Trump Claims He'll Be "Reinstated" by August

They are probably planning a coup. With the full support of the military.

Maggie Haberman is basically his press secretary now, she's awful.

This won’t happen. Kill trump the sociopath.

This is like when cults predict the end of the world. The date comes and nothing happens.

They just move the date.

Trump doesn't have full support of the military. If he did then the coup on January 6th wouldn't have been a bunch of redneck idiots wearing shirts with their names embroidered on them.

R1 - none of the active military would do that - they would be courtmartialed. Besides, he hasn't exactly done much to endear himself to military members. Despite that bullshit letter from a month ago from retired former military commanders (all in their 70's or 80's), there's not much military support to make this happen.

The military doesn't support Trump in the numbers that you are led to believe. There's been too much shit.

Do you suppose he confused the definition of reinstated with that of committed or incarcerated?

Take this shit seriously. Do not fuck around with this. Lock him up for his seditious actions.

Mike Flynn, too. He should be in custody by the end of the day.

Everything is at stake. Don't ignore these people. They have abandoned democratic principles and are working to create a fascist takeover of the United States.

The coup will be under their terms. Trump will just be the selling point with zero power.

R8, calm the fuck down.

War with China will be the distraction...

The tweet describing a Myanmar-style coup is pathetic. So we're going to emulate a fascist country now?

Plus, it was embarrassing when Flynn suggested it at the meeting because he, previously so highly ranked in the military, couldn't even pronounce it correctly. Can he (and the other deplorables) even find it on the map?

Military coup might happen at some point in the future, dems would bury their heads in the sand though and write some strongly worded letters.

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About once a month his inner Norma Desmond screams to be let out, and here we are again. Build up, ejaculation, fantasy satisfied. Meanwhile, real sane governance continues.

There is no concept of reinstated. They are just making up shit to encourage donations to Trump.

R13 - no, active duty voted for Biden. The only group that strongly favored Trump were former military aged 55+.

You're never going to get enough generals and, more importantly, soldiers to do a coup. Sorry, but your fantasy can never happen with the largest military in the world. It's too big and you'd have to have a huge amount of support at the top and bottom to do it - and it just isn't there.

Even if you had a couple of thousand, the rest of the armed forces would zoom in and take them out.

He's been a massive dick and insulting to the armed forces. They are not on his side.

Hypothetically If he was reinstated, Democratic leadership wouldn’t even do anything because they’ve been so feminised.

No one respects the weak.

he just wants more money

Hypothetically if he was reinstated, The democratic leadership wouldn’t even do anything as they’ve been so feminised.

No one respects the weak.

If he gets reinstated, can I cancel? Do I get a refund?

I guess this thread was posted just so people could post the r13 and r18 comments. Boring.

Maggie thinks this has everything to do with his imminent indictment; while I don't exactly see tanks in the streets (they tear up the pavement!), I don't think violence against state governments, similar to the OK City Bombing are out of the realm of possibility. I hope that MI governor has good security.

Right-winger Byron York, demonstrating once again that he has no concept of what his party has become:

Dream on. Trump's day in the sun is gone. His followers will eventually dwindle away and the Republicans will find new leadership candidates.

No, trump will be reincarnated, as a dung beetle.

R25 I want him to spend the rest of his life staring into the sun.

R25 - that's not how the GOP is acting when their top leaders are flying down the Mar-a-Lago to meet with him all the time.

Everything Trump touches turns to shit eventually. He's bankrupted himself and now he is bankrupting the Republican party. It's all playing out beautifully.

His supporters are as mentally ill as him. Could you imagine still stanning for Dump when it’s been five months since he lost? Get over it!

Trump is 74 and looks like shit. There will be no comeback, only the steady decline towards death.

Reinstated as the spokesperson for Depends?

Grifter gotta grift, it's all he's got. Too bad we have to foot the bill. Does anyone believe that Trump and family will spend any time in prison? They will get off scot-free.

Unsubstantiated, total BS anonymous sources, you mean.

The sun cannot set quickly enough on this bullshit.

If Trump says that to the wrong person, or a person with a recording device, isn't it sedition?

Assassination.

I thought they surgically switched Trump and Biden's bodies and Donald is now secretly president. That's what Q told me.

They wouldn't lie about something that serious.

R20, your comment wasn't interesting the first time, non-American. I'm not sure why you felt fit to post it twice.

Like Face Off R37?

This guy is such a stupid asshole.

Trump has total control over the GOP and the biggest personality cult seen in decades, he is not going anywhere.

Unlikely he will be reinstated, Trump will be the 2024 GOP nominee though and will probably win.

[quote]Hypothetically if he was reinstated, The democratic leadership wouldn’t even do anything as they’ve been so feminised.

[bold]SPELL "FEMINIZED" LIKE AN AMERICAN, GODDAMMIT.[/bold]

Fucking foreign trolls.

R42 Sometimes the trolls make valid points. What they said is true a lot of people view the dems as weak pussies, Something has to be done to counter that image.

R42 - exactly - that poster has only made that one comment - twice. No other posts anywhere.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that it may be genuine delusion, rather than deliberate grift.

R44, those trolls are so stupid. They always mess up -- in this case twice.

This is the sort of thread that appeals to DL's MARYs!!! and DL's Borises

Trump is the best thing to happen to Democrats in a while.

You know who is NOT affected by all those new voting laws? The affluent white suburbanites who are leaving the GOP in droves, now that it is officially the Party of White Trash.

You know who IS affected by them? All those poor rednecks and many of the Latinos in Texas who voted for Trump. And unlike Black voters, they don't have churches and Stacey Abrams working to counteract the law's effects.

The more GOP leaders have to kowtow to Trump, the worse they look, the more likely it is they will run unelectable right wing freaks.

And despite all the fearmongering about 2022, many Trump voters don't turn out in midterms--they only turn out to vote for Trump, and like MTG, it's often the only time they've ever actually voted.

Also the Hillary Stans hate Haberman because she did not sufficiently genuflect to their Queen, but she's anything but a Trumpist.

If you’re Russian and you know it, clap your hands… 👏

[quote]Republicans will find new leadership candidates

That's even scarier. They'll be slicker, smarter and way more competent. One upside is they won't have the personality cult inspiring the Godlike worship like Trump does, though they'll have to wave Trump flags around they won't be HIM.

Если вы русский и знаете это, хлопайте в ладоши… 👏

R39, I know that sounds ridiculous, but that’s actually what QAnons were saying in the first couple months after the inauguration. A lot of people pointed out their bodies weren’t remotely the same. I never heard an answer to that so maybe they thought it was a brain transplant or something.

I’ve also heard Hillary and Biden were executed and replaced by clones, they are in Guantanamo and replaced by clones, Biden is living in LA and appears in a Hollywood studio made up to look like the White House, and other ridiculous stuff. There is no bottom to the impossible stuff they will believe. It’s a cult.

I agree that the Democrats are handling this much too ineffectively. Spend some time looking at some of the posts of these wackos. The more they’re allowed to carry on without being stopped, the bigger the movement grows. At a certain point, they will be able to win elections even in purple and blue areas and then you’ll be living in a fascist hellhole for the rest of your life, because of voter suppression and gerrymandering. McConnell packed the federal courts with extremist judges and at a certain point that’s going to come home to roost. It needs to be put down definitively before it’s too late.

Of course, it's a grift and a pretext for separating the deplorables fromt their last few bucks. But more importantly, Shitler is STARVED for attention and announcing another coup attempt is his last desperate bid to be talked about. His "alternative to Twitter" website, crashed and burned, predictably. Biden is at an unheard of 60% approval rating, which is driving him to desperation.

This is about his two favorite things, Attention and money. He's facing an almost certain slew of indictments from Vance's grand Jury and that represents only a fraction of his legal exposure. The only way the orange racist blob can stay out of jail is to regain power. He won't but he will get rich trying.

Not sure that whatever hairball the Republicans cough up for president will be smarter and slicker than Trump, remember this is the party that went from Nixon to Reagan to Bush to Junior to Trump, each dumber and more incompetent than the last (with the possible exception of the elder Bush). The problem is that the people who vote for these GOP hairballs don't care if their candidate is smart or not.

He doesn’t have to regain power to be damaging. All he has to do is go to GQP rallies and be worshipped, and get money for it. He would love that and there’s no responsibility involved. He can say anything he wants about Biden and can’t be sued because Biden is a public figure.

Not necessarily R49

Trump voters like Trump.

They don't really like Hawley, Cruz, DeSantis et al, whom they see as slick Ivy League types, the kind of people who "think they're better than us."

While it makes no logical sense that blue collar Americans see Trump as one of them and the guy who stands up for them against all the media and political types who Think They're Better Than Us, it is exactly how they think.

Point being the GOP has lost the upscale suburban Bush/Romney voters by becoming the Party of White Trash America and they're going to struggle to get the Trump voters with anyone who is not Trump

Cults of Personality traditionally die out with the originator.

That's damaging to the GQP though R54

Maybe 30% of voters and probably more like 25% are hardcore Trumpists.

All those rallies do is turn off independents and ensure that the GOP nominates more Gaetz/Greene types who can't win general elections

R53, Majorie Taylor Greene is available. And Trumpers love her!

Trump voters very specifically like him because he is every bit as dumb as they are and doesn't care R53.

No - there won't be 'smarter' and 'slicker' GOP candidates. All of their positions and tricks have been played out.

Right wingers and Deplorables are like fickle teen girls following boybands for shallow reasons. They buy the bullshit, they buy the merch. They live in an alternate reality and gladly pay the price for it.

Once all the charged rioters go on record disavowing Trump for not helping them, Trump's Deplorable appeal will sink rapidly and someone else will take over with the same lies and the same promises. All you have to look is who the Mercers bankroll and support on their media outlets and social media platforms.

r55 is right on target. Even Shitlers most popular disciples (MT Green for example) cannot coalesce the freaks into a unified force of weaponized stupidity. When Drumphf is gone so is the unifying principle that organized the greedy, the stupid is also gone.

Maggie has always presented herself as a sort of Trump-whisperer.

[quote] Maggie has always presented herself as a sort of Trump-whisperer.

Back off, you ... bitch!

These people couldn't even find Myanmar on the map.

While Trump is clearly doing this for attention, fundraising, his narcissism, etc., my hope is that people will be eager to get out & travel and spend $$ after a year of lockdowns, stimulating the economy. Once some degree of normalcy is restored throughout the country, only the hard core kooks will care what Trumpy is rambling on about. If inflation continues & there are significant disruptions to the oil supply due to other hacks, rising crime, major hurricanes, etc., we could be in for a long summer.

Yesterday Maggie Haberman also had a tisk tisk tweet about people refusing to call Trump by name (on Twitter and elsewhere he's often referred to as TFG or The Former Guy). You just know she posted it because he's been raging about how no one pays attention to him anymore. She's both deflecting from her own role in creating him, and keeping him happy to maintain her access on the off chance he succeeds in keeping the GOP beholden to him.

It bothers me to see that people still have their Trump election signs up, it’s fucking June take that shit down and accept you lost. It’s those freaks I worry about.

r67, think of it that way: They make it that much easier to spot them and more importantly: Avoid them.

Be thankful that they are too stupid and too proud to pretend to be Liberals in real life.

#FAIL R66

She said that people calling him "The Former Guy" lulls people into thinking that the shit he's doing, like the Arizona audit isn't potentially dangerous, that we can just make him go away by calling him"TFG" but in reality he and his ilk are still a threat.

Putin got trump elected and he is advising the GOP. They do not give a fuck about trump, they obey Putin. People should really realize that, it matters.

Don’t underestimate the psychological wage Trump got out of people deferring to him and the pomp of the presidency. With his level of personality disorders, he certainly misses all of that and he is humiliated that he lost-so much so that he claims that he won. His followers are lunatics like Flynn, Lindell and Nazis like Hannity. They may be planning something “big” for this summer. Remember: they think they’ve got the Supreme Court in their back pocket.

R42 I think that poster meant that in a homophobic way

R71- Yes, I posted awhile back that Trump's real punishment will be losing all of the unlimited power and attention that being POTUS gave him for four years. Imagine being a sadistic, malignant narc and going from most powerful to some GOP worms coming to the decrepit Florida home, in your now tiny office , to kiss your ring a few times every few months.

Everyone who keeps chiming in that people love Dump and he’ll win in 2024 forget that WAY more people hate his guts. I mean HATE. People I know who are not political came out to vote for Biden because their hate was that intense.

The Deplorables will follow Trump to Hell and back. They will try to pass an “Enabling Act” in Congress that will confirm Trump to the office of Fuhrer with dictatorial powers. Blacksand Hispanics will be enslaved and lgbt and Jews will be rounded up and put into apecial camps, for “observation.” Democrats will be outlawed. Flynn will become National Leader of the Armed Forces, Tucker Carlson will become Propaganda Minister, MTG Education Secretary,

And the rest of us will rise up and protest the likes of which this country has never seen. He will NEVER be accepted again.

Reinstated or reincarnated?

It’s part of the grift. The dangerous part is his followers are stupid people with guns.

When is the NEICE's lawsuit coming up. I want her to win and make a huge round of the pundit shows to prove what a despicable grifter Uncle Donald is.

Trump’s father was a rather hardcore devotee of Norman Vincent Peale. Trump was raised with that mentality from early childhood. He’s probably going around telling people he’s being reinstated as a kind of affirmation to the universe.

When I heard about this, a whole lot of things about Trump’s personality made sense. If he believes it and gives voice to that belief, it will become reality. If you think about some of the delusional things he says in this light, it really does explain a lot.

Manifesting? I am hearing so much about that for the first time, and the people promoting this are grifters and cult adjacent.

*NIECE

R74 Trump’s chaos turned off a large portion of the middle. When they voted for Trump they thought they were getting an outsider bent on reform. Plus they hated Hillary: an ambitious woman. Instead they got four years of constant chaos. Those folks won’t vote for Orange Shitler again.

R20

Misogynist much?

Feminine doesn't equal weak. I have balls and even I know that.

Every moment you are looking at Trump, you are not watching what the GOP is doing in the state legislatures. That's where it all begins.

[quote]Blacksand Hispanics will be enslaved and lgbt and Jews will be rounded up and put into apecial camps

Someone's already started their Tuesday morning drinkie poos, I see!

Chuck Schumer is weak and unforceful in galvanizing Democrats. He needs to play hardball with Kirsten Sinema, who is doing GQP bidding. Manchin will play ball, but cut a couple of deals with him. Pelosi is much better, but can't do it all alone.

^Kyrsten

[quote]trump will be reincarnated, as a dung beetle.

Doesn't trump have to come back as something new?

Memorial Day "boat parade" in Jupiter FL to honor the Fuhrer, who describes it as "thousands and thousands" of boats!

What better way to honor our veterans?

When the oligarchy and the military become one, as in some countries, then you have to worry. So far, I don't think that's the case in the U.S.

[quote]So many Democrats have nothing but contempt for the working and lower middle classes

No we don't.

Delusion. Convince yourself!

R64, so what? I’ll just order delivery!

[quote] So many Democrats have nothing but contempt for the working and lower middle classes

Sure, asshole at R91, that's why the Dems are fighting to expand affordable healthcare, increase the minimum wage, bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas, increase taxes on the ultra-wealthy and create a more equitable society.

I FF’d away R91.

Miss Lindsey is in Israel meeting with troubled Netanyahu.

[quote] So many Democrats have nothing but contempt for the working and lower middle classes

You mean the same Democratic party that's been trying to provide aid to working-class Americans, while the silver-spoon-up-their-asshole Republicans have done everything in their power to block it?

R91 smells like one of those secondary accounts people create so that if they get FFs for what they said, it won't affect their primary account.

Of course, some stupid and amateurish trollina has to go there again with her whataboutism and start talking about Democrats, while the Republicans are trying to stage a coup.

They just aren't even trying anymore, are they, r99?

[quote]Every moment you are looking at Trump, you are not watching what the GOP is doing in the state legislatures. That's where it all begins.

True. True 100% true. Believe this.

Don't discount the massive switch up that is going on.

Republicans are becoming the party of White Trash. A Trump sign on the lawn is akin to having an old refrigerator out there or a Confederate flag on your pick-up truck.

So all the upper middle class suburbanites who used to vote for "nice" Republicans like Romney have abandoned the GOP and aren't coming back.

At the same time, corporate America is moving to the Democrat's side too and the GOP is quick to exploit that, and are trying to paint the Democrats as the party of out of touch wealthy elitists who don't care about the working class and only want to give money to Black people.

So far it hasn't been working that well, but there is an awful lot of class resentment in America as the gap between the top 20% and the bottom 80% gets wider and wider.

If Democrats were smart, they'd listen to Biden and his talk about how his proposals will benefit ALL Americans, not just the winners of the Oppression Olympics.

R69, you fail by clearly not knowing anything about Access Maggie.

Trump always tries to distract from bad news. He doesnt have much of a megaphone any more.

It's about the upcoming indictment

R104 The Republicans ARE the party of the working man!

I will be giving a speech on this as soon as I return from the Cancun Ritz Carlton.

Let him grift all he wants. He's only getting money from complete morons. Hopefully, he will bankrupt a few of them through their own stupidity. Every dollar he gets is a dollar that the GQP isn't getting. He'll just piss it away anyway.

R108- Exactly. He has always pisses away his money. This will be no different. Maybe that happens when you never honestly earn any.

I think indictments will be coming down from SDNY by August. He should be more concerned with getting a criminal defense attorney (and not Rudy or Dershowitz, a competent one).

[quote] Exactly. He has always pisses away his money.

Or he hires whores to piss away his money for him.

The reinstatement crap is just a grift and should only be referred to as such. The real threat is the state-by-state voter suppression efforts that are happening right now which will ruin elections at every level beginning in 2022, because the GOP will steal what they cannot win. MAGA Haberman's "don't take your eyes off Trump, he's the real threat!" is just what Trump wants--pay attention to him and inflate his power, all the while the ratfucking GOP destroys democracy while you're looking elsewhere.

The real threat are the "sensible" Republicans who are hell bent on STOPPING PEOPLE FROM VOTING. Not some half-baked "audit" spearheaded by QAnon nutters that everyone knows is bullshit and has ZERO legal authority. The press continues to cover for the former under the veneer of "both sides" while hyping the latter for clicks and ratings, and to keep Trump riled up.

[quote]He should be more concerned with getting a criminal defense attorney (and not Rudy or Dershowitz, a competent one).

Competent attorneys are competent enough not to work for clients who do not pay.

I know we're not supposed to take him seriously any more. But isn't that how we got Trump as president in the first place? Everybody thought he was just a joke but he was entertaining and got ratings so they gave him lots of airplay. Now he's signaling to his nutjob base that he expects something to happen. They BELIEVE in him. I don't expect another organized run on the capitol but I wouldn't rule out another OK City bombing-type event. His followers are too crazy and too well-armed. FBI can't watch every one of them every minute.

Is Trump truly worried about facing charges? He has never been held accountable for anything. Not asking if he should be worried, just do you think he is?

He doesn't deserve attention. The Press is fueling this BS.

Sorry luv, we can’t donate anymore.

R116- The media will never let him go.

R114 "so they gave him lots of airplay"

That's the problem. Not only did they give him lots of (free) airplay, it was skewered to make him seem less dangerous than he was and for Hillary to seem far more dangerous and controversial than she was.

Ladies and gentlemen the election is still stolen. 🤡🐆

And in case you've blocked it out or are just too young to remember how bad the coverage was in the 2016 election, the networks would air live footage of an EMPTY PODIUM just waiting for Trump to show up.

Last week, a "prominent" MAGAT posted a video saying something B I G was going to happen on the 28th. Nothing happened...

I just hope Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden realize this isn't 1980 anymore. These MAGATS are delusional and malevolent. It's a very dangerous era.

[quote]Last week, a "prominent" MAGAT posted a video saying something B I G was going to happen on the 28th. Nothing happened...

R122, that's been the case for the past 4 years. Trump, MAGAts, and/or QAnon promises and never delivers. Even just since the election--Jan. 6 was supposed to be the big event, then Jan. 27, then March, now August. Nothing happens. But Trump sycophants in the press want us to take it "seriously" while casually covering the actual voter suppression happening in several states under the guise of "oh, Democrats and Republicans are squaring off again about elections. Who's to say who is correct here?"

If anyone has is on Twitter, I highly recommend following Seth Abramson. He is the kind of investigative reporter we desperately need now. Here is a report from a Qnon meeting. A reporter snuck in, pretending to be a follower.

Biden is trying to help blue collar workers but he is also trying to help everyone else. As in non white, non straight, non Christian. His plans include them but aren't JUST for them so it's NOT GOOD ENOUGH for some of them.

Here is the Twitter thread. The other is paywalled, my apologies.

Apologize again. The terrifying video is not on the Twitter, either.

[quote]Or he hires whores to piss away his money for him.

Doubtful the Mussolini of Mar-a-Lago pays his pee pee girls. The ones in Russia got paid be Pootin or someone else.

No, Seth Abramson is a Bernie Bro who posted all kinds of negative things about Biden. Blocked.

I am trying to imagine what will happen if/when Trump is ever arrested. He or his sons will call for his supporters to storm whatever court or jail he is being held in and after January 6th I believe his followers are stupid enough to try it. Only way to keep his supporters from storming whatever jail he was in would be to put Trump in Guantanamo.

One person on my Twitter feed said that Jr. us asking her for money and she has never sent him a tweet it had any contact whatsoever with him. She is a Democrat, lol. Coke ain't cheap.

R131- Is, not us. Ugh!

[quote]This is like when cults predict the end of the world. The date comes and nothing happens. They just move the date.

Not always, R4. Trump supporters/QAnon talked online about January 6 since mid-November. It wasn't a secret. Nobody took it seriously until they were breaking windows at the Capitol.

They do plan to try again, probably more than once, and in several different ways, just to see what's more effective.

I think he misspoke. I think what he really meant to say was that he'll be institutionalized by August.

This just happened today.

The feds need to confiscate all those new mansions the two sons & Ivanka/Jared recently acquired in south Florida if it is found THEY owe major income taxes.

I've long thought that the family is far more terrified of having assets seized than potential jail time.

He lied to us! It’s hot as fuck down here and the Antichrist wants to snatch my wig!

The day after the election, I signed up for Trump campaign text alerts to watch his grift and/or meltdown.

This winter, after Jan. 6/the inauguration, the fundraising texts slowed way down.

Now they're picking back up again -- they're coming in multiple times a day.

I wonder if he sees an indictment on the horizon.

I don't think Florida law allows that, r136.

[quote]With the full support of the military.

No, they won't. Bear in mind that they didn't try to overthrow the election in January. The Pentagon brass are NOT behind anything like this. They've made that quite clear.

Trump is in fact delusional. Yes he is a grifter but he is also a pathetic narcissist who has ZERO ability to deal with personal failure. His brain cannot filter the possibility for more than a nanosecond.

He and those who advocate a coup should be taken out and hanged.

No excuses.

So what exactly are the Republicans doing to get him reinstated? Pushing a case up to the Supreme Court? Gathering a militia? Not seeing anything happening. Where does August as a date come from?

There's nothing they can do. Even if they somehow get Biden out of the White House, Trump is nowhere in the official line of succession to the Presidency.

Republican state legislatures are giving themselves the power to overturn election results they don't like. Perhaps they'll reach a critical mass of states by August and attempt to overthrow the 2020 election retroactively?

Nothing is out of bounds for these fiends.

R25 is naive.

R2 Maggie Habermanis awful?

I thought she was one of your better reporters.

[quote]Perhaps they'll reach a critical mass of states by August and attempt to overthrow the 2020 election retroactively?

No such provision in the Constitution. States can't overturn a Congressional certification of an election.

Exactly, r16. DT is just revving the engine. To keep $$$ flowing, interest from flagging and keep hope alive, he can escape jail.

The only way they’d get trump back in the white house before 2024, would be through a military coup which is highly unlikely. However if it did the happen the constitution would be scrapped.

A significant portion of GOP now want a fascist dictatorship.

Without the media painting him as the big threat, he has nothing. The donations will stop, because he can't deliver when the media doesn't take him and his "old man shaking fist at cloud" threats serious. Trump's true power (well, apart from the shield POTUS provided) was the media making him and his rag tag followers look legit (so not terrorists and traitors at all!) and immensely powerful.

Fucking Michael Flynn needs to be arrested for treason.

There is no legal mechanism to "reinstate" Trump. And he doesn't have any kind of support for a successful military coup. That's all noise to drum up money and resentment. Jan. 6 was the apex of what he could pull off with brute force, and it was an idiot parade.

The real goal is what they are doing with voter suppression laws so that the GOP can declare themselves election winners without actually winning. So in 2022 they retake the House and Senate even if they fail to get the votes, which positions them to take the Presidency in 2024 even when they lose.

Trump will never so much as set foot in the White House again

I predict Trump won't even by alive by 2024.

*BE^

I realize these deplorables are delusional, but if I could just pose a logical argument for a moment:

What I don't understand is someone like the woman featured in the OP video. She and others like her are Americans. They were born and brought up in the U.S. They know we've never had a president (or probably any other political officeholder) reinstated. They know this. They know this has never happened before. They know it's an impossibility given the structure of the lines of presidential succession, the duties of Congress and the Supreme Court, the voting process of the U.S., the civilian authority over the military and the entire stability and function of the United States' government. Don't they understand that with all those structures serving as a functioning safety net, a military coup at this time is so remote it's ludicrous to even contemplate.

So how in the world could Trump ever be reinstated--not to mention, have it completed by August?!

And Trump, Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn know this is an impossibility too. Trump continues to spread this lie for fundraising purposes, but what's in it for Powell and Flynn?

^ My hunch: This is the story they tell themselves to feel better, an excuse to not having to acknowledge the bitter truth. It's all about feeling, not about facts obviously. Same for Trump. He mumbles about good thing to come so he doesn't have to take responsibility for failing in the past. He's done that for four years, well, forever really. It's not even that they conceal the tactic in any way. All his lying in people's face, it's just to get through the next five minutes, not a long term strategy..

R140 The Florida Section X Homestead law generally prevents attachment of financial judgments to primary residences in the state; a major reason why so many criminals pour their money in FL property.

Why is Haberman parroting these filthy lies? What is her problem?

You can ask supporters for one hell of a lot of money between June and August, probably hundreds of millions, especially if they think they are financing your Reinstatement as President, expect lots of fund raising letters to follow.

Trump is as close to the presidency as is Catherine Oxenberg to becoming the Queen of England.

The Army needs to recall Flynn and court martial his traitorous ass. His pardon from Dump wouldn't cover that.

Sydney Kraken needs to be disbarred, along with Rudy and Bill Barr. Can a DL lawyer weigh in on the disbarment process? Do other lawyers from their state of license bring a complaint or what? This needs to happen.

At what point do his moronic supporters finally catch on to his lies? Can they not see that the Jan.6th perps are being prosecuted? Why do they continue to finance his life?

I guess he's trying to set up the fantasy that if somehow the election returns were overturned that things would revert to January 19th with him at least being in power until a new election could be called? There is absolutely no provision for this, but they would probably say it's uncharted waters end at least a possibility?

Perhaps there will be riots when Trump finally receives a prison term for his various financial dealings, thank you New York DA.

Flynn is a complete PSYCHO and should be court martialed and stripped of his pension. Good article from Slate addressing this seditious bastard below -

In general, R164, most state bars require that a complaint be filed - that could be by a lien, another attorney, or just t member of the public. The complaint must state facts that constitute a violation of the the state legal disciplinary rules. If the complaint is accepted (typically by a panel of lawyers who serve as hearing officers for the disciplinary committee) the ,Ayer is served with the complain. Typically, the lawyer must file a written response with the committee wishing a certain period of time. Both parties are entitled to have their own lawyers (vs. representing themselves). After the lawyer’s response is received the committee can dismiss or schedule a hearing (usually a hearing happens). At the hearing, the panel makes a recommendation to the bar. That recommendation could range from private reprimand, to public reprimand (published somewhere that most folks don’t read), to suspension, to disbarment. Generally, the easiest way to get disbarred is to improperly handle a client’s money (e.g. our dear Mr, Girardi) or to take a case and then do nothing with it and let the statute of limitations expire.

[quote] There is no legal mechanism to "reinstate" Trump.

This is the key point.

Even if somehow magically they were to find that there was massive voter fraud, there is no way to actually undo the election and "reinstate" Trump. (This is a hypothetical--of course there was no fraud)

We have no laws that allow for that.

These idiots fail to recognize that each deadline they set to have Trump come back keep falling. First it was Dec 14, 2020 when the states had to certify the votes. Then Jan 6. Then the "real inauguration date," March 4. Now it's the end of August.

No date ever holds, and yet they keep moving the goal post to a new date when Trump will supposedly return. Aren't the deplorables even getting tired or a bit frustrated that these arbitrary reinstatement dates keep falling by the wayside--and still no Trump? How do Trump, Powell and Flynn keep justifying the return of Trump? Come on, are these people really that gullible? Apparently so, and Trump and company have brass balls to keep saying it knowing it cannot happen.

They must have some sort of fantasy that the "correct" vote totals will cause the Supreme Court to order him to be quickly inaugurated for another three years, under the presumption that he was the true electoral vote winner.

Dear Deplorables, a Mueller style investigation and report about the election fraud will turn things around, for sure.

Just you wait. Trump is as good as vindicated. *two thumbs up*

Personally I think his chances of getting enough military on his side to cause trouble is slim.

Paramilitary, on the other hand...

If a Eric Prince led group of paramilitary goobers tried to pull something in DC, and the National Guard gets called out to fight US citizens, what does that count as? Civil war? A paramilitary coup?

Scary, scary times.

I doubt even Eric Prince wants to be branded as the official leader of a terrorist group that tried to overthrow a Western government.

A second Trump term or a second Civil War

Decisions, decisions…

[quote]I doubt even Eric Prince wants to be branded as the official leader of a terrorist group that tried to overthrow a Western government.

Official leader, no. But what are the chances he's working behind the scenes? This shit's right up his alley.

I've lost faith in the See Eye A.

When Trump is reinstated, it will not happen as any part of the regular order or the laws of the United States. It will be a coup forced by the Right Wing militia, wholly outside our constitutional structure.

The six conservative Justices of the Supreme Court will, of course, deem it all to be entirely legal.

Slightly off topic, but I no longer feel the U.S is governable on a bipartisan basis. We are simply too divided to the point of no return. This small, but fairly substantial minority of deplorables along with gerrymandering of districts and the erosion of voting rights throughout the country by the Repigs ensures that there is no getting along. It is always a case of believing that a free and fair election cannot decide anything without the accusation that it was rigged thus giving rise to massively idiotic rumors like Trump will be reinstated. The Repigs won't even go along with a commission to investigate Jan 6 which we all watched on television. It happened, but now the Repigs say things like it was a bunch of tourists, or it was no big deal.

Governing no longer happens in a bipartisan way. The individual parties end up passing laws and budgets by reconciliation only allowing for a simple majority and never receiving any votes from the other side.

R179. In no one's mind or even wildest imagination.

Thanks for the info R169!

Reinstated? There is no such thing in the US Constitution. It's all bullshit to scam his followers. Not even Putin can whip up some effective and efficient militia for Trump to seize control of the US government which has one of the most financed and strongest military in the world. And, as it was shown in the past, neither Putin nor Trump were able to infiltrate the military deep enough to go full on Deplorable. That's even less likely now with Joe Biden in charge.

[quote]Why is Haberman parroting these filthy lies? What is her problem?

I would say it's extremely newsworthy that Trump is saying this and she is not "parroting his lies" simply by reporting what he thinks.

Maybe he's laying the groundwork for his insanity defense. You laugh, but we'll see him ranting and raving in the courtroom throwing poop from his diaper. All he needs is one juror to take pity on him.

He is saying he will be reinstated in August because there is a lot of speculation that he will be indicted in the late summer, i.e., August. He's trying to make the coming indictment look like a political act, not law enforcement.

Maggie Haberman was a plump dowdy frau who lost a little weight, grew her hair, got rid of her glasses sometimes and applied a bit of makeup. She looks positively post orgasmic when her picture was taken with new Pres. DT in the Oval Office in 2016. Also her mommy worked in PR for the group working for Trump for many years. Maggie became a MAGAT. Just think about how she defended Sarah Huckabeast and so many of his staff. She's gotten lots of access to Diaper Donald and I think he made her feel "special". So put it all together and she's "smitten" with ex Pres. Poopy pants.

Mags also wrote those glowing pieces about WH mattress/cum dump Hope Hicks. She is enamored of all of these MAGA assholes.

There's no such thing as "reinstating" a president who has already reached the end of his term. They really mean "installed" like a dictator. And even though it sounds moronic, don't be surprised if they try. Fascism is here.

He knows his time is running out hehe. Every passing day, he gets weaker; the bluster gets blusterier.

OP? When has anything Trump’s ever done NOT been a grift?

Who does Trump think is going to pay for his rallies now? The staff, travel and security all has to come out of his pocket now (donations, of course). Plus they’re not news anymore.

I'd agree but we're not hearing what he thinks r184, we're hearing what some unnamed sources claim he thinks. We heard this the day after that Sidney whatever said Trump should be reinstated, so for all we know, we're simply hearing what Sidney claims Trump thinks.

Reinstated like he's been on maternity leave and he's coming back to take his old position in which Ginny in accounting had filled in and thought she would be getting.

That's "disgraced, twice-impeached ex-President Donald Trump" to you.

There is no provision for an "overturned" election, R183. So, the MAGAs are making up a hypothetical fantasy that he's "reinstated" at least until a "special 're-match' election" is called by the Supreme Court. Far likelier chance Nancy Pelosi would step up as interim.

This is just a blatant stunt to string along the Deplorable base to keep them from looking for a new leader. "Oh, don't worry guys! Trump will be back and he will be even more powerful than before!". As Kimberly said ...

I think folks on the far left, especially after January 6th, seemed to latch onto the far-right loons as more numerous than they are in the scheme of things.

r198. you think wrong. But you already knew that, didn't you Boris?

[quote] I think folks on the far left, especially after January 6th, seemed to latch onto the far-right loons as more numerous than they are in the scheme of things.

Not an accurate analysis. Consider the followiing:

61 percent of republicans believe the 2020 election was stolen from Shitler. The Republican party is a personality cult defined by mental illness, delusion and rage. They are becoming the thing they love: Trump. There is no reasoning with them, they just have to be marginalized and cut out of the process because they are seditionists who want to destroy democracy.

29 percent of registered voters are Republicans. 33 percent are registered as Democrats, the rest independents. They are a distinct minority but a dangerous one.

January 6th revealed the truth of the Republican Party. The insanity and the soft grip on reality, but mostly the gullibility. They are a weaponized mass of cancer attempting to overturn Democracy. They crave authoritarianism, no matter how inept. In fact they LOVE how incompetent and stupid Trump is. He gives them life as they march to their doom.

It's not just about the grift. Dump and the GQP are keeping this idiotic premise going to generate headlines all through the summer and the media will oblige by giving them a forum to question the legitimacy of our elections. It's all designed to sow doubt and confusion - and give cover for their actual despicable efforts to suppress votes in as many of the the 35 GQP-controlled states as possible.

Marshal Law!

Jeez r200, I ran the numbers based on the Reuters estimated number of registered Republicans at the beginning of 2021, and if 61% of them think the election was stolen from Trump, that's nearly 37 million people. That's insane.

Trump won’t be happy until he sucks every last dime out of his devoted followers.

[quote] The bigger problem with a relatively small and slightly shrinking party that has just lost a national election is that the kind of revisions in message and leadership such parties sometimes need to expand their appeal may be more difficult to secure when its membership is limited to its “base.” As I noted recently (playing off an excellent piece from Perry Bacon Jr.), there are a host of reasons the post-2020 Republican Party is disinclined to rethink its “brand” or even conduct an after-action review on its loss of the White House and both houses of Congress over the last four years. But a probable contributing factor on the margins is the fact that once swing voters are deducted from the GOP ranks, the remaining party members are more likely to hail from a party base that is completely complacent about the status quo ante. To put it more directly, a party membership increasingly dominated by MAGA bravos is going to be less likely to take off the red hats and look for a leader other than the 45th president.

[quote] And that is why “rebranding” and “autopsy” exercises most matter: When political parties are licking their wounds, their membership can be motivated to look beyond immediate views and reimagine a broader coalition. But if they are waving the bloody shirt of an alleged “stolen election” and find bitter and exclusive partisanship to be their most effective unifying glue, a reevaluation will be the last thing on their minds. That may be where the GOP is right now.

You can't win an election legitimately just with your base. And all the gerrymandering and voter suppression legislation will not help if the Liberal voters are more fired up, because of radical right wing MAGA message branding and the GQP's attempt to prevent voters from voting.

I would be a lot more concerned if the GOP had changed course and kicked Trumpers, QAnon believers, and Deplorables out of their party and pandered to minorities.

Republicans are setting up to steal the election….for real. Voting integrity and confidence has been undermined to the point that it really doesn’t matter who wins the election….the losing side will question the results……Republicans can’t be trusted…and what’s up with the Republican Log Cabin Club?….don’t they feel a bit ridiculous being a part of these fascists?

[quote]Jeez [R200], I ran the numbers based on the Reuters estimated number of registered Republicans at the beginning of 2021, and if 61% of them think the election was stolen from Trump, that's nearly 37 million people. That's insane.

Yes, roughly 37 million people. A percentage of those people are the Q loons and white supremacists who want to burn down the world they couldn't function effectively in. and see Trump and his enablers as effective matches to leverage that destruction.

The rest of Republican voters are low information voters who consume news superficially and who tend to consume only conservative media. As a result, the "less crazy" Republicans are fed a steady diet of minimized or erased efforts to overturn democracy and install Trump as an autocrat. They are fed a steady diet of "news" that tells them ANTIFA were the real culprits of 1/6th assault on the capital, that there is no evidence of any "collusion" between Shitler and Russia, They behave irrationally because they are accepting of a version of reality where democracy didn't hang in the balance for 4 years. Propaganda is effective and conservative media has been using it to great effect with this demographic.

I claim to be 130 pounds but it’s not gonna happen!

Democracy!

In the face of all this shit there are two things I still believe that keep my optimism afloat:

a. The current lunatic GOP base will not turn out in the same numbers for a Trump substitute. Donald lights their fire and nobody else. (You really think these people are willing to die for Josh Hawley? Ted Cruz? Margorie Whatsfer Qanon Face Greene comes close.)

b. Donald isn't a functioning adult at this point. Yeah was he ever, I get that. But I believe he's at "weekend at Bernie's" levels at this point. It's going to be increasingly difficult for them to pump him with enough uppers to keep him coherent for an audience.

Since these are both speculative I could of course be wrong.

^Yes, donations, keep the money coming, any way that that can be done, that is ALL that is happening here.

I admit I am morbidly curious to see how he behaves the first time he holds a rally r210. He looked so crazy and out of it in those Mar-a-Lago videos and by the time he's hitting the campaign trail, he'll have several more months of decline under his belt.

He's appearing at a MAGA rally Mr. Pillow is throwing in Wisconsin on June 12, but only on Jumbotron. A cop out, as they can control him in an empty room in front of a camera better than in front of a crowd of his adoring drooling idiot followers. But hey, Diamond and Silk will be there in person. I haven't heard if there are any in person appearances on his schedules.

His public appearances will be a mess, because he's too cheap (or too broke?) to spend money on better venues, equipment, staff, security, etc. And nobody is going to give him money other than the rubes donating to his grift.

Even better R210 --- many of the people who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 are people who've never voted before and don't consider themselves to be Republicans as much as Trumpists. They're voting for The Donald not for the party. They are likely to find people like Hawley and Cotton and DeSantis every bit as "boring" and "phoney" and part of the "swamp" and "deep state" as they do most of the Democrats.

Meaning that while they won't vote for Biden or Harris or whoever in 2024, they're not going to vote for Cotton or DeSantis either.

They'll just do what they always did in the past and stay home.

Don't forget too that many of the restrictive laws the GOP is passing will hit poor rural Trump voters too.

From today’s Washington Post

​Donald Trump permanently shuts down blog month after launching
The blog that former president Donald Trump launched last month after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook is no more.
Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump, said that “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been permanently shut down after all posts were scrubbed from Trump’s website.

Trump rolled out the blog last month after being absent from social media since January, but his effort to regain some of the attention he received with his headline-grabbing tweets largely failed. An adviser told The Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey that the former president wanted to open a new “platform” and didn’t like that this platform was being mocked and had so few readers. The individual spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk frankly about Trump’s plans.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Miller told CNBC, which first reported the news. “Hoping to have more information on the broader efforts soon, but I do not have a precise awareness of timing.”

Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter shortly after he continued to use his social media pages to make false accusations about the 2020 presidential election. His social media accounts were often viewed as one of the main ways Trump encouraged his supporters to reject Joe Biden’s presidential win. And the accounts have been cited as a prominent tool for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters that resulted in five deaths and injuries to 140 police officers.

Trump can't sustain his momentum...

"...after their violent clashes with counter-protesters at the 'Unite the Right' white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. The white supremacist 'alt-right' movement fractured and ultimately faded from public view after the violence erupted that weekend."

... much less build it...

"... Infighting and prosecutions aren't the only issue — according to the report, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has said they are now facing a devastating financial embargo... it has been difficult for the group to raise money as it's been kicked off certain websites. The group also lost the ability to process credit card payments online... "

^Many people I know have mentioned to me casually, in the last 3 or 4 months, how much of a relief it is to be free of the constant barrage of Trump's bullshit Twitter antics. People who don't view themselves as particularly political are just relieved not to have to be aware of him. I think that says a LOT about Trump's chances of getting re-elected.

Trump is also a gift to the Democrats because none of the potential non-Trump candidates can start raising money until he officially declares he is not running in 24.

So if he waits until say late 2023, Cotton, DeSantis, Hawley, Haley et al have just a few months to build a war chest, versus Biden or Harris who have been raising money all along.

This puts them at an extreme disadvantage, especially given that the Deplorables will have already given much of their money to Trump.

[quote]The blog that former president Donald Trump launched last month after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook is no more.

RIP

What was on its iPod?

[quote] The group also lost the ability to process credit card payments online...

You've got to question the sanity of anybody who'd voluntarily surrender their credit card info to the Oath Keepers, given that most of those people have rap sheets.

History is great for gaining some perspective. Don't forget half the country seceded once and in the 1950s McCarthy worked his poisonous will for years. It's not unusual (to quote Tom Jones) for humans to behave like jackasses.

R210:

a. They'll steadfastly vote GOP anyway.

b. They don't care. The more of a mess he is, the more they'll dig in a support him even more.

Uh oh.

^^ "The blog crashed on Saturday after he posted an unverified conspiracy theory about the false Arizona "audit." The piece claimed there were "broken seals on boxes, ballots missing, and worse." The site went down, leaving only a message saying, "something has gone wrong and this URL cannot be processed at this time."

"It ultimately returned, but now that site has disappeared entirely with no information. All of the messages from Trump continue to be available on the "News" page, but they lack the excerpt of the text and all have the same headlines with different dates.

"Clicking on links to Trump's Memorial Day message leads to a page that no longer exists. His commentary about a new Reuters poll also goes nowhere.'

[quote] and what’s up with the Republican Log Cabin Club?….don’t they feel a bit ridiculous being a part of these fascists?

The Log Cabin Republicanettes' entire existence is a ridiculous joke in and of itself.

OP A vote for delusional (if indeed he suggested the reinstatement).

Personally, I think that, like Harry Windsor, Trump been mentally disturbed since boyhood, but his wealth and family protected him from accountability for the actions his mental issues generated. The less accountability he experiences, the more delusional the individual becomes, increasingly convinced of his own ability to rewrite history and any other inconvenient realities, etc.

Psychologically, getting elected President was just possibly the worst thing that could have happened to Donald Trump, cementing his vision of himself as invulnerable, unstoppable, and unaccountable.

It turned out to be dismal for a great many other people, as well, but I'm speaking strictly clinically here.

So, delusional is my vote.

R227.

I have a hunch his blog went down because it wasn't getting many hits, without all fake followers on Twitter and Facebook, it exposed the emperor really doesn't have that much support.

His blog probably imploded because he refused to pay the bills somehow. That is his M.O.

Repatriated. tfg will be "repatriated" to mother russia in August.

There; fixed it for Orange It.

I sort of think or maybe it’s hoping…whatever….that tRump will move into one of his decrepit hotels in some country without an extradition treaty, I don’t see him doing prison time for any of his mis-deeds. Plus ,I think he more than likely has money stashed in offshore accounts…he may appear broke …but something tells me he works that angle when it suits his interest. Face it …the tRumps are a crime family …pure and simple

[quote]I have a hunch his blog went down because it wasn't getting many hits, without all fake followers on Twitter and Facebook, it exposed the emperor really doesn't have that much support.

R229, my hunch is that he finally posted something truly dangerous and seditious, like another general call to his supporters to attack government officials/institutions. It was probably being monitored for something like that, and the moment he did it, it was shut down.

Kind of like that telephone call in 'The Andromeda Strain' - [beeping sound], followed by "This communication is being monitored. The connection has been broken for reasons of national security. You will be briefed at the appropriate time. Thank you for your cooperation, Mrs. Stone" - although I doubt anyone responsible for killing it thanked Trump for his cooperation.

Surely, they could've just faked the blog's visiting numbers somehow, but it shows that Trump's very best people he hires for the job couldn't even do that properly. Sometimes I really wonder why we are all so terrified of Trump when everything he does is a massive failure. Even more so now that he's out of office.

R233, although I wouldn’t put it past him to do something like that (hell, he already did it on Jan. 6), I think someone would have gotten a screen grab.

Now that his blog has shut down, it'll give him more time to focus on his Presidential Library!

R235, I don't think it ever went live, not even for a second.

I've no evidence that that was the case, but I would sincerely hope that US intelligence would be watching it that closely, able to monitor content even before it was officially posted, to shut it down. The stakes would be that high. I don't think that Trump would have shut it down of his own accord, ever. Too much like an acknowledgement of failure. Somebody turned him off, and I think Trump & Co were probably confronted about it immediately. An intervention of that sort would not be made public, since that would be the same as what they were attempting to prevent in terms of a dangerous message getting out.

You may not agree with me on this, but I predict the day is coming when Trump will finally realize (most likely from being told by all his advisors) that it's time to stop fighting and realize his time in the spotlight is over. I think the beginning of that process may have started.

I dunno, R238... that's not really how narcissism works out to me. I'd bet he brings down the whole R party as not having find enough to "save" him.

Does peoples who are "reinstated" still pays the alimonies?

Yeah R238, that will be the day he finally pivots, turns the corner, gets serious, and becomes President.

Seriously, how are people still peddling this crap about him?

Wonder if Maggie Haberman still has to give him blowjobs to get these scoops-

Astute observation r159. I immediately thought along the same line when I saw that bizarre piece in DM showing Donald Trump Jr. peddling some $500 on line video chat to strangers. And the clincher is that all money received by Junior goes to veterans? What?

Jr means the money goes straight to Daddy's legal "Keep Me Out Of Jail" fund.

The Trumps have no shame.

It's a cult, r165. C.U.L.T.

It's a cult. That's spelled, C. U. N. T. Cult.

ftfy R244

Best of all... for $19.99 you get a text message from Junior. The Trumps is done gone B.R.O.K.E.

[quote] Best of all... for $19.99 you get a text message from Junior.

Wouldn't it just be easier to send that money to his coke dealer?

As he keeps failing he's going to have to stop employing all the people he has now. His government stipend for staff only goes so far. And eventually those people are going to start dropping like flies when they see their future with him is a dead end. They'll either find real jobs on their own and leave or he'll have to start letting them go at some point.

Trump is selling this so they send him money and then poof money gone

Manerly can't seem to sell her NY condo. Be hilarious if all their assets are suddenly worthless. No one will pay for Trump assets, deal with the Trumps.

Remember that Trump is a hotelier first and foremost.

As in "don't mind that iceberg, everything's fine, we have a dessert buffet in the Aft Deck with the world's best musicians. You will never eat a better eclair in your life!"

And so on.

It's in his nature to exaggerate and lie to make the customers (or voters) feel like they're getting value for their money.

When he was president he could write anything he wanted to say in 280 characters on Twitter. Now that he isn’t president he has to watch out what he writes. He can be sued for incitement, for slander, libel, whatever. Doesn’t mean the suers will win, but he can be sued and have to pay lawyers fees. To have a blog means to write in sentences & Trump can’t do that. Nor can his cult read sentences. They’re turned on by hyperbolic slogans and short shouts. Blurbs. Trump is the Blurb king. He blurbs all over the place, which was perfect for Twitter. But blurbs don’t look good on a blog. And how easy is it to get bots to visit & post responses on your blog? Twitter is the ideal forum for that hit & run kind of stuff.

Without Twitter and the office of the presidency, he is nothing. He lost his shine.

He's OK unless the party cuts him loose.

The term is "incarcerated", Mr. Trump. Not that I'd expect you to know the difference. But hopefully, you will soon enough.

As one of the guest commentators mentioned on CNN, if the Repugs reclaim the House and Senate during the 2022 elections, a coup is possible.

Trump reinstated??? Will Lindzebelle be his Queen?

DoJ needs to charge Orange Mussolini If they don't, Democrats will regret it for the ages. Merrick Garland, if he hasn't already, needs to be having a team of crackerjack lawyers and investigators working on it.

All the Trumps want $$$$$$$$$. Making headline and outrageous statements motivates his stupid base to throw away their money on him.

The '22 Senate map looks positive for Dems, not just saying that out of wishful thinking. PA, NC, WI, and OH look promising, that is assuming fair elections take place. I will vote in person, not taking VBM for granted.

His reinstatement comments are to change the story covered in the press away from his failed blog. That's all.

THE BLOG DEAD???!!!

Those mid-term elections concern me…..if GQP gets the Senate by some bad stroke of luck its hard to predict what will happen. But I don’t think it will be pretty..

Presidents are not reinstated. They are elected...or in Trump's case--defeated.

I wish he’d die

DL Republican heartthrob was on Anderson tonight.

Ahem

What about the QAnon "Face Off" conspiracy thing where Biden and Dump swapped jobs? I'm fascinated by that!

Personality disorders like his become worse with age. He knows he will be indicted so he is just making up shit. He is surrounded by loons that feed these lies like Sidney Powell. I also think the Russians are constantly putting the screws on him through blackmail. They have always wanted him to undermine elections. It will be interesting to see what happens when he dies.

Isn’t it a rule no Orange after Labor Day?

Stop feeding the Fat Orange troll, Maggie.

Bingo! R249

I’m hoping that he’ll be remanded into state custody by August

He's a loser. Putin's hackers made him POTUS in 2016. But they couldn't do it again in 2020 due in part to Covid. Also the underestimation of the African-American urban turnout.

He was a failure as a President. Most of his 'successes' in life have been things he just fell into ("The Apprentice"; Vornado investment; his father's money...).

He's obviously still on the Russiapublican payroll as a fundraiser. He certainly can't use the Trump brand as a moneymaker anymore.

PA State Senator Doug Mastriano, after his tour of the Maricopa fraudit today, told Steve Bannon that if they do this now in PA, “this is the model to use ... There’s a lot of lessons learned.”

Trump's insane notion of an August restoration to power was apparently inspired by ... MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

While other top Trump allies have claimed that Trump could soon return to office, “The August part is me,” Lindell said.

“If Trump is saying August, that is probably because he heard me say it,” Lindell told The Daily Beast.

If there was any justice in the word at all that treasonous narcissist would be rotting in jail by now.

R8. Please calmly fuck yourself to death.

I'm going to go with delusional, given this report from today's WaPo:

Advisers say (Trump) voraciously watches any television coverage he can find of the Arizona recount and reads “everything he can get his hands on” about the audits, according to one person who speaks to Trump frequently. And he has made supporting his claims of a stolen election — or at least remaining silent about them — a litmus test of sorts as he decides whom to endorse for state and federal contests in 2022 and 2024.

“Everyone is talking about Arizona,” he said to an adviser who tried to broach 2022 endorsements. He brings up the topic at various events — even at nonprofit galas at his private Mar-a-Lago Club, where he made impromptu appearances this spring, they said. Anyone who tells him that he lost, one adviser said, “is pissing into the wind.” When advisers write speeches for him that do not refer to attempts to re-litigate the 2020 election, Trump ad-libs — riffing on states in granular detail.

R278, if his "advisers" are telling the press that Pee Brain is 'reading everything he can get his hands on' then we know the statement is bullshit. Pee Brain famously doesn't read. He can read a little. But we know he cannot, and never could, read in the volumes described in that statement.

I’m afraid that all those tRump true believers that have willing allowed him to pull the hood over their eyes ,won’t be getting away without being royally fucked first. He’ll suck them dry of every last dime…….and they just keep begging for him not to leave them.

On MSNBC they're reporting that Trump saying this might have just been offhanded comments and his rambling (they didn't say this, but it's like him saying we should nuke hurricanes or ingest bleach to cure covid). So I guess my point would be that someone like Mags Habermann (who has been around him for years and knows his crazy ways) maybe shouldn't breathlessly report every lunatic ranting by this fool. You can be more than just the court stenographer, Mags, but then that wouldn't get you clicks and bylines.

MAGA Haberman's source isn't necessarily just Trump himself. She likely has multiple sources in his circle, and Javanka are almost definitely included. And it's not likely she's just reporting his ramblings, she's reporting what they want out there.

1) If he demanded Maggie Haberman print it, it’s because he wanted to deflect from the shutdown of his blog.

2) If it was just part of his usual meanderings, Maggie printed it to get attention for herself because she’s got nothing without faking email scandals about Hillary or stenographing whatever Trump says

How could anyone have seriously talked Trump into a blog? Nobody has blogged since 2012. Trump supporters either never read a blog or have forgotten what blogs are based on their limited intellectual abilities and memory capacities. .

He’s surrounded by idiots ….no surprise

The best news in all of this is that its clear that deplorables, as a group, are moving away from Shitler. Dumps entertainment value rests completely with his ability to perform "owning the libs" and humiliating and insulting people who are infinitely smarter and more accomplished than he is. This is what feeds his followers and this is why they love him. He can't deliver their "drug" so he is no longer useful to them.

He is banned from social media and his own platform was outperformed by Petfinder.com and bombed as a laughing stock in under a month, there is no platform for him to stoke and entertain the frontal lobe-less mass of idiots who feed off of seeing someone as ugly, dumb and vile as they are have power over the intelligent, the thoughtful and the educated. He is out of power and without a platform to keep his followers engaged and entertained.

Maggie Haberman floating the "August Reinstatement" story was intended to get Shitler some news cycle domination and generate fear. Instead, it has only inspired laughs and shrugs. Deplorables are all stupid but many of them seem to be realizing that he abandoned the january 6th seditionists who are now facing legal and personal consequences for fighting for him.. Against this backdrop they launch " August reinstatement" to laughs and indifference.

His upcoming planned public events will be under attended and his performance will be limp. Deplorbs are bored. He's about to be indicted and the world will move on.

Was Brad Parscale the one advising him to start a blog?

And this last night from WaPo about how Trump is still consumed with it.

Seems to answer the question as to whether he really believes this or not.

If forced to face that he genuinely lost, a meltdown will ensue.

Of more immediate moment is that Ammon Bundy is running for governor of Idaho. I recommend watching this one as Idaho is just loony enough to vote him in.

If the United States installs a dictator, it will destabilize the entire *world*. The powers that be can't let that happen.

Agree R290. Idaho is full of crazy people with maybe a few exceptions for the college/ski/resort towns.

It's telling that Maggie Haberman is being skewered by people on the right as a leftist NYT reporter who just wants to bring down Trump by spreading lies about it and by the Hillaryverse for being a Trump mouthpiece who is only trying to give his fascist ideas credibility.

The VERY right wing National Review today ran an article to answer the former group, the right-wing pundits who were claiming Haberman was just another anti-Trump troll by citing sources who claim that Trump is indeed thinking this about himself, McSally and Purdue too.

It's freaking the Trumpist TF out because it's pretty harsh and yet another sign that even very right wing conservatives are done with Trump, stick a fork in him.

(It's actually well-written too and makes many of the same points we made in this thread.)

And if you don't want to click because National Review, then these two paragraphs pretty much sum it up

[quote] The scale of Trump’s delusion is quite startling. This is not merely an eccentric interpretation of the facts or an interesting foible, nor is it an irrelevant example of anguished post-presidency chatter. It is a rejection of reality, a rejection of law, and, ultimately, a rejection of the entire system of American government. There is no Reinstatement Clause within the United States Constitution. Hell, there is nothing even approximating a Reinstatement Clause within the United States Constitution. The election has been certified, Joe Biden is the president, and, until 2024, that is all there is to it. It does not matter what one’s view of Trump is. It does not matter whether one voted for or against Trump. It does not matter whether one views Trump’s role within the Republican Party favorably or unfavorably. We are talking here about cold, hard, neutral facts that obtain irrespective of one’s preferences; it is not too much to ask that the former head of the executive branch should understand them.

[quote] Just how far out there is Trump’s theory? Consider that, even if it were true that the 2020 election had been stolen — which it is absolutely not — his belief would still be absurd. It could be confirmed tomorrow that agents working for a combination of al-Qaeda, Venezuela, and George Soros had hacked into every single voting machine in the country and altered the totals by tens of millions, and it would remain the case there is no mechanism within the American legal order for a do-over of any sort. In such an eventuality, there would be indictments, an impeachment drive, and a constitutional crisis. But, however bad it got, Donald Trump would not be “reinstated” to the presidency. That is not how America works, how America has ever worked, or how America can ever work. American politicians do not lose their reelection races only to be reinstalled later on, as might the second-place horse in a race whose winner was disqualified. The idea is otherworldly and obscene

NR is right wing but my impression was that it caters to purist, never-Trumper conservatives. You know, the ones whose greatest fear is that, one day, they may have to return and live among their own constituents.

Is it the logical to assume that if for some reason Biden and Harris were retroactively disqualified that the speaker of the house would then be the interim through the end of the term, rather than the loser of the race?

It feels like a freakin Harry Potter movie….he that must not be named…..will he return?…or is it ….when will he return? What will we do if he does?…….Don’t even want to think about that nightmare ….not until after summer anyway

The CIA should step in, quietly, and do that certain thing the CIA knows best how to do.

The August TV ratings for Trump's reinstatement might not be too high since everyone will be at the beach.

Trump's daughter-in-law Lara tells Fox News there are 'no plans' for him to be reinstated as president in August

When will the media realize the best way to get rid of Trump is to STOP writing about him? Who cares what he thinks? They need to cut the cord.

And this applies to MSNBC who does endless handwringing about what he says or thinks.

R301 and let this stuff fester in the dark? This is a legitimate issue being pushed by legitimately powerful people. It needs to be reported on. GOP states are literally rewriting laws to be able to overturn election results they don’t like. This is a crisis.

I agree. But reporting on what Trump thinks? That is what seems like a waste of time.

There is nothing in the US constitution that would ever change the outcome of the election. We should be concerned about how Republicans are trying their darndest to remove every guard rail our founders tried to protect.

It's all race and always has been. The whites got the jump on the rest of the world with their guns, germs and steel and don't want to share power with anyone else. The Republicans know that. Trump is just a vehicle. Religion is just a vehicle. Power is the object and race is how they'll get power from white voters. Europe is also busy turning to rightwing tyrants to oppose non-white immigration.

This about sums it up.

R300, that’s weird. Isn’t Trump himself pushing it? But every time some Trump insider makes an insane statement and then walks it back, Trumpers say he/she really means the opposite, and is just being shut up by the msm. Is that’s what’s she’s doing, putting it out there and walking it back, so Q’s think she’s saying the opposite?

This is just like those doomsday cult leaders who advertise a date for the end of the world (with a phone number to call and make donations). And then when that day comes and the world doesn't end, they revise the date and start again (with a phone number to call and make donations).

[quote]When will the media realize the best way to get rid of Trump is to STOP writing about him?

The media doesn't want to get rid of Trump – ratings and readership are down across the board since he was booted. They'll continue to breathlessly report on his every move and alleged utterance.

To me the fact that NR is touting Haberman's article is proof positive that the whole thing is a deliberate distraction. Pay attention to Trump! while the "serious" conservatives continue to do the real damage. Trump and the Never-Trumpers are in lock-step.

I don't think Haberman printed this as pro-Trump at all. At worst, she's dismayed at how deluded he's become.

Haberman revealed this because Trump or someone in his circle wants it out there. Maybe for fundraising, to rile the base, to embarrass him, to distract, all of the above, but there is a reason.

And see for every R313 calling Haberman a Trumpist, there's an ACTUAL Trumpist claiming she's a NYT reporter looking to take down Trump because all "the MSM" does is make up lies about Trump. And that's before you get into Haberman being part of the Pederast Cabal that Trump will defeat during the Great Purge or whatever they call it.

R314, you can't "both sides" this one. Haberman has a history, both in her direct and extensive connections to the Trump family and his associates, and her tabloid/access reporting.

[R314], you can't "both sides" this one. Haberman has a history, both in her direct and extensive connections to the liberal Sulzburger family and their associates. She has authored numerous hit pieces on President Trump and is leading tool of the Democrat Party

Once again, Repugs just lie

It’s all they have, so it’s all they do

Right, R316, it's not as though Trump is known for saying the exact opposite of the truth.

"A Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with" is basically Trumpspeak for "she's my closest confidant."

Trump even uses Haberman's reporting to support his Covid denial in press conferences!!

I didn't know what Mags looked like until now. I expected her to be fat.

R318, when you see "Democrat Party," why even waste your time? Put the idiot on ignore an move on.

and*

Yes, both "Democrat Party" as r321 already said and constant references to Hillary Clinton are big red flags with this particular poster.

^ Yeah, I should have picked up on that.

BTW, the comments at the Reddit post at R307 are great. My favorite is in response to "why August?": "Pretty sure they just look at the average daily donation rate and then project out to their fundraising goal."

Hillbots not big on recognizing satire.

R325, I'm not a Hillbot, but how was R316 meant to be satire?

FB suspended Trump for two more years.

R327 the ban will be lifted just in time for him to start campaigning for 2024. Mark Zuckerberg belongs in prison

I wondered if the guy insisting Haberman was a "tool of the Democrat Party" was also our Hillbot troll, and I guess he was!

CNN reporting now that Trump " suspended from Facebook until at least January 2023"

Trump's not even going to be reinstated to FB by August. LOSER!

[quote]the ban will be lifted just in time for him to start campaigning for 2024.

Apparently that's the most that they can do. I would think that they can renew the ban after that if they want.

R303, keep in mind that “legitimate” people are pushing this because it’s a HUGE distraction to what they actually are doing: disenfranchising voters for long-term power.

[quote] If the United States installs a dictator, it will destabilize the entire *world*. The powers that be can't let that happen.

The powers that be let the world go to shit over & over again. How did the killing of some guy in Bosnia end up with soldiers from America fighting in Europe?

How was an artist able to invade most of Europe and kill tens of millions of people?

How did someone from Corsica become an emperor and go on to start wars?

The powers that be pretty much suck at this.

I thought Facebook's oversight board already made the decision that he couldn't have his account back a few weeks ago, I didn't realize they were still deliberating on how long he was banned before he could appeal.

Come Jan 2023, CNN saying FB will review in Jan 2023 but there is an acknowledgement that Trump posed a threat to "national security" and that alone is important. It's an admission by FB that Trump and national security don't go together. He's a big risk.

Gloria Borger on CNN on Facebook decision:

".....They've stopped Donald Trump from raising a whole lot of money. And that's a big problem. " "He's lost his megaphone. We've seen the result of him losing FB, Twitter, no on pays attention to his email blasts, not getting reaction. He wants the attention. He wants the oxygen. He wants the money. He's in a straightjacket right now. It's a big problem for them...."

And *just in time* his best media lackey came running in to tell us we better pay attention to him because he's saying some crazy dangerous stuff! And when we all rightfully rolled our eyes, some very serious people chimed in to say "no, really, she's onto something!"

Will FB still even be a thing in '23?

Anusmouth WANTS TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER and he's been put on hold, HAHAHA!

Reality is experiencing high volume of activity! Wait time will be anywhere from 24 months to FOREVER, you fat, orange bitch!

HAHAHAHAHA

Maggie Haberman has been sucking his mushroom dick for years. She is one reason why I cancelled my NYT subscription.

[quote]He's in a straightjacket right now.

Pics please.

It's all over from Herr Trump, except the cryin'

^^^ **for**

This is his karma. He went from being the most powerful man with tons of narc supply attention to- nothing. He lost the election and becoming a public loser was his worst nightmare. It is killing him.

I'm sure the "aliens" will give us something a bit more sassy and exotic by then, r339.

The media pushed the narrative that he is indeed this powerful being leading an army of Deplorables. Well, these Deporables didn't manage to overthrow the government on 01/06. How powerful was he at his most powerful? The media protected him, now that it's finished with him, he's finished.

R347 is exactly right. It took the power of the office of POTUS for him to achieve that, and even with that he failed. He would never stand a chance in hell of pulling that off now.

Haberman & Maureen Dowd & several others at the NYT have a long history with accommodating Trump in a favorable way. It is not the progressive/liberal publication, in all aspects, as some want to portray..

Haberman and Dowd were big-time Hillary critics, while writing a lot of fluff pieces about Trump.

Anything they write, I speculate about the agenda behind it.

R347/348, you guys don't seem to get it. I said this in another thread when I saw a similar sentiment.

You know how 9/11 was used by Neocons to get the war in Iraq knowing Iraq had nothing to do with it, but was a war that cunt Bill Kristol and his PNAC wanted long before 9/11 and they used the raw emotions in the aftermath of 9/11 to get want they wanted? That's what the Republicans are doing to nullify democracy. Most of these Repubs in power know Trump is a moron and they know nothing was stolen for him, but they're now using that lie to enact anti-democratic voting laws. They're using the idiocy and raw emotions of Trump's deplorables to get away with destroying this country via voter *nullification* (which I saw come from Yamiche Alcindor who was quoting a civil rights activist - a far more apt description of what's going on than than mere "suppression").

That orange clown isn't the problem - the far smarter psychos using his idiot minions for their own purposes, are the dangerous ones

get what*

[quote] [R347]/348, you guys don't seem to get it. I said this in another thread when I saw a similar sentiment.

Sure, pundits and the GOP elite always used hot button issues to rile the stupids up. That is not new. What is new is the mainstream's reaction to the bullshit the GOP is spreading. 9/11 was a powerful tool the right wing used to push their agenda through. People didn't dare to stand against "Support Our Troops!", "Why Do You Hate America?" rhetoric. The Republicans have nothing of that sort anymore. The general public seems them as evil traitors caring about their own selfish interests over what is good for the country. Even with recents actions like shutting down an official investigation into the 01/06 Capitol riot.

The general public has enough of the GQP's hate and fearmongering. The media distances itself from the most racist and craziest right wing pundits like Alex Jones and Roger Stone. Social media takes a stronger stance against haters like Donald Trump. The media reports on Parler not being that big of a powerhouse in right wing circles.

The sad truth is that we all were pushed to overestimate Trump's true wealth and his power. The GOP will always paint themselves as powerful bullies who get things done, but - again - the truth is that all they have are not even one third of the US voter demographic at this point. All because they still go all in for Trump who never had mass appeal in the first place. It was all media hype. Media hype that is gone now and the GOP refuses to change course despite Trump being immensely unpopular.

My apologies,

The public sees them as evil traitors

Even with recent actions

I have been saying for months that the GOP doesn't give a damn about Psycho45. Putin is the one they respect and follow. He is their lord and master now. Putin is running this war on democracy with the full support of the GOP, and, imo most of the media. The media at the least enable this by not engaging in truthful, hard hitting investigative reporting. The clown is a distraction and a tool to use for their agenda. We also have an unknown number of stealth supporters. I said to everyone around me when that dangerous, corrupt, criminally insane cunt was illegally elected as POTUS: The rot is deep. He was a result of the rot, not the cause. Our government, justice, postal, and military have been stealthy targeted for years. This country did not become so dangerously corrupted in just five years. This took a long to get us in such a state of emergency, yes I believe this. We are at war. I fear tptb took too long, and still are taking too long, to fight Putin. The fact that the GOP are still allowed in any position of power is a glaring testament of how little is being done to fight this war in our democracy. They have been normalized. That is terrifying and it is why I hold little hope for our country and us. Now someone PLEASE tell me how stupid I am for overreacting. Seriously, I welcome it because I am so afraid. Never in my life have I so wished to proven wrong.

Putin is the one who has the kompromat on the most vociferous GQPers and when he says "jump", they jump. Trump is simply that annoying dog who won't stop licking his ass during a dinner party - a distraction.

I kind of agree with you r354 but Putin isn't running anything except the Russian mafia. There are American oligarchs who wish to destroy democracy so that they can rewrite the laws of the land giving them full power over everything. The only way Putin figures in is that they use him and his resources to disrupt things here in the US that helps their agenda. These oligarchs are authoritarians, they want a government that more closely resembles what China and Russia have, they want the people of America to have no power and no say in government.

They are getting it done with the GOP and members of the Democratic party who ran as Democrats because they changes their party in name but not in ideology. In other words they ran as Dems but they are still Republicans. They began implementing their plan to overtake the US with Reagan. Their plan was to gerrymander in states to get a Rep majority in order to gave Rep governors and in order to have an electoral college give them the votes to gain the White House. It took forty years, but they have achieved their goal. They also began to recruit white supremacists for police, FBI and other law departments. They also began to put right wing judges on the benches where ever they could. This was a plan and it was talked about during the last 40 years whenever there was an election of any note coming up, it seems not enough people were paying attention.

R355- It seems to me that many dems have been silenced the same way, or threatened into silence and maybe even complicity. The most frightening thing about 45 and his presidency was the utter silence of the very people and agencies who are supposed to protect us and this country from JUST such a person as him and his minions. That silence still goes on. That is the biggest indicator of how much danger we are really in.

R356- Thank you for more clearly and intelligently stating this . Everything you wrote is what I was trying to say. No one stops then when they (GOP and I know others) are clearly, openly working against democracy. The elite, the tech companies, Facebook, ect. should have never been allowed to gain so much power and money. Years ago they would not have all to. We are being priced out of a living. Affordable homes, healthcare, working wages, worker rights, food. The prices climb higher everyday. It is very difficult to maintain any hope. If I could afford to leave this country I would take the first flight out of here. I know that many countries are in almost the same state we are, but we are going down first and fast. Joe Biden will be the last elected president, imo. I do hope I am wrong.

Facebook should have banned Trump indefinitely. However, why didn't FB ban Trump until at least Jan 2024 so that he didn't have a platform for the 2024 presidential campaign? Giving him access in Jan 2023 is plenty of time to fundraise and announce his candidacy.

Yes, I know FB can review his status again in Jan 2023, but if he doesn't do anything that violates FB's rules between now and then, FB may have no alternative to allow him back. This is very dangerous. Trump should be banned longer than two years. For Trump, the real prize is Twitter, which I hope continues its lifetime ban against him.

R359- I found it insulting that they even had to have a meeting to discuss and decide this. Once again with this dangerous threat to our democracy, we must wait and hope for his death to end this ongoing nightmare. No justice, no arrest, ever seems to be fourth coming. I am so angry that we have been so betrayed and abused.

For all we know Facebook could string along Trump making him hope that Facebook will give him a platform to scam people once again. Holding off on his plan to make a more bigly social media platform than Facebook and Twitter combined. LOL. Like that would ever happen anyway.

R360. If I have my facts correctly, I believe the FB decision last month was really not a decision. It was just a FB advisory board, which kicked its nonbinding decision back to the corporate sector of FB, from which today's decision came. No one actually wanted to make a final decision, but that is what today's decision is--until Jan 2023. Trump is not to be trusted. The timing of when Trump could come back is extremely dangerous, and FB knew what it was doing, knew the implications of 2023, and yet did it anyway. It's shameful and dangerous to our democracy. What does it take? Trump incited an insurrection. FB acted cowardly.

Again, Twitter if the big prize for Trump. Let's hope the Trump Twitter ban continues for life.

R362- Could you imagine him on Twitter again? I do not think even some of his supporters want that, tbh. Still just praying for his death to free us all.

I remember how some posters insisted that Facebook is "pussy footing" around the issue of Trump's suspension, and they would FOR SURE allow him back on. Well, Facebook made it official that he would remain suspended.

I think a lot of posters are so fixated on social media being so eager to welcome Trump back for clickbait that they haven't realized that the tide has really turned and Trump is full on toxic for any mainstream social media platform and media entertainment. Dominion threatening to sue Fox News for letting Trump and his crazy friends like MyPillow Guy for spreading lies about their voting machines really got things moving against Trump.

[quote]Let's hope the Trump Twitter ban continues for life.

The Twitter ban is permanent.

I hope Fuck Fascist News continues to bleed advertisers. I hope Hannity has a coke/rage induced stroke on air and has paralysis of his hideous face.

We need to remember that there were 2 aspects to the new FB policy: 1) unlike before, politicians will be subject to the same rules as other posters (FB gave Trump a wide berth because he was president); 2) violation of policy/standards can result in suspension for up to two years.

So, as I see it, once TFG can come back online, if he continues to spout his bullshit “the election was stolen, I’m the real president” bullshit FB can suspend his account agaIn. And I fully expect former President Dipshit will pretty quickly start posting bullshit once he is reinstated.

R367- Oh, we know he would be incapable of restraint of any kind. His ego has been shattered over losing the election and it is slowly driving him more insane than he already was. Someone posted on another thread a few weeks ago that the rumor coming out of Maralago (sic) is that he is bitterly enraged about his lose and has become obsessed and it is all he can talk about. Also for a narcissistic bully like that the loss of all of that power over people and media attention is eating away at him like a malignant cancer.

The only place he’s likely to be reinstated is HELL.

He belongs in a wood chipper, not elected office.

The Twitter ban has protected him from the consequences of his statements.

I suspect Maggie Habberman is drinking again.

How's the timeline going?

I tell Donald now so I no have to tell him later.

I no go back to Vhite Houze. I done vith being Vairst Leddy.

R287 Time for Brad Paschale to be put in a conservatorship. At least I'm not a gun hoarding white nationalist.

Trump should be under the control of Jamie Spears.

Maggie Haberman rationalizes Trump's behavior and attributes her observations to inside knowledge. Her critiques of Trump are soft on him.

Trump running again is absurd. She suggests he won't have the time due to legal matters. Haberman can't address Trump's incompetence, sedition, and crookedness?

I am not impressed with her journalism.

[QUOTE] I am not impressed with her journalism.

No one is. I can’t stand her and immediately question the validity of anything she reports/tweets.

…tRump says LOTS of things……..I wouldn’t try to read too much into anything that comes out of his mouth.

I wonder if Ivanka and jared just want him dead at this point.

Who doesn't R381?

I don't think there's anyone who humiliates themselves for his love more than Don Jr. How many times must Jr be publicly humiliated by his dad before he realizes his daddy will never love him?

R268, personality disorders don't worsen with age. Symptoms typically lessen. That does not mean he can't lose control due to substance abuse.

I just wish some kind soul here would explain to be how this tRUMP creature is so beloved and supported and worshiped like a deity by so many. I just read on Joe My God how supports wrap themselves into pretzels to honor, support, exalt this man. Just don’t get it. He’s a fat, criminal, selfish oaf. What do they see in him?

He gives people the permission to be pigs. There are no boring speeches or weighty statements or dull addresses, no golf clapping and tea sandwiches and détente.

Just proximity to pussy, egotistical braying, vulgar bullying and the illusion of money.

Every crooked used-car salesman, every 'roided up meathead, every tweaking contractor, every sweaty, fist-fucking incel sees in Trump their ideal life. That's what they love about him.

He's not a statesman. He's a state of being. He's Rodney Dangerfeld in Caddyshack without the class-warfare awareness built into that character.

The MyPillow guy has now set an actual date for Trump's reinstatement:

“The morning of August 13, it will be the talk of the world, going, ‘Hurry up! Let’s get this election pulled down,” he told Brannon Howse of Worldview Weekend Broadcast Network. “Let’s right the right. Let’s get these communists out, you know that have taken over.”

August 13th, huh?

How is it happening?

[quote]Trump should be under the control of Jamie Spears.

Why? Brit’s family is Republican, so he would love him.

From the Michael Wolf book.,

The Wolff book also reports that Trump eats in the dining room nearly every night in a roped-off area that makes he and his family look like zoo animals. Often Trump waits until the dining room is filled with people before he enters because those there stand and applaud him.

"The only membership qualification now, beyond the actual cost ($250,000, up from $150,000 before the presidency, plus a hefty yearly fee), is to be an abject Trump admirer," Wolff explained. "This may not be so much a political statement as an aesthetic one — the thrall of a super-celebrity."

R387, hilarious. MyPillow sounds so smart in that quote. No wonder he can engineer the takeover of an entire nation. On the plus side, maybe we all get new bedding?

[quote] that makes he and his family

Oh, dear

[quote] that makes he and his family look like zoo animals

So vivid. Great description. Maybe Junior Mint and the retarded one can get high one night and go on a safari at Maggot A Lard.

Do you think Trump realizes that being reinstated would plunge the USA into a civil war?

Do you think that asshole even cares, R394? The dickhead doesn't actually want to be president, he just wants the title for his pathetic, rice-paper fragile ego. The imbecile doesn't want to work.

He can't deal with being a fucking loser, nor can his even stupider supporters. How the fuck do you sit at those rallies listening to that clown talk about "company cars" and think your Golden Corral ass relates?

[quote]Do you think Trump realizes that being reinstated would plunge the USA into a civil war?

R394. Trump does not care. Did you watch what happened at the Capitol on the 6th of January? He didn't care about that, and he won't care about anything on a larger scale as long as he wins. He does not care about anything other than himself. And if you need another reminder: Trump does not care. Period.

Dump just won't go away will he. I don't remember a worse political sack of human excrement in my lifetime.

I fucking hope the applicable authorities take it seriously this time if there is credible agitation and chatter instead of ignoring all the warning signs like they did on January 6th.

I'm Australian. I live in Australia and just from reading around the internet, social media etc. - even I, and everybody I know, knew something very bad was going to happen on January 6th.

Oh please let me throw up right now!

Right there with you R398.

[quote]Do you think Trump realizes that being reinstated would plunge the USA into a civil war?

I believe it was Steve Bannon who said in 2016 that civil war and violence in the streets was what was needed to "make America great again".

So that seems to be part of the plan, yeah.

nope

The GOP Q nuts would welcome a civil war. They're thinking that if Trump could be reinstated, he'd direct the military to "defend" the "real" America, and since they consider democrats terrorists, kill em' all.. An underhanded power grab based on utter lies, but Trump and the GOP have no problem with this. Religion plays a big part in their self perceived righteousness.

Poor Trumpy, they've already stolen the past election from him. I'm sure that bunch of leftist libturd woke sheep will conveniently come up with another made-up plandemic to keep him from winning again. That's the only way the left can win: by cheating

Con-man carnival barker loser. A crook that gets away with crime after crime.

Not an "Oh, dear," r392. Look at the sentence again.

It is indeed an "oh, dear", r405

As president, Trump made 30,573 false claims, and still 74 million people voted for him in 2020, why should he stop now? The cult followers will believe everything he says and Trump does it because his cult followers continue to send him money.

"He and his family" is the subject of the clause "he and his family look like zoo animals." The clause is the object of "that makes," not the pronoun and the noun.

"It makes they look like zoo animals"

No, r408

OK. I bow to superior grammar wisdom.

"Oh, Dear" postings on a social media site that includes loads of threads on scat, queefing, rimming, fisting, hating trans, Trump, Madonna, and Instahos; perhaps is not the best representation of grammatical enlightenment.

I claim that I’ll have 3 tits by September.

Only the good die young.

I wonder how much money he's gotten from this grift.

He collected around 300 million to wage his battle (insurrection), even before he left office, didn't he?

Yep

There will be a lot of rage when this doesn’t happen on August 13. The question is how will these animals react. Will violent mobs lash out again?

R417, they’ll just set a new date. I keep remember during Dump’s term all the gibberish about Clinton and Obama being taken into custody, and three times hearing about “red October”—in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Reality isn’t a thing with these people.

Agree - it was promised that they would "Lock Her Up!" Yawn...

All the magats and deplorables must be going broke giving to all the Trump grifts, how will they afford their drugs?

Maybe this is the real reason why businesses can’t get employees for shit wages. They’re all preparing for the ever-extended day of the Civil War. They’re stockpiling guns, munitions, dried beans, rice, bottled water, Mountain Dew, meth, cigarettes (or “ciggy butts” as they call them). They’re buying up batteries for their phones so they can keep up with Facebook. They’re making up tee shirts…again….with a new date for the Civil War. They’re buying fish antibiotics, dried dog food….they already stocked up on gasoline, remember? Now they’re getting their vision binocs and telescopes, their laser rifles, their tactical flashlights, tactical backpacks, tactical sunglasses, tactical pencils and “recovery” sandals.

The same people who used to send “love gifts” to televangelists now send their dollars to Trump, the new messiah.

Plan was handed out at the CPAC convention.

Attention whores crave attention. I think that sums it up quite nicely.

[quote]Attention whores crave attention. I think that sums it up quite nicely.

I think it is merely a tautology.

Is this anything like how COVID was going to disappear miraculously by Easter 2020?

Trump isn't the problem. He's one person and he's always been a slimy, sleazy attention-whore clown. The problem is we have millions of idiots who are even stupider than him and we have a few way smarter than him who are using those millions of imbeciles to get what they want to destruction of this nation as a democracy.

the* destruction

It's a 7 point plan to overthrow the US government. These terrorists got off easy on 1/6. It's time to take them out by force.

I wonder where the goalposts will be moved in August?

When are we going to properly classify these deplorables as DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.

R430 hopefully straight up Trump’s incontinent ass, where they belong

How's the reinstatement coming, DL Trumpers/Nazis?

He will be reinstated as President in August of the Trump organization. That's all folks.

Ivanka went to Aspen.

No full summer in south Florida.

He didn't want to win the first time. By losing, he would win a ton of free publicity for the Trump brand.

Then he "won". And he lost untold millions during those 4 years.

No, he won't risk running and losing (again). It would be the end of the brand and humiliating. But he "wins" by getting millions of cash donations.

Anyone who can afford to (esp if it's other people's money!) leaves FL in summer.

I agree with Pelosi.....all roads lead to Putin.......he is the puppet master ......the paymaster..... the mastermind....the one who benefits the most from a politically crippled United States.

tRump has done more damage to this country than anyone in our history as a nation.

He is treasonous....clear and simple

I really really really want to never hear about him or his family again.

I want to hear about them, R439. I want to hear that they and their cronies have burned to death in a Mar-a-Lago gas explosion. And that they screamed in agony while they did so.

If you don't want to hear about him ever again, please demand that no venues allow him a platform, no Republican congress bullshitters praise him as the 2024 hopeful, and all right wing media quit yapping about his "greatness".

I hope Trump in interred by August.

I used to enjoy David Pakman's YouTube channel, but right now it seems to be all things Trump, all the time.

[quote] I really really really want to never hear about him or his family again.

Why don’t you try holding your breath until you get want you want?

I'd be interested in indictments, or civil suits with legs that might bankrupt them. But, yeah, folks give them far too much attention.

[quote]I want to hear that they and their cronies have burned to death in a Mar-a-Lago gas explosion.

Understandable. But I'd really prefer a show trial, during which slow detailed evidence of venal treason is read out for the world to hear and see live on TV. Day after day. We would see the defendant hearing his 'presidential career' laid out in all its criminality. The pure rage suffusing his face as he sits in a perspex booth, guarded by police. We can dream.

R445.

The total idiocy of a large number of Americans is kind of staggering. And that they keep going back to the same sources of misinformation over and over and over again - even though they've been lied to, misled, misinformed and in some cases killed. It's unbelievable.

Hopefully the Delta variant will take down a lot of deplorables - I mean, it's inevitable.

Insurrectionist Mo Brooks:

The American Dental Association is under pressure to stop funding Paul Gosar.

Sounds appropriate to be investigating Andy Biggs for his role in the January 6 insurrection.

[quote]The highest level of absurdity recently came out of the mouth of Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde. He stated that there was no insurrection on Jan 6. What he observed that day in the Capitol was nothing more than a "normal tourist visit."

Whew, Lindzbelle & Clyde.

Is August when the fraudit will declare Trump the winner in Arizona? The Republicans seem all in with cheating and lies.

I notice Ivanka and Jared are distancing themselves. Too late they deserve to be ostracized.

I thought the goalposts have moved to the Rs taking the house in November, with the first order of business next January to be hearings on why Trump lost unfairly?

[quote]Holy shit! Thomas Barrack, the chair of Trump’s inaugural fund, has just been arrested on unspecified federal charges by the Brooklyn US Attorney.

[quote]Grab your popcorn y’all Popcorn

It shouldn't have to be NY alone who goes after all of these assholes. Where in the hell is DC and the EDVA, since so many of these crooks did their damage in DC.

And why has Biden yet to appoint US Attorneys in these very important locations?

Arrested Tuesday morning in Los Angeles on federal charges related to illegally lobbying Trump for the United Arab Emirates.

Elecshion night wash a MESH!!

This is not an election year, r455.

Barrack who is 74 years old, five years divorced after SIX children, and has a “close personal relationship” with 27 year old co-defendant Grimes, who gives his address as Barrack’s $15 million Aspen, CO ski house.

Wasn't it Melania who supposedly ran the inauguration project with some bestie? Where does Barrack fit into this?

Isn’t it just a matter of time before they indict Trump for tax fraud? He signed the tax returns and cheated the government out of millions.

shitler will threaten to run and say all variety things to raise money off of dumb deplorbs. He's toast, however, and won't be able to run

He’s a billionaire. What’s the penalty? A $450,000 fine?

He's not a billionaire. Not even close. At this point I'm betting Javanka are the only ones with real money in that family.

Barrack is a billionaire, R66

Washington, DC is DEAD in August. Nothing happens and nobody's working.

Be afraid... be very afraid.

[quote]You would not count this many people at all the Biden rallies COMBINED since his birth

It's pretty pathetic that he thinks it's an "insult" to tell us we don't worship someone the way they worship Trump. Like, really, really sad and pathetic.

Where are the grease fires when you need them?

August I meant September. September 13th! 🤡

Get ready for Trump: Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter

Even out of office, he's continuing to fight for the American people. You really have to admire a man who puts the good of the country over his own petty, pathetic, childish jealousies.

Oh, wait:

[quote]with aides peaved that Senate Republicans didn’t do one when he was president and now are giving Biden a win.

Oh dear!

The Dems should have given Trump an infrastructure deal and the Refuge should give Dems one now. Money is CHEAP right now. USA should be financing HUGE infrastructure projects and creating solid lower middle class construction jobs for the next decade. USA is now WAY behind other rich countries on renewed infrastructure. American's 100 largest cities should all have light rail serving their metropolitan areas. And all the poorer parts of these locations.

R476, do you understand that McConnell and the Republican party only want power and to sabotage anything good for America if it means getting power back? The Republican party is EVIL.

Schumer is too weak to take on McConnell. Even as majority leader, Schumer comes off as McConnell's bitch.

DJT is nasty. But Lá Sènatrice enjoys it.

'"Donald Trump Bled Tonight in Texas:" Reaction As Trump Pick Defeated in House Runoff

Donald Trump's power as a GOP kingmaker has suffered a blow after voters chose Republican Jake Ellzey over the former president's pick for a vacant seat in Congress, sparking claims that he is "not bulletproof."

Credit to the OP of the thread below:

Just wait until all the MAGAts have given away all of their meth and Mountain Dew money, donating to his scams, oops, I meant "campaigns", with NOTHING to show for. I'd hate to be there when the laughter stops.

I'm surprised that this hasn't been shared yet. Here's fascist former general Mike Flynn, well.......

There is actually a way to orchestrate a coup that wouldn't require a full on military invasion to pull off. The MAGAts in the house seem to be alluding to it. If you push Pelosi out of the way and installed Trump as speaker, he'd be third in line to the presidency. In that position, if an Erik Prince like assassin squad went after Biden and Harris, Trump is "reinstated" as President and because he wasn't elected again, he'd be able to run in 2024. It doesn't really require an army of tanks to pull this off, just some small maneuvering in the Trump loyalist House and a few trained hit men and they could pull it off. It's not out of the realm of possibility, so people should keep this in mind. They are evil and you shouldn't put it past them to do something like, especially if McCarthy fears what might come out in the commission.

He will just say a president can serve 2 terms & he wasn’t allowed to serve his second term, so he wants to serve it in 2024

He was impeached twice, how the hell can he run again?

Let's get something clear: They can try and take over, but if they think the overwhelming majority of Americans will just go along with it, they're in for shock. You think the largest states in this country will just hand over its money to a govt taken over by Trump? We keep talking about the assholes who showed up on January 6th, but the crowds after Trump lost were far bigger. If they do try and pull that shit again, real Americans won't let them do it, because no one expected a bunch of parasites to do something like that, but now knowing what they're capable of, patriots won't let them succeed.

Don't mistake the silence for weakness. Trust me, if Trump tries to get back in (which he won't. He's just a lazy fucking asshole who wants the title, not the actual workload), there aren't enough of his losers to protect him, his family or the cockroaches themselves who support him. They will be overrun by the rest of us who are tired of their shit.

[quote]He was impeached twice, how the hell can he run again?

There's no law against it.

R485 He wasn't convicted and removed during his impeachment trials.

The 22nd Amendment does not mention a president serving two terms. It specifically says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice...." Trump was elected in 2016. He claims he was elected in 2020. So he's done. No 2024 for Pee Brain.

That's the argument being advanced by Laurence Tribe.

Charlie Manson was dangerous & he killed people & needed to be taken seriously but he couldn’t make Helter Skelter happen. Trump & his dummies are dangerous but people don’t want civil war. Gammy & Gampy will miss all the bDay parties for Bryannah & Taylyr & Kayleigh & Kadynn if there’s Civil War. The South & Midwest wouldn’t get their Social Security disability checks. The confederate states won’t get their military bases funded. See how Congress ran for the door when the assholes came in on January 6? You think those congressional reps are gonna pay the legal fees for those assholes? Nah. There’s a certain number of malcontents out there looking to make trouble & be outlaws. But most people don’t want any trouble & back away from the cult.

We’re aware of them. We’ll keep them on the radar. But there’s not much we can do about them no matter how much you holler that *somebody* needs to do *something.* I’m not gonna build up an arsenal. Proud Boys don’t have their own demonstrations. They invade other people’s demonstrations. Which is why I’m not going to any demonstrations. If you don’t get hit by police cars or tear gassed or smashed with a truncheon by cops you’ll get bashed by Proud Boys & who’s gonna pay your hospital bill?

All I hear is Democratic politicians & talking heads telling me i need to vote. I always vote, so…there’s nothing I need to do except keep voting. No need for me to panic. “The only thing you need to do is be sure to vote.” So I’m good.

You can also donate and volunteer, 490. Please, if you can.

Thank you for voting!

[quote]...but people don’t want civil war.

That's an extremely broad statement that should not be made without the speaker taking the time and effort to quantify how big that nearly infinite class, "the people," really is. At least as it relates to his statement.

Obviously, some people in a variety of political camps champion a civil war. It may be difficult to quantify the size of that subgroup, and also the various subgroups that inhabit it, but it has to be done. It's not acceptable to wish it all away and give it the back of your hand with such an empty yet open-ended and unsupported 'reassurance' as 'the people.'

If you notice, that's want politicians. The people demand! The people expect! Yeah, yeah, yeah. WHICH PEOPLE?

After the election, many right wing nuts really did want a civil war. They felt Trump should just declare himself the winner, declare martial law, engage the military and kill any uprisings that arise. Many commenters on right wing sites were saying, that at that point, since Trump would be president, it would be the left attacking the government/white house and it would be the perfect time to kill all those pesky commies and it would be THEIR fault for attacking our government. This was a right wing meme for a time.

Trump isn't serving in the House of Representatives: How could he be speaker of it?

While the Speaker of the House is always a member of the House, technically he or she does not need to be. Strangely, it would be within the rules for the House to elect Trump as speaker.

And if they do, we reeeeeeeally need law enforcement to immediately step up and indict the mutherfucker.

In any event, Trump is too effing stupid to be Speaker of the House. Can you imagine the chaos he would create, zigging and zagging 10 times a day as he makes every decision about himself? Having him as Speaker would be the punishment for the Represenatives that gave him the job.

Poor Kevin McCarthy

Always a bridesmaid

24 hours and counting.... for August. Any reinstating seems more likely to be reinstate the results of the election with an even larger majority by Biden. I have lots of pipe dreams that I can reign in and realize that they will never happen. But no such luck for the master of orange and dumb and ugly.

[quote]Poor Kevin McCarthy

[quote]Always a bridesmaid

When I have my Mar-a-Lago wedding, he'll certainly be one of my bridesmaids.

Here's a little horrified giggle for us to start our day with. FatAss45 has a replica of the furniture from his WH days set&up . It isn't just the furniture, oh, no! Not with him. He is having pretend meetings surrounded by his pretend WH furniture and "staff.". Would someone please bring him some nice, soft apple juice, his Binky and blanky.

Pushing the Big Lie has been very profitable for him

Trump Raised $56 Million Online in First Half of 2021

Only $402,000,000 yet to go

If true, R500, isn't it illegal to impersonate POTUS? What say former Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama?

Oy, R500. That sounds sad. It reminds me of when I played “teacher” when I was 6 and set up desks, etc., and taught my students.

It’s a far, far better game he plays in Mar a Lago, than he did in DC.

There he was a true sorcerer’s apprentice: commanding on the world stage no more competently than a demented child with a broom.

He needs fresh pee pee at times. Who is supplying the pee pee girls nowadays at Bedminister & Mar-a-Lago? Matt?

Ivanka is the new go-to-pee girl R506

Awwwe, R500! It's like he's keeping pictures of his ex up, pretending they're still together and in love!

Sad, tiny dicked old man still can't accept that America's dumped your ass and upgraded, can ya Donnie?

So sad, so utterly pathetic. Everyone thinks so. You're revolting, you great orange lard!

You can tell it is a personality cult as it's turned into Trumpie's second coming.

well... it is August and when it is September, will he announce that it will be December, a Christmas gift to the hordes of his sheeple followers?

August 13 is supposed to be the magic day of Trumpy Dumpy Dump.

They’ve been shifting the dates of the Second Coming of Trump for months. Can they all, please, do a mass suicide now?

After the lunatic My Pillow Guy releases INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE® of the stolen election next Friday, the Supreme Court will vote 9-0 to overturn the electoral college certification and reinstall Trump as president. So goes this month's narrative of Trump's imminent and righteous return. Subject to revision.

LOL already with this fucking guy.

Trump, Lindell, etc. are raking in millions due to these lies and conspiracies.

Facebook is the biggest tool and platform for promoting the lies. Zuckerberg and crew are not being held accountable.

The funniest part of Lindell’s scenario is that SCOTUS is somehow going to overturn the election. Unfortunately for him, SCOTUS is out of session and will not return until October.

I am still shocked they're able to say all this and get away without being shut down. This isn't a "political opinion difference" or anything of the sort. This is threatening. What they're saying is, "There's going to be a take over BY US". And they're saying we(Dems) are a crooked bunch of lying cons that stole the election. They're threatening total chaos. Without a drop of evidence. And these aren't fringe outliers. These are several members of Congress and an Ex President. There needs to be a reckoning where these guys are plunked down in front of judges and are made total fools of like Lindell was yesterday. There has to be some consequences for threatening this country and threatening our democracy.

trump and his minions are evil incarnate. so damn pitiful.

Why won’t he just diiiiiie?

Lindsey can't be getting sick. Trump needs her.

Any updates on the health of the Senatrice?

Two more days!

Any updates????

R521, r522

Lindsey is fine now, and tweeting a lot.

I don't care about Lady G.

What about the 13th?

Have they moved the goalposts again yet?

[quote]I don't care about Lady G.

Well aren't you special.

I read somewhere today that some of them are talking about September 18. Nobody knows the significance of that date.

^HAHAHAHA

They *always* move the dates when the original one doesn’t happen. After Sept 18, it will be Oct 26th. And then Dec 3rd. And so on.

I so look forward to August 13th.

I plan on laughing my ass off for 24 hours.

I’ve been laughing my ass off since the asshole first announced he’ll be “reinstated”. The bandwidth we use following this punk and his egregious antics is mind boggling.

So what do they have planned for Friday then? Violent takeover of a toll booth or something?

I can’t wait until Trump dies. It’s all I’m living for.

This is one of Trump more successful grifts he won't stop.

I haven't paid attention to him at all since he left office, so this is amusing. Sad and demented, but amusing because I still hate him.

He's receiving millions for this scam.

It doesn't reverse unless the indictments start flowing.

[quote] That's an extremely broad statement that should not be made without the speaker taking the time and effort to quantify how big that nearly infinite class, "the people," really is.

Ok MOST PEOPLE or THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE don’t want Civil War. Americans are cool with wars as long as they’re in other people’s countries. That’s why we keep invading other countries. As long as the war is far enough away, the majority of American people are cool with it. Our politicians have learned the best way to avoid Civil War is to engage in Other War. Rah, rah, USA. Our boys keepin us safe. Murika making the world safe for democracy.

But a war where our supply chain is affected? Are you serious? People were threatening to shoot for toilet paper. All those preppers stocked up on dried beans and rice but had no garages full of TP. What about mah freedom to eat junk food? I don’t want no Civil War if it means we run out of Happy Meals.

So did Melania EVER leave the WH?