Trump once again cast uncertainty over his participation in the ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, taking aim at the ‘FAKE NEWS’ network.

I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s(K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their so-called Panel of Trump Haters, and I ask, why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?

Who’s surprised he’s trying to chicken out?

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Woke is old and busted now - DEI is where they’re at now. Still the same meaningless racist nonsense the way they use it though.

    • teft@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Fear is the mind killer, as they say. And trump doesn’t have much mind so it shouldn’t take much fear.

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Great. Give Harris the time slot for a big town hall speech and Q&A. Every 15 minutes, read a reminder to everyone watching that Trump declined to debate.

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Have a ticker constantly running at the bottom that #1 he backed out, #2 she only agreed to debate on Fox “News” after the ABC debate which he already agreed to.

          • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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            3 months ago

            Now that I’ve woken up and thinking a bit more clearly…

            Trump made some statements at his mar a lago club using the ambiguity of the word “we” to imply that Harris had agreed.

            For example, “We’ve agreed to do a fox news debate before the ABC one. We’ve agreed to the ABC one subject to some details which we’re still figuring out”.

            The implication being we as in Trump and Harris but he was referring to we as in the trump team.

            The plan was, make it sound like Harris had agreed to Fox, then she doesn’t show so he could make it sound like she had withdrawn, and then he could withdraw from the ABC one while kinda making it seem like Harris was the chicken.

            IDK if that’s still the plan or maybe he’s just forgotten about that plan.

            • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              Harris and her team obviously saw the BS in what he said. he claims we agreed to the fox debate slated prior to the ABC debate. Goads her into it, then because it’s fox they just lob him softball questions all night, cut off her mic or whatever games they wanna play. Make him look good so he can then sleeze out of any debates elsewhere.

              Good on her and her team for not playing into his games and just watch him squirm

      • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Just do the debate, give his time to a ticker that just says “trump was too scared to be here, I concede the rest of my time.” For every question.

        Seems fair.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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          3 months ago

          Christopher Hitchens once debated himself on religion when his debate opponent didn’t show up. It was pretty brilliant.

          I’m trying to find the YouTube video, but I can’t find it.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Keep the two podiums and put a wax figure of Trump in a chicken suit behind the other one. Put the camera on it with dead air for a few seconds every time it’s his turn to speak.

      • notabot@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        Use cheap, low density wax and it’ll slowly melt under the studio lights over to course of the program, which would be hilarious.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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        3 months ago

        The chicken suit is too on the nose. And a cardboard cutout is probably way cheaper than a wax statue.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          There’s no such thing as “too” on the nose when it comes to needling Trump and his gaggle of dipshits.

          I agree with the cardboard cutout part, though: half-assed shoddiness represents him more authentically and he deserves no better.

          • III@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Have someone run in half way through to spray orange spray paint on the cardboard face, call it a touch up.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What an absolute coward. Isn’t it the conservative maga “tough guy” crowd who calls everybody pussies? Is trump not being a total pussy?

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    “What we really need is an honest debate with principled moderators on a network built on trust and seeking veracity of all claims: Fox News! Only the most Trustworthy™ will do, Sean Hannity and Laura Inbread… wait… Ingrate… No… Ingram! Right right Ingram.”

      • Asafum@feddit.nl
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        3 months ago

        Very true. I honestly don’t think it’s random though, I believe he’s branding terms. It’s always a name or a concept: Crooked Joe Biden, Democrat Witch Hunt, Kamala Crash, etc… when I do it I just add the “™” to make it more obvious.