Time is most things. For Donald Trump, it is even more. On two recent occasions, in the political world, time has not aligned for him. In 2020, he was on an ascension to be re-elected. Then the pandemic struck and changed many things. It was not just the tanking of the economy and the associated loss of jobs. The real deal was that pandemic normalized “Remote Voting” or what they call mail-in voting at scale.
Before the pandemic, virtual conferences, training, mail-in voting, etc were seen as sub-par, but when the pandemic struct, most cities and states defaulted to the “virtual option”. Unfortunately for Trump, Democrats typically outperform on that mail-in voting. I do posit that he lost partly as a result. I voted via the mail-in voting process.
Fast forward to 2024. I called the election for Trump here even before the game began. Personally, I made up my mind that I was not going to vote since I could not vote for Biden; he had served and should retire. But then something happened and Biden and Trump decided to debate.
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Yes, the question remains: why did they do that before the conventions when it would have been impossible to change candidates? It comes down to Timing. Trump wanted early debate. Had he waited for post-convention, Biden would have remained his opponent. But by debating earlier, he gave Democrats the opportunity to see what I saw which made me call the election for Trump. Quickly, Biden was replaced by Kamala Harris. Just like that, it is game on. I have since requested the paperworks to now vote!
Good People, despite how brilliant or excellent you are in life, desire and wish to also meet the fortune of LUCK, favour, grace or whatever you call it. If Trump loses this election, he will never forget the date he agreed to debate Biden before the Democrats’ convention, instead of the post-convention when it would have been impossible to replace his opponent!
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Was it Trump that requested for early debate or his ‘mistake’ was accepting to debate Biden? We are talking about the same Joe that Kamala Harris was still saying that she had confidence in, even after the staged debate. Biden had been awful since 2021, but the same people who told you that he was in charge until June are now telling you that Kamala Harris is capable. Give it Dems, they are great at messaging.
Kamala Harris was unelectable until July, and magically, she has all the qualities to become the president. It’s a waste of time bringing emotions into politics, because it’s all about creating your own talking points and deafening everyone out there with them.
Nothing has really changed, Trump of June is still Trump of August, and Harris of pre July is still Harris of August; everything else is just narratives created to sell stuff.
The election will be won and lost based on how well each camp manages to confuse and misinform low information public, which the US has in abundance. It is not science, so as long as you create enough frenzy to carry you over the line, you are winning. If you think it’s about policies or personalities, then you have not been paying attention. It’s all game, play until you win or lose.