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senseandsensibility

(26,149 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 02:48 PM Yesterday

"I have shocking news to report"

writes Ron Filipkowski on bluesky. "An hour in to the NATO summit and Trump has already made a complete ass of himself on the world stage again, trashing our closest allies for decades while praising Putin and Erdogan and ranting one lie after another."

And that's how the corporate media should be reporting trump's performance at this NATO summit. You know they would be if Biden had done an eighth of what trump is doing on the world stage.

Instead we get sanewashing language like "tensions are high" at the NATO summit. No, What's happening is a total %%##$$ show,
with trump saying he would take out a "restraining order" against one of the leaders a couple of days ago and devolving from there. I haven't even heard journalists calling out the lies.

And there seems to be complete silence about his ninety minute phone call with Putin on our nation's 250th birthday.

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"I have shocking news to report" (Original Post) senseandsensibility Yesterday OP
OK, that explains why the stock market is frozen like a deer in headlights. jmbar2 Yesterday #1
Gordon says: usonian Yesterday #2
I'm shocked! Shocked! Grim Chieftain Yesterday #3
But Jake Tapper . . . Scubamatt Yesterday #6
Of course, one can always to turn to Faux Nooz AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #12
I hope you're kidding on this. calimary 22 hrs ago #24
Yeah, no, I totally made it up AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #25
Fux Nooze vomits all kinds of crap mdbl 21 hrs ago #32
He was voted in. bdamomma 22 hrs ago #18
He was gonna make them all rich wolfie001 22 hrs ago #21
He's making bdamomma 22 hrs ago #27
No, he was going to hurt all the brow people and make them leave. Even if they were born here. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #41
I recite how is this allowed to happen...all day. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #29
Can no one explain to the idiot Grim Chieftain 21 hrs ago #30
You are saying exactly what I was ranting to Mr. Dahlia, earlier. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #33
I just can't understand why he gets away with everything Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #34
Indeed! I use the Twilight Zone analogy often, myself. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #38
it's truly bizarre and aggravating-- here's an interesting theory LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #43
Link wasn't showing up, let me try here LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #44
It's not a shit show Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #4
Let us all remember that the NYT and at least one of Trump's top people didn't even know what NATO stood for. twodogsbarking Yesterday #5
NYT didn't know? I missed that. Amaryllis 23 hrs ago #10
In April 2026, The New York Times faced severe online backlash after its print edition ran a headline that incorrectly twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #16
"North American.........." wolfie001 22 hrs ago #19
This message was self-deleted by its author reACTIONary 22 hrs ago #17
In his first term, Chump had minders and staffers who prevented stuff like this, but now there's nobody FakeNoose Yesterday #7
Little Donnie's petulantly sulking because the NATO countries didn't help him attack allegorical oracle Yesterday #8
Is he capable of learning? I ask in all seriousness. Amaryllis 23 hrs ago #11
No! senseandsensibility 23 hrs ago #13
Yes. The problem is WHAT he has learned. colorado_ufo 18 hrs ago #35
It took an hour? I'd have given it 10 minutes. Vinca Yesterday #9
We cannot be trusted. The sooner they have self-reliance solidified the sooner they can show us the door. Scalded Nun 23 hrs ago #14
F*ck U. S. corporate media. Shun them. I hope they implode. Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #15
They are nothing more than the GOP's errand boys Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #39
His obsession with the Italian Prime Minister is especially revolting wolfie001 22 hrs ago #20
Question: In 1945 Nazi Germany. BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #22
Can't wait for Cheeto Pedo to die dave99 22 hrs ago #23
Every morning when I wake up, I cross my fingers before I open DU... 50 Shades Of Blue 22 hrs ago #26
President MY-COUNTRY-TIS-OF-ME Trump czarjak 21 hrs ago #28
Very clever! senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #31
Fake media Emile 18 hrs ago #36
The guy is one beet short of a borscht special. nt Xipe Totec 18 hrs ago #37
No surprise BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #40
Indeed! It's so freaking aggravating. David Rothkopf has posted similarly, which is why socal media rules over the MSM LymphocyteLover 3 hrs ago #42
Thank you senseandsensibility 2 hrs ago #45
I am so sick TVguyCards 1 hr ago #46

Grim Chieftain

(2,403 posts)
3. I'm shocked! Shocked!
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:11 PM
Yesterday

Yeah, not so much. He isn't destroying this country by the day, he's destroying it by the hour.

The stain he has left on the US will last for many years as people will rightly ask "How was this allowed to happen?"

Scubamatt

(345 posts)
6. But Jake Tapper . . .
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:23 PM
Yesterday

is right on another searing expose that Biden was . . . gasp . . . OLD . . . , along with a companion piece about how Obama demeaned the office of the presidency by wearing a tan suit and bowing to the Japanese Emperor. However did the Republic survive? (sarcasm)

AZJonnie

(4,270 posts)
12. Of course, one can always to turn to Faux Nooz
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 04:31 PM
23 hrs ago

to catch their weeklong 5 hour documentary segment: "Michelle Obama: Penis or Vagina?", featuring in-depth interviews with experts Mike Lindell, Kyle Rittenhouse, Laura Loomer, Stephen Miller, and the Ghost of Joe the Plumber, with musical guests Nicki Minaj and Ted Nugent.

calimary

(91,654 posts)
24. I hope you're kidding on this.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:46 PM
22 hrs ago

Seriously? “Michelle Obama: Penis or Vagina” ????????

I’m incredulous and dumbfounded and all the rest of the corresponding adjectives!!!

AZJonnie

(4,270 posts)
25. Yeah, no, I totally made it up
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:54 PM
22 hrs ago

Sorry, I thought it was so over the top it would be recognized as such.

But it's not that far from the one-side-only presentations expounding on vacuous RWNJ conspiracy theories they come up with regularly on Faux.

But they're just, you know, "asking questions"

wolfie001

(8,276 posts)
21. He was gonna make them all rich
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:34 PM
22 hrs ago

His bit coin gambit has cost many of his cult $billions. I hope the worst for all of them. They're all racists and homophobes.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,897 posts)
41. No, he was going to hurt all the brow people and make them leave. Even if they were born here.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:59 AM
8 hrs ago

THEN, he was going to make them all rich while making the rest of the world bow to us every time they woke up in the morning and every time they went to bed at night.

The fact that this has exposed the already insane level of racism and classism that was running throughout our culture may be the one good thing to come out of all of this. Of course, since we don't seem willing to do more than continue to use the corrupted system that they messed up decades ago to try and 'fix' everything... well...

We will get what we deserve, I guess.

Over... and over... and over again.

yellow dahlia

(7,006 posts)
29. I recite how is this allowed to happen...all day.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:19 PM
21 hrs ago

A few minutes ago I did exactly that about the scaffolding in front of the WH. I believe they plan on replacing the columns. WTAF! How is this allowed to happen?

Grim Chieftain

(2,403 posts)
30. Can no one explain to the idiot
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:34 PM
21 hrs ago

he is a temporary occupant of the White House? It's the people's house - our house. Why will no one step up and say "NO"! Unreal.

yellow dahlia

(7,006 posts)
33. You are saying exactly what I was ranting to Mr. Dahlia, earlier.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:06 PM
19 hrs ago

Mr. Dahlia put it well - He is a temporary resident, and yet he is making permanent changes.

Grim Chieftain

(2,403 posts)
34. I just can't understand why he gets away with everything
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:29 PM
19 hrs ago

He is destroying our historical buildings. He has torn up the White House inside and out. He paved over the rose garden out of pure jealousy and vitriol because Jackie Kennedy was instrumental in its existence. The east wing is gone, the Oval Office looks like a cheap brothel, the reflecting pool is ruined, and on and on.

What he is doing - destroying national treasures and monuments - should be considered criminal, yet he gets away with everything. He doesn't own these buildings, they belong to the American people. I am stunned that no one stands up to him and says NO!

I feel like we are living in the Twilight Zone. Nothing makes sense.

yellow dahlia

(7,006 posts)
38. Indeed! I use the Twilight Zone analogy often, myself.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:54 PM
18 hrs ago

And he wants to take down the Cherry Trees.

If I lived near DC, I would probably get in trouble for blocking all these efforts. I was raised on sit ins in the 70's.

LymphocyteLover

(10,485 posts)
43. it's truly bizarre and aggravating-- here's an interesting theory
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 12:16 PM
3 hrs ago


The problem with "touch the stove" is that basic recognition of the sheer scale of Trump's screwups means a shattering of the assumptions needed to keep business as usual going. There's nowhere left to hide if recognition of how unstable the US is and how utterly wretched its president is gets priced in. So a lot of people and institutions are now invested in protecting Trump at all costs.

LymphocyteLover

(10,485 posts)
44. Link wasn't showing up, let me try here
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 12:20 PM
3 hrs ago


On edit:
I can't see the link for some weird reason.
It's a Bluesky link to a post by "aelkus"

Fiendish Thingy

(24,668 posts)
4. It's not a shit show
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:13 PM
Yesterday

It’s Trump shitting himself like the toddler he is, while the rest of Europe holds their noses and goes about the business of establishing military and economic independence from the US.

twodogsbarking

(19,990 posts)
5. Let us all remember that the NYT and at least one of Trump's top people didn't even know what NATO stood for.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:18 PM
Yesterday

Expecting news you can rely on from the media is not unlike expecting Trump to be moral.

twodogsbarking

(19,990 posts)
16. In April 2026, The New York Times faced severe online backlash after its print edition ran a headline that incorrectly
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:12 PM
22 hrs ago

decoded the NATO acronym as the "North American Treaty Organization" instead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.The headline, which read "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?", was spotlighted by journalists on X (formerly Twitter). The New York Times Communications department quickly acknowledged the glaring mistake and stated an official correction would be printed

wolfie001

(8,276 posts)
19. "North American.........."
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:27 PM
22 hrs ago

Like, where in the f*ck was the European Theater in WW2? What a hilarious fuckup.

Response to twodogsbarking (Reply #5)

FakeNoose

(43,267 posts)
7. In his first term, Chump had minders and staffers who prevented stuff like this, but now there's nobody
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:31 PM
Yesterday

His craziness is right on display for the whole world to see.

allegorical oracle

(6,750 posts)
8. Little Donnie's petulantly sulking because the NATO countries didn't help him attack
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 03:32 PM
Yesterday

Iran. "We help them," he keeps repeating. NATO is a defensive, not offensive, alliance. It would be nice if someone in his administration could get that through TSF's thick skull.

colorado_ufo

(6,273 posts)
35. Yes. The problem is WHAT he has learned.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:15 PM
18 hrs ago

Cheating, lying, manipulation, intimidation, and how to have no shred of conscience or decency.

Scalded Nun

(1,757 posts)
14. We cannot be trusted. The sooner they have self-reliance solidified the sooner they can show us the door.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 04:57 PM
23 hrs ago

Blue Owl

(60,218 posts)
39. They are nothing more than the GOP's errand boys
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 12:47 AM
15 hrs ago

I wish everyone would SHUT THEM OFF and let them all shrivel up and fucking die already.

wolfie001

(8,276 posts)
20. His obsession with the Italian Prime Minister is especially revolting
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:31 PM
22 hrs ago

That fat smelly pig. She's had to stand close enough to catch a wiff of his Depends. Poor lady.

BidenRocks

(3,708 posts)
22. Question: In 1945 Nazi Germany.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:35 PM
22 hrs ago

What were the feelings of the populace?
See a Nazi, kill a Nazi?
or did they do nothing to aid in the overthrow.

America is in the "Do Nothing" stage. We are unhappily waiting for the midterms.

250+ years ago, today's Americans would do nothing!

We really don't want freedom that badly any longer.

Done in by chump. How fucking pathetic. Suckers and losers!

LymphocyteLover

(10,485 posts)
42. Indeed! It's so freaking aggravating. David Rothkopf has posted similarly, which is why socal media rules over the MSM
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 12:15 PM
3 hrs ago

This NATO Summit is turning into a major debacle for Trump. It has been disaster after disaster after insanity after lunacy. Don't sweep it under the rug. Don't normalize. Don't downplay it. It's another fiasco that deeply damages US and Western security. He's unfitmaxxing.

David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T13:28:48.724Z

senseandsensibility

(26,149 posts)
45. Thank you
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:54 PM
2 hrs ago

Even MSNOW is doing its share of normalizing and sanewashing. Vaughn Hillyard was pretty good though. I am glad he is back from paternity leave!

TVguyCards

(133 posts)
46. I am so sick
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:01 PM
1 hr ago

of me, you, and everyone having to deal with the demented madman constantly on a daily basis.

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