F'dup Chapters in American History (The Trump Years) --- Part 30

[Sithborg]

Trump brain:
Russia - Great! (Great for me)
People who say bad things about Russia - Evil!

Simple as that.

Its even simpler than that. It was leaked to hurt him. And he is a petty man.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[mclay18]

Supreme Court will rule on Trump's taxes tomorrow.

Supreme Court to rule in Trump tax returns and financial records cases

I'm expecting the worst.

 

[Iceman]

Trump brain:
Russia - Great! (Great for me)
People who say bad things about Russia - Evil!

Simple as that.

And he needs a nap after that.

 

[Iceman]

What a cheesy idea. Maybe he should wear Stars and Stripes hotpants, confederate flag socks and a KKK hood (as long as it doesn’t count as a mask) to his next rally too.

 

[Schlosser85]

What, are they gonna drag statues out onstage?

 

[kvz5]

What, are they gonna drag statues out onstage?

Imagining this is making me literally laugh out loud. I can see him hugging, kissing, and dry humping the statues to the cheers of his cult.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Los Angeles Times - Editorial: Trump has zero understanding of what it will take to safely reopen U.S. schools

 

[Schlosser85]

Colonel Alexander Vindman has retired from the US military, alleging a campaign of intimidation and harassment from the White House.

Reporting also says the Trump administration was seeking witnesses who would say Vindman acted improperly or allege other misconduct to give them any cause to block his promotion.

 

[samsnee]

He wants statues at the rallies as seat fillers since no one’s going to show up

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

At least the statues can't spread covid.

 

[squeekness]

He wants statues at the rallies as seat fillers since no one’s going to show up

That would be hilarious,

 

[Iceman]

At least the statues can't spread covid.

He’ll be giving them all hydroxychloroquine and bleach to make sure of that.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Marvolo]

To be fair Trunp has been and continues to be regularly exposed to Covid. I'm sure of that. I think he is just asymptomatic.

 

[Marvolo]

Pence says CDC changing school reopening guidelines after Trump called them 'tough and expensive'

The safety precautions probably cost less than Trump's golfing. I doubt it will happen, but I wish public schools nation wide would just go on strike and refuse to open until Covid is contained and safety guidelines are strict and enforced. Parents need to refuse to send their kids back too.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

I can't imagine it being more expensive than the $4.5 trillion they pumped into Wall Street.

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Teachers are some of the most militant workers out there. We saw major teachers' strikes last year in West Virginia, California and Arizona.

If Trump wants to endanger the lives of tens of millions of children, teachers and their families, he's asking for a massive strike wave. Given the state of America these days and Trump's unpopularity, it's conceivable that those could even escalate to calls for a general strike. We've seen many examples in the last decade (e.g. Mubarak in Egypt) of a mass popular movement forcing despised tyrants out of power.

 

[Marvolo]

Americans are culturally a long way from Egyptians. You're not going to see the populace illegally removing a president from power by force. Because for all our frustration and anger our constitution and our "idea" of the law is too engrained in us. Americans grow up learning about violent coup d'état as things that other "lesser" countries do. Not America. We're civilized thank you very much. We have rights and our constitution given us by the Founding Fathers. In God We Trust and Pledge allegiance to America and all that jazz. So itd take something massive to unhinge our culture. Like Trump nuking a Republican state. School children dying isnt enough.

 

[Axl Van Sixx]

Marvolo, I detect a hint of sarcasm. But who could have predicted that America would have seen a nationwide uprising this year? Where people burned down a police station and polls showed that a majority of Americans supported that act?

Incidentally, just a few weeks before the Egyptian Revolution broke out, The Economist wrote an article talking about how docile Egyptians were, how they had lived under Mubarak's dictatorship for decades and would never revolt. Things changed pretty quickly.

The United States itself was founded in a revolution. It fought a revolutionary war against slavery. The U.S. Army had to pull out of Vietnam because the country was on the verge of a pre-revolutionary situation at home. The country has a strong militant and revolutionary tradition that has laid dormant for a long time, but I think we're seeing it now again.

Trump is pushing and pushing people to the breaking point. He's made himself the living embodiment of everything rotten in American society. He's telling people to go back to work, go back to school, and die for the stock market and his own re-election. There's only so much people can take. Very often in history, the revolution requires the whip of counter-revolution to drive it forward.

 

[C. Lee]

A couple of weeks ago, the Republican majority Mississippi state legislature decided to hold a two week in person session with most (if not all) of the people involved not wearing masks nor practicing social distancing. There are now at least 26 of them testing positive for the virus. https://www.newsweek.com/26-mississ...oronavirus-following-outbreak-capitol-1516417

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Melania's statue in Slovenia set on fire? This is not people being best. Sad.

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

He wants statues at the rallies as seat fillers since no one’s going to show up

Blow-up dolls would be cheaper and more apt, yes...?

 

[Iceman]

Bloody idiot:

Trump scorns science -- and wants his scientists to do the same - CNNPolitics

 

[DJ Kornphlake]