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Trump walks out into the GOP convention: What was your reaction?

I watched live last night — did you? — and I'm rewatching now:


0:06 — Trump ambles out slowly. He's got a patch of white gauze atop his upper ear. 

0:16 — We're seeing him backstage, where he can — with his famous and his unfamous ear — hear the crowd cheering. He looks serious... and tired.

0:22  — Lee Greenwood, live on stage, begins Trump's theme song — If tomorrow all the things were gone — and Trump raises his arm into a fist pump — the gesture last seen 2 minutes after he nearly died.

0:35 — He's mouthing some words, he waves, does another fist pump, looks down, gives a thumbs up, mouths "Thank you, thank you."

0:57 — I remember thinking last night that he looks different and I flashed on the possibility there could be a body double then estimated it at zero when he turned sideways and we could see his idiosyncratic ducktail.

2:00 — Ascended onto the podium, he looks happy now. He moves to the speaker's position, but he gives no speech, only a mouthed "Thank you" and another fist pump. He smiles for a moment then walks over to join a select group of family and friends. Not Melania, but Tiffany and the 2 older boys. J.D. Vance, Byron Donalds, Tucker Carlson. Lee Greenwood: "He is here tonight to show his courage, his defiance against somebody who tried to kill him."

2:08 — His facial expression becomes softer, gentler. He seems as if he might cry.

2:25 — From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee — we know he is sensitive to music, and hearing this song again, now, must be an overwhelming emotional experience. Watch his face at this point.

2:53 — He dances slightly. 

3:13 — He's calmed down a bit now and is smiling and waving. 

3:43 — There's some restrained interaction with Vance after which his eyes swivel Vanceward, as if it might be possible for Trump to observe him unnoticed.

3:51 — Vance points at something, which seems to warm things up, and the 2 men chat. Then the 2 men point together. Pointing at something out of our view — perhaps at nothing at all — is a standard political gesture, and the 2 men seem to flow smoothly into this performance.

4:09 — The song ends, Trump salutes, the crowd chants the chant from the scene of the attempted assassination: "U-S-A! U-S-A!"

4:24 — Trump joins the chant. He's got a very wide smile, and again, I feel that he's holding back tears.

११७ टिप्पण्या:

Captain BillieBob म्हणाले...

I think that was the most emotional I have ever seen him.

rehajm म्हणाले...

American flag on the ear or something…

Enough with that song and voice over already…

…and they were forced to eat Robin’s minstrels…and there was much rejoicing

Big Mike म्हणाले...

I saw it later. I’m not a fan of conventions.

Captain BillieBob म्हणाले...

Overwhelming gratitude

imTay म्हणाले...

Didn't need that smarmy music to make me tear up.

rehajm म्हणाले...

He dies look different- the RBF is different but he looks the same when he’s talking. Maybe all the pancake?

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It strikes me as moronic. Trump's the same candidate he always was.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

Althouse writes, "He looks serious... and tired."

That could be his pain meds -- not for the ear, but for the residual effects of three brawny men and one not-so-big-and-brawny woman jumping on him last Saturday evening.

Regarding the Secret Service agent-ette, poor Trump was entirely exposed to gunfire from his waist to his famous hairline because that SS woman is at least a foot and a half shorter than the minimum height a Trump bodyguard ought to be.

Something is rotten in the United States Secret Service. And it isn't just Kimberly A. Cheatle.

Anne in Rockwall, TX म्हणाले...

The Benediction was epic! "You're gonna be so blessed, you're gonna be tired of being blessed."

Iman म्हणाले...

Yes, it was, Billie Bob. He looked like he knew the significance of this event, how amazing it was that he survived the attempted murder. He looked like a man on a mission who deserves our support.

The left is showing its true colors: mustard yellow and baby shit green.

Tank म्हणाले...

Saw this clip this morning. I got a little emotional. Not my usual.

Shouting Thomas म्हणाले...

The Trump Hitler thing has intensified on X.

There will likely be more attempts on Trump’s life.

The emerging Democrat party line is that Trump had it coming because of his purported violent rhetoric.

Captain BillieBob म्हणाले...

This not the Trump of 2016, he's changed. Humble. Gracious.

Enigma म्हणाले...

Conventions today involve preaching to the converted. JD Vance was clearly converted from being a Trump hater to his running mate, so the internal Republican discussion is long done. Conventions shifted from genuine internal debates and at least nominal contests to themed PR propaganda several decades ago. So, no I didn't watch.

I'm much more interested in dialogues between parties among those who open to working on relationships. Let's have Steven Crowder style "Change My Mind" debates to get a sense of where others are coming from, even when they have deep differences of opinion and little chance of conversion. Be real about toleration and cooperation, and not talk of putting "Trump in the bullseye" like our vacant puppet President.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/change-my-mind/

Cheryl म्हणाले...

My thought last night was”He looks like he knows he almost missed all of this.” He looks grateful, and more reflective than usual. Thursday’s speech could be interesting.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

As most here know, SS Director Cheatle has a stated goal of replacing men in the agency with women. (Whatever that means. Someone with a strong prosecutorial background should ask her to define woman under oath.) According to her plan, the Secret Service would become at least 30% female by 2029. To accomplish that she's spent most of her discretionary budget recruiting women and encouraging the early retirement of the most experienced and skilled agents in the Service, who being overwhelmingly male make room for the less experienced, less skilled, and weaker females Cheatle is determined to hire.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It's not a changed Trump, just a salesman with a different strategy. Trump was always in control.

rrsafety म्हणाले...

I’ve heard he has not reached out to the widow yet. I think that is very odd.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

I listened to Trump chatting on Imus for years. The guy isn't emotionally driven, just sees amusing connections.

john mosby म्हणाले...

Sleeping guards… going down then rising…showing us his wound…remind you of anyone?

Need that tag!

JSM

Breezy म्हणाले...

I teared up too. Among other emotions, there was gratitude and humility.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

"It strikes me as moronic."

Minor differences of opinion regarding the mood of a person no one here actually knows are seen as "moronic".

rhhardon's the same commentator he always was, sadly.

Temujin म्हणाले...

Yeah. I was surprised, but Trump looked like tears were welling up in his eyes as he first came walking out.
He looked tired- as one would 48 hours after surviving an assassination attempt, then flying all over the country while preparing for the Convention and selecting his running mate. He looked weary, but thankful, if one can have a thankful look.

I completely do not understand the gut level hatred that oozes out of people on the left for this man. There are so many stories about how Trump deals with real people, everyday people, that you hear about. In fact, one was told by a union leader last night. Little things that mean a lot to people. Things that people remember. Things that Trump did before he was President. Or since.

You never hear any such stories about Joe Biden. You just don't.

Special bonus viewing of Tucker Carlson there in the front row with Trump, Donaldson, and Vance. Watching this on Fox Business at the time, it had to be Carlson's first appearance on Fox, albeit an inadvertent one, since they fired him.

JAORE म्हणाले...

"... that SS woman is at least a foot and a half shorter than the minimum height a Trump bodyguard ought to be...".

An easy check would be to showcase all the male SS on high level protection duty below 5'6". It would be a short to non-existent parade, I'd wager. FWIW the fitness requirements for men and women in the Secret Service are substantially different.

Real question, why is that allowed? Either the men are tested to a level valid for the job and women not. Or the valid level is the women's requirement and the men have to exceed valid requirements.

imTay म्हणाले...

Honest to God, before this I was planning not to vote. Now I think I might move to a swing state. I had already been looking at real estate near Brunswick, GA, which is a beautiful area.

Jersey Fled म्हणाले...

What? Trump is human? But we’ve been told …

Sally327 म्हणाले...

I'd say get a room already but for, you know, Melania and Meade.

We're not looking for no. 1 boyfriend here.

Drago म्हणाले...

Temujin: "I completely do not understand the gut level hatred that oozes out of people on the left for this man."

It ain't just the left homeboy.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

I, too, thought he was near tears.

Is it too much of a cliche to say he’s a different man now?

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It's moronic because it's self-entertainment, an entertainment choice. "Oh we all had this emotional moment!"

Nothing changed except women's votes probably. Something Trump will tap into.

Drago म्हणाले...

rhhardin: "I listened to Trump chatting on Imus for years. The guy isn't emotionally driven, just sees amusing connections."

Yeah. Not much has really happened in the intervening decades to potentially change anything.

imTay म्हणाले...

"We're not looking for no. 1 boyfriend here."

But we are looking for someone who can keep his head in a crisis and keep his eye on the ball under extreme duress, and Trump's demonstration of that under the most trying circumstances proves that he has those qualities.

Fritz म्हणाले...

An easy check would be to showcase all the male SS on high level protection duty below 5'6". It would be a short to non-existent parade, I'd wager. FWIW the fitness requirements for men and women in the Secret Service are substantially different.

Real question, why is that allowed? Either the men are tested to a level valid for the job and women not. Or the valid level is the women's requirement and the men have to exceed valid requirements.,


As Gutfeld noted last night, Tyrus can be his bodyguard, but he can't be Tyrus'.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Outstanding play-by-play. Much richer, even-handed and fairer than the usual media "professionals" can do. Far better than Lester Holt did with Biden last night.

imTay म्हणाले...

Talk about a meme that called it.

This one is from six months ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblefacebookmemes/comments/18xr236/cant_wait_for_the_last_jiden/

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

He was almost killed by either a nut job - or a paid democrat party FBI patsy.

fuck the left.

btw - the FBI have the killers phone. (good thing - they need to erase some content and conversations)

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Clair McCatkill is a Nazi.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

“ Nothing changed except women's votes probably. Something Trump will tap into.”

rhhardin might be right!

Kevin म्हणाले...

He was almost killed by either a nut job - or a paid democrat party FBI patsy.

Hold on. On Morning Joe they said it might be a right-winger who didn’t find Trump conservative enough.

Richard Dolan म्हणाले...

When he was walking into the arena, it looked like the Secret Service agent behind him on the left (Trump’s right) was the same guy as in the great photo from Saturday where Trump was standing, fist raised, with the American flag above him. He also lived that experience with Trump. I suspect that agent would have an interesting perspective on Trump and how Trump dealt with the attempted assassination if only he were free to offer it.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...

My reaction; "Althouse's leftie commenters are seething with rage right now because Trump had the unmitigated gall to show up with that bandage on his ear."

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Kevin - LOL. of course.
Any and all vomit & bile laced lies can be heard on the joke network -- MicroSoft NBC..

Jimmy म्हणाले...

'outstanding play by play' Agree with that. You have to have a few battle scars to see the ones on another person. Well spoken.
and yeah, we ain't looking for a boyfriend(???). We want someone with courage, a leader.
78 years old. last 10 years of constant hate,abuse, financial sacrifice, and then someone tries to kill you, and succeeds in killing someone a few feet away.
He said it himself, he could be on a beach, boat etc, with a loving family, beautiful wife. He made a choice, and he came damn close to paying for it in that instant.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

“ I completely do not understand the gut level hatred that oozes out of people on the left for this man.” Temujin.

I understand it. Trump is an existential threat to the Dem party, the Deep State, the military-industrial complex and the climate-industrial complex. He’s actually for the American people.

And this time around, I think Trump is going to be successful. He’s experienced and will have better people working for him.

Two things will destroy the Dem party:

1. Exposure of the amount of bribes paid to the Bidens; and

2. Breaking up and exposing the Dem election stealing crimes.

Kate म्हणाले...

We watched "Hillbilly Elegy" rather than the convention. It's weird that I know intimate life details about the VP nominee. Not bad, just weird. I like Usha in the movie. So now I like her irl. Not every candidate and family are introduced to the nation via a semi-fictional Hollywood production.

Meade म्हणाले...

I like presidents who DONT die from assassins bullets.

Inga म्हणाले...

“My reaction; "Althouse's leftie commenters are seething with rage right now because Trump had the unmitigated gall to show up with that bandage on his ear."

Are you serious? Who cares if he has a bandage on his ear, that you would think this would enrage us is just dumb. I’m glad he’s keeping the area clean, covered and hopefully free of pancake makeup.

Jamie म्हणाले...

My husband and I were talking about what it took for him to walk out into that venue. Yes, of course everyone's gone through a detector and all that, but... who hasn't accidentally but successfully carried something disallowed through TSA, for instance?

Temujin म्हणाले...

Drago said: "It ain't just the left homeboy."

Good point.

gilbar म्हणाले...

i'm thinking The Powers That Be, MIGHT be rethinking their plan to have biden "tragically" die.
I'm not sure that even ballot stuffing Moochelle will be able to get past Trump now..

BUT; we'll see.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

Because a 20 year old is furiously super-conservative and Trump wasn't conservative enough! right.

or - he was approached and offered money - similar to the Whitmer case. (much more likely)

Cappy म्हणाले...

Republicans pounce.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

I sure am missing Chuck’s comments right about now.

Not!

Christopher B म्हणाले...

Richard Dolan, I'd bet the man was the head of his security detail. Per that report from Susan Crabtree of RCP he was the only agent from Trump's regular team on duty in Butler.

West TX Intermediate Crude म्हणाले...

I noted several very serious looking Secret Service agents accompanying T. as he walked into the arena.
None of them appeared to be AFAB.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

https://www.frontpagemag.com/trumps-raised-fist/

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I do not watch Political Theater. And a convention is only theater. As mentioned before, I am seeing shots of the convention via my friend's insty -- with a great seat! That's plenty of coverage for me.

Jersey Fled म्हणाले...

“There are so many stories about how Trump deals with real people, everyday people, that you hear about.”

I’ve posted this several times before.

I had a young lady in one of my classes who was a mid-level manager at one of his resorts. This was before anyone could conceive of Trump running for President. I didn’t know much about him, but my initial impression was that I didn’t like him.

During introductions the first night of class she identified herself and where she worked. The class wanted to know if she had met him and what he was like. She told us that he visited every month or two and was greatly admired by the staff. From top to bottom. He greeted everyone he met, and knew many by name. Some he regularly sought out and had a running dialogue with. He asked about their families. He had respect for all of them. They all looked forward to the days he would visit.

She clearly admired and respected him herself.

Ever wonder why in the eight or so years that racist hateful Trump has been in the spotlight, the Left hasn’t dragged out scores of real life people who worked for and with Trump to tell their “stories”.

Me too.



traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Yes. Our beloved President is emotionally touched by the near death experience he lived through. He paid the price of standing up for the USA. Greater love has no man. And this man loves us that much.

Now we will see whether Americans will stand up for him and his near perfect VP pick. It’s our turn to have the courage to risk embarrassment of publicly speaking the truth.

Achilles म्हणाले...

Quaestor said...
Althouse writes, "He looks serious... and tired."

That could be his pain meds -- not for the ear, but for the residual effects of three brawny men and one not-so-big-and-brawny woman jumping on him last Saturday evening.

He likely has headaches and probably a damaged eardrum.

The overpressure from the ballistics of a super sonic projectile is no joke. Fortunately it sounds like the shooter used standard small grain green tips.

Tina Trent म्हणाले...

imTay, I don't recommend Brunswick. Insects, crime-ridden, and deeply deprived children.

But move to Georgia. We need you.

I see a very different Trump, but the tears did come when the convention protocols re-started. I'm surprised more people don't die from the boredom. I think every protester who breaches protest lines should be put in a sound-proof room and forced to sit through the entire convention, fed nothing but vending machine sandwiches and off-brand diet soda like the rest of us.

You want in? Sure, we'll let you in. But you can't leave.

imTay म्हणाले...

It's "best practice" now to use a dupe in an assassination. There was a report out of Moscow that Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, well, his agents, paid a local scrote $10,000 to plant a bomb on under Tucker Carlson's Land Rover in a Moscow parking garage.

Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) म्हणाले...

AP streamed it all, straight, without any commentary. Good production quality, too. Good facial focus on the "ordinary American" speakers, which increased the power of their words. For a decidedly leftie outfit, they get full marks for that.

Drago म्हणाले...

Meade: "I like presidents who DONT die from assassins bullets."

Thread winner.

Shut 'er down.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Trump has said that he's supposed to be dead. The USSS detail has a shared experience with the Donald. That experience has to have a major effect on one. Not a trivial matter.

Meade म्हणाले...

BUMBLEBEE, great article you linked to.

Achilles म्हणाले...

Tina Trent said...

I think every protester who breaches protest lines should be put in a sound-proof room and forced to sit through the entire convention, fed nothing but vending machine sandwiches and off-brand diet soda like the rest of us.

I want a split screen. While everyone is talking about love and unity at the convention have a split shot with the democrats outside. The protestors need to be constantly on display fro all of America to see.

I expect more violence. If Trump runs any ads it just needs to feature the average democrat voter foaming at the mouth.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

Notice how restrained, but joyful Vance was. Really pitch perfect. He didn't outshine his boss.

Iman म्हणाले...

The thing with these lefties is that after all their lies, bluster and empty threats, they eventually open their kimonos to reveal their Ken-doll crotches.

Linda म्हणाले...

I watched it last night and several times just now. Tears each time, but honestly I almost always get a little teary from listening to that song.

IMO, he looked very tired and was clearly working several times to keep his composure - both very understandable given the circumstances.

There has been much to say about the women providing protection on Saturday - when I watched the RNC video again this morning, I didn't see any female Secret Service agents protecting Trump - obviously there might have been, but the ones surrounding him and in the camera view were all men, many large formidable men.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"I completely do not understand the gut level hatred that oozes out of people on the left for this man. There are so many stories about how Trump deals with real people, everyday people, that you hear about. In fact, one was told by a union leader last night. Little things that mean a lot to people. Things that people remember. Things that Trump did before he was President. Or since."

You have to be taught to hate.

cfs म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Paul म्हणाले...

I hear now Musk is giving Trump $45 Million EACH MONTH with a new PAC... Hahahahaha...

FJB. Trump by a landslide. And that SS b*tch, Cheatle, won't have a job once Trump is President AGAIN! Biden will go to the old folks home. Jill will nit 'hate Trump' caps, and Hunter will finally go to jail.

MAGA.

Paul म्हणाले...

Were there any midget SS bodyguards at the Convention? I wonder...

Breezy म्हणाले...

Agree, this is a great perspective, in article linked by BUMBLE BEE above:

https://www.frontpagemag.com/trumps-raised-fist/

Us voters need to do a better job of electing true leaders who are driven to confront and solve the issues and evils we face. Politics should not be just about grifting.

Rocco म्हणाले...

Meade said...
“I like presidents who DON’T die from assassins bullets.”

James A Garfield died from sepsis two and a half months after being shot. Somewhat underrated president, but more a case of “What could have been.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dirty-painful-death-president-james-garfield

Rockeye म्हणाले...

I first heard that song in 1984, standing in formation with 20,000 other paratroopers at Fort Bragg during the annual division revue as A-10s roared overhead. Let's just say that is a special memory.

imTay म्हणाले...

Speaking of being "carefully taught" to hate, as the song from South Pacific goes, I remember being shocked when I heard this ad, I think I was in the UK at the time, and it played in Europe. "It's good to hate," Garrison Keillor

Honda's Grrrr Ad (YouTube)

cfs म्हणाले...


Trump looked exhausted. He hasn't had much chance to rest since Saturday evening. Plus, as anyone who has been through such a traumatic experience understands, there is a lot of adrenaline pumping for the first 24 hours. You can't sleep as you keep replaying the events in your mind.

In addition, the pain of both the gunshot and the hit by the SS agents were probably just last night being really felt. (If you have ever been in a wreck it takes about 24 to 48 hours for the real pain and soreness to kick in). Now both Trump's mind and body probably wants and needs to rest, but instead he is required to be front and center before the cameras.

I hope someone made sure he got some undisturbed sleep last night (with trusted security keeping watch).

Rocco म्हणाले...

Blogger Breezy said...
“Us voters need to do a better job of electing true leaders who are driven to confront and solve the issues and evils we face.”

There is a difference between being a leader and a manager.

In good times, you only need a manager to keep things running smoothly. Romney - who I didn’t vote for - would have made a competent manager. But in these times we need a leader.

Dr Weevil म्हणाले...

And here's gullible imTay inway ermontVay repeating obvious Russian propaganda at 8:27am. Budanov is not a moron and did not try to assassinate Tucker Carlson.

"There was [also] a report out of Moscow" that the assassin was a Ukrainian, and it had a picture of his passport (first name "Semen", yuk yuk), but it was (a) obviously not the same guy, and (b) didn't even look like the actual assassin, but the long-haired Hapsburg-chinned idiot on Twitter who pretended to be the assassin early on. Russia spends billions on propaganda: why do so many fools gobble it up without question?

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

I am just thankful this morning that Trump didn't die Saturday and become a Biden voter.

imTay म्हणाले...

" Budanov is not a moron and did not try to assassinate Tucker Carlson."

That's your evidence. People on that list that Tucker was on, including journalists, have been assassinated. Dugan was on that list, and they got his daughter, maybe by accident, IDK. Could be that it's not true, but it's not out of character.

So we will just have to disagree about whether a guy who just bragged a day or two ago about multiple assignation attempts against the leader of the largest nuclear power on the planet is a "moron" or not.

Once again, you can have the last word if you want it. My post was about the standard technique of using dupes in assassinations.

MOfarmer म्हणाले...

A ducktail! That thought has never occurred to me but you're right. It is. And he is the right age for it.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

I imagine Trump is exhausted from the adrenalin surge from Saturday. I nearly died in a car accident (I ended up completely uninjured and off the road) in 1996 in Lake Tahoe and I didn't sleep well for the next 3 days.

Tofu King म्हणाले...

Realizing you cheated an instant death has got to have an effect on you. He's not symbol, or a charactature, or a political automaton. He's human, like we all are.

Ice Nine म्हणाले...

>Dave Begley said...
Two things will destroy the Dem party:
1. Exposure of the amount of bribes paid to the Bidens; and
2. Breaking up and exposing the Dem election stealing crimes.<

Dream on, Dave. Commies - the cockroaches of sociopolitical ideology - have been not destroyed, as they should have been, for over a century. These particular ones aren't going to be either, regardless of what is thrown at them.

Narr म्हणाले...

No, I didn't watch. I can't stand watching politicians for more than a few seconds at a time.

Now I'll read the comments.

Prof. M. Drout म्हणाले...

Blogger gilbar said...
"i'm thinking The Powers That Be, MIGHT be rethinking their plan to have biden "tragically" die. . . ."

But although the funeral, etc., would take Trump's attempted assassination off the front page, having Biden croak right now just gives you Harris, which really doesn't help you enough. In fact, I think you can write off Pennsylvania and Michigan if Harris is at the top of the ticket and that makes things close to mathematically impossible.

What I have feared second-most (after the obvious Trump assassination, which came millimeters away from happening) was a false-flag assassination of Harris in the weeks leading up to the Democratic convention. Then you could leverage Biden out of the nomination by him saying that he was too heartbroken or whatever b.s., you'd have a ton of political repression directed at the Trump campaign and Trump supporters that courts wouldn't re-dress until after the election, and you'd be able to drop in hair-gel or Heil Whitmer or whomever you wanted.

But if anything happens to Harris now, although of course the media will blame Trump, Vance, Trump voters, white heterosexual men, etc., etc., it will be just too much incompetence by the Secret Service for anyone to accept. In fact, it will look like whoever is pulling Biden's strings was trying to take out BOTH Trump and Harris.

Now the Democrats, despite their media cover, are scared of Normies recognizing them as the source of political violence (assassination attempt being connected to the Burn Loot Murder riots of 2020, the riots at Trump's inaugural, etc.) maybe the Antifa paramilitaries have been told to stand down in Milwaukee this week.

Then the question will be if the Hamasshole paramilitaries are actually under party control, or if they will riot in Chicago in August.

Hopefully all the paramilitaries (Antifa/BLM, Hamassholes, AND the cosplaying jackasses in khakis) are going to stand down. That would be the best outcome we could hope for.

Readering म्हणाले...

I see Trump and Vance together, think about their biographies, and think, how can one not be in favor of the American melting pot. Trump has German immigrant grandparents on male side, Scottish immigrant mom, married two Central European immigrants out of his three wives. Vance married the Hindu daughter of two Indian immigrants. Himself an adult convert to Catholicism. All unremarkable in twenty twenties. Unthinkable in nineteen twenties.

Readering म्हणाले...

Could add that Trump the Protestant has a daughter who converted to Orthodox Judaism.

JZ म्हणाले...

Linda, look for a blonde woman with her hair in a bun. Then the woman outside the car who looked confused.

imTay म्हणाले...

"multiple assignation attempts"!

Ha ha ha. ha ha ha! Perfect! That is a spellcheck malapropism for the ages.

Michael K म्हणाले...

I didn't watch. He has to be exhausted.

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

Ice Nine:

I'm a dreamer. I admit it. Character flaw.

Ice Nine म्हणाले...

>Dave Begley said...
Ice Nine:
I'm a dreamer. I admit it. Character flaw.<

Mind you, I have the same dream.

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

1 mm from death to life. That would make anyone happy.

Dr Weevil म्हणाले...

Did Budanov brag about Ukrainian attempts to kill Putin, as imTay repeats at 9:22am? Or has he been mistranslated, and did he just say that there have been three attempts on Putin's life? When I DuckDuckGo "Budanov assassinate Putin", the only hits I get saying the former are either Russian sites or unidentifiable sites repeating the claims. The only semi-respectable link was to a Newsweek story in which Budanov said that someone had tried to kill Putin while he was visiting the Caucasus two months after the invasion, and that the fact was not generally known. Location strongly suggests a disgruntled Chechen or radical Muslim, like the Dagestanis who rioted a couple of months ago, and there was no hint that Budanov was claiming responsibility. It appears that imTay has once again repeated Russian propaganda.

By the way, I've also read that there have been 40 attempts to kill Zelenskyy, and that most, if not all, of those were definitely ordered by Putin. The fact that Putin has murdered people in England with polonium and nerve poison shows who's more likely to be trying to assassinate his opponent.

Narr म्हणाले...

imTay should tread carefully . . . I hear the Ukes have assassins everywhere.

Narayanan म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Narayanan म्हणाले...

rrsafety said...
I’ve heard he has not reached out to the widow yet. I think that is very odd.
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it is not easy to find words to tell after bullet missed and killed her husband

James K म्हणाले...

"how can one not be in favor of the American melting pot"

'Melting pot' is not the same as open borders. The immigrants you refer to all came legally. As did our ancestors.

The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

Jersey Fled said...
From top to bottom. He greeted everyone he met, and knew many by name. Some he regularly sought out and had a running dialogue with. He asked about their families. He had respect for all of them. They all looked forward to the days he would visit.


Classic leadership. Just like Julius chatted with Centurion Tersius about his kids

Rockeye said...
I first heard that song in 1984, standing in formation with 20,000 other paratroopers at Fort Bragg during the annual division revue as A-10s roared overhead.

And of course it was the theme song of all the 1991 DS homecoming parades...

Readering म्हणाले...

James K: Debatable whether Melania followed the rules.

FullMoon म्हणाले...

Memes of Donald Trump’s Ear Bandage Are Going Viral

Michael K म्हणाले...

I finally got to my home office and could watch the clip with sound. I teared up a tiny bit. What an intense and exhausting weekend this has been.

Michael K म्हणाले...

Full Moon, what despicable people those are.

imTay म्हणाले...

"if not all, of those were definitely ordered by Putin."

"definitely," says Zelensky. The Russians followed Zelensky's motorcade around with a drone, and after he stopped to give medals to the valiant seaborne drone brigade in Odessa, well, *after he left*, the Russians took out the facility with missiles, and to be honest, we have been hearing a lot less about seaborne drones. Why the hell would Russia want to kill a fool like that? He's gold!

Dr Weevil म्हणाले...

Poor stupid imTay inway ermontVay - still pretending he didn't tell us he was leaving and then came back lightly disguised - apparently doesn't know that the Black Sea Fleet has moved into the Sea of Azov because they can't stop the Sea Baby drones. Except for a few that have gone all the way to Abkhazia, the part of Georgia they invaded a few years back. Their last ship just left Sevastapol. Is he too stupid to argue like a grown-up, or is he in fact a paid Putinite propagandist who evades all arguments with stupid sophisms? It's impossible to tell, which makes him (paid or not) an utterly contemptible human being.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"I see Trump and Vance together, think about their biographies, and think, how can one not be in favor of the American melting pot."

Legal immigration, assimilation are conservative values. It's the left who thinks we need to remain in our cultural silos.

You really need to do your research.

Mason G म्हणाले...

"It's the left who thinks we need to remain in our cultural silos."

They can't play groups off of each other for their benefit if people escape those silos, get to know those from other silos and realize that they're people, too.

Jim at म्हणाले...

Who cares if he has a bandage on his ear, that you would think this would enrage us is just dumb.

Well, considering the list of things about Trump that don't enrage you is non-existent, it's a pretty safe bet.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

That comment is so illuminating. I'd hate conservatives too if we were who Readering thinks we are.

Aggie म्हणाले...

I didn't tear up, but I think Trump might have a little. He's clearly emotional in a few moments during the night. I think he's very glad to be alive, and very grateful for the supportive cheers from the crowd, who are clearly adoring.

Trump has made a show of 'famous for being famous', but I've never thought he was moved or driven by it; rather, I just thought it was part of his brand. Fame hounds do poorly when they lose the spotlight. Trump just keeps on truckin'. That's one of the reasons I have come to like his style, even though it's nothing like mine.

Michael म्हणाले...

Watchng Biden at NAACP. Screaming. Unhinged. Scary

Skipper म्हणाले...

This race is over.

pacwest म्हणाले...

Once again lawyer Readering offers up some vague glittering generalities trying to prove some sort of point or other. (Unfettered immigration is a good thing?). And people wonder how our justice system got to where it is.