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Same with "Trump speaks slowly and closes his eyes for a couple seconds" being paraded around as him being 'exhausted' or even 'sundowning'.
None of it could possibly sway voters, it's just to make the voting base feel good about their choice of support.
"Closes his eyes for a couple seconds"? Yeah, Trump spending a half hour of his rally walking the stage aimlessly to music was probably just his whimsical side, not a sign that his mind is anything less than razor-sharp. Libs these days will exaggerate ANYTHING!
Even if he was dead on his feet, how does that change anything? The only people who care about the optics of it are libs who already find him gross and disturbed... It makes dems feel better about their candidate's chances ("look, he's tired and on the ropes, give him the haymaker!"). If anything, him being a tired sleepy old man undercuts their message that he's a vindictive and dangerous fascist who's losing touch with reality. It wouldn't surprise me if his change in demeanor is an intentional choice to make him look more chill and reasonable.
You hear how republicans reacted to that town hall? They fucking loved it, they talk about it like it was a birthright trip or something.
Being a tried sleepy old man doesn't prevent one from being a dangerous fascist. Source prior dangerous fascists who continued to be so long after they got old.
Of course not, but people don't think of tired sleepy old men as dangerous fascists.
The optics are mutually exclusive, even if the qualities themselves aren't.
I agree with you, but you seem to be confusing optics bullshit for the base with anything remotely resembling rationale