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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's joint presser just now with Ursula von der Leyen was the most batshit crazy thing I have seen in ages

He is fucking bonkers.

dalton99a
(90,390 posts)Celerity
(52,126 posts)
FirstLight
(15,747 posts)can NOT with his voice or FACE
cliffside
(1,343 posts)FirstLight
(15,747 posts)My hat's off to you for being a brave soul and watching!
What did he say now...? your reporting is vital to the group
Celerity
(52,126 posts)He non-stopped lied and went on insane tangents (windmills killing whales and birds/blocking his view on his golf course, ranting about Rwanda, whingeing about no one thanking the US for Gaza aid, said the US was the only nation giving aid to Gaza, and other various madness).
FirstLight
(15,747 posts)
I miss having a LITERATE president!
The dementia is off the fucking rails, why hasn't someone pulled the ripcord on the 25th Amendment yet? I bet Dems could bring it to vote... there's more R's now pissed off at him they could peel a few off?
vanessa_ca
(570 posts)I'm less than 2 minutes in, but that really jarred me. I am not sure I can make it to the end.
Celerity
(52,126 posts)
vanessa_ca
(570 posts)Thanks for the summary.
KentuckyWoman
(7,289 posts)I lasted about 2 minutes, a record for me, and killed the sound and turned on closed caption.
I don't believe for one second he's demented. I believe he knows exactly what he's doing. Telling the big lie has worked for him for over 70 years. Why change now?
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,051 posts)BootinUp
(50,449 posts)Ping Tung
(3,701 posts)harumph
(3,012 posts)Liberal In Texas
(15,638 posts)We had an administration fighting the pandemic and other diseases, inflation was getting much better, renewable energy was starting to make a difference in global warming. we had a president who had never been indicated let alone convicted of felonies. Among other things.
CoopersDad
(3,233 posts)Kid Berwyn
(21,996 posts)A traitor installed by Putin and maintained by John Roberts.
liberalla
(10,703 posts).
" maintained by John Roberts "
That connection really needs to be emphasized and kept in the spotlight.
Thanks!

Kid Berwyn
(21,996 posts)
"They come to me": Jane Roberts legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court
In newly revealed testimony, Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts said she worked for U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators and more.
By HAILEY FUCHS and JOSH GERSTEIN
Politico, 01/31/2023
EXCERPT...
Jane Roberts placements included at least one firm with a prominent Supreme Court practice, according to the complaint, which also includes sworn testimony from Roberts herself, in which she notes the powerful officials whose agencies have had frequent cases before her husband for whom she has worked.
A significant portion of my practice on the partner side is with senior government lawyers, ranging from U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators, chairmen of federal commissions, general counsel of federal commissions, and then senior political appointees within the ranks of various agencies, and I -- they come to me looking to transition to the private sector, Roberts said, according to a transcript of a 2015 arbitration hearing related to her former colleagues termination.
In her testimony, Roberts also noted the benefit of working with senior government officials: Successful people have successful friends.
Continues
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/jane-roberts-legal-recruiting-work-agencies-cases-supreme-court-00080515
PS: Thank you for the kind thoughts. They mean the world.
GenThePerservering
(3,077 posts)I've never understood why rich women have such bad dress sense.
IA8IT
(6,271 posts)chelsea0011
(10,173 posts)I lasted two minutes into the video.
DFW
(58,988 posts)She has already had to endure years of being set up as the "fall guy" due to the macho contingent in her party who resented Merkel's successful four terms. She must have been cringing the whole time she was in Comrade Krasnov's presence. Her English is fluent, too, so listening to him blather on must have been doubly painful.
Traildogbob
(11,882 posts)And the whole world can see how damn stupidly loyal and bat shit the likes of Podium Barbie is as are all the others ranting about his brilliance in those circle jerk meetings. And may every damn one of them get greeted just like trump. No peace ever for the likes of Moses Mike. They need to be forced to stay right here in the shit soup they made.
Cruz
. Vacation in Texas ass hole, or face trump level protests world wide.
DFW
(58,988 posts)They report "objectively" in the news broadcasts, i.e. they don't trash him like we think he deserves to be. In the documentaries and "in depth" shows, as well as the talk shows, he is savaged unmercifully (and deservedly), as he is in the satire shows.
Sending Vance to cavort openly with the Neo-Nazi AfD of the far right didn't do his image any favors, either.
Traildogbob
(11,882 posts)Hekate
(99,548 posts)BigmanPigman
(53,833 posts)LymphocyteLover
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Warpy
(113,946 posts)plus the blanket tariffs that are fupposed to pay for it. So far, there are no riots in the streets.
I have to think he's not going to last much longer, his dementia is growing more obvious with every passing day, especially later in the day when he's fatigued.
They'll want him to go out on a high note and stick the next guy with the consequences of what he's done. If that guy is Vance instead of some hapless Democrat, o bla di.
Blue Full Moon
(2,892 posts)It makes his stupid base that the other countries are paying the tariffs. The truth is that it's the people here in this country paying them. That needs to be called out. All that money is just going in a Slush Fund.
walkingman
(9,872 posts)Just Jerome
(354 posts)I couldnt make it past
meedlions and meedlions
kkmarie
(328 posts)Heard from Tom Powell Jr on one of his youtube videos
Torchlight
(5,720 posts)liberalla
(10,703 posts)The victimhood just irritates the heck out of me. I know it's nothing new, but it never fails to aggravate.
I also hate the sound of his voice, but wanted to get a fuller picture of the tone of the conversation and event. It seemed like he was being placated and handled with kid gloves. They were just letting him talk. (So no major explosions)