The famously loose-lipped presidential candidate couldn’t help but insult a key battleground state’s largest city
  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1241·
    2 months ago

    “Trump walked on stage, shit his pants, and swore at the audience. His polling subsequently went up 3 pts.”

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    2 months ago

    Trump could spend three hours rambling to his crowd about how fat, stupid and gullible they all are and they would still vote for him. He couldn’t make them dislike him no matter how hard he tried.

  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
    41·
    2 months ago

    “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president. You’re going to have a mess on your hands,” Trump said.

    Michigan polling shows Harris and Trump still caught up in a very tight race.

    😒

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      When he comes to big cities his crowd isn’t from the cities. That’s just where the venues are. The crowd comes from the surrounding suburbs and rural areas. People in rural and suburban Michigan are terrified of Detroit.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    341·
    2 months ago

    Trump hates veterans and seems to see them as suckers, losers, etc. And yet, I’ve seen a shocking number of “Veterans for Trump” signs.

    Like there are veterans who believe that it’s all the OTHER veterans that Trump thinks are losers. All the other veterans except them.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Superpac money is helping here, it’s the only money that actually works for him because the rest is funneled right into his bank account.

      It’s terrifying really, it means moving forward the candidate has less and less power even after elected, the interests are now very well organized.

  • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 months ago

    Well, there is a market in people who think their city has gone to hell all because of… those people. They’ll eat this shit up.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Suburbs. Detroit has been a “donut” city, hollowed out by flight to the suburbs. It’s finally starting to come back but it’s surrounded by wealthy suburbs who hate Detroit