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Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter? (apnews.com)
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At the top of his first speech as her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz turned to Vice President Kamala Harris and declared, “Thank you for bringing back the joy.” The next day, Harris took the theme a step further, branding the Democratic ticket “joyful warriors.”

Contrast that with former President Donald Trump, who opened a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida a few days later by saying, “We have a lot of bad things coming up,” and predicting the U.S. could fall into an economic depression unseen since the dark days of 1929 or even another world war. 

“I think that our country is, right now, in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in, from an economic standpoint, from a safety standpoint,” Trump said Thursday.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I don’t get the impression Trump has experienced a single day of actual JOY in his whole life.

The closest I can imagine is Smug Satisfaction:

• Closed a big real estate deal?
Smug Satisfaction

• Won a golf game (with or without cheating)?
Smug Satisfaction

• Successful Tax Evasion?
Smug Satisfaction

• Fathered a child?
Smug Satisfaction

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Won a golf game without cheating?

Yeah I'm not convinced he's done that. This weird asshole cheats every chance he gets, even if the outcome is already a given.

[–] Ack@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had the same thought. It should be:

Won a golf game and they didn’t see me cheat?

Or maybe:

Won a golf game and they were too intimidated to complain when they saw me cheat?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure I remember reading an article about one of his butt-sniffers praising Donald Trump for being such a comedian and a genius because of how much he cheated in his round of golf just to win

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You’re 100% right. Updated.

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Interesting. Isn't smug satisfaction to a narcissistic the same as joy?

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm sure he gets some joy out of stealing money from cancer charities or cheating on his wives with women who look like his daughter. He probably also gets joy from lying to millions of people daily and them believing his dumbass lies.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I don’t know if Harris is pushing joy, but enthusiasm and relief on the part of supporters is palpable.

Trump? That’s the conservative MO. Everything is fear. Fear of immigrants, fear of government, fear of their own god, fear of anyone not resigning themselves to their station, fear of anything that questions their religion, fear of being questioned with actual logic, fear of LGBTQ, fear of anything that doesn’t conform to their selfish and myopic worldview… and that’s how they keep people in line. If you don’t conform to those fears, you’re out. Exclusion is another fear.