Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

‘Don’t. Trust. Anyone. Ever.’

What a bleak view of human nature. He can’t accept people doing things out of service to others with no reward wanted. He thinks that they’re grifting somehow, because that’s exactly what he’d do.

it's how he was raised probably - (which doesn't absolve him of anything)

It does seem likely that no one wanted anything to do with Trump unless they thought they could get something out of it

xp it is also really damaging for a four year old to be told not trust their parent. at that age, they need a secure attachment to caregivers in order to thrive.

Yes, it was interesting raising a child in the Trump years and having to tell them to absolutely not act the President does

don't trust anybody, except me, especially not me, but yes i'm trustworthy, but don't trust anybody, especially not me, but you can trust me because I'm a straight-shooter

Proceed, Mr. Trump."

― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, June 5, 2024 8:58 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

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‘No smoking, no drinking, no drugs.’

I mean, it’s not something you tell a four-year-old, right?

No Santa Claus

I mean, very clearly the "no drugs" part didn't stick with Junior.

xp it is also really damaging for a four year old to be told not trust their parent. at that age, they need a secure attachment to caregivers in order to thrive.

― treeship., Wednesday, June 5, 2024 11:13 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I kinda have to give it up to Trump for, in this instance at least, owning the fact that he's a total, irredeemable piece of shit. Some of us have to learn the hard way that we can't trust our parents, so...respect!

I'm leaning towards "dud

do you still trust your father? at this age, it's marginal, right?

Is there video of that quote? If so please run an ad with it

He’d gain votes from that
His one shining moment

Well Woodie Guthrie did write a song about Trump’s dad being a total sh1thead.

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zltqtmydso6kikzw7wafpj4p/bafkreiay6ga2kmgipus4jj42behdkjm3gznngdvsdz4uwhadna35mkmvxy@jpeg

he's also just mean. and likes to laugh at people . . .
Woodie Guthrie did write a song about Trump’s dad being a total sh1thead

being mean and enjoying laughing at people is part and parcel of how the shithead's scion and his base have barely any interiority whatsoever and are so shallow and materialistic it's pretty challenging imho for those of us who value "culture" enough to be able to follow the average ILXor thread to really relate to. like these are the shallowest of the shallow -- money and appearance are everything: poetry, art, music, philosophy, etc. are coping mechanisms for losers. we need a wealth tax in this country yesterday so that your typical calvinist domininionist evangelical prosperity gospel "christian" isn't so warped and easily manipulated by images of outrageous fortunes

https://bsky.app/profile/jbouie.bsky.social/post/3ku6zighbrs2w

just hearing about Burgum now. he looks like a vhs action movie bad guy.

Or the “mysterious rich dickhead” in a 90s movie

SNL must have Henry Winkler on call in case Trump picks Burgum

Hell yeah

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bfhs/genealogy/MY%20PICS/doug%20burgum.jpg

(from when he worked at Microsoft in the early 2000s: https://web.archive.org/web/20010611125238/https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/burgum/default.asp)

Oh my god PLEASE let him pick Rubio please please please

VP debate where Kamala Harris asks him if he’s thirsty and offers him some water after every question NOW

I would be very happy if this happened.

someone mentioned my fave scenario in the bluesky replies: compelling Rubio to move out of Florida and then not picking him

godfuckingdammit

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/trump-georgia-election-fani-willis-disqualification-appeal-pending

Ugh

Doug Burzum

^^^ what I always think of when I hear that guy's name

you could see that GA thing coming a mile away without having to squint. any delay is good for Trump and any excuse to delay further is a good excuse. you'd think the gravity of the charges weighed against the fact Trump could be guilty but could also become president again would argue for promptitude from the courts. but nope, not no way.

getting pretty tired of all this wriggling tbh

fucker doesn't even have to bother wriggling, laws deform around him

his appeal is pure hindbrain limbic system shit. "that is the powerful one so i gotta meld w/ him for safety" and it's not far wrong, who could ever get away with what he gets away with?

i reckon the spell won't be broken until he has a sobbing sniveling breakdown on camera

or publicly shits himself, that might work too

more Presidents should shit themselves, deep state is the one requiring 'bathrooms' which are anti-blue collar worker

brown-collar i guess

he's here in san francisco, you can smell it across the bay

Andy help us out here, sneak some eye drops in his diet coke

I'm hoping the Pelosi hammer guy is out on bail

US evangelicals worship a flawed vessel adulterer who inherited $400,000,000, just like it says in the four gospels in the same footnote where abortion/contraception, gay marriage, and taxes on the rich are condemned. mega maga amen. lock hillary and hunter up / build the wall

the CEO of the last company to lay me off posted this on Twitter. he is an absolute twat who had been fired from the company for sexually harassing employees, then wormed his way back. A pair of cunts right here:

http://d2u3dcdbebyaiu.cloudfront.net/uploads/atch_img/345/3111b782ef4c698f0a79d7a86fddcf81_res.jpeg

also, I really hope that this turns out to be nothing:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/politics/trump-hush-money-trial-facebook-post-jury/index.html

The person who made the post already responded saying it was not real, he's a "professional shitposter"

Glad CNN jumped to breathlessly reporting this completely unremarkable thing that literally any joker on earth with a FB account could've done but that every GOP lunatic will latch onto as TRUE AND UNASSAILABLE FACTS

You know, there might be too much communication in the world.

t-shirt with double-breasted jacket is an incredible look

Ha was just going to say the same thing. Dude does not dress like a zillionaire.

fedora vibes intensify

Guessing he wants more policies like "no consequences" rather than any of what he's mentioning in that tweet.

The person who made the post already responded saying it was not real, he's a "professional shitposter"

― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, June 8, 2024 11:51 AM bookmarkflaglink

read this as "professional shapeshifter"