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OKIsItJustMe

(20,888 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:28 PM Nov 3

Trump rambles about Al Capone and Mike Lindell during North Carolina rally

Source: Politico

Trump rambles about Al Capone and Mike Lindell during North Carolina rally
At one point he indicated he was in Pennsylvania.
Natalie Allison
11/03/2024, 5:36PM ET

Donald Trump’s speech in Kinston, North Carolina, this afternoon — which began two hours late — was toned down and seemingly less angry than his remarks earlier today in Pennsylvania.



He also told a fictional story about the long-deceased Al Capone and “MyPillow” CEO Mike Lindell having dinner together, and Lindell offering Capone pillows.

“If he didn’t sleep well because he didn’t like Mike’s pillows, Mike had almost no chance of living,” Trump said. “He would dispose of Mike somewhere in a foundation of a building or something. You would never see Mike again. Mike does not want to have dinner with Scarface.” (Capone died in 1947. Lindell was born in 1961.)

The crowd in Kinston seemed confused and unsure how to react to a number of Trump’s remarks. He seemed to draw more applause when he returned to his scripted speech.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/03/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/trump-rally-kinston-nc-00187011

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Trump rambles about Al Capone and Mike Lindell during North Carolina rally (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Nov 3 OP
Oh spare the Universe you dink Faux pas Nov 3 #1
Have a recommendation for the use of the word 'dink.' SergeStorms Nov 4 #24
Thank you SergeStorms Faux pas Nov 4 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 4 #28
Good to know. SergeStorms Nov 4 #32
Thanks to "Bad Janet" it's contemporary... OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 #35
I wasn't aware! SergeStorms Nov 5 #38
I describe it as "Philosophy 101..." OKIsItJustMe Nov 5 #39
That criminal fucking traitor is already teetering on the edges of sanity. Tarzanrock Nov 3 #2
I saw it suggested that he is not racist, nor is he sexist, or an islamaphobe, or an antisemite... OKIsItJustMe Nov 3 #3
He's a sociopath AND all of those things William Seger Nov 3 #8
On Faux pas Nov 5 #37
It's like he's MC'ing his own political funeral. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 3 #4
Is he threatening Mike Lindell? Mike has to complete a task and if not there are consequences? Shellback Squid Nov 3 #5
Interesting take... and quite possible. ananda Nov 3 #9
I picked up on the same implicit threat OKIsItJustMe Nov 3 #10
I don't understand why this isn't nationwide news. love_katz Nov 4 #21
Empires of New York OKIsItJustMe Nov 4 #36
He's always threatening someone. dchill Nov 3 #17
Unreal. GB_RN Nov 3 #6
At least when my pre-mixed salad goes bad, I can toss it in the compost bin, niyad Nov 4 #22
A confession is in there. Where did he say the body was? Arne Nov 3 #7
"The weave" is proof that The DonOld has gone 'round the bend William Seger Nov 3 #11
If you weave shit duncang Nov 3 #12
Woven shit. dchill Nov 3 #18
Al Capone died from the effects of syphillis. usonian Nov 3 #13
Trump rambles all the time Dumpy Nov 3 #14
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Nov 4 #23
Thank you. Dumpy Nov 4 #29
The Al Capone thing is new - TBF Nov 4 #31
BECAUSE HE IS THE REPUKE CANDIDATE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Skittles Nov 4 #33
"returned to his scripted speech." Like in, remembered that he had a teleprompter in front of him? 4lbs Nov 3 #15
Yes, following script, for example, the economic lies he's supposed to be telling GoodRaisin Nov 4 #20
When Hannibal Lecter is one of your heroes . . . Aussie105 Nov 3 #16
Well of course they are "confused". mwb970 Nov 4 #19
He is stark raving mad. 10 Turtle Day Nov 4 #26
It's just one syphilitic reminiscing about another. IrishAfricanAmerican Nov 4 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Nov 4 #30
Syphilis is a problem in FL. rockfordfile Nov 4 #34

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
24. Have a recommendation for the use of the word 'dink.'
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:52 AM
Nov 4

I haven't heard anyone use that since I was a kid. 🤭 As a middle-schooler in the early 60s, the word 'dink' was probably the strongest pejorative that could be hurled at anyone.
Thanks for reminding me of that, Faux pas.

Faux pas

(15,385 posts)
25. Thank you SergeStorms
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 06:23 AM
Nov 4

I figured it was time to haul it out of moth balls and let some of the younger generations have the satisfaction of learning what it means and tossing it around freely.

Response to SergeStorms (Reply #24)

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
32. Good to know.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:19 PM
Nov 4

I thought it probably died out by then, but it's good to know it lived on another decade or two. It's definitely a baby-boomer term, though.

Tarzanrock

(465 posts)
2. That criminal fucking traitor is already teetering on the edges of sanity.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:35 PM
Nov 3

This isn't exactly a "mind" which is fully functional and all the "cognitive" gears are properly meshing. I'll be pretty interested in what the psychologists and psychiatrists have to say about the Turd's coming narcissistic collapse. That treasonous prick couldn't/wouldn't accept getting his ass kicked by Joe Biden. It's going to be a whole hell of a lot worse on his pysche getting his fat racist ass kicked worse by a black woman.

OKIsItJustMe

(20,888 posts)
3. I saw it suggested that he is not racist, nor is he sexist, or an islamaphobe, or an antisemite...
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:41 PM
Nov 3

He is a sociopath, who treats everyone equally poorly, regardless of race, creed, gender, national origin, social status…

William Seger

(11,057 posts)
8. He's a sociopath AND all of those things
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:49 PM
Nov 3

One thing we can with some certainty is that he categorizes and ranks people by race, creed, gender, national origin, social status. He gave another great example recently, talking about how he's smart because he has good genes, and Harris is stupid because she doesn't.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,449 posts)
4. It's like he's MC'ing his own political funeral.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:42 PM
Nov 3

Shout out to Mike Lindal and Al Capone on his way to prison. What about Rudi? Is he chopped liver?

love_katz

(2,830 posts)
21. I don't understand why this isn't nationwide news.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:34 AM
Nov 4

It is so incredibly obvious, from the way Fibonacci talks, that he is a mobster, through and through.

Why can't more people see this!?! It is like a bloody flashing neon sign.

OKIsItJustMe

(20,888 posts)
36. Empires of New York
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 11:25 PM
Nov 4
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13354924/
They dance around it a little bit, but… it’s really pretty clear.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-andrew-mccabe-russia-donald-trump
TRUMP, INC.
“Trump, Inc.” and Former FBI Deputy Chief Andrew McCabe Compare Notes
McCabe talks about going after Russian organized crime in Brighton Beach as a young agent — and how some of those characters showed up in the Mueller report.

Heather Vogell, ProPublica, and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC May 29, 2019, 4 a.m. EDT

Before he became infamous for working on the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Trump Russia investigation, former acting FBI chief Andrew McCabe investigated the Russian mob in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. McCabe has been asking some of the questions we at “Trump, Inc.” have asked ourselves about Trump’s business. So today, we compare notes.

In this conversation with Andrea Bernstein and Heather Vogell, of “Trump, Inc.,” McCabe talks about why it makes sense that some of the people he investigated in the 1990s have resurfaced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, what questions he still has after the Mueller report and why he and former FBI director Jim Comey have said Trump’s management style reminds them of the mob.

Trump has long denied any wrongdoing, and he has said he was simply acting as an ordinary businessman in his Russia dealings.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

GB_RN

(3,175 posts)
6. Unreal.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:46 PM
Nov 3

The word salad that is Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent’s typical speech just degrades further with every passing second! Indeed, it’s now more of a rotten-vegetable word soup: You know, it’s like all that liquid in the bottom of a pre-mixed salad bag because the lettuce spoiled as a result of you forgetting about it for a few weeks!🤢🤮

niyad

(120,287 posts)
22. At least when my pre-mixed salad goes bad, I can toss it in the compost bin,
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:38 AM
Nov 4

where it will be of use. There is NO use, at any time, in any iteration, for CCtheC!

William Seger

(11,057 posts)
11. "The weave" is proof that The DonOld has gone 'round the bend
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:59 PM
Nov 3

He thinks all his random topics "all come back together" to make some point -- e.g. you're expected to recognize that he talks about Hannibal Lecter because other countries are "sending" us people they had in insane asylums. And apparently the Al Capone thing means that we should be outraged that The DonOld is getting treated worse than someone who would murder you. The only thing that ties all these "threads" is The DonOld's delusions.

usonian

(14,092 posts)
13. Al Capone died from the effects of syphillis.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:04 PM
Nov 3

Don't know (nor do I really care) if recent hallucinations are the result of new drugs, or just deterioration going on in the few remaining neurons in his brain.

He won't release medical reports, but rumor has it that he had a CAT scan of his brain, and neurologists reported that "We found absolutely nothing."

Carry on.

niyad

(120,287 posts)
23. Welcome to our DU family.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 05:41 AM
Nov 4

Maybe the fact that the msm is, far too late, actually acknowledging this is the news?

TBF

(34,436 posts)
31. The Al Capone thing is new -
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 11:20 AM
Nov 4

I think it goes to the state of his rapidly worsening dementia?

That's all I got - you do make a fair point.

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
15. "returned to his scripted speech." Like in, remembered that he had a teleprompter in front of him?
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:23 PM
Nov 3

There is a scene in the new movie "Smile 2" where the main character (Skye Riley), is giving a public
speech and reading from a teleprompter. It stops, she fumbles around, and doesn't know what to say.

So she goes "off script" and rambles for a while, then blurts out something she shouldn't and screams out as the teleprompter begins working again.

Was it like that?

GoodRaisin

(9,601 posts)
20. Yes, following script, for example, the economic lies he's supposed to be telling
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:09 AM
Nov 4

i.e., “the economy is terrible”, “I won’t tax social security”, “I will give middle class workers tax breaks”, “Harris will raise your taxes”, etc. etc..

Aussie105

(6,319 posts)
16. When Hannibal Lecter is one of your heroes . . .
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:33 PM
Nov 3

and you make up stories about Al Capone and Mike Lindell having a conversation over dinner, you know his brain is properly cooked.

Reality and Trump's awareness of it - never a strong link there, but his brain has permanently broken any connection now.

Doing rude things with a microphone just confirms it.

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