[Athos]

The New York Post, a recent die-hard supporter of Orangeman, carried the announcement on Page 26 in a small bordered box referring to Trump as an avid golfer retiree. More of the same in the article is mockingly hilarious. Rupert Murdoch was Trump's close pal.

The mega-donors are bailing out. Media outlets distancing themselves from his bizarre announcement which even FOX broke away from.

His own family - Ivanka says politics no more, absent from Mar-a-Lago announcement.
Don Jr, - off on a "hunting trip", absent from announcement.

Conservative media almost unanimously leaving Trump.

QANON still behind Trump - they're the unhinged pedophile-in-the-pizza-basement folks.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene of the Jewish laser nonsense remains a stalwart.

Next stop - SNL's cold opening this Saturday.

Trump's announcement was nothing more than a ploy to raise millions from his uninformed base composed primarily of white evangelicals. He will use this money to pay his legal expenses and make himself richer. Not a penny will go to any re-election campaign. Sad but true for those poor stiffs who will continue to send him their hard-earned money.

Those legal expenses are growing daily as he faces more and more civil and criminal charges. From New York to Washington DC to Georgia. It begins today in Georgia taking testimony.

[jlisenbe]

Yeah. Thank goodness the world is not laughing at Biden. [SARC]

[tomder55]

My position is the same as it was in 2016. I will not support him unless he becomes the nominee. Then I will have no choice because I see no one on the Dem radar who I could support . Of course things could change in a couple years . That is more than a lifetime in politics.

I agree that this announcement was mostly fund raising .Most GOP donors are not going to sign on. He will not raise enough from donations to run a national campaign .

I understand some of the networks not covering the announcement . What I don't understand is Twitter giving Clueless Joe a platform for bashing a potential rival in the contest and still banning Trump from making a rebuttal .

Joe Biden on Twitter: "Donald Trump failed America. https://t.co/fylyocYcse" / Twitter

If as I believe is true that social media is the town square of 21st century politics then a site allowing one side and not the other a platform is the threat to democracy that Clueless Joe and his pack of jackals were howling about this election cycle .

[Athos]

...the threat to democracy that the great US president Joe Biden was naturally very concerned about...

The wacko Republicans, the wacko Trumpists, and the wacko MAGAs who threatened to turn every election to the candidate they favored were like a howling pack of jackals. Thank God the American voters saw this perfidious evil strategy masterminded by Trump the OrangeHead in his never-ending pursuit of trying to form a Fourth Reich in this nation in honor of his idol Adolf Hitler. We should all be on our knees in gratitude to a merciful God for granting our collective prayers.

[jlisenbe]

What I don't understand is Twitter giving Clueless Joe a platform for bashing a potential rival in the contest and still banning Trump from making a rebuttal .

I think you understand it very well. It's more likely that you don't approve of it, as I don't either.

Thank God the American voters saw this perfidious evil strategy masterminded by Trump the OrangeHead in his never-ending pursuit of trying to form a Fourth Reich in this nation in honor of his idol Adolf Hitler.

This made me laugh out loud. Thank goodness no one on this board engages in hysterical exaggeration!

[Athos]

We should all be on our knees in gratitude to a merciful God for granting our collective prayers.

Deo gratias.