c/donald-john-trump

My Trump yard sign collection just hit 50 pieces

I started with one from a 2016 rally in Cleveland and just kept adding them. The 50th was a limited edition one from a local group in Tampa last month. It's weird to see how the designs changed over time, from simple red to some really bold stuff. Anyone else have a collection that got bigger than they planned?

I watched the full 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton again last night, and my take is different now.

I watched the border wall construction near El Paso from 2018 to 2020. The pace and scale of work changed completely after the funding fights started.

Finally got my 'Make America Great Again' flag hung up perfectly after three tries!

I had to decide between watching the debate live or just reading the transcript the next morning.

I chose to watch it live, and seeing his energy in real time, especially during that exchange about the economy around the 45-minute mark, made me understand the media spin in a way the text never could.

My brother-in-law said Trump would win Ohio in 2016 when all the polls said otherwise, and he was right.

He pointed to the crowds at the rallies in Youngstown and said the polls were missing something, which made me rethink how I look at political coverage.

Pro tip: Do not buy the 'official' gold Trump coin set from a late night ad

I saw this ad on TV around 2 AM, you know the kind. It was for a set of three 'limited edition' gold plated coins with different Trump pictures. They looked fancy and said they were a 'solid investment' for only $79.95 plus shipping. I was tired and just clicked buy. The box showed up two months later and the coins are basically the size of a dime and feel lighter than a bottle cap. The 'gold' is already rubbing off on one of them and you can see the cheap metal underneath. I feel like a total sucker. I wasted almost a hundred bucks on something I could have printed off my computer. Has anyone else fallen for one of these political merch traps and gotten total junk?

I was at a rally in Pennsylvania and saw something that made me stop and look

It was last fall, and I was way in the back of the crowd. I mean, I could barely see the stage. But then I noticed this older guy, maybe in his 70s, holding a sign he clearly made himself. It was just a piece of cardboard with 'Jobs' written on it in black marker. He wasn't yelling or anything, just holding it up. It hit me that for a lot of people, this isn't about politics on TV, it's about real stuff like that. Has anyone else had a moment at an event that just stuck with you?

Tried a new way to track the 2020 election claims, ended up with a spreadsheet that broke my laptop.