Says CNN about this ad:
Now, I'm reading "REPORT: TRUMP IS MELTING DOWN OVER BLOOMBERG ADS ABOUT HIS WEIGHT" by Bess Levin in Vanity Fair. I'm soooo jaded about reports that Trump is "melting down." Levin quotes some Trump tweets about Bloomberg but none of them are about Bloomberg's insinuation that Trump is fat. Trump openly calls Bloomberg short, so he'd only undercut his own comedy routine if he got butthurt about Bloomberg calling him fat.
And Trump knows he's fat. He's self-deprecating about it, making it part of his own comedy. And he put out this tweet immediately after Bloomberg's fat-shaming ad:
Getting a little exercise this morning! pic.twitter.com/fyAAcbhbgk— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2020
Trump looks fat in his own tweet. And most Americans are fat too. Bloomberg is an idiot if he's aiming at Trump and collaterally damaging millions of Americans who are sensitive about their weight. And the same goes for Trump mocking Bloomberg for being short. I'll bet a third of American men are as short as Bloomberg. Why belittle them? Hmm. "Belittle" is one of those latent politically incorrect words. Why
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Wrong again. Fat, Short: Apples and Oranges. See Randy Newman.
He's melting down because the walls are closing in and we're at a tipping point!
I see Bloomberg is taking a page from Trump's book.
The original author always does it better.
5’8” is 34th percentile
5’5” is 8th percentile
I am 5’7 3/4”. We’ve met. He seemed short to me so I bet on the latter for Bloomberg.
Trump fights.
For us.
Against the elites, the NWOers, the ones who look down on us as the little people.
I don't care that he's overweight and eats two scoops.
Honey Badger don't care.
I agree that they are both vain old geezers. (Based on observations from different photos, it has been reported that POTUS uses lift shoes and a girdle.)
Bloomberg seems to have the same finely honed political instincts as Hillary. He also seems to share her sense of humor.
JaimeRoberto said...
He's melting down because the walls are closing in and we're at a tipping point!
Hilarious. We could have just repeated that sentence every day for the past four years and summed up all the media reporting on Trump.
So glad that I’m not short.
Wow. Bloomberg fell for it right away. Not very bright.
is he cereal
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/swing-vote-democrat-manchin-suggests-senate-censure-trump-not-impeach-him/
Does Mini Mike not remember what happened to Little Marco after he thought he could mix it up with Donnie Two Scoops?
(Decent extension on that swing, Mr. President!)
this is ocasio cortez, if they gave her some responsibility,
https://babalublog.com/2020/02/03/spains-soccialist-government-embroiled-in-scandal-after-allowing-visit-by-eu-sanctioned-venezuelan-official/
Trump doesn’t hold back from using people’s physical characteristics against them. He’s called Rosie O’Donnel fat as well as Meghan McCain. He’s called numerous men short, as an epithet. I guess he doesn’t care that using someone’s height and weight (or other less than perfect attributes) to insult them will result in that being turned right around against him.
yes the first is fat repulsive and ignorant, and megan is only slightly better, a spoiled brat punching above her weight, occasionally she finds a blind squirrel,
If one is obese melting down fat is the remedy.
Trump may shape up to his HS physique - oh joy for Melania.
this cigar store indian, needs to return to his village,
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/wuhan-virus-watch-biden-hits-trumps-response-to-potential-pandemic-as-fearmongering-and-xenophopic/
It's a good ad. The guy is spending several hundred millions on ads, so he's bound to get at least one right.
It's short and a quick and takes a few soft jabs at Trump's golf game.
The much more important questions is whether $1 Billion gets you into the Democrat debates, when you're polling at 8.3%.
As Democrat Billionaire go, he's outperforming Tom Steyer!
Bloomberg is not really what one would call “thin” BTW.
Doesn't this just emphasize Bloomberg reputation as nanny-state "food Nazi"?
The local Planet Fitness is of two minds about this obesity thing.
I’m doing my weight routine and Monday night is free pizza night!
I wish I could have grown to at least 5'9" which was the height of my youngest and maybe shortest brother, there is a lot of difference in 5'7" and 5'9".
Next ad should include Trump fooling around during the national anthem at the super bowl, real class from the man child.
Trump is overweight but he's obviously very healthy so it's a moot point.
so mostly an ad about nothing,
https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2020/02/03/expose-2020-part-5-elizabeth-warren-iowa-campaign-field-organizer-says-that-democrats-lose-elections-because-they-prioritize-pronouns-over-making-sure-people-hav/
I'm soooo jaded about reports that Trump is "melting down."
Journalists know what Trump is feeling, what he thinks about when he wakes up in the morning, and what he says in private conversations with his family. And it's all bad. You can believe it!
Bloomberg cares.
Trump is a honey badger.
I am not sure that I would believe that Trump is “melting down” if he told me so himself. That guy plays his cards pretty close to the vest.
readering said...
I agree that they are both vain old geezers. (Based on observations from different photos, it has been reported that POTUS uses lift shoes and a girdle.)
Cool story bro
Bloomberg's "get the job done" slogan is good. It emphasizes that he's competent (unlike Biden) and that he won't destroy the economy (unlike Sanders and Warren). To win the Democratic primary, so he has a shot at Trump, he should introduce himself to the many people who just think he's a short rich guy with a Jewish name. Bloomberg built a hugely successful business, creating lots of jobs, and he was an effective mayor of New York City, which is a lot bigger than South Bend.
I don't think his gun control ads work in the primary: They don't distinguish him from his rivals. In the general election, he can see how the issue polls in must-win states. I think he'd do better to talk about the fall in the murder rate when he was mayor.
Bloomberg is a very short guy with a very tall girlfriend: I suspect he can handle jokes about his height. I also think he's too smart to waste time and energy trying to make Trump "melt down."
If Trump cared about looking good, he'd get a decent haircut and a good tailor. I think he prefers to look big. (Why the haircut I don't know.)
Bloomberg's "get the job done" slogan is good. It emphasizes that he's competent (unlike Biden) and that he won't destroy the economy (unlike Sanders and Warren). To win the Democratic primary, so he has a shot at Trump, he should introduce himself to the many people who just think he's a short rich guy with a Jewish name. Bloomberg built a hugely successful business, creating lots of jobs, and he was an effective mayor of New York City, which is a lot bigger than South Bend.
I don't think his gun control ads work in the primary: They don't distinguish him from his rivals. In the general election, he can see how the issue polls in must-win states. I think he'd do better to talk about the fall in the murder rate when he was mayor.
Bloomberg is a very short guy with a very tall girlfriend: I suspect he can handle jokes about his height. I also think he's too smart to waste time and energy trying to make Trump "melt down."
If Trump cared about looking good, he'd get a decent haircut and a good tailor. I think he prefers to look big. (Why the haircut I don't know.)
You can tell Trump is vain about his height.
That's why he's never photographed around his 6' wife.
Or any of his male children who are 6'5" and better.
Barron least of all.
/readering
That very tall girlfriend cares about Bloomberg's very large bank account.
I would bet she doesn't joke about his smallness, physical or otherwise.
Trump should challenge Bloomberg to 18 holes of match play.
Trump has been called every name in the book - every day - since August 2015. The idea that he's "Livid" over being called "fat" is hysterical. The Liberal/Left MSM constantly mind-reads Trump. They desperately want to believe their attacks are hitting home and Trump is "angry" "lashing out" "obsessed" "melting down" etc. when there's ZERO evidence.
according to the DNC-media Trump has "Lashed out" at least 1,200 times since Feb 2016.
mockturtle said...
Trump should challenge Bloomberg to 18 holes of match play.
And then attend a charity auction together. One of them is a self-made billionaire.
I remember this one time I lashed out by ignoring stupidity and quietly going about my business.
Trump lashes out.
And so is the other one.
Trump can dish it out, AND take it.
Not clear that Bloomberg can. He's been insulated. Nobody in the media has taken on a Billionaire Publisher. They'll attack his politics but never his person. Trump will - trump will mock him relentlessly. Lets see how thick Bloomberg's skin is.
Bloomberg is the latest humorless leftist that Trump exposes as such by goading him into proving he not only can't take a joke but can't make one either.
They all so, so badly do not understand Trump and his power over them.
Some Democrat dumbass was on TV stating that "the D Party will Take on the Big Corporations and the wealthy CEOs"
LOL - yeah like Mike Bloomberg. Nobody believes the D's are going to do ANYTHING against Big Business. They LOVE Google and Bloomberg and all the other BIllionaires and Big Corps that support them.
Althouse; about that Tweet of Trump claiming to be getting a bit of exercise...
The date was last Saturday. The time was late morning. The official reports were that Trump had gone to Trump National Golf Club, and I have no doubt that he did. But my understanding of the story is that while Trump went over to the golf club, nobody was playing golf. It was raining. It had started raining Friday night, and it was a miserable rain all day Saturday in the Palm Beach area.
And the photo of Trump teeing off was an old photo.
So why that sort of fakery? As I understand it, the story is a lot more interesting than what you are letting on, Althouse. Looking at the fascinating Twitter feed of Tom Joseph, it goes like this:
~ On Friday night, Joseph posts to Twitter video he found of Trump getting off AF1 that night in West Palm. It showed Trump descending the short, lower ramp of the plane, stopping halfway down and waving as a device to help him get some balance, and then doing a marked leg-drag as he moved from the steps to the vehicle parked just feet away from the ramp.
~ That video when viral, and then Q fans went into attack mode.
~ The story doubtlessly got back to Trump's communications people overnight, and the next day, they are Tweeting (even recklessly/falsely) about Trump being fit and playing golf.
I really do think that being obese is the least of Trump's physical infirmities right now.
Is it okay if we give this our Trump Dementia Syndrome tag?
Blogger rcocean said...
Nobody believes the D's are going to do ANYTHING against Big Business.
Currently one party has a wealthy oligarch dominating the party. The other has a healthy diversity of little people.
Racist fopdoodles have hot takes.
ARM,
That's lame.
"... if he got butthurt..."
Will we be allowed to still say that if it is President Buttigieg?
I am Laslo.
Did he use a sharpie? Asking the important questions.
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1224485356529164288
"it was a miserable rain all day Saturday in the Palm Beach area.”
I live in West Palm and we had some rain at night, but Ii don’t remember this rainy day you are talking about.
"Is it okay if we give this our Trump Dementia Syndrome tag?"
Couldn't be the editorial "we", Chuck is not an editor. Not royalty, either.
Hey, Chuck; Is that the Voices In Our Head "we"?
When you are as short as Blomberg no one cares about your weight. Transwomen are men, but short men are women.....
"The other has a healthy diversity of little people.”
Including one little oligarch who wants to buy the DNC as a hostile takeover from Hillary.
Chuck said...
I can't find a copy of that photo dated before February 1. Could you please provide a link to the one you saw? A link to the video you describe too. He's walking fine in all of the ones I've seen from this past weekend.
Thanks.
If Trump's not careful, Lil Mike could corner the short skinny billionaire vote, And their wives, lets not forget the, what did Tom call them, "social X-rays." Trump could lose the whole Upper East Side!
There were some showers, come to think of it, gentle spritzing rain, but nothing to keep someone who loves golf off of the course. I have a rain hat I wear. It certainly wasn’t a "miserable day.” It almost never rains the whole day here unless something tropical rolls through.
Trump is married to a supermodel. He's probably not concerned if Bloomberg thinks he is fat.
I found that twitter feed and watched the videos chuck mentions. Coming down the stairs, Trump stops and waves. His balance seems fine. His legs seem fine. It the other video, Trump walks across a room. Again, he seems fine. The rest of that idiots timeline is devoted to claiming Trump is in advanced stage of dementia. I get that people dislike Trump. Not sure why the need to be wildly dishonest.
"Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It"
Why? Because broadcasting contempt towards the "others" is the raison d'etre of the modern D party.
The end of this post is a crowning achievement in Althouse humor. Well done!
Does that adbot pop up on every Chuck thread?
I watched the video of him getting off the plane, it was dark and wet and he had an umbrella in one hand. He was deliberate about where he stepped. He appeared to be waving to some people greeting him. He never looked unsteady, just careful, as anyone would be in the dark on wet metal stairs.
There is nothing like Hillary getting dragged into the back of an SUV or coughing or appearing to have a seizure when balloons were released. His eyeball didn't start bleeding(Biden), and he didn't have a heart attack (Bernie).
With the left it is always projection. Always.
Bloomberg would only hire Trump for a golf course? That's grade-A ignorance regarding Trump's NYC projects. Famously Trump redid Wolman rink in a few months after NYC failed to rebuild it for six-year and he's put up buildings that house tens of thousands of people to this day.
https://nypost.com/2016/02/07/how-donald-trump-helped-save-new-york-city/
As a 5' 9" male, which happens to be the average height for an American man, I'm a little offended when pukes like Tucker Carlson call Mayor Mike tiny. So what if he's 5'-8". His size is irrelevant. He's an authoritarian jerk who thinks he knows better about what size soft drink Americans should be ALLOWED to buy. He had some good ideas with "stop and frisk" but then he abandoned all that to suck up to the press. To hell with him. And to hell with never Trumper Tucker Carlson.
Bloomberg is disparaging PGA professionals and course superintendents, too...
I watched Trump hit balls on the back of the range at Doral. It’s not a swing you would want to emulate but he gets results.
Bloomberg would need cut down shafts.
I also live in Palm Beach County, in a town where the president has one of his golf courses. On Saturday, it was supposed to storm -- so badly that they cancelled the "Jupiter (FL) Jubilee". Most of the day though was without rain, much less storm, though it was overcast. It started a drizzle around dinnertime and went on into the evening.
Chuck lies about most things.
THEOLDMAN
It's pathetic, this Trump hater. I'll pray for him.
I read this and immediately starting thinking about Caddyshack. Trump is the Rodney Dangerfield character and Bloomberg is playing the Ted Knight role.
Nancy Pelosi co-stars as the groundskeeper.
Anyone else notice Bloomberg "wandering eye"? towards end of the clip?
"Why belittle them?"
He's not belittling them.
1. Mini Mike is vain and sensitive about his height. Trump tries to get under his skin.
2. Americans like their presidents taller.
The Mini-Mike ad that deserves analysis is Bloomberg's fallacious Super Bowl ad. The young man whose mother mourns him so much? He was twenty when he died -- scarcely a "child." And he died in what they used to call a "rumble" between two gangs. The shooter was 18, also not really a "child," and he's serving 34 years in prison.
In order to get to the number 2900, Bloomberg had to count young adults as old as 19 as "children," which strikes me as dishonest. Young males in their late teens are a long way from being children. The gun that killed George Kemp, whose mother was featured in Bloomberg's ad, was that gun legally acquired? What are the Democrats planning to do about guns that aren't legally acquired. So far, the only answer seems to be that they plan to do nothing.
jeff: "The rest of that idiots timeline is devoted to claiming Trump is in advanced stage of dementia. I get that people dislike Trump. Not sure why the need to be wildly dishonest."
If you pay close attention over time you will see clearly that our operational leftist, LLR-lefty Chuck, will immediately attempt to project democrat problems onto republicans in general and specific democrat presidential candidate weaknesses onto Trump.
Its as predictable as night follows day.
There has literally not been a single criticism of any dem over the past 4+ years that LLR-lefty Chuck has not attempted to mitigate/lie about as well as claim that its actually a republican/conservative problem.
I don't care how tall or short Bloomberg is. Watching that ad is the first time I've heard him speak.
He looks too damn old to be president. And sounds too damn old as well.
“Next ad should include Trump fooling around during the national anthem at the super bowl, real class from the man child.”
I saw that video at the Miami Herald. That was disturbing. If Obama had done that, omg.
Video of Trump waving his hands around during National Anthem
Chuck has one of those "Operation" games with a Trump headshot pasted over the face.
Every buzz gives him a buzz.
Admiral Inga: "I saw that video at the Miami Herald. That was disturbing. If Obama had done that, omg."
LOL
The walls are closing in!
Next thing you know Trump will take a knee during the national Anthem along with waving his arms randomly about, yes this guy shows real class.
roesch/voltaire: "Next thing you know Trump will take a knee during the national Anthem along with waving his arms randomly about, yes this guy shows real class."
Will that be before or after selling Alaska to the Russians?
LOL
Trump is so amazing he's even got democrats supporting the National Anthem!
Playing the head game against President Trump is a loser. The President does the personal back and forth, like he breaths. It is a part of him. Not something he thinks about. Its like his 24 7 sales mode. He is ALWAYS in the middle of the pitch. Always.Bloomberg thinking he can trade jabs, tells me Bloomberg doesn't understand the rules of the game he's wading into.
It's like the better halfs holiday party last weekend. The entertainment was a stand up comic, that promised a "clean" set. It was a small crowd so he was working the room hard trying to build a relationship. One of the employees that is known as the company cutup, and quick with his tongue, took a couple of verbal swipes at the comic, is was very quickly stammering when the comic came back at him hard. In the end, teasing and getting the best of your co-workers, does not prepare you to go against a pro.
Bloomberg would be far ahead to stick to politiking, and avoid going toe to toe with the President.
roesch/voltaire said...Next ad should include Trump fooling around during the national anthem at the super bowl
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For clarity, it was at a Super Bowl Watch party he was hosting..not AT the super bowl.
walter: "For clarity, it was at a Super Bowl Watch party he was hosting..not AT the super bowl."
Everyone can see that but by next week LLR-lefty Chuck and r/v and the dems will all be saying Trump did it during Honor Guard services at Arlington while communicating on his Bat-phone with russia.
"on his Bat-phone with russia."?
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Hey..if it rings true, it is true.
;)
walter: "Hey..if it rings true, it is true.
;)"
Next weeks NYT headlines today: Anonymous White House Sources Report Trump Using Cone Of Silence To Communicate With Putin! Democrats Demand Impeachment Mulligan!
It's not like he was recorded saying "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country"
I really do think the Democrats need Bloomberg as their candidate. Considering that black NYC residents referred to his “stop and frisk” policy as “walking while black,” it will be a true test of black loyalty to the party.
There is not enough money in the world to elect some people president. Bloomberg is on that list. So am I :)
rcocean said...
Trump has been called every name in the book - every day - since August 2015. The idea that he's "Livid" over being called "fat" is hysterical. The Liberal/Left MSM constantly mind-reads Trump. They desperately want to believe their attacks are hitting home and Trump is "angry" "lashing out" "obsessed" "melting down" etc. when there's ZERO evidence.
according to the DNC-media Trump has "Lashed out" at least 1,200 times since Feb 2016.
2/3/20, 7:34 PM
It gets old after a while, which is why Trump is going to win in a landslide. The MSM is dead.
I really do think the Democrats need Bloomberg as their candidate. Considering that black NYC residents referred to his “stop and frisk” policy as “walking while black,” it will be a true test of black loyalty to the party. Visit my Website to get latest news about tips and tricks.
Trump does something: “omg, that’s disturbing!” When you hate something so much, that’s all you can see.
(Dragged off topic by the resident trolls. Damn it).
Golf is big with these rich people. The whole ‘trump has played more golf than Obama’ has gained (garnered!) little to no traction. Trump plays golf almost every weekend according the the leftist stats the show ‘omg, trump played golf’. Which, to me, sounds like no big deal: people do stuff -sometimes the same stuff - on weekends.
"You can tell Trump is vain about his height.
That's why he's never photographed around his 6' wife.
Or any of his male children who are 6'5" and better."
First, I've seen plenty of photos with Trump and his family members. Second, why did he appear with Comey, and try to hug him? Comey pulled away like a #MeToo whore who finally decided she was raped. Comey is a LOT taller, and Trump didn't seem a bit worried about it.
I guess he doesn’t care that using someone’s height and weight (or other less than perfect attributes) to insult them will result in that being turned right around against him.
You're right. He doesn't.
So why do you?
Last night I was reading the very entertaining and informative book, "Amo, Amas, Amat and More: How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others," by Eugene Erlich (introduction by William F. Buckley Jr.--for any of you WFB fans out there); and there is a section under under the word "argumentum" ahich surprised me how many fallacious arguments make up the Democratic talking points.
I knew about the "Argumentum ad Misericordia," the Argument from Pity that seems to constitute at least 60 per sent of why the average Democratic candidate thinks you should vote for them. But there are scads others, including (hitherto unknown to me) the "Argumentum ad crumenam," or the appeal based on money or the promise of profit--the basis for all the "free stuff" the Dems like to promise. There is also the Argumentum ad invidiam, described as "an appeal to envy or other undesireable human trait," which author Erlich describes as a "powerful tool for demagogues." Hi, Breadlines Bernie and his Bernie Bros!
Trump looks fat in his own tweet. And most Americans are fat too.
Small goals for a small people, eh?
All this supposed "greatness" claimed by and on behalf of people who can't even exercise the simplest discipline over what they put into their mouth.
This is a presidency of, by and for the un-self controlled. Can't control what comes out of their mouths and can't control what they put in those mouths. And yet somehow out of this orgy of uncontrollable impulses will flow national greatness? My ass.
The America of Uncontrolled Urges.
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