I admit I like the new Trump, who has lost all inhibitions and says whatever stupid/cruel/deranged thing is flitting through his mind. Enjoy, Republicans !
As long as the mullahs in Tehran have the Strait of Hormuz and we have Donald Trump, Iran doesn't *need* a nuclear weapon to work its will on the rest of the world.
Just consider the Strait as the cleanest source of kilotons ever to come along, with none of that pesky radioactive fallout to deal with and with the only actual enrichment going on being that of Big Oil, with Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, now reporting a 25% rise in Q1 profits...
Note: I haven't checked on the price of eggs lately, but I expect any rise in the price now will not only reflect increased energy costs but also the decrease in availability due to the amount of that particular grocery commodity continually dripping off the face of our Commander in Chief.
Guys, we all just need to learn how to do Trump math. It's a two step process: First, check the price on an item, close your eyes, and multiply it by two. Second, open your eyes and look at the price tag again. It's half off! Prices are down, down I say!
“Not even a little bit,” said (you know who). “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
That’s the only video clip Democrats will need this fall.
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This fall? Go ahead and start running it now. Don't let it get lost in the shuffle later on. Run it every time there is bad economic news. Run it whenever you think people need a reminder that we (re)elected the most selfish, immature, incompetent President in the history of this nation. No need to wait. If he wants to set himself up on a tee for us to take swings at his utter indifference to anyone's situation and circumstances but his own, yeah, sure, see how much distance you can get out of it. He understands the concept of golf just fine. He doesn't understand the concept of the real world that the rest of us live in. Make him own it, now and forever.
God almighty, I loathe the people who voted him into office, and quadruple so the ones who thought putting him back in was a good idea. Every day a little more, their own selfishness and stupidity is revealed and warrants as much scorn and shame as we humanly can put them through for what they did to the rest of us, and to the rest of the free world.
But get it on Faux News somehow, and the other sources of "news" that the MAGAts watch, listen to, are drinking Kool-Aid to. NOT JUST the legacy media; too easy for MAGAts to disregard.
We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that djt’s “financial people” are deliberately devaluing our dollars. Their rationale is this will help exports. Printing more money 💰 so they can throw around a billion here and a trillion there fuels faster inflation. IMO most people care more about having the dollars they earn and save keep their value so budgets make sense.
The actual clip is much less compelling than the quote in print. Shaky camera, back of journalist's head in the way, too much general hubbub in the audio, a bit hard to pull the money part about not caring out of the run-on stream.
Which is to say, from the perspective of an accomplished video editor, while this is a useful sound bite, it won't stand by itself. If I was cutting an anti-Trump spot I'd be working on a montage composed of bits of several of the Trump comments mentioned in the OP.
The montage idea seems like a good one. But the audio issue in this clip can be resolved if/as needed with captioning. His exact words should not get lost after the fact amid his other daily bombardments. He said it. He owns it. He's not even subtle anymore about not giving a sh*t about anyone but himself and his own interests. His supporters, in Congress and elsewhere, need to be held accountable too. They had other choices for President in 2024. But they dropped everything, including their own morality, to pick him. This clip particularly hammers home what a poor choice it was. We must make them own it too.
It’s incredible watching Trump steer himself into this dead end alley.
“We had the best economy ever.”
“I knew what the cost of this war would be.”
“We have totally destroyed their nuclear program.”
“Oil is coming down.”
“I don’t care for the financial concerns of Americans.”
Let me be clear, it’s not incredible because I think it will have some sort of profound effect on the 30% golden calf worshipping cult. It’s fascinating because it’s a new level of spinelessness unlocked for the rest of the GOP. Imagine being Jen Kiggans in VA-2. You’re facing fire for agreeing with a racist in saying Hakeem Jeffries has “cotton-picking hands.” Your own district voted for the redistricting referendum. And now your President says he doesn’t care that the cost of living for your constituents has gone up significantly because of the illegal war he started. May we all pray together for the political downfall of Jen Kiggans and have a good laugh as she loses.
Trump: "I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon."
< Tim starts laughing heartily >
This reminds me of "The Exorcist", believe it or not, when Father Merrin told Father Karras prior to exorcising Regan, "The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us." Trump indeed doesn't think about anybody, but his reasons for attacking Iran shift on an hourly basis.
And he certainly doesn't care about nuclear weapons. He is still fuming over the Iranians deciding to charge a 2 million dollar toll per ship going thru the strait. That's when he did (not) block the Strait. He wants his cut. Its all about the money he can skim.
Note the article in today's NYT online that HIS DOJ is talking about "deal" to SETTLE his and his family's suit against the IRS, filed at $10 BILLION for the leaking of the tax returns he promised and never turned over.
Tagging "Israel" would still be touching the 3rd rail. "He's for himself, Bibi and Putin." might be OK. I refuse to equate "America" with Trump, and also "Israel" with Netanyahu for the same reason. And regardless of the rectitude, it's better politics to vilify the concretely villainous fascist leader than some amorphous concept of a coherent unified national identity.
But more to the point maybe, beyond being for himself in terms of the war, he's for the oil companies. He promised them windfall profits if they'd give his campaign a billion dollars. And wow, look at that, they're making windfall profits!!
If only Trump could focus his attention on the dire economic situation of Americans the way he fixates on ballroom construction, reflecting pool renovation, putting his face onto passports and coins, creating a 51st state, and doing Israel's war in Iran for them.
I cringe to think how much of the store Trump will give to China. Dragging all the tech bros along with him doesn't add much to my confidence the US won't get fleeced.
Trump is not really lying much anymore. He's just spewing fantasy bull shit and it's so out there it's jaw dropping. Not sure that actually qualifies as lying when it's not remotely believable.
I agree! Trump is so desperate to get anything resembling a win...it's scary to think what he'll sacrifice our country for to get it. Remember...that he doesn't care about how it impacts the people...
I read that Hegseth is going to China? Does not seem too smart to have the President and the SecDef on the same plane, going to the same place in the middle of a war. 🤷♀️
Well, okay, Donald. So, Americans are on board with tighten their belts and enduring all of this suffering because you are such a brilliant leader. Quick question: why are you still spending OUR tax dollars on your vanity projects?
Because he is the greatest president we ever had, and he knows we should honor him forever. A big arch, a huge stature, the greatest ballroom, the swimming lagoon, maybe a golf course on the mall, and then shutting down Congress and using the Capitol for WWE matches.
Let's raze the whole damned thing and build a coliseum (like the one in Rome, but BIGGER, BETTER, and covered in gold. Let the gladiator matches begin. Bread and spectacles, for now. Later, just spectacles
There’s a poignant fact here: at some level he knows there won’t be any such things built for or dedicated to him to him once he’s gone. No Lincoln Memorial, no Reagan Airport, not even an Obama Library. He still hears echoes of the laughter in that Correspondents Dinner years ago. So he enshittifies Americas landscape with monuments to himself while he can.
Sad. Empty. Lonely. He never heard the simple message The Beatles sent back in 1967 on the Our World broadcast… guess he was too busy studying at Wharton
Trump decided he didn't want to go thru the complicated hassle and hard work of actually *earning* accolades like statues and arches, so he's just going to build all the stuff and then back fill the story about why.
Right, it's so sad when you have to give yourself awards and build monuments to yourself. "I waited and waited and waited for people to acknowledge my greatness, so I just did it myself."
My immediate thought is that Trump and his family are making money off high gas prices. He's perfectly happy keeping the strait closed because in some way it helps line his pockets.
I think it's fear (and greed) that is driving him to stay in the race. I suspect he still thinks there is something in it for him, if he can get himself re-elected, which will ensure him status, clout, and $$ in Texas. If Paxton wins, life will not be as good for Cornyn (Paxton is a vindictive SOB). Also, if Cornyn can get another 6 years in the Senate, he will probably outlast Trump and therefore be in for more power and perks in the post-Trump government.
There are a statistically significant number of American voters who have memories which, demonstrably, have less capacity and significantly less processing/acquisition abilities than goldfish. No offense to goldfish, but they come out top of the AI search for animals with the worst memory. You probably know one or more of these examples in your own life. For Trump to continue to be any influence? For Ken Paxton to be on the ballot in Texas? My faith in ad messaging recalling these facts, to such people, when such contrasting realities have been accumulating since 2015, if not for literal decades of Trump in the public sphere..... Hold my Brawndo. "Its got electrolytes!".
I thought Iran's nuclear program was obliterated last year. Just pack up and leave already. He looks like he's trying get a pay off from Iran. Maybe one of his sons can be Ambassador.
If he had pulled out a week or two after he started this whole thing, he might have gotten away with just declaring victory and moving on (probly to Cuba). Now he's quagmired up the quagmire of all quagmires, and knows he can't leave and still clam a "W". He's completely out of his depth, and can't "TWO WEEKS!!!" his way out of it (tho he keeps on trying).
I admit I like the new Trump, who has lost all inhibitions and says whatever stupid/cruel/deranged thing is flitting through his mind. Enjoy, Republicans !
Of course, Republicans will claim to have not seen Trump's comments...
Or that we "take them out of context" as if magats know the meaning of context.
To them it is Text than is meant to Con you.
A+
Thanks. 🥂
YES!
How dare the librul media quote Trump exactly!
Fake news!
...or heard, at least not paid attention if some sound eminated from his food hole.
Looking forward to the damaging comment(s) Trump makes on his visit to China. Keep the cameras rolling news media.
What's sad is we're going to have to depend on China's and other foreign media to know the truth about the visit.
I keep saying; keep it up!
I had no idea Trump was self-censoring before. Truly a harrowing thought.
"New"? He's just casting a wider net! He's still the same guy who took out an ad against the Central Park 5 and later completely misled his banks.
Steve Schmidt has his usual blunt take on Trump's latest thoughtless comments: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-quote-that-kills-maga
Trump has such a childish way of speaking and contradicts himself constantly. It is becoming challenging for even his sycophants to sane-wash him.
But they still manage to do it.
I agree that Republicans deserve every bit of the pain that tRumpy Dumpty can inflict with his “stupid/cruel/deranged” blathering.
But how can we counter the inevitable claims that “well, obviously that’s AI because the president would never say such a thing”?
Just point out that, assuming that is so, if it weren't for "AI" he'd have no "I" at all.
On a roll this morning! 😊
This afternoon here, but thanks anyway. 😉🥂
RE: Iran & The Bomb
As long as the mullahs in Tehran have the Strait of Hormuz and we have Donald Trump, Iran doesn't *need* a nuclear weapon to work its will on the rest of the world.
Just consider the Strait as the cleanest source of kilotons ever to come along, with none of that pesky radioactive fallout to deal with and with the only actual enrichment going on being that of Big Oil, with Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, now reporting a 25% rise in Q1 profits...
https://apnews.com/article/aramco-saudi-arabian-oil-ab384a52510f7af0c1e5629889742285
Note: I haven't checked on the price of eggs lately, but I expect any rise in the price now will not only reflect increased energy costs but also the decrease in availability due to the amount of that particular grocery commodity continually dripping off the face of our Commander in Chief.
Guys, we all just need to learn how to do Trump math. It's a two step process: First, check the price on an item, close your eyes, and multiply it by two. Second, open your eyes and look at the price tag again. It's half off! Prices are down, down I say!
Pseu - sorry to point out your math error. The correct calculation is 500% reduction
Trump Math is so tricky. I thought I'd take a course in it at Trump University to try to get a handle on it but...well, you know.
In math I did okay, I had the _second_ best numbers 😉 But I flunked Real Estate Ethics... yeah, turns out I HAD some...
He's doubling the net worths of our gas tanks! Tank that, libs! (pun intended)
Never thought of that! Like the old SNL skit from Carter era: "inflation is our friend..." - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=429127808808814
You just can't trust a chicken anyways.
“Not even a little bit,” said (you know who). “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
That’s the only video clip Democrats will need this fall.
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This fall? Go ahead and start running it now. Don't let it get lost in the shuffle later on. Run it every time there is bad economic news. Run it whenever you think people need a reminder that we (re)elected the most selfish, immature, incompetent President in the history of this nation. No need to wait. If he wants to set himself up on a tee for us to take swings at his utter indifference to anyone's situation and circumstances but his own, yeah, sure, see how much distance you can get out of it. He understands the concept of golf just fine. He doesn't understand the concept of the real world that the rest of us live in. Make him own it, now and forever.
God almighty, I loathe the people who voted him into office, and quadruple so the ones who thought putting him back in was a good idea. Every day a little more, their own selfishness and stupidity is revealed and warrants as much scorn and shame as we humanly can put them through for what they did to the rest of us, and to the rest of the free world.
I told my wife this yesterday-why aren't we seeing this clip EVERYWHERE? Get Pete on Fox News and make the Trump syncophants over there defend it!
Absolutely! Why wait until the Fall???
As Lee Atwater once said: "We are going to make this bastard his VP".
But get it on Faux News somehow, and the other sources of "news" that the MAGAts watch, listen to, are drinking Kool-Aid to. NOT JUST the legacy media; too easy for MAGAts to disregard.
We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that djt’s “financial people” are deliberately devaluing our dollars. Their rationale is this will help exports. Printing more money 💰 so they can throw around a billion here and a trillion there fuels faster inflation. IMO most people care more about having the dollars they earn and save keep their value so budgets make sense.
I think he meant "the fall of the USA". For which we all have a front row seat!
The actual clip is much less compelling than the quote in print. Shaky camera, back of journalist's head in the way, too much general hubbub in the audio, a bit hard to pull the money part about not caring out of the run-on stream.
Which is to say, from the perspective of an accomplished video editor, while this is a useful sound bite, it won't stand by itself. If I was cutting an anti-Trump spot I'd be working on a montage composed of bits of several of the Trump comments mentioned in the OP.
The montage idea seems like a good one. But the audio issue in this clip can be resolved if/as needed with captioning. His exact words should not get lost after the fact amid his other daily bombardments. He said it. He owns it. He's not even subtle anymore about not giving a sh*t about anyone but himself and his own interests. His supporters, in Congress and elsewhere, need to be held accountable too. They had other choices for President in 2024. But they dropped everything, including their own morality, to pick him. This clip particularly hammers home what a poor choice it was. We must make them own it too.
It’s incredible watching Trump steer himself into this dead end alley.
“We had the best economy ever.”
“I knew what the cost of this war would be.”
“We have totally destroyed their nuclear program.”
“Oil is coming down.”
“I don’t care for the financial concerns of Americans.”
Let me be clear, it’s not incredible because I think it will have some sort of profound effect on the 30% golden calf worshipping cult. It’s fascinating because it’s a new level of spinelessness unlocked for the rest of the GOP. Imagine being Jen Kiggans in VA-2. You’re facing fire for agreeing with a racist in saying Hakeem Jeffries has “cotton-picking hands.” Your own district voted for the redistricting referendum. And now your President says he doesn’t care that the cost of living for your constituents has gone up significantly because of the illegal war he started. May we all pray together for the political downfall of Jen Kiggans and have a good laugh as she loses.
I bet some of his die hards will buy his BS. They always do.
Cults do that.
The definition of diehards is they echo dear leader, period. Belief needn’t enter into it. It’s like hypnotic repetition
But what "BS" can he, or would he do or say and where???
Good news, fam. The shine is off the Trump brand: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g08dlnd0vo
I fucking love Australia!
Gold leaf or orange spray on tanner?
That's Aussies for you.
They have their own Trumps
Yes they do! Check out The Juice Media on YouTube...
https://www.youtube.com/user/thejuicemedia
Would love to read it but it's behind a paywall.
Trump: "I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon."
< Tim starts laughing heartily >
This reminds me of "The Exorcist", believe it or not, when Father Merrin told Father Karras prior to exorcising Regan, "The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us." Trump indeed doesn't think about anybody, but his reasons for attacking Iran shift on an hourly basis.
And he certainly doesn't care about nuclear weapons. He is still fuming over the Iranians deciding to charge a 2 million dollar toll per ship going thru the strait. That's when he did (not) block the Strait. He wants his cut. Its all about the money he can skim.
If he cared about nuclear weapons, he would have stayed in the JCPOA. He didn't, and now here we are.
He knew that the JCPOA was standing in the way for extorting Iran. It blew up in his (and our) faces.
When a sociopath is also an idiot, they never see around corners.
Instead, the JCPOA had to go because the hated OBAMA made it happen.
The biggest problem Trump had with the JCPOA is the signature at the bottom. Doubt he could tell you anything else about it.
Note the article in today's NYT online that HIS DOJ is talking about "deal" to SETTLE his and his family's suit against the IRS, filed at $10 BILLION for the leaking of the tax returns he promised and never turned over.
He's not for you/us, he's for himself and Israel.
Always for himself.
No pronoun problems here: It's all about he/him
Tagging "Israel" would still be touching the 3rd rail. "He's for himself, Bibi and Putin." might be OK. I refuse to equate "America" with Trump, and also "Israel" with Netanyahu for the same reason. And regardless of the rectitude, it's better politics to vilify the concretely villainous fascist leader than some amorphous concept of a coherent unified national identity.
But more to the point maybe, beyond being for himself in terms of the war, he's for the oil companies. He promised them windfall profits if they'd give his campaign a billion dollars. And wow, look at that, they're making windfall profits!!
Suitable for framing
If only Trump could focus his attention on the dire economic situation of Americans the way he fixates on ballroom construction, reflecting pool renovation, putting his face onto passports and coins, creating a 51st state, and doing Israel's war in Iran for them.
He's not with you, he's with himself and Israel.
Forget Israel. Focus on the record oil company profits, and the "deal" he made with them quite publicly during the '24 campaign.
I cringe to think how much of the store Trump will give to China. Dragging all the tech bros along with him doesn't add much to my confidence the US won't get fleeced.
Trump is not really lying much anymore. He's just spewing fantasy bull shit and it's so out there it's jaw dropping. Not sure that actually qualifies as lying when it's not remotely believable.
The thought of Trump sitting down with Xi gives me a strong sinking feeling. This will not go well for the country.
I agree! Trump is so desperate to get anything resembling a win...it's scary to think what he'll sacrifice our country for to get it. Remember...that he doesn't care about how it impacts the people...
I read that Hegseth is going to China? Does not seem too smart to have the President and the SecDef on the same plane, going to the same place in the middle of a war. 🤷♀️
He’s going there to challenge his Chinese counterpart to a pull-up contest. RFK jr planned on joining in but his jeans were at the dry cleaners.
Well, okay, Donald. So, Americans are on board with tighten their belts and enduring all of this suffering because you are such a brilliant leader. Quick question: why are you still spending OUR tax dollars on your vanity projects?
Because he is the greatest president we ever had, and he knows we should honor him forever. A big arch, a huge stature, the greatest ballroom, the swimming lagoon, maybe a golf course on the mall, and then shutting down Congress and using the Capitol for WWE matches.
Let's raze the whole damned thing and build a coliseum (like the one in Rome, but BIGGER, BETTER, and covered in gold. Let the gladiator matches begin. Bread and spectacles, for now. Later, just spectacles
There’s a poignant fact here: at some level he knows there won’t be any such things built for or dedicated to him to him once he’s gone. No Lincoln Memorial, no Reagan Airport, not even an Obama Library. He still hears echoes of the laughter in that Correspondents Dinner years ago. So he enshittifies Americas landscape with monuments to himself while he can.
Sad. Empty. Lonely. He never heard the simple message The Beatles sent back in 1967 on the Our World broadcast… guess he was too busy studying at Wharton
Trump decided he didn't want to go thru the complicated hassle and hard work of actually *earning* accolades like statues and arches, so he's just going to build all the stuff and then back fill the story about why.
Right, it's so sad when you have to give yourself awards and build monuments to yourself. "I waited and waited and waited for people to acknowledge my greatness, so I just did it myself."
"I don't think about American's finances"...... Suitable for Framing.
My immediate thought is that Trump and his family are making money off high gas prices. He's perfectly happy keeping the strait closed because in some way it helps line his pockets.
74 yo John Cornyn should just retire already. Join together with Thom Tillis to make some waves on the way out.
I think it's fear (and greed) that is driving him to stay in the race. I suspect he still thinks there is something in it for him, if he can get himself re-elected, which will ensure him status, clout, and $$ in Texas. If Paxton wins, life will not be as good for Cornyn (Paxton is a vindictive SOB). Also, if Cornyn can get another 6 years in the Senate, he will probably outlast Trump and therefore be in for more power and perks in the post-Trump government.
Another 6 years...80 yo with 'power'?
I know. <sigh>
I'm sure that Cornyn looks in the mirror every morning and says "No one appreciates how hard I work to protect the country from Trump".
He's right about not being appreciated; he's wrong to think he deserves it!
Cornyn doesn't have the guts to do that.
I personally do NOT want to buy more war.
Not even to further all this great CREDIT spending the administration touts as a sign the economy's on fire?
Re: the Unified Theory of MAHA. It's about selling supplements, vitamins, peptides, whatever, and it always has been.
There are a statistically significant number of American voters who have memories which, demonstrably, have less capacity and significantly less processing/acquisition abilities than goldfish. No offense to goldfish, but they come out top of the AI search for animals with the worst memory. You probably know one or more of these examples in your own life. For Trump to continue to be any influence? For Ken Paxton to be on the ballot in Texas? My faith in ad messaging recalling these facts, to such people, when such contrasting realities have been accumulating since 2015, if not for literal decades of Trump in the public sphere..... Hold my Brawndo. "Its got electrolytes!".
It's what plants crave!
I thought Iran's nuclear program was obliterated last year. Just pack up and leave already. He looks like he's trying get a pay off from Iran. Maybe one of his sons can be Ambassador.
Part of it is he's definitely trying to get money, oil, etc. from Iran. He's pissed they're not giving in to his extortion.
That way he could get rid of Eric.
If he had pulled out a week or two after he started this whole thing, he might have gotten away with just declaring victory and moving on (probly to Cuba). Now he's quagmired up the quagmire of all quagmires, and knows he can't leave and still clam a "W". He's completely out of his depth, and can't "TWO WEEKS!!!" his way out of it (tho he keeps on trying).