Donald J. Trump seems to be having a great time running for President. He cooked French fries at McDonald’s this past weekend, something not everyone has had a chance to do. Including me. I’ve heated French fries in the oven, but they don’t taste nearly as good as McDonald’s fries.
And instead of answering questions at a Town Hall rally in Oaks, Pennsylvania, he shared a playlist of his favorite music for nearly 40 minutes, and even danced, after a fashion. Sort of like “Dancing with the Stars” but different. The Pennsylvania audience swayed a little bit, as well… or else they left to go get some fries at McDonald’s.
The Town Hall event was moderated South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who apparently doesn’t know how to dance.
DJT took the opportunity, during a campaign rally last Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to share a story with his fans about the size of Arnold Palmer’s genitals. The audience reportedly included women and children.
Arnold Palmer’s daughter, Peg Palmer Wears, called the former President’s comments about her late father “disrespectful” and “unacceptable,” but I suspect Trump supporters were delighted knowing some details about the famous golfer. Especially, the young boys in the audience, I bet. And the women, too, of course.
Some Democrats are calling the former President “deranged” and “unstable”.
But Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing.
He actually wants to lose the election. He already knows how much work it takes to be President, and how much it will likely cut into his time on the golf course.
But he can’t come right out and tell us that he wants to lose the election, because he’s raised millions of dollars selling $59 God Bless the USA bibles and $50 MAGA hats and other souvenirs and collectables.
People might become disillusioned — might even be angry — if he came right out and admitted to his supporters that he wants to lose.
Plus, he has a deep-seated aversion to losing. Especially, an aversion to looking like a loser.
When he lost the 2020 election, he simply denied that he lost, and he did it so convincingly that millions of people still believe he actually won the election.
He probably didn’t want to win in 2020, either. Like I said, he knows how much work it is.
The most successful losers are the ones who still look like winners, even after they’ve lost. This was not the case with the Denver Broncos in 2013 at Super Bowl XLVIII. They seriously lost to the Seahawks, 43-8. No one thought Denver had won.
But if Donald Trump had been the Bronco’s manager in 2013, many of us might still believe they had won.
Some of DJT’s followers believe their candidate is acting crazy and off-the-wall — cooking fries at McDonald’s, and dancing to a playlist at a Town Hall campaign rally instead of answering legitimate voter questions — because he’s making fun of the Political Establishment, and trying to prove to us that the Presidential election is a con game. If that’s true, he’s absolutely right. The Presidential election is a con game. Always has been, always will be.
1. If anyone can win at a con game, it’s Donald Trump.
2. Assuming he’s not trying to lose.
I’m putting my money on the second option.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
According to the Associated Press, the McDonald’s Corp. issued a statement regarding its decision to not officially endorse a candidate in the U.S. presidential election.
“We are not red or blue — we are golden.”