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Title: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 launch
Post by: Kamaji on May 25, 2023, 11:48:23 am
Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 launch

By Victor Nava
May 24, 2023

Former President Donald Trump was ripped by some on social media and questioned by others after a bizarre Truth Social post in which he appeared to criticize Ron DeSantis shortly after the Republican Florida governor launched his bid for president.

“‘Rob,’ My Red Button is bigger, better, stronger, and is working (TRUTH!), yours does not! (per my conversation with Kim Jung Un, of North Korea, soon to become my friend!),” read Trump’s baffling post on Wednesday.

The post was later shared by the Trump campaign in an email to supporters.

The odd missive came after DeSantis formally announced his entry into the 2024 presidential race during a Twitter Spaces event with the platform’s owner, Elon Musk.

DeSantis’ announcement was delayed by roughly 30 minutes due to technical difficulties that Musk attributed to overwhelmed computer servers.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/05/24/trump-panned-over-bizarre-response-to-desantis-2024-launch/
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: deb on May 25, 2023, 12:53:20 pm
Good grief. What is that old man talking about?
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: mountaineer on May 25, 2023, 01:02:01 pm
Rob?
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on May 25, 2023, 01:52:25 pm
Good grief. What is that old man talking about?

 :facepalm2:   For heaven's sake @debrawiest President Trump tells you right in the tweet. 

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw7cdsBXoAA9u9i?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: cato potatoe on May 25, 2023, 01:52:46 pm
I wonder if any of the Trump supporters could interpret this post.  I usually can guess what he meant to say, but this one is a true mystery.  The timestamp says 6:54pm.  Should we chalk it up to sundowning?   
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on May 25, 2023, 01:54:02 pm
Rob?

If you visit Twitter, you know the backstory.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Kamaji on May 25, 2023, 02:03:16 pm
I wonder if any of the Trump supporters could interpret this post.  I usually can guess what he meant to say, but this one is a true mystery.  The timestamp says 6:54pm.  Should we chalk it up to sundowning?   

That's an interesting thought.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: mountaineer on May 25, 2023, 02:17:31 pm
If you visit Twitter, you know the backstory.
I do visit Twitter.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: kevindavis007 on May 25, 2023, 02:35:23 pm
I think we need to start questioning Trump's mental competence like right now.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Kamaji on May 25, 2023, 02:37:54 pm
I think we need to start questioning Trump's mental competence like right now.

It's getting to that point.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: bigheadfred on May 25, 2023, 02:45:08 pm
I think we need to start questioning Trump's mental competence like right now.

He is very competent at being mental. I see no need to question it.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: deb on May 25, 2023, 03:00:39 pm
:facepalm2:   For heaven's sake @debrawiest President Trump tells you right in the tweet. 

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw7cdsBXoAA9u9i?format=jpg&name=900x900)

Well, I don’t speak Trumpian, so be a dear and ‘splain it to the rest of us.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: andy58-in-nh on May 25, 2023, 03:09:17 pm
Well, I don’t speak Trumpian, so be a dear and ‘splain it to the rest of us.  :shrug:

I'm no expert, but he appears to be bragging to someone named "Rob" about the size and functionality of his "button" and apropos of nothing, noting his kinship with a nuclear-armed tyrant of some repute.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: DB on May 25, 2023, 03:15:31 pm
I'm no expert, but he appears to be bragging to someone named "Rob" about the size and functionality of his "button" and apropos of nothing, noting his kinship with a nuclear-armed tyrant of some repute.

How could anyone be "friends" with a tyrant mass murdering dictator?
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Kamaji on May 25, 2023, 03:18:06 pm
I'm no expert, but he appears to be bragging to someone named "Rob" about the size and functionality of his "button" and apropos of nothing, noting his kinship with a nuclear-armed tyrant of some repute.

:silly:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: ScottinVA on May 25, 2023, 03:21:17 pm
Sounds like a COVFEFE redux.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: andy58-in-nh on May 25, 2023, 03:24:08 pm
(https://media.dead-frog.com/comics/red_buttons.jpg?mtime=1332462607)

Did somebody say: "Red Buttons"?
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Kamaji on May 25, 2023, 03:26:18 pm
(https://media.dead-frog.com/comics/red_buttons.jpg?mtime=1332462607)

Did somebody say: "Red Buttons"?


:silly:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: libertybele on May 25, 2023, 03:36:21 pm
Good grief. What is that old man talking about?

Who knows?  I think the stress of his presidency, the lawsuits and now DeSantis challenging him, has affected his mental and emotional well being. 

Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: DB on May 25, 2023, 03:37:26 pm
Who knows?  I think the stress of his presidency, the lawsuits and now DeSantis challenging him, has affected his mental and emotional well being.

I've not noticed a difference.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Wingnut on May 25, 2023, 04:05:48 pm
(https://media.dead-frog.com/comics/red_buttons.jpg?mtime=1332462607)

Did somebody say: "Red Buttons"?

Top notch! :beer:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: GtHawk on May 25, 2023, 04:07:21 pm
Well, I don’t speak Trumpian, so be a dear and ‘splain it to the rest of us.  :shrug:
We've been Trumpsplained to for a very long time and it's still clear as a child playing in the mud.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: mountaineer on May 25, 2023, 05:28:08 pm
(https://media.dead-frog.com/comics/red_buttons.jpg?mtime=1332462607)

Did somebody say: "Red Buttons"?
Oh, okay. Now it makes sense.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: Hoodat on May 25, 2023, 05:36:27 pm
I wonder if any of the Trump supporters could interpret this post.   

If you visit Twitter, you know the backstory.


And there's your answer.  Not even a Trump zealot can explain it.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: bigheadfred on May 25, 2023, 06:07:28 pm
Trumps big red button

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl5vtc1FjRs
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: LadyLiberty on May 25, 2023, 06:07:49 pm
I think we need to start questioning Trump's mental competence like right now.

He says things now and then that lead me to believe that he has "lost his filter."
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: libertybele on May 25, 2023, 06:14:41 pm
He says things now and then that lead me to believe that he has "lost his filter."

Yes, he's resorting back to tactics he used in '16.  He's acting and speaking like a 5th grade school bully.  He's threatened obviously and that's how he defends himself.  His attitude and sometimes bizarre behavior will sink his re-election.
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: cato potatoe on May 25, 2023, 06:46:59 pm
Trumps big red button

Again with the stupid overlong tie.  It looks like he's always wearing a clown suit. 
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: massadvj on May 25, 2023, 07:29:12 pm
Obviously, this is Trump playing 12 dimensional chess. It's just too complicated for us mere humans to understand.  Will Kim Jung Un  start making campaign appearances with Trump soon?
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: berdie on May 25, 2023, 08:50:56 pm
After I read this in the a.m...I came back to see if anyone here could understand what the dickens he's talking about.

At this point, I have always thought that when DeSantis actually announced, he would have a hissy. His tizzy affected his thumbs. That is the only explanation I can come up with. :shrug:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: DB on May 25, 2023, 08:56:53 pm
Apparently, he's just telling us that he saved us from nuclear war with his friend in North Korea.

Kind of like when the island natives throw a virgin into the volcano and the sun rises. It would have all gone terribly wrong otherwise...
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: NavyCanDo on May 25, 2023, 09:14:02 pm
Not the first time he stated he admired Kim Jung Un calling him a friend.   A bizarre comment from any American politician
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: roamer_1 on May 25, 2023, 10:53:32 pm
Well, I don’t speak Trumpian, so be a dear and ‘splain it to the rest of us.  :shrug:

Tumpsplainin'  :silly: :silly: :silly:
Title: Re: Trump panned over bizarre ‘Red Button’ and Kim Jong Un comments in response to DeSantis’ 2024 la
Post by: roamer_1 on May 25, 2023, 10:57:48 pm
He says things now and then that lead me to believe that he has "lost his filter."

Hard to lose what you've never had... Jussayin...  :shrug: :whistle: