Reason Trump holding rally

[struggle4progress]

By Philip Bump
February 16 at 9:39 AM

... Trump’s having trouble convincing people (including Trump) that he’s winning because he is not winning. His inauguration was well attended but was dwarfed by the attendance in 2009 and anti-Trump protests the following day. His executive order on immigration was nearly a complete disaster. His pick to run the Department of Education squeaked by and his pick for Labor backed out. Worse still, his approval ratings started below any other recent president and have kept moving down ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/16/the-simple-reason-that-trump-is-holding-a-rally-in-florida-this-weekend/?utm_term=.b1a5bf9a3921

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yeah, he needs an ego boost, after all of the alternative winning.

[Orsino]

2. He just wants people to cheer for him again. n/t

[logosoco]

3. in his mind, his ego is bigger than the countr itself and, to him, should be as important

but he and his supporters are the only things that matter to him. you can't work in government with that big of an ego!!

I do hope there will be a counter protest to his "rally" (with lots of cameras!!!). I am pretty sure it will be larger. Then he is going to be pissed again.

He is a complete disaster.

Obama had a much larger percentage of people voting for him. He did not put himself on display where everyone was supposed to bow down to him. He got to work fixing the shit bu$h and co. left him.

[tavalon]

33. To our Florida DUers

This is your chance. Shine for all of us. And wear those pussy hats.

[underpants]

4. Plus he's hardly doing anything - as hard as that is to imagine.

Good article here

https://www.google.com/amp/www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/2/15/14552118/trump-accomplishments?client=safari

[klook]

22. Great read - thanks for the link.

There’s an enormous difference in life between being busy and getting things done. And so far, Trump’s frenzy of activity hasn’t added up to very much.

Fortunately!

[thegoose]

5. Just now on CNN

Cheeto said there are no tickets left. What a narcissistic scumbag!

[Brother Buzz]

12. You snooze, you lose

I got mine, and I'm parked in California

[dchill]

15. So they messed up and only printed 15 tickets...

It was supposed to be 1.5 million.

[Paladin]

6. I hope there's a massive anti-trump demonstration awaiting him. (nt)

[NurseJackie]

9. He'll claim that they were supporters who couldn't get tickets.

Wait and see.

[Big_K]

23. Apparently you get paid for protesting, don't 'cha know

Might think of that as a lucrative 2nd job.

[Gothmog]

7. Trump has been a weak POTUS so far

[Fast Walker 52]

21. that's putting it mildly... maybe more like dangerously incompetent

[tavalon]

34. One of many reasons SCROTUS

So Called Ruler of the United States. Only in his addled mind.

[Solly Mack]

8. PuppetPutinBaby needs to feel loved.

Puppet - Putin- Baby

PuppetPutinBaby

[randome]

11. Or PPB for short.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[s-cubed]

10. I signed up for two tickets. I just won't be able to go! Empty seats!

[JBoy]

13. Needs to relive his "glory days"

[Blaukraut]

14. He needs a fix

It's been a while since the narcissist has been showered in applause and adulation. He is having withdrawal symptoms. So many meanies these days making him feel unloved.

[nikibatts]

16. I hope the anti-45ers are well in attendance.

They can slip through the clearance by hiding their signs putting on 45 buttons.

[mainstreetonce]

17. I wish the press would totally boycott these rallies

and make sure protests get publicity.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. He's holding a rally because no pressing Presidential events bigger than his ego.

He thinks he's running for 2020.

Bannon's minding shop in Washington.

[Chevy]

19. Could be a Bannon set up for a planned violent rally

to ban protesters.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. However groups like Black Bloc

work best in urban areas where they can do a lot of damage. Being in an airplane hangar seems to preclude any media-worthy "violent protest" material unless any anti-Drumpf protests are scheduled in the city proper.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. "nearly a complete disaster" ???

I think we can dispense with the "nearly."


It was a total fucking disaster.

[kenfrequed]

25. I dunno

Like a lot of fools Trump probably imagines life to be like a movie and that he should be getting the rising crescendo of this theme song played to his victories.


Honestly it is probably his flagging poll numbers. He sees his approval ratings going swirly and is trying to create a spectacle to distract people.

[gopiscrap]

26. it's gonna be a Nuremburg type rally

[workinclasszero]

27. Is BLOTUS tired of winning already?

[-Steph-]

28. He needs to feed his ego and give off the optical illusion of support and bigly winning to his

brainwashed puppet followers.

[randr]

29. Since he is obviously not getting any from Melania

Crowd adulation is his new sex fix.
Just another filthy old man.

[TNNurse]

31. I referred to it as

public masturbation.

[randr]

32. very apt

It will be hard to watch him from now on pun definitely not intended

[Leith]

30. He Just Wants to Stand in Front of a Crowd Cheering for Him

How pathetic.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

35. And his fans claim to object to "participation trophies."

As usual, it's OK for Republicans, though.

[dalton99a]

36. Lazy asshole doesn't want to work.

[Ms. Toad]

37. It's a #vanityparty n/t