-hour discovery of Anthony Wiener's October Surprise laptop. That device was touted By James Comey as potentially containing new and incriminating evidence, "compelling" him to reopen the email investigation. Nothing new turned up, but the damage was done, as millions of early and mail-in votes were submitted during the course of this new investigation. If there was ever a justification for a "do-over", this was it, although Hillary, unlike her opponent was capable of dealing with harsh reality.

Jade Fox

(10,030 posts)
9. I know Trump is nuts.......
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 10:55 AM
Aug 2022

but I wonder what he thinks is going to happen as a result of this post. Does he know he is ridiculous, or does he actually think something will happen because he demands it?

Wouldn't it be a wonderful troll if some people showed up at Trump's house saying, "Congradulations Mr. President! You have been reinstated."

Irish_Dem

(47,501 posts)
14. I think he might be trying to rile up his base to fight for him.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 02:11 PM
Aug 2022

And/or playing a game with Garland, trying to get him to back off.

Midnight Writer

(21,816 posts)
10. So does this new version mean he no longer believes it was voter fraud that cost him the election?
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 11:16 AM
Aug 2022

If one lie doesn't work, make up another one, and then another one, and then another one...

Mad_Machine76

(24,446 posts)
11. Supposing this is even true (which is extremely doubtful)
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 11:26 AM
Aug 2022

The FBI buried the Trump Russia investigation while blabbing about their Hillary private server investigation in 2016 and we didn't get a do-over or a Trump removal or HRC replacement, so I guess we're all even at this point?

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