It’s virtually certain that Trump will be connected to Epstein and the sex trafficking of underage girls.
The question, however, is will he lose any support? We’re talking about an adjudicated rapist who tried to overthrow the United States federal government. For the MAGA base, there are no deal-breakers.
It’s totally fine that the U.S. president doesn’t understand the principles of magnetism, but does he need to talk about it in front of a huge, international audience? If you haven’t seen this and the other videos on this subject, now’s the time.
If I’m asked to be on some radio or TV show, I immediately ask about the focus of the program. Things like environmental sustainability in general and renewable energy specifically get an automatic yes. But there are thousands of topics you couldn’t pay me enough to engage in: Chinese cooking, third-world politics, the life and times of Millard Fillmore. Of the many reasons I’d decline such requests, one of them is that I’d certainly make a total ass of myself.
Donald Trump apparently was born without that gene in his body. Ask him about, or, better yet, put him in change of domestic or world economics, and just watch him go.
This wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for the fact that American voters can’t get enough of his ignorance.
Two hundred years ago, we wanted a Princeton grad like James Madison. One hundred years ago, we wanted another: Woodrow Wilson. Now we want the village idiot. Not only do we want an idiot, we will not accept a person of intelligence.
Until recently, we assumed that most Americans had the aspirations that were prevalent when we were young: get a good education and continue to learn until the day you die. Live a life of honesty, fairness, intelligence, and compassion. Perhaps, pick a role model who exemplifies what you consider being a good human being, and emulate their thinking and behavior.
As we watch and listen to Trump supporters, we’re learning something tragic: a huge swath of the American population has no interest in any of this; in fact, they could call it “woke crap.”
Some say that the reason we have Trump in the White House has little to do with the characteristics of Trump himself, but rather with those of the 77 million people who voted for him.
I wrote a post earlier today about a British geneticist, Dr. Gordon Strathdee, who had lived in the United States for four years, and believes that, by 2028, the U.S. will fall under military dictatorship. He believes this, not because of Trump per se, but because of the mentality of the typical American voter. I hope you’ll read his incredibly astute comments here.
In the earlier post, I argued against Strathdee’s position, but I’ve given a great deal of thought to this matter over the years since Trump came on the political scene here in 2015, and I agree that there is considerable reason to be concerned about this outcome, that strikes the civilized world as being so horrible.
To summarize Strathdee’s thinking in two quick statements:
1) A solid percent of U.S. voters love Trump and everything he stands for, and there are exactly zero deal-breakers here, certainly no criminal misconduct. Did his supporters bat an eyelash when the president, deposed in the 2020 election, tried (and nearly succeeded) in overthrowing the U.S. federal government? Not for a millisecond.
2) Given this, the American people are getting exactly what they are asking for. They adore Trump’s blend of racism, cruelty, and his extending his middle finger to our nation’s traditions, e.g., working against the world’s dictators, working in concert with our allies, and accepting the findings of the courts.
I’m sure this isn’t going to impress too many of my readers, but there is a certain justice and rightness in giving the people what they want. I need to accept the truth, i.e., that I live among tens of millions of grossly undereducated people who are thrilled with what’s happening here, and are going to be extremely resistant to changing their thinking.
We need to keep in mind that this situation is not at all limited to the United States. Until recently, Hungary, with its history of great art, architecture and especially music, was one of the most enviable societies on Earth. Now, they have a ruthless dictator. The precise mechanism behind all this I don’t know, but what about this suggestion: The people wanted one?
British geneticist Dr. Gordon Strathdee lived in the United States for four years, and believes that the answer to the question here is yes, but not because of Trump per se. Read his incredibly astute comments here.
Here are two competing notions:
1) Though I’m not pro-military by nature, I have a great deal of respect for those who rose through the ranks and achieved the pinnacle of success, focused on one single thing: Their loyalty to the U.S. Constitution.
It’s true that, under Trump’s first term, a few retired generals came aboard his staff and then left, apparently because of disagreements they had with the president. At this moment, however, things seem to be fairly quiet. We even have the absurd situation that an alcoholic Fox News commentator is the Secretary of Defense, and no one’s making too much noise about it. But wait until the order comes down, “We’re invading Canada!” or some equivalent form of insanity.
The answer, which will come immediately and unanimously: “The f*** we are. You’re insane, and you’ve given your last command here.”
2) The economy, driven at least partially by extreme tariffs, goes so far in the tank that the MAGA folks can’t feed their families, and they drop Trump like a hot rock. True, these are not the type of people who are prone to admit they were wrong, even in the face of compelling evidence (which is the entire problem here), but hunger and poverty are powerful motivating forces.
Under this scenario, the congresspeople who represent the red states and are desperate to remain in office drop Trump as well, as his support on The Hill evaporates totally and immediately.
H
oly s***! Is this guy, selling annuities, for real?
I wouldn’t trust him to feed my mule (even though he looks and sounds like he’d be dang good at it).
We’re rightfully concerned about well-spoken guys in suits, but have we really come to this?
From the Associated Press:
A New York man who received clemency from President Donald Trump in 2021 was sentenced Monday on charges that he swung an IV pole at a nurse, sexually assaulted his children’s nanny, harassed a member of his synagogue and dodged tolls while driving his white Lamborghini and black Ferrari.
Judge Kiyo Matsumoto sent Jonathan Braun back to federal prison for 27 months for the new charges and for violating the terms of his supervised release.
Look, Judge. Sure, convicted drug dealer Braun must have done something good to deserve clemency from Trump. Of course, that means something good for Trump.
Wonder what it was?
The comments on the meme here seem to miss the point: it’s crap.
The world’s oceans contain 97% of the planet’s water (321 million cubic miles), and enormous lakes, e.g., the Caspian and Black Seas and North America’s Great Lakes, constitute almost all the rest.
The water we’ve impounded with our dams is about 2000 cubic miles.
You are not shifting the Earth’s axis when you drain your swimming pool or fill your bathtub.
What we see at left is true, but was there any way of accomplishing that?
Trump, the most powerful person on Earth, simply had his lawyers delay the forward motion of the three main criminal indictments until he became president again, and, in essence, dismissed the charges against him, just as if he were Putin or any other dictator.
Now, he’s using his prosecutors to go after Jack Smith and the others who sought justice for this nation.
At this point, the United States, for the first time in its history, is a banana republic. If it can be done at all, it will take years, probably decades, to restore rule of law.
Eventually, many Trump supporters will come to realize that the meme at left is a hoax, that their leader fell for it, and spread it to countless people. But it would be interesting to know how many care.
We live in a post-truth society, where the fact that something is simply invented out of thin air means little if anything. In fact, if you’ve ever listened to Trump give a speech, you’ve seen that most of what he says is clearly false.
