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Peter Cooper's avatar

He was indeed a blathering embarrassment. His demeanour was of someone who can’t fathom why everyone sees him as a vile perverted clown. Lie after lie. Total bullshit. It is time the American people ended this farce.

Pam Johnson's avatar

Many of us are desperately trying! Letters to our MOCs and local politicians, marching, commenting on many Substacks and working to get decent people elected. The majority of Americans didn't vote for this. I blame our craven politicians and their paymasters, for not standing up to this obviously morally corrupt man...Democrats included! Apparently, they only care about their own power, and not future generations. The far right is growing over Europe and is robust in parts of Canada, as well. Worldwide, not just American, vigilance is required.

Maureen O'Malley's avatar

And we did not vote for it. Musk altered the vote. And they admit it. I'm sick before I even look at any news every day, knowing it's going to bring more.

Edmond Thommen's avatar

If about 2-3% of those 90million Americans who couldn't even be bothered to do their basic democratic duty voted, you would have Harris in now but, because of their non vote, by proxy, they enabled that🍊traitor, russian asset, rapist & felon to squad in your White House.🤷🏻‍♂️🇺🇸

Lucky for those 90m they will never have to vote again, becuase there will never be another legit election in your 'exceptional' country.

Michael's avatar

She did win. Haven't you been paying attention? The felon let it slip how musk was a computer genius, that he knew how to program the voting machines, that helped him win, that was on national television, then about an hour later, Musk admitted he did have something to do with the results of the election, that was also on national television. Then he also paid a million to anyone that would vote for the felon, another law broken.

Maureen O'Malley's avatar

So why has no one done anything about it?

Carin Olofson's avatar

Because the DOJ is Donnie's slave-elf?

Ruth Sheets's avatar

Maureen, I have no doubt that Musk and his AIers did the job and that they practiced in 2022 in Texas and a few other races to make sure their digital approach to stealing elections would work; it did. Now that we know about it, we need to look for the proof that we can bring to congress. I, alas am not an IT, but there are plenty out here who could get the proof. I know there are people who figured out how it was done using Musk's Starlink and algorithms to alter just enough votes that there would be no automatic recounts. It is just to strange that every "swing state's" results were nearly the same percentages in the presidential and some senate and House elections, just enough that Trump would have both houses of Congress under his thumb. Nothing without being tampered with works like that naturally.

Heather.B's avatar

Trump humiliated the United States on the world stage. He gave an incoherent ramble filled with threats, lies and stupidity. No one in his right mind would have said the things he said on the world stage. He is unfit to serve as President. This is not leadership. It’s reckless incompetence. He is no longer able to distinguish between fact and fiction. He makes up stories that never occurred. His cognitive collapse is obvious to everyone attending except Donald Trump.

His speech is going to be shown 30 years from now in classes as reference to the fall of the U.S. It was one of the most unhinged insane speeches ever. We are being embarrassed and the whole world is watching. I'm as pissed off as the next person. This "We the People are PISSED OFF" shirt goes everywhere with me 👇

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Why is the media not talking about this and his unfitness for office?

Republicans it's time to step up. Put Grandpa in a home already. America deserves better!

Salz's avatar

You're wrong, Heather B. It's not just incompetence. It's treason. He is intentionally destroying American democracy, probably blackmailed by Putin.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

It really is time for “Daddy” to go away. He’s an embarrassment to our Country.

Edmond Thommen's avatar

He's been an embarrassment to your country since 2016, but here you are America. Why anyone would have voted for that pos twice is just simply nuts. Then again the country DID vote twice for a war criminal🤷🏻‍♂️🇺🇸

Katherine Burnett's avatar

I blame the 71 million people who didn’t vote

Vergogna's avatar

All a result of their own racist sexist fear of a Black Woman becoming President.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

I believe that’s what happened with Kamala.

ckd's avatar

Or a white woman.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

I doubt we will see a white woman as POTUS and we damn sure won’t see a gay man ie Pete. This country isn’t mature enough. The Maggots would never have it. Remember those fools will still vote long after the conman is gone.

Pam Johnson's avatar

Agreed, more people should vote, but we don’t need any more apathetic, uninformed people to just mindlessly pull the lever. We need civics tought in our schools and people need to be taught how important their one vote is. Oh, and decent public schools free of political influence. And…don’t forget the Hillary Haters, and they voted! We would have been better off without them.

Horrificat's avatar

We really need to make not voting a crime

Laurie Ryan's avatar

At least 20 countries have compulsory voting laws, Australia being one of them.

Edmond Thommen's avatar

Works perfectly in Oz, you don't have to vote for anyone but, you have to turn up @ a voting booth & tick of your name, or there is early voting or postal voting, that IS the minimum requirement. Therefore there is a better chance that voters are forced to THINK about the qualifications of the candidates & vote accordingly. Shouldn't be to much to ask from that exceptional nation & land of the free & home of the brave🙄 🤷🏻‍♂️🇺🇸

ckd's avatar
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we need to make the failure of our government to provide a free good education to all - a crime.

Edmond Thommen's avatar

More like 90 million🤷🏻‍♂️🇺🇸wtf have you done America🌏🌍🌎

Salz's avatar

Yeah, you are correct. How do we get them to vote? Not just in 2026 but in all future elections???

Edmond Thommen's avatar

Make it mandatory for federal/states for all eligible voters (with small fines for not voting) & vote on the weekend, encourage early voting & mail in voting, put in laws not allowing any gerrymandering for federal/states for all political sides, get rid of the Supreme Court, have an independent electoral commission...easy🤷🏻‍♂️🇺🇸 AND follow the constitution !!

Skitealwedrop's avatar

Pam, I believe SCOTUS has some responsibility for this Conold nightmare. They haven’t even ruled on tariffs yet. I thought the ruling was to come last week. What a damn mess this country has become.

Pam Johnson's avatar

Agreed about SCOTUS. So many politicians to blame for this: HW and, on some level, Biden(Thomas), W, Trump, McConnell and every other MOC who voted for these hacks.

Phat Khat's avatar

McConnell most of all. Blocking Obamas nomination and ramming through Trumps.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

Yep. Moscow Mitch is a POS.

ckd's avatar

LET US NOT FORGET MITCH. He is a jagged scar on the history of

Kentucky.

John Crowe's avatar

It's time the R's in Congress and the Senate strapped on their balls for once and did something. But I'm afraid that's hopeless. I've just been watching Jack Smith's testimony in the House. As usual, the R's are trying to bury the story and defend the moron from the charges-- even though they are so egregious that in a reasonable society he might well have been shot summarily after Jan 6. The November election is coming, but it's still a long way off, and he can do enormous damage in such a short time, as he ably demonstrated in Davos this week.

Elizabeth Sallee's avatar

I was watching Smith’s testimony also. Interesting the statements from Texas republican blaming Smith for attacking only Republicans and not Democrats. Blame for the harm and deaths of law enforcement who defended the Capitol was placed on police leadership, not trump who instigated and encouraged the violence. I do not have hope that ignorance and blind loyalty to power can be overcome by logic and facts.

Meredith Leonard's avatar

Somewhat off track..but there are several women in Congress. One hundred fifty-five women serve in the 119th Congress: 129 in the House, including 4 Delegates, and 26 in the Senate.

Maybe strapping on some balls isn't exactly what you meant?

John Crowe's avatar

You're right, and I apologize. I meant no disrespect for the (not enough) women in the congress and senate. If we had more women in those bodies I'm convinced we would not be in the pickle we're in.

colo-ski's avatar

Sure I think we all know what he meant everybody needs to get some of their core values and grab their own genitals if you will.

People like Lisa murkowski, useless flip flopper

Carin Olofson's avatar

Murkowski is one of the few to raise her voice. You must be confused!

Hound's avatar

In order for someone to experience humiliation they have to have some humility in the first place. The orange menace Donald Trump is neither humility or humanity and the same goes for the people around him. The only thing people like him can feel is physical pain. Mary Trump should know this she’s a shrink all allegedly.

The only way to make people like Donald Trump feel bad is to separate him from his narcissistic supply and that is his ability to communicate with people he likes to screw with. Lock him up and make him listen to himself 24 seven until he becomes raving mad and starts slamming his head against the concrete walls in his 6 x 6 prison so. That is justice for a sociopathic narcissist.

Salz's avatar

He was convicted, remember. He should be in jail.

Hound's avatar

In a country that’s actually a Democratic republic with the rule of law, Trump would be in prison and he would’ve been in prison probably 30 years ago. He’s been a criminal his entire life like so many other filthy rich American billionaires.

Nora in ICIA's avatar

Mary, I appreciate your insight and professional opinions about the behaviors of your Uncle Donald that are associated with mental illness and age-related cognitive impairment. It seems to me that anyone who reports directly to him and spends significant time with him must recognize that he is mentally ill and physically unfit, not competent to govern as US President. What is his staff’s responsibility, or their legal duty, to report his inability to carry out the duties of his office?

Thank you for your courage in sharing your views with us.

Sally Devoe's avatar

In light of the laws he’s breaking and his actions and his dementia, etc, can’t the SCOTUS reverse their ruling of immunity 🤞

Morgan's avatar

The SC majority are complicit and willing to fulfill Project 2025/2026.. We The People need to stand up and set term limits on the SC and hold the Orange Shitstain and his lawlessness accountable

ckd's avatar
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The Supreme Court has failed its mandate as well as the US Senate and the

republican party.

A major house cleaning is in order if we are to reclaim our country.

Maureen O'Malley's avatar

Someone would have to bring the matter forward and they'd have to accept it. Though one of the geniuses who sits there questioned stare decisis- i.e., precedent rules. Who TF knows what's going on here now?

pilar's avatar

ASAP, PLEASE

Ruth Sheets's avatar

Peter, unfortunately, dementia can do that to a person. Some folks just get quieter and live with their memories as my mother did, but others get delusions of grandeur and don't understand why everyone doesn't hold them in the same high level as the delusional person holds himself.

Carin Olofson's avatar

...and some have had delusions of grandeur their whole life...like this bully slumlord.

Sherri J (formerly SDJ)'s avatar

He looks like he is dying in that photograph. Shame to those, Stephen Miller, etc that are keeping him going so THEY may stay in power

Mari A.'s avatar

Shame on LITERALLY EVERYONE that has a platform OF ANY SIZE and isn’t using it against this corrupt, treasonous, kleptocratic, fascist regime. The world is right to protect itself because the people within the US government are bending to his whims - even the democrats!!! Their refusal to stop everything until rule of law is restored - is enabling him. Shame on them all.

Phat Khat's avatar

The problem is they're all on the same payroll. Until we get money out of politics, it won't change.

Francis/Clare's avatar

The Democrats are doing virtually zilch.

Ellie still in the mix in 26's avatar

The oligarchs behind him and the GOP have a stick up his back, and will keep him a la "weekend at Bernie's." for as long as they can.

Greg's avatar

It’s looking more and more like the 95 year old Zimbabwe autocrat Robert Mugabe being propped up (sometimes literally) by the assorted grifters and vicious thugs he surrounded himself with. That, I do understand: in that country, regime change meant (at best) loss of livelihood and exile, at worst (and often), death. What is the excuse of the US Congress and other entities and people who should be implementing the checks and balances the founders put in place?

Sandra Schieck's avatar

Hopefully the puppet masters will get their comeuppance.

Doug's avatar

And out of jail.

Steve Ridling's avatar

Bottom line, Simply put, Donald is the biggest mistake in the history of the United States.

ckd's avatar
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He would never have gotten where he is were it not for the republican party and a certain portion of americans. Sadly I cannot see a retribution for those who deserve it without

damage to those who do not. The whole house of cards must come down.

Linda Friedman Ramirez's avatar

I can't imagine how angry Europeans must be with Americans right now. They most likely see us as complacently going along, and enabling Trump. With the exception of some dedicated folks who have undertaken to try and get the public engaged and motivated etc. What are the numbers of folks today who are saying they just won't support Trump? And how many are out in the streets? I remember how upset I was and remain with Israeli's who allowed Netanyahu to continue to bomb Gaza and now terrorize the people of the West Bank. I love Europe but don't expect them to understand the collective illness that this country is operating under at the moment. Perhaps the elderly in Europe who lived through the Hitler Mussolini or Franco years understand...

Alexander Irving's avatar

Canadians are very angry as well. I can’t ever imagine crossing the border again.

flancynancy's avatar

I was in Paris in October and a store clerk said "well YOU voted for him, it was a free election!" Sad...

Vicki L Berg's avatar

And what was your response? I have a trip planned in a few months and am an embarrassed American, never thought I would be.

flancynancy's avatar

my language skills are limited so when she started to talk to me about it I simply told her I came to France for peace (meaning I dont really want to talk about it) and thats when she became kind of hostile. Id say its best to avoid any discussion best you can.

Carin Olofson's avatar

Well thst answer says that you support him...

How hard is it to say that you understand the damage that he is doing and will try to stop it?

The fact that USA has enabled corrupt politicians, degradation of the education system and now put the bully slumlord in power is something thst the entire earth will suffer for in coming generstions.

flancynancy's avatar

no I told her he was a horrible man. I left the US specifically to find peace in France. Its a sad time, I didnt vote for him, and the last think I needed to hear was how stupid we all are but I do understand her point of view

mer t's avatar

Thanks, Mary. You are an excellent writer and you are ( unfortunately ) right on target!

chev_chelios's avatar

this fool is crowning himself as the "Court Jester of the World"....unfortunately, a clown with his finger on the nuclear codes that was given the keys to be in control of our country by really ignorant people that voted for him...and the other group of stupid people that stayed home and didn't vote at all because they couldn't stand Harris either.....so this put a felon back in power for a second go around....which he's planning on never leaving....there won't be elections in '26 or '28... he's created a paramilitary police force, ICE, to make sure that happens....Our country and the world is now suffering at the hands of an imbecile that has never been held accountable for any of the crimes he's committed...and there are 100's ...his entire life....can you say THE EPSTEIN FILES ?.....$1Billion buys anyone a place on his "Board of Peace" ? .......give me a break !! ....tRump is like a rabid animal that needs to be put down, or he'll just keep on infecting everything he touches until it's all dead.

JOHN MILLER's avatar

We must start now! He has given us an opening. Get on each of your Social accounts and state clearly why you insist that every patriotic American must step up and demand that DJT be removed from office and few good reasons, most recently his Davos speech and his long term craziness! I DONT CARE WHAT MY DEAR FRIENDS THINK NOW! MAGA OR NOT!

Rosemary Siipola's avatar

The Republicans are responsible for this, all of this. History will remember this. We will all pay the price.

Irwin Judson's avatar

Republicans are primarily responsible but the whole of America has to accept the blame. They chose Trump as the president, the leader and commandant and public face of your country. You can’t change that. Even changing your spots, becoming courteous and modest won’t work, too many crimes and ordering everyone around has inured us, the rest of the world, to you. We will no longer gladly, or even tolerably, suffer the American fools. In the Greenland dialect MAGA means “Make the Americans Go Away”

Carin Olofson's avatar

Blaming others continues the divide that keeps the destruction going.

We all need to be galvanised into action to stop this shit❗️

James North's avatar

I think it's a mistake to say Trump is crazy. Sure, he's the same narcissistic sociopath he has always been, but calling him mad only frightens the world into taking a Chamberlain stance. The crazy man may launch the nukes so we must comply. Neither he, nor the oligarchs he represents are crazy. They have as much to lose by playing with nukes as the rest of us. Give him an inch and he'll take it all. This is Europe's time to determine whether they will appease the dictator.

Irwin Judson's avatar

Europe and ROW (rest of the world) must move immediately past this appeasement. Canada has.

Laura A. Drury's avatar

We all know that Donald is declining, physically and mentally. His handlers/enablers who are keeping him on as the useful puppet, so that they can push their own agenda, don’t realize (in my opinion), how a truly malignant narcissistic sociopathic individual works. Maybe because a lot of them are also narcissistic sociopaths… so they can’t see the forest through the trees… but one thing is for certain. Donald knows he’s dying. He’s angry, that he didn’t get what he wanted out of life— so he feels “owed”. But, in the end, he’s going to take everyone down with him. Everyone. And he has the nuclear codes.

ConnieW's avatar

Yes. If he gets 3 more years the world is toast.

Laura A. Drury's avatar

True… but I don’t think he’ll last 3 more years 🤷‍♀️

Sue DeGrandis's avatar

A nation is reflected in the leaders it chooses.

America must reckon with the reality that it nominated and elected a deeply damaged individual to its highest office.

This is someone unfit to lead even a small organization, yet entrusted with enormous power. That responsibility does not rest with one man alone—it rests with a political system and a voter base that rewarded greed, division, and the ruthless pursuit of power.

Practices such as gerrymandering and the erosion of democratic norms were not accidental. They were deliberate, and they were accepted.

This is America’s responsibility to own.

History will not forget

Peter Le Beau's avatar

This is a worrying article but cogently argued . I’m a Brit and probably one whose social media history will preclude me from visiting America ( a country I adore and respect) again.

It is old news but highly pertinent , that this could have been prevented if the Democrat strategists , knowing how ill Biden was and taking into account his age and frailty , had selected a candidate with the charisma and ability to beat Trump. The shilly- shallying made it impossible for Kamala Harris to build the momentum and credibility necessary to win the election.

Hearing Gavin Newsom speak at Davos, it appears he would be a highly credible candidate and you had others but the election was lost - a disastrous sliding doors moment in world history and one that will haunt the world for decades to come. How could you let that happen?

Katherine Burnett's avatar

As an American, I think you are absolutely right.

Marcy's avatar

Well said. I concur. I’m American.

Tommy McGuire's avatar

Trouble is, it isn't trump who's in charge. There's an entire cast of nefarious malefactors pulling strings, running things behind the scenes. trump is merely an embarrassing bozo of a front man. If he died tomorrow, not much would change given the deep bench of evil, power-hungry, corrupt people waiting in the wings.

Darrell Smith's avatar

Greenland? Iceland, Iceland, Iceland. He can't even remember what country he is complaining about. This is what happens when you make it up as you go along. He is not President, he is an insane disgrace.

Eventually the mainstream press will be unable to sanewash his shit because it will be too far out. But where is it now and where is responsible, honest reporting?

Vergogna's avatar

His ignorance of facts is truly profound.

ConnieW's avatar

He wouldn’t accept them. He has always been allowed to make his own facts.

Steve Uppendahl's avatar

All of this is 100 percent true. Here is something else that is true: it won't make a damn bit of difference if enough republicans don't do their job and stop this shit. It's up to them - which means, if recent history is any indication - we're fucked.

Mike Millspaugh's avatar

He needs to be gone by whatever means nessisary!

Sally Devoe's avatar

Thank goodness for your intelligent educated rational insight. Wrong Trump in the White House. 🇨🇦