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This is the real reason.
Yup. He's likely not to get lots of adulation from conservatives that clap like seals whenever he mumbles out stupid shit like happens at his stupid road shows.
There's a reason he doesn't do them anymore. Either he's too sick, or there's just not enough interest, even from his most bigly followers.
Also he doesn't like his dumb-ass followers, so it doesn't give him the buzz he craves.
I think you are right. It's probably a bit of both.
I know he just ate that up like it was manna, since he's a narcissist.
I think everything would have been so much better for everybody if he could have just kept his circus roadshow as a regular thing, stayed away from any office, and he could have had all the adulation he wanted without any of the stress of even pretending to work a real job.
He could even expand the thing with some warm-up acts to really give the fans a thrill - get some snake handlers in there to go on about the miracles of Jesus. I'm sure some bible bangers would love to get in on that grift, if they weren't already - I don't really know since I wouldn't get anywhere near one of his stupid rallies. I'm picturing some real Righteous Gemstones type of stuff, LOL...
Oh, I guess people selling nostrums like ivermectin and the wonders of HCQ....as long as Taco is the closing act and gets a cut of the opening acts, I'm sure there'd be enough to keep everyone fat, dumb and happy.