Mike's Minute: Trump is full of bullsh*t - but I think he'll win

If you forget the politics for a moment, a trait of Donald Trump I admire is his unrelenting persistence and unwavering belief. 

In a contest no one can confidently call based on fact, as opposed to feels, or gut, or hope, I think I can very confidently say if Biden had stayed in it, it wouldn't even be close. 

Age for age, just the sight of Trump stampeding across the landscape in the way he does would have left Biden gasping. 

Trump out-campaigned Hillary Clinton 10 years ago. He might well be doing the same thing in 2024. 

Biden was the antidote, and it worked, but they never thought past that. That will be a soul-searching exercise as to why not later tonight if things don’t go well. 

The sad bit about Trump for me is he isn't very good. He doesn’t represent high office well, which isn't to say he can't win, obviously, or indeed win twice. 

There is a combination of luck and genius in his recipe. He got lucky he faced Clinton, a Washington insider with a pile of shabby baggage. 

He got lucky he faced Biden, who was so bad they ejected him for another insider, not so much with baggage this time, just nothing your average American can get their head around. 

What I can't work out is whether it's luck, or genius he's been able to become impervious to scandal. 

Forget the fringe nutters - the simple truth is he is a convicted felon. He is a grubby, loudmouth with no sophistication. He's just a wannabe desperate for high office and power. 

Not that he wasn’t a half-decent president. Too many of the Liberals who hate him forget that the world didn’t end between 2016 and 2020. 

He's a conservative on economics and the economy was fine, if not healthy. He's an isolationist, which suits a lot of Americans because "America first" resonates. 

My international high point was his success with NATO. He embarrassed a record number of countries into paying their way. That's solid leadership. 

I dislike his dishonesty. 

When he was president, it wasn’t the greatest economy, as he claims. 

He wasn’t the greatest president. It wasn’t the cleanest air and the purest water 

Essentially, he's full of bullsh*t. But a lot of the BS is show and the Liberals don't see that. 

He doesn’t want the media literally shot. You can't take him literally. Why can't they see that? 

That’s why so many of them will combust if he wins, as they have no sense of humour, or at least of the absurd, which is what this race has been. 

I ask you this - is the bigger story Trump winning, or the Democrats not being able to win? 

Because if you want a gut call, I think that’s how it's going to play out. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
See if you forget the politics for just a moment.
A trait of Trump I actually admire is his unrelenting
persistence and unwavering belief in a contest no one can
confidently call based on fact, as opposed to feels or
gut or hope. I think I can very confidently say
if Biden had stayed in it wouldn't even be close
age for age. Just the sight of Trump's stampeding across

(00:21):
the landscape in the way he does would have left
Biden gasping. Trump out campaigned Clinton ten years ago, he
might well do the same thing in twenty twenty four.
Biden was the antidote and it worked. But they never
thought past that. And this will be a soul searching
exercise as to why not later tonight if things don't
go well for Harris. The sad bit about Trump for
me is he isn't actually very good. He doesn't represent

(00:42):
high office well, which doesn't mean he can't win obviously,
or indeed win twice. There's a combination of luck and
genius in his recipe. I think he got lucky. He
faced Clinton, a Washington insider with a pile of shabby baggage.
He got lucky he faced Biden, who was so bad
they ejected him for another Inside. Not so much with
baggage this time, just nothing your average American can get

(01:03):
their head around. What I can't work out is whether
it's luck or genius he's been able to become impervious
to scandal. Forget the fringe nutters and what they say.
The simple truth is he is a convicted felon. He
is a grubby, loud mouth with no sophistication, just a
wannabe desperation for high office and power. Not that he
wasn't a half decent president. Too Many of the liberals

(01:25):
who hate him forget all of that. The world didn't
end between twenty sixteen and twenty twenty. He's a conservative.
On economics, the economy was fine, if not healthy. He's
an isolationist, which suits a lot of Americans. Fine America
first resonates. My international high point for his success was NATO.
He embarrassed a record number of countries into paying their way.
That is solid leadership I dislike though as dishonesty. It

(01:48):
wasn't the greatest economy as he claims. He wasn't the
greatest president. It wasn't the cleanest air and the purest water. Essentially,
he's full of bullshit, but a lot of the bs's
show and the liberals won't see it. He doesn't want
the media shot literally. It's not literal. You can't take
him literally. Why can't they see that? That's why so
many of them will combust if he wins. They have

(02:10):
no sense of humor or at least of the absurd,
which is what this race has been. I mean, I
ask you, this is the biggest story today, Trump winning
or the Democrats not being able to win, Because if
you want a gut call from me, I think that's
how it's going to play out. For more from the
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