DONALD TRUMP COMMITS POLITICAL SUICIDE. CLINTON PULLS AHEAD.

[A HUMOROUS (?) CARICATURE OF TRUMP'S 'POLITICAL SUICIDE'.]


EVEN TRUMP SUPPORTERS CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT A THOROUGH JOB 'THE DONALD'  IS DOING IN KILLING HIS CHANCES FOR A NOVEMBER WIN.

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"Republicans working to elect Trump describe a bare-bones effort debilitated by infighting, a lack of staff to carry out basic functions, minimal coordination with allies and a message that’s prisoner to Trump's momentary whims.

"Bottom line, you can hire all the top people in the world, but to what end? Trump does what he wants," a source close to the campaign said."

Look at the following from The Washington Post:

Republican leaders who spent the past month reluctantly hitching their horses to Trump are realizing that he might be marching the party over a cliff after all. A growing number of GOP heavyweights fear that Trump's spate of hostile remarks towards and about minorities have imperiled his campaign, costing him a five-week head start on Clinton that they hoped would be used to build party unity ahead of the general election. ...

Concerns have increased as Trump continues to furiously peddle his assertion that the Latino judge overseeing the Trump University fraud case should recuse himself because of his "Mexican heritage."

He must either pull himself together and lead the Republican Party in a responsible manner, or else be prepared to have a major mutiny on his hands."


OH, IT'S A MUTINY ALRIGHT, AND THE NUMBERS JUMPING SHIP GROW EACH DAY.


ONE OF HIS PREVIOUS POSSIBLE VICE PRESIDENT CHOICES, NEWT GINGRICH, DID A FULL BAILOUT TODAY, SAYING TRUMP JUST WOULD NOT LISTEN TO REASON AND TRY TO SAVE THE CAMPAIGN.


Trump has "thrown a series of interceptions in the last week that really do not bode well for his campaign," Gingrich warned.

Gingrich then affirmed his support for McCain and Ryan, two of the party leaders Trump refused to endorse in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday.

"THE DONALD'S" RUNNING MATE ALSO BROKE WITH HIM ON NOT ENDORSING PAUL RYAN'S RUN FOR ANOTHER ROUND IN THE SENATE, BUT FOLLOWED TRUMP'S LEAD AND DID NOT ENDORSE JOHN MCCAIN.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (RNC) CHAIRMAN REINHOLD ("REINCE") PRIEBUS WAS SAID TO BE "APOPLECTIC" OVER THE DEVELOPMENTS THE PAST 3 OR 4 DAYS AS TRUMP CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT HIS "FOOT-IN-MOUTH" SYNDROME, PILING SCREW-UPS ATOP SCREW-UPS IN INTERVIEWS AND OFFHAND REMARKS TO THE PRESS.


TRUMPS UNCEASING BATTLE WITH THE FAMILY OF A FALLEN AMERICAN-MUSLIM SOLDIER IN THE MIDDLE EAST BARELY SHOWS SIGNS OF WEAKENING TODAY.
HIS STATEMENTS HAVE ANGERED MANY VETERANS AND CURRENTLY-SERVING MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY.


HIS CONTINUED TIRADES BAFFLE EVERY POLITICAL ANALYST WHO HAS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WHOLE "TRUMP SUICIDE".

A NEUROSCIENTIST EVEN TRIED TO DIAGNOSE BOTH TRUMP'S PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM OF HIS SUPPORTERS WHO SEEM TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE MAN HAS A PROBLEM.

SAYING THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL "POSSIBILITIES" INVOLVED, THE SCIENTIST WENT ON TO EXPLAIN:

"The Dunning-Kruger effect explains that the problem (with Trump's supporters) isn’t just that they are misinformed; it’s that they are completely unaware that they are misinformed.
This creates a double burden.
When Trump tells them that crime is skyrocketing in the United States, or that the economy is the worst it’s ever been, they simply take his word for it.

As psychologist David Dunning puts it in an op-ed for Politico, “The knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task — and if one lacks such knowledge and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at the task. This includes political judgment.”
Essentially, they’re not smart enough to realize they’re dumb.

THEY ARE MORE FEARFUL, MORE EASILY STARTLED.

A classic study in the journal Psychophysiology found that conservatives have a stronger physiological reaction to startling noises and graphic images compared to liberals.

A brain-imaging study published in Current Biology revealed that those who lean right politically tend to have a larger amygdala — a structure that is electrically active during states of fear and anxiety.

And a 2014 fMRI study found that it is possible to predict whether someone is a liberal or conservative simply by looking at their brain activity while they view threatening or disgusting images, such as mutilated bodies.

Specifically, the brains of self-identified conservatives generated more activity overall in response to the disturbing images.


So how does this help explain the unbridled loyalty of Trump supporters?
These brain responses are automatic, and not influenced by logic or reason.
As long as Trump continues his fear mongering by constantly portraying Muslims and Mexican immigrants as imminent dangers, many conservative brains will involuntarily light up like light bulbs being controlled by a switch.

Fear keeps his followers energized and focused on safety.


Terror Management Theory

A well-supported theory from social psychology, called Terror Management Theory, explains why Trump’s fear mongering is doubly effective.
Terror Management Theory predicts that when people are reminded of their own mortality, which happens with fear mongering, they will more strongly defend those who share their worldviews and national or ethnic identity, and act out more aggressively towards those who do not.

Hundreds of studies have confirmed this hypothesis, and some have specifically shown that triggering thoughts of death tends to shift people towards the right.

HE'S SIMPLY ENTERTAINMENT AND AMERICANS LOVE TO BE ENTERTAINED.

To some, it doesn’t matter what Trump actually says because he’s so amusing to watch. With Donald, you are always left wondering what outrageous thing he is going to say or do next. He keeps us on the edge of our seat, and for that reason, some Trump supporters will forgive anything he says.

They are happy as long as they are kept entertained.

Of course these explanations do not apply to all Trump supporters.
In fact, some are likely intelligent people who know better, but are supporting Trump to be rebellious or to introduce chaos into the system.

They may have such distaste for the establishment and Hillary Clinton that their vote for Trump is a symbolic middle finger directed at Washington.

So what can we do to potentially change the minds of Trump loyalists before voting day in November?

As a cognitive neuroscientist, it grieves me to say that there may be nothing we can do.
The overwhelming majority of these people may be beyond reach..."

WELL, THAT WAS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
Even Trump himself seems to be astonished by this phenomenon. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK? It’s, like, incredible.”

MAYBE OLD JOHN MCCAIN CAME CLOSER TO EXPLAINING THIS' THAN THE SCIENTISTS DID WITH HIS STATEMENT:
 “What he did was he fired up the crazies.”


PAUL RYAN, WHO HAD TO ENDORSE TRUMP, HINTS THAT THAT CAN CHANGE...

"[Ryan hinted] at a possible future reversal during the interview with Wisconsin's WTAQ.



"None of these things are ever blank checks that goes with any situation in any kind of race but right now I just think it's important that the voters…you know he won the delegates, he won the thing fair and square but it's just [not] that simple," Ryan said.



"We just came out of our convention, and yeah he had a pretty strange run since the convention.
You'd think we ought to be focusing on Hillary Clinton and all of her deficiencies, she is such weak candidate that one would think we would be on offense against Hillary Clinton and it is distressing that that's not what we are talking about these days," Ryan said.



MEANWHILE, HILLARY CLINTON HAS PULLED AHEAD OF TRUMP BY ALMOST 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE MOST RECENT POLLS.

Clinton now has 47 percent support among American voters, while Trump has 38 percent support, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted on Thursday showed.

Clinton Leading Trump in US Swing State of New Hampshire by 15 Points - Poll

Earlier this week, a Fox News poll showed that Clinton was ahead of Trump by ten points, having 49 percent support against Trump’s 39 percent.

The Fox News survey also revealed that sixty one percent of Americans think that Hillary Clinton is dishonest (sixty two think that Trump is dishonest).

A CBS poll revealed on Monday that Clinton was ahead of Trump with 46 percent against Trump’s 39. Last week, the same poll had Trump and Clinton tied at 42 percent.

SHE HAS HER OWN SET OF "CRAZIES".

PERHAPS, THIS ELECTION, MORE THAN ANY BEFORE IT, IT WILL SIMPLY BOIL DOWN TO "THE ONE WHO HAS THE MOST CRAZIES WINS".


THERE IS A PERSISTENT RUMOR THAT EITHER TRUMP IS GOING TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE OR THAT THE GOP WOULD TAKE MEASURES TO REPLACE HIM. 

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IN THE GAMBLING WORLD, SOME ARE EVEN TAKING BETS THAT TRUMP WILL DUMP THE GOP AND NOT RUN.

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OTHERS, INCLUDING JEB BUSH,  HAVE INSINUATED HE WAS A "CLINTON PLANT" ALL ALONG, SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE WHAT HE'S DONE TO MAKE SURE CLINTON WINS.

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AFTER ALL, TRUMP DID SAY HE FAR PREFERRED BILL CLINTON TO EITHER BUSH PRESIDENTS.

NO ONE IN THE BUSH FAMILY WILL SUPPORT HIM AND IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS, LIKE JEB BUSH HAS DONE, WILL LEAVE THE GOP.

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AND TRUMP DID INVITE THE CLINTONS TO HIS WEDDING AND CONTRIBUTED TO HILLARY'S FIRST CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT.

NO MATTER WHO HAS TRIED TO INTERVENE WITH TRUMP, GET HIM TO REVERSE HIS ENGINES AND SHUT HIS MOUTH ABOUT THINGS THAT LOSE VOTES, HE REFUSES INTERVENTION.


HE'S A CRASS, LOUD-MOUTHED SHOWMAN AND HE HAS A CIRCUS TO RUN.

BUT HE'S RUNNING IT INTO THE GROUND. 


TODAY, TRUMP ANGERED MANY ON WALL STREET BY ADVISING AMERICANS TO "GET OUT OF THE STOCK MARKET NOW!", TELLING VIEWERS THAT HE HAS GOTTEN OUT AND THAT THE STOCK MARKET AND AMERICA'S ECONOMY ARE BOTH DESTINED TO COLLAPSE.


NO WONDER SO MANY LARGE PAST GOP CONTRIBUTORS HAVE PULLED OUT OF FUNDING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THE BIG NAMES ON WALL STREET DON'T LIKE SUCH TALK, TRUTH OR NOT.


NBC WON'T BE BRINGING TRUMP BACK AS STAR OF THE "REALITY SHOW", 'THE APPRENTICE'.
HE'S O-U-T.

MACY'S WON'T BE CARRYING THE TRUMP BRANDS IN ITS STORES ANYMORE.


BUT, ACTUALLY, MANY ECONOMIC ADVISORS AGREE WITH TRUMP....   

"But as far as the stock market is concerned, I am quite confident that Donald Trump will be vindicated.
And if you don’t want to believe Donald Trump, I would encourage you to consider what Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, has been saying. 

He has been right about the markets in recent years over and over again, and just a few days ago he publicly stated that “stocks should be down massively” and that now is the time to “sell everything“.

Trump’s comments come at a time when we are getting a whole host of bad news about the U.S. economy.  We just learned that U.S. GDP grew at a meager 1.2 percent annual rate during the second quarter, the rate of homeownership in the United States just hit an all-time record low, and corporate earnings have now been falling for five quarters in a row.

But perhaps most alarming of all is what is happening to the price of oil.
As I discussed yesterday, the price of oil has plunged well over 20 percent since June 8th, and it was down again on Tuesday. As I write this article, the price of U.S. oil is sitting at just $39.66. The psychologically-important 40 dollar barrier has been broken, but the price of oil doesn’t even have to go down another penny to do immense damage to the U.S. economy.

 If it just stays at this price, we are going to bleed more energy industry jobs, more energy companies are going to default on their debts, and more financial institutions that are exposed to the energy industry are going to get into serious trouble.

All the ingredients are there for a major financial crisis..."

ALL THE INGREDIENTS WERE THERE, TOO, FOR A HUGE GOP WIN IN NOVEMBER, BUT NOW?

THERE'S JUST NO WAY THE GOP CAN DO DAMAGE CONTROL TO FIX THIS.

TRUMP HAS ANGERED AND/OR INSULTED ALMOST EVERY ETHNIC GROUP IN AMERICA, VETERANS, THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY NOW, WOMEN VOTERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, DISABLED AMERICANS, THE 47% TO 48% OF AMERICANS ON THE LOWEST ECONOMIC RUNGS OF THE "WEALTH LADDER", AND NOW WALL STREET.
HE  HAS MADE JUST ABOUT EVERYONE CRINGE WITH HIS "POLITICALLY INCORRECT" COMMENTS AND TWEETS....THOSE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TWEETS.


THE KKK AND OTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS ADORE HIM, THOUGH, AS DO OTHER OF LIKE MINDS.

WHILE HE RIDICULES "HICKS AND HILLBILLIES", HE HAS BOASTED THAT "THE POORLY EDUCATED LOVE ME".

"He thanked the coalition that carried him to victory: the young, the old, casino moguls, televangelists, highly educated and poorly educated voters.

"I love the poorly educated!" Trump enthused.

BUT IS HE "THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE"?


OBVIOUSLY NOT AMONG THE TOP NAMES IN THE GOP, NOT AS MANY IN THE MIDDLE CLASS "GRASSROOTS" MAYBE, NOT ANYMORE, OR SO IT SEEMS FROM "THE POLLS".


TRUMP HAS INDEED COMMITTED "POLITICAL SUICIDE".


WE CAN BUT WONDER WHY....

PEOPLE OF AMERICA, PREPARE TO SEE THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN PRESIDENT.


THE GOP IS IN RUIN....