Every time he says "cherish" I'm grossed out, which I am as well by the drawing above showing his lips. Why he wants his lips to look like a butthole with almost every word he says (not just when it would be natural, like when saying "moo") is beyond me.
All good and accurate Trumpisms. Here is another one from this week.
Non-profit library = For-profit hotel. As in, “Donors have given land and money for my multi-floor library and museum in a major tourism center and it will have many suites for guests.”
I am convinced that Trump heard someone say Iran has been ‘terrorizing the US’ for 47 years-and that’s actually not wrong-but since he is 47, he alone will fix this. That is how his brain coral works.
When he keeps insisting that he’s talking to, negotiating with, Iranian Officials, when THEY are saying it isn’t true —especially when he insists “this one is less radical” —I’ve been starting to wonder if the POTUS is being scammed, literally cat-fished, and some skillful cad is somehow misrepresenting himself as a higher-up in Iran’s authoritarian-gang. Because, it seems so obviously unbelievable —and, we also know that he’s not that hard to influence if you can just “get his ear”, and we also know that the most skillful counterintelligence crew, with Iran focus and needed language-skills, within the CIA, were recently fired (the very people who would’ve protected him from being misled!)
George Orwell warned us about 'doublespeak'. That's why TruthSocial is neither truth nor social, but a single person telling lies. It might have been inadvertent because I doubt the president ever read Orwell's _1984_, but Orwell's point is that all authoritarian regimes *must* and *inevitably* engage in doublespeak to meet their objectives.
A bit off-topic but: 21.4% of the enlisted personnel in the US Army are Black (2024).
The Secretary of War, with the support of the President, wants to do away with Black officers (8% in 2024).
They fired generals who refused to take Black (and women) officers off of the promotions lists.
I wonder how long this Army will retain its esprit de corps.
Every time he says "cherish" I'm grossed out, which I am as well by the drawing above showing his lips. Why he wants his lips to look like a butthole with almost every word he says (not just when it would be natural, like when saying "moo") is beyond me.
America really is screwed, unfortunately you’ve dragged us all down with you.
All good and accurate Trumpisms. Here is another one from this week.
Non-profit library = For-profit hotel. As in, “Donors have given land and money for my multi-floor library and museum in a major tourism center and it will have many suites for guests.”
War is Peace, Defeat is Victory, Intransigence is submission, Ignorance is Knowledge, Chos is Order, Nonsense is sense, and Stupidity is genius.
Regarding Need (v), Trump also reminds me of Steve Martin in this famous scene from "The Jerk" (1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-gB07JftY
Not sure this piece clears away the miasma, but it's a fun, snarky read.
I am convinced that Trump heard someone say Iran has been ‘terrorizing the US’ for 47 years-and that’s actually not wrong-but since he is 47, he alone will fix this. That is how his brain coral works.
In our house, that song goes,
♫ Appendicitis is the word I use to describe
All the tender feelings I've got hiding here inside... ♫
When he keeps insisting that he’s talking to, negotiating with, Iranian Officials, when THEY are saying it isn’t true —especially when he insists “this one is less radical” —I’ve been starting to wonder if the POTUS is being scammed, literally cat-fished, and some skillful cad is somehow misrepresenting himself as a higher-up in Iran’s authoritarian-gang. Because, it seems so obviously unbelievable —and, we also know that he’s not that hard to influence if you can just “get his ear”, and we also know that the most skillful counterintelligence crew, with Iran focus and needed language-skills, within the CIA, were recently fired (the very people who would’ve protected him from being misled!)
good stuff, Will. Wish we didn’t need you for this.
Apparently he talks to the departed, i.e. Lombardi and some unnamed president. Carter maybe?
I needed these laughs.
George Orwell warned us about 'doublespeak'. That's why TruthSocial is neither truth nor social, but a single person telling lies. It might have been inadvertent because I doubt the president ever read Orwell's _1984_, but Orwell's point is that all authoritarian regimes *must* and *inevitably* engage in doublespeak to meet their objectives.
I'm sure Ambrose Bierce would approve this new Devil's Dictionary
To quote Humpty Dumpty in "Through the Looking Glass", "When I use a word... it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."