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Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing during a news conference
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Tim Apple is intentional. It's smart and effective. It communicates who he is talking about to people who have absolutely no clue who the CEO of Apple is. Simplified language like that is trump's specialty because it works with his base.
Edit, well, looks like this is just as bad as reddit. Not sure what I expected.
It absolutely was not intentional
What makes you say that? Like truly, why are you so confident?
Why would you run a business if your name wasn't plastered all over it? Tim Apple isn't stupid.
Regarding your edit - yes, completely made up bullshit also doesn't fly here.
What makes you think it's made up? The dude has brainwashed 1/3 the country. Do you think he did that on accident? Unfortunately for you and I, trump is an expert communicator.
Can you people just stop fucking whining? You made a dumb fucking comment and got downvoted for it. Its doesnt matter, its not the end of the world, you dont have to edit your comment to cry about the fact that people didnt agree with your extreme reach to defend a dumb comment Donald Trump made.
Is it extreme reach though? He's whipped up 1/3 the country into a frenzie. That's effective communication even if it is awful and hateful.
He could also have done a Nazi salute or just dropped trou and shat on the floor and it would have whipped up most the country into a frenzy, that doesnt means its some mastermind play.
Shifting goal posts. I'm just saying he communicates well. Hitler also communicated well. It doesn't mean we agree with trump (or Hitler) it's just an acknowledgement of charisma.
Try truth social, that is where you will find your people.
Yes, acknowledging trumps ability to communicate makes me a republican.
But in all seriousness, people always talk about how trump benefits so much from Twitter and wields social media in a dangerous and effective way. So how is my argument any different?
I call him Tim Apple all the time. I just think it's funny and he probably hates it. I just hate Apple as a company in most ways, so being annoying is fun. Not like hell see anything I say anyway, but it makes me chuckle.
I didn't see any pre edit comment, but I agree here.
I'm no trumpy by a hell of a long shot. A whole political spectrum away. But I don't condemn him for using the name. At least not if he's using it intentionally. I'm not convinced he is, though.