• TipRing@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Canceling the CNBC interview I could see after getting thumped in Chicago, but canceling a softball rally where he would certainly be lavished with obsequious adulation suggests a health issue. Undoubtedly the grueling campaign trail is taking its toll on him.

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      2 months ago

      Or a security issue. Very possible that someone called in a threat and Trump pulled out rather than risk a giant crowd full of gun-enthusiasts hiding someone with less enthusiastic views.

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        They’d have immediately trotted that excuse out if it was the case.

        This is severe cognitive decline in a geriatric individual.

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          The threat doesn’t need to be specific.

          He might just have realized that surrounding himself with gun nuts when not every one of them buys his bullshit was not a smart idea.