LAUGHINGSTOCK
In recent weeks, many who feared Trump as a dangerous ideologue have come to learn he’s actually the opposite – rather than having firmly held beliefs and programs to implement policy on those beliefs, he’s actually just a clown. He’s a dangerous, life threatening clown, but he is, in the end, simply a clown. He has no idea what he’s doing, veering from disaster to disaster, always shocked that his latest brash move, childish insult, and idiotic tweet doesn’t result in adulation which he apparently needs on a minute by minute. This moron actually believed that firing James Comey would 1) be wildly popular, especially among Democrats; 2) end the FBI investigation against him and the rest of his clown car. Apparently, he really was shocked at the reaction by the press and the general public, and in the process has attracted an even tougher investigator who has prosecutorial authority.
These aren’t the actions of an ideologue, these are the mindless reactions of an idiot. I don’t know which is scarier; a radical ideologue with totalitarian tendencies, or a simpleton, susceptible to manipulation by actual dangerous people whose poor advice results in the daily dumpster fire unfolding every day on our television sets.
One thing we know is that foreign leaders around the world, but especially in Europe, are shaking their heads and laughing at him (and at us). Friday, Susan Glasser of Politico wrote of the international reaction to Trump, and it’s not pretty. A few tidbits:
“People here think Trump is a laughingstock.”
“The president of the United States has a 12-second attention span.”
I could go on and on, but you get the drift. My thinking on Trump has evolved over the last 120 days of the worst president in US history. Before, I was furious that Americans could be this stupid to elect a reality television star who played a successful businessman on television. I feared he could burn down the world trying to play his new reality role as president. I still fear that, but am now just embarrassed; I’m humiliated that the US could go from the most globally popular president in modern history to this clown. However, I’m liking the new bumper sticker that’s shown up recently on the inter webs –
Elect a Clown, Expect a Circus.
El Jefe, so true, so true! The only stickers I put on my car are the ones required and a Marine one for my recently departed son. But, I would gladly apply that bumper sticker if and when I find one.
1June, google it. They are all over the place.
Alas, I have no more room on my little car with all the Obama/Biden/Sanders bumper stickers plus one expressing my contempt of Trump and an “I brake for wildflowers” sticker.
2The worst thing about this is the refusal of his supporters to acknowledge just how bad a President he truly is. I have a former supervisor, now in computer technical support with a Louisiana sheriff’s department, who insists that the clown is sorely beset by our liberal news media. I keep pointing out to him that if the media were liberal, Bernie Sanders would be President. I like my little sticker that I bought from the Texas Dems… I DIDN’T VOTE FOR TRUMP.
3Yes, isn’t it odd how the “liberal” media spent so much time covering various gaffes and missteps of Hillary’s campaign? Better argument for them would be to stop playing victim, and say that the media is only in it for the money, and push scandals because scandals sell ads.
But then, Republicans tend to be people who’ll kick someone when they’re down, stubbing their toes in the process – and then claim that stubbed toe makes the kicker the real victim.
4And the biggest disappointment? This clown can’t even make cute little animals out of colored balloons. Sad!
5It would require a chyron installed on the tailgate of our truck to display all the buffoonery the GOP has unleashed through Donnie and their own ‘support’ of the Cooter-in-Thief.
El Jefe, your question is a serious question despite producing that vomit into our mouths automatic response. “I don’t know which is scarier; a radical ideologue with totalitarian tendencies, or a simpleton, susceptible to manipulation by actual dangerous people whose poor advice results in the daily dumpster fire unfolding every day on our television sets.” We can continue into the quicksand with the clown or we can dive off a cliff with a rotten scoundrel list of ‘choices,’ Pence, Ryan, Hatch, Rexxon Drillerson, ad nausea.
Not exactly a bold solution to “hope” to limp into 2018 and remedy the situation with “the vote.” Considering that much of the problem from 2016 stemmed from “the vote” being restricted way beyond acceptable proportions. One county in ol’ Alabama being a little iffy is still wrong. But when we’re seeing voter rolls scrubbed from Wisconsin through PA and across the country, we cannot afford to limp into 2018 or wait for President Obama and Eric Holder to save us from ourselves. Register, re-register, and confirm that every person who wants to vote can vote.
6Today’s Headline…
“New budget next week, and early reports indicate DEEP cuts to science programs, investments in renewable energy, and environmental protection work.”
New day, same BS
7This crew NEVER builds anything, all they ever do
is wreck someone else’s work.
Reminds me of the heyday of the RepoMan
during the Bush/Cheney era.
Just wait until the elephants in the room realize the clown isn’t helping them, he’s exploiting them.
8Looking for those bumper stickers. The traitor trump voters were told over and over trump’s true nature. They would and many still prefer to believe the lies. The election results are fake, false, not real and must be overturne. NOW. Traitors trump, pense, McConnell and Ryan must pay and pay heavily! Forfeiture of all government benefits, prison, fine totaling every Penney they have received from their masters, either from special interests and the Russians.
9“I don’t know which is scarier; a radical ideologue with totalitarian tendencies, or a simpleton, susceptible to manipulation by actual dangerous people whose poor advice results in the daily dumpster fire unfolding every day on our television sets.”
I believe Mr. Mueller is going to let us find out.
10Did you see that “Little” Marco Rubio agrees with you?
11I don’t think anyone around this blog wants Pence to be prez. That’s what we are stuck with, he’s the veep.
12Here’s a question. What Republican would you be more comfortable with moving up to the presidency? There are a few out there I don’t agree with but I believe to be decent persons. Congressman Tom Cole, PhD of Oklahoma can be sensible; not because he has a PhD, though it’s proof he can read and write. He’s an historian, god knows Trump will never be mistaken for a historian. I expect who ever you might name will be not be what you’d really like but this is a forced choice quiz.
Yeah in the Nixon years the powers that be, whoever they were, ensured survival of the republic by getting Agnew out as vice BEFORE Nixon’s resignation and pardon. I suspect one was the quid pro quo for the other. So Gerald Ford became prez and the universe breathed a sign of relief. And SNL stayed on the air another season buoyed in part by Jerry Ford jokes. A win for everyone.
2017 is different. There are no snacilbupeR more concerned with the future of the republic than they are concerned with their own immediate income and prestige. No Jerry Fords on the horizon. Pence is an average nacilbupeR, not good but better than just about any of the clowns that ran against Drumpf in the primaries. A sad, easily indictable group as I recall.
13Woody Allen’s Sleeper flick = the stoner orb made it appearance this weekend.
Will swear on Lincoln bible that Tillerson and Bannon were screaming “Don’t Bogart that orb, my friend. Pass it over to me” Trump orb’ed with his newest friends who were worthy of his Disney Princess curtsy and Ivanka’s $100 million donors in Saudi Arabia.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/all-hail-the-new-world-orb-er-internet-loses-its-collective-sht-over-pic-of-trump-with-saudi-orb/
14I got a bumper sticker from the Dems with silhouettes of Barack and Michelle Obama and (I think this is a quote from Michelle) “We need an ADULT in the White House.”
Which GOP should take over? The ones who’ve been sounding halfway sane lately are Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and John McCain….
15John Thune is not too bad, seems like a reasonable guy, just one I disagree with. Rob Portman is another that isn’t just gawd-awful. Lindsey Graham has seemed like the adult in the room more than a few times lately. Susan Collins is ok for a Repub. I mean, I’m not a republican, so I don’t agree with most of their positions on things, but these people aren’t just grasping venal in-it-for-themselves types like McConnell and Ryan and Cruz. Of course, one of the problems with the current situation is that it makes anyone that isn’t a wild eyed axe murderer look reasonable. Feel free to shoot holes in my paper tigers, I did check up on their bios though!
16Susan Collins once appeared sane, but months of working with McTurdle and Dolt45 seem to be taking a toll on her. Lindsey Graham was onto something when he suggested the death of Teddie Crooze would be a justifiable homicide on the Senate floor. Then he apologized and lost all credibility. John McCain was once a decent guy, might still be, but his shelf life ended the day the GOP hung $carah around his neck.
The snacilbupeR House is a mess, but the Senate is no better and they won’t be for as long as they line up behind McTurdle.
17@Susan on the Left Coast
Ohhhh my 1969 intrudes on 2017 again. Where’s my Fraternity of Men 45??
18Keep an eye on Senator Cassidy of LA. He’s a physician who has spent decades caring for poor people. He is working with Collins to come up with changes to improve health coverage without taking insurance away from millions.
19I get upset with Collins but then I remind myself if she doesm’t play ball with McConnell now and then she’ll get buried. Snow got fed up and left the senate. Too bad but she was replaced by Angus King which is excellent.
I ordered two from Amazon today
20My answer to the quiz is “none of the above”. I say Democrats take back the House and Senate in 2018, impeach Trump AND Pence, and appoint the Democratic Speaker of the House to the Presidency.
BTW, don’t be fooled by the Collins/Cassidy health care bill.
Under the proposal, the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, states must choose from one of three options: (1) to continue implementing the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, albeit with reduced funding for the financial assistance that makes coverage affordable for lower- and moderate-income individuals; (2) to opt for the legislation’s preferred State Alternative Option; or (3) to reject any federal funding, though the state would still have to follow some ACA provisions.
Under the preferred State option insurers:
Would be able to rescind coverage
Would no longer be required to limit their profits and administrative costs
Would be able to charge older people as much as they want
Would be able to once again charge higher premiums for women than for men
Would not be required to cover essential benefits such as maternity care, prescription drugs, or dental and vision care for children
Would not be required to pay out a minimum share of consumer costs—which would increase deductibles
Would not be required to limit the total out-of-pocket costs that consumers must pay
Could deny coverage or charge higher premiums due to pre-existing conditions if consumers have a gap in coverage of longer than two months
Could impose late enrollment penalties, in addition to higher premiums, after a gap in coverage
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/01/26/297451/cassidy-collins-aca-replacement-plan-forces-states-to-choose-from-3-bad-options/
21Aggieland Liz, Thune is a pretty boy empty shirt from the state I was born in and lived in for nearly 50 years, SD. He’s part of the uber corrupt snacilbupeR state government that sets up shell corporations that absorb $millions in federal grants, then skim half off the top to stuff in secret accounts. Anyone who gets in the way is murdered, even entire families, in “murder suicides.” Thune is at least as filthy as anyone,but he’s pretty and sounds educated.
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