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Trump turning to video messages to bypass traditional media

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Yeah, because when he turns to real media, he looks like a fool. The soft ball interview with his mate, Sean Hannity, was embarrassing. Even republicans were complaining on how bad it was.

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“releasing made-for-social media videos”

He even created a new genre ‘cringe whinge’

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The videos feature the former president speaking directly to camera on topics ranging from Ukraine and “saving" the suburbs to dismantling the “deep state, " and they are often laced with his familiar dark rhetoric and conspiracies.

Personally, I was always against the bannings, as private citizen or as President.

It set a bad precedent, created a Streisand Effect and conspiracy.

Having his unscripted, illogical rants unfiltered and online is good, and antiseptic.

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On Wednesday afternoon alone, Trump posted half a dozen videos on his Truth Social site

Yeah, I think I'll pass.

including several blasting Florida Gov Ron DeSantis

Well, maybe I'll watch one or two.

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Yeah, because when he turns to real media, he looks like a fool. The soft ball interview with his mate, Sean Hannity, was embarrassing. Even republicans were complaining on how bad it was.

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I think his lawyers figured out you can't let Trump loose without a leash...he'll just convict himself...

The Hannity interview was classic - here you had Hannity who called Trump's election fraud claims "mind-blowingly nuts" and "BS" groveling and fawning all over him...

The best part was Sean trying to give Trump an opening to claim he never stole the classified - and Trump saying each time "I was authorized to take it"...then Sean sheepishly saying "Let's move on".....

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-sean-hannity-says-195349153.html

I bet the Special Counsel plays that clip at his upcoming trial...

Wouldn't Sean's viewers love him for that - helping put their Ultra MAGA King behind bars...

ROFL...

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The soft ball interview with his mate, Sean Hannity

He’s badly in need of mates if he turns to Hannity. Hannity thinks he’s full of it.

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When the sniveling far-right suck-ups at Fox and Friends say you blew it, you must have blown it badly....

*Fox News contributor and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) blasted former President Trump on Tuesday, saying that he was “absolutely horrific” during his interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity.*

*“I watched that and I thought, ‘Where is Donald Trump?'” Chaffetz said on “Fox and Friends,” adding, “I voted for Donald Trump twice. I have defended him countless times. *I thought he was horrific. I think that was the worst interview I’ve seen the president do.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-contributor-trump-absolutely-horrific-184646828.html

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“I can’t imagine you ever saying, ‘Bring me some of the boxes that we brought back from the White House, I’d like to look at them,’” Hannity said.

“I would have the right to do that,” Trump insisted.

“I know you, I don’t think you would do it,” Hannity interjected, trying to lead Trump.

“I would have the right to do that, I would do that,” Trump pushed back.

Hannity quickly tried to change the subject: “All right, let me move on.”

Special Counsel Jack Smith to Hannity: "Thank you Sean!"

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Another nugget from the Hannity interview...

Former President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed to have withdrawn the US from the NATO security alliance, when he meant to say he withdrawn from the NAFTA trade agreement.

Trump, who is seeking election again in 2024, boasted about his achievements as president in an interview Tuesday with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

"I made a lot of great deals on trade, though," said Trump. "I changed a lot of those deals where it was a bad deal for us and now it's good, like USMCA with NATO.

More evidence of TDS - Trump Dementia Syndrome...

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Yeah, because when he turns to real media, he looks like a fool.

Actually, it’s the other way around.

The soft ball interview with his mate, Sean Hannity, was embarrassing.

Not at all, part of being a journalist is to listen. The left doesn’t and will not give him that opportunity. I can’t stand Biden, but I want to hear what he has to say, he will not go and talk or answer any hard hitting questions, contrast with Trump to the disagreement to many conservatives at least he interviewed with a lot of liberal reporters as President.

Even republicans were complaining on how bad it was.

Most of those Republicans are on their last leg and thankfully they will retire soon.

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Yeah, because when he turns to real media, he looks like a fool.

Actually, it’s the other way around.

No, in actual fact, it is that way.

The "left" wants Trump unbanned and free on every platform so he can be the maximum, total embarrassment he was meant to be and hopefully some among his deluded followers can wake up to that fact.

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No, in actual fact, it is that way.

Nope, wrong again on that debunked narrative. Thank God for video evidence.

The "left" wants Trump unbanned and free on every platform so he can be the maximum, total embarrassment he was meant to be and hopefully some among his deluded followers can wake up to that fact.

Well, if that’s the case (we all know it’s more lib BS, but humor me anyway, lol) but let’s just say it were true, then why ban him in the first place or especially during the presidential election? Yeah, the Dems played their hands way too often and they’ve been slipping and go caught and the voters know it as well as the Dems and now the only thing they can do is not answer questions filibuster or walk away, that’s it.

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He's got 30% of the vote locked up. When he likely does not win the GOP nomination, he might well run as an independent, guarantying Biden's reelection.

The Repubs made Trump. Now he is like toilet paper on their shoe: No getting rid of him.

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When he likely does not win the GOP nomination,

He probably will.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/15/2024-gop-primary-polls-trump-grows-lead-over-desantis.html

he might well run as an independent, guarantying Biden's reelection.

Trump won't do that, the left was saying the same thing back in 2016, and even some on the right and he never did, he knows the exact ramifications of such an action.

The Repubs made Trump.

The other way around and that's why now that the people can see the RINOs for what they are and they want to be the top leaders of the party and that won't happen.

Now he is like toilet paper on their shoe: No getting rid of him.

I would say more like Armor All.

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Well, if that’s the case (we all know it’s more lib BS, but humor me anyway, lol) but let’s just say it were true, 

Speaking of truth, explain why Hannity didn't ask Trump;

Mr President, all of us here at Fox News think your 2020 election fraud claims are “mind-blowingly nuts”, “totally off the rails” "ludicrous", "really crazy stuff", and “completely BS”...why do you continue to make them?'

Mr President, all of us here at Fox News think Rudy Giuliani is "crazy" and that Sidney Powell is "insane"....why do you still listen to them?

Mr President, my colleague Tucker Carlson calls you "Demonic", and says he "hates you passionately"....what do you have to say to him?

https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-fox-stars-think-colleagues-020322281.html

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now that the people can see the RINOs for what they are

The GOP currently has one ultimate criterion in deciding who is or isn’t a RINO: whether you go against Trump and his big lie or not. That’s it. It’s a cult.

DeSantis will eventually be labeled a RINO, along with Haley and the others.

That mindset is going to implode the GOP, as is true for all cults.

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wrong again on that debunked narrative. Thank God for video evidence.

You mean Trump looking like a fool on regular media, or even Hannity, is a myth debunked by video evidence? Show me where I can find this magical video.

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Good to see Trump using this advanced strategy.

Driving the Democrats nutty every time he reinforces his popularity.

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Who is this "team" if his? People who couldn't care less about the future of the country? People working for nations like Russia and China who want to see the U.S, destroyed? People too stupid to see what they are doing?

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I could maybe sit through ten seconds of that. At the very most.

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The GOP currently has one ultimate criterion in deciding who is or isn’t a RINO: whether you go against Trump and his big lie or not. That’s it. It’s a cult.

No, you’re wrong. The definition of a RINO is someone that is against the American worker, puts international politics and other big interests and lobbyists before Americans, someone that thinks open borders is not a priority, someone that puts our military last, someone that believes in the expansion of big government, someone that believes in robbing Paul to give to Peter, that’s just a small segment of what a RINO and the reason why other Republicans could never beat Trump.

DeSantis will eventually be labeled a RINO, along with Haley and the others.

No, I think that’s the hope of the left. He’s not that old or that much of a permanent fixture in Washington like Mitch.

That mindset is going to implode the GOP, as is true for all cults.

Naw, what will destroy the the GOP is if they elected more Romney, KIngzinger, Mitch types and doesn’t seem to be happening.

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The GOP and the Democrats need each other. Otherwise, the American political system would collapse. It is a two-party system.

A one-party system would no longer be a democracy.

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