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Why is Trump ignoring the Olympics?

Rico Suave

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Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Why Trump Isn’t Tweeting About the Olympics - POLITICO Magazine
 
According to my friends who are planning to vote for Trump, he DID watch the Olympics, but his only purpose in watching was to see how high the Mexican pole vaulting team could get. ;)
 
That does make sense.

The USA killing it at the Olympics doesn't really fit with Trump's "Make America Great Again" narrative.
 
Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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yes, I like this analysis
 
If Trump were president, we'd win ALL the medals, believe me.
 
Why would he pay attention to the Olympics? It's just a huge waste time, space, and money. The Olympics shouldn't even exist, imho.
 
Camer☑n;1066223758 said:
If Trump were president, we'd win ALL the medals, believe me.
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By suggesting we kill the competition, like he did with the NRA and Hillary?
 
Camer☑n;1066223758 said:
If Trump were president, we'd win ALL the medals, believe me.
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We would even win some new one that they would have to invent for all our winning. The best part is we are going to make the mexicans pay for the mew metals too

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Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Maybe he just isnt a big fan of the Olympics. I didn't spend any time watching them either. The main reason for my lack of interest is that they just aren't as exciting without the East-West Cold War competition of old.
 
You don't really know that he is ignoring the Olympics, only that he is not commenting on them.

He's been busy lately.

What can he say other than to congratulate them... one after the other after each award ceremony, high fives for the gold, lower fives for the silver, and an atta boy for the bronze. "And a big atta boy to the pool maintenance crew..."

It could get complicated.
 
"Why is Trump ignoring the Olympics?"

Failed to make team?
Busy running for political office?
Intimidated by Michael Phelps?
 
trouble13 said:
We would even win some new one that they would have to invent for all our winning. The best part is we are going to make the mexicans pay for the mew metals too

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We can hold the next Olympic Games at Trump Stadium, and have the Mexicans pay for it too.
 
That is, perhaps, the silliest argument that I have ever encountered. Stating that the city of Detroit is in serious trouble is invalid because Detroit's NFL (or baseball) team won X games recently. ;)
 
trouble13 said:
We would even win some new one that they would have to invent for all our winning. The best part is we are going to make the mexicans pay for the mew metals too

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"Metals"?
 
Fletch said:
Maybe he just isnt a big fan of the Olympics. I didn't spend any time watching them either. The main reason for my lack of interest is that they just aren't as exciting without the East-West Cold War competition of old.
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I find the synchronized swimming positively creepy... those little legs sticking up in the air, wiggling.. it looks like some bug creature upside down trying to right itself... :eek:

And the Chinese divers had their heads forced into cone shapes as babies so as to make smaller splashes. j/k

The coverage is spotty, IMO.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That is, perhaps, the silliest argument that I have ever encountered. Stating that the city of Detroit is in serious trouble is invalid because Detroit's NFL (or baseball) team won X games recently. ;)
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His argument is something like America is doing great because the US has athletes that win at sports. :lol:
 
Trump is pissed that all Russian track & field athlete's were banned (doping)
 
ScrewPokemonGo said:
By suggesting we kill the competition, like he did with the NRA and Hillary?
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Nah, it'll go like this. Mexico will bid for the olympics. We'll make them pay for it. Then we'll build big wall around the olympic village to keep out non-Americans. Easy-peasy.
 
Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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This is an astonishingly irrelevant post.
 
This thread is about as insightful as those people who are interested in Obama's March Madness bracket every year.
 
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