Trump's Troubles

His name came up in another article about Russian disinformation campaigns.

A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans

At one point he also implied that his activities are a form of revenge against American authorities.

“For me it’s a game," he said. “And a little payback.”

At another point he said: “My YouTube channel received many strikes for misinformation” for his reporting from Ukraine, raising the prospect of his channel being taken offline.

“So if they want to say misinformation, well, let’s do it right,” he texted.

 

Crazy article, but super interesting. It's insane how much Russia is invested in helping Trump, and how little Trump or his supporters care about that.

Gotta go now, heading over to check out the thread where the Russia-alligned Trumpers all post about how much they love America on this special day.

 

The leader of one of Trump's MAGA movements, Project 2025, has announced how wonderful things will be when Trump has been returned to his rightful place as dictator. And he says it will not be violent, if liberals will "allow it to be" non-violent . . .

Man Behind Project 2025 Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

Is the bolded/red part a quote from Kevin Roberts of Project 2025, or a quote from John Roberts of the Supreme Court? It's hard to tell.

 

They were sharing teenage girls together.

 

Former Trump Staffer Reveals New Texts Alleging More Secret Payoffs and Settlements

 

Oh, would some Power the gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
(from the poem by Robert Burns appropriately entitled: To a Louse.


Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

 

Well, Trump will almost certainly be getting the vote of one Black man, unless Trump is not insane enough for him. The Lt. Governor of North Carolina has gone on record as stating that he favors the extrajudicial killing of certain people that he considers to be enemies of Christian America. His pastor backed him up. It's good to see that America elects its best and brightest to political leadership positions.

Opinion | ‘Some folks need killing’: North Carolina Lt. Gov takes Christian nationalism to dangerous low

 

Crickets when it comes to the rest of the GOP calling this guy out on his outrageous comments? Silence is consent. Color me shocked if the GOP calls him our and shuns him ( as they should).

 

Sadly, today's MAGA republicans are more likely to shun him for being black and not knowing "his place" than for calling for murder of political opponents.

 

So I wonder what he proposes regarding these killings he is in favor of? Camps, gas chambers, firing squads, hit squads, or just look the other way as ammosexuals take the people on his enemies list out? If he is going to go full on fascist, he should at least tell us his plan. How anyone can support this POS is beyond me.

 

Not only the Lt Governor but stands a pretty good chance of becoming our next Governor. He is the Republican nominee and the ladt poll i saw the race was neck and neck.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati.../15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/Judge Cannon: docs case dismissed.

 

What the hell!

 

That is amazing. Unlawfully appointed!

 

Not shocking at all. Has anyone ever truly doubted Cannon’s proclivities in this case? And honesty, in the end, it is a big nothingburger because Trump has all but won the election, and Trump would have instantly stopped the prosecution on Day 1 of his administration.

 

Unless and until the ruling is reversed, there’s nothing left to get her off the case. It’s over.