Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

Nah. He looked about as healthy as "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency."

comrade bonespurs

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/pentagon-wont-throw-traditional-farewell-ceremony-trump/171408/

No time, no time; there are prisoners to execute, oil leases to auction, allies to alienate... he's very busy these last days

I got a text from an old work colleague I haven't spoke to in years that went: "that president is so bad I'm going to impeach him TWICE!"

I know it isn't funny but it made me laugh like crazy. it comes from an old work joke to do with someone seeing some daft teenager walking out of Spiderman 2 at the cinema and saying: that film is so bad I'm going to watch it TWICE! So at work it became a running joke, like if say you had some onerous task and the boss/evil overseer/ asked for a progress report like say doing power and lighting circuits in some clustered, hot boiler room all in steel conduit you'd say: this boiler room is so bad I'm going to wire it TWICE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsi5lXxzByU

Overheard Secret Service on @realDonaldTrump at lunch. He ate rice and 2 pieces of cherry pie. Took a few sips of his drink. "He loves rice"

— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) October 24, 2017

He will only eat his chicken tendies if they’re cut into the shape of a dinosaur

2scoops

Trump OTM about rice

end of an era!

... thankfully

Mary Trump just affirmed what we all probably guessed, that this (today/tomorrow) is "the worst day of his life."

Good to hear but hoping "so far" is implied

i think of modest mouse in this trying time. "god who'd want to be, god who'd want to be such an asshole."

Dud

Farewell to the weirdest guy I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/zjyyr44N8O

— Luke Mones (@LukeMones) January 19, 2021

beyond the 'weirdness' those clips portray many signature moves of a bully and demagogue. they mostly seem weird to people who don't respond with adoration to all those cues.

That video is gross

that is because of the content

ctrl+f "Trump" on Google News homepage yields 27 hits. 4 of the 6 "Headlines" entries have his name in the headline.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:58 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

27 hits for "Trump" again today wtf

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, June 25, 2019 7:27 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

40 now!

― A True White Kid that can

It's down to 8 now yesssssssss

Trump 'happier' now that he's off social media: former aide https://t.co/e3AF1TzunK pic.twitter.com/Uo5AAWmllR

— New York Post (@nypost) February 7, 2021

tragic news

that's basically the first time ever something (allegedly) coming from trump has been in the ballpark of relatable

Trump "very sorry" after "cooling down for a bit", "didn't know what happened back there", says former aide

narcissism, megalomania & steroids. the worst Simon and Garfunkel album.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dementia/

Bannon seems to age 5 years with each new photo I see of him, so I beg of you please paparazzi - keep photographing him.

Nice kicker at the end of that story.

"Bannon realized that Trump was repeating the same stories over and over again... and Bannon wanted to do something about it," Rosen explained, adding that Bannon believed he could take over the right-wing movement from Trump.

Occasionally I will think 'lol, remember the time everyone laughed at Bannon because he wore two shirts like an idiot' and then I'll see a picture of Bannon and remember 'oh no, wearing two shirts like an idiot is what he does literally all the time'.

Again, no one who didn't live through this era will believe half of the recounted details about this era.

“He’s said that not being on social media, and not being subject to the hateful echo chamber that social media too frequently becomes, has actually been good,” Miller told the outlet.

I dont believe theres even a ghost of a chance that he would say something like that. Imho the reason for:

it’s been “the first time in years that I saw the president truly relaxed,” Miller told the paper

is that Trump hated being president so. fucking. much.

Trump hated being president so. fucking. much.

Yet he didn't resign from the job, and when he lost the election he spent months desperately trying to hold onto the job, capping it all by committing serious crimes in plain view, all so he wouldn't be forced to leave the job he hated. so. fucking. much.

Both can be true. He hated it but he needed it because it was his shield from prosecution and the taxman and dealing with his debt, and it was the best grift he'd ever lucked into.

WmC otmfm

And he loved doing the rallies (as long as they were full.)

Bannon seems to age 5 years with each new photo I see of him, so I beg of you please paparazzi - keep photographing him.

Nice kicker at the end of that story.
"Bannon realized that Trump was repeating the same stories over and over again... and Bannon wanted to do something about it," Rosen explained, adding that Bannon believed he could take over the right-wing movement from Trump.

sorry, I read these posts as being about Ba*rr*on. not sure if I'm relieved or disappointed now.

Yet he didn't resign from the job, and when he lost the election he spent months desperately trying to hold onto the job, capping it all by committing serious crimes in plain view, all so he wouldn't be forced to leave the job he hated. so. fucking. much.

none of that is because he liked "the job", in fact he pretty much avoided working whenever possible

like the power and fame, hate the job

In sum, Donald Trump is a land of many contrasts.

Apparently they block PornHub in the WH and Trump was none too pleased with that

don’t forget that he toyed with the idea of not even moving into the WH in the first place, he was so grossed out by it.

the stuff he liked about the gig (the title, rallies, being treated like a kingmaker, getting free money from doing crimes) he still has access to postpresidency. The stuff he clearly loathed about it (being in away from his luxury properties, having to occasionally see ppl he didn’t know and listen to stuff he didn’t care about) he doesn’t have to deal with anymore. I’ve got no doubt he’s overjoyed that he never has to set foot in the WH for at least the next 4 years.

Both can be true. He hated it but he needed it because it was his shield from prosecution and the taxman and dealing with his debt, and it was the best grift he'd ever lucked into.

The shield from prosecution/taxman and grift are so far down the list of reasons he disputed the election (#s 98-100). IIRC the first 97 reasons are "to shield my massively fragile ego".

Yeah I don’t believe he has any serious thought that he is at risk of prosecution or jail time, I don’t think that factors into his thinking at all

After all the shit he put us through, we deserve to read this statement. A “Detox”-level lost masterpiece. pic.twitter.com/yaYglz6pwv

— Ian Cohen (@en_cohen) February 16, 2021

Yeah, I'm not sure Trump should really be ridiculing anyone else's appearance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnizDJxzlv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnizDJxzlv0

(sorry, thought it would work)

- Donald Trump

finally removing bookmark from this thread after 4 years

Fitting, because Trump has never read a book.

And the walls came a-tumblin' down

LOOK: The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City is demolished. The hotel has been closed since 2014 pic.twitter.com/qniUzxp8Nk

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) February 17, 2021