Are We Surprised? No Trump Family Member fought in that War, or Served in Uniform for our Country except DJT's Elder Brother who served in the Air Force Reserve in College... DJT's Father stayed Stateside, and made $$$ off the G.I. Bill... DJT seems to feel that the Public Interest consists of DJT making $$$ off the Public...
Are We Surprised? No Trump Family Member fought in that War, or Served in Uniform for our Country except DJT's Elder Brother who served in the Air Force Reserve in College... DJT's Father stayed Stateside, and made $$$ off the G.I. Bill... DJT seems to feel that the Public Interest consists of DJT making $$$ off the Public...
No-one should be surprised. His game plan sounds like it's come straight out of the pages of 'Dictatorship for Dummies' - Chapter1. Threaten to invade neighboring countries. Chapter 2. Practice Nazi salute. Chapter 3. Threaten genocide. etc. etc.
He needs to be tranquilized and carted off in a straightjacket. Believing you're on a mission from God, alone, is up there on the list of certifiable criteria.
HeтАЩs definitely dumb. Particularly in his cabinet picks, all unqualified and unfit for office. The blind leading the blind. I canтАЩt imagine Putin or Xi Pinying being so stupid. TheyтАЩre probably sitting back right now cooking the popcorn.
Trump is like a dog with a stick...I honestly do not think he even knows the destructions he is wielding.....his focus (the stick ) is his Power and money....but Project 2025 planners...they KNOW -someone wants to break the US from the inside out
Someone (Project 2025 authors) has written those extremely detailed executive orders for him, probably along with Stephen Miller. Trump would not be able to.
As my late husband (Psychiatrist)said when Trump was elected in 2016 and Covid struckтАж and his response was тАЬBleach is okтАЭ! Trump is a Narcissistic PsychopathтАж.
They all fall under the definition of the word SYCOPHANT. Some know exactly what they are doing others along for the ride. we've definitely got a problem.., they reside amongst us. To our advantage is the fact we've seen this movie. We can turn it off.
I think heтАЩs all you say he is, Bruce, but I still think his downfall will be his dumbness. I doubt heтАЩs ever had an original thought - if we are not counting the word salad. Global politics is a game of chess, itтАЩs not tic tac toe. He doesnтАЩt have the smarts but stunningly, thinks he has.
Jazz, he is wily. How many other people would have been able to do what he has done and said, avoided not only prison but even trial, and yet be elected for another term?
(And for those who say he cheated to get back in, until definitive proof is shown, I won't believe it, just as I didn't believe his claims of cheating in 2020. Many of the polls which we refused to believe turned out much closer to the final result. Making these claims of cheating harms out ability to win the voters who did choose skippy tromp back in the next cycles.)
Trump is rabid, foaming at the sharpie and wants to destroy everything but his own cheeseburgers. He needs to be captured, quarantined, euthanized and then autopsied.
Agree Kazz, but "dumbness" aside.., it's his rhinocerous mouth overloading his hummingbird ass that'll be his undoing. Whether the project 2025 archetypes will be able to pull this crap off "as planned" may be thrown into array because of him.
I'll go with Rex Tillerson's (former head of ExxonMobil and former Secretary of State under Trump's first administration) astute assessment of Trump: Fucking Moron.
Correct. Ignorant is the right word with respect to the roll of the manager, a roll which Trump is trying to play with almost no applicable skills. Just one example:
America's military is formidable because its operations side is incredibly well managed. (a century of experience counts for a lot) The procurement side is a different story.
Trump is about to discard the the operations skills; fool that he is. It takes much more than simple "do or die" commands to manage a complex system of humans and their assets.
Trump is like the 4 year old child that knocks down the castle of wooden blocks his big brother spent an hour putting together.
Military leaders are not good at accepting orders to fuck up their command structure and fighting capabilities. I wonder if Pete "Hogs-breath" will run up against any pushback. We can only hope.
No Kazz and Bruce. Trump is not "dumb". The word we should be using is "agent". Trump is an agent of chaos and of Putin. Xi is chuckling. Kim is loving it. Iran is thrilled.
The only question for me is:
"Is he being blackmailed or threatened with death.... or is he a willing participant in the war on democracy and Western Civilization?"
Willing participant is my view even tho Putin has something on him from the Moscow Trump tower days. Did you ever think any axis of evil would have an American in its leadership? The comments here are so astute and heart felt in their intelligence.
In a short sentence: Trump is a malignant narcissist who is in terminal senile decline. And yes, that's a twofer.
Trump's subalterns will cover for him, just as Reagan's subalterns did for Reagan as he slipped into imbecility. Reagan's chief of staff basically ran the country while Reagan, ever the actor, hit his marks and said his lines.
There are some really evil vultures, who have no use for democracy, now circling over Trump. We will be really lucky to survive the next four years.
The word that collects all your sentiments is megalomaniac. Dr David Hawkins ( my intellectual hero of all time) identified the most harmful people when his psychiatrist training called the disease: malignant messianic narcissistic despotism. Think Jim jones, pol pot or Donald j.
If only the majority of people cared about others as much as they seem to care about themselves. Self interest is a slippery mistress that can grow into a monster.
Agree Bruce.., "not dumb". Try SYCOPHANT. Trump is one. At the same time, Trump is a magnet for sycophants: parasite, sycophant, toady, leech, sponge; a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker; parasite applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society. sycophant adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation. THOSE ARE HIS CLINGERS! We can only '''hope''' that those of us making up the 48% are able to burst this bubble, and TIME is of the essence. NUTS to this.., let's roll!
Numb, oblivious, dumbтАжdumb in that he should be silent! And ego in the egotistic oblivion (spell checker liked Bolivian) for how reality influences reality..science, observation, learning, reading. You know he does not read, functional illiterate? He depends on osmotic learningтАжsleeps with book on the night stand and hopes that nature abhors a vacuum.
I suspect that if one is " Nuts, Social deviant, sick, insane, mendacious, evil, deranged, mad, demented, not in his right mind,
crazed , lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged." whether or not they are dumb is moot as most everything they do /participate in will create dumb results.
Yep this "movie" reminds me of Thelma and Louise except at least those two women had a legitimate score to settle which led them into their suicide pact. We are all being dragged along into this one and the potential end is the same, mutual destruction. The confirmation of P Hegseth as Secretary of Defense is likely to go down as one of the most tragic moments in this drama, with a man totally unqualified being elevated to one of the most important positions in our government, fingers now attached to the nuclear codes which can wreak destruction n on the entire world..
"The world may not remember what we say here but it will long remember what we do here. " Abraham Lincoln who is undoubtedly lying prostrate in his grave at this grotesque moment in our history.
Well, Jon, it seems he'll first have to let go of either a woman in one hand or a bottle in the other before he attaches those fingers to the nuclear codes.
I always considered Senators to be more sober- and forward-thinking than their House counterparts; it's they who ratify treaties and confirm SC justices, after all.
The late Sen Warren Rudman (R-NH) from my hometown, whom I knew, said this of his fellow Republicans in his memoir:
"The Republican Party is making a terrible mistake if it appears to ally itself with the Christian right. There are some fine, sincere people in its ranks, but there are also enough anti-abortion zealots, would-be censors, homophobes, bigots and latter-day Elmer Gantrys to discredit any party that is unwise enough to embrace such a group."
Jon, I have argued that appointment with friends of mine who do background checks to hire cops. None of them would outright say they would pass him on a background, but equivocate like "I need more information on that." Even when I confront them with his statement "I promise another drop of liquor won't pass my lips IF you confirm me." Red flag if there ever was one.
He wiil be in a drunken rage the first time he has to make a decision and he doesnтАЩt have the brains to do so. What goes around comes around and they will be in a pickle.
Eileen, I say this with respect: we will *all* be in a pickle. The felon is irrational, narcissistic and mercurial. He has no knowledge of history, especially military history. It's all about who has the bigger red button, as he once said.
He could order an action that Hegseth doesn't try to talk him out of, with horrific consequences for all. Hegseth lacks the qualifications and temperance (in all senses) to do the job. And he was fired by 2 veterans organizations for those reasons, along with financial mismanagement.
As I have posted on other days, Donald is not dumb, at least not by the popular definition. He is learning disabled. There's a difference. His learning disability was concealed mainly by his father spreading his wealth around. (Mary Anne was too absorbed in her own hypochondria to be much involved.)
Fred's money got Donald into schools he never would have gotten into otherwise. When Donald failed, Fred covered his failures with more money. Over time, Donald came to believe that the rules were for others, not for him.
When Donald ignored the rules and got into legal trouble, Roy Cohn taught him how to exploit our legal system. Because Donald is learning disabled, it took hundreds of litigations for him to learn his lessons from Cohn, but he did.
Donald's so-called "success" derives from his dependence on people who are NOT learning disabled: his managers, his lawyers, his TV producers, his campaign managers, and now, the architects of Project 2025. They are flattering weak-minded Donald into carrying out their plans, and he is too distracted by the illusion of power to realize they are exploiting him for their own purposes.
Dale, I think this makes perfect sense. I've long thought he was learning disabled, not stupid, which isnperhaps why he needs pictures and doesn't read the teleprompter well.
My own late father, I believe, was learning-disabled. He left school after the 8th grade to work, and his parents gave their permission. He always had trouble reading; i never once saw him read a book, and when he read aloud he sounded out words like a child does. But he was NOT a stupid man, he had excellent smarts.
Kazz, who knows who is really in charge. I told my husband that doesn't read the order, just signs them. You could stick one of front of him for his demise and he would probably sign it. I do think he is suffering from dementia and the orders were ready and written by others. Also Rubio should know better what happens when we stop foreign aid....someone else provides it.
He is immoral, racist, misogynist, dictatorial, but not dumb, not stupid. Those last two words belong to people voting for him. He will be marketing brown shirts any day now.
I don't know that Trump is "dumb." He has selected people who will not speak truth to power. Pam Bondi is an excellent example. During her confirmation hearing, she could not bring herself to say that Trump had lost the 2020 election for fear of offending Trump. Bondi, as Attorney General, will do Trump's bidding and weaponize the Dept. of Justice. This is going to get very, very ugly fast.
ItтАЩs calculated even if itтАЩs stupid and the calculation is to destroy government going forward so we can have unbridled capitalism destroy the planet unchecked by the courts as fast and interestingly as possible.
Dumb as a fox is more like it. Putting unqualified ass-licking people in these positions guarantees him his every whim met. Look at what happened as soon as Hegseth was confirmed--he had IGs fired thus removing oversight from any of his actions, even though he must give Congress a 30-day notice. I think they should all show up at work on Monday like nothing happened....
JL, when I saw the word "NUTS!" at the beginning of Heather's letter, I thought she was referring to the confirmation of Hegseth as Defense Secretary. His confirmation has NEGATED the efforts, the sacrifices, and the dedication of all those who have fought for, and those who were wounded and/or gave their lives for democracy.
I knew a man who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I could never understand how he or anyone could have survived. He came home an atheist- not understanding how killing another human being was right. Even so, he fought so that future generations could be assured that our freedoms would always be protected and defended. I'm glad he's not here to see what his and others' sacrifices have come to. People who are complacent with all that Trump is doing to imitate Hitler (let's call it as it is), are spitting in the faces of all those who put their lives on the line to combat fascism, cruelty, and to stop an insane man who somehow convinced so many people that HE knew what was best for HIS people.
Those Republican congress members who have been convinced that Donald Trump knows what's best for our country are as despicable as he is. They're ALL Nuts!!!
Ever watch this in the series Band of Brothers? Although only a tv series, you could feel the brutal impact of the German attack. I hate to say it, Pam, but many of the descendents of those American soldiers voted for Trump 1 and 2, the apocalypse version
Frank, I remember when the movie about the Battle of the Bulge came put in the 60s. Our family saw it at a drive-in theater. I can't tell you how a movie I watched 2 days ago ended, but images of Battle of the Bulge remain fixed in my mind.
No idea if I saw that, good chance, i like "war movies" as a kid and teenager, and still do if the story is good. Was it in black and white? eg like The Longest Day?bIf you enjoy quality war films, you might enjoy Band of Brothers , it sometimes seems to "drag" (they don't fight battles all the time right?), but it gives a lot of insight you might otherwise find in books.
Well the REALLY sad thing is that it ISN'T that hard. It's not like he told us all a bunch of lies about how patriotic and committed to the rule of law he was.
He TOLD ALL OF US in absolutely clear language what he planned to do. "I will only be a dictator on Day One". His time frame was wrong but his actions are exactly as he stated.
Yeah.. I have to wonder what kind of dirt "they" have on Ms Joni Ernst, that she couldn't own up to? Something that was really nobodies business? Why did she "cave"..? We'll never know. Unless, Mr Hedgeseth has been unfairly maligned, that is. Anything is possible today.
I had started this thinking of ways to say NUTs to Trump but fear that would make him as stupid and as self-destructive as the Germans became, but damaging too many others with his vindictive responses. So I'll have to settle for some examples of relatives who put in the efforts and dedication, and in one case the ultimate sacrifice.
We often visit the grave of one of my wife's uncles (lost near Sainteny, Normandy on July 11th, 1944. That uncle was on her father's side. Another of her uncles (on her mother's side), was part of Patton's 3rd Army and was found unconscious by the side of the road with frost bitten feet during the Battle of the Bulge. He didn't regain consciousness until he found himself in a hospital in England.
I had always thought the uncle lost at Sainteny was in a unit of inexperienced new troops and might even have been killed (with 3 others) by our own artillery support when they were able to advance further than expected.
They had only been in combat a week when he was lost, but the 329th Infantry Regiment learned quickly and were not in desperate straights during the Battle of the Bulge like some units with many new troops. They had made the deepest penetration into Germany at one point that winter a bit further north.
Brings to mind the child who wants and has everything, sets his sights on something even bigger and better and gets it, only to tire of it, realizing it still does not fill the empty pit inside of him, so he destroys it and somehow feels just a tiny bit better in the process, until he's "hungry" again for more, more, more.
Too much is never enough for some people. Even more troubling is how often those with the most advantages want to stick it to whoever they feel superior to. In 1954, Eisenhower wrote to his brother:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H.L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
Well, clearly Ike underestimated the mind-rotting nature of TV, but we will see how far the the public is ultimately willing to be pushed.
In any case, it shows that the desire on the part of many of those with more wealth than they know what to do with, to want the poor to be as poor as possible, and them, wealthy without measure, is nothing new. Give a sucker an even break, and they get uppity.
There is a podcast from a few years ago тАЬThe AssetтАЭ that traces the history of Russian cultivation of him for years. HeтАЩs basically a Russian Agent and a Nazi with nukes. As absolutely anti American as imaginable.
Even sent wife #3 to keep an eye out on Russian money and now even political interests. I firmly believe she is a Russian asset sent here to spy on tRump.
J L, I have thought recently that pleasing his bro might be part of the plan. Let's divert attention to Greenland. The other part is that he is bent on revenge.....so let's destroy what Biden did for drugs for one. My husband picked up a prescription yesterday that went from 20 to 180. We are fortunate that we can pay this, but so many others who depend on, for example, insulin, cannot. So some now have to do what they were doing before, not taking a full dose, choosing between meds and food, etc. I read on a thread yesterday that some MAGAs are saying, as they are affected, that these things were not intended for them. Pffft.
Yes, I was told when faced with a $931 copay, 50%, that now I had to meet my $2000 deductible first and the donut hole was gone so it was all good. But last year I never reached $2,000 out of pocket.
I told them to keep the drug and asked my doctor to go back to an older drug covered at tier 3 for $42.
Oh they thought it through alright. This is all intentional. There is no accident here. And I am SO sorry for what happened to you. This is a medical tragedy in the making.
"Let them die and decrease the surplus population."
Charles Dickens knew exactly what he was writing 200 years ago.
SharonтАжif there is a theme, тАЬSomeone DidnтАЩt Think this Through! Will be on our headstonesтАжтАЭthisтАЩll work, here, hold my beer, what could go wrong? ItтАЩll only hurt a littleтАж.CheckтАЩs in the mail.тАЭ Yesterday a friend asked, тАШJust how stupid are we?тАЩ I smiled, тАШWeтАЩre still тАШTrolling the depths.тАЩ
But we will fight back to excellence and reality, hard work and skills! And start with тАШrealityтАЩтАФ
There was no real Noah! ItтАЩs a lesson in care.
Climate change is human caused by burning fossil fuels and is costing us billions already as well as lives
Fair wages benefit us all, as does the time volunteering
Conflict is not the way of world, community is, love is
ThatтАЩs the part that terrifies me. He has already weakened us and weтАЩre only a few days in. How many active duty will request separation instead of reenlisting? As a veteran I am so appalled at how theyтАЩre destroying our military to become Trumps personal militia.
I go with Unconscious Incompetence. Not sure to spell it, nincompoop? Sounds vaguely German? Idiot is an old termтАжsort implies the irrational insanity.
I thank and the heavens that he is so stupid and oblivious! I guess there are no тАШsmartтАЩ conservatives on FauxтАж
Actually, Musks. HeтАЩs the JP Morgan of this century who funded the US government so he could dominate business at the turn of the 20th century. Look up тАЬmorganizingтАЭ. Eerily as cruel and greedy as the Billionaire Bad Boys are today. Bravo that Bloomberg called Trumps bluff, privately funding the Paris accords when T backed out. I guess he wonтАЩt be invited to Gold a Lago like the rest.
I think itтАЩs both by now. Used to think he was only taking PutinтАЩs orders, but now I think he тАЬthinksтАЭ like a nasty five-year old. TodayтАЩs attack on FEMA is a case in point. What if Mal-a-Lago burned like CA?
Hello Kazz... Hello Australia... What time is it there now?... DJT has always said to be of limited Intelligence... When I watched him this Week, admittedly very Painfully, DJT is noticeably Deteriorating Rapidly.... I believe that We just need to outlast DJT, and avoid his Damage...
Good evening Apache, itтАЩs 8.26pm downunder. Yes heтАЩs sooo painful to watch these days though that church scene with Bishop Budde was truly glorious. We donтАЩt know what is going to happen, best to remain optimistic, thereтАЩs sure to be a lot of smoke and mirrors.
Hello Kazz... Thanks for getting back... Seems to be a 19hr Difference between Melbourne Australia, and the Central Coast in California... Remember Mother Nature only cares about Survival of the Species... Time Flows In Only One Direction... DJT and his Minions will Self-Destruct... We just need to keep out of the Blast-Zone...
There could be a lot of wrecking ball damage done to American government by then, Apache. I hope the Dems make it a public platform to restore what gets torn down. My head just shook reading through Heather's letter, honestly! For the first time, in the past week or so, i've developed real anxieties about what T 2.0 is going to mean to Canadian fortunes, let alone the rest of the international democratic community.
Frank, I feel for Canadians -- you really are a turtle on a fence post during an earthquake (sorry, best analogy in could come up with.)
And it looks like a right-ward trend may be happening there again.
I have a family genealogy that was commissioned by a great-uncle and professionally done in 1935, and it shows I am a descendant of Louis Hebert, considered the first European settler of Canada (1617.) Three of my 4 grandparents immigrated to the US from Canada in the early 1900s, and I have a strong attachment to your beautiful country. I apologize for the actions of your southern neighbor -- we must look like drunken armed hillbillies to you, standing around a bonfire with boxes of firecrackers.
Right, where are The Dems? We have journalists and legal analysts banding together in The Contrarian, Timothy Snyder pitching the US having an equivalent to UKs shadow govt and where the hell is Dem leadership????? Why cant they get their act together like private citizens have to organize a message and defense for Democracy??????
If the DNC decides to stay Relevant, it needs to Reform... It needs to stop focusing on 1% Social Issues, and more on 90% Economic Issues... That will reach many of the non-voters, that is where this last Election was lost... Reuben Gallegos Campaign was based on this this... Reuben canvassed AZ, including over 100 Indigenous Nations, with the intention of Representing his constituents, and not the DC Beltway, or the 1%... Reuben won in a Red State... Watch this Week's Panel Discussion of 'Bill Maher' ... It is informative...
He's been deteriorating from before 1972 (when I first became aware of this Loohoser,) Apache. How is there anything left...Oh, he' absolutely empty!!!
I understand the capture of politicians, whose main motivation is power and control. But I don't understand the businessmen. Why are these "captains of industry", who are fully in control of their fortunes and destinies, working to bring down the system that made them wealthy? Have they not noticed that, in Russia, the oligarchs are nothing more than welll-paid division managers in Putin, Incorporated? Do they really want to turn their successful businesses over to a new CEO whose advice they ignore at the possible cost of their lives? Musk, Bezos and the rest can see how the Russian system turns everyone, even the oligarchs, into slaves of the state. Why would they give up what the American system has allowed them to build, when they already have everything they could want and an open opportunity to get more?
There is no one who will stand up to him, except an Episcopal bishop who is now being vilified for her comments about mercy and grace. I donтАЩt see any silver lining. Democrats can try to stop him, but since he now makes all the rules, what chance do we have? IтАЩm terrified.
Apache, when Trump has dismantled the government and finds that he has provided China and Russia with a voluntary, self inflicted тАЬBulgeтАЭ, heтАЩs going to discover that all the wealth he thinks he has is going to evaporate as economies and alliances crumble leaving him only one option in defense. His ego will destroy mankind and his bitcoins wonтАЩt buy uncontaminated water
AmericaтАЩs going to have to step up and protest. Oh yeah, Drump has disincentivized protests because the completely immune dictator wannabe has a new rule in place that legally allows military force against protesters. So itтАЩs a death wish to protest.
There are optional avenues to "protest". Letters to government leaders, purchase power with support for pro-democracy companies and withhold purchases from the MAGA contributors, contacts to mass media companies delivering and gaslighting the audiences with "yellow journalism" - click bait and propoganda reporting. Consumers do have power. Voters have influence. Politicans need votes. Congress and SCOTUS need reform
God made a mistake allowing the primate human species up the evolutionary trail. The Bonobos were the delegated species but man snatched the tickets of their hands and ran like hell.
Correct. His MO has not changed for 58+/- years , but few checked that out, some surmised/discovered it after 2016 thus jumping ship .it was stated .we learned our mistakes and wonтАЩt make them againтАЩ.
It was definitely in Project 2025 so no, we should not be surprised, but his supporters will be in for a very rude awakening when they find out it hits hard for them too. I am taken by the haste and rashness of all of the EO's he has signed with little thought to the fallout. I mean, doesn't anyone in this administration have an iota of competence, or concern for our society or the consequences of these horrendous acts? Canceling NIH? CDC MMWR Weekly Reports? These have real impacts. Just mind boggling. There has to be pushback by some grown-up in the room.
Are We Surprised? No Trump Family Member fought in that War, or Served in Uniform for our Country except DJT's Elder Brother who served in the Air Force Reserve in College... DJT's Father stayed Stateside, and made $$$ off the G.I. Bill... DJT seems to feel that the Public Interest consists of DJT making $$$ off the Public...
No-one should be surprised. His game plan sounds like it's come straight out of the pages of 'Dictatorship for Dummies' - Chapter1. Threaten to invade neighboring countries. Chapter 2. Practice Nazi salute. Chapter 3. Threaten genocide. etc. etc.
He needs to be tranquilized and carted off in a straightjacket. Believing you're on a mission from God, alone, is up there on the list of certifiable criteria.
Yet not weaken the position of your own country. Is Trump just plain nuts, or does he follow Putin's marching orders?
HeтАЩs definitely dumb. Particularly in his cabinet picks, all unqualified and unfit for office. The blind leading the blind. I canтАЩt imagine Putin or Xi Pinying being so stupid. TheyтАЩre probably sitting back right now cooking the popcorn.
Not Dumb, Kazz, if I may. Nuts, Social deviant, sick, insane, mendacious, evil, deranged, mad, demented, not in his right mind,
crazed , lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged.
However Dumb is not the right word, I think.
Trump is like a dog with a stick...I honestly do not think he even knows the destructions he is wielding.....his focus (the stick ) is his Power and money....but Project 2025 planners...they KNOW -someone wants to break the US from the inside out
Exactly. The authors of Project 2025 are pulling the levers and moving quickly to dismantle the government. The blueprint has it all.
Someone (Project 2025 authors) has written those extremely detailed executive orders for him, probably along with Stephen Miller. Trump would not be able to.
As my late husband (Psychiatrist)said when Trump was elected in 2016 and Covid struckтАж and his response was тАЬBleach is okтАЭ! Trump is a Narcissistic PsychopathтАж.
So тАШgear upтАЩ fellow AmericansтАж. GEAR UP!
The only issue I have with your comment is the insult to all dogs by equating them to Trump.
They all fall under the definition of the word SYCOPHANT. Some know exactly what they are doing others along for the ride. we've definitely got a problem.., they reside amongst us. To our advantage is the fact we've seen this movie. We can turn it off.
I think heтАЩs all you say he is, Bruce, but I still think his downfall will be his dumbness. I doubt heтАЩs ever had an original thought - if we are not counting the word salad. Global politics is a game of chess, itтАЩs not tic tac toe. He doesnтАЩt have the smarts but stunningly, thinks he has.
Jazz, he is wily. How many other people would have been able to do what he has done and said, avoided not only prison but even trial, and yet be elected for another term?
(And for those who say he cheated to get back in, until definitive proof is shown, I won't believe it, just as I didn't believe his claims of cheating in 2020. Many of the polls which we refused to believe turned out much closer to the final result. Making these claims of cheating harms out ability to win the voters who did choose skippy tromp back in the next cycles.)
Trump is rabid, foaming at the sharpie and wants to destroy everything but his own cheeseburgers. He needs to be captured, quarantined, euthanized and then autopsied.
Kazz, has he ever had a thought, period. This is a guy who operates from his reptilian brain, all hiss and strike.
aha...someone is BRILLIANT !!! And it is NOT Trump..but he is listening to BRILLIANT
This dumbness you speak of is easy to explain. Most criminals are dumb or they wouldnтАЩt be a criminal.
Agree Kazz, but "dumbness" aside.., it's his rhinocerous mouth overloading his hummingbird ass that'll be his undoing. Whether the project 2025 archetypes will be able to pull this crap off "as planned" may be thrown into array because of him.
Wily! I forgot Wily, thanks Doug
Kazz McKnight -- I submit that most of what he says qualifies as "original thoughts". They're all lies.
I'll go with Rex Tillerson's (former head of ExxonMobil and former Secretary of State under Trump's first administration) astute assessment of Trump: Fucking Moron.
ThatтАЩs an insult to morons
"However Dumb is not the right word."
Correct. Ignorant is the right word with respect to the roll of the manager, a roll which Trump is trying to play with almost no applicable skills. Just one example:
America's military is formidable because its operations side is incredibly well managed. (a century of experience counts for a lot) The procurement side is a different story.
Trump is about to discard the the operations skills; fool that he is. It takes much more than simple "do or die" commands to manage a complex system of humans and their assets.
Trump is like the 4 year old child that knocks down the castle of wooden blocks his big brother spent an hour putting together.
This is not leadership.
Military leaders are not good at accepting orders to fuck up their command structure and fighting capabilities. I wonder if Pete "Hogs-breath" will run up against any pushback. We can only hope.
I like stupid.
No Kazz and Bruce. Trump is not "dumb". The word we should be using is "agent". Trump is an agent of chaos and of Putin. Xi is chuckling. Kim is loving it. Iran is thrilled.
The only question for me is:
"Is he being blackmailed or threatened with death.... or is he a willing participant in the war on democracy and Western Civilization?"
HeтАЩs a willing participant. All he sees is dollar signs and his controllers know that. They feed him with adulation to keep him going.
Willing participant is my view even tho Putin has something on him from the Moscow Trump tower days. Did you ever think any axis of evil would have an American in its leadership? The comments here are so astute and heart felt in their intelligence.
willing participant, Bill. As we all know, he only care about himself and what he gets out of it.
I also vote willing, as in he's a sadist.
In a short sentence: Trump is a malignant narcissist who is in terminal senile decline. And yes, that's a twofer.
Trump's subalterns will cover for him, just as Reagan's subalterns did for Reagan as he slipped into imbecility. Reagan's chief of staff basically ran the country while Reagan, ever the actor, hit his marks and said his lines.
There are some really evil vultures, who have no use for democracy, now circling over Trump. We will be really lucky to survive the next four years.
The word that collects all your sentiments is megalomaniac. Dr David Hawkins ( my intellectual hero of all time) identified the most harmful people when his psychiatrist training called the disease: malignant messianic narcissistic despotism. Think Jim jones, pol pot or Donald j.
Excellent list, Bruce.
I would add PSYCHOPATHIC.
Sick and dumb. And deteriorating before our eyes.
If only the majority of people cared about others as much as they seem to care about themselves. Self interest is a slippery mistress that can grow into a monster.
Trump has three goals, only: 1.) Money - he's hemorrhaging money and needs money to help him try to, 2.) Stay out of prison, and 3.) Revenge.
He has no other interests. No you, not me, not the country. His reach for the Presidency was driven by those three goals and nothing else.
He lacks any and all humanity!!
Agree Bruce.., "not dumb". Try SYCOPHANT. Trump is one. At the same time, Trump is a magnet for sycophants: parasite, sycophant, toady, leech, sponge; a usually obsequious flatterer or self-seeker; parasite applies to one who clings to a person of wealth, power, or influence or is useless to society. sycophant adds to this a strong suggestion of fawning, flattery, or adulation. THOSE ARE HIS CLINGERS! We can only '''hope''' that those of us making up the 48% are able to burst this bubble, and TIME is of the essence. NUTS to this.., let's roll!
Correct. He's sick. Very sick.
This word fits: Sycophant. I've never used this word or even knew what it meant, until now. Whewwww.., that guy is such a piece of s--t.
Numb, oblivious, dumbтАжdumb in that he should be silent! And ego in the egotistic oblivion (spell checker liked Bolivian) for how reality influences reality..science, observation, learning, reading. You know he does not read, functional illiterate? He depends on osmotic learningтАжsleeps with book on the night stand and hopes that nature abhors a vacuum.
I suspect that if one is " Nuts, Social deviant, sick, insane, mendacious, evil, deranged, mad, demented, not in his right mind,
crazed , lunatic, non compos mentis, unbalanced, unhinged." whether or not they are dumb is moot as most everything they do /participate in will create dumb results.
Yep this "movie" reminds me of Thelma and Louise except at least those two women had a legitimate score to settle which led them into their suicide pact. We are all being dragged along into this one and the potential end is the same, mutual destruction. The confirmation of P Hegseth as Secretary of Defense is likely to go down as one of the most tragic moments in this drama, with a man totally unqualified being elevated to one of the most important positions in our government, fingers now attached to the nuclear codes which can wreak destruction n on the entire world..
"The world may not remember what we say here but it will long remember what we do here. " Abraham Lincoln who is undoubtedly lying prostrate in his grave at this grotesque moment in our history.
Well, Jon, it seems he'll first have to let go of either a woman in one hand or a bottle in the other before he attaches those fingers to the nuclear codes.
I always considered Senators to be more sober- and forward-thinking than their House counterparts; it's they who ratify treaties and confirm SC justices, after all.
The late Sen Warren Rudman (R-NH) from my hometown, whom I knew, said this of his fellow Republicans in his memoir:
"The Republican Party is making a terrible mistake if it appears to ally itself with the Christian right. There are some fine, sincere people in its ranks, but there are also enough anti-abortion zealots, would-be censors, homophobes, bigots and latter-day Elmer Gantrys to discredit any party that is unwise enough to embrace such a group."
Barry Goldwater was right!
Jon, I have argued that appointment with friends of mine who do background checks to hire cops. None of them would outright say they would pass him on a background, but equivocate like "I need more information on that." Even when I confront them with his statement "I promise another drop of liquor won't pass my lips IF you confirm me." Red flag if there ever was one.
Ally, Let's start calling Hegseth "Breathalyzer", because he should be tested every 6 hours.
He wiil be in a drunken rage the first time he has to make a decision and he doesnтАЩt have the brains to do so. What goes around comes around and they will be in a pickle.
Eileen, I say this with respect: we will *all* be in a pickle. The felon is irrational, narcissistic and mercurial. He has no knowledge of history, especially military history. It's all about who has the bigger red button, as he once said.
He could order an action that Hegseth doesn't try to talk him out of, with horrific consequences for all. Hegseth lacks the qualifications and temperance (in all senses) to do the job. And he was fired by 2 veterans organizations for those reasons, along with financial mismanagement.
As I have posted on other days, Donald is not dumb, at least not by the popular definition. He is learning disabled. There's a difference. His learning disability was concealed mainly by his father spreading his wealth around. (Mary Anne was too absorbed in her own hypochondria to be much involved.)
Fred's money got Donald into schools he never would have gotten into otherwise. When Donald failed, Fred covered his failures with more money. Over time, Donald came to believe that the rules were for others, not for him.
When Donald ignored the rules and got into legal trouble, Roy Cohn taught him how to exploit our legal system. Because Donald is learning disabled, it took hundreds of litigations for him to learn his lessons from Cohn, but he did.
Donald's so-called "success" derives from his dependence on people who are NOT learning disabled: his managers, his lawyers, his TV producers, his campaign managers, and now, the architects of Project 2025. They are flattering weak-minded Donald into carrying out their plans, and he is too distracted by the illusion of power to realize they are exploiting him for their own purposes.
Dale, I think this makes perfect sense. I've long thought he was learning disabled, not stupid, which isnperhaps why he needs pictures and doesn't read the teleprompter well.
My own late father, I believe, was learning-disabled. He left school after the 8th grade to work, and his parents gave their permission. He always had trouble reading; i never once saw him read a book, and when he read aloud he sounded out words like a child does. But he was NOT a stupid man, he had excellent smarts.
Sycophants!
The Architects of Project 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identitarian_movement
Kazz, who knows who is really in charge. I told my husband that doesn't read the order, just signs them. You could stick one of front of him for his demise and he would probably sign it. I do think he is suffering from dementia and the orders were ready and written by others. Also Rubio should know better what happens when we stop foreign aid....someone else provides it.
Isolationism causes blindness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identitarian_movement
He is immoral, racist, misogynist, dictatorial, but not dumb, not stupid. Those last two words belong to people voting for him. He will be marketing brown shirts any day now.
And he just pardoned a whole battalion, almost 1500 who now directly owe their freedom to him. Beyond scary.
Exactly. For all his BS about "illegals" being criminals, the J6 crowd is full of them.
Leibstandarte!
I don't know that Trump is "dumb." He has selected people who will not speak truth to power. Pam Bondi is an excellent example. During her confirmation hearing, she could not bring herself to say that Trump had lost the 2020 election for fear of offending Trump. Bondi, as Attorney General, will do Trump's bidding and weaponize the Dept. of Justice. This is going to get very, very ugly fast.
while they watch Rome burn :( :(
ItтАЩs calculated even if itтАЩs stupid and the calculation is to destroy government going forward so we can have unbridled capitalism destroy the planet unchecked by the courts as fast and interestingly as possible.
Dumb as a fox is more like it. Putting unqualified ass-licking people in these positions guarantees him his every whim met. Look at what happened as soon as Hegseth was confirmed--he had IGs fired thus removing oversight from any of his actions, even though he must give Congress a 30-day notice. I think they should all show up at work on Monday like nothing happened....
JL, when I saw the word "NUTS!" at the beginning of Heather's letter, I thought she was referring to the confirmation of Hegseth as Defense Secretary. His confirmation has NEGATED the efforts, the sacrifices, and the dedication of all those who have fought for, and those who were wounded and/or gave their lives for democracy.
I knew a man who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I could never understand how he or anyone could have survived. He came home an atheist- not understanding how killing another human being was right. Even so, he fought so that future generations could be assured that our freedoms would always be protected and defended. I'm glad he's not here to see what his and others' sacrifices have come to. People who are complacent with all that Trump is doing to imitate Hitler (let's call it as it is), are spitting in the faces of all those who put their lives on the line to combat fascism, cruelty, and to stop an insane man who somehow convinced so many people that HE knew what was best for HIS people.
Those Republican congress members who have been convinced that Donald Trump knows what's best for our country are as despicable as he is. They're ALL Nuts!!!
Ever watch this in the series Band of Brothers? Although only a tv series, you could feel the brutal impact of the German attack. I hate to say it, Pam, but many of the descendents of those American soldiers voted for Trump 1 and 2, the apocalypse version
Frank, I remember when the movie about the Battle of the Bulge came put in the 60s. Our family saw it at a drive-in theater. I can't tell you how a movie I watched 2 days ago ended, but images of Battle of the Bulge remain fixed in my mind.
No idea if I saw that, good chance, i like "war movies" as a kid and teenager, and still do if the story is good. Was it in black and white? eg like The Longest Day?bIf you enjoy quality war films, you might enjoy Band of Brothers , it sometimes seems to "drag" (they don't fight battles all the time right?), but it gives a lot of insight you might otherwise find in books.
Hard to believe.
Well the REALLY sad thing is that it ISN'T that hard. It's not like he told us all a bunch of lies about how patriotic and committed to the rule of law he was.
He TOLD ALL OF US in absolutely clear language what he planned to do. "I will only be a dictator on Day One". His time frame was wrong but his actions are exactly as he stated.
Sadly, true
"Russian warship, go fuck yourself!"
Yeah.. I have to wonder what kind of dirt "they" have on Ms Joni Ernst, that she couldn't own up to? Something that was really nobodies business? Why did she "cave"..? We'll never know. Unless, Mr Hedgeseth has been unfairly maligned, that is. Anything is possible today.
I think Post-Naziism is fashionable now world wide, Pam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identitarian_movement
I had started this thinking of ways to say NUTs to Trump but fear that would make him as stupid and as self-destructive as the Germans became, but damaging too many others with his vindictive responses. So I'll have to settle for some examples of relatives who put in the efforts and dedication, and in one case the ultimate sacrifice.
We often visit the grave of one of my wife's uncles (lost near Sainteny, Normandy on July 11th, 1944. That uncle was on her father's side. Another of her uncles (on her mother's side), was part of Patton's 3rd Army and was found unconscious by the side of the road with frost bitten feet during the Battle of the Bulge. He didn't regain consciousness until he found himself in a hospital in England.
I had always thought the uncle lost at Sainteny was in a unit of inexperienced new troops and might even have been killed (with 3 others) by our own artillery support when they were able to advance further than expected.
They had only been in combat a week when he was lost, but the 329th Infantry Regiment learned quickly and were not in desperate straights during the Battle of the Bulge like some units with many new troops. They had made the deepest penetration into Germany at one point that winter a bit further north.
Brings to mind the child who wants and has everything, sets his sights on something even bigger and better and gets it, only to tire of it, realizing it still does not fill the empty pit inside of him, so he destroys it and somehow feels just a tiny bit better in the process, until he's "hungry" again for more, more, more.
Too much is never enough for some people. Even more troubling is how often those with the most advantages want to stick it to whoever they feel superior to. In 1954, Eisenhower wrote to his brother:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H.L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
Well, clearly Ike underestimated the mind-rotting nature of TV, but we will see how far the the public is ultimately willing to be pushed.
In any case, it shows that the desire on the part of many of those with more wealth than they know what to do with, to want the poor to be as poor as possible, and them, wealthy without measure, is nothing new. Give a sucker an even break, and they get uppity.
Both, but Putin is the one celebrating. This is the culmination of a decades long plan. He started cultivating Trump back in the 80s https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
There is a podcast from a few years ago тАЬThe AssetтАЭ that traces the history of Russian cultivation of him for years. HeтАЩs basically a Russian Agent and a Nazi with nukes. As absolutely anti American as imaginable.
https://theassetpodcast.org/about/
Thanks for the link!
Thank you, I will look for it
Even sent wife #3 to keep an eye out on Russian money and now even political interests. I firmly believe she is a Russian asset sent here to spy on tRump.
J L, I have thought recently that pleasing his bro might be part of the plan. Let's divert attention to Greenland. The other part is that he is bent on revenge.....so let's destroy what Biden did for drugs for one. My husband picked up a prescription yesterday that went from 20 to 180. We are fortunate that we can pay this, but so many others who depend on, for example, insulin, cannot. So some now have to do what they were doing before, not taking a full dose, choosing between meds and food, etc. I read on a thread yesterday that some MAGAs are saying, as they are affected, that these things were not intended for them. Pffft.
Yes, I was told when faced with a $931 copay, 50%, that now I had to meet my $2000 deductible first and the donut hole was gone so it was all good. But last year I never reached $2,000 out of pocket.
I told them to keep the drug and asked my doctor to go back to an older drug covered at tier 3 for $42.
Someone didnтАЩt think this through.
Oh they thought it through alright. This is all intentional. There is no accident here. And I am SO sorry for what happened to you. This is a medical tragedy in the making.
"Let them die and decrease the surplus population."
Charles Dickens knew exactly what he was writing 200 years ago.
been there, Jon!. CIGNA tried to "do" me.
SharonтАжif there is a theme, тАЬSomeone DidnтАЩt Think this Through! Will be on our headstonesтАжтАЭthisтАЩll work, here, hold my beer, what could go wrong? ItтАЩll only hurt a littleтАж.CheckтАЩs in the mail.тАЭ Yesterday a friend asked, тАШJust how stupid are we?тАЩ I smiled, тАШWeтАЩre still тАШTrolling the depths.тАЩ
But we will fight back to excellence and reality, hard work and skills! And start with тАШrealityтАЩтАФ
There was no real Noah! ItтАЩs a lesson in care.
Climate change is human caused by burning fossil fuels and is costing us billions already as well as lives
Fair wages benefit us all, as does the time volunteering
Conflict is not the way of world, community is, love is
People get smarter when they work at it every day
"Kayfabe" Michele.
https://www.google.com/search?q=kayfabe&oq=kayfabe&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDM2MTdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
ThatтАЩs the part that terrifies me. He has already weakened us and weтАЩre only a few days in. How many active duty will request separation instead of reenlisting? As a veteran I am so appalled at how theyтАЩre destroying our military to become Trumps personal militia.
I go with Unconscious Incompetence. Not sure to spell it, nincompoop? Sounds vaguely German? Idiot is an old termтАжsort implies the irrational insanity.
I thank and the heavens that he is so stupid and oblivious! I guess there are no тАШsmartтАЩ conservatives on FauxтАж
both
Actually, Musks. HeтАЩs the JP Morgan of this century who funded the US government so he could dominate business at the turn of the 20th century. Look up тАЬmorganizingтАЭ. Eerily as cruel and greedy as the Billionaire Bad Boys are today. Bravo that Bloomberg called Trumps bluff, privately funding the Paris accords when T backed out. I guess he wonтАЩt be invited to Gold a Lago like the rest.
Both of course
I think itтАЩs both by now. Used to think he was only taking PutinтАЩs orders, but now I think he тАЬthinksтАЭ like a nasty five-year old. TodayтАЩs attack on FEMA is a case in point. What if Mal-a-Lago burned like CA?
BOTH
Yes and Yes.
Hello Kazz... Hello Australia... What time is it there now?... DJT has always said to be of limited Intelligence... When I watched him this Week, admittedly very Painfully, DJT is noticeably Deteriorating Rapidly.... I believe that We just need to outlast DJT, and avoid his Damage...
Good evening Apache, itтАЩs 8.26pm downunder. Yes heтАЩs sooo painful to watch these days though that church scene with Bishop Budde was truly glorious. We donтАЩt know what is going to happen, best to remain optimistic, thereтАЩs sure to be a lot of smoke and mirrors.
Hello Kazz... Thanks for getting back... Seems to be a 19hr Difference between Melbourne Australia, and the Central Coast in California... Remember Mother Nature only cares about Survival of the Species... Time Flows In Only One Direction... DJT and his Minions will Self-Destruct... We just need to keep out of the Blast-Zone...
And the good guys always win. тШ║я╕П
We Can Hope & Pray To The Deity Of Your Choice....
Genghis Khan?
We can only hope the pit of vipers will self-destruct.
if they pull off their governmental wrecking ball campaign, that could be difficult....
Remember, it was President-in-waiting Vance whole cast the deciding vote on Hegseth. Donald Trump is but a tiny tip of this iceberg.
There could be a lot of wrecking ball damage done to American government by then, Apache. I hope the Dems make it a public platform to restore what gets torn down. My head just shook reading through Heather's letter, honestly! For the first time, in the past week or so, i've developed real anxieties about what T 2.0 is going to mean to Canadian fortunes, let alone the rest of the international democratic community.
Frank, I feel for Canadians -- you really are a turtle on a fence post during an earthquake (sorry, best analogy in could come up with.)
And it looks like a right-ward trend may be happening there again.
I have a family genealogy that was commissioned by a great-uncle and professionally done in 1935, and it shows I am a descendant of Louis Hebert, considered the first European settler of Canada (1617.) Three of my 4 grandparents immigrated to the US from Canada in the early 1900s, and I have a strong attachment to your beautiful country. I apologize for the actions of your southern neighbor -- we must look like drunken armed hillbillies to you, standing around a bonfire with boxes of firecrackers.
I do hope that whomever gets elected in Canada is not a fascist like here in the U.S.
Right, where are The Dems? We have journalists and legal analysts banding together in The Contrarian, Timothy Snyder pitching the US having an equivalent to UKs shadow govt and where the hell is Dem leadership????? Why cant they get their act together like private citizens have to organize a message and defense for Democracy??????
If the DNC decides to stay Relevant, it needs to Reform... It needs to stop focusing on 1% Social Issues, and more on 90% Economic Issues... That will reach many of the non-voters, that is where this last Election was lost... Reuben Gallegos Campaign was based on this this... Reuben canvassed AZ, including over 100 Indigenous Nations, with the intention of Representing his constituents, and not the DC Beltway, or the 1%... Reuben won in a Red State... Watch this Week's Panel Discussion of 'Bill Maher' ... It is informative...
This is why they keep insisting Biden was mentally gone and Harris & the Administration covered it up. Projection.
He's been deteriorating from before 1972 (when I first became aware of this Loohoser,) Apache. How is there anything left...Oh, he' absolutely empty!!!
Hey Bruce... How did DJT come to your attention in 1972?
I understand the capture of politicians, whose main motivation is power and control. But I don't understand the businessmen. Why are these "captains of industry", who are fully in control of their fortunes and destinies, working to bring down the system that made them wealthy? Have they not noticed that, in Russia, the oligarchs are nothing more than welll-paid division managers in Putin, Incorporated? Do they really want to turn their successful businesses over to a new CEO whose advice they ignore at the possible cost of their lives? Musk, Bezos and the rest can see how the Russian system turns everyone, even the oligarchs, into slaves of the state. Why would they give up what the American system has allowed them to build, when they already have everything they could want and an open opportunity to get more?
Putin may be losing at home but sure looks like he is winning by proxy here with his "Manchurian cantaloupe".
Kazz McKnight -- Remember this??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQNI1KfGXBA
There is no one who will stand up to him, except an Episcopal bishop who is now being vilified for her comments about mercy and grace. I donтАЩt see any silver lining. Democrats can try to stop him, but since he now makes all the rules, what chance do we have? IтАЩm terrified.
To St Elizabeth's right there in DC. He can turn the lawn into a golf corse.
Well, no one is going to cart him offтАж. So what do we do now???
In everything Donad has touched he has always ended up doing a Mr. Creosote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRnenQYG7I&ab_channel=markwarrington
If you can take it, the end is the point!
Apache, when Trump has dismantled the government and finds that he has provided China and Russia with a voluntary, self inflicted тАЬBulgeтАЭ, heтАЩs going to discover that all the wealth he thinks he has is going to evaporate as economies and alliances crumble leaving him only one option in defense. His ego will destroy mankind and his bitcoins wonтАЩt buy uncontaminated water
AmericaтАЩs going to have to step up and protest. Oh yeah, Drump has disincentivized protests because the completely immune dictator wannabe has a new rule in place that legally allows military force against protesters. So itтАЩs a death wish to protest.
There are optional avenues to "protest". Letters to government leaders, purchase power with support for pro-democracy companies and withhold purchases from the MAGA contributors, contacts to mass media companies delivering and gaslighting the audiences with "yellow journalism" - click bait and propoganda reporting. Consumers do have power. Voters have influence. Politicans need votes. Congress and SCOTUS need reform
There is no rule that тАЬlegallyтАЭ allows him to shoot us
I donтАЩt think the Kent State rule will fly
God made a mistake allowing the primate human species up the evolutionary trail. The Bonobos were the delegated species but man snatched the tickets of their hands and ran like hell.
Correct. His MO has not changed for 58+/- years , but few checked that out, some surmised/discovered it after 2016 thus jumping ship .it was stated .we learned our mistakes and wonтАЩt make them againтАЩ.
And here we are.
It was definitely in Project 2025 so no, we should not be surprised, but his supporters will be in for a very rude awakening when they find out it hits hard for them too. I am taken by the haste and rashness of all of the EO's he has signed with little thought to the fallout. I mean, doesn't anyone in this administration have an iota of competence, or concern for our society or the consequences of these horrendous acts? Canceling NIH? CDC MMWR Weekly Reports? These have real impacts. Just mind boggling. There has to be pushback by some grown-up in the room.
The only reason we are saddled with this monstrosity is that dumptys granpappy was turned back from a return to Germany for draft dodging.