Duke of Bullshit: "The" Donald

[zorkan]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/donald-trump-hitler-similarities

[Harmonie]

Certainly there are some similarities between the two, but one must understand that both Trump and Hitler are a not uncommon "archetype" throughout human history and today. When they get in power, there is always suffering, but lets hope that Trump ultimately falls on the lesser end of the suffering caused than Hitler.

With Project 2025 I am worried. I don't know how low they could go. The rhetoric is right there in front of us, unfortunately. Why haven't any of our societies learned how to properly shut this kind of thing down? Have we learned nothing from history?

The Religious Right's takeover of conservative Christianity, transforming conservative Christianity into being more Republican than Christian and hyping up nationalism, the alliance with dark money to distort the view of the populace (like lies about the founding of America, or twisting Religious Freedom/Freedom in general to mean the very opposite of what its supposed to for so many people) and also to slant the institutions of government into their favor, the election of two presidents who didn't win the popular vote and both stacking the Supreme Court with ideologues who ignore the constitution for their own agendas, Donald Trump becoming some kinda messianic figure with supposed Divine Right to rule to some forms of conservative Christianity, Trump and his cronies trying to steal the 2020 election and even firing up an insurrection, and now Trump's continued popularity after everything outrageous he has ever done, and the way that a corrupt, hardened criminal like him has evaded so many legal repercussions, the way that he is literally saying he wants to be a dictator, treat immigrants very cruelly, and is aligning with the extremist Project 2025...

None of this had to happen. None of this ever should have happened. This didn't happen because they're just too powerful, it happened because too many people within were already corrupt, and have failed to stand up for democracy and truth at every single turning point. They have formed an ends always justify the means sort of mindset which I understand is human nature, but it has been taken to such an extreme.

The people within were already rotten to the core. The government institutions were allowed to be compromised by these corrupt money and power hungry fools. It's always the ones that refuse to ever stand up to it all that bring down democracies. The Mitch McConnell's of the world. Screw you McConnell and all of the other shameless fools that allowed this to happen.

[Dark Lightning]

I hope that the chump's mental decline becomes obvious enough that people don't vote him. But with some of his cult followers, they'd vote for him when he was walked off in a strait jacket, raving even worse than he does now. It's appalling how people go nuts over the stupidity uttered at his rallies. We (in our household) all watch it happen in disbelief.

[Tom62]

I just wish that both candidates are replaced by someone else. Trump is a moronic narcissist while Biden now looks like a brain dead zombie. Both are an embarrassment.

[Icarus]

At one of The Donald's rallies his teleprompter failed. He had to ad lib because of the electronic glitch.  He got into an imaginary story about a guy in a boat.  The boat had a big battery. The boat was sinking and there were lots of sharks circling the boat. He was quite certain that if the boat sank he would be electrocuted because of the battery.  He said that he'd prefer electrocution rather than being eaten by sharks.....the dumbfuck believed he'd be electrocuted by an immersed boat battery. He also proposed chlorine bleach to treat the corona virus.

This is not the genius that I want for my president. I'd sooner vote for a three legged giraffe.

 

[Dark Lightning]

I've voted against that "stable genius" twice. He represents the worst of what is wrong with the US. I truly hope that he dies or is recognized as incompetent soon. It is appalling that he could have a chance against Biden (despite Biden's failings). Crazy times.

[Tank]

It's horrifying to watch from this side of the pond. I can't imagine what it must be like on your side.

What would happen if one dropped dead. I assume the party would have to put up another candidate? Has this ever happened?

[Tom62]

They should have an age limit in place. It is not normal that old geezers with mental issues should be able to run for president.

[Tank]

Well there is a lower limit of 35 so there is a precedent for the age of the president.

[Icarus]

Trump is showing signs of lunacy.  Sad to say, it is working well with a large number of our voters. The other guy is showing his age rather conspicuously. Biden has shown some common sense that the Trump guy fails to display.

[Tank]

"Showing signs of lunacy." A classic understatement if I ever read one!

[Icarus]

I was trying to be polite out of respect for my sophisticated and admired HAFers.

What I actually meant is:  The Donald has consistently shown that he is a Lying, thieving, incompetent, bat shit crazy,  pigs ass braggadocio, son of a bitch.

[Dark Lightning]

Please, tell me how you really feel? When I was in junior high, one guy had a string of near-profanity that he could rapid fire. Something like two-faced fastback whore raping baby killing son of a bitch, but longer. Don't know what he against fast backs.

[Icarus]

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[Tank]

If Biden stays how can Trump not win? Biden introduced President Zelensky as President Putin at the NATO conference. They excused this as 'just one gaff'. Isn't one like that enough?