palmerreport--2020-11-12--Donald Trump, the “kingmaker” of Cell Block D

The mainstream media has done a pretty good job of making clear to the American public that Donald Trump has in fact lost the election , and that he ’ s not going to somehow magically overturn the results .
That said , the media clearly doesn ’ t want to give up its ratings-friendly Trump chew toy just yet , and so it ’ s spinning a tale of Trump either being a 2024 presidential contender , or being a “ kingmaker ” who determines the prospects of future Republican candidates .
Sorry , I just can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you set aside the fact that Donald Trump will obviously be in prison long before 2024 , the notion of him getting blown out this badly and then having that much influence in the party is simply hilarious .
Yes , a lot of people voted for him , but a lot more people voted against him .
He ’ s broadly unpopular .
His endorsement won ’ t be one that any Republican running in a swing state or competitive district would want to touch .
It reminds me of when Sarah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused John McCain to get blown out in 2008 .
The mainstream media insisted that this would somehow make Palin either the 2012 frontrunner or the Republican Party “ kingmaker.
” Sure , she had her die-hard base .
But again , she was broadly unpopular , just like Trump .
The GOP understood this , and by 2012 it was largely treating Palin like she never existed .
Donald Trump awaits the same fate .
The media is just ( wittingly or unwittingly ) giving in to wishful thinking .
Controversial politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ huge ratings for the media , and so naturally the media hopes that they stick around in some form .
But logic says that Trump is about to become just another Palin – the only difference being that Palin didn ’ t go to prison .
Are we really expecting Trump to be holding rallies for 2024 Republican candidates from his prison cell ?
Come on .

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The mainstream media has done a pretty good job of making clear to the American public that Donald Trump has in fact lost the election, and that he’s not going to somehow magically overturn the results. That said, the media clearly doesn’t want to give up its ratings-friendly Trump chew toy just yet, and so it’s spinning a tale of Trump either being a 2024 presidential contender, or being a “kingmaker” who determines the prospects of future Republican candidates.
Sorry, I just can’t stop laughing at this. Even when you set aside the fact that Donald Trump will obviously be in prison long before 2024, the notion of him getting blown out this badly and then having that much influence in the party is simply hilarious. Yes, a lot of people voted for him, but a lot more people voted against him. He’s broadly unpopular. His endorsement won’t be one that any Republican running in a swing state or competitive district would want to touch.
It reminds me of when Sarah Palin’s presence on the ticket caused John McCain to get blown out in 2008. The mainstream media insisted that this would somehow make Palin either the 2012 frontrunner or the Republican Party “kingmaker.” Sure, she had her die-hard base. But again, she was broadly unpopular, just like Trump. The GOP understood this, and by 2012 it was largely treating Palin like she never existed.
Donald Trump awaits the same fate. The media is just (wittingly or unwittingly) giving in to wishful thinking. Controversial politicians like Trump and Palin tend to generate huge ratings for the media, and so naturally the media hopes that they stick around in some form. But logic says that Trump is about to become just another Palin – the only difference being that Palin didn’t go to prison. Are we really expecting Trump to be holding rallies for 2024 Republican candidates from his prison cell? Come on.
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palmerreport--2020-11-12--Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have taken the Twitter balance of power away from Donald Trump

When Kamala Harris tweeted a video of herself telling Joe Biden that he ’ d won , it was the @ @ @ @ @ time .
Joe Biden ’ s victory announcement was the seventh most-liked tweet of all @ @ @ @ @ has the second and third most-liked tweets of all time .
The only tweet that @ @ @ @ @ was the one that tragically announced the death of Chadwick Boseman .
None of Donald @ @ @ @ @ ever made the top ten .
So much for the notion that Trump was ever @ @ @ @ @ user .
In hindsight , he mainly used the platform just to stir up controversy @ @ @ @

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When Kamala Harris tweeted a video of herself telling Joe Biden that he’d won, it was the fifth most-liked tweet of all time. Joe Biden’s victory announcement was the seventh most-liked tweet of all time.
Barack Obama still has the second and third most-liked tweets of all time. The only tweet that’s ever outpaced him was the one that tragically announced the death of Chadwick Boseman.
None of Donald Trump’s tweets has ever made the top ten. So much for the notion that Trump was ever that influential of a Twitter user. In hindsight, he mainly used the platform just to stir up controversy and terrorize people.
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LOCK HIM UP

– Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has to go to prison .
At this point he ’ s criminally @ @ @ @ @ the United States .
Trump and McCarthy can share a cell .
– As it @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s quest to “ contest ” the election has no basis in law @ @ @ @ @ an excuse to continue fundraising , public pressure is mounting on the law firms representing @ @ @ @ @ another of those law firms has now withdrawn .
– President elect Joe Biden now @ @ @ @ @ and counting .
– Here ’ s an interesting election update tweeted by election observer @ @ @ @ @ ’ m a ballot observer at a table with a Republican lawyer who is objecting @ @ @ @ @ to keep them from being counted .
Absolutely sickening.
” Forty-two minutes later , he @ @ @ @ @ : they ’ ve replaced the lawyer at my table .
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– Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has to go to prison. At this point he’s criminally conspiring with Donald Trump against the United States. Trump and McCarthy can share a cell.
– As it becomes more clear that Donald Trump’s quest to “contest” the election has no basis in law or reality and is merely an excuse to continue fundraising, public pressure is mounting on the law firms representing him. Not surprisingly, another of those law firms has now withdrawn.
– President elect Joe Biden now has 18 million Twitter followers and counting.
– Here’s an interesting election update tweeted by election observer Roger Misso: “I’m a ballot observer at a table with a Republican lawyer who is objecting to ALL military absentee ballots to keep them from being counted. Absolutely sickening.” Forty-two minutes later, he added this: “Update: they’ve replaced the lawyer at my table.”
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--The long arm of the law is coming for Donald Trump

– With the news today that New York State is criminally targeting Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg and his family to get him to flip on the Trump family , and the news that Scotland is looking at investigating Trump for money laundering , it ’ s clear that the long arm of the law is coming for Trump now that he ’ s lost .
It ’ s a matter of when , not if .
– Donald Trump has only appeared in public once in the past week , and then only briefly .
He looked downbeat , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy here .
Trump is toast and he knows it .
– Praise keeps pouring in for President-elect Joe Biden ’ s choice of Ron Klain for his White House Chief of Staff .
Everyone from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg thinks Klain is a great choice .
It ’ s nice to see the Biden coalition staying together on this .
– Tweet of the day , from Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff in the Georgia Senate runoff races : “ Georgians are hurting , and Senator Perdue is nowhere to be found @ @ @ @ @ @

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– With the news today that New York State is criminally targeting Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg and his family to get him to flip on the Trump family, and the news that Scotland is looking at investigating Trump for money laundering, it’s clear that the long arm of the law is coming for Trump now that he’s lost. It’s a matter of when, not if.
– Donald Trump has only appeared in public once in the past week, and then only briefly. He looked downbeat, sickly, defeated. There is no strategy here. Trump is toast and he knows it.
– Praise keeps pouring in for President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Ron Klain for his White House Chief of Staff. Everyone from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg thinks Klain is a great choice. It’s nice to see the Biden coalition staying together on this.
– Tweet of the day, from Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff in the Georgia Senate runoff races: “Georgians are hurting, and Senator Perdue is nowhere to be found. We deserve better.”
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Transition to Biden

– Trump ’ s campaign slogan was “ transition to greatness ” which is fitting because it ’ s going @ @ @ @ @ to Biden .
– Joe Biden has officially won Arizona .
That ’ s what @ @ @ @ @ a fight with John McCain .
– If Twitter is going to keep putting a @ @ @ @ @ one of Trump ’ s tweets , they might as well just boot him .
@ @ @ @ @ leave office is like that episode of The Office where Michael Scott refused to leave @ @ @ @ @ who ’ d dumped him .
Also in that episode he accidentally drove his car @ @ @ @ @ I can ’ t wait til we get to that part with Trump .
– @ @ @ @ @ thinking about driving off in a getaway car , only to remember he never learned @ @ @ @ @ ’ s supposed to be a joke , but come to think of it , @ @ @ @ @ that Trump does know how to drive a car ?

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– Trump’s campaign slogan was “transition to greatness” which is fitting because it’s going to end with a transition to Biden.
– Joe Biden has officially won Arizona. That’s what Donald Trump gets for picking a fight with John McCain.
– If Twitter is going to keep putting a warning label on nearly every one of Trump’s tweets, they might as well just boot him.
– Donald Trump refusing to leave office is like that episode of The Office where Michael Scott refused to leave the lobby of the client who’d dumped him. Also in that episode he accidentally drove his car into a lake, so I can’t wait til we get to that part with Trump.
– Right now Donald Trump is thinking about driving off in a getaway car, only to remember he never learned how to drive. That’s supposed to be a joke, but come to think of it, do we have any evidence that Trump does know how to drive a car?
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Another door just closed for Donald Trump

The Associated Press and Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden more than a week ago .
But within the @ @ @ @ @ ABC News , CBS News , NBC News , and MSNBC have just now called @ @ @ @ @ This is belated , but important .
Trump ’ s fantasy about magically overturning the @ @ @ @ @ flipping Pennsylvania legislatively , somehow flipping Georgia in the recount , and winning Arizona .
@ @ @ @ @ off the table for him , he no longer has a path to 270 – @ @ @ @ @ fantasy land .
This doesn ’ t necessarily mean that Donald Trump will give up @ @ @ @ @ s only been pretending to contest the election so he could continue fundraising and pocket @ @ @ @ @ that Arizona is gone , he ’ ll have a much harder time selling that @ @

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The Associated Press and Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden more than a week ago. But within the last few minutes CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and MSNBC have just now called Arizona for Joe Biden. This is belated, but important.
Trump’s fantasy about magically overturning the election consisted of him somehow flipping Pennsylvania legislatively, somehow flipping Georgia in the recount, and winning Arizona. Now that Arizona is definitively off the table for him, he no longer has a path to 270 – not even in his own fantasy land.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that Donald Trump will give up just yet. He’s only been pretending to contest the election so he could continue fundraising and pocket the money. But now that Arizona is gone, he’ll have a much harder time selling that fantasy.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--This is a complete farce

This is a complete farce

– Congrats to Donald Trump for getting what appears to be a few hundred ballots thrown out in Pennsylvania .
He ’ s behind by 54,000 votes in the state .
Money well spent on the part of those who donated to Trump ’ s election legal fund .
Oh that ’ s right , that money went into Trump ’ s pocket anyway .
– Kayleigh McEnany now says that Donald Trump will break his silence on the election results at the “ appropriate time.
” In other words , he ’ s going to keep pretending to contest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for as long as he can , and then he ’ ll publicly admit that Joe Biden is going to be the next President , while still claiming that it was stolen from him .
Whatever .
Trump ’ s pity party of an endgame is getting less interesting by the day .
– In hindsight it was over when Lindsey Graham publicly told Trump to start the transition period to Biden , wasn ’ t it ?
Graham is an absolute turd , and he ’ s far from mentally stable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wind is blowing .
Don ’ t be shocked if Graham somehow becomes a Biden cheerleader next .
Really , would anything out of Graham surprise us at this point ?

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– Congrats to Donald Trump for getting what appears to be a few hundred ballots thrown out in Pennsylvania. He’s behind by 54,000 votes in the state. Money well spent on the part of those who donated to Trump’s election legal fund. Oh that’s right, that money went into Trump’s pocket anyway.
– Kayleigh McEnany now says that Donald Trump will break his silence on the election results at the “appropriate time.” In other words, he’s going to keep pretending to contest the election results and pocket the donations for as long as he can, and then he’ll publicly admit that Joe Biden is going to be the next President, while still claiming that it was stolen from him. Whatever. Trump’s pity party of an endgame is getting less interesting by the day.
– In hindsight it was over when Lindsey Graham publicly told Trump to start the transition period to Biden, wasn’t it? Graham is an absolute turd, and he’s far from mentally stable, but even he knows which way the wind is blowing. Don’t be shocked if Graham somehow becomes a Biden cheerleader next. Really, would anything out of Graham surprise us at this point?
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Like clockwork

– Palmer Report made fun of Donald Trump for not having tweeted anything in more than ten hours .
Just @ @ @ @ @ , Trump tweeted something .
We ’ ve still got the touch .
– Republican @ @ @ @ @ ’ s currently facing a runoff election in Georgia , hasn ’ t been seen @ @ @ @ @ know this because Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff has been counting the days .
– President @ @ @ @ @ White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said tonight that Biden will have a “ @ @ @ @ @ the White House , who direct access to him , and will be briefing him @ @ @ @ @ needed on the response to the COVID crisis.
” What a night and day difference @ @ @ @ @ of the day from Congressman Eric Swalwell , addressed to Donald Trump : “ Golden @ @ @ @ @ You 're still president for 69 more days , and COVID-19 is raging out of @ @ @ @ @ your TV ratings and do your damned job for once . ''

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– Palmer Report made fun of Donald Trump for not having tweeted anything in more than ten hours. Just minutes after we did so, Trump tweeted something. We’ve still got the touch.
– Republican Senator David Perdue, who’s currently facing a runoff election in Georgia, hasn’t been seen in nine days. We know this because Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff has been counting the days.
– President elect Joe Biden’s White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said tonight that Biden will have a “COVID coordinator who works in the White House, who direct access to him, and will be briefing him daily, and otherwise as needed on the response to the COVID crisis.” What a night and day difference from Trump.
– Tweet of the day from Congressman Eric Swalwell, addressed to Donald Trump: “Golden Goose < Orange Turkey. You're still president for 69 more days, and COVID-19 is raging out of control. Stop carping about your TV ratings and do your damned job for once." Facebook ShareTwitter ShareEmail this article Important note: Palmer Report has led the way in political analysis. Now we're gearing up to cover the 2024 election, up and down the ballot. Help support our 2024 efforts by donating now or sign up for our free mailing list. Print ArticleLinkedinGoogleWhatsappPinterestRedditStumbleuponBufferTumblrPocketLine


palmerreport--2020-11-13--Donald Trump has been stunned into silence

– Donald Trump hasn ’ t tweeted anything in ten hours .
Is he dead , or is he just dead inside ?
– I was wondering why my mood was improving .
Then I remembered Trump hasn ’ t spoken in public in a week .
– No wonder Donald Trump ’ s feelings are hurt , he ’ s never been fired before .
On the other hand , he ’ s never had a job before .
– People are making a big deal out of the fact that AOC and Joe Manchin are feuding on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Neither of them speaks for the Democratic Party at large , and neither of them claims to .
If you really want to gauge whether the Biden coalition is holding together , keep an eye on how long , say , Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg manage to remain on the same page .
Thus far they ’ re both praising Biden ’ s choice of Ron Klain for Chief of Staff .
So far so good .
– In hindsight , Four Seasons Total Landscaping was the high point of Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s been all downhill for him ever since .

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– Donald Trump hasn’t tweeted anything in ten hours. Is he dead, or is he just dead inside?
– I was wondering why my mood was improving. Then I remembered Trump hasn’t spoken in public in a week.
– No wonder Donald Trump’s feelings are hurt, he’s never been fired before. On the other hand, he’s never had a job before.
– People are making a big deal out of the fact that AOC and Joe Manchin are feuding on Twitter. Here’s the thing. Neither of them speaks for the Democratic Party at large, and neither of them claims to. If you really want to gauge whether the Biden coalition is holding together, keep an eye on how long, say, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg manage to remain on the same page. Thus far they’re both praising Biden’s choice of Ron Klain for Chief of Staff. So far so good.
– In hindsight, Four Seasons Total Landscaping was the high point of Donald Trump’s attempt at contesting the election. It’s been all downhill for him ever since.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Trump stooge Lou Dobbs goes completely off the deep end as Donald Trump circles the drain

– Fox Business Channel host Lou Dobbs says he ’ s decided not to accept the results of the election .
He ’ s not too sure about gravity either .
Fox Business Channel is where Fox News stashes people under contract who are too ridiculous even for Fox News .
– Donald Trump just tweeted “ The worst thing you can do is bet against Donald Trump.
” What kind of guy talks that way about himself ?
In any case , my understanding is that the people who bet against him in the election betting markets did pretty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden is considering widely respected former Fed Chair Janet Yellin for Secretary of the Treasury , according to Bloomberg .
It ’ s the latest reminder that the adults are about to be back in charge .
– Donald Trump has now lost 20 of the 21 court rulings that have come down with regard to the election results .
It ’ s almost impossible to do any worse than that .
Now Trump has put Rudy Giuliani in charge of his legal defense , which means he ’ ll find a @ @ @ @ @ @

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– Fox Business Channel host Lou Dobbs says he’s decided not to accept the results of the election. He’s not too sure about gravity either. Fox Business Channel is where Fox News stashes people under contract who are too ridiculous even for Fox News.
– Donald Trump just tweeted “The worst thing you can do is bet against Donald Trump.” What kind of guy talks that way about himself? In any case, my understanding is that the people who bet against him in the election betting markets did pretty well for themselves.
– President elect Joe Biden is considering widely respected former Fed Chair Janet Yellin for Secretary of the Treasury, according to Bloomberg. It’s the latest reminder that the adults are about to be back in charge.
– Donald Trump has now lost 20 of the 21 court rulings that have come down with regard to the election results. It’s almost impossible to do any worse than that. Now Trump has put Rudy Giuliani in charge of his legal defense, which means he’ll find a way to do even worse.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Donald Trump just put down the last of his chips on Rudy Giuliani

When you consider that Rudy Giuliani has apparently been exposed to coronavirus by two different people in two different states over the past ten days , it ’ s a wonder he ’ s even still with us .
It ’ s even more of a wonder that Rudy is still on Donald Trump ’ s legal team .
Now Trump is inexplicably betting everything he has left on Rudy .
Trump is only pretending to contest the election so he can continue to fundraise from it , he merely needs to put in a minimal showing in court to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ losing nearly every court ruling , which was predictable since he has literally no case .
But now that more and more people can see through his ruse , the New York Times says Trump has decided to put Rudy Giuliani in charge of his election legal battles going forward .
Wait a minute here .
Rudy Giuliani is even more senile than Donald Trump is .
Why would Trump be betting the last of his “ contesting the election ” chips on Rudy of all people ?
Perhaps now that Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s delusionally convinced himself that he can win these imaginary court battles .
Or maybe Trump knows the jig is nearly up and he needs a scapegoat for why his legal battles failed , and he figures Rudy fits the bill .
Also , Rudy works for free , and this is all about money .
In any case , it ’ s all near the end now .

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When you consider that Rudy Giuliani has apparently been exposed to coronavirus by two different people in two different states over the past ten days, it’s a wonder he’s even still with us. It’s even more of a wonder that Rudy is still on Donald Trump’s legal team. Now Trump is inexplicably betting everything he has left on Rudy.
Trump is only pretending to contest the election so he can continue to fundraise from it, he merely needs to put in a minimal showing in court to keep up the ruse. He keeps losing nearly every court ruling, which was predictable since he has literally no case. But now that more and more people can see through his ruse, the New York Times says Trump has decided to put Rudy Giuliani in charge of his election legal battles going forward. Wait a minute here.
Rudy Giuliani is even more senile than Donald Trump is. Why would Trump be betting the last of his “contesting the election” chips on Rudy of all people? Perhaps now that Trump is at the end of his rope, he’s delusionally convinced himself that he can win these imaginary court battles. Or maybe Trump knows the jig is nearly up and he needs a scapegoat for why his legal battles failed, and he figures Rudy fits the bill. Also, Rudy works for free, and this is all about money. In any case, it’s all near the end now.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--The downfall of the Republican Party

The downfall of the Republican Party

We sometimes forget that the Republican Party was once the party of the good guys .
During the American Civil War , during the tenure of the first Republican President , it was the Democrats who were the pro-slavery secessionists and the Republicans who wanted to preserve the Union .
Most Republicans were anti-slavery and the most “ radical ” element of them all were the abolitionists .
The first Republican President , Abraham Lincoln , was a master politician who possessed a brilliant mind .
I ’ ve been fascinated with Lincoln since the age of 10 .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t learn until he was 71 , namely that Lincoln was a Republican .
He was also a man of genius , and I was particularly incensed when Trump , the unstable non-genius , dared to compare himself with Lincoln .
I only regret that there was no equivalent to Senator Lloyd Bentsen in the room at the time to tell Trump that he was no Abe Lincoln .
One of my favorite stories about Lincoln — and there are many — is from 1862 , when he was visiting General McClellan .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Confederate soldiers .
He brazenly went inside amongst them with no bodyguard and only an Illinois congressman as his witness , turned to the men and said , “ I am Abraham Lincoln .
I know that you have fought gallantly for what you believe in , and for that I honor you , and for your wounds so honorably gained .
I feel no anger in my heart toward you ; and trust you feel none for me .
That is why I am here .
That is why I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friendship , of any man among you.
” Many of the soldiers shook hands with Lincoln that day .
Many with tears in their eyes .
Can you imagine Donald Trump ever saying such a thing ?
Donald Trump , the braying , racist , egotistical jackass ?
Donald Trump , the bully who has abused the bully pulpit for nearly four years ?
Can you imagine any Republican today imitating so noble an example and uttering words of such transcendent , simple and healing beauty ?
I can ’ t .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the way back to Lincoln to find great and unitifying words from a Republican .
Read these words , and tell me if they sound like the words of a Republican today .
“ Every gun that is made , every warship launched , every rocket fired signifies , in the final sense , a theft from those who hunger and are not fed , those who are cold and are not clothed .
This world in arms is not spending money alone .
It is spending the sweat of its laborers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hopes of its children .
This is not a way of life at all in any true sense .
Under the clouds of war , it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
” Those were the words of Dwight David Eisenhower , two term Republican President of the United States .
What on earth has happened to the Republican Party ?
I have heard words of similar portent and similar sentiment come out of the mouths of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats .
But never from Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans these days is hectoring , hateful and shrill rhetoric , full of counterfeit outrage , evocative with lies and hypocrisy , endless put-downs , abuse and vituperation .
Who remembers when the Republican Party billed itself as the Party of Personal Responsibility ?
They lost this election .
It ’ s time for them to admit it and move on , to take that much vaunted responsibility for the situation as it is .
All the king ’ s horses and all the king ’ s men , won ’ t put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is no way out but through , and Republicans need to take responsibility for the outcome .
They can not continue to define all unfavourable news as fake news and maintain a remote semblance of credibility .
In the end they will fool no one but themselves .
If Republicans can ’ t become Americans again — like Lincoln , like Eisenhower — then it ’ s time for them to go .
The corrupting influence of money has reduced them to pitiable , deplorable wretches of greed , cowardice , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t need them .
In fact , we very much need them to be gone , to be out of the way .
We have a world to save , and they are increasingly getting in the way .
Joe Biden won this election .
Joe Biden will be the 46 President of the United States .
We have a vaccine coming and the sun is rising once more .
Let ’ s bask in victory .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends @ @ @ @

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We sometimes forget that the Republican Party was once the party of the good guys. During the American Civil War, during the tenure of the first Republican President, it was the Democrats who were the pro-slavery secessionists and the Republicans who wanted to preserve the Union. Most Republicans were anti-slavery and the most “radical” element of them all were the abolitionists.
The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, was a master politician who possessed a brilliant mind. I’ve been fascinated with Lincoln since the age of 10. I knew then what Donald Trump didn’t learn until he was 71, namely that Lincoln was a Republican. He was also a man of genius, and I was particularly incensed when Trump, the unstable non-genius, dared to compare himself with Lincoln. I only regret that there was no equivalent to Senator Lloyd Bentsen in the room at the time to tell Trump that he was no Abe Lincoln.
One of my favorite stories about Lincoln — and there are many — is from 1862, when he was visiting General McClellan. Lincoln happened upon a temporary field hospital for Confederate soldiers. He brazenly went inside amongst them with no bodyguard and only an Illinois congressman as his witness, turned to the men and said, “I am Abraham Lincoln. I know that you have fought gallantly for what you believe in, and for that I honor you, and for your wounds so honorably gained. I feel no anger in my heart toward you; and trust you feel none for me. That is why I am here. That is why I am willing to take the hand, in friendship, of any man among you.” Many of the soldiers shook hands with Lincoln that day. Many with tears in their eyes.
Can you imagine Donald Trump ever saying such a thing? Donald Trump, the braying, racist, egotistical jackass? Donald Trump, the bully who has abused the bully pulpit for nearly four years? Can you imagine any Republican today imitating so noble an example and uttering words of such transcendent, simple and healing beauty? I can’t.
But we don’t have to go all the way back to Lincoln to find great and unitifying words from a Republican. Read these words, and tell me if they sound like the words of a Republican today. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” Those were the words of Dwight David Eisenhower, two term Republican President of the United States. What on earth has happened to the Republican Party?
I have heard words of similar portent and similar sentiment come out of the mouths of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats. But never from Republicans any more. What I hear from Republicans these days is hectoring, hateful and shrill rhetoric, full of counterfeit outrage, evocative with lies and hypocrisy, endless put-downs, abuse and vituperation.
Who remembers when the Republican Party billed itself as the Party of Personal Responsibility? They lost this election. It’s time for them to admit it and move on, to take that much vaunted responsibility for the situation as it is. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, won’t put Trump’s ego back together again. There is no way out but through, and Republicans need to take responsibility for the outcome. They cannot continue to define all unfavourable news as fake news and maintain a remote semblance of credibility. In the end they will fool no one but themselves.
If Republicans can’t become Americans again — like Lincoln, like Eisenhower — then it’s time for them to go. The corrupting influence of money has reduced them to pitiable, deplorable wretches of greed, cowardice, shame and hate. We don’t need them. In fact, we very much need them to be gone, to be out of the way. We have a world to save, and they are increasingly getting in the way.
Joe Biden won this election. Joe Biden will be the 46 President of the United States. We have a vaccine coming and the sun is rising once more. Let’s bask in victory. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Donald Trump is waving the white flag

Donald Trump is waving the white flag

– After a week in hiding and then his joke of a press conference today , Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for tomorrow or Sunday .
Yeah , he ’ s given up .
He ’ s a deer in the headlights .
He ’ s not even trying to give the appearance that he still wants the job .
He ’ s waving the white flag .
– Joe Biden just posted a timely and informative tweet about a tropical storm , encouraging everyone to listen to the experts , and it hit me that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real President again .
This is just totally normal presidential behavior , and yet it ’ s been completely lacking for four years straight .
– If you ’ re in Georgia and you voted by absentee ballot , you ’ ll need to request another absentee ballot for the Senate runoff races .
You can do that here .
– Tweet of the day , from Joe Biden ’ s victorious campaign manager Jen O ’ Malley Dillon : “ 306 .
Joe Biden , Kamala Harris , the best team in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did this .
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– After a week in hiding and then his joke of a press conference today, Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for tomorrow or Sunday. Yeah, he’s given up. He’s a deer in the headlights. He’s not even trying to give the appearance that he still wants the job. He’s waving the white flag.
– Joe Biden just posted a timely and informative tweet about a tropical storm, encouraging everyone to listen to the experts, and it hit me that we’re about to have a real President again. This is just totally normal presidential behavior, and yet it’s been completely lacking for four years straight.
– If you’re in Georgia and you voted by absentee ballot, you’ll need to request another absentee ballot for the Senate runoff races. You can do that here.
– Tweet of the day, from Joe Biden’s victorious campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon: “306. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the best team in politics, and nearly 80 million Americans did this.”
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Here’s what will happen when Donald Trump starts pardoning everyone

When Donald Trump starts pardoning everyone – and he will in the end – I hope you all won ’ t start nervously fretting about how it means he ’ s somehow magically winning .
It ’ ll be the end of him .
His pardon spree will be his concession speech , because after that he ’ ll be toast .
And it won ’ t keep him or his family out of prison on state charges .
The media has spent the past four years breathlessly hyping the notion that Trump was going to pardon everyone at any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you ’ re not aware that Trump hasn ’ t ever pardoned a single one of his co-conspirators .
Trump did commute Roger Stone ’ s sentence , but that ’ s not a pardon .
The pardon spree never did happen .
But now it will .
Trump ’ s pardon spree will be the absolute end of his fading political viability .
Even some fraction of the dummies who just voted for him will decide they ’ ve seen enough .
He knows it too .
It ’ ll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually going to run in 2024 , no matter what he claims .
No president has ever tried to pardon himself , his family members , or his criminal co-conspirators .
So these pardons will all be challenged in court , and there ’ s no precedent for how it ’ ll play out .
Anyone who claims to know is just guessing .
It ’ ll take years to play out .
But the point is that pardons aren ’ t magic wands .
They won ’ t protect anyone on state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in court anyway .
And since pardons are admissions of guilt , they ’ ll open Trump and his people up to all kinds of litigation going forward .
In fact , if any of Trump ’ s underlings accept a pardon , they ’ ll no longer have any Fifth Amendment protections , and they ’ ll be required to testify against Trump at trial .
It ’ s a sticky mess that won ’ t go well for Trump ’ s side .
And yes , there ’ s a hypothetical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pence pardon him , in the hope that it ’ ll have a better chance of holding up in court .
But even that wouldn ’ t protect Trump from state charges , which is why he ’ s going to prison no matter what .
In any case , only two things matter when it comes to whatever Trump does with pardons : 1 ) They ’ ll be a surrender , not a secret magic plan to politically win .
2 ) They can be worked around with state charges , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any president .
He ’ s still going to prison .

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When Donald Trump starts pardoning everyone – and he will in the end – I hope you all won’t start nervously fretting about how it means he’s somehow magically winning. It’ll be the end of him. His pardon spree will be his concession speech, because after that he’ll be toast. And it won’t keep him or his family out of prison on state charges.
The media has spent the past four years breathlessly hyping the notion that Trump was going to pardon everyone at any minute, so you can be excused if you’re not aware that Trump hasn’t ever pardoned a single one of his co-conspirators. Trump did commute Roger Stone’s sentence, but that’s not a pardon. The pardon spree never did happen. But now it will.
Trump’s pardon spree will be the absolute end of his fading political viability. Even some fraction of the dummies who just voted for him will decide they’ve seen enough. He knows it too. It’ll be a reminder that he’s not actually going to run in 2024, no matter what he claims.
No president has ever tried to pardon himself, his family members, or his criminal co-conspirators. So these pardons will all be challenged in court, and there’s no precedent for how it’ll play out. Anyone who claims to know is just guessing. It’ll take years to play out.
But the point is that pardons aren’t magic wands. They won’t protect anyone on state charges. They may get thrown out in court anyway. And since pardons are admissions of guilt, they’ll open Trump and his people up to all kinds of litigation going forward. In fact, if any of Trump’s underlings accept a pardon, they’ll no longer have any Fifth Amendment protections, and they’ll be required to testify against Trump at trial. It’s a sticky mess that won’t go well for Trump’s side.
And yes, there’s a hypothetical scenario in which Trump resigns and has Pence pardon him, in the hope that it’ll have a better chance of holding up in court. But even that wouldn’t protect Trump from state charges, which is why he’s going to prison no matter what.
In any case, only two things matter when it comes to whatever Trump does with pardons: 1) They’ll be a surrender, not a secret magic plan to politically win. 2) They can be worked around with state charges, which can’t be pardoned by any president. He’s still going to prison.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Donald Trump is broke, depressed and afraid of going to prison

It ’ s a long stretch to January 20th , 2021 .
Clearly Trump is planning on not conceding even though his Pennsylvania law firm has now withdrawn , along with the Arizona firm hired to litigated alleged voter fraud .
While things look bad for Trump , White House trade advisor , Peter Navarro , said they are going forward as if Trump won the election .
Okay .
The Trump administration has always acted within a bubble .
Their gaslighting is a feature , not a bug .
But never forget the true oddity which is that tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They voted to keep him in office in spite of his fascism and cronyism .
That his obvious corruption is fine with them , all the while they scream how much they love the Constitution , is the biggest oddity of all .
All that is water under the bridge now .
Biden is the next President .
He ’ s already putting together a COVID plan .
We must focus on taking the Senate so that Biden will have the power to enact the changes his administration needs to work on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gets bigger and more fragile .
We have Kayleigh McEnany declaring Trump will attend the inauguration because it will be his inauguration .
The Trumps are begging for donations in order to fight the “ rigged ” election , all the while using these funds to pay their other bills .
Trump is broke , depressed and afraid of going to jail .
He has reason to be .
Let him enjoy these lame duck days .
His life is only going to get worse .
As we ’ ve said from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you can get in bed with hostile foreign powers , you can bankrupt a casino , grift off of a fake university and even rip off a kid ’ s cancer charity without paying the cost of this criminal activity if you have enough money and lawyers .
But you can not win against the US government .
Trump took America on when he accepted the Presidency .
His crimes will not go unnoticed and unpunished by We The People .
It ’ s a good thing orange is his favorite color @

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It’s a long stretch to January 20th, 2021. Clearly Trump is planning on not conceding even though his Pennsylvania law firm has now withdrawn, along with the Arizona firm hired to litigated alleged voter fraud. While things look bad for Trump, White House trade advisor, Peter Navarro, said they are going forward as if Trump won the election. Okay.
The Trump administration has always acted within a bubble. Their gaslighting is a feature, not a bug. But never forget the true oddity which is that tens of millions of people voted for Trump. They voted to keep him in office in spite of his fascism and cronyism. That his obvious corruption is fine with them, all the while they scream how much they love the Constitution, is the biggest oddity of all.
All that is water under the bridge now. Biden is the next President. He’s already putting together a COVID plan. We must focus on taking the Senate so that Biden will have the power to enact the changes his administration needs to work on.
In the meantime, the bubble gets bigger and more fragile. We have Kayleigh McEnany declaring Trump will attend the inauguration because it will be his inauguration. The Trumps are begging for donations in order to fight the “rigged” election, all the while using these funds to pay their other bills. Trump is broke, depressed and afraid of going to jail. He has reason to be. Let him enjoy these lame duck days. His life is only going to get worse. As we’ve said from the beginning, you can stiff your contractors, you can get in bed with hostile foreign powers, you can bankrupt a casino, grift off of a fake university and even rip off a kid’s cancer charity without paying the cost of this criminal activity if you have enough money and lawyers. But you cannot win against the US government.
Trump took America on when he accepted the Presidency. His crimes will not go unnoticed and unpunished by We The People. It’s a good thing orange is his favorite color.
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palmerreport--2020-11-14--Just ignore the bloviating baby

Just ignore the bloviating baby

Since the election , almost every tweet from Donald J. Trump has been labeled as factually challenged by Twitter , with warning labels like “ This claim about election fraud is disputed.
” On January 21 , Trump will face additional sanctions and issues as a private citizen , including but not limited to the banning of his account .
The latest incomprehensible , nonsensical tweet from him addressed election integrity issues : “ For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our elections have been .
Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secure election ever .
Actually this is true , except for what the Democrats did .
Rigged Election !
” The first sentence of course misstates reality , with the biggest saboteur in the last two elections being Trump .
DHS announced last night that this was the “ most secure election ever.
” But part of the reason for that is more than 100 million people voted early and the vast majority of those were mail-in ballots or absentee ballots .
They can not be hacked , and Trump and his team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can do , he takes credit for the “ most secure election ever ” but then claims that the election was “ Rigged.
” No , it was not rigged .
More than 78 million people ( and counting ) voted for Joe Biden , the most in history – and in key states , the margins were decisive .
Trump has lost and that is the reality .
Ignore the bloviating baby orange and move on to the January 5th Senate runoffs in Georgia , and then to inauguration on January 20th @

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Since the election, almost every tweet from Donald J. Trump has been labeled as factually challenged by Twitter, with warning labels like “This claim about election fraud is disputed.” On January 21, Trump will face additional sanctions and issues as a private citizen, including but not limited to the banning of his account. The latest incomprehensible, nonsensical tweet from him addressed election integrity issues:
“For years the Dems have been preaching how unsafe and rigged our elections have been. Now they are saying what a wonderful job the Trump Administration did in making 2020 the most secure election ever. Actually this is true, except for what the Democrats did. Rigged Election!”
The first sentence of course misstates reality, with the biggest saboteur in the last two elections being Trump. DHS announced last night that this was the “most secure election ever.” But part of the reason for that is more than 100 million people voted early and the vast majority of those were mail-in ballots or absentee ballots. They cannot be hacked, and Trump and his team know that.
But as only Trump can do, he takes credit for the “most secure election ever” but then claims that the election was “Rigged.” No, it was not rigged. More than 78 million people (and counting) voted for Joe Biden, the most in history – and in key states, the margins were decisive. Trump has lost and that is the reality. Ignore the bloviating baby orange and move on to the January 5th Senate runoffs in Georgia, and then to inauguration on January 20th.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--New York Attorney General Tish James rips Donald Trump to pieces

It took Donald Trump more than a week to finally speak in public today , and he spent much of it threatening to withhold the coronavirus vaccine from New York State because Governor Andrew Cuomo said mean things about him .
Cuomo promptly appeared on MSNBC and reminded everyone that Trump is only making this threat because he ’ s under criminal investigation in New York .
Now , New York Attorney General Tish James is weighing in .
She tweeted this : “ Any attempt by Donald Trump to deny New York access to a lifesaving # COVID19 vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plain and simple .
Stop playing politics with people ’ s lives.
” To be as clear as possible , this is just another one of Donald Trump ’ s threats that he knows he can ’ t pull off .
He ’ s trying to scare people , distract people , create controversy , and give off the appearance that he ’ s still somehow in control of things .
In reality he ’ s just a guy who ’ s been fired , can ’ t handle it , and is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are going to end up putting him in prison .

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It took Donald Trump more than a week to finally speak in public today, and he spent much of it threatening to withhold the coronavirus vaccine from New York State because Governor Andrew Cuomo said mean things about him. Cuomo promptly appeared on MSNBC and reminded everyone that Trump is only making this threat because he’s under criminal investigation in New York.
Now, New York Attorney General Tish James is weighing in. She tweeted this: “Any attempt by Donald Trump to deny New York access to a lifesaving #COVID19 vaccine will be met with a lawsuit, plain and simple. Stop playing politics with people’s lives.”
To be as clear as possible, this is just another one of Donald Trump’s threats that he knows he can’t pull off. He’s trying to scare people, distract people, create controversy, and give off the appearance that he’s still somehow in control of things. In reality he’s just a guy who’s been fired, can’t handle it, and is now saying mean things about the people who are going to end up putting him in prison.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Tim Allen flames out after Donald Trump loses

– Tim Allen , with his rant about “ Carl ” Marx and socialism , is a reminder that Trump @ @ @ @ @ with a bang but with an illiterate whimper .
– Tweet of the day , @ @ @ @ @ : “ Tim Allen has always been a dick .
And not just because he @ @ @ @ @ name is Timothy Dick.
” – Pennsylvania ’ s Secretary of State confirmed today that @ @ @ @ @ recount in his state , because the margins aren ’ t close enough .
This @ @ @ @ @ was declared the winner in Georgia and Arizona .
The walls really are closing in @ @ @ @ @ about magically overturning the election , aren ’ t they ?
– Donald Trump spent @ @ @ @ @ only to come out and antagonize the one state ( New York ) that ’ @ @ @ @ @ the process of criminally indicting him .
He really doesn ’ t have any sort @ @ @ @ @ , does he ?

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– Tim Allen, with his rant about “Carl” Marx and socialism, is a reminder that Trump supporters will go out not with a bang but with an illiterate whimper.
– Tweet of the day, from Brian O’Sullivan: “Tim Allen has always been a dick. And not just because he supported Trump. His real name is Timothy Dick.”
– Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State confirmed today that there will not be a recount in his state, because the margins aren’t close enough. This comes hours after Joe Biden was declared the winner in Georgia and Arizona. The walls really are closing in on Trump’s fantasy about magically overturning the election, aren’t they?
– Donald Trump spent a week in hiding, only to come out and antagonize the one state (New York) that’s confirmed to be in the process of criminally indicting him. He really doesn’t have any sort of endgame strategy at all, does he?
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Governor Andrew Cuomo slams Donald Trump over vaccine, says Trump is under criminal investigation in

Governor Andrew Cuomo slams Donald Trump over vaccine, says Trump is under criminal investigation in New York

During his press conference today , Donald Trump went on a lengthy and semi-incoherent rant about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , before seemingly threatening not to give the coronavirus vaccine to New York because he doesn ’ t like Cuomo .
Trump can ’ t actually pull that off ; this isn ’ t fantasyland .
But it ’ s still an outrage that Trump is even making such a threat .
Shortly after Trump ’ s disastrous press conference ended , Governor Cuomo appeared on MSNBC and explained that he has full confidence in the vaccine itself .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the company that created the vaccine , is a New York company .
Cuomo pointed out that Trump “ lost New York State in the election by a huge margin .
You have New York prosecutors who are investigating the president for tax fraud.
” – It ’ s cute watching MSNBC pundits finally start to sorta kinda admit that maybe Trump might be facing some legal trouble somewhere .
They ’ re still not ready to acknowledge that Trump is obviously going to prison .
They ’ re saving that narrative for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there .

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During his press conference today, Donald Trump went on a lengthy and semi-incoherent rant about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, before seemingly threatening not to give the coronavirus vaccine to New York because he doesn’t like Cuomo. Trump can’t actually pull that off; this isn’t fantasyland. But it’s still an outrage that Trump is even making such a threat.
Shortly after Trump’s disastrous press conference ended, Governor Cuomo appeared on MSNBC and explained that he has full confidence in the vaccine itself. He even pointed out that Pfizer, the company that created the vaccine, is a New York company. Cuomo pointed out that Trump “lost New York State in the election by a huge margin. You have New York prosecutors who are investigating the president for tax fraud.”
– It’s cute watching MSNBC pundits finally start to sorta kinda admit that maybe Trump might be facing some legal trouble somewhere. They’re still not ready to acknowledge that Trump is obviously going to prison. They’re saving that narrative for later. But they’re getting there.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--General John Kelly tells Donald Trump to get on with it

Throughout his time in the political arena , retired General John Kelly has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity .
He was supposed to instill discipline in Donald Trump ’ s White House , but things remained just as inept and corrupt .
After Kelly left , he never properly condemned Trump for anything .
But now even Kelly has seen enough .
General John Kelly is telling Politico that it ’ s time for Donald Trump to start the transition to President-elect Joe Biden .
Kelly even called him “ Mr .
Trump ” instead of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dig at him .
Kelly is still using weasel words when it comes to the outcome of the election result , but that ’ s not surprising given the way he generally approaches these things .
What matters is that even Kelly is publicly telling Trump to get on with it .
– While Donald Trump was leaving his press conference today and refusing to take questions , White House correspondent Brian Karem yelled out “ You lost the election .
When will you admit you lost the election ?
” Trump didn @ @ @ @

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Throughout his time in the political arena, retired General John Kelly has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. He was supposed to instill discipline in Donald Trump’s White House, but things remained just as inept and corrupt. After Kelly left, he never properly condemned Trump for anything. But now even Kelly has seen enough.
General John Kelly is telling Politico that it’s time for Donald Trump to start the transition to President-elect Joe Biden. Kelly even called him “Mr. Trump” instead of “President Trump” – seemingly a subtle dig at him. Kelly is still using weasel words when it comes to the outcome of the election result, but that’s not surprising given the way he generally approaches these things. What matters is that even Kelly is publicly telling Trump to get on with it.
– While Donald Trump was leaving his press conference today and refusing to take questions, White House correspondent Brian Karem yelled out “You lost the election. When will you admit you lost the election?” Trump didn’t respond.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--One of the “dead” voters touted by Donald Trump just turned up alive

It ’ s more clear than ever that Donald Trump knows he ’ s done for , and that he @ @ @ @ @ contest the election so he can continue fundraising and pocket the money .
But Trump @ @ @ @ @ kind of phantom legal argument in order to keep up the ruse .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ dead people voted for Joe Biden .
For instance , the Trump campaign claimed that @ @ @ @ @ named James E. Blalock voted for Joe Biden in 2020 .
But now NBC Atlanta @ @ @ @ @ reporting that the voter in question is actually his widow “ Mrs .
James E. @ @ @ @ @ ’ s alive and well at the age of 96 .
She ’ s confirming @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden .
She also once voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt .
So much for @ @ @ @ @ that some of the people who voted for Joe Biden are dead .
In reality @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 2020 prospects that are now dead .

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It’s more clear than ever that Donald Trump knows he’s done for, and that he’s merely pretending to contest the election so he can continue fundraising and pocket the money. But Trump has to put up some kind of phantom legal argument in order to keep up the ruse. That’s included claiming that some dead people voted for Joe Biden.
For instance, the Trump campaign claimed that a long deceased Georgia resident named James E. Blalock voted for Joe Biden in 2020. But now NBC Atlanta affiliate reporter Brendan Keefe is reporting that the voter in question is actually his widow “Mrs. James E. Blalock” – and she’s alive and well at the age of 96. She’s confirming that she indeed voted for Joe Biden. She also once voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
So much for Donald Trump’s claim that some of the people who voted for Joe Biden are dead. In reality it’s simply Trump’s 2020 prospects that are now dead.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Donald Trump just mailed it in

Donald Trump just mailed it in

– For a guy who claims to hate mailing ballots in , Donald Trump sure did mail it in during @ @ @ @ @ He looked and sounded like he didn ’ t really want to be there .
@ @ @ @ @ the motions .
He made an ugly threat about not giving the vaccine to New @ @ @ @ @ ’ t like the Governor , but all that did was make Trump look bad @ @ @ @ @ not a threat that he can carry out .
– Operation warp speed ?
More @ @ @ @ @ This is just getting ridiculous .
How many more Americans are going to die because @ @ @ @ @ hurt ?
– It turns out we weren ’ t the only ones who noticed @ @ @ @ @ hopefully the Biden administration ” before catching himself .
We ’ re hearing from plenty @ @ @ @ @ in the same way .
Pundits on MSNBC are saying the same .
Trump basically @ @ @ @ @ over .

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– For a guy who claims to hate mailing ballots in, Donald Trump sure did mail it in during his press conference today. He looked and sounded like he didn’t really want to be there. He was just going through the motions. He made an ugly threat about not giving the vaccine to New York State because he doesn’t like the Governor, but all that did was make Trump look bad, and it’s not a threat that he can carry out.
– Operation warp speed? More like Operation warped president. This is just getting ridiculous. How many more Americans are going to die because Donald Trump got his feelings hurt?
– It turns out we weren’t the only ones who noticed that Trump almost said “hopefully the Biden administration” before catching himself. We’re hearing from plenty of you who interpreted it in the same way. Pundits on MSNBC are saying the same. Trump basically just admitted it’s over.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Donald Trump holds disastrous press conference, almost admits Joe Biden won, catches himself

Donald Trump is speaking in public right now for the first time in more than a week .
He ’ s still focused on the coronavirus vaccine , and hasn ’ t even veered off script into election conspiracy theories yet , but this is already a disaster for him .
Trump looks like absolute hell .
His hair is now white , but his face is still orange .
He looks worn down , sounds tired , sounds nervous , and can ’ t stop tripping over his script .
Trump went on a bizarre rant about the Governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , accused Pfizer of making false statements , and then bragged about the stock market .
Trump can ’ t stop sniffing , which is always a sign that something is off .
Thus far it ’ s not clear what the point of this press conference is , other than to try to take credit for a vaccine that he negligently stood in the way of , and to falsely claim that the pandemic is already under control .
Trump also insisted that his administration will never go back to lockdowns , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and caught himself just before he presumably could say “ …Biden Administration.
” Even Trump knows it ’ s over .

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Donald Trump is speaking in public right now for the first time in more than a week. He’s still focused on the coronavirus vaccine, and hasn’t even veered off script into election conspiracy theories yet, but this is already a disaster for him.
Trump looks like absolute hell. His hair is now white, but his face is still orange. He looks worn down, sounds tired, sounds nervous, and can’t stop tripping over his script. Trump went on a bizarre rant about the Governor of New York for no apparent reason, accused Pfizer of making false statements, and then bragged about the stock market. Trump can’t stop sniffing, which is always a sign that something is off.
Thus far it’s not clear what the point of this press conference is, other than to try to take credit for a vaccine that he negligently stood in the way of, and to falsely claim that the pandemic is already under control. Trump also insisted that his administration will never go back to lockdowns, and then said “hopefully the…” and caught himself just before he presumably could say “…Biden Administration.” Even Trump knows it’s over.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Well that just blew up in Bill Barr’s face

Hours after Donald Trump fired the Secretary of Defense earlier this week , Attorney General Bill Barr came out of hiding and suddenly announced a “ probe ” into supposed election irregularities .
At the time , Palmer Report pointed out that Barr was obviously only announcing this in order to avoid being the next to get fired , and that it was unlikely to go any further than Barr ’ s last several dead-end probes .
We just didn ’ t expect it to go nowhere this quickly .
Sixteen U.S .
Attorneys , all of whom were specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have sent Bill Barr a letter confirming that there is no evidence of any election irregularities .
In other words , all that Barr has done is to cause even more public officials to come out of the woodwork to confirm that Donald Trump ’ s election defeat was entirely legitimate .
This was never going anywhere to begin with , but now it ’ s over .
– Prior to his press conference today , the President of the United States had spent the past week in hiding and had been communicating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s not a sentence that feels like it could possibly ever be true under any circumstances , and yet it is .

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Hours after Donald Trump fired the Secretary of Defense earlier this week, Attorney General Bill Barr came out of hiding and suddenly announced a “probe” into supposed election irregularities. At the time, Palmer Report pointed out that Barr was obviously only announcing this in order to avoid being the next to get fired, and that it was unlikely to go any further than Barr’s last several dead-end probes. We just didn’t expect it to go nowhere this quickly.
Sixteen U.S. Attorneys, all of whom were specifically assigned to monitor the 2020 election, have sent Bill Barr a letter confirming that there is no evidence of any election irregularities. In other words, all that Barr has done is to cause even more public officials to come out of the woodwork to confirm that Donald Trump’s election defeat was entirely legitimate. This was never going anywhere to begin with, but now it’s over.
– Prior to his press conference today, the President of the United States had spent the past week in hiding and had been communicating with the public through Geraldo Rivera. That’s not a sentence that feels like it could possibly ever be true under any circumstances, and yet it is.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--How the Democrats can retain control of the House in 2022

– We need to spend every single day of the next two years asking every House Republican whether they agree or disagree with the dangerously insane Q-anon ramblings of their new House Republican colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene .
Whatever their response is , it ’ ll cost them some votes somewhere on the right .
We can use this to help retain control of the House in 2022 .
– GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA .
Volunteer .
GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA .
Donate .
GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA .
Warnock and Ossoff .
GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA .
Senate control is on the line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McConnell powerless .
GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA .
It ’ s for all the marbles .
– Now that every major news outlet has called Arizona for Joe Biden , Donald Trump ’ s lawyers just bailed on their own Arizona court case .
It ’ s all falling apart pretty quickly for Trump now .
– Tweet of the day , from Ann Slater : “ I don ’ t think that we ’ ve factored in that the Biden Administration is going to start finding things that Trump and his staff tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a lot of new stuff in the news in the first half of 2021 .
And , it won ’ t be limited to Trump ; Don Jr , Kushner , Ivanka… ”

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– We need to spend every single day of the next two years asking every House Republican whether they agree or disagree with the dangerously insane Q-anon ramblings of their new House Republican colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene. Whatever their response is, it’ll cost them some votes somewhere on the right. We can use this to help retain control of the House in 2022.
– GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. Volunteer. GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. Donate. GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. Warnock and Ossoff. GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. Senate control is on the line. GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. Make Mitch McConnell powerless. GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA. It’s for all the marbles.
– Now that every major news outlet has called Arizona for Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s lawyers just bailed on their own Arizona court case. It’s all falling apart pretty quickly for Trump now.
– Tweet of the day, from Ann Slater: “I don’t think that we’ve factored in that the Biden Administration is going to start finding things that Trump and his staff tried to hide. There’s going to be a lot of new stuff in the news in the first half of 2021. And, it won’t be limited to Trump; Don Jr, Kushner, Ivanka…”
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Charles Koch admits it’s over for Donald Trump

– First Karl Rove and Sheldon Adelson publicly admitted that it ’ s over for Donald Trump .
Now another Republican Party supervillain , Charles Koch – the lone surviving Koch Brother – is saying “ I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory.
” Koch is still not to be trusted .
But it couldn ’ t be much more clear that the GOP ’ s behind the scenes leaders want Trump off the dance floor so they can get back to doing whatever it is that they do .
– Kayleigh McEnany has to go to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At this point she ’ s conspiring against the United States with her rhetoric .
It won ’ t go anywhere ; Trump is 100 % finished .
But Kayleigh still has to go to prison for trying .
Life sentence as far as I ’ m concerned .
– With Arizona and Georgia now having been called for Joe Biden , it means he ’ s won the Electoral College by a total of 306 to 232 .
This comes even as Biden ’ s popular vote lead has grown to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could climb as high as 7 million votes .
This election is a blowout .
It was never even close .

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– First Karl Rove and Sheldon Adelson publicly admitted that it’s over for Donald Trump. Now another Republican Party supervillain, Charles Koch – the lone surviving Koch Brother – is saying “I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory.” Koch is still not to be trusted. But it couldn’t be much more clear that the GOP’s behind the scenes leaders want Trump off the dance floor so they can get back to doing whatever it is that they do.
– Kayleigh McEnany has to go to prison for what she’s doing. At this point she’s conspiring against the United States with her rhetoric. It won’t go anywhere; Trump is 100% finished. But Kayleigh still has to go to prison for trying. Life sentence as far as I’m concerned.
– With Arizona and Georgia now having been called for Joe Biden, it means he’s won the Electoral College by a total of 306 to 232. This comes even as Biden’s popular vote lead has grown to more than 5.3 million votes, and could climb as high as 7 million votes. This election is a blowout. It was never even close.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Major networks all call Georgia for Joe Biden ahead of Donald Trump’s press conference meltdown

Even after the remaining major networks called Arizona for Joe Biden late last night , it appeared they were all planning to wait until after the Georgia recount before calling that state for Biden .
Then Donald Trump announced at around 2pm today that he was going to hold a press conference at 4pm , and shortly thereafter , the networks all called Georgia for Biden .
Maybe it ’ s all mere happenstance .
But it sure feels like the networks were waiting to call Georgia for Biden until after the recount just to avoid controversy , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falsely declare victory in the Rose Garden today , they decided to go ahead and call Georgia .
This should ’ t be the criteria ; Biden clearly won Georgia a couple days ago and should have been called at that time .
But better late than never .
This fully puts Donald Trump ’ s fantasy about contesting the election out of its misery .
Trump would have needed to find a way to win Pennsylvania , Arizona , and Georgia in order to get to 270 .
Now he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump never did have a path .
But now he can ’ t even pretend anymore .

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Even after the remaining major networks called Arizona for Joe Biden late last night, it appeared they were all planning to wait until after the Georgia recount before calling that state for Biden. Then Donald Trump announced at around 2pm today that he was going to hold a press conference at 4pm, and shortly thereafter, the networks all called Georgia for Biden.
Maybe it’s all mere happenstance. But it sure feels like the networks were waiting to call Georgia for Biden until after the recount just to avoid controversy, and then once they realized Trump was going to falsely declare victory in the Rose Garden today, they decided to go ahead and call Georgia. This should’t be the criteria; Biden clearly won Georgia a couple days ago and should have been called at that time. But better late than never.
This fully puts Donald Trump’s fantasy about contesting the election out of its misery. Trump would have needed to find a way to win Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia in order to get to 270. Now he’s officially lost all of those states. Trump never did have a path. But now he can’t even pretend anymore.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Mike Pence has given up the ghost

Mike Pence has given up the ghost

It didn ’ t really surprise anyone to learn that Donald Trump decided he was going to give up his day to day duties and instead dedicate his hours to fighting an election he already lost – especially since he wasn ’ t doing much work before Election Day .
It ’ s become a whole other level of embarrassing when we learned Thursday that Mike Pence is following suit , and also neglecting his job .
Although the duties of vice president tend to vary on who holds the office , Pence was appointed with the very important job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus task force , and despite the unsettling rise in cases , particularly in states that voted for the Trump-Pence ticket , Pence hasn ’ t contributed any meaningful leadership role to the task force in weeks , leaving conference calls to HHS Secretary Azar .
According to reports , the last time Pence hosted a conference call with state governors was September 29 .
The last time he showed up to a meeting was on Monday when he tried to claim credit for the Pfizer vaccine that was developed without government funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s scam fundraiser emails .
His supporters might try to argue that he was busy with campaigning , but over the last two weeks , his schedule ’ s been mostly clear – so much so that he planned a Florida vacation – even as America reaches 250,000 deaths due to the negligence of his administration .
It ’ s gotten to where medical officials are speaking out about the staggering lack of leadership as the country faces a true crisis , and yet Pence is proving to be just as @ @ @ @ @

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It didn’t really surprise anyone to learn that Donald Trump decided he was going to give up his day to day duties and instead dedicate his hours to fighting an election he already lost – especially since he wasn’t doing much work before Election Day. It’s become a whole other level of embarrassing when we learned Thursday that Mike Pence is following suit, and also neglecting his job.
Although the duties of vice president tend to vary on who holds the office, Pence was appointed with the very important job of heading the White House’s coronavirus task force, and despite the unsettling rise in cases, particularly in states that voted for the Trump-Pence ticket, Pence hasn’t contributed any meaningful leadership role to the task force in weeks, leaving conference calls to HHS Secretary Azar.
According to reports, the last time Pence hosted a conference call with state governors was September 29. The last time he showed up to a meeting was on Monday when he tried to claim credit for the Pfizer vaccine that was developed without government funding, while his name shows up on Trump’s scam fundraiser emails. His supporters might try to argue that he was busy with campaigning, but over the last two weeks, his schedule’s been mostly clear – so much so that he planned a Florida vacation – even as America reaches 250,000 deaths due to the negligence of his administration.
It’s gotten to where medical officials are speaking out about the staggering lack of leadership as the country faces a true crisis, and yet Pence is proving to be just as incompetent as his boss.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Oh good, here comes Donald Trump’s Rose Garden press conference from hell

After more than a week of refusing to speak in public and dodging reporters , Palmer Report and others have declared that he ’ s officially in hiding .
It looks like maybe Trump has finally picked up on the rumblings , because now he ’ s suddenly announced that he ’ s holding a press conference at 4pm today in the White House Rose Garden .
Trump will apparently be speaking about “ Operation Warp Speed , ” his imaginary plan to solve the coronavirus crisis .
This will be interesting for a few reasons .
First , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which Trump has even bothered pretending to be the president since he lost the election .
It appears his babysitters have finally convinced him to go out and do something presidential , in the hope of selling the notion that he still wants the job .
More importantly , it ’ s nearly a given that Trump will go off script today and begin ranting and raving about how the election was somehow stolen from him .
In fact , unless they ’ ve got him heavily sedated , this should end up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clinically insane meltdown yet .
We ’ re not looking forward to watching , but we will , and we ’ ll keep you informed .

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After more than a week of refusing to speak in public and dodging reporters, Palmer Report and others have declared that he’s officially in hiding. It looks like maybe Trump has finally picked up on the rumblings, because now he’s suddenly announced that he’s holding a press conference at 4pm today in the White House Rose Garden.
Trump will apparently be speaking about “Operation Warp Speed,” his imaginary plan to solve the coronavirus crisis. This will be interesting for a few reasons. First, it’ll be the first time in which Trump has even bothered pretending to be the president since he lost the election. It appears his babysitters have finally convinced him to go out and do something presidential, in the hope of selling the notion that he still wants the job.
More importantly, it’s nearly a given that Trump will go off script today and begin ranting and raving about how the election was somehow stolen from him. In fact, unless they’ve got him heavily sedated, this should end up being Trump’s most unhinged and clinically insane meltdown yet. We’re not looking forward to watching, but we will, and we’ll keep you informed.
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Donald Trump is “dismayed” that it’s all falling apart for him

– Now that Donald Trump has lost , his allies keep selfishly selling him out , because they care more about preserving their own political viability than they do about his fate .
Trump is now “ dismayed ” that people like Boris Johnson are embracing President-elect Joe Biden .
If Trump couldn ’ t see this coming , he ’ s delusionally narcissistic .
These folks were merely his allies , not his friends .
– Joe Biden ’ s lead in Pennsylvania is now 54,000 votes and growing .
Pennsylvania was never all that close to begin with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and announced in a normal order , this would have been obvious from the start .
For what it ’ s worth , Palmer Report figured out on 4:00am on election night that Biden was mathematically on track to win Pennsylvania .
– Tweet of the day from Reverend Raphael Warnock , one of the Democratic candidates in the Georgia Senate runoff races : “ There ’ s 500,000 Georgians in the Medicaid gap .
When we win , we ’ ll make sure every Georgian has access to quality , affordable health @ @ @

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– Now that Donald Trump has lost, his allies keep selfishly selling him out, because they care more about preserving their own political viability than they do about his fate. Trump is now “dismayed” that people like Boris Johnson are embracing President-elect Joe Biden. If Trump couldn’t see this coming, he’s delusionally narcissistic. These folks were merely his allies, not his friends.
– Joe Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania is now 54,000 votes and growing. Pennsylvania was never all that close to begin with. If the votes had been counted and announced in a normal order, this would have been obvious from the start. For what it’s worth, Palmer Report figured out on 4:00am on election night that Biden was mathematically on track to win Pennsylvania.
– Tweet of the day from Reverend Raphael Warnock, one of the Democratic candidates in the Georgia Senate runoff races: “There’s 500,000 Georgians in the Medicaid gap. When we win, we’ll make sure every Georgian has access to quality, affordable health care.”
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palmerreport--2020-11-13--Donald Trump is now officially in hiding

It ’ s now fair to say that Donald Trump is officially in hiding .
NBC says that he finally held a White House meeting today , but didn ’ t even allow reporters in for questions .
This means he ’ s doing everything he can to avoid speaking publicly .
In fact apart from his brief public appearance at Arlington on Veterans Day , he hasn ’ t shown his face once .
If Trump were still fighting for the presidency on any level , this would not be his approach .
Even if he did think that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states where he ’ s already decisively lost , he would still need to sell the American people on the idea that he still wants the job ; otherwise the whole thing would be completely untenable .
By hiding like this , Trump is telegraphing that this is completely over , and he really is just doing this as a cash grab .
It ’ s notable that Trump doesn ’ t even feel compelled to get out there and speak directly to his base , in order to motivate them to line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the hallmarks of someone who has simply given up entirely , and is merely going through the motions of one last cash grab that even he ’ s not enthused about promoting .
Even if he does announce a fantasy 2024 campaign , it doesn ’ t appear that his heart will be in it .
After all , that ’ ll just be another cash grab ; Trump is likely just coherent enough to understand that he ’ ll be in prison before 2024 anyway .

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It’s now fair to say that Donald Trump is officially in hiding. NBC says that he finally held a White House meeting today, but didn’t even allow reporters in for questions. This means he’s doing everything he can to avoid speaking publicly. In fact apart from his brief public appearance at Arlington on Veterans Day, he hasn’t shown his face once.
If Trump were still fighting for the presidency on any level, this would not be his approach. Even if he did think that he could somehow magically flip all these states where he’s already decisively lost, he would still need to sell the American people on the idea that he still wants the job; otherwise the whole thing would be completely untenable.
By hiding like this, Trump is telegraphing that this is completely over, and he really is just doing this as a cash grab. It’s notable that Trump doesn’t even feel compelled to get out there and speak directly to his base, in order to motivate them to line his pockets further.
Donald Trump has all the hallmarks of someone who has simply given up entirely, and is merely going through the motions of one last cash grab that even he’s not enthused about promoting. Even if he does announce a fantasy 2024 campaign, it doesn’t appear that his heart will be in it. After all, that’ll just be another cash grab; Trump is likely just coherent enough to understand that he’ll be in prison before 2024 anyway.
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