Talk about a rock and a hard place. Tomorrow, May 3, is the Ohio primary. Donald Trump threw a monkey wrench into the works, bigly, when he went blank on stage Sunday about the identity of the acolyte that he, the Cantaloupe Cult leader, had endorsed. He spoke of endorsing “JP, right? J.D. Mandel.”
The gaffe went viral on social media, as the crowd sat stunned. But Josh Mandel crawled out of the woodwork to get a few last minutes of fame, before sinking into oblivion, a Trump rejectee.
And yes, 10 dimension chess is part of the answer.
Josh Mandel is asked for his reaction to Trump’s “JD Mandel” endorsement yesterday. Newsmax host says it wasn’t a gaffe, that Trump is just “hedging his bets” by combining their names. pic.twitter.com/1uO5tNL0MK
— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) May 2, 2022
Of course he was doing it on purpose! This is all part of a master plan! If there be madness there is method in it, or so they would have you believe. Nope, if it’s Trump, if there be madness, that’s it. You’re already there, arrived at the destination. Madness is it.
Just how it wasn’t a gaffe when Trump thought George Washington controlled the airports during the Revolutionary War. Trump was just hedging his bets in case there were airplanes in 1776.
— @realPaulSimon ?? (@PaulVSimon1) May 2, 2022
Alright, class, we’re going to play Predict the Primary!
- Ohioans will write in J.D. Mandel, because their leader intoned the Magic Name;
- Mandel will change his name to J.D. Mandel;
- J.D. Vance will win, but call himself J.D. Mandel;
- There will be a dark horse upset at the last minute;
- No matter what happens or how crazy it gets, Trump will always be right.






















“Who shot J.P./J.D./Jr?????”
And, if Biden had made a similar gaffe, it would’ve been fodder for every right-wing site (both “news” and “opinion”) for weeks on end.
But, with Trump, he’s just “hedging his bets.” (Which makes NO sense since he gave his glorious endorsement to ONE man just a couple of weeks ago. He didn’t have any problem getting the man’s name right then. Or DID he?)
Or everyone is used to former guy’s dementia and just ignore it.