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Ellie still in the mix in 26's avatar

He is, but he isn't doing it alone, and the bastards in the Heritage Society, are helping him, because a representative democracy, isn't what any of them want.

Lynn Gardner's avatar

And the Heritage Foundation formed their playbook years ago and with Trump they have activated it to a tee. Trump is their happy pawn because they know how inept he is and that he is so easily manipulated. His fraud, corruption, cruelty and total incompetence works for them. It’s America that is screwed. Democrats must have their own strategy laid out and ready to activate. Gloves off. Down and dirty to stop this madness and bring all of them to justice. Sadly, I blame biden’s justice dept. for slow walking January 6 criminals by not going after the root and the rot of Trump and the minions. Now, it’s fire with fire.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Merrick Garland comes to mind.

james wheaton (Jay)'s avatar

Yeah - a bit of arm-chair quarterbacking here, but Garland had a chance to prevent this now years long nightmare, and didn't do it. He was staying well within the guardrails that are supposed to hlep our government function like it is supposed to. Look where it got us.

ckd's avatar

How fragile we are has been brought home to us. We sit and sigh as they tear our home apart. The conservatives have been at work for a long time. Interestingly it was Hillary Clinton who spoke of the Conservative Conspiracy - Hillary was ridiculed in the mainstream

press. It was the first time I had thought such a thing existed.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

I am still shocked at how far our MSM has fallen.

klutt7358@yahoo.com's avatar

Once trump is gone just what do the republicans think will happen then? Their loyalty is most certainly misplaced and they have to know this cannot last forever. I couldn't agree with you more Ellie still in the mix 26, he isn't doing this alone.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

“Once trump is gone….” . Realizing that only Father Time and Mother Nature will be what gets rid of him …is frustrating. Thought America was stronger than it turned out to be.

klutt7358@yahoo.com's avatar

So did I. Like you I honestly did not think we would fall so quickly and so far.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

They waited until most of the Greatest Generation was gone.

Ellie still in the mix in 26's avatar

To elect a draft dodging coward as president, yes. I'm happy my father died before that happened. Seeing Bush II in that flight suit, declaring victory, almost gave him a heart attack and the television was in danger of being smashed. I don't know what he would have done seeing the coward.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

My Dad and Grandfather were members of the Greatest Generation. My Godfather died in Normandy. These traitors in control of our government are truly dangerous.

James Quinn's avatar

Trump’s response as quoted here is the single most brazen and mendacious bit of rhetoric ever spoken by an American president.

I’ve been around for just over 80 years, and so I’ve heard more than a few self-serving words from more than a few presidents. I also taught American history for over 40 of those years. But I cannot think of a single instance in which an American president emitted anything close to such a collection of distortions and lies.

It is as if he is daring us to do something about it.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

He knows nothing can stop him.

James Quinn's avatar

Wrong, we can. Not just now, but in November if enough of us want to.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

If. I worry that the actual APATHY so many citizens have will do us in.

James Quinn's avatar

I think that one of the thoroughly unintended consequences of Trump 2.0 is going to prove that apathy to be far less common than we might suppose. I could be wrong, of course. but I sense something moving out there that has been asleep for far too long.

Trump has taught a great many of us something crucial about the fragility of our Republic. And his monomania about wealth, power, avoidance of responsibility and sanction, and his obsession with acceptance and adoration will prevent him not only from learning enough from his mistakes to will also fail to deter him from making more.

Gregg Hill's avatar

Jeff Tiedrich among others has pointed out a remarkable historical parallel: Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" looks a lot like the "Adolf Hitler Fund of German Trade and Industry" set up in 1933, the year the Nazis seized absolute power in Germany. Administered by Hitler's aide Martin Bormann, it was used to bypass normal state bureaucracy and hand out massive, untraceable financial rewards to Nazi party leaders, the SS, and SA stormtroopers. It was financed by private corporate money, organized by Gustav Krupp as a corporate donation system in which German employers and corporations paid a voluntary, later forced, percentage of their profits directly to Hitler in appreciation for his services to them, mainly stabilizing the economy and crushing the unions. Trump's fund, in contrast, is financed entirely by taxpayer money. In short, Trump's slush fund is WORSE than Hitler's.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

His first wife said he kept Hitler’s book on his bedside table.

Gregg Hill's avatar

I'm betting he didn't read it, but it sure says something that while Bill Clinton was said to keep Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations" on his bedside table this is what the neo-fascist US president to be kept on his?

Jack DeMille's avatar

Maybe paying off the jan 6 group will be the initial grouping of his personal army. Getting them ready, better organized and outfitted for a second capitol assault in 2028. The donald said he wasn't going to leave office. With a nice new secure fortress beside the Whitehouse, he might just be hanging around for a while. So much for the " beautiful " experimental republic.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Obviously, he is making sure his Militia is as large as possible. As far as living in his fancy Bunker…. There is no way his little wife would join him there.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Deadly and quite obvious. The APATHY of too many citizens will be the final nail……

Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank you, for the article, Mary. I watched MSNOW. Hopefully this matter will be stopped before it happens. I have my doubts about that. This truly shows the President doesn’t care about any American people who pay taxes. The new acting Ag is not even remotely qualified for this job.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

They consider American taxpayers to be nothing..nothing..nothing other than their personal PIGGY BANKS.

Alamar Fernandez's avatar

Mary, this is a very good narrative abt what Donald has done to our Country & the World. I enjoyed reading it very much.

I agree with what you say. I have followed this sick monster since he rode down that damn Trump Tower

Escalator a long with Melania.

I never liked his TV Show. I always saw something 'dark' in his personality. And, once I started reading what was written abt him once he became a Candidate. His LIES, Were Constant!

I am a Liberal Democrat & was very much a Pres Obama Supporter!

I could see that this was a person with a bully personality. And, Quickly, I saw his insanity leaking out!

Then you wrote your first book & I was so happy to pirchase it & read it.

It confirmed what I had come to believe he was/IS.

His audacity to be a transparent Misogyist, was unbelieveable!

Especially in comparison to The Audacity of Hope from Pres Obama.

I hated/hate everything he stands for now!

I believe he is a Misogynist, Rapist, Thief, Pedophile, sadistic and A Damn Traitor to the American Constitution & Rule of law.

And, I believe Everything That is in the Trump-Epstein-Maxwell Files.

I believe Trump not only Raped & Tortured, girls, boys, women, And, Babies & Toddlers.

I believe he participated in the Killing & Canabalizing of fetus', babies, toddlers, children. With His Pal, Epstein, & Others, and when that whole story gets TOLD, perhaps then these

'SICK INSANE' People, his Cult, then hopefully he will be Thrown into The Abyss!

If not, it will be because he blows the planet Up!

This 1.8 Billion Dollars he is demanding to PLAY WITH, is beyond '1984'... absolute Gas-Lighting!

And, Absolutely, CRIMINAL.

Absolute Corruption!

DONALD HAS BEEN GIVEN, ABSOLUTE POWER & HE IS Absolutely, CORRUPTED.

if I had my choice, I would send in someone to Arrest him, throw him in Prison along with ALL his Cabinet & anyone who helped him with all his Crimes!

Donald has absolute power & is

Absolutely, CORRUPTED.

I Am calling for his REMOVAL, NOW

& I don't Care, HOW.

bayjh's avatar

The clock is ticking, Donald…

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Where is that crocodile?

bayjh's avatar

Trump is seeking it, madly.

MariElena's avatar

"One of the most useless and undeserving men on the planet continues to have everything handed to him despite accomplishing nothing of value."

Why? Does he need to steal more and more public money in order to fill his empty sense of self?

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Even his own mother did not love him. She recognized a “bad seed” when she saw it.

Bob De Thomas's avatar

Once again your uncle is lying his ass off, claiming playing the "ignorance card". That means he had nothing to do with this slush fund, doesn't know anything about it, but he knows "they" have worked very hard on it . . . . blah, blah, blah . . . Lying POS. Where does this all end? These activities of his for which there is no pushback from his own party or the Supreme Court are exactly why he's not stepping down in 2028, but first setting up a system where the right will win the midterms. If you think about it, this slush fund is basically a way to pay for votes.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

The slush fund IS the way to pay for his personal Militia…

Bob De Thomas's avatar

This is his craziest idea yet. I know that a few DC cops filed a suit to stop it. I hope this idea never sees the light of day.

Ida J Jeppesen's avatar

I think Comey should apply for his "share" of the money. He should do this in a very showy, loud way!

Candace's avatar

I think I feel kind of weaponized at this point and I know I'm not alone. I deserve at least a bundle. Maybe all of America should apply for this money. That would, at a minimum, tie the distribution up for a while.

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

That might work…

Nancy's avatar

I met a woman who has a teenaged daughter who said if Trumped raped her daughter she would embrace him and tell him she loved him because he had never had anyone love him and that’s why he is a pedophile. How sick is that?

Judy CZUBATI's avatar

Accurate description of anyone who likes trump. Sick. Weird. Dangerous.

SEDBRN-10:32's avatar

“One of the most useless and undeserving men on the planet”. That’s an overstatement.

He’s not a man, he’s a menace. A slithering snake, a reptilian monstrosity!

Stasia's avatar

I think strategies need to be worked on exposing facts. Many people read this horrific publicity however many don't. Some comical visual flyers placed strategically may help the campaign, making fun of DJT.

Stasia's avatar

Keep revealing. DJT is like McCavity the mystery cat who is never at the scene of crime. He puts on a type of children’ s gentle storytelling which is in fact deadly. There’s a need to expose his language / communication styles/tactics!