Trump Says He Looks ‘Very Much Forward’ To Debating Dem Primary Winner | Talking Points Memo

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President Donald Trump is apparently eager to duke it out on the debate stage with whoever emerges victorious from the 2020 Democratic primaries.

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Baron Von Orangehausen

“My record is so good on the Economy and all else, including debating, that perhaps I would consider more than 3 debates…”

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Same old story… only change will be Trump not being elected.

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A story designed to distract from this momentous week.

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We should get on this pronto.

Music is very much an emotive device

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Oh, yay - he’s going to organize his own ‘debate’. Probably a Fox-branded Trump rally with a mannequin of the Democrat brought out for him to rail at like Eastwood with the empty chair.

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He. Will. Not. Debate.

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I’m old enough to remember when trump was very enthusiastic about testifying to the Mueller grand jury.

And of course he was insistent that he would publish his income tax forms as soon as the IRS was done auditing them, or when he was he was elected, or whenever …

Yeah, no. He’ll skip the debates. His staff would never let him reveal the extent of his cognitive decline.

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Yep. Still Crazy.

There’s still a tweet for everything…meaning you can’t believe anything he says, even for a millisecond.

Yawn. Moving on…

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Trump Says He Looks ‘Very Much Forward’ To Debating Dem Primary Winner

Well, he sure as hell doesn’t want to look backward to his terrible performance in the 2016 debates.

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I think he’s brave enough to debate Greta Thunberg.

Assuming he hoovers up enough rails of Adderall in the green room.

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Him saying he will only further confirms that he will not. I mean this sincerely.

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You beat me to everything I was going to say!

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By now we all know that this is his “tell”. When he has no intention of doing something (testifying to Mueller, desire for a “long trial” in the senate, etc., he wants it to look like he is not scared so he puts out that he would love to do it. Trump has no interest in elevating anyone on to a stage with him let alone allow that person to verbally challenge him and expose him. He also must know his capabilities are slipping. So he comes up with a whine / complaint to conceal the real reasons. He knows the American public expects a Presidential debate and not having one cannot be seen as his fault. Especially here since it exposes him as a coward.

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Vapid goofball says what?

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Trump’s tactics are now known which should have been known by Hillary.
There was more then enough information on how Trump conducts business.
No matter who he debates will,or should, know how to twist him in knots.

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Trump grammar: the future imperfect conditional falsehood tense

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This concludes the full-up capacity test of the Halon system that was recently installed in the President’s pants.

Summary of results: Need more Halon.

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Imagine the brattiest, most insufferable 14-year-old boy you’ve ever encountered (or maybe once were), them multiply it by 4 Ayn Rands and Paul Ryan to the 6th power.
The only bright spot in this dark mess for me is that all the rotten politcos, office seekers, and traitors have to work under him all day. They take orders and like it from a man-boy who is exponentially dumber than they are, which after a while, even when you’ve had your soul extracted, must hurt.

Anyone who is the owner of a DC liquor store must be the only class below the 1% who are prospering and growing.

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