The billionaire ruling class are all much more wealthy than they were when Trump took office the first time. His corruption is a feature, not a bug. Trumpism is an excellent ROI for billionaires. Happy markets = happy billionaires.
Rose-colored glasses, I'm afraid. If our selfish, greedy, grasping, venal, ignorant, something-for-nothing society holds a mirror up to itself, they see Donny, and his equally despicable spawn. He's our "Picture of Dorian Grey" hiding in the closet. Or as Pogo once said, misquoting someone else, "We have seen the enemy, and he is us."
I beg to differ. NOTHING will "sink Trump." I read with great delight (and sadness) David French's column this week, "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-iran-ukraine-true-believers.html " "Joining with Trump doesn’t just mean that you gain access to the room where it happens, to use Lin-Manuel Miranda’s memorable phrase. For a substantial number of supporters, it means access to a degree of autonomy and impunity that’s virtually unknown in modern American politics." Autonomy and impunity. The GOP has to be voted out like addressing a virus: stop the transmission and vaccinate for herd immunity.
Sorry for the second post, but the results in Indiana show his continuing strength. I have not seen analysis of those races, ie. what was voter turnout, how much was spent but still a win is a win.
I am hoping you are right but so far I dont see a lot of evidence the economy is sinking. Could be my circle. Gas prices have to be hurting and food prices certainly are not dropping. My family members who support Trump say yes he is corrupt but no worst then the Dems. So, so far they are ok with it. Wouldnt it be nice if we said ‘no’ to corruption.
Idk. Feels like it should, but I thought that in 2016 and 2024. Can we stop acting like there is this mass of virtuous voters? The only way forward is to appeal to people’s selfish self interest. Always has been. Dems lost the plot thinking they could make the world better and people would be smart enough to understand that and support them. We needed to give the voters that are purely self interested candy so they wouldn’t throw a tantrum and tear everything apart. Hindsight I guess
To the best of my knowledge, I don’t think Donnie Les Douche has ever been held to account for his life of criminality and general scumbaggery. As much as I hope you are correct, please forgive me for being somewhat skeptical that his pathologically corrupt nature will be his undoing.
On the corruption front. There is nothing this administration won't do for our tax dollars including human rights abuse:
https://corruptioninc.substack.com/p/how-private-prisons-get-rich-off?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=43nrad
The billionaire ruling class are all much more wealthy than they were when Trump took office the first time. His corruption is a feature, not a bug. Trumpism is an excellent ROI for billionaires. Happy markets = happy billionaires.
Rose-colored glasses, I'm afraid. If our selfish, greedy, grasping, venal, ignorant, something-for-nothing society holds a mirror up to itself, they see Donny, and his equally despicable spawn. He's our "Picture of Dorian Grey" hiding in the closet. Or as Pogo once said, misquoting someone else, "We have seen the enemy, and he is us."
I beg to differ. NOTHING will "sink Trump." I read with great delight (and sadness) David French's column this week, "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-iran-ukraine-true-believers.html " "Joining with Trump doesn’t just mean that you gain access to the room where it happens, to use Lin-Manuel Miranda’s memorable phrase. For a substantial number of supporters, it means access to a degree of autonomy and impunity that’s virtually unknown in modern American politics." Autonomy and impunity. The GOP has to be voted out like addressing a virus: stop the transmission and vaccinate for herd immunity.
Sorry for the second post, but the results in Indiana show his continuing strength. I have not seen analysis of those races, ie. what was voter turnout, how much was spent but still a win is a win.
GOP primary voters are going to lean very Trumpy.
I am hoping you are right but so far I dont see a lot of evidence the economy is sinking. Could be my circle. Gas prices have to be hurting and food prices certainly are not dropping. My family members who support Trump say yes he is corrupt but no worst then the Dems. So, so far they are ok with it. Wouldnt it be nice if we said ‘no’ to corruption.
Idk. Feels like it should, but I thought that in 2016 and 2024. Can we stop acting like there is this mass of virtuous voters? The only way forward is to appeal to people’s selfish self interest. Always has been. Dems lost the plot thinking they could make the world better and people would be smart enough to understand that and support them. We needed to give the voters that are purely self interested candy so they wouldn’t throw a tantrum and tear everything apart. Hindsight I guess
Thank you
And there's this: https://alisav.substack.com/p/the-handler-karyna-shuliak-jeffrey?r=3qsy1m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
To the best of my knowledge, I don’t think Donnie Les Douche has ever been held to account for his life of criminality and general scumbaggery. As much as I hope you are correct, please forgive me for being somewhat skeptical that his pathologically corrupt nature will be his undoing.