I'm looking forward to it too, but since tffg's supporters think of him as some God-annointed prophet, I can't see anything rational changing their minds.
I'm looking forward to it too, but since tffg's supporters think of him as some God-annointed prophet, I can't see anything rational changing their minds.
It seems to me that as tfg weakens financially, his current problems with speaking coherently to his worshipers will
become way more pronounced. There will probably be at least some % of his base that will respond to these very visible trends by pulling away. His crowds are much smaller as time goes by already. It will be interesting to see what happens.
The 50% of Republicans who are keeping Trump around because they are greedy and intimidated, but not crazy, must be getting worried. They probably donтАЩt care about democracy as much as they do about money, but Trump is desperate and deteriorating cognitively. Having a cornered paranoid narcissist as president would be dangerous to everyone. Also, where is the DOJ? He is certainly a security risk. He has probably already pawned many of the documents that he kept. IтАЩm sure Judge Cannon realizes this.
I really think she has no idea of how dangerous TFG is. All she seems to know is that she owes her lifetime appointment to him and all she needs to do is string out the delays until after the election. She doesn't have a clue.
She probably has a clue and that is why she is doing what she is doing what she is doing. Here's that Mafia image. I'm sure the members knew what was going on, but look what will happen if you don't play along.
And now trump is allowed to attend briefings because he is the official presidential candidate? The quandary is that if he is not invited, he will complain discrimination because he is not allowed to do what presidential candidates traditionally have done in the past. If briefings are doctored, the intelligence agencies won't have his trust if he is elected president. We all know how that will go. A bloodbath in the CIA, FBI, and any other intel service. And if (when) he loses, imagine the temper tantrum. This one has lasted almost 4 years.
The intelligence agencies haven't had tffg's trust since early in his term as president because they kept telling him factual things that he didn't agree with.
Didn't trump fire his head of FBI ? I know he was messing around with one of the departments. I wouldn't be surprised if the Secret Service had been bought lock stock, and barrel. The erased tapes for instanced. The stereo type SS man seems to be very rigid in their thinking. It's almost like they are programed. It may not be so, but it seems that way.
Mary Ann, actually I just reposted a very concerning report by Robert P. Jones, who writes about evangelicalism and white supremacy, detailing a speech by ttfg to white evangelical broadcasters that shows how completely he's playing to them, and how completely they're buying it. https://substack.com/profile/10639253-alexandra-sokoloff/note/c-51966846
Thank you for that link. I tried but I simply could not watch trump's con job BS to the NRB, that purports to be his "vision" of a white kkkristian nationalist country. It made me nauseated. The article, I did manage to read and it is terrifying. We cannot let these creatures win.
TL, it's unbearable. My reaction is utter revulsion. Which reminds me of psychiatrist M. Scott Peck's observation (in THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED and PEOPLE OF THE LIE) = that our instinctive human reaction to evil IS revulsion.
I loved People of the Lie -- helped me understand the role of lying to oneself and others in creating real evil in the world. Thanks for mentioning it.
Makes me sick to my stomach. I wish I could reach more of those misguided fools. "Each one will claim that he is a prophet; but I am the last of the Prophets (Seal of the Prophets), and there will be no Prophet after me."
Bruce, me too. I actually think in this case the misguided fools started calling him a prophet first, and he had just enough evil cunning to think, "I can work with THAT..."
In the snippets of that rally over the weekend that I saw did you happen to see the young man about 2-3 rows up & to trump's right, break into a huge yawn? It was right around his bloodbath statement if I'm remembering correctly. Hey, maybe these people are paid to sit there, you know, like "extras" in a movie, in this case a really bad movie, really bad!
There is a litany of news reports going back the past year plus on the subject of dwindling crowds... They are maybe getting down to Bruce Willis "die hards"... (no offence to Bruce Willis!)
And how many in those crowds are the groupies who apparently follow him from rally to rally for his entertainment value? Lately, however, theyтАЩve appeared pretty uninvolved, as if theyтАЩre not really paying attention. TheyтАЩve heard it all before, as ugly as it is.
I talked to one guy (I was campaigning for Pete when the trumpers stampeded the city), and he was talking about the next rally he was going to. Some have gone to as many as 28!!!! Must be nice to not have to work.
IтАЩve been fascinated watching the crowd sitting behind him at these recent rallies. ItтАЩs looking more and more like they arenтАЩt really listening. They arenтАЩt rabidly responding; in fact, they look bored. Who knows why they were selected to be in those seats. The funniest was the one they showed with college age fans, supposedly to show he attracts the youth. I donтАЩt think ant of them were interested in his ramblings, or even listening.
Good observation. I suspect that the people who surround him, whom he relies upon to feed him 'lines (he mucks up)' are diminishing in numbers, if not in substance(BS) they can dream up for him. Hahaa..,and, those "rallys" cost money, which is becoming harder to come by. We're seeing supporter burnout. And, seeing staff burnout too, because they may not be getting paid. Poor little Alina Habeena, she looks so cute standing beside him.., he likes her.., but she probably hasn't been paid either. Maybe been given a place to sleep in Mara-"Lardo" hohoho. Gag me!
I agree with "supporter burnout". And those rallies DO cost a lot of money and effort of the staff. (and fuel for his B757.) I'm betting Alina Habeena is getting paid -- that $50M of campaign money spent on lawyers has to go somewhere. And now he just sued CNN's Don Lemon -- new lawyers have to get some cash up front or they won't even start on the case.
The more money he has to spend, the more messy he's going to become.
If it gets to the point where NY Attorney General Letitia James actually seizes some of Trump's high-profile property in New York, Trump will claim loudly and often - assuming he can remember what he's talking about - that the government stole his properties, and that he's been victimized hugely once more. We can expect that Trump will use it to put out a fundraising appeal to his crazy, ignorant supporters who believe he's been anointed by God.
Oh, "rational" left the building years ago. What's needed is an even better conspiracy about him that they'll suck up, digest & then decide he's not their "hero". And, no, I have no idea what kind of conspiracy could do that but it would have to be a doozy!
Alexandra, someone posted on FB the image TFG posted on his social media page of him praying, bathed in a light from seemingly nowhere, in a church. Apparently he is very proud of this pic because it has shown up on a lot of different pages. But there are, shall we say, problems with the picture? Firstly, he was raised a Presbyterian and he is praying in a Catholic church. Second (it gets better and better), he is praying backwards in the pew, whose kneelers face a different direction and the backs of the pews are going the wrong way. Third (this is the best yet): he has 6 fingers on each hand. According to most Christofascist pundits over the ages, extra fingers is a sign of Satan--vestigial fingers in the 17th century got you burned as a "witch" if you happened to be female. https://petapixel.com/2024/01/24/trump-shares-ai-image-of-himself-praying-with-six-fingers/
Alexandra, it's one thing to say he's being persecuted and the charges are all made up. It's quite another to watch his properties get liquidated! What conspiracy theory can explain that?
I'm looking forward to it too, but since tffg's supporters think of him as some God-annointed prophet, I can't see anything rational changing their minds.
It seems to me that as tfg weakens financially, his current problems with speaking coherently to his worshipers will
become way more pronounced. There will probably be at least some % of his base that will respond to these very visible trends by pulling away. His crowds are much smaller as time goes by already. It will be interesting to see what happens.
The 50% of Republicans who are keeping Trump around because they are greedy and intimidated, but not crazy, must be getting worried. They probably donтАЩt care about democracy as much as they do about money, but Trump is desperate and deteriorating cognitively. Having a cornered paranoid narcissist as president would be dangerous to everyone. Also, where is the DOJ? He is certainly a security risk. He has probably already pawned many of the documents that he kept. IтАЩm sure Judge Cannon realizes this.
Agree with every word (except your cheeky handle!) but this is pricelessly concise: "a cornered paranoid narcissist."
Oaitw, I do not think "Judge" Cannon can even comprehend this danger, much less realize and then act on it.
I know she clerked for Thomas, but I wonder if she graduated from law school and passed the bar.
I really think she has no idea of how dangerous TFG is. All she seems to know is that she owes her lifetime appointment to him and all she needs to do is string out the delays until after the election. She doesn't have a clue.
She probably has a clue and that is why she is doing what she is doing what she is doing. Here's that Mafia image. I'm sure the members knew what was going on, but look what will happen if you don't play along.
And now trump is allowed to attend briefings because he is the official presidential candidate? The quandary is that if he is not invited, he will complain discrimination because he is not allowed to do what presidential candidates traditionally have done in the past. If briefings are doctored, the intelligence agencies won't have his trust if he is elected president. We all know how that will go. A bloodbath in the CIA, FBI, and any other intel service. And if (when) he loses, imagine the temper tantrum. This one has lasted almost 4 years.
The intelligence agencies haven't had tffg's trust since early in his term as president because they kept telling him factual things that he didn't agree with.
Didn't trump fire his head of FBI ? I know he was messing around with one of the departments. I wouldn't be surprised if the Secret Service had been bought lock stock, and barrel. The erased tapes for instanced. The stereo type SS man seems to be very rigid in their thinking. It's almost like they are programed. It may not be so, but it seems that way.
Mary Ann, actually I just reposted a very concerning report by Robert P. Jones, who writes about evangelicalism and white supremacy, detailing a speech by ttfg to white evangelical broadcasters that shows how completely he's playing to them, and how completely they're buying it. https://substack.com/profile/10639253-alexandra-sokoloff/note/c-51966846
"Make America Christian Again" so spoke The Devil. This is terrifying, along with Michael Flynn's "Army of God."
There is a stark distinction between ChristтАЩs message and the message of the white nationalists who are тАШKristiansтАЩ followers of the Klan!
Thank you for that link. I tried but I simply could not watch trump's con job BS to the NRB, that purports to be his "vision" of a white kkkristian nationalist country. It made me nauseated. The article, I did manage to read and it is terrifying. We cannot let these creatures win.
TL, it's unbearable. My reaction is utter revulsion. Which reminds me of psychiatrist M. Scott Peck's observation (in THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED and PEOPLE OF THE LIE) = that our instinctive human reaction to evil IS revulsion.
I loved People of the Lie -- helped me understand the role of lying to oneself and others in creating real evil in the world. Thanks for mentioning it.
I like the additional kтАЩs! I will use it!
Makes me sick to my stomach. I wish I could reach more of those misguided fools. "Each one will claim that he is a prophet; but I am the last of the Prophets (Seal of the Prophets), and there will be no Prophet after me."
Bruce, me too. I actually think in this case the misguided fools started calling him a prophet first, and he had just enough evil cunning to think, "I can work with THAT..."
Sorry Bruce, that quote is not receptive through the cultтАЩs ears! Not in their Byble!
That claim has gone down a multitude of times, literally. (besides Mohammed that is! )
Terrifying agenda. Thanks for posting this.
Alexandra, Thank you for this link. Trump's rhetoric is truly frightening. Why do we not read/hear about this on MMM? It should be front page news.
April Fools.
They absolutely are.
Not April yet.
Just sickening.
That article documenting tfgтАЩs speech to the Evangelicals is a series of horrific lies. Feeding them what they want to hear. ItтАЩs disgusting.
In the snippets of that rally over the weekend that I saw did you happen to see the young man about 2-3 rows up & to trump's right, break into a huge yawn? It was right around his bloodbath statement if I'm remembering correctly. Hey, maybe these people are paid to sit there, you know, like "extras" in a movie, in this case a really bad movie, really bad!
There is a litany of news reports going back the past year plus on the subject of dwindling crowds... They are maybe getting down to Bruce Willis "die hards"... (no offence to Bruce Willis!)
And how many in those crowds are the groupies who apparently follow him from rally to rally for his entertainment value? Lately, however, theyтАЩve appeared pretty uninvolved, as if theyтАЩre not really paying attention. TheyтАЩve heard it all before, as ugly as it is.
I talked to one guy (I was campaigning for Pete when the trumpers stampeded the city), and he was talking about the next rally he was going to. Some have gone to as many as 28!!!! Must be nice to not have to work.
Yes, I guess when Trump becomes a dictator heтАЩll take care of them, although his history doesnтАЩt show him to be an exemplary тАЬdaddyтАЭ.
IтАЩve been fascinated watching the crowd sitting behind him at these recent rallies. ItтАЩs looking more and more like they arenтАЩt really listening. They arenтАЩt rabidly responding; in fact, they look bored. Who knows why they were selected to be in those seats. The funniest was the one they showed with college age fans, supposedly to show he attracts the youth. I donтАЩt think ant of them were interested in his ramblings, or even listening.
Good observation. I suspect that the people who surround him, whom he relies upon to feed him 'lines (he mucks up)' are diminishing in numbers, if not in substance(BS) they can dream up for him. Hahaa..,and, those "rallys" cost money, which is becoming harder to come by. We're seeing supporter burnout. And, seeing staff burnout too, because they may not be getting paid. Poor little Alina Habeena, she looks so cute standing beside him.., he likes her.., but she probably hasn't been paid either. Maybe been given a place to sleep in Mara-"Lardo" hohoho. Gag me!
I agree with "supporter burnout". And those rallies DO cost a lot of money and effort of the staff. (and fuel for his B757.) I'm betting Alina Habeena is getting paid -- that $50M of campaign money spent on lawyers has to go somewhere. And now he just sued CNN's Don Lemon -- new lawyers have to get some cash up front or they won't even start on the case.
The more money he has to spend, the more messy he's going to become.
I understand some of his rallies still owe money to the towns.
Watch their faces in the crowd. They donтАЩt know what to do.
Prosperity Gospel...no longer in favor with his god?
I don't believe for one second he acknowledges any god except himself.
Nailed it!!!
Thus the lower case god...money, power, self above all others and all else.
Alexandra, for hitting that nail squarely on the head, ЁЯПЖЁЯСНЁЯП╗.
If it gets to the point where NY Attorney General Letitia James actually seizes some of Trump's high-profile property in New York, Trump will claim loudly and often - assuming he can remember what he's talking about - that the government stole his properties, and that he's been victimized hugely once more. We can expect that Trump will use it to put out a fundraising appeal to his crazy, ignorant supporters who believe he's been anointed by God.
What is he going to hawk next? his used golf balls (which never have seen a rough, sand trap, or water hazard, lol)
Oh, "rational" left the building years ago. What's needed is an even better conspiracy about him that they'll suck up, digest & then decide he's not their "hero". And, no, I have no idea what kind of conspiracy could do that but it would have to be a doozy!
Looks like he'll have to go extraterrestrial on this one....
Yeah, but you're really on to something: we need an alt-conspiracy theory!
Alexandra, someone posted on FB the image TFG posted on his social media page of him praying, bathed in a light from seemingly nowhere, in a church. Apparently he is very proud of this pic because it has shown up on a lot of different pages. But there are, shall we say, problems with the picture? Firstly, he was raised a Presbyterian and he is praying in a Catholic church. Second (it gets better and better), he is praying backwards in the pew, whose kneelers face a different direction and the backs of the pews are going the wrong way. Third (this is the best yet): he has 6 fingers on each hand. According to most Christofascist pundits over the ages, extra fingers is a sign of Satan--vestigial fingers in the 17th century got you burned as a "witch" if you happened to be female. https://petapixel.com/2024/01/24/trump-shares-ai-image-of-himself-praying-with-six-fingers/
Linda The imagery is of Trump as the antiChrist. You know what the 6th finger was for.
Maybe the computer has never gone to church either.
Don't confuse them with facts. Their minds are made up.
Alexandra, it's one thing to say he's being persecuted and the charges are all made up. It's quite another to watch his properties get liquidated! What conspiracy theory can explain that?