Former President Donald Trump has begun to shut down the possibility of a second match against Vice President Kamala Harris after debating her Tuesday night.
  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
    572·
    7 days ago

    There’s no point in debating a pathological liar, especially when a large portion of voters are easily duped and fact checking in real time is sub par and depending on the network, completely nonexistent.

    It just acts as a free misinformation/propaganda mass dissemination tool

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
      444·
      7 days ago

      All day on Twitter the Trumpers have been foaming at the mouth trying to prove “illegals” are eating pets now in the US. Dumbasses.

      • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
        30·
        7 days ago

        Either actual room temperature IQ Trumpanzees or Russian bots. 🤖

        Twitter (shitter) is a cesspool of misinformation.

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            6 days ago

            The thing thats baffling about musk doing propaganda is it almost feels insulting. Like the right went from Goebbels who more or less wrote the book on propaganda, to Musk who just acts like a child on the internet. Like im glad they have degraded this badly since WW2 but still.

            • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
              4·
              6 days ago

              That’s also the part I’m glad about. Not to put the Nazis on a pedestal or anything, but propaganda was something they took serious. Now it seems more like the right accidentally hits the notes their followers want to hear.

              • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                6 days ago

                Yeah, I agree. Still feels like I was promised a fight with a grizzly bear and instead got a black bear instead. Still dangerous regardless but well, though social media is a plague apon mankind which means the average person is also more susceptible. So while not a worthy fight per se its still an annoyingly hard one.

      • RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world
        11·
        7 days ago

        Was just about to comment this too. They just believe it without a single bit of doubt. They’re a lost cause. There is no way you can deradicalize these fuckers.

            • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
              21·
              6 days ago

              Well, according to Trump, Harris is a Marxist. Are political reeducation camps out of the question? We’ll go full Maoist. Anyone caught posting such drivel has to spend a year working on a state-run farm while they receive political reeducation. 🤣

      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 days ago

        The ideal situation would be for Harris to offer another debate, then for Trump to decline, then for Harris to spend the rest of the campaign taunting Trump for his cowardice. If Trump decides to actually do the debate instead it’ll probably end up being a bit of a waste of time, but that would be an acceptable risk.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      6 days ago

      There are people who are definitely going to go out and vote for Harris. There are people who are definitely going to go out and vote for Trump.

      The debate isn’t for these people. It’s for the people who are shockingly on the fence about who to vote for, and those who may not vote at all.

      The more you get trump on screen being easily manipulated by Harris, the more you make him look weak which will make some of his less ardent supporters less likely to vote, while also convincing others then Harris is the more sane choice.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyz
    352·
    7 days ago

    Is DJT a .ml user?

    Same debate tactics and I’ve never seen them both in the same place at once… just sayin’

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    22·
    6 days ago

    I believe it was Colbert last night who said that no, she just ripped out his heart, took a big bite, and now wants seconds.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
    11·
    6 days ago

    While I’d love to see Kamala wipe the floor with him again, I don’t think another debate is necessary. At this point Trump’s supporters are conditioned to just believe anything he says regardless of accuracy. Not a great idea to give dude more of a platform than he already has.

    For me, the number one reason to want another debate is just to give him more chances to out himself as an absolute buffoon.

  • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    He will only commit a second debate if Kamala commits to losing beforehand

    Of course, he declared that she lost The second debate before the first debate even began.

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      He’ll only commit if it’s on fox “news” or oann, he gets all his softball questions in advance, and the moderators are his devoted allies who will cut her off at every opportunity