As Trump Hits His Stride, Harris and Walz Get Dark and Angry

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Donald Trump keeps getting called "dark," and there is no doubt that part of Trump's pitch is based on the gloom Americans feel about the state of the world and the gross incompetence of our leadership. 

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But the truth is that Donald Trump, more often than not, leads with humor, although the kind of humor that half the country is blind to. His is a teasing, often lowbrow sense of humor that relies on tropes, nicknames, and bawdy stories at times. For people of the "right" class, it is not funny and endearing but rather crude and offputting. 

If you look at Trump's campaign over the past few weeks, despite the man having been shot and enduring the most appalling smear campaign in American history, enduring lawfare that would make Vladimir Putin smile, and a corporate media onslaught of lies, Trump is literally dancing his way into the Oval Office. 

What you see, dare I say it, is JOY! A contagious joy that has inspired songs, TikTok dances, and warm-hearted parodies. 

Trump's supporters see the raw hatred aimed at the man as a confirmation that he is the right man for the job. An establishment that has failed the country and especially the middle class so badly is determined to stop Trump and his supporters. 

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If they hate him this much, he really might be a threat to the transnational elite. The corporate media hate him. 

Good. They suck. 

The bureaucrats hate him. 

Good! They are awful!

Klaus Schwab and his cronies in European capitals are going nuts, fearing his return. 

Damn, man! I was already voting for him. I can't vote twice--I'm not a dead person or a Democrat, so I couldn't get away with that. But if I could, I would now. 

As Trump builds a coalition that includes many of the makers and not takers, the left is getting angrier and angrier. When Elon Musk decided to back Republicans, he became, as Der Spiegel put it, "public enemy # 2."

Be still my beating heart! Elon for the win!

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As the self-destruction of the Harris/Walz campaign unfolds, it is they who appear dark, not Donald Trump. They warn of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini reborn. Trump just makes fun of them. 

I have to be careful not to start having too much fun. Trump is not running against Kamala Harris. He is running against a transnational machine with trillions of dollars in resources, intelligence agencies, almost every media outlet in the world, and a willingness to do some very dirty deeds to retain control over the world's governments. 

This election is not in the bag by any means. The Democrats are going to fire every single weapon they have at him. Hopefully, only metaphorically, but these days? Who knows?

But in a very real sense, the CAMPAIGN is over, and Kamala Harris got trounced. Nobody actually will be going to the voting booth excited about Kamala Harris. Almost everybody knows she is a ventriloquist's doll who mouths exactly what she is told, very badly at that. 

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There is and never was any joy in Kamala's campaign. Relief, yes, that Joe Biden was out of the way. But the JOY! was a talking point and an illusion created by the political and media machine that propped her up as their latest faux president-to-be. 

I expect Trump to win by beating the margin of fraud, but I can't be certain. I actually think he may win the popular vote. There are enough swing voters to make that happen, and a lot of formerly reliable voters are disgusted with the Democrats. 

But win or lose, Trump is going to cross the finish line dancing and smiling, and the Democrats are snarling in anger. That counts for a lot. 

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