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He's in an election against an opponent whose party is actively hoping to replace because he's old and senile and no one thinks he's capable of working under pr

He's in an election against an opponent whose party is actively hoping to replace because he's old and senile and no one thinks he's capable of working under pressure. Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. Unfortunately, the election was absolutely decided today.

mandeepj 2y ago
> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. What capability he showed? Knowing you are guarded by tens and hundreds of officers, anyone would raise a fist.
- lolinder 2y ago
  He was shot in the ear and presumably frazzled and had the presence of mind to recognize an enormous political windfall he could capitalize on rather than just letting the Secret Service usher him away as they clearly wanted to.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- csomar 2y ago
  Most people will be scared if they hear nearby gunshots and shit their pants if they get personally hit.
- swader999 2y ago
  For all the staged Putin pics of him on a horse bare chested, or Biden wearing aviator glasses, old bone spurs did all right yesterday.
- 9659 2y ago
  Well, he wanted to put his shoes on. Priorities!
- southernplaces7 2y ago
  Try being shot at, and grazed by a rifle bullet, knowing that you came within a whisper of death from someone armed and specifically hoping to kill you yourself, there with your own blood running down your face, and then still having the presence of mind to stand up and pump your fist in the air. Imagine all this at the age of 78 and with no previous combat experience or with situations where you were being shot at. No, it would not be easy and far from common to take that in apparent stride so quickly as he did. It was indeed impressive regardless of what you think of Trump the candidate in all other regards. You saying anyone would raise a fist is absurd.
EasyMark 2y ago
Trump and Biden are judged by different standards. Trump told well over 30 hard core lies at the debate, many blatant lies. Joe got called out on 8 or 9, but they were almost all just slightly off statistics or bad recall, but still “truth” and not blatant gaslighting. What got him were his senior moments.
- nailer 2y ago
  Biden literally repeated the many fine people hoax. This is a lie which you can verify yourself by either watching the video or visiting Snopes.
  - nailer 2y ago
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/ for those that want to save time.
- Jerrrrrrry 2y ago
  "I do not recall being the 'Big Guy'."
yongjik 2y ago
> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. Come on, it's not like the world hasn't watched Trump's tweets in the past eight years.
dragontamer 2y ago
> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. Trump was unable of decisive action between 12noon and 5pm on January 6th, despite being commander in chief of the Army, the National Guard, Air Force, and all the powers that be. He was so unable of decisive action, it was Mike Pence who eventually made the call to ask for National Guard for help. 4+ hours of inaction. And you call a fist-pumping photo-op to be the thing you care about?
- yesco 2y ago
  Trump wasn't in the building, Pence was. The president isn't even in charge of capital security due to the separation of powers, that control lies with Congress which handled it miserablely. Had Trump done what you have suggested here, it could have been easily construed as a coup, the real kind.
  - theblobawakens 2y ago
    I don't think it would have worked. The Joint Chiefs had publicly announced 6 months prior during BLM riots that if Trump would issue such an order to the Sec. Def., the generals and staff officers of the COCOM wouldn't execute it. And that was not two weeks before investiture of the new president. If he'd tried it, that would be a very short lived coup of the real kind.
    - yesco 2y ago
      Okay so just as a refresher, the parent comment I'd replied to was criticizing Trump for not marching the military into the capital to stop a group of unarmed protesters from loitering in the capital building (implying his inaction was suspect). I was pointing out that such an action would be construed as a genuine coup with serious consequences, so with that in mind, what exactly are you getting at here? I'm having trouble keeping track of all the crazy conspiracies surrounding this event.
      - theblobawakens 2y ago

mandeepj 2y ago

> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. What capability he showed? Knowing you are guarded by tens and hundreds of officers, anyone would raise a fist.

lolinder 2y ago
He was shot in the ear and presumably frazzled and had the presence of mind to recognize an enormous political windfall he could capitalize on rather than just letting the Secret Service usher him away as they clearly wanted to.
- deleted 2y ago
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csomar 2y ago
Most people will be scared if they hear nearby gunshots and shit their pants if they get personally hit.
swader999 2y ago
For all the staged Putin pics of him on a horse bare chested, or Biden wearing aviator glasses, old bone spurs did all right yesterday.
9659 2y ago
Well, he wanted to put his shoes on. Priorities!
southernplaces7 2y ago
Try being shot at, and grazed by a rifle bullet, knowing that you came within a whisper of death from someone armed and specifically hoping to kill you yourself, there with your own blood running down your face, and then still having the presence of mind to stand up and pump your fist in the air. Imagine all this at the age of 78 and with no previous combat experience or with situations where you were being shot at. No, it would not be easy and far from common to take that in apparent stride so quickly as he did. It was indeed impressive regardless of what you think of Trump the candidate in all other regards. You saying anyone would raise a fist is absurd.

EasyMark 2y ago

Trump and Biden are judged by different standards. Trump told well over 30 hard core lies at the debate, many blatant lies. Joe got called out on 8 or 9, but they were almost all just slightly off statistics or bad recall, but still “truth” and not blatant gaslighting. What got him were his senior moments.

nailer 2y ago
Biden literally repeated the many fine people hoax. This is a lie which you can verify yourself by either watching the video or visiting Snopes.
- nailer 2y ago
  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/ for those that want to save time.
Jerrrrrrry 2y ago
"I do not recall being the 'Big Guy'."

yongjik 2y ago

> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. Come on, it's not like the world hasn't watched Trump's tweets in the past eight years.

dragontamer 2y ago

> Trump proved in two minutes that whatever else you can say about him, he's very capable of responding well to pressure. Trump was unable of decisive action between 12noon and 5pm on January 6th, despite being commander in chief of the Army, the National Guard, Air Force, and all the powers that be. He was so unable of decisive action, it was Mike Pence who eventually made the call to ask for National Guard for help. 4+ hours of inaction. And you call a fist-pumping photo-op to be the thing you care about?

yesco 2y ago
Trump wasn't in the building, Pence was. The president isn't even in charge of capital security due to the separation of powers, that control lies with Congress which handled it miserablely. Had Trump done what you have suggested here, it could have been easily construed as a coup, the real kind.
- theblobawakens 2y ago
  I don't think it would have worked. The Joint Chiefs had publicly announced 6 months prior during BLM riots that if Trump would issue such an order to the Sec. Def., the generals and staff officers of the COCOM wouldn't execute it. And that was not two weeks before investiture of the new president. If he'd tried it, that would be a very short lived coup of the real kind.
  - yesco 2y ago
    Okay so just as a refresher, the parent comment I'd replied to was criticizing Trump for not marching the military into the capital to stop a group of unarmed protesters from loitering in the capital building (implying his inaction was suspect). I was pointing out that such an action would be construed as a genuine coup with serious consequences, so with that in mind, what exactly are you getting at here? I'm having trouble keeping track of all the crazy conspiracies surrounding this event.
    - theblobawakens 2y ago