Trump is stupid ( number 1) has no comprehension of how things work in the real world because to him nothing matters or registers in his thoughts that is not all about himself! Trump is a con man and criminal much like Netanyahu he saw an opportunity to make money and help clear out an area Israel wants so without a thought of hostages, right and wrong, the fact it will affect the United states , he blurted out what he wants! He’s a breaker, a destroyer, a failure at any form of successful building or growing ( look at his businesses! 70 failed folded, found criminal and shut or bankrupted! ) He needs to go!
Republicans would be calling for impeachment if Biden or Harris uttered such a bathing crazy plan before they finished the sentence or before the first hair on their heads singed all the way to the scalp. But yeah why not? Let President Crazytrain suggest sending our brace men and women into another war to plant another gawd awful Trump Bedbug Motel
It's the same shit as Dubya Bush. The weaponized external threats, the neo-imperialism, the Unitary Executive, the contempt for civil liberties, the religious extremism, the Gilded Age-grade cronyism. Only it wore a mask then, so our good, dear Rick was all for it.
The mask is off now, but it's the exact same shit underneath.
You know better than I, Rick, but Wiles seemed like a savvy political operator before Trump. Why in God's name would she torch her reputtion for what she had to know is a two-bit clown?
It's not a feint; he legitimately meant it. But it is a distraction in the sense that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico were thwarted and he's not going to invade Denmark or Panama. He's just dumb and inhuman enough to think that a MAGAza on the MAGAterranean is some kind of a good deal for everybody. Of course, if he wanted to use the US military to clear out two million Palestinians he'd have to institute the draft, and that would break his entire movement.
The draft broke LBJ and Nixon, and that was back during the days when people mostly trusted the government. The disgustingness of MAGA is that it's all about entitlement and against self-sacrifice. None of these MAGA bros are going to risk their lives so Trump's son-in-law can have a hotel on the Gaza beachfront.
Trump knows damn well that even hinting at a draft will shatter his movement.
A major failure of Trump compared to earlier authoritarian / fascist movements is that Trump and MAGA have not been able to present a cogent reason to sacrifice oneself for the Fatherland. MAGA is all about entitlement and whining about petty gripes, with no larger vision, which is why the most MAGA pilled are also Christian nationalist religious fanatics. But as a broad message, it's all about ME first, everybody else last.
"He is a man who is, by all appearances, is [sic] both mentally unstable and cognitively unable to process reality beyond his own mental architecture." Hit the bulls-eye there.
Now that he has threatened Gaza, the proverbial genie is on the loose. The blowback is going to be fierce. regardless of any attempt to actually implement such a lunatic plan.
People here are of two minds about ol' Susie. The Bulwark has described her as a "procedural normie," meaning that she's not going to stop Trump from being Trump, but she's a skilled operative out of DeSantis' shop and is allergic to raw chaos. Others say she knows damn well what Trump is about so she's just another soulless enabler.
When you see "top administration officials" (NYT's words) within 24 hours flatly contradicting Trump's insane presser with Bibi to assure everybody that US troops aren't going to ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians, that might well be the work of Susie's hand. Or could be. Dunno.
Somebody certainly needs to apply the genital cuff ;)
Can someone get word to Nancy Pelosi to quit and have Gov Newsom appoint Kamala Harris as California’s Senator!? Please!?
Nancy is a San Francisco House rep out of leadership. Nothing to do with the Senate.
Trump is stupid ( number 1) has no comprehension of how things work in the real world because to him nothing matters or registers in his thoughts that is not all about himself! Trump is a con man and criminal much like Netanyahu he saw an opportunity to make money and help clear out an area Israel wants so without a thought of hostages, right and wrong, the fact it will affect the United states , he blurted out what he wants! He’s a breaker, a destroyer, a failure at any form of successful building or growing ( look at his businesses! 70 failed folded, found criminal and shut or bankrupted! ) He needs to go!
Republicans would be calling for impeachment if Biden or Harris uttered such a bathing crazy plan before they finished the sentence or before the first hair on their heads singed all the way to the scalp. But yeah why not? Let President Crazytrain suggest sending our brace men and women into another war to plant another gawd awful Trump Bedbug Motel
I was under the impression Musk's grandfather chose South Africa cause CA wasn't friendly enough to Nazis. Thrown out? By whom?
I say we need a new American Revolution. Fight back . Protest marches, people wake up.
Bibi has long secured his place under a sort of Democracy umbrella. Rote. Something has been off there for awhile
Thank you for this piece. I want to pull my hair out every time a writer acts like Trump has even half of his marbles left.
Team America
It's the same shit as Dubya Bush. The weaponized external threats, the neo-imperialism, the Unitary Executive, the contempt for civil liberties, the religious extremism, the Gilded Age-grade cronyism. Only it wore a mask then, so our good, dear Rick was all for it.
The mask is off now, but it's the exact same shit underneath.
You know better than I, Rick, but Wiles seemed like a savvy political operator before Trump. Why in God's name would she torch her reputtion for what she had to know is a two-bit clown?
Because that two-bit clown is president. It's that simple.
I’d like to be wrong, but this Gaza thing is not a distraction. My opinion.
It's not a feint; he legitimately meant it. But it is a distraction in the sense that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico were thwarted and he's not going to invade Denmark or Panama. He's just dumb and inhuman enough to think that a MAGAza on the MAGAterranean is some kind of a good deal for everybody. Of course, if he wanted to use the US military to clear out two million Palestinians he'd have to institute the draft, and that would break his entire movement.
Sadly, I believe he will attempt to reinstate the draft.
The draft broke LBJ and Nixon, and that was back during the days when people mostly trusted the government. The disgustingness of MAGA is that it's all about entitlement and against self-sacrifice. None of these MAGA bros are going to risk their lives so Trump's son-in-law can have a hotel on the Gaza beachfront.
Trump knows damn well that even hinting at a draft will shatter his movement.
A major failure of Trump compared to earlier authoritarian / fascist movements is that Trump and MAGA have not been able to present a cogent reason to sacrifice oneself for the Fatherland. MAGA is all about entitlement and whining about petty gripes, with no larger vision, which is why the most MAGA pilled are also Christian nationalist religious fanatics. But as a broad message, it's all about ME first, everybody else last.
"He is a man who is, by all appearances, is [sic] both mentally unstable and cognitively unable to process reality beyond his own mental architecture." Hit the bulls-eye there.
Now that he has threatened Gaza, the proverbial genie is on the loose. The blowback is going to be fierce. regardless of any attempt to actually implement such a lunatic plan.
All it is is a signal to Bibi that he can ethnically cleanse away. He just nuked Biden's ceasefire.
Oh dear, he must have OD’d on ketchup again… Are we going to have to be apologizing to the Known Universe again?
Get me a barf bag!!!
Nor Susie’s best color- she looks like a snowbank.
48% of Americans that bothered to vote selected the polar oposite of Trump so there is hope.
Definitely NOT a good thing when your own chief of staff looks at you like an alien just burst out of your chest! 😡
People here are of two minds about ol' Susie. The Bulwark has described her as a "procedural normie," meaning that she's not going to stop Trump from being Trump, but she's a skilled operative out of DeSantis' shop and is allergic to raw chaos. Others say she knows damn well what Trump is about so she's just another soulless enabler.
When you see "top administration officials" (NYT's words) within 24 hours flatly contradicting Trump's insane presser with Bibi to assure everybody that US troops aren't going to ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians, that might well be the work of Susie's hand. Or could be. Dunno.
Somebody certainly needs to apply the genital cuff ;)