Thoughts on the Trump presidency

[The Ham]

What colour crayon will the president be using for these signatures?

Please say it's the same shade of green as the bank notes (green is the bestest of colours for money, everyone knows it, it's why it money has always been that colour, it's why my amazing, bestest signature will be in green)

 

[martin butler]

Next he will be wanting his face to be shown on every US government building , and busts of him in every town centre,

There really has to be something very wrong with the guy, same as Hitler saw himself as being Germany, when many Germans never supported him, isn't it ironic that the US, has allowed into power people that share more with National socialism than US values,

 

[najaB]

isn't it ironic that the US, has allowed into power people that share more with National socialism than US values

The writing was on the wall since the "very fine people on both sides" back in DJT's first term.

 

[The exile]

Next he will be wanting his face to be shown on every US government building , and busts of him in every town centre,

There really has to be something very wrong with the guy, same as Hitler saw himself as being Germany, when many Germans never supported him, isn't it ironic that the US, has allowed into power people that share more with National socialism than US values,

Look at US history and unfortunately it isn’t.

 

[dorsetdesiro]

Please say it's the same shade of green as the bank notes (green is the bestest of colours for money, everyone knows it, it's why it money has always been that colour, it's why my amazing, bestest signature will be in green)

With a big beautiful green Sharpie marker pen, also declaring the release of the new banknotes as terrific and a great day for America

 

[najaB]

With a big beautiful green Sharpie marker pen, also declaring the release of the new banknotes as terrific and a great day for America

But only $5 Sharpies, not $1,000 pens.

 

[BAFRA77]

With a big beautiful green Sharpie marker pen, also declaring the release of the new banknotes as terrific and a great day for America

All hail the future of currency…

(Image shows an imagined $1 banknote)

 

[Gloster]

And now Trump is to have his signature on new banknotes, something no president before him has done, it supposedly in part to recognise all the good things Trump has done for the country. I suppose now when people spend cash they'll get a reminder of who to blame for the economic mess America is.

Trump's signature to appear on US bank notes in first for sitting president

The US president's signature will appear on new paper currency alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.bbc.co.uk

The next thing is that he will be selling dollar bills personally signed by the president. Only $100 each for a genuine Donald Trump dollar bill: get yours today!

 

[edwin_m]

All hail the future of currency…

(Image shows an imagined $1 banknote)

Secondary caption to the "Trump Buck"

"it doesn't stop here"

 

[brad465]

Secondary caption to the "Trump Buck"

"it doesn't stop here"

 

[gg1]

Next he will be wanting his face to be shown on every US government building , and busts of him in every town centre,

I'm fully expecting him to sign an executive order at some point mandating that he be added to Mouth Rushmore.

 

[Gloster]

I'm fully expecting him to sign an executive order at some point mandating that he be added to Mouth Rushmore.

He has already raised the possibility and a Florida Congresswoman has had a go at getting legislation for it to be done. Unfortunately for him, there are geological reasons why it can’t be done, but I doubt that he will accept that. Next will no doubt be a statue taller than anything produced for Stalin, Kim Jong-Il, Turkmenbashi…or Jesus or Buddha.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Presumably if he can't be added to Mt Rushmore, Mt Rushmore will be renamed Mt Trump?

 

[Ediswan]

The next thing is that he will be selling dollar bills personally signed by the president. Only $100 each for a genuine Donald Trump dollar bill: get yours today!

Trump's stated view on presidential signatures is that they are not valid unless done by hand, in person (see autopen).

 

[Gloster]

Trump's stated view on presidential signatures is that they are not valid unless done by hand, in person (see autopen).

I am sure that he would be willing to revise his opinion if he could make money out of it.

 

[najaB]

I don't know if this belongs in the Iranian War thread (since it's about Iran) or this one since it's about Trump's mental state...

Donald Trump has claimed that Iranian leaders informally suggested he become the country’s Supreme Leader after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death, an offer he says he rejected. The remarks came as Trump insisted Tehran is secretly seeking a ceasefire despite Iran’s public rejection of US proposals and denial of talks. The claim adds a personal and dramatic twist to a tense diplomatic standoff that also involves competing ceasefire plans and rising military and economic stakes.

Source:

MSN

Do you think he actually believes the things he says? Does he think that anyone else will?

 

[Annetts key]

Do you think he actually believes the things he says? Does he think that anyone else will?

If this is his dementia riddled mind, yes, he believes it. In the same way that many with the illness (once it's gone past the early stages) refuse to believe that they have anything wrong with them.

As he's always right (according to him), of course he believes that everyone else will. Anyone who doesn't is a Biden supporter and is just pushing "fake news"...

 

[Strathclyder]

I don't know if this belongs in the Iranian War thread (since it's about Iran) or this one since it's about Trump's mental state...

Source:

MSN

Do you think he actually believes the things he says? Does he think that anyone else will?

I honestly wish I knew the answer to that. Or to be more accurate, I wish it wouldn't change every 24 hours based on whatever the latest depraved stream of conciousness he has drawled out with all the grace and candor of someone who's just had a bowling ball dropped on their head.

At the moment, I fall into the 'so deluded and increasingly addled with mental decay he genuinely believes this and won't be told otherwise' camp, which is the answer which I think I'll be settling on from here on in.

 

[Gloster]

I do wonder if he is secretly on medication, but possibly not taking it regularly and correctly. That might explain the periods of relative lucidity, although such periods are still going to be ruled by his faults such as ego and greed, and periods of rambling near-idiocy. It might also account for what appears to be severe loss of memory and his switching positions on things. He is clearly suffering from something and dementia is the most likely, but I don’t think it suits those behind him to bring Vance forward.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I do wonder if he is secretly on medication, but possibly not taking it regularly and correctly. That might explain the periods of relative lucidity, although such periods are still going to be ruled by his faults such as ego and greed, and periods of rambling near-idiocy. It might also account for what appears to be severe loss of memory and his switching positions on things. He is clearly suffering from something and dementia is the most likely, but I don’t think it suits those behind him to bring Vance forward.

Can they not just embed his tablets in a Big Mac?

 

[edwin_m]

I do wonder if he is secretly on medication, but possibly not taking it regularly and correctly. That might explain the periods of relative lucidity, although such periods are still going to be ruled by his faults such as ego and greed, and periods of rambling near-idiocy. It might also account for what appears to be severe loss of memory and his switching positions on things. He is clearly suffering from something and dementia is the most likely, but I don’t think it suits those behind him to bring Vance forward.

Dementia tends to come and go, so even when it's quite severe people can be relative lucid at times. I also think my relative who has it confuses dreams with reality, which could also be a factor in the "Donatollah" story.

Trump's stated view on presidential signatures is that they are not valid unless done by hand, in person (see autopen).

Hmm... perhaps if someone gave him a crate of unsigned notes and a brand new Sharpie every week or so it might keep him out of trouble? Even if most of the notes ended up stacked in his bathroom it would be cheaper than the damage he's causing to America.

 

[dgl]

Thinking about it Trump dollars will be like the Itchy and Scratchy ones, where nobody will actually accept them.
At least we know one thing a Democrat government would change immediately!

 

[martin butler]

Presumably if he can't be added to Mt Rushmore, Mt Rushmore will be renamed Mt Trump?

HE, out of spite will call for the demolition of the statues, " If I can't be on there, why should they" IT's just the petty, childlike thing he would do.

 

[edwin_m]

Use the last few Tomahawks in the stockpile to blow them up.

 

[dorsetdesiro]

Presumably if he can't be added to Mt Rushmore, Mt Rushmore will be renamed Mt Trump?

He has just started to ramble on about renaming the Strait of Hormuz to Trump. Joke or not WTF.

 

[Altnashin]

Something to remember about those who think Trump is doing a great job and is “the most transparent President ever” have been watching Fox “News” Newsmax, GB “News” and other Pro-Trump social media videos.

Any criticism is "fake news", and is often met with abuse.

I watched a video not long ago where someone was asking Trump supporters what they thought about people doing certain things that could be unacceptable to them, they generally agreed, then it was pointed out that Trump had done those very same things.

But remember, it is not a cult.

 

[The Ham]

Something to remember about those who think Trump is doing a great job and is “the most transparent President ever” have been watching Fox “News” Newsmax, GB “News” and other Pro-Trump social media videos.

Any criticism is "fake news", and is often met with abuse.

I watched a video not long ago where someone was asking Trump supporters what they thought about people doing certain things that could be unacceptable to them, they generally agreed, then it was pointed out that Trump had done those very same things.

But remember, it is not a cult.

No not a cult, how could someone even suggest that the great and glorious leader needs some sort of cult like following...

 

[Purple Train]

Something to remember about those who think Trump is doing a great job and is “the most transparent President ever” have been watching Fox “News” Newsmax, GB “News” and other Pro-Trump social media videos.

Any criticism is "fake news", and is often met with abuse.

I watched a video not long ago where someone was asking Trump supporters what they thought about people doing certain things that could be unacceptable to them, they generally agreed, then it was pointed out that Trump had done those very same things.

But remember, it is not a cult.

What I find interesting - and mildly terrifying - is the prospect of who fills the vacuum.

His cult is rapidly diminishing in number. The threat of a complete demolition of the Republicans in the midterms is not impossible. Trump isn't a spring chicken. If Trump becomes a total electoral liability - assuming he reaches that stage before he gets fitted for a long wooden box - how is the GOP going to deal with him, and how will they deal with his legacy when it comes back to bite them in the years to come?

Even in 2024, I never thought I'd be asking this question. But at last, it seems that, after nearly six years of Trump in his various iterations, Texas Man is on the New Jersey Turnpike, looking for America.

I live in hope.

 

[Altnashin]

What I find interesting - and mildly terrifying - is the prospect of who fills the vacuum.

His cult is rapidly diminishing in number. The threat of a complete demolition of the Republicans in the midterms is not impossible. Trump isn't a spring chicken. If Trump becomes a total electoral liability - assuming he reaches that stage before he gets fitted for a long wooden box - how is the GOP going to deal with him, and how will they deal with his legacy when it comes back to bite them in the years to come?

Even in 2024, I never thought I'd be asking this question. But at last, it seems that, after nearly six years of Trump in his various iterations, Texas Man is on the New Jersey Turnpike, looking for America.

I live in hope.

I’d say it is unknown what could happen if anything happens to Trump, the midterms will be interesting as a starting point, along with the war against Iran.

Those who supported America First may complain, but I personally don’t think the war on Iran was Trump’s decision, and I am only seeing some podcasters and fringe media saying so.

 

[Cowley]

What I find interesting - and mildly terrifying - is the prospect of who fills the vacuum.

His cult is rapidly diminishing in number. The threat of a complete demolition of the Republicans in the midterms is not impossible. Trump isn't a spring chicken. If Trump becomes a total electoral liability - assuming he reaches that stage before he gets fitted for a long wooden box - how is the GOP going to deal with him, and how will they deal with his legacy when it comes back to bite them in the years to come?

Even in 2024, I never thought I'd be asking this question. But at last, it seems that, after nearly six years of Trump in his various iterations, Texas Man is on the New Jersey Turnpike, looking for America.

I live in hope.

I could see Tucker Carlson becoming important in the post Trump MAGA world, possibly even leading the movement because he seems aligned with what it originally stood for.

America first, anti immigration, soft on Russia and with a bit of charisma unlike most of them.

Tucker Carlson’s troubling drift from the mainstream

Tucker Carlson has not gone as far as Father Charles Coughlin, but nonetheless there are troubling parallels

spectator.com

Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential and popular podcasters in the world. He is, not to put too fine a point on it, a podcasting sensation, a master of one of the most important of all modern broadcast mediums. Millions of followers hang on his utterances and appearances. Carlson has 2.6 million YouTube subscribers, 13.3 million followers on X, and 3.9 million on Instagram. But for all the popularity, there’s a problem.

Like Carlson, who was originally a mainstream Republican, Coughlin started out as a mainstream figure

Nearly a century separates Carlson from Charles Coughlin, yet the parallels are so striking as to be eerie. Coughlin – known at the time as Father Coughlin – was a Catholic priest who became one of the first public figures to realise the potential of broadcasting (in his case radio). In the 1930s, he was so huge a figure in American public life that he would get 30 million listeners for his weekly broadcasts. As one obituary put it when he died in 1979, Coughlin ‘held millions of American radio listeners in his thrall, playing to their fears while also stoking their prejudices.’