Trump tantrumed and even quit a debate with Joe Biden in 2020, but now he's even more emotionally volatile

Trump tantrumed and even quit a debate with Joe Biden in 2020, but now he’s even more emotionally volatile

Donald Trump has tried to taunt President Joe Biden by claiming he’s ready for a presidential debate “anytime, anywhere.” The gambit left him little choice but to immediately accept when the Biden campaign offered debate dates in June and September, and terms like not having an audience and allowing real journalists to moderate. But within mere hours it became clear that Trump and the rest of the GOP already regretted the decision.

Pretty quickly, Trump tried to change the terms of the debate, pretending that it will be held on Oct. 2 on Fox News. The Biden campaign swiftly rejected this lie, accusing Trump of “playing games,” and pointing out that Trump frequently talks big but then ends up "pulling out at the last minute, or not showing up at all."

It’s true, of course. Trump has a habit of promising that he’ll do bold things and then backing out, whether it’s his empty promises to testify at his various trials or his false claims he’ll release policy proposals in a week or two. (It’s been over a month of silence, for instance, since he promised he would release an abortion platform in “14 days.”) In 2020, still burned by his terrible first debate with Biden, Trump refused to show up at the second and held an ego-flattering rally instead.

  • Fapper_McFapper@lemm.ee
    381·
    6 months ago

    closing his eyes and ignoring the trial is “how he tries to just basically stay calm,” which often appears to lead to him falling asleep.

    What an interesting observation. I can see Trump closing his eyes to pretend that he’s not in a courtroom facing the consequences of his actions. After all, the man has never been held accountable for anything in his life. Now that he’s forced to sit down and shut his fucking mouth, he closes his eyes to shut out the world which eventually leads him to falling asleep. And this is the ALPHA male MAGATs worship.

    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      If by alpha you mean a broken, unstable mess unsuitable for production, then yes, Trump is an alpha.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
      93·
      6 months ago

      As an person who takes medication for ADD, wonder if it’s cause he’s not taking them these days (least as much as he used to) he’s pretty much confirmed taking them and before I knew I had it I’d knod off in meetings, much as I tried not to. Mostly get to two the head knod stage and jerk more awake.

      Also I’d knod off on car rides even while on work trips, they were longer and boring, like a couple hours. For those that may think they have it as well but may need further proof of signs, those were some signs to it previously that I didn’t know. Before reading up on it I had no idea getting sleepy in certain situations was a flag for it.

      Of course if I’ve misread these signs in articles incorrectly please correct me in comments, I don’t want to give false information, I just sort of take my meds and deal with it these days.