Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

^ I've definitely mentioned before, but he was barred from opening a casino in Sydney in 1987 because of his untrustworthiness and mafia involvement

he's done some stuff, ok. but why can't we just give him a chance and see how he does, these last few months of the term? everyone deserves a fresh, clean start

tbf he's never had a second term, give him a chance.

he got booed by some randos near the supreme court today. apparently it was only like the 5th time he's had to endure this humiliation:

On Thursday morning, we saw one of the rare exceptions. Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Supreme Court to pay their respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who died last week. When Trump emerged from the building, within view of the assembled crowd, a rumble of opposition emerged. Soon, it became a chant: “Vote him out.” Trump was probably thankful that, for once, he was wearing a mask; no reaction was visible on his face.

Other incidents in which he’s faced public opprobrium can be counted on one hand: boos at his inauguration, boos at a Nationals baseball game last year and, again, at a UFC event a few days later, and, unusually, boos after disparaging the press at an international summit in Switzerland in 2018. Beyond that, opposition manifested directly to Trump’s face is rare precisely because he rarely gets his face in front of hostile critics.

It’s tricky to overstate the extent to which Trump generally operates in a sphere where criticism is limited or rare. The White House has been largely purged of people who are willing to buck Trump, by his own design. His travel heavily skews toward either his private properties — where the other people have paid to be in his presence — or to campaign rallies crowded with supporters. During his trips to and from those appearances, he can often see critics along the side of the road, people bearing signs or elevating particular fingers to make their feelings known. But the car simply zips past them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/24/brief-moment-trump-comes-face-to-face-with-political-reality/

Yeah, I saw somewhere that this was the first time since January he'd been in public at something that wasn't a rally or some other event honoring him (ie. with a controlled audience).

that time that he had public servants beat up citizens and throw priests out of a church so he could do a photo op was technically an event honouring him by the time he walked outside I guess

Has there been any broad public appearance he's made where he hasn't been booed?

how many does he have that aren't closely stage managed

according to that washpost article, 5

Other incidents in which he’s faced public opprobrium can be counted on one hand: boos at his inauguration, boos at a Nationals baseball game last year and, again, at a UFC event a few days later, and, unusually, boos after disparaging the press at an international summit in Switzerland in 2018

+ boos at RBG's wake at the SC

i DEEPLY wish that the phrase "and the time he got within 500 ft of karl malone, who immediately screamed 'FUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOUUU!!' at the top of his lungs before escaping down an alleyway while blasting an air horn" could be added to that sentence though

I wonder if his death will eventually be celebrated as a sort of unofficial national holiday, with impromptu fireworks, pinatas, parties ... like, Don't Be An Asshole Day.

Anyway, for fellow masochists:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?475971-1/trump-v-vance-oral-argument&live

he definitely seems like one of those people who is going to choose to cryogenically freeze his body rather than succumb to death

I don’t think he has given even one second of thought to his own death. It wouldn’t surprise me if he doesn’t have a will.

there's a song called "When Will You Die?" by They Might be Giants that, if it was released today, would immediately be assumed to be about Donald Trump

I'm so tired
Of your lies
And the evil things
You're doing behind my back

Are there crimes
That you have never committed?
I doubt it, sometimes I wonder
When will you die?

You're insane
You are bad
You wreck everything you touch
And you're a sociopath

But there's one thing
That everyone's wondering
When will you die?

I don’t think he has given even one second of thought to his own death.

lol, he probably has a dedicated team doing constant sweeps making sure a mysterious nerve agent doesn't get within 50 feet of him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novichok_agent#Instances_of_usage

that time that he had public servants beat up citizens and throw priests out of a church so he could do a photo op was technically an event honouring him by the time he walked outside I guess

I was wrestling with how to describe that, but then I knew I could count on good ol' Sic Flair to swing in with the realness.

these last few posts sure are interesting october 3 reading

There’s a Donald Trump episode of Sesame Street and 15 years later it’s pretty on the nose! pic.twitter.com/oaLjCf1AUZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2020

wait until he finds out about the 80s and 90s

I meant in pop culture generally too, but here's Sesame Street covering Trump as a slumlord claiming classiness in 1988. And some gross behind-the-scenes of Joe Pesci as Trump on the show in 1994, when they did the same plot as the end of Bloom County in 1989, Trump buying the whole thing and shutting it down.

your skin is like love to me, my barron

Trump on his son getting the coronavirus: "My Barron. My tall Barron. He's very tall. My beautiful Barron. Handsome. He is handsome. But my beautiful Barron had it. He recovered, like, so fast. I said, wait a minute: how long did that take?"

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 15, 2020

His hard stop with interjectionary 'like's makes me. Like. Sick to my fucking stomach.

He sounds like Baron Harkonnen talking about Feyd.

     Rabban leaves just as Feyd steps out of the shower.
     The Baron turns to him lovingly.
--                            
                          BARON
                    (to Feyd)
               And when we've crushed these people enough
               I'll send in you Feyd... they'll cheer you
               as a rescuer... lovely Feyd... really a
               lovely boy.
                    (suddenly he smiles and screams)
               Where's my doctor?

Realized that I've never seen this guy laugh. Even someone like Nixon I've seen giving a hearty bellylaugh. He's so joyless.

Mary T's book lays out the why and how of all that really.

To be fair, Nixon was pretty drunk most of the time.

TS: gin vs. adderall

Trump tells Iowa MAGA crowd how angry he was to see the Iowa news talk about Iowa floods and problems with Iowa crops instead of his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize (*anyone can be nominated). Even the MAGA audience is confused 🤷‍♀️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/VSkAjCtkve

— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) October 15, 2020

It really is astounding that even 1% of the population would vote for this sentient shitstain

"I get home, I turn on the tellavision!" Why is he talking like Jerry Stiller?

He asked Melania if she knows what the Nobel Prize is?

darlin’

what's the opposite of a tight ten? a prolapsed term?

Hitler was actually nominated in 1939, so there's that.

"ya floods in Iowa"

That's one of the most "beyond parody" things I've seen from a guy with a lifetime of them. God he's so fucking clueless how shit like that comes across.

I'm sure he was just joking around tho, what a card

Realized that I've never seen this guy laugh. Even someone like Nixon I've seen giving a hearty bellylaugh. He's so joyless.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:21 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

The only time I've seen him laugh was at the Al Smith dinner in 2016

https://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/lg/public/2016/10/21/clump-doinner.jpg

he's got that Kanye thing, hyper-aware when the cameras are on

reagan, too

I like the rakish angle of the cardinal's cap... he looks like a ceramic salt shaker.

Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News https://t.co/JPmjOrKPcr via @TheBabylonBee Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this. Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2020

Trump owes $400+M to the wallet inspector

lol what an idiot

President Trump Declares The Babylon Bee His Most-Trusted News Source https://t.co/oObdxaH3w6

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 16, 2020

I wanted to say he's the dumbest human on earth but then I scrolled through the replies so let's just say that he and his supporters could be outsmarted by a not-particularly-bright dog and leave it at that.

Did he ever host a Fake News Awards? Just another promise broken ...