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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Odd, one would think he would find kinship with other blood sucking nuisances.

But I guess they aren't corrupt enough for him.

He hates competition

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

They haven’t gone bankrupt enough times

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think his anti-Mosquito stance is the only reasonable position on an issue he has ever taken.

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It may just be his only concrete stance period. Wishy Washy Donny aiming to be the peace candidate while threatening to execute minorities and immigrants.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He'd just promise to jail any mosquito that bites someone, which is misogynist, in a way.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago
[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I suppose the title isn't exactly misleading, but it certainly left me with the impression that he had another sundowning moment where he gets off on a tangent and then a tangent to that tangent, and never gets back to the original point.

This wasn't that. He was talking shit, obviously, but his drivel contained cogent points. It's probably the most coherent I've seen him be in the last year or two. While he was speaking (and making one coherent point), he was interrupted by a mosquito, and then took a moment to mention how much he hates mosquitoes. Then, and this is the important bit, he went back to his original point. Everybody does this. Usually, it's nothing more than just waving your hand around in front of your face and saying: "fucking mosquitoes!", but it's the same general principle nonetheless.

Contrast this with his whole shark / boat / battery scenario. Or his long, rambling diatribe about how powerful "nuclear" is. This is nothing.

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is why they should drug test before the debate. I'd love to read the perscription list they have him on. "annnnd number 233 is Adderall"

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

Like actually shitting? Poop shitting?

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

There was a pile of dead mosquitos on the floor beneath where he was standing. Looking at them under a microscope they appeared to have died in agony.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Demento Don talking incoherent shit again...

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Is this why he needs JD as an intermediary to garner the "full-throated" endorsements of the adrenochrome brothers, Peter Theil and Elon Musk?