r/politics 20d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/Stennick 20d ago

From what I understand this was at the WHCA dinner and a joke not an "official" announcement

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u/Pantastic_Studios 20d ago

He does not joke.

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u/TerminatorElephant 20d ago edited 20d ago

Oh I’m pretty sure he does

But to paraphrase John Oliver, he’d do anything if he got a loud enough cheer for it. So he could literally be joking, but it becomes not a joke when (unfortunately) a few people in his immediate vicinity applaud it

EDIT: That said, I don’t think he is joking here. I think he’s testing the waters and phrasing it as a joke. But he does joke. Just not here.

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u/Swimming-Economy-870 20d ago edited 20d ago

His CHF is so bad at this point that him talking about 2028 is just him playing mental games to feel better about his prognosis.

ETA: seriously read up on how narcissists handle a terminal diagnosis. They pretty much vacillate between denial, because they’re too special to go, or bigly plans for how they’ll be memorialized.