Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Reading the Room 2.0....When Rupert Murdoch Dumps Trump, Mega Donors Dump Trump, Ivanka and Jared Dump Trump.....Game Over.

 



Written by Grant G


Donald braggadocious Trump started his unhinged Mar A Lago announcement/rally rerun speech last night by boasting of his endorsement success...

Let the delusions begin...

Trump's endorsement winners in the 2022 midterms were, for the most part House seats in ruby red districts held for near ever by Republicans....In other words, Trump endorsed odds on favorites, almost all house seats, competitive house seats Trump stayed away from..In fact, in house districts where the GOP stood no chance Trump didn't endorse at all...

Trump's major endorsement loses.

Trump's major endorsements...In Pensyvania Mehmet Oz....Mastriano...PA said Hell No!

In Arizona...Trump got swept out...Kari Lake..Blake Masters..Mark Finchem..Abraham Hamadeh all lost.

In Alaska Kelly Tshibaka lost to Murkowski ..Palin lost

In Nevada...Marchant and Laxalt lost.

In Michigan, Tudor Dixon lost, in fact dems flipped Michigan state house too.

Up and down the entire country Trump lost the big ones, election deniers shown the exit doors.

Yet Trump blathered like he won...Yet his team lost,,,Trump and his team lost.

This is nothing new, Trump started decades ago, by advice given to him by Roy Cohn.."Never admit defeat, even when you lose"

That advice might work in some circles but it doesn't work in politics,....as we witnessed here in B.C. with Carol James...She too was given multiple chances to become premier...However, after three strikes, she was out, Trump has had his three strikes.....He got hammered in 2018 losing the House and Senate...Trump lost in 2020(bigtime, 7 million vote loser) Trump got bruised again in 2022...Trump got bruised when so many things were in Republicans favor, from inflation, energy costs and world strife.

Trump's extreme ultra-mage candidates were rejected on masse.

Trump's ego, and Trump's never admit defeat defect is one reason he wants to be president again, there is however another reason, or two as to why he's running for president..

First and foremost....Trump needs money from the rubes who have been sending him money(small donors)...That money has dried up..

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-fundraising-pacs-lose-dollar13-million-in-three-months-after-mar-a-lago-raid

The dollars have stopped flowing into his coffers...Trump believes his announcement will bring those donors back...It won't, some may return to giving but most will not.

Also, Trump thinks announcing a presidential run will stave off indictments, it won't...The unwritten rule of not investigating those running for office only applies to 6 months before an election, not two years..

Here's another fact...No man, woman or other in the history of the USA has announced a presidential run 2 years out, a record...That was a major mistake by Trump..two years of Trump whining and self grieving won't play well...It becomes like ad nauseum..

 GOP insiders pleaded with Trump not to announce a run this early, and or to at least wait until the Georgia runoff between Hershel Walker and Warnock has been settled..

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1592954140887773184


Trump has now guaranteed that Hershel will lose...Dems WILL be motivated..GOP, not so much, especially after Dems already won the Senate...

Trump is not a team player...Never has been, never will be...He's a bloated, silver-spoon-fed megalomaniac who's only concern is himself...

Notably absent from Trump's Mar A Lago unhinged rally was his daughter Ivanka, and Jared..They have chosen, out of self preservation to keep as fucking far away from trump as humanly possible..

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/ivanka-donald-trump-presidential-campaign-political-involvement/index.html

As for Melania destroyer of rose gardens Trump...She, last night full-filled her contract obligation and briefly appeared on stage with Donald..

Trump, because of derangement and what he perceives as self preservation by announcing a run, has killed of Hershel's chances to win a Senate seat...Hershel is so punch drunk he should never be near the levers of power, on anything let alone a US Senator.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1592954140887773184

Behind the scenes...The big dark money cheque writers have, in no uncertain terms said they ain't backing Trump, they will in fact fight Trump with everything they got...and what they got is $$$money, lots of money for anti-Trump moderate candidates..



Trump, even if he raises money..None of it gets spent on anything but himself, 2022 midterms proved that..Trump spent next to none of his super-pac money on GOP candidates.

Trump today, one day after his unhinged announcement suffered another defeat..

Donald has been going full throttle after Mitch old crow McConnell and pushed to have him replaced by fellow Floridian, Senator Rick Scott...Today the Senate voted...Rick Scott got no traction, meaning Trump has no traction.......Old Crow won the Senate leadership vote 31 to 10....Another Trump loss

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/senate-republican-leadership-vote-meeting/index.html

Chris Christie...yea, i'm not a fan, but he knows politics..

Yesterday, Christie was at an event with a room full of mega dark money Republican donors ...Christie made a speech where he ripped Donald Trump and...And after his speech the room erupted in applause and rose to their feet and gave Chris Christie a standing ovation..




That seals the deal...For when did Chris Christie ever get a standing ovation? Never, until yesterday.

https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/chris-christie-trump-governors

Lastly....Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News...and the New York Post...

You can't send a bigger, more pointed message to Trump than what Rupert Murdoch sent today..

This is savage, almost as savage as Liz Cheney's tweet to Kari Lake yesterday..


https://twitter.com/Kaylan_TX/status/1592888179497250818


The below was on the front page of the New York Post




https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/new-york-post-trump-2024-announcement/index.html

  And for those that haven't seen the Cheney Tweet...A little background...Liz Cheney spent money to help Katie Hobbs beat Kari Lake in Arizona Guv race...Kari Lake a couple of weeks ago released a statement, a statement directed at Liz Cheney..Kari Lake in that statement thanked Liz Cheney for supporting Hobbs..saying that it was a good thing Cheney supported her opponent Hobbs, that it was driving voters to the Kari Lake team..

Liz Cheney yesterday, in a savage tweet to Kari Lake said, very simply......"You're welcome"

Absolute savage Tweet, with 500k likes...Salt in the wound savage tweet.

https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1592340964982808576


As for reading the room, Trump can read the room and that's why he launched his run yesterday, two years out because he knows his star is dimming and its killing him, 

That and the need to grift with hats, knives, picture books and  reoccurring donations from the duped MAGA faithful....and a Hail Mary move Trump thinks might prevent indictments.

The game is over for Trump, at least any chance of winning the game is over for Trump....

Because....

It's not enough to just read the room....You need to know when to hold em, and when to fold em..

We ain't playing bridge where Trumps matter,,


We're playing for Democracy....

And that's what matters.


Knowing when to fold em is.... "reading the room correctly"



PS.....Everyone say a prayer for the "carters"...cuz apparently Trump is out to get them.



The Straight Goods

Cheers Eyes Wide Open 








9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good post G

Spot on, money talks and bullshit walks

Trailblazer said...

With a little luck Trump will destroy the current version of Republican politics.
A move back to reality in the US would be welcome though hurtful to many.
That said; today's reality is with it's unrealistic expectations is brain dead at the very least!

TB

Grant G said...

CNN article tonight.

"Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock launched an ad on Thursday that, at first, might confuse you.

The ad opens on Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential announcement earlier this week – and specifically his support for Warnock’s Republican opponent in the Georgia Senate runoff, Herschel Walker.

“We must all work very hard for a gentleman and a great person named Herschel Walker, a fabulous human being who loves our country and will be a great United States senator,” Trump says.

As Trump continues to speak, six words appear on screen to close the ad: “Stop Donald Trump. Stop Herschel Walker.”

And that’s it. That’s the whole ad.

It is, simply put, what Republicans have been openly worrying about – and why even many of those close to Trump wanted him to delay his campaign announcement until after the December 6 runoff between Warnock and Walker.


https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/trump-herschel-walker-georgia-runoff/index.html

Grant G said...

Basically...Warnock's campaign doubled down on Trump being toxic...Smart strategy.

Bye bye Hershel Walker

Grant G said...

Donald Trump today on Truth Social..

_____________________


Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

·
"Why does anyone read the National Review? They are so negative to Conservatives and me, and are seen as being led by lightweights that couldn’t shine the shoes of Bill Buckley. They have absolutely nothing going, it is failing fast, and my only question is, who is paying for the losses—when it loses plenty of money and serves no purpose at all. People are tired of haters—let the National Review die peacefully!"

_______________________

Donald seems a little angry...yawn

The National Review, a big Conservative voice that in the very recent past praised and promoted Trump's bullshit...But like I said, mega-donors hold more sway than Trump, mega-donors put their money where their mouth is, Trump doesn't, he ain't spending any donor money on anything but his own bills.(Trump also Truthed today about his picture book, hurry hurry and get yours while supplies last,,,,That is Trump's main reason he announced..He need money, lots of money)

The National Review is funded by dark money, Conservative dark money...They too turned on Trump today...That's what drew Trump's ire(as shown in his above Truth post)..

Here's the link to the article that inspired Trump's Truth post.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/11/seven-years-later-still-surreal/

Reading the room


Anonymous said...

Sure looking bleak for old Don the con.

Escape for Trumpy now is futile, i think

Trailblazer said...

At last the USA see's that the emperor has no clothes.
What took so long?
Err, TV ratings and advertising money.


TB

Grant G said...

@TB

Trump still holds lots of sway with ChristoFascists and hardcore maga....However, Trump can't carry a general election.
That's why the real GOP power brokers are cutting Trump loose...The GOP establishment had three opportunities to cut Trump loose...After the third time...They thought Trump would go away on his own...Now they wake up to the fact that Trump won't go, he's their worst nightmare...So

This time he WILL be cut loose....This will get messy..and I luv it!

Trailblazer said...

Perhaps Trump will milk his candidacy for all the dollars he can gain before retiring to be with his family?

TB