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AverageOldGuy

(4,426 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:43 PM Yesterday

You know what is really, really terrifying about Trump's performance at the NATO summit?

Ms. Average Old Guy has been hospitalized for past 15 days -- first ER, then hospital, and now last 12 days in rehab center. She's coming home tomorrow almost good as new (as good as we 80-yr-olds can be!).

So -- today while chasing around buying groceries, filling prescriptions, and the like I listened to a lot of CNN and MSNOW on the car SiriusXM radio. Heard A LOT of commentary about Trump at the NATO summit plus long audio clips of Trump's comments, remarks, replies to reporters' questions.

SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME.

But you know what was really terrifying about Trump's comments? NOT ONE WORD OF IT SURPRISED ME. NOTHING HE SAID SURPRISED ME.

Gang, when we have a public official who spouts the brain farts that Trump does and we say, "Oh, well, that's Trump." then we are in deep, deep shit. Yes, we are.

Not a single word he uttered was surprising.

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You know what is really, really terrifying about Trump's performance at the NATO summit? (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Yesterday OP
I won't rest easy until he's gone MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #1
And the people who put him there RockCreek Yesterday #9
all 70 million of them! bsiebs Yesterday #10
"Literally" would suit me just fine, as horrendous as that sounds. BECAUSE..... ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #22
I won't rest easy then either. Crunchy Frog Yesterday #11
it was "number one on the kill list for Iran." I'm disppointed by Iran. dave99 Yesterday #18
Neither will I. calimary 3 hrs ago #28
Kraznov doing pootin's work SheltieLover Yesterday #2
It's Wednesday dweller Yesterday #3
I hear you, Average Old Guy..some scary stuff. I hope your wife can get healthy and we all out live this moron 🌺 Deuxcents Yesterday #4
It is indeed terrifying. yellow dahlia Yesterday #5
K&R spanone Yesterday #6
Besides his usual napping, I found his comment re: The Islamic Republic of Japan vapor2 Yesterday #7
Oh crap, yes! some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #8
WWIII By Accident 2na fisherman Yesterday #15
Honestly though..... some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #16
Agree 100%. In my eyes(79 year old eyes) bluestarone Yesterday #12
Do those who voted for him realize moondust Yesterday #13
Do you think they care? niyad 12 hrs ago #19
Not to mention themselves...... lastlib 10 hrs ago #24
Yup. Vote. Joinfortmill Yesterday #14
Glad she's coming home malaise Yesterday #17
To me, the scary part is that the Trumpsters were likely dancing around in glee, cheering that he was "ownin' th' libs!" Aristus 12 hrs ago #20
So glad to hear sheis coming home... Vibes for complete recovery niyad 12 hrs ago #21
Good point! Escape 12 hrs ago #23
And still 80-90% approval among Republicans. Kablooie 8 hrs ago #25
From my chair, the most concerning bit Torchlight 8 hrs ago #26
Watching MSNOW, but nothing new. The media needs to stay current with their programming. phxjurist 6 hrs ago #27
We have normalized insanity, warmfeet 3 hrs ago #29

bsiebs

(1,016 posts)
10. all 70 million of them!
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:32 PM
Yesterday

I only hope that once he is gone, these MAGAs start to drift away, start saying they never "really" supported him... whatever... just go back under your rocks.

ColoringFool

(1,530 posts)
22. "Literally" would suit me just fine, as horrendous as that sounds. BECAUSE.....
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 09:55 AM
12 hrs ago

70 MILLION TRUMP VOTERS ARE STILL WILLING TO KILL US ALL---DISEASE; CLIMATE; WAR; EVEN LACK OF FOOD INSPECTIONS!!

calimary

(91,671 posts)
28. Neither will I.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:58 PM
3 hrs ago

One thing Trump has done is create and inflict upon it a new “era to scare ya”.

dweller

(29,048 posts)
3. It's Wednesday
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:59 PM
Yesterday

Whereas your life has been upended with real life experiences , it’s just another day of the shitshow we have come to accept as trump … if we could just excise him from our reality

What a world it could be … 🙏 to you and yours



✌🏻

Deuxcents

(28,454 posts)
4. I hear you, Average Old Guy..some scary stuff. I hope your wife can get healthy and we all out live this moron 🌺
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:00 PM
Yesterday

yellow dahlia

(7,047 posts)
5. It is indeed terrifying.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:03 PM
Yesterday

I has MSNOW on in the background while doing other things. It was truly troubling. He is devolving.

Warning warning warning, Will Robinson.

Wishing Mrs. AOG a speedy recovery!

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,920 posts)
8. Oh crap, yes!
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:13 PM
Yesterday
Let's pray he doesn't mistake the nuclear button for a TV remote. THE MAN IS DERAILED AND UNFIT FOR OFFICE!

2na fisherman

(408 posts)
15. WWIII By Accident
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:03 PM
Yesterday

We may all get swept back to the stone age by Trump's dementia if he decides to bomb the Communists here in America. And we may deserve such a thing for being such fools to have elected him and then not stopping the madness in time.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,920 posts)
16. Honestly though.....
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:31 PM
Yesterday
The "Master Grifter" had his creepy-crepy hand on the pulse of the majority of voters who vote out of ANGER and mob-mentality, and he STIRRED THE POT at just the right time.

bluestarone

(22,636 posts)
12. Agree 100%. In my eyes(79 year old eyes)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:51 PM
Yesterday

For America to survive this will take STRONG TRUE Americans that truly love our GREAT beautiful country!! We have to survive!!

lastlib

(28,937 posts)
24. Not to mention themselves......
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 11:36 AM
10 hrs ago

As he kills things like vaccines, food safety regulations, clean air & water rules, health insurance, scientific research, he is killing actual people who need those things to survive. And that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Aristus

(72,813 posts)
20. To me, the scary part is that the Trumpsters were likely dancing around in glee, cheering that he was "ownin' th' libs!"
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 09:51 AM
12 hrs ago

Nothing is scarier than stupid evil people.

Escape

(578 posts)
23. Good point!
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:23 AM
12 hrs ago

This is why it's sometimes hard to tell if a Trump story is real, The Onion or Borowitz.
Actually, some of the most ridiculous ones have been real.

Kablooie

(19,146 posts)
25. And still 80-90% approval among Republicans.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:40 PM
8 hrs ago

They still insist on letting him continue totally unchecked.

Torchlight

(7,404 posts)
26. From my chair, the most concerning bit
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:49 PM
8 hrs ago

are the tens of thousands of American idiots who, after years of evidence to the contrary, still consider his prepubescent tantrums as an odd variant of leadership, consider his inane, borderline ESL jibber jabber as skillful rhetoric, and believe he's the perfect example of American values.

phxjurist

(82 posts)
27. Watching MSNOW, but nothing new. The media needs to stay current with their programming.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 03:32 PM
6 hrs ago

Why haven’t they keyed on the NATO topics being discussed?

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