The President of the United States is supposed to set the standard for global leadership, from their track record of public service to their public behavior. There’s supposed to be a level of respect for the office that’s been earned, because a proper POTUS shows the people of the country how respected they are as well. Our president represents us on the global stage, and should have friendly relationships with our allies so that we, and the financial markets, aren’t kept in a state of constant chaos.
Think of Joe Biden’s affable, warm Irish humor and his ability to poke fun at himself. Recall his eight years of bromance with Barack Obama and how they made the country feel like Daddy and Uncle Joe were taking care of everyone. We took that for granted, even as there was darkness always under this country’s surface.
And it took the worst of this country to excavate it as they continue to create a new low for humanity on the daily.
Donald Trump has been in a bad mood for his entire life, and we’re the ones paying for it.
Unloved and ignored by his parents, Lil Donny learned that negative attention was better than no attention. He grew into the world’s most toxic narcissist, equally wearing down his allies and enemies with his tantrums and threats. His misery was mirrored back to him by his cult, as self-victimization is the MAGA default setting. He’s a literal Bully Pulpit, whining about his perceived slights, his weak jealousies based on coveting what others have that he will never have, resulting in the current Culture of Mean that we’ve been living in for over a decade.
Trump’s bullying and snide entitled tones permeated the Republican Party, which became the worst frat House and Senate in history. He wore the media down until they were enabling the bully they created, and now he can control most of them with a mean post on Truth Social or by singling them out at a press conference.
Often compared to an overgrown toddler in a giant blue suit, Trump’s petty petulance seeped into every aspect of American culture as his opponents and harshest critics fell by the wayside in 2016 and all became his sycophants once the Russians hacked the RNC and DNC servers.
Trump has such an inexplicable chokehold on the country’s mood because he has an inexplicable chokehold on the Republican Party, even as he casually threatened to end a civilization this week.
First, they ignored Trump’s threat and bullied the many Democrats who called for the 25th Amendment as “pearl-clutchers” instead of standing with them. Thankfully, that didn’t stop proper patriots like Rep. John Larson (D-CT) from filing brand new Articles of Impeachment against Trump.
Nobody voted for Trump to flatten Gaza to turn it into the Atlantic City of the Middle East, and the same nobodies voted for him to wipe the Iranian people from existence, all because he’s in the Epstein Files.
By the time TACO Tuesday rolled around at the expected time, Republicans were ready with their response, which was “ALL HAIL TRUMP for solving the Iran crisis,” without mentioning that he had manufactured it in the first place.
It’s the ultimate Started/Going meme:
Trump knows all too well by now that he can get away with this because Republicans and the media he owns will let him get away with it. This is what a typical manipulative bully does — they push to see how much their target will give them. When you give a bully an inch, they take more than a (school)yard, they take over your entire life. They seep into your subconscious and haunt your nightmares until that dark mood feels like it’s in your whole body. It changes your posture, drags you down physically and emotionally, and makes you want to surrender because you’re just so exhausted. And your bully knows this, and they love it. They’ll never stop pushing now that they know they’ve got all the ground they want.
I made that meme because that’s who he is. He loves toying with people’s feelings because he’s so miserable and mad. He’s mad that the Epstein Files aren’t going away, and when his mood gets worse, the body count increases.
American servicepeople have died because Trump is in the Epstein Files. The world was left holding its collective breath for an entire day until King Baby decided to fold. There’s literally no reason for us to be living like this. We need to be done with him and every last one of his enablers.
Look at Todd Blanche. Look at this weakness, this blatant display of treason, all because Trump has some sort of sway over him.
Trump shouldn’t ever be allowed to get away with making people worry that they’re going to die. He shouldn’t be allowed to threaten anyone, from the media to his perceived enemies — all of whom have one big thing in common:
They tell the truth about him. And King Baby really doesn’t like that.
Which is why we as a nation need to demand more truth. We need a daily Democratic press briefing, helmed by a dedicated Press Secretary, which would take place at the Capitol immediately after Karoline Lie-vitt is finished lying to the media for the day. All members of the media would be welcome, especially those Trump banned from the Press Room, and therefore, they would all show up to see what the Democratic Press Secretary would have to say.
Democrats are poised to steamroll over the GOP in the midterms, and there will be consequences for Trump and his enablers. But we shouldn’t have to live under Trump’s instability for another day, let alone two more years. Republicans must be forced to choose loyalty to Trump or to America, because he’s proven it can’t be both.