I could be wrong but I think I know what happened:

[PCIntern]

I think someone sat down with him and told him he’s going to lose no matter what. Don’t get me wrong, I know we have to work our asses off, but the pros know what they’re doing and there is a tidal wave against him, despite his vociferous supporters.

He is presently in the midst of a breakdown, I’ve seen it in individuals, we all saw it with Nixon, The signs are unmistakable. His rambling yesterday showed an extremely high level of disturbance and decompensation. The walls are crumbling and the enemy is breaking through to Central command. The voices in his head are continuously chirping and it’s clearly getting to him.

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Who among the sycophants would have the guts to tell Dump he will lose no matter what?

They lie to him about his own polls so he won't scream at them.

They're all cowards, just hanging on as long as they can to loot the country.

[ms liberty]

5. Funny, we both used 'sycophants' in our posts written at the same ti.e

Did you have to double check your spelling? I did - I kept trying to put an n after the y!

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Ha ha.

My brain is warped. I can usually spell complicated words, but sometimes misspell the easy ones. And I had to use spellcheck on 'misspell.'

[Hortensis]

10. :) I just go ahead include the "n." After a half century

of insistence, I figure it's earned its way in.

[The Magistrate]

23. Hear Hear, Ma'am

As Mark Twain said once:

"I have little respect for a man who can spell a word only one way."

[Kaiserguy]

89. Mark Twain

would have loved me. My spelling leaves a lot to be desired without spell check and my dictionary (which I had to look at to spell it)

[llmart]

27. When it comes to trump's inner circle...

I just use "sickophants".

[Delphinus]

34. That is

actually quite good!

[Wednesdays]

67. Sick elephants. nt

[ChazInAz]

51. It gives me trouble.

Though I usually want to spell it "psychophant".

[AdamGG]

77. In this case that works, since they're sycophants to a psychopath

[meadowlander]

76. He saw the truth for himself in Tulsa.

Even The Donald's capacity for self-delusion isn't limitless.

[captain queeg]

84. He looked pretty rough that night. I had a good laugh and hope it's all closing in on him

[ms liberty]

2. I agree, he's devolving on an observable daily scale

The only things slowing the process are the drugs and the sycophants.

[vlyons]

33. Yesterday's rambling monologue certainly reveals his state of mind

Unfocused, pointless, just angry aggressive blame and hate. He runs that crap in his mind constantly.

As a Buddhist, Trump manifests to me as an Asura, or demi-god, which is another realm of samsara, suffering. Not a real physical place, but a mental state and way of being. Beings in that realm are characterized by envy and jealousy of those who have more stuff, accomplish more fame and fortune. Hence they are always at war and making trouble with those, whom they envy.

So much anger and hatred in his mind now, that next stop for Trump is Hell, where he will experience anger, hatred, cruelty, and great suffering -- all endlessly created and nurtured by his very own mind. Loving kindness and friendliness are non-existent in Hell -- unless of course, he generates those qualities in his very own mind. What do you think are the chances of that happening?

[brush]

42. Imagine the state he'll be in in the debates. It should be a delicious...

bit of schadenfreude. His "stable" brain won't be able to keep track of the questions, much less answer them in a coherent way.

And after Biden's speech yesterday, we have no worries on how he will perform.

[MoonchildCA]

46. I wouldn't be surprised if he found a way to get out of the debates.

I just can’t see how he could possibly perform. He can’t even understand a question, much less, give any coherent answer. Maybe he’ll ask for the questions ahead of time and give written answers, like he had to do for Mueller. Then he can have someone else take the “test” for him.

[Zambero]

73. He is incapable of stringing two coherent sentences together

Let alone one!

[3Hotdogs]

74. Moderator: "Do you believe....?"

Orange asshole: “that was a nasty question and you should be ashamed.”

[Chemisse]

86. Of course, it's only a 'nasty' question if it is a female moderator.

They should definitely feature female moderators, preferably from various ethnic backgrounds and POCs, and we can all just watch him go off on them all evening.

[Dream Girl]

69. You think there will be debates?

[brush]

71. You have a point. Wonder what they'll come up with to get out of debates?

Even his worse lickspittle handlers know he can't make it through a debate without his poll numbers cratering even more. But can they get though to his "stable" brain?

We can hope though. I've already stocked up on popcorn.

[NYC Liberal]

80. The coronavirus would be a perfect excuse. But they want to pretend it's no big deal,

so that won’t work. Too bad for them.

[captain queeg]

85. He won't debate. In his deluded mind he might actually want to but princess will talk him out of it

She’ll convince him they won’t treat him fairly. It couldn’t possibly be his fault.

[soothsayer]

3. Idk, looks the same to me. I'm still unsettled by his confidence

Call me paranoid, but I’m worried about shenanigans

[wiggs]

8. Agree. And the confidence, and silence, and continuing complicity of the gop tells me

that they have path forward which does not depend on fair elections handing Trump the judgement he deserves.

[Pepsidog]

35. January 21.2021 if he is out of the WH then I will believe it.

[Lonestarblue]

49. Yes. We know they will cheat. The question is how and where.

According to Wikipedia, Republican governors currently number 26, which means that all those states have the potential for cheating. Two of the most likely are Florida and Georgia, both with the potential to flip for Democrats. Oddly enough, aside from gerrymandering, I consider Texas to be fairly free from cheating in some key areas. Most of the large cities here have Democratic mayors and Democratic election officials. We had a problem with some old voting machines flipping votes from Beto to Cruz, but I think most if not all of those machines have been replaced.

I wonder if we could ask President Carter to send election monitors to key sites in Georgia and Florida.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

57. How and where?

In answer to your questions: How? Any way they can. Where? Anywhere they can.

[certainot]

68. red sstate republican govs are heavily dependent on local/state control of rw radio and

they need those stations not only to keep selling the false pretexts for voter suppression but to give them the confidence to think they can get away with their theft and fraud

whatever they do or try, dems can go on offense qnd put a monkey wrench in their schemes by boycotting the crap out of all rw/republican talk station advertisers. those govs will be a lit more careful if they see rw radio, the only unique advantage they have, under attack

and when one or two famous athletes tell their teams they don't want their games on KKK talk radio and the ad industry sees the possibility of losing thousands of advertisers they will have to start breaking it up.

[unblock]

4. Not sure anyone around him has the temerity to tell him that outright

But I'm sure they're gently telling him the polling ain't good. He probably didn't believe any of that, which is why he wanted big rallies. He's not getting that, and I think *that* gets through to him, I think he knows from that that he's in trouble.

So yeah, now he's flailing, hoping desperately that we all just pretend the virus is gone so he can go back to adoring crowds and win in November.

He doesn't understand the science, and can't comprehend that he can't just make us ignore people all around us dying.

[brush]

43. All the lickspittle hangerson are there to just get the last drop...

of blood they can get from the government automatically deposited into their bank accounts. If not for that they'd be gone because they know just as well as we do that his grip on reality and sustained coherence is tenuous.

[Stuart G]

7. Thank You for your analysis..I think you are totally correct.

[eShirl]

9. He looked like crap yesterday, but in a new way.

I think you're right.

[bluedye33139]

13. True. And when I ever do drag, I'm stealing that line.

"You look like crap -- but in a new way."

During the Goya summit, he looked like his face was a pizza.

[Skraxx]

16. LOL! Agreed, good line, a keeper!

His head always reminds me of one of those greasy pink, slimy canned hams.

[luvallpeeps]

88. Yes!

Spam head. Or headcheese.

[PCIntern]

19. Great line!!

And exactly correct.

[1plus1equals1]

11. It's the same dude

This is the same Fat Donnie we've been cursed with for decades; he's just getting older, dumber and now seeing how the real world work.

[bluedye33139]

12. His mind runs psyops against itself

He's bonkers at this point

[Shermann]

14. I'd like to have a position where I can simply assert that I'm doing a great job no matter what

That's so much easier than actually having the skills and performing the job function. That's just a drag, I don't have time for all that.

[The Magistrate]

26. He Thinks His Job Is Hearing People Tell Him What A Good Job He's Doing, Sir

Nowadays he has to step up and be the one to tell him that....

[Shermann]

47. I think he is more or less self-aware of his performance this year

There has been this drip of reports of blowups behind the scenes.

The amazing thing is how he can bamboozle his "boss", the American electorate.

In a real job, this is difficult to accomplish. You need to work for a boss who is utterly incompetent, and has no objective way to gauge your job performance whatsoever. So the boss must rely on subjective assessments that he gets...entirely from you! You'd be more than happy to provide a rosy assessment based on a series of exaggerated or unfalsifiable claims.

Trump may be a failure, but he's no fool. The "boss" is the fool. The boss is who we should focus on.

[MyOwnPeace]

58. Between hiding in the bunker,

on the golf course, and surrounded by SS men, how do "so many people" come up to him and praise him and thank him and lick his .......? "Oh THANK YOU, SIR!" MY ASS!

[Wellstone ruled]

15. The Mental Midget is

doing his PT Barnum Schick as that is all he has left. It is only going to get worse.

This garbage with the Covid numbers sure looks like if I can control the facts from the Minions,I win. Which he has been doing since day one.

[Jarqui]

17. In business, he's faced bankruptcy decisions and filed

He's approaching, if not already in, political bankruptcy.

He can make complaints about the polling but he reads polls and he knows deep down that he's in deep trouble.

He'll probably cut himself the best deal he can craft.
The Republicans will have their knives out because they don't give a crap about him - they're only interested in hanging on to as much power or their elected positions as they can.

[duforsure]

18. Just before his taxes get released he'll resign

They would expose so much against him , and many criminal ties committing crimes with corrupt dictators like putin , erdogan, and kim. Add tax fraud, bank fraud, and when they look at everyone in the family it'll show them all involved , as was claimed he used before for funneling dirty money with them. They'll be uncovering crimes for a decade or more these people were involved in.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Context? You're talking about Kanye, right? Somebody sat down with him & he withdrew today. . nt

[PCIntern]

21. Yes.

[Roc2020]

22. So what, he thought he would lose in 2016

as well. Trump will not accept loss unless he loses in a landslide. Even then I'm not so sure.

[Cosmocat]

25. Thank you

hes a cockroach.

[BarbD]

24. H'e having a tantrum.

At this point he is exceptionally dangerous. If he is going down, he will take as many with him as he can.

Looks like his staff, advisors and republicans are just trying to get out of the way.

[ancianita]

28. Sounds true. But any official pathologizing could lead to a diagnosis that would excuse him

from criminal prosecution based on some version of an insanity plea.

We can't let that happen. He must make him eventually face The Law.

[flying_wahini]

29. I wonder who feeds him his meds? Think someone on the team is medicating him?

[peggysue2]

30. I think Tulsa had a profound effect on The Donald

First indication that the magic has abandoned him. No huge adoring crowds that he can command with his nonsense. The headlines are constantly against him. The polls are against him. Even certain quarters of Fox News has turned critical. And SCOTUS, for all Trump's promises, did not march to the Donald tune.

The recent cancellation of the NH rally is a case in point--the crowds were not going to show up, were not going to risk their lives for Trump. And if there's one thing Trump fears, it's humiliation.

And yes, I agree his mental health has taken a real hit. He cannot string a cogent sentence together, slurs his words and loses focus during public appearances. The drug use is clearly on display.

The whole rotten facade is crumbling.

[Traildogbob]

31. Fund raising

He and his spawn are having an all out, even threatening, fund raising blitz to his cult. Thom Hartmann signed up for his news letters and campaign twitter as Fed Flintstone years back. He is seeing an explosion of cash begging, fro all his spawn brats. Knowing he is done, he is squeezing every red penny out of his gullible fools to take and run. He can legally keep those funds. All his spawn depend on that cash and are stuffing pockets before the family is kicked the hell out. Putin will leave the light on and turn down the bed, dry, no pee pee on the sheets. No extradition from Russia, he will remain there for his miserable life until an upper story window is left open or a plutonium Diet Coke finds its way to him. Too cold to golf in Russia in winter. Lady G will have time to go there and golf with him in summer.

[yellowdogintexas]

87. watching Thom read that stuff was hilarious

he was cracking up

[H2O Man]

32. Recommended.

I didn't see his presentation yesterday, but my cousin called me laughing so hard he could barely talk. He said that Trump was a mess.

I like the comparison to Nixon. It fits. For those too young to remember, I strongly recommend reading Woodward & Bernstein's second book, "The Final Days," (1976), that documents that era. It's important to know that the republicans in the House and Senate were anything but noble until the very end. They knew that Nixon had lost contact with reality off and on for weeks, even months. But they were only concerned with their own positions. And that, of course, ending up catching up to them.

It was a strange time. Wild. It was a mixture of good vs bad, and until Nixon resigned, it wasn't clear what might happen. Yet, at least in my opinion, Trump's decomposing is creating a higher natiional and global risk.

Thank you for this! Much appreciated.

[malaise]

39. Yesterday was breath-taking

It was incoherent psychobabble on steroids. I was literally choking with laughter.

[H2O Man]

54. It was good to

hear my cousin laughing so hard. I've got to watch it when I get done in the garden. I'm listening to great music, and pulling a couple of weeds.

[FakeNoose]

41. All true, but there was one major difference

In 1974 Nixon had already won his re-election. He actually won in a major landslide that helped the down-ticket Republicans too. Therefore the Senate Republicans who finally convinced Nixon that he had to resign were not acting to cover their own butts, they acted for the good of the country. They saw that the votes were there to convict Nixon if it went to an impeachment trial, and they convinced him to resign before it got that far.

In 2020 there are no patriots left in the Repuke Party. Certainly not in the Senate.

[H2O Man]

53. What I said was

that before those who turned on him decided to do so, they were thinking about their own re-elections. It wasn't until it his a critical point -- one tape specifically -- that they turned on him. I do not view that as noble or patriotic. But that's just me. And, if anyone watches the House hearings on the Articles of Impeachment -- easily found on youtube -- they will see republicans behaving exactly as they did last year in the same hearings for Trump, with minor exceptions.

[Caliman73]

61. I agree. Even though many had won re-election...

They were not thinking about the nation as a whole but of the Republican Party's position within the electoral future. Had they backed Nixon and lost, the Party would have been discredited for a long time. They preemptively convinced him to resign before the very first President to be removed from office would be a Republican.

My contention is that the lack of a specifically right wing media ecosystem, made it so that anyone who was paying attention, got their information from the same media outlets. I am sure there were opinion pieces and spin, but basically everyone was operating from the same information.

Today, there is a whole segment of people who have an entirely different set of information (wrong/false/and lies) but they are cut off from the mainstream reality.

[H2O Man]

63. Exactly!

Nixon had become a ball & chain on the republican party. Had he gone to trial in the Senate, it would have damaged their party even more than his resigning in disgrace. That's why they turned on him, rather than any sense of patriotism.

People frequently mention Goldwater as a noble example. I'm fine with saying those events helped spark the beginning of Barry's transformation into an actual human being. But before, and up to and even immediately following Nixon's resignation, he was a shithead.

[yaesu]

36. Nixon drank, tRump does drugs, he is a danger with or without a breakdown. nt

[FakeNoose]

37. I hope you're right about this

It would be the first sign that he has any brain cells still working. I don't feel any sympathy for Chump, but the last 3 -1/2 years have been hard to take for us who are rational humans.

I remember Nixon's last days before he resigned, and there are a few parallels here. If there's anyone left that Chump still trusts (Ivanka maybe, or Jared?) - somebody has to talk to him in no uncertain terms. It doesn't seem that Moscow Mitch has any standing with Chump now. We're watching the self-destruction of the Repuke Party. They're all going down with him.

[malaise]

38. And he will only get worse

I just hope I'm watching the final breakdown

[csziggy]

56. ".The Final Breakdown" would be a good book title!

In the same vein as "The Final Days" it could detail the last year of Dolt45's mis-administration.

[malaise]

59. There will be an industry with book titles after this fiasco

[grantcart]

40. He knows himself, he doesn't listen to anyone

First of all his relentless boosterism is A cover for extreme sled doubt

"I think thou dost protest too much"

He knew that his election was a long shot but became confident until the Virus attacked.

He doesn't really believe in ads or the micro marketing UNLESS it's tied to a mass campaign ignited by the rallies and I think he is right.

He knew it is almost impossible to win with the rallies but take that away and he has nothing.

It's not people telling him he hasn't a chance he is telling himself.

With Mary's book coming out and knowledge he is losing he isn't getting sleep.

[Larissa]

44. When the powerful lose power it can get ugly

I always felt sorry for Pat Nixon. By the time the Nixons boarded Marine One for the last time, Richard was drinking heavily.

Richard Nixon's wife, Pat, alleged that he hit her (gave her a black eye)
https://www.history.com/news/pat-nixon-abuse-allegations-richard-nixon-seymour-hersh-memoir

[Kitchari]

70. I did not know about that

Thanks for the link.

[bucolic_frolic]

45. I think his days of dealing are done because

he's out of assets - kompromat, cash, the assets of the country he controls - so he is relying on his mix of corporate public relations skills, psychological manipulation, tried and true methods of dictators. I believe what will save us - if it does - is that the country is so polarized already. He's trying to move 12% of people in battleground states in his direction, but 94% of people have already made up their mind. You have to do some serious mind control to move that needle. You have to abuse reality, create fantasies, electroshock minds with unbelievable logic and lies, torment people to the point of keeping them awake. Telling us it's going away and that tests create more cases is part of that game. If the actual reality shifts even a little in your direction, it will make a delta move that makes it a closer race. It is also hard to change people's minds when they are angry, and America is angry. Democrats need to do some of their own rabble rousing. That's why I think Sen. Harris is Biden's best choice - she can belt it out. Biden and Rice is like running two professors. We need an attack dog with bark, bite, growl, spit, and fangs.

[OMGWTF]

55. Sen. Harris would be an amazing VP. She is a very fierce opponent, but a kind and funny person too!

I would love to have a drink with her someday.

[kimbutgar]

48. He sounded coo coo for coca puffs cray cray yesterday

Heard some parts on the radio because I can’t stand to look at him and he made no sense whatsoever. The slurring the ridiculous comments were devastating.


And I guess the book by his niece being released today he is near a total nervous breakdown.

[47of74]

50. I'm waiting for bunkerfucker to reenact this scene

And I hope someone tapes it too.

[Javaman]

52. Even worse...

Who is the person that will break the news to him that he lost?

He will watch the screen but won’t be able to make sense of it

I want picture of that exact moment

[malaise]

60. I want the live concession speech

[Progressive dog]

62. I hope you are right.

Trump has earned a breakdown and much more.

[blakstoneranger]

64. Or it may be that he knows his win is in the bag!

if these rich fks ain't through with him, he will serve another 4 years until he has satisfied the quid pro quo. Remember, in a fair election, an electoral college win is highly unlikely. But this election, by trumps own words actions is fixed, for his benefit. The system we once knew is gone, taken over by autocratic dictators from foreign lands.

I THINK THE FIRST THING WE SHOULD DO IS:

MAKE SURE BIDEN STAYS HEALTHY

ENSURE OUR COUNTING PRCESS IS FAIR AND ACCURATE, AND NOT CORRUPTED BY RUSSIA.

[uponit7771]

66. +1, ... and poisoning is what they tried to do to that one guy in Ukraine so no one can put anything

... past the Trump and the Russins

[jimlup]

65. One concern that I have is that he will resign...

It isn't clear how that could play out.

Assume nothing until we are past the finish line of November 3rd close of all polls.

[Joinfortmill]

72. Let it be so.

[warmfeet]

75. I hope he blows a gasket and

cannot recover.

[calimary]

78. I suspect he's reaching a point where the same old tricks aren't working as well.

The whole country has weathered almost four years of his shit. He's no longer that rude-but-funny male chauvinist pig visiting the Howard Stern show. He's no longer the "Apprentice" star - harmless, he has no impact on you after the show is over or whenever you change the channel. He's basically non-threatening and an entertainer. Amusing enough, and his schtick is kinda funny.

BUT NOT ANYMORE!!!!!

I suspect more of America is starting to wake up from a big-ass bender, and realizing that there's one helluva hangover and a world of hurt to have to deal with now. And it's VERY sobering.

It's not funny anymore.

It's not tons-o'-fluff entertainment anymore.

It's not harmless nonsense starring flakes and clowns and get-rich-quickers and other rogues and fast-talkers you could laugh at and feel somehow smug and superior to, anymore.

It's not one of those guilty pleasures anymore.

It's DEADLY serious, particularly for those who are either facing down, struggling through, or having to bury a loved one from the coronavirus.

[hay rick]

79. He jumped off the cliff, flapped his arms, and now he's looking down.

Who's his daddy? Old Mr. Gravity.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

81. I am sure he feels cornered. because he is. he cornered himself.

But the rambling display yesterday was no different from hundreds of other times.

[kairos12]

82. I think he's counting on Putin to flip votes. He's not out yet.

[tclambert]

83. He knows that when he loses the election, prison follows soon after.

[johnnyfins]

90. Mashed Potato Head has no debate game left.

[olegramps]

91. The insiders see their dream of a dictatorial presidency quickly slipping away.

However, they will not be deterred and will come out in force after they lose the election. I really fear that Trump will refuse to peacefully concede and will use every means to challenge the validity of the election. Just how far will his rabble go to attempt to overturn the results? Will the military remain true to their oath to protect the Constitutional government? I fear that the officer ranks are dominated by Trump Republicans and can only hope if it comes to a confrontation that the enlisted refuse to obey unlawful orders. This especially applies to state national guard troops under the control and command of radical Republican governors.

The Republican Party has done everything in its power to destroy the government beginning with Nixon and intensified with Reagan. Each Republican administration has been nothing more than gangsters who are out to rape the constitution and transform the nation into a dictatorship firmly in the control of the plutocrats. Their blueprint is the same that led to the catastrophic governments of the Nazis. If anyone wants to see a replay of what transpired in Italy and is being repeated today they only have to watch the tirades of Mussolini rants. We are experiencing a vivid replay of the runup to an impending disaster if we fail to stop this madman and his bootlicking cadre of ignoramuses.