President Biden Lets “Dark Brandon” Talk About Truth Social Price Drop

I’m still debating with myself over whether President Biden should have put on the sunglasses. Still, my own view is that he decided it was time to let Dark Brandon out for a romp in Pennsylvania yesterday to zing Trump. Actually it was more like hitting Trump where it really hurts, as in making fun of another Trump “business” cratering before our eyes.

Less than a month ago Trump was crowing about what a bigly YUGE success Truth Social was as its stock price opened at over $70 a share and quickly jumped up to over $79 but since then? Well, despite some very slight “rebounds” in share price on a few days Truth Social’s share price has steadily declined. Now it’s less than half its opening price, at sometime a bit over $26 a share!  Despite Trump’s claims experts say that with the announcement this week that a whole batch of new shares would be issued the price will continue to drop. A lot. The machinations of how it all works and various key price points that must be met for even Trump to make some money when the dust settles (his investors of course are already screwed) is complicated. I won’t get into all that here.

What I want to talk about instead is what is being said in the media, such as this article in Huffington Post. Trump as you know is stuck in Manhattan, going back and forth to court and his tacky, gaudy apartment in Trump Tower. Today he can get out and campaign if he wants (or head over to Bedminster and cheat at golf – he needs to hit something and can whack his golf ball all over the place) and on weekends but he can’t do what President Biden is doing. Holding meetings with world leaders at the WH and doing pressers with them, and getting out on the campaign trail multiple times a week.

Pennsylvania will be a critical state this year. Among the swing states that will decide the winner in November it has the most Electoral Votes at stake. Scranton PA happens to be Biden’s home town. Biden made the first of three planned visits (for the near future) to the state, starting with his hometown. Unlike Trump’s rambling word salad over the weekend that even Fox couldn’t positively spin (bless their hearts, they did at least try) President Biden looked and talked like a President. More importantly one who actually came from regular guy beginnings and hasn’t forgotten life at it was and still is for most Americans and American families.

Biden has a lot of positive things to talk about to be sure. But more importantly just being out on the trail, and being seen at the WH doing real Presidential stuff poses a stark contrast to Trump’s crazy. And now with Trump sitting in court most of the week and when he’s not rage posting on Truth Social or ranting to reporters coming and going from court makes for a contrast even MAGAs can’t help but notice. And Independent voters? With a month or more of this the contrast in images will get parked deep in their minds. That alone will likely have Biden who has already caught up to Trump in polling growing an actual lead.

Still, for an old-school politician who is steeped in the old ways and courtesies of the Senate he served in for decades it turns out Biden has a wicked sense of humor. And a willingness to throw some punches. When GOPers came up with their “Let’s Go Brandon” (code for “f**k Joe Biden) ole Joe decided to flip the script on them and the character we’ve come to know as Dark Brandon emerged. Biden seems to enjoy playing the role, going so far as to sometimes make a quip as Dark Brandon AND putting on the sunglasses for emphasis!

With a hapless Trump stuck in court for jury selection for his first criminal trial, Biden was in his hometown being Scranton boy made good President Joe Biden. Hard as it is to believe, in a state like Pennsylvania, even in Scranton Trump has support so I think it was a brilliant move on Biden’s part to tweak Trump, who is sooooo sensitive about his image as a super successful rich guy over money. It was a great time and place to let Dark Brandon out for a romp. I already mentioned what’s been going on with Truth Social’s price and Dark Brandon stuck in the knife and twisted it:

“If Trump’s stock in Truth Social ― his company ― drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his,” Biden said in Pennsylvania, causing the audience to erupt with laughter:

See for yourself:

“If Trump’s stock in Truth Social, his company, drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his.”

— President Biden, while pitching his plan for higher taxes on the rich in Scranton, Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/2vF3CzpSfJ

— The Recount (@therecount) April 16, 2024

I’d love to have seen Trump’s reaction to this. You just know at some point he’ll explode over it. Great as that was, it wasn’t the only time Dark Brandon delivered a line yesterday.  Huff Post noted later on he zinged Trump again, using a line he’s used before when talking about financial difficulties Trump has been facing:

“Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and asked if I could help. He was drowning in debt,” Biden said. “I said, ‘I’m sorry, Donald, but I can’t help you.’”

Ouch. It’s the part about Biden having used that same line before that caught my attention. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing/hearing it used more and more as the campaign goes along. It’s something that can get trotted out whenever Biden feels it’s a good time to knock Trump off his game. Trump simply can’t handle being made fun of, including and especially about someone telling the truth on his finances.  Look at who posted that first tweet. Then look at who posted a tweet with a clip from the same appearance in Scranton with the “Sorry Donald, but I can’t help you:”

President Biden: Just the other day a defeated-looking guy came up to me and asked if I could help. He was drowning in debt. I said I'm sorry, Donald, but I can't help you pic.twitter.com/VDPTV9ZtTs

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) April 16, 2024

I’d say the fact it was the Biden-Harris campaign that posted THAT one was an “in your face” directed straight to Trump. Being an old fart I remember the days of disco and a song that got a lot of play on Top 40 stations and did decently on the charts. Given Trump’s on trial over a chain of events that started with him banging a porn star I can’t help but think of another porn star that became “crossover” famous for a song. There’s a video of her singing it live prancing around in hot pants (short shorts) and knee high boots, crooning over and over “More more more, how do you like it how do you like it” and this morning that’s stuck in my head.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone rigged up a loop of that to blast out when Trump enters and leaves both Trump Tower and court every day of his trial?  As for Biden/Dark Brandon when it comes to tweaking Trump like this I say (paraphrasing) “More more more, I really like it I really like it” because I know how much Trump will hate it.  Or flashing back more decades than I care to admit to when I was a jarhead grunt, as we’d say when someone was pouring on the fire “get some.”