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CatWoman

(80,233 posts)
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 07:56 PM 15 hrs ago

Karl Rove is quite aquainted with failure and knows it when he see it

Karl Rove Says Trump Has ‘Gone Way Too Far’ and Americans Find the ‘Narcissism Off-Putting’

Republican strategist and Fox News contributor Karl Rove said President Donald Trump has “gone way too far” in some respects and that Americans are “tiring” of his outlandish statements.

“This year had its share of bizarre developments,” he wrote. “No American president has ever ruled the news cycle like Donald Trump.”

Rove pointed to the president’s “round-the-clock” posts on Truth Social and said Trump dominates the news cycle. However, the strategist went on to state that the public is growing weary of the act. In particular, Rove said the electorate is “tiring” of the president, whose renaming of the Kennedy Center after himself is an example of the “narcissism” that Americans find distasteful.

The GOP strategist’s warning about Trump’s hyperbole isn’t likely to be heeded anytime soon, or ever. Hours after the Journal published Rove’s column, the president, whose approval rating polls show is consistently underwater, claimed to have an approval rating of 64%.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/karl-rove-says-trump-has-gone-way-too-far-and-americans-find-presidents-narcissism-off-putting/

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Karl Rove is quite aquainted with failure and knows it when he see it (Original Post) CatWoman 15 hrs ago OP
GWB's nickname for Karl Rove was 'turd blossom'. ... marble falls 15 hrs ago #1
Trump needs to dominate the media (and they joyously oblige) because he is haunted and fears the media covering ... usonian 15 hrs ago #2
When EVEN Karl Rove will publicly admit it..................... Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #3

marble falls

(70,760 posts)
1. GWB's nickname for Karl Rove was 'turd blossom'. ...
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:06 PM
15 hrs ago

"Turd blossom" is a Texan United States term for a flower which grows from a pile of cow dung.[1][2]

The term gained fame in the United States in 2004 as a nickname that was reportedly assigned by former U.S. President George W. Bush as a term of endearment for his former chief political advisor, Karl Rove.[3] In July 2005, several newspapers declined to run two Doonesbury comic strips portraying Bush addressing Rove by this nickname.[4]


usonian

(23,437 posts)
2. Trump needs to dominate the media (and they joyously oblige) because he is haunted and fears the media covering ...
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:33 PM
15 hrs ago

Epstein's ghost



Even in the oval office, he ordered media not to photograph him/it.

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