He's just insane. The whole Republican party is in the same boat. Just wish they'd regain their sanity. It may take a couple generations before this country rights itself.
We should no longer call someone scared to stand up for what’s right a “coward,” but a “Republican.” What a shame that they've let a man who doesn’t have one redeeming value take hostage of their entire party. The Trump cabal will continue to lie, cheat and steal as long as the Republican Party bends the knee. All they have to do is grow a pair!
Before Donald Trump, NO president in the modern era ever declared more than four national emergencies in a single year. In his first 100 days alone, Trump declared “emergencies” to unlock new presidential powers nine different times.
All of these republicans in Congress had better get their heads out of their asses.
Impeach the MF before he destroys Congress entirely!
In fact, I'm wearing this "Impeach the MF" tee right now 👇
Every sitting republican, including SCOTUS, is complicit in the destruction of our country. When it's time to vote for any office, constituents should not forget that. We can't afford for anybody to have a short memory!
The legacy media holds some of the blame. All the free airtime. Glossing over the history of lies, fraud and business failures. Ignoring his history of philandering and sexual abuse of women. Shady business associations. And worst yet ignoring the courts and his oath to "protect and defend" the Constitution. Had President Biden done any of these things the GQP would be livid and frothing. But for some reason with t they've all turned into Pinball Wizards - Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
I will never understand why the GOP lets trump get away with all of this! This from the party that criticized Biden so viciously! Biden never did anything even close to what trump has and IS doing! Biden would have never hatched the idea of re-opening Alcatraz as a prison OR accepting a massive gift of a plane from Saudi Arabia! The GOP is dying and they don't even realize it. I guess they are still blinded by the orange glow!
They let him get away with it because they're amoral cowards more focused on their own benefit, and the belief that they can best serve it by catering to the worst elements of our society.
In the early 80s around 50 companies owned and controlled 90% of the mass media. By 2011 there were 6 companies who own 90% of the media. The big six are: Disney, Paramount Global, News Corp, Comcast, AT&T and Time Warner.
Agree 💯And those who are not directly owned by one of Trumps biggest contributors are having their nuts twisted in a vice. Just ask the guy from 60 minutes who just resigned or the people at MSNBC controlled by Comcast.
I can't even get MSNBC with my basic cable package and if I drop Comcast I cannot stream live by itself.
I still do hold Biden responsible for the SCOTUS shit show.
Anyone who is old enough or who knows some of our more recent history knows Joe is responsible for Clarence Thomas. He didn't believe Anita.
It was a different time, yadda yadda yadda.
He had 4 years to push Congress to pass some serious limitations on SCOTUS and frankly on themselves as well.
i.e. Insider trading etc.
Why is it the Democrats are held to account for their behavior on the floor, yet MTG and others could be totally disrespectful to both Obama and Biden.
What happened to decorum? Their party has no respect for the office, the Capital, the Capital police, children who were school shooting victims, recently deceased military veterans returning, Veterans, elderly, disabled, our long standing alliances and on and on.
DJT complains about the place not being opulent enough because he is used to tweeting from a golden sh*tter, yet he serves McDonald's to guests instead of a banquet- because that is what he wants.
That is what the President would do in one of those movies where the adult and child switch bodies.
I don't know what the answers are but I do know what they aren't.
They aren't everything that embodies the MAGA movement.
DJT is an overgrown child who is loved by the people as tv celebrity.
In my opinion the white Christian nationalist leaders are in kahoots with Saudis (highest bidder) through Elon, Bezos and Kushner.
If you are a white Christian male congratulations. Approx 20% of America... 🤔 also very close to the number of Americans who voted for DJT.
Interesting.
Sometimes I feel like these forums are place where like minded people come for validation.
I used to love Twitter before Elon because of the dare I say... diversity.
You could have a reasonable discussion with 10 people of different backgrounds and various opinions - learn something from each other discuss and share etc.
But that all seemed to change when DJT came down the escalator and Elon bought Twitter. FOX didn't report, they showed you pictures of scary things and asked you how you felt.
For instance crime was NOT up. But they showed scary pictures and then would ask, "Do you feel safer under Biden?"
People bought it and minds closed.
How does the Democratic party do the same?
What do we need to show on billboards across central PA
On local TV during college football ?
Just pictures of Trump or his administration in action.. . And one question
Wasn't a fan of the Thomas or the Alito appointments. But you're overlooking the fact that t appointed three (3) Reich Wing leaning SCROTUS judges. Bret "Boof boy" Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch. IMO to say President Biden is to blame for this catastrophic court is a stretch.
I am holding him responsible for NOT making Congress hold them to a realistic morality clause and gift receipt rules when we had the chance.
Like I said on the Clarence Thomas vs Anita, it was a different time for white men.
Same sh*t different day for everyone else.
Now thanks to corporations being people, people having no morals clauses, million dollar rv busses are not even something on the radar. While the democrats are reporting water bottles.
I hold him responsible for not taking advantage of his moment to close these very very important gaps that are biting us in the ass.
I believe the phrase is... "The buck stops here."
It's not personal. I think very highly of President Biden.
This is just an opportunity that I believe we could have done better.
Everyone that has supported Trump in destroying our country should be ashamed, but as they say, you cannot shame a shameless. There must be some kind of punishment somewhere someday.
My right-wing sister, whom I always adored, has gone deeply into MAGA-land, as has much of her family. We aren’t on speaking terms, and it breaks my heart every day. There is a viciousness in her I never saw, and her son is the epitome of the kind of shameless joy Republicans take in hurting people.
That was the beginning of it. The money and then the corruption started flowing. The sad part is, most people don't even know what Citizens United IS. It's legalized bribery. Democrats should be broadcasting this.
Let it fly, baby, fly! There is no defense! Problem is getting it to the floor where votes would be recorded. And MAGATS have no cahones to either introduce or be recognized in a vote. My assumption is they truly believe the Don has all the mafia type hit men in his pocket too. Which is likely, sadly! Al least the 1,600 he pardoned on day one. He’s got them all on speed dial on Truth Social. Some tech kid needs to disable that toy!
Invoke the 25th! He is insane. Trump's chaotic, cruel behavior is not normal and taxpayers are getting drained financially to correct the damage he is doing. A president is a servant of the people, not there ruler.
90% of his base still support Donald and think he’s doing a great job. Republicans want to stay in power. They seem willing to do or fail to do whatever it takes to that end no matter the consequences.
He wants total power. To do everything he wishes. He believes he owns everything! He wants to control others. Make people he likes in control of those he hates. He wants to get rid of the COLOR BLUE and turn all states RED. His favorite color. If you are a white man and obey his rules he loves you. If you are a woman? He will tell all women their only purpose in life is to be barefoot pregnant and you do not need education. You EXHIST only for a man. Trump is already deciding everything we allow him to decide. Soon he will rule who you must marry! Who knows. Only he can fix it. Only he can decide our realities. He is not a king nor is he God! He thinks he is. If you are a man and you believe in him he believes you deserve to live and you then can control others he allows you to control. The only RULE is Trump is the only one who can decide your reality. He rejects and he provides and protects those only he chooses. There are no 10 commandments. Only one! The only thing anyone needs to know is that Trump is God and knows all. That is what he believes. People need to remember how life is in a democracy. What you grew up knowing will be replaced if you believe in this man who is not a King, certainly not God.
I feel like this presidency has been going on for 10 years - like my hearing's going etc. I know these are just symptoms of mild depression that are probably the best that can be expected under the circumstances. Having spent my life examining risk for psychological trauma and preventing public health catastrophes, this is like my worst nightmare. I have a place in Mexico. Sheinbaum makes me feel safe. And I think she might just know how to manipulate Donald. Anyway, nice chat. Carry on! leigh
Well done, Heather, and as I stated previously, the appropriate description for the MAGA nut jobs and company would be the ReTrumplicans. Cowards may not be good enough, so you can always insert "gutless" in front of cowards. George Conway said in a previous rant on CNN that a majority of the GOP (probably old school) quietly complain under their breaths about the current crises, but don't have the balls to speak out. This is actually much worse than a cult, and unfortunately, the rest of us are suffering the consequences. If we don't see a blue avalanche at the mid-terms, then I may lose all faith in humanity.
Oh please be careful 😱it’s a very dangerous and deranged time. I know this sounds whacky but the violence is so out of control that I’m wondering if it’s not widespread lead toxicity 🤷
Many of us, including me, will undoubtedly be gone by then. I hope the world will be a much better place for everyone’s children and grandchildren and my two nieces about age 30.
The exhibition of greed and/or obsequious tendencies are not a sign of "insanity."
Mass acceptance of greed, intentional obfuscation, consistent patterns of disingenuous testimony, and unrepentantly obsequious elected officials who remain in office for decades, would tend to indicate, as Pogo said: "We have met the enemy and he is us." That realization is a far closer approximation to a diagnosis of (mass) insanity, than the actions of a handful of cultists engaged in religiously-inspired political coup... in my humble opinion.
So thorough and revealing! The part about your grandfather's magenta eyebrows was so funny - except one stops laughing when you realize how dysfunctional the Trump family was - how unloving, how angry, how disconnected from each other they were. And this helps one to understand the roots of Trump's endless quest for recognition and power, at any cost, no matter who gets hurt.
Mary, Thank you for your continued courage in naming what so many are afraid to say. I agree with you that your uncle is likely haunted by the specter of your grandfather’s Alzheimer’s while he is already in the midst of his own form of cognitive collapse. What we’re witnessing isn’t just a psychological profile rooted in malignant narcissism or sociopathy—it’s the unraveling of a brain that has become rigid, simplistic, and incapable of flexibility or insight.
Every response he gives, whether to critique, investigation, or simple reality is either a lie posing as an attack or a lie posing as a defense. There is no spontaneity, no nuance, no growth. It’s like watching a broken mechanism that can only toggle between two primitive settings: grandiosity and grievance. He doesn’t create anything new because he can’t. His thinking has become a closed loop of self-justification and paranoia. When he’s untethered from the script, he descends into incoherent ramblings, offering glimpses of how deeply compromised his mind has become.
And yet, perhaps most disturbing of all, is the complicity of those around him. From media figures to billionaires to MAGA operatives, there’s this collective delusion that proximity to his power will somehow shield them from the devastation he’s unleashing. But aligning with a man this cognitively and morally bankrupt isn’t a survival strategy. It’s slow-motion self-destruction.
With all my years of experience, I believe he is a sociopath along with numerous other pathologies, and not even a cunning one. He leaks insecurity at every turn. But beneath the constant ego stroking and bombast is someone devoid of conscience, empathy, or even authentic emotion. What we are left with is a deeply damaged man propped up by a system of enablers more afraid of losing influence than of losing democracy.
#47 in his current condition is vulnerable to being influenced, conned, and taken advantage of by those in his political circles who can keep their wits about them and not be seduced by his cult leader rock star status. #47 could already be a victim of elder abuse. Of course the country #47 is supposed to be managing becomes collateral damage.
Your post is powerful and very insightful. I wish that those who voted for Trump would break through their wall of denial and end their support of him and his enabling cohorts.
Wow - this nails it. Mary Trump knows him well. And I agree - why are we harping on Joe Biden when he is gone and nothing can change about him not withdrawing soon enough? What’s done is done and we have Don. 😩
Mary Trump’s analysis of Donald chills the bones. To end this madness, Trump must be impeached along with Republican Congressmen, his dreadful Cabinet and enablers. If only His Alzheimer’s would publicly expose him lewdly playing with his genitals. Would the Maggas find an excuse to explain away the obvious with “Oh, that’s Donald just being Donald” That trick won’t work anymore.
The people who control him from the shadows don’t give a DAMN about the FELON’S mental status. It actually works in their favor, even if only to act as a distraction, as they do their despicable deeds in the darkness.
The people who control him aren't in the shadows: they're in Qatar, they're in the Kremlin, they're buying dinners with him at Mar a Lago, and they're buying up his crypto to indicate exactly how much policy wrangling he owes them.
All his nonsense about Alcatraz, about tariffs on Hollywood, about buying Greenland and building the Riviera in Gaza are just distractions from his primary drive to grift his ass off.
Stephen “NAZI” Miller is not in the shadows and he’s the worst offender. He’s also well aware of The Felon King’s psychological frailty and is using it to advance his sick and twisted plans.
1 - Donold has been dying his eyebrows too. White to yellow - can't wait for the pink!!!
2 - the whole republican party needs to be shut down. Ended. A new party started from scratch. Or even a 3 party system. Perfect timing when Trump is removed. Take out the electoral college. Congressmen and women and senators may only accept their salary not a dime from anyone or anything. Must divest all b4 taking office. Terms limited to 10 years or age 70. Whichever comes first.
Votes for third party candidates have led to horrifying Democratic losses — Nader was a spoiler in 2000 and Stein in 2016. Ranked Choice Voting needs to be adopted!
He watched an Alcatraz film, orders it be reopened as a prison.
He talks to Voight about the decline of Hollywood, orders tariffs on foreign films.
He talks to a friend in London about cheap nationalized healthcare drugs, issues EO to reduce the price of drugs here (after he had shut down the same initiative by Biden, BTW).
So if we have three books on Biden's mental acuity, or the lack of it, why can't we have a book on how he brought the economy back from Covid? That was a stroke of genius.
Funny how the Republican Party is only ever interested in issues when they relate to the Democrats!
Not one word of concern when anything even remotely suspicious occurs involving the Republicsn Party but is of MAJOR concern when it involves a Democrat. If Biden had even considered accepting a $400 million ‘gift’ of an aircraft, or concerns about his age!
It’s obvious to me that a lot of citizens of the United States have lost the ability to self rule. A large part of the U.S. population has lost the skills necessary to engage in critical thinking. One of the most important elements needed to engage in critical thinking, is reading comprehension. Today 54% of the U.S. is reading at only the 6th grade level. Another 20% are reading at only the 3rd grade level. This means 74% of the U.S. population lacks any real reading comprehension. It should come as no surprise looking at the above statistic, that critical thinking is not something many U.S. citizens do anymore. Bottom line: the democratic republic of the United States, may not exist much longer. We are ripe for an authoritarian take over.
Ever wonder why Republicans degrade college education, and want to privatize schools to take money away from public schools. An ignorant electorate is easier to manipulate. Just look at all the FOX viewers.
Well, and I've always wondered if DT himself is a good reader. His use of language is infantile, common and repetitive; simplistic in construction. He obviously has no knowledge whatsoever of the Constitution, which is a complicated written document to read and understand. Big words abound in it, requiring an education, so I've always wondered if anyone in his administration has any idea of what it really means. Perhaps Rubio and secy of Treasury do, as they appear educated, but the others? Think not. Bondi is a grifter and a criminal, Noem an idiot, Hegseth....no comment. It just goes on and on. Reading comprehension is extraordinarily important in any job, and essential in political life. I really don't think many of these folks, including uncle, could pass the language section of the SAT. We know that he had to pay someone to take the test when he was applying to college, so that really says it all. He already knew he was a dumb shit.
He doesn’t read due to dyslexia. I overcame dyslexia because my mom every evening had me read and write until I got it right. It’s obvious his parents didn’t care about anyone but themselves. That’s why he can’t pronounce words or spell correctly.
Actually, there are any number of reasons for reading difficulties. Many people who are functionally illiterate manage to fake it through adulthood without dyslexia or vision problems being uncovered and addressed.
Excellent point, one that is infrequently addressed. Thank you for the reminder. Too many people seek out validation for their beliefs. Instead of questioning themselves, they receive validation, regardless of belief validity. Additionally, millions of people sat out this last election. It's unclear if we will have a 2028 election. I'm not even sure about midterms. MAGA has been at work purging voters. Gerrymandering of districts is ensuring them along with purging of voters, to keep them in power.
I agree with your points. However, one doesn't need literacy, education, or any kind of sophistication to realize it's time to re-shuffle family duties to eliminate reasons for grandpa to drive or to engage in child care.
What it looks like to me is that enough people decided the Oval Office needed to be occupied py a white male, regardless of how unfit he might be.
“lost the skills necessary to engage in critical thinking”
These skills are taught for the most part rather than being intrinsic. Taking aim at public education through schools and libraries and infusing religious doctrine goes a long way toward snuffing out that ability.
I really think instead of being a movie maker, Donald is IN the movie. Because this episode of our history feels so damn unreal. His words are freakish! And nobody stops it. These people are fictional characters. But whoops, they’re not. Real life trolls and goblins and orcs.
I know this isn't politically correct but I think there should be a requirement that anyone who votes should have a 3 digit I.Q. I'm so sick of the stupidity.
IQ’s can be manipulated so this may not be the best solution. Besides, IQ is not the problem here. It is total lack of morality and greed, like I never thought existed.
Alas, IQ does matter Over half of American adults read at a 6th grade level or less. That's a major contributor to the inability of so much of the public to understand and analyze news about the complicated state of our nation and the world. Throw in education and statistics that show the more education a person has, the more likely they are to hold more liberal positions on issues.
How about the President. Let's make the person who is running for President take a few tests.
The fact that they even have given him a simple cognitive test and he is so proud of remembering 5 words is moronic.
He should be given reading comprehension tests. IQ tests. Basic geography tests. History tests. How about the same test that a person has to take to become a citizen!
And let's get a real doctor in there. Not someone who is going to say his health is wonderful and he is a svelte 220 at 6'4"!
If you're referring to the books I mentioned above, while they were published worldwide, there was no big payday for anyone involved. These people exercised their professional acumen for the sake of their country. I met one of the psychoanalysts involved. She fears reprisals but felt it was her duty to be involved.
UGH!!! I so agree. Let it go. Biden lost. I watched the View episode. Yes he can communicate well but he is still very slow in his thought. We have have a democracy to defend.
Funny how that only works when used against democrats. Trump is STILL banging on about how he never lost the 2020 election….. even though he really did!
He needs to move on and concentrate on trying to overturn American democracy and leave us all alone so we can continue to call out his dictatorship ambitions.
Trump and his enablers need arresting and being tried for treason. It is what they all deserve!
My take is, he's quite deliberate, considers and rejects several formulations before speaking. The one time "gaffe machine" is not only older, but more disciplined. At times, he is also navigating around his stutter. He starts, senses trouble, rephrases mid sentence. Not that easy.
There have been recent instances in which Biden can be seen to think very fast, for example his appearance at a Stellantis plant in Belvedere, Illinois. There's a loud sound, something fell. Biden reacts immediately, with a focused look and "You OK?" Next instant, "I want the press to know ir wasn't me!". Then he turns and does an exaggerated old guy shuffle away from and back to the podium, with a grin, to laughter and applause. His take as he comes across MTG in full MAGA regalia entering for his last SOTU is similarily quick and pitch perfect.
I also recall Marcon, at the last NATO summit, being asked by a reporter to contribute to the "Biden failing" narrative. "I don't understand your question" he said.
More than a little of this is a Swiftboat play by Trump, Fox, et al.
Why elite journalists and the likes of the NYT decided to support it is a good question. And people's reactions were instinctive and umconscious, unexamined. Biden didn't read as the Warrior King fit to slay The Great Orange Ogre, and that's what people wanted deep in their minds. There's good reason we lived under Kings for so long.
But Biden was president of a republic, the best in many decades.
And a primary would have been a divisive mess. Ask Stuart Stevens and Joe Trippi.
Hi Mary. Thank you again for all that you do. Such a sad, sad family story, and yes, Trump appears to be in cognitive decline. But I just can’t let Joe Biden off the hook. He promised to be a transitional president. Recent revelations re: George Clooney and others, showed that his decline was likely covered up. He didn’t resign. He gave Harris precious little time to get up to speed. I have a hard time forgiving that. He and his protectors threw us, and the world, under the bus. I am so disappointed in him and those who hid the truth. RBG did the same. Such selfishness.
So you choose to ignore the racism and misogyny that had people choose a demented megalomaniac over a bright capable black woman to hold the highest office in the land. I am not buying the idea everything was caused by former President Biden.
Biden was a transitional president who changed his mind. That was a terrible mistake, and a great loss for the rest of us. But it shouldn't be forgotten that Biden oversaw the recovery of the country from COVID, including the US becoming the first country to recover economically, job increases, infrastructure programs created to fund projects over 6 years, and the most meaningful climate legislation in American history. All of that in the toilet now.
We are NOT accepting what he is doing and the destruction of what used to be our democracy. But our system is failing us. There are no longer checks and balances at the highest levels to stop him and his fascist regime. Or so it seems.
He's just insane. The whole Republican party is in the same boat. Just wish they'd regain their sanity. It may take a couple generations before this country rights itself.
We should no longer call someone scared to stand up for what’s right a “coward,” but a “Republican.” What a shame that they've let a man who doesn’t have one redeeming value take hostage of their entire party. The Trump cabal will continue to lie, cheat and steal as long as the Republican Party bends the knee. All they have to do is grow a pair!
Before Donald Trump, NO president in the modern era ever declared more than four national emergencies in a single year. In his first 100 days alone, Trump declared “emergencies” to unlock new presidential powers nine different times.
All of these republicans in Congress had better get their heads out of their asses.
Impeach the MF before he destroys Congress entirely!
In fact, I'm wearing this "Impeach the MF" tee right now 👇
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Every sitting republican, including SCOTUS, is complicit in the destruction of our country. When it's time to vote for any office, constituents should not forget that. We can't afford for anybody to have a short memory!
The legacy media holds some of the blame. All the free airtime. Glossing over the history of lies, fraud and business failures. Ignoring his history of philandering and sexual abuse of women. Shady business associations. And worst yet ignoring the courts and his oath to "protect and defend" the Constitution. Had President Biden done any of these things the GQP would be livid and frothing. But for some reason with t they've all turned into Pinball Wizards - Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
~ My apologies to Roger Daltrey and The Who.
I will never understand why the GOP lets trump get away with all of this! This from the party that criticized Biden so viciously! Biden never did anything even close to what trump has and IS doing! Biden would have never hatched the idea of re-opening Alcatraz as a prison OR accepting a massive gift of a plane from Saudi Arabia! The GOP is dying and they don't even realize it. I guess they are still blinded by the orange glow!
They let him get away with it because they're amoral cowards more focused on their own benefit, and the belief that they can best serve it by catering to the worst elements of our society.
The Red Russian Republican Party is now inside our government.
The plane is from Qatar
Okay, but it's still a gift from a foreign country and shouldn't be allowed, but, I am sure trump will get it. He seems to get whatever he wants!
Family values?
Family Values? The GOP has none.
Was this party always this cowardly and weak?
Because so much DARK MONEY has purchased much of the MSM. Always about the MONEY.
In the early 80s around 50 companies owned and controlled 90% of the mass media. By 2011 there were 6 companies who own 90% of the media. The big six are: Disney, Paramount Global, News Corp, Comcast, AT&T and Time Warner.
Agree 💯And those who are not directly owned by one of Trumps biggest contributors are having their nuts twisted in a vice. Just ask the guy from 60 minutes who just resigned or the people at MSNBC controlled by Comcast.
I can't even get MSNBC with my basic cable package and if I drop Comcast I cannot stream live by itself.
Way to manipulate the market.
Bingo🎯📑📚,thanks
I still do hold Biden responsible for the SCOTUS shit show.
Anyone who is old enough or who knows some of our more recent history knows Joe is responsible for Clarence Thomas. He didn't believe Anita.
It was a different time, yadda yadda yadda.
He had 4 years to push Congress to pass some serious limitations on SCOTUS and frankly on themselves as well.
i.e. Insider trading etc.
Why is it the Democrats are held to account for their behavior on the floor, yet MTG and others could be totally disrespectful to both Obama and Biden.
What happened to decorum? Their party has no respect for the office, the Capital, the Capital police, children who were school shooting victims, recently deceased military veterans returning, Veterans, elderly, disabled, our long standing alliances and on and on.
DJT complains about the place not being opulent enough because he is used to tweeting from a golden sh*tter, yet he serves McDonald's to guests instead of a banquet- because that is what he wants.
That is what the President would do in one of those movies where the adult and child switch bodies.
I don't know what the answers are but I do know what they aren't.
They aren't everything that embodies the MAGA movement.
DJT is an overgrown child who is loved by the people as tv celebrity.
In my opinion the white Christian nationalist leaders are in kahoots with Saudis (highest bidder) through Elon, Bezos and Kushner.
If you are a white Christian male congratulations. Approx 20% of America... 🤔 also very close to the number of Americans who voted for DJT.
Interesting.
Sometimes I feel like these forums are place where like minded people come for validation.
I used to love Twitter before Elon because of the dare I say... diversity.
You could have a reasonable discussion with 10 people of different backgrounds and various opinions - learn something from each other discuss and share etc.
But that all seemed to change when DJT came down the escalator and Elon bought Twitter. FOX didn't report, they showed you pictures of scary things and asked you how you felt.
For instance crime was NOT up. But they showed scary pictures and then would ask, "Do you feel safer under Biden?"
People bought it and minds closed.
How does the Democratic party do the same?
What do we need to show on billboards across central PA
On local TV during college football ?
Just pictures of Trump or his administration in action.. . And one question
Is this what you voted for?
Wasn't a fan of the Thomas or the Alito appointments. But you're overlooking the fact that t appointed three (3) Reich Wing leaning SCROTUS judges. Bret "Boof boy" Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch. IMO to say President Biden is to blame for this catastrophic court is a stretch.
I am holding him responsible for NOT making Congress hold them to a realistic morality clause and gift receipt rules when we had the chance.
Like I said on the Clarence Thomas vs Anita, it was a different time for white men.
Same sh*t different day for everyone else.
Now thanks to corporations being people, people having no morals clauses, million dollar rv busses are not even something on the radar. While the democrats are reporting water bottles.
I hold him responsible for not taking advantage of his moment to close these very very important gaps that are biting us in the ass.
I believe the phrase is... "The buck stops here."
It's not personal. I think very highly of President Biden.
This is just an opportunity that I believe we could have done better.
Agree - even NPR/PBS seems to cowtow.The lies are part & parcel of daily media- not fact checked.
Thanks respectfully
Everyone that has supported Trump in destroying our country should be ashamed, but as they say, you cannot shame a shameless. There must be some kind of punishment somewhere someday.
My right-wing sister, whom I always adored, has gone deeply into MAGA-land, as has much of her family. We aren’t on speaking terms, and it breaks my heart every day. There is a viciousness in her I never saw, and her son is the epitome of the kind of shameless joy Republicans take in hurting people.
Hope springs eternal.
I think we are all hoping to see that day!
Yes, I agree and hope that it sticks unlike that of the January 6th terrorists.
Where are all those vigilantes they used to have in the movies.
You know the Charles Bronson type.
The good guy.
Yes! SCOTUS put citizens United in play! It has to be overturned.
202 225 3121 call any member of congress.
That was the beginning of it. The money and then the corruption started flowing. The sad part is, most people don't even know what Citizens United IS. It's legalized bribery. Democrats should be broadcasting this.
Even if they did broadcast this…no one would pay attention.
They’ve already shown us what they’re willing to do to cheat at elections. Their leader cheats at golf. None of them really attempt to hide it.
Or lack thereof.
If only the Democrats weren’t just as corrupt.
Naive to think that we will actually have VOTING again at this rate.
House Resolution 353. Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS, AND A BREACH OF THE DUTY TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE LAWS
ARTICLE II: USURPATION OF THE APPROPRIATIONS POWER
ARTICLE III: ABUSE OF TRADE POWERS AND INTERNATIONAL AGGRESSION
ARTICLE IV: VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
ARTICLE V: CREATION OF UNLAWFUL OFFICE
ARTICLE VI: BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
ARTICLE VII: TYRANNY
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/353/text
It may go nowhere, but it least it is out there and defines his crimes (so far).
Let it fly, baby, fly! There is no defense! Problem is getting it to the floor where votes would be recorded. And MAGATS have no cahones to either introduce or be recognized in a vote. My assumption is they truly believe the Don has all the mafia type hit men in his pocket too. Which is likely, sadly! Al least the 1,600 he pardoned on day one. He’s got them all on speed dial on Truth Social. Some tech kid needs to disable that toy!
Invoke the 25th! He is insane. Trump's chaotic, cruel behavior is not normal and taxpayers are getting drained financially to correct the damage he is doing. A president is a servant of the people, not there ruler.
90% of his base still support Donald and think he’s doing a great job. Republicans want to stay in power. They seem willing to do or fail to do whatever it takes to that end no matter the consequences.
But, Power over what? The country is going down the tubes.
The country and the people! What more is needed?
He wants total power. To do everything he wishes. He believes he owns everything! He wants to control others. Make people he likes in control of those he hates. He wants to get rid of the COLOR BLUE and turn all states RED. His favorite color. If you are a white man and obey his rules he loves you. If you are a woman? He will tell all women their only purpose in life is to be barefoot pregnant and you do not need education. You EXHIST only for a man. Trump is already deciding everything we allow him to decide. Soon he will rule who you must marry! Who knows. Only he can fix it. Only he can decide our realities. He is not a king nor is he God! He thinks he is. If you are a man and you believe in him he believes you deserve to live and you then can control others he allows you to control. The only RULE is Trump is the only one who can decide your reality. He rejects and he provides and protects those only he chooses. There are no 10 commandments. Only one! The only thing anyone needs to know is that Trump is God and knows all. That is what he believes. People need to remember how life is in a democracy. What you grew up knowing will be replaced if you believe in this man who is not a King, certainly not God.
"We should no longer call someone scared to stand up for what’s right a “coward,” but a “Republican.”
Or maybe cowpublicard? (With apologies to all cows)
Or, republicoward
I feel like this presidency has been going on for 10 years - like my hearing's going etc. I know these are just symptoms of mild depression that are probably the best that can be expected under the circumstances. Having spent my life examining risk for psychological trauma and preventing public health catastrophes, this is like my worst nightmare. I have a place in Mexico. Sheinbaum makes me feel safe. And I think she might just know how to manipulate Donald. Anyway, nice chat. Carry on! leigh
Well done, Heather, and as I stated previously, the appropriate description for the MAGA nut jobs and company would be the ReTrumplicans. Cowards may not be good enough, so you can always insert "gutless" in front of cowards. George Conway said in a previous rant on CNN that a majority of the GOP (probably old school) quietly complain under their breaths about the current crises, but don't have the balls to speak out. This is actually much worse than a cult, and unfortunately, the rest of us are suffering the consequences. If we don't see a blue avalanche at the mid-terms, then I may lose all faith in humanity.
Oh please be careful 😱it’s a very dangerous and deranged time. I know this sounds whacky but the violence is so out of control that I’m wondering if it’s not widespread lead toxicity 🤷
Thanks Mary for your hard work Keeping us informed on things
Yes, this was a really good post, Mary. Thanks.
Many of us, including me, will undoubtedly be gone by then. I hope the world will be a much better place for everyone’s children and grandchildren and my two nieces about age 30.
Have to fight for them and all the other children.
Yes, you are right, we do.
We sure can hope so.
There is no actual Republican Party anymore. Obvious to see.
Agree!
Or centuries
The exhibition of greed and/or obsequious tendencies are not a sign of "insanity."
Mass acceptance of greed, intentional obfuscation, consistent patterns of disingenuous testimony, and unrepentantly obsequious elected officials who remain in office for decades, would tend to indicate, as Pogo said: "We have met the enemy and he is us." That realization is a far closer approximation to a diagnosis of (mass) insanity, than the actions of a handful of cultists engaged in religiously-inspired political coup... in my humble opinion.
https://wastedink.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/47402187?referrer=%2Fpublish%2Fposts
https://wastedink.substack.com/p/psychopathology-of-a-failed-state
So thorough and revealing! The part about your grandfather's magenta eyebrows was so funny - except one stops laughing when you realize how dysfunctional the Trump family was - how unloving, how angry, how disconnected from each other they were. And this helps one to understand the roots of Trump's endless quest for recognition and power, at any cost, no matter who gets hurt.
Mary, Thank you for your continued courage in naming what so many are afraid to say. I agree with you that your uncle is likely haunted by the specter of your grandfather’s Alzheimer’s while he is already in the midst of his own form of cognitive collapse. What we’re witnessing isn’t just a psychological profile rooted in malignant narcissism or sociopathy—it’s the unraveling of a brain that has become rigid, simplistic, and incapable of flexibility or insight.
Every response he gives, whether to critique, investigation, or simple reality is either a lie posing as an attack or a lie posing as a defense. There is no spontaneity, no nuance, no growth. It’s like watching a broken mechanism that can only toggle between two primitive settings: grandiosity and grievance. He doesn’t create anything new because he can’t. His thinking has become a closed loop of self-justification and paranoia. When he’s untethered from the script, he descends into incoherent ramblings, offering glimpses of how deeply compromised his mind has become.
And yet, perhaps most disturbing of all, is the complicity of those around him. From media figures to billionaires to MAGA operatives, there’s this collective delusion that proximity to his power will somehow shield them from the devastation he’s unleashing. But aligning with a man this cognitively and morally bankrupt isn’t a survival strategy. It’s slow-motion self-destruction.
With all my years of experience, I believe he is a sociopath along with numerous other pathologies, and not even a cunning one. He leaks insecurity at every turn. But beneath the constant ego stroking and bombast is someone devoid of conscience, empathy, or even authentic emotion. What we are left with is a deeply damaged man propped up by a system of enablers more afraid of losing influence than of losing democracy.
“…more afraid of losing influence than of losing democracy.“
That’s it in a nutshell. All of it.
#47 in his current condition is vulnerable to being influenced, conned, and taken advantage of by those in his political circles who can keep their wits about them and not be seduced by his cult leader rock star status. #47 could already be a victim of elder abuse. Of course the country #47 is supposed to be managing becomes collateral damage.
The abuse goes both ways so no sympathy for him given all the harm he continues to cause and to so many.
Totally agree!
So very well said!
Your post is powerful and very insightful. I wish that those who voted for Trump would break through their wall of denial and end their support of him and his enabling cohorts.
Wow - this nails it. Mary Trump knows him well. And I agree - why are we harping on Joe Biden when he is gone and nothing can change about him not withdrawing soon enough? What’s done is done and we have Don. 😩
Mary Trump’s analysis of Donald chills the bones. To end this madness, Trump must be impeached along with Republican Congressmen, his dreadful Cabinet and enablers. If only His Alzheimer’s would publicly expose him lewdly playing with his genitals. Would the Maggas find an excuse to explain away the obvious with “Oh, that’s Donald just being Donald” That trick won’t work anymore.
You'd be amazed at what the true believers will put up with to keep on worshiping their chosen idol.
Don’t quit your day job .
I would blame the relentless morale building of his tutor.
The people who control him from the shadows don’t give a DAMN about the FELON’S mental status. It actually works in their favor, even if only to act as a distraction, as they do their despicable deeds in the darkness.
The people who control him aren't in the shadows: they're in Qatar, they're in the Kremlin, they're buying dinners with him at Mar a Lago, and they're buying up his crypto to indicate exactly how much policy wrangling he owes them.
All his nonsense about Alcatraz, about tariffs on Hollywood, about buying Greenland and building the Riviera in Gaza are just distractions from his primary drive to grift his ass off.
True!
There are more out there that are not talked about:
https://substack.com/@democraticwarrior/note/c-116473106?r=2kv6ai&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Check out this link, very interesting post:
https://substack.com/@democraticwarrior/note/c-116473106?r=2kv6ai&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Stephen “NAZI” Miller is not in the shadows and he’s the worst offender. He’s also well aware of The Felon King’s psychological frailty and is using it to advance his sick and twisted plans.
There are more than you think…
https://substack.com/@democraticwarrior/note/c-116473106?r=2kv6ai&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
https://substack.com/@democraticwarrior/note/c-116473106?r=2kv6ai&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
True!
1 - Donold has been dying his eyebrows too. White to yellow - can't wait for the pink!!!
2 - the whole republican party needs to be shut down. Ended. A new party started from scratch. Or even a 3 party system. Perfect timing when Trump is removed. Take out the electoral college. Congressmen and women and senators may only accept their salary not a dime from anyone or anything. Must divest all b4 taking office. Terms limited to 10 years or age 70. Whichever comes first.
Votes for third party candidates have led to horrifying Democratic losses — Nader was a spoiler in 2000 and Stein in 2016. Ranked Choice Voting needs to be adopted!
Yes, and dump Citizens United.
Change is so hard for most people. Nevertheless, you’re right - that would fix a major problem.
It is incredible.
He watched an Alcatraz film, orders it be reopened as a prison.
He talks to Voight about the decline of Hollywood, orders tariffs on foreign films.
He talks to a friend in London about cheap nationalized healthcare drugs, issues EO to reduce the price of drugs here (after he had shut down the same initiative by Biden, BTW).
So if we have three books on Biden's mental acuity, or the lack of it, why can't we have a book on how he brought the economy back from Covid? That was a stroke of genius.
I agree. Look a room full of monkeys and a typewriter can give us
Project 2025. I can never forgive the democrats from snatching us out from the jaws of Covid deaths….
Funny how the Republican Party is only ever interested in issues when they relate to the Democrats!
Not one word of concern when anything even remotely suspicious occurs involving the Republicsn Party but is of MAJOR concern when it involves a Democrat. If Biden had even considered accepting a $400 million ‘gift’ of an aircraft, or concerns about his age!
SUCH HYPOCRISY!
Wow Mary, your post is fire 🔥 tonight! 🤩 What stories and correlations.
I’ll add this though: California says Hell NO to an Alcatraz do-over! What a joke. Likewise his Hollywood “dream”. Barf me out. 🤮
It’s obvious to me that a lot of citizens of the United States have lost the ability to self rule. A large part of the U.S. population has lost the skills necessary to engage in critical thinking. One of the most important elements needed to engage in critical thinking, is reading comprehension. Today 54% of the U.S. is reading at only the 6th grade level. Another 20% are reading at only the 3rd grade level. This means 74% of the U.S. population lacks any real reading comprehension. It should come as no surprise looking at the above statistic, that critical thinking is not something many U.S. citizens do anymore. Bottom line: the democratic republic of the United States, may not exist much longer. We are ripe for an authoritarian take over.
Ever wonder why Republicans degrade college education, and want to privatize schools to take money away from public schools. An ignorant electorate is easier to manipulate. Just look at all the FOX viewers.
Well, and I've always wondered if DT himself is a good reader. His use of language is infantile, common and repetitive; simplistic in construction. He obviously has no knowledge whatsoever of the Constitution, which is a complicated written document to read and understand. Big words abound in it, requiring an education, so I've always wondered if anyone in his administration has any idea of what it really means. Perhaps Rubio and secy of Treasury do, as they appear educated, but the others? Think not. Bondi is a grifter and a criminal, Noem an idiot, Hegseth....no comment. It just goes on and on. Reading comprehension is extraordinarily important in any job, and essential in political life. I really don't think many of these folks, including uncle, could pass the language section of the SAT. We know that he had to pay someone to take the test when he was applying to college, so that really says it all. He already knew he was a dumb shit.
I used to teach people with language and cognition issues. Trump would've fit into many of my classes.
He doesn’t read due to dyslexia. I overcame dyslexia because my mom every evening had me read and write until I got it right. It’s obvious his parents didn’t care about anyone but themselves. That’s why he can’t pronounce words or spell correctly.
I agree. I think he needs glasses as well - hence the black marker for his personal notes.
Actually, there are any number of reasons for reading difficulties. Many people who are functionally illiterate manage to fake it through adulthood without dyslexia or vision problems being uncovered and addressed.
Excellent point, one that is infrequently addressed. Thank you for the reminder. Too many people seek out validation for their beliefs. Instead of questioning themselves, they receive validation, regardless of belief validity. Additionally, millions of people sat out this last election. It's unclear if we will have a 2028 election. I'm not even sure about midterms. MAGA has been at work purging voters. Gerrymandering of districts is ensuring them along with purging of voters, to keep them in power.
I agree with your points. However, one doesn't need literacy, education, or any kind of sophistication to realize it's time to re-shuffle family duties to eliminate reasons for grandpa to drive or to engage in child care.
What it looks like to me is that enough people decided the Oval Office needed to be occupied py a white male, regardless of how unfit he might be.
In his job, literacy, education and a level of world knowledge is essential. He simply doesn't have it, and never did.
Nailed it.
So much collateral damage.
“lost the skills necessary to engage in critical thinking”
These skills are taught for the most part rather than being intrinsic. Taking aim at public education through schools and libraries and infusing religious doctrine goes a long way toward snuffing out that ability.
Critical thinking requires time and televised news doesn’t give the viewer that time with its “And now this” format.
There may be some validity to what you say. Food for thought!
What I know is that life in the USA was great when Biden was President. It is now hell on earth.
I really think instead of being a movie maker, Donald is IN the movie. Because this episode of our history feels so damn unreal. His words are freakish! And nobody stops it. These people are fictional characters. But whoops, they’re not. Real life trolls and goblins and orcs.
Tolls and goblins and orcs...exactly. That would be funny if it weren't so close to the bone.
Like the film “The Dead Zone”. Only this time have someone who can aim before firing.
I know this isn't politically correct but I think there should be a requirement that anyone who votes should have a 3 digit I.Q. I'm so sick of the stupidity.
IQ’s can be manipulated so this may not be the best solution. Besides, IQ is not the problem here. It is total lack of morality and greed, like I never thought existed.
Alas, IQ does matter Over half of American adults read at a 6th grade level or less. That's a major contributor to the inability of so much of the public to understand and analyze news about the complicated state of our nation and the world. Throw in education and statistics that show the more education a person has, the more likely they are to hold more liberal positions on issues.
How about the President. Let's make the person who is running for President take a few tests.
The fact that they even have given him a simple cognitive test and he is so proud of remembering 5 words is moronic.
He should be given reading comprehension tests. IQ tests. Basic geography tests. History tests. How about the same test that a person has to take to become a citizen!
And let's get a real doctor in there. Not someone who is going to say his health is wonderful and he is a svelte 220 at 6'4"!
Amen and Ditto!
These books are parasitical!
They are written for the sole
purpose of making $$$$$$
Every dam one!!
Truly. Eff Jake Tapper to hell and beyond. I loathe that smug arsehole.
If you're referring to the books I mentioned above, while they were published worldwide, there was no big payday for anyone involved. These people exercised their professional acumen for the sake of their country. I met one of the psychoanalysts involved. She fears reprisals but felt it was her duty to be involved.
UGH!!! I so agree. Let it go. Biden lost. I watched the View episode. Yes he can communicate well but he is still very slow in his thought. We have have a democracy to defend.
Funny how that only works when used against democrats. Trump is STILL banging on about how he never lost the 2020 election….. even though he really did!
He needs to move on and concentrate on trying to overturn American democracy and leave us all alone so we can continue to call out his dictatorship ambitions.
Trump and his enablers need arresting and being tried for treason. It is what they all deserve!
Trump belongs in a home with 24/7 supervision. His enablers belong in jail.
My take is, he's quite deliberate, considers and rejects several formulations before speaking. The one time "gaffe machine" is not only older, but more disciplined. At times, he is also navigating around his stutter. He starts, senses trouble, rephrases mid sentence. Not that easy.
There have been recent instances in which Biden can be seen to think very fast, for example his appearance at a Stellantis plant in Belvedere, Illinois. There's a loud sound, something fell. Biden reacts immediately, with a focused look and "You OK?" Next instant, "I want the press to know ir wasn't me!". Then he turns and does an exaggerated old guy shuffle away from and back to the podium, with a grin, to laughter and applause. His take as he comes across MTG in full MAGA regalia entering for his last SOTU is similarily quick and pitch perfect.
I also recall Marcon, at the last NATO summit, being asked by a reporter to contribute to the "Biden failing" narrative. "I don't understand your question" he said.
More than a little of this is a Swiftboat play by Trump, Fox, et al.
Why elite journalists and the likes of the NYT decided to support it is a good question. And people's reactions were instinctive and umconscious, unexamined. Biden didn't read as the Warrior King fit to slay The Great Orange Ogre, and that's what people wanted deep in their minds. There's good reason we lived under Kings for so long.
But Biden was president of a republic, the best in many decades.
And a primary would have been a divisive mess. Ask Stuart Stevens and Joe Trippi.
Hi Mary. Thank you again for all that you do. Such a sad, sad family story, and yes, Trump appears to be in cognitive decline. But I just can’t let Joe Biden off the hook. He promised to be a transitional president. Recent revelations re: George Clooney and others, showed that his decline was likely covered up. He didn’t resign. He gave Harris precious little time to get up to speed. I have a hard time forgiving that. He and his protectors threw us, and the world, under the bus. I am so disappointed in him and those who hid the truth. RBG did the same. Such selfishness.
So you choose to ignore the racism and misogyny that had people choose a demented megalomaniac over a bright capable black woman to hold the highest office in the land. I am not buying the idea everything was caused by former President Biden.
There is more than one cause for Trump’s victory. It’s crazy to ignore either Biden’s inaction or the racism and misogyny in this country.
They don't need to be mutually exclusive but here we are. sadly.
Not at all. I just wish his selfish decision had not contributed to the dems losing the presidency
Biden was a transitional president who changed his mind. That was a terrible mistake, and a great loss for the rest of us. But it shouldn't be forgotten that Biden oversaw the recovery of the country from COVID, including the US becoming the first country to recover economically, job increases, infrastructure programs created to fund projects over 6 years, and the most meaningful climate legislation in American history. All of that in the toilet now.
I can't stand having to agree with this (I'm such a partisan DEM) but you're right.
Indeed, it is quite distressing to realize that the self centered can result in massive damage to an entire country.
Harris was not given enough of a chance..but she tried her best to catch up…
Therein lies the dichotomy.
We are NOT accepting what he is doing and the destruction of what used to be our democracy. But our system is failing us. There are no longer checks and balances at the highest levels to stop him and his fascist regime. Or so it seems.
No checks and balances to stop him. Someone set that up very, very well.