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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: What is Trump Doing?
Date: 08/09/24 9:10 AM
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What is Trump doing? I don't mean that rhetorically. I'm asking literally what he's doing for the next two weeks.

He's got one event scheduled for today, in Montana. And then nothing for the next two weeks. Not a single rally or other event.

That's just so bizarre. This is such a critical time for the campaign. Harris is racing to introduce and define herself with voters....and the Trump campaign is just giving her the space to do it? They're letting her barnstorm around the country, soaking up free media - and there's no counterprogramming?

I think that Trump intuitively realized this is a problem, which is why he called his impromptu press conference tomorrow. Whatever you can say about that execrable narcissist, he's got a good basic sense of media and public perception. They're giving Harris all this empty runway and open skies to do whatever she wants leading up into the convention, when they should be doing everything they can to define her while her campaign is still being built.

I just don't understand it. Sure, maybe not do anything the actual days of the convention. But nothing in the ten days prior? What on earth is he actually doing for the next 10% of the campaign?
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