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bigtree

(93,247 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:59 AM 9 hrs ago

Defining image of the Trump presidency


twitter.com/travisakers/status/1990381133763113454

...how we've fallen.
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Defining image of the Trump presidency (Original Post) bigtree 9 hrs ago OP
It really is. Biophilic 9 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #17
The Flag Epsteined itself. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 9 hrs ago #2
or was it... MURRRDERRRED!!??!? LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #24
He really looks out of it Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #3
He almost humps it. pandr32 8 hrs ago #8
there was no crowd around to ham to LymphocyteLover 7 hrs ago #25
This indeed a defining image of the trump administration LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #4
Is this at white house or Mar a Lago? They let the flag touch the ground. If he fell there's no one to assist him either ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #5
The photo says White House. Mar a Largo is in southern FLA so would not be wearing a heavy overcoat. Fla Dem 8 hrs ago #6
Giant flag pole he had installed. pandr32 8 hrs ago #9
I wonder if the giant flagpole interferes with the helicopter newdeal2 8 hrs ago #11
I wish we could go back to before he started his changes. pandr32 8 hrs ago #14
I understand that popsdenver 7 hrs ago #22
88 feet....it's a NAZI thing purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #30
You are right popsdenver 4 hrs ago #41
People with dementia sometimes wear winter clothing in summer. Hmmmm. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #32
Yes. You NEVER let the flag hit the ground, much less leaving it there in a heap. calimary 4 hrs ago #39
White House South Lawn blogslug 7 hrs ago #20
Someone must have mistakenly lowered Hey Joe 6 hrs ago #27
For him, everything is a facade. ChazInAz 8 hrs ago #7
Donny the Lame Duck Dotard. Laughing stock of earth. bronxiteforever 8 hrs ago #10
Along with his laughingstock 77 million dumbass voters not fooled 4 hrs ago #40
The flag needs to respected. But I know that the "person" in the photo could care less. NHvet 8 hrs ago #12
I can only imagine popsdenver 7 hrs ago #23
DURec leftstreet 8 hrs ago #13
Nothing regal about him at all. Definitely not a king 👑. live love laugh 8 hrs ago #15
Unregal and illegal. BattleRow 7 hrs ago #18
That has a nice ring to it. calimary 7 hrs ago #21
Thank you! BattleRow 5 hrs ago #37
And it even kinda rhymes! calimary 5 hrs ago #38
Be fun to do a take on Old King Cole BattleRow 4 hrs ago #42
For me, it's ... Mike Nelson 8 hrs ago #16
That photo combined with the pharma photo are definitely the most defining to date... bsiebs 7 hrs ago #19
What's wrong, Donnie-boy? calimary 6 hrs ago #28
A picture worth a thousand words. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #26
It's Over Donald. You're Finished. MineralMan 6 hrs ago #29
The fact the new flag polls are indeed 88 feet should have sent alarm bells off in the media Johnny2X2X 6 hrs ago #31
No matter how pissed off I have been at our government since I was young I never would have allowed that. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #33
Disgusting slob Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #34
Same dejected look he had after his disastrous Tulsa 'rally'. SeattleVet 5 hrs ago #35
"Mission accomplished." themaguffin 5 hrs ago #36
That flag looks as sad and miserable as he does. ToxMarz 1 hr ago #43
That forward stoop, that blank face. Aussie105 5 min ago #44

Biophilic

(6,276 posts)
1. It really is.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:22 AM
9 hrs ago

He looks terrible and the flag, well the flag says it all for the rest of us.

Response to Biophilic (Reply #1)

Prairie Gates

(6,836 posts)
3. He really looks out of it
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:24 AM
9 hrs ago

Isn't he supposed to run over and hug the flag like a total weirdo?

ChicagoTeamster

(180 posts)
5. Is this at white house or Mar a Lago? They let the flag touch the ground. If he fell there's no one to assist him either
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:35 AM
9 hrs ago

I get the impression that with the exception of Bondi and Leavitt, most of the other staff and cabinet members hate him and each other. The kind of people who's marriages are shams, their kids hate them, no real friends ever. They bond with each other over their shared greed and their hatred and jealousy of other people.

Fla Dem

(27,308 posts)
6. The photo says White House. Mar a Largo is in southern FLA so would not be wearing a heavy overcoat.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:14 AM
8 hrs ago

Also in Washington there's military staff who oversees lowering and raising the flag. Not sure why they let the flag touch the ground. Even if it's a mechanical system and it failed, they should never have let the flag hit the ground. Very strange. Of course, however in these says you can't tell what's been fabricated.

pandr32

(13,637 posts)
9. Giant flag pole he had installed.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:22 AM
8 hrs ago

I also hear crime scene tape has been wrapped around the perimeter by protestors. A giant hole still is gaping open where the East Wing was connected and demolished by him.
Truly a terrible scene.

newdeal2

(4,481 posts)
11. I wonder if the giant flagpole interferes with the helicopter
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:24 AM
8 hrs ago

Would be a shame if he had to take it down.

pandr32

(13,637 posts)
14. I wish we could go back to before he started his changes.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:35 AM
8 hrs ago

The Rose garden would still be there, but the obscenely large flag pole in the back he had put in (one of two--the other in the front) isn't perfectly straight. I think the picture shows this. Maybe it was too big and interfered with helicopters as you suggested, or the rigging failed--he often hires shady companies.

popsdenver

(1,039 posts)
22. I understand that
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:33 PM
7 hrs ago

he had the flagpole made exactly 66 feet high, as just another dog whistle to his White Scum Voters.....

purr-rat beauty

(843 posts)
30. 88 feet....it's a NAZI thing
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:19 PM
6 hrs ago

H is the 8th letter of the alphabet

HH

Heil Hitler

It's def suspicious

popsdenver

(1,039 posts)
41. You are right
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:06 PM
4 hrs ago

I knew about it, but not the exact story.....Thx for refreshing my ol' guy memory.......there is such a tsunami of daily shit, it is hard to keep it all straight..........

calimary

(88,533 posts)
39. Yes. You NEVER let the flag hit the ground, much less leaving it there in a heap.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:57 PM
4 hrs ago

At least that’s what I learned, as a kid.

You ALWAYS show respect to The Flag. Even the old versions, before 50 states. You NEVER let it touch the ground, much less leaving it like that for even a moment or two. NEVER. NOT EVER!!!

Hey Joe

(320 posts)
27. Someone must have mistakenly lowered
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:03 PM
6 hrs ago

the flag to the same level as his approval ratings .
What a shame….

not fooled

(6,525 posts)
40. Along with his laughingstock 77 million dumbass voters
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:04 PM
4 hrs ago

I wonder whether his voters have realized yet that people with sense consider them to be morons. And laughingstocks.

NHvet

(264 posts)
12. The flag needs to respected. But I know that the "person" in the photo could care less.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:25 AM
8 hrs ago

As an eagle scout, multi-service veteran and a diehard American this disgusts me. 12 year old Boy Scouts have more respect for the flag then the Orange menace would ever have.

popsdenver

(1,039 posts)
23. I can only imagine
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:38 PM
7 hrs ago

that the flag is used for Photo ops, like the one of him humping it on stage.

I also imagine that he already has people covertly working on a NEW flag design for The U.S. One that says United Corporations of America, or better yet, just a large one with his face on it.....

He wanted AirForceOne to have an outside color scheme of Horizontal stripes, Blue-White-Red, much like the Russian flag, so maybe he will just re-arrange the order of the stripes so it doesn't exactly match the order of the colors on Russia's flag, like he was forced to do on AirForceOne........

calimary

(88,533 posts)
28. What's wrong, Donnie-boy?
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:18 PM
6 hrs ago

Just now realizing that things aren’t working out like you planned?

- You’re not the new “king of the universe” like you expected to be.
- You’re surrounded by criticism, bad publicity, and people you can’t trust because they have their own agendas and they see your growing weakness. (Hell, EVERYBODY’S starting to see THAT!)
- You’re feeling your age - watching yourself sliding steadily (and often painfully) downhill, health-wise. (By now, EVERYBODY can see that, too!)
- And your wife would much rather stay in New York than be by your side, gazing at you with worshipful eyes (like Nancy Reagan always looked at Ronnie all the time). Your “marriage” is nothing but a PR front by now. And you can’t hide that or lie about it effectively anymore, either!

Even your own body is starting to rebel against you. It’s not allowing you to lie your way back to invincibility anymore, much less even halfway-decent health. How many meds does it take, every day, to keep you propped up, by now?

And politically, the best strategists and planners are already considering who’s next. It’s becoming a common and widely-accepted truth: that YOU’RE the one whose time is running out.

Nothing lasts forever, donald. Not even you. And deep-down, I suspect you’re starting to realize it’s unavoidable, much as you wish it isn’t.

MineralMan

(150,334 posts)
29. It's Over Donald. You're Finished.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:19 PM
6 hrs ago

You should look as defeated as you do in this photograph.

Johnny2X2X

(23,608 posts)
31. The fact the new flag polls are indeed 88 feet should have sent alarm bells off in the media
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:25 PM
6 hrs ago

The nod to Nazism is insane and cannot be dismissed as coincidence or even trolling.

twodogsbarking

(16,790 posts)
33. No matter how pissed off I have been at our government since I was young I never would have allowed that.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:02 PM
5 hrs ago

Nope. Disrespectful. Trump looks like he should be strapped into a wheelchair and sedated.

SeattleVet

(5,785 posts)
35. Same dejected look he had after his disastrous Tulsa 'rally'.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:30 PM
5 hrs ago

Remember - the one where virtually nobody showed up?

ToxMarz

(2,614 posts)
43. That flag looks as sad and miserable as he does.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:30 PM
1 hr ago

It is heartbreaking to the flag in such a state but it looks GREAT on him!

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