In an analysis done by National Public Radio, the Malignant Loser's rallies of late have been marked by his late arrivals, his low energy, and his confused and profane language. From misnaming his supporters, to unleashing profane attacks on VP Harris and her supporters, the Malignant Loser, as the Vice President would say, has become more unhinged and unstable. From NPR:
"Over the summer, Trump had a hard time pivoting away from bashing President Biden after he dropped out. But lately, Trump has fallen into a familiar refrain of calling Harris stupid and low-IQ, and pushing back on criticism of his speeches by arguing none of her words make any sense.
'I have no cognitive,' he said in an Oct. 20 town hall in Lancaster, Pa. 'She may have a cognitive problem, but there's no cognitive problem.'
Trump has always pushed the envelope of acceptable speech from a politician, but in recent weeks he’s become more vulgar in his anecdotes and attacks.
'We can't stand you,” he said of Harris in Latrobe, Pa. 'You're a sh** vice president ... The worst. You're the worst vice president. Kamala, you're fired. Get the hell out of here!'” [snip]
It’s a tight race that has required multiple, lengthy events in a day, and the fatigue can be heard in his voice.
In many ways, the Donald Trump of 2016, 2020 and even earlier this year, who promised to “Make America Great Again,” is not the same Donald Trump who stands before voters when the curtains close on this election in November 2024." (our emphasis)
He's not only "not the same," he's far worse: he's aged, gotten more desperate as his serious legal jeopardy increases, and he's throwing everything including fascism against the wall to see what sticks this time around. His promise of retribution and vengeance, his promise to use the U.S. military against civilian opponents of his regime, and his disdain for the Constitution mark him as having devolved further into mental decline, lawlessness and delusion. He has no fear that his cult will abandon him no matter what the outrage, so he's untethered from any normal political expectations of behavior or policy offerings. That makes him extremely dangerous and toxic to democracy, and makes this election an existential one.
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