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(91,947 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:28 PM Aug 2024

Today Donald Trump had a press conference in the hallway of his moldy club.


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Fred Wellman @FPWellman 3h
Today Donald Trump had a press conference in the hallway of his moldy beach club. They didn't put microphones out for the press then he bitched about how bad the acoustics were...in the hallway of his own moldy beach club. The campaign is a train wreck.


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Today Donald Trump had a press conference in the hallway of his moldy club. (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2024 OP
LOL. So that's what happened with the acoustics! Hekate Aug 2024 #1
Creepy DET Aug 2024 #2
Sort of like watching moniss Aug 2024 #3
He's almost ready for his closeup ...nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #26
The lighting doesn't do him any favors Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #4
He looks awful malaise Aug 2024 #5
Looking undernourished Attilatheblond Aug 2024 #13
he's been reduced to onethatcares Aug 2024 #55
That NewsMax screen grab was not how he looked on PBS... consider_this Aug 2024 #19
Interesting malaise Aug 2024 #20
cf45 really does look et tu Aug 2024 #24
There's a bottle on ice malaise Aug 2024 #25
touche! et tu Aug 2024 #27
LOL malaise Aug 2024 #30
me either et tu Aug 2024 #38
Oh, me too! Been there for a while now but still fresh and ready to go. birdographer Aug 2024 #31
He's been taking so long that I have had to replace it more than once😀 malaise Aug 2024 #33
HAHA me too! birdographer Aug 2024 #37
November 6th. rubbersole Aug 2024 #44
Mary says he looked like he was about to bawl. B.See Aug 2024 #28
This needs to be an OP malaise Aug 2024 #35
the link? okay... done... btw B.See Aug 2024 #39
So far songood malaise Aug 2024 #41
ty for the link et tu Aug 2024 #40
Yep, looks like like he has put on a few pounds. Butterflylady Aug 2024 #34
The malaise Aug 2024 #36
I was appauled snowybirdie Aug 2024 #6
That was not a press conference KentuckyWoman Aug 2024 #7
It didn't work, did it? Ray Bruns Aug 2024 #45
Either Trump is sporting a new doo... Hugin Aug 2024 #8
He is appealing to morons that dont know Johonny Aug 2024 #9
They took this close up picture of him. He looks bad. Emile Aug 2024 #10
OMG Ray Bruns Aug 2024 #46
OMG Ray Bruns Aug 2024 #47
Jeez,.. the coiffure is really bushy, looks good. magicarpet Aug 2024 #53
Hearing seems to be a problem with him. nolabear Aug 2024 #11
His eyes look perfectly neurologically sound in that bottom pic ok_cpu Aug 2024 #12
Did he forget to pay the electric bill? usedtobedemgurl Aug 2024 #14
All the media flocked to Florida to hear his bitching and moaning. spanone Aug 2024 #15
Yes, a planned oversight. How damn convenient. yonder Aug 2024 #16
I feel sorry for the press.The smell in there must have been horrible Tribetime Aug 2024 #17
Does he Rebl2 Aug 2024 #18
not from what I saw, see my reply #19 above. consider_this Aug 2024 #21
Yeah, was he missing Farmer-Rick Aug 2024 #23
As it so happens, B.See Aug 2024 #22
Retire Don and become a fulltime Defendant. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #29
It's moldy? murielm99 Aug 2024 #32
I've got a vibe that won't leave me.. slightlv Aug 2024 #42
He looks like shit (even moerso than usual) Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #43
He looks like a ghost in a bagimin Aug 2024 #48
He doesn't look well. lpbk2713 Aug 2024 #49
He looks defeated... BUT ailsagirl Aug 2024 #50
Polls are not keeping up with the GenZ rushing to register for Kamala. Justice matters. Aug 2024 #51
Thanks for your post ailsagirl Aug 2024 #52
I wish everyone would stop considering this a "Press Conference". It was nothing more than a Ferrets are Cool Aug 2024 #54

onethatcares

(16,878 posts)
55. he's been reduced to
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 08:37 AM
Aug 2024

throwing ketchup packets against the wall and sadly his little fingers can't open them Gotta admit the electric candelabra adds a certain Addams Family vibe though.

consider_this

(2,843 posts)
19. That NewsMax screen grab was not how he looked on PBS...
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 08:56 PM
Aug 2024

in fact, he actually looked good, at least skintone-wise, on PBS. I was surprised he did not have the usual heavy orange coating, and did not look deathly pale as in that NewMax. Maybe PBS has better camera people.

et tu

(2,366 posts)
24. cf45 really does look
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:01 PM
Aug 2024

worse than usual-going downhill quickly.
wonder if there is any betting going on
and what the odds are in vegas that he
makes it to november? dicey

et tu

(2,366 posts)
38. me either
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:19 PM
Aug 2024

just can't spare the brain cells but i will party
if the political right fades into the night~

et tu

(2,366 posts)
40. ty for the link
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:24 PM
Aug 2024

he should know his way around mar-a-lago
but yes, rattled and lost. definitely something going on.

Butterflylady

(4,492 posts)
34. Yep, looks like like he has put on a few pounds.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:15 PM
Aug 2024

His suit in the first photo looks like he slept in it.


snowybirdie

(6,218 posts)
6. I was appauled
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:49 PM
Aug 2024

by the scratched up microphone he used. Looked like it was pulled out of the trash. Not classy at all. And you'd think they could have afforded a mi!e for the questioners to use and be heard. A mickey mouse operation

KentuckyWoman

(7,141 posts)
7. That was not a press conference
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:50 PM
Aug 2024

We did not see any faces. There was no mic to identify voices. All the questions were softball. It was a setup with friendlies to make him look minimally sane.

Hugin

(36,642 posts)
8. Either Trump is sporting a new doo...
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:53 PM
Aug 2024

Or where they shaved his head for the electroencephalography leads is clearly visible.



Johonny

(24,200 posts)
9. He is appealing to morons that dont know
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:56 PM
Aug 2024

How poltical parties work. She got basically all the votes she needed. The public voted for delegates. The delegates have pledge to her now that Biden has released them. And thus, she has the votes. His voters, though, are idiots. Sadly there are vastly too many idiots in this country.

magicarpet

(18,455 posts)
53. Jeez,.. the coiffure is really bushy, looks good.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 10:41 PM
Aug 2024

Is he drinking Minoxidil by the gallon three times a day ?

No wonder they started calling him don-OLD all over the Internet,... if he looks like this. Kinda looks like his mom.

nolabear

(43,792 posts)
11. Hearing seems to be a problem with him.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:59 PM
Aug 2024

In both the NABJ interview and the one today he couldn’t hear what anyone was asking.

spanone

(139,674 posts)
15. All the media flocked to Florida to hear his bitching and moaning.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 08:03 PM
Aug 2024

And you couldn't hear the questions, just his answers.

How convenient.

yonder

(10,105 posts)
16. Yes, a planned oversight. How damn convenient.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 08:34 PM
Aug 2024

It made it difficult to understand if his answers matched the questions. The typical delusional rambling, in most cases, did not, from what I could make out.

Farmer-Rick

(11,875 posts)
23. Yeah, was he missing
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:00 PM
Aug 2024

His characteristic orange tint?

I wonder if he's on Ozempic because he looks extra baggy lately.

B.See

(5,910 posts)
22. As it so happens,
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 08:59 PM
Aug 2024

walls lined with BOXES FULL OF STOLEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS tend to deaden SOUND.

slightlv

(6,141 posts)
42. I've got a vibe that won't leave me..
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:39 PM
Aug 2024

Vance, insisting on wanting to debate our Presidential candidate (even tho he's only a VP nominee). The increasing number of pictures and video that show Old Don decompensating even faster than normal, and no sign of any family supporting him for the most part. Makes me really wonder if their plan is to "retire" Old Don and run Vance as Prez. Is it too late to do that, now that they've had their convention? These types of questions I don't really know... the timing type questions. But it sure looks like they're setting up to 25th Amendment Old Don before he can even get into the WH!

Gaytano70

(1,209 posts)
43. He looks like shit (even moerso than usual)
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:43 PM
Aug 2024

And his hair? WTF??? Is he playing pinochle with the gals after his melltdown/bitchfest?






ailsagirl

(24,258 posts)
50. He looks defeated... BUT
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 10:18 PM
Aug 2024

I'm a bit confused-- according to the polls, he's holding his own against Kamala

Maybe I'm not looking at the "right" polls??

Justice matters.

(8,655 posts)
51. Polls are not keeping up with the GenZ rushing to register for Kamala.
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 10:28 PM
Aug 2024

Not only that: Remember their failed 'Red Wave' predictions in the midterms?

They have not adjusted their methods since that debacle.

Ferrets are Cool

(22,318 posts)
54. I wish everyone would stop considering this a "Press Conference". It was nothing more than a
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 10:58 PM
Aug 2024

staged campaign event. The only press that was allowed to attend were hand picked. There was NO pushback on his lies, and as far as I can determine, NO ONE asked about 2025. All I heard were softball questions. Well, to be honest, I didn't actually hear ANY questions. THAT was preplanned also.

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