“You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government,” Trump said.
I wish he had told the Secret Service that four years ago.
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"Wont someone rid me of this meddlesome doctor" vibes
Fauci should sue him in civil court for security costs. No pardons, and lots of news coverage of a president threatening the life of an American.
Fauci should sue him in civil court for security costs.
Good luck getting a MAGA judge to allow a case against a sitting President to go forward. If he's lucky, he might get on the docket sometime in 2028.
No pardons, and lots of news coverage of a president threatening the life of an American.
The man literally just held a news conference to say he was stripping Fauci of his security detail and saying he's not responsible for what happens to him. He literally just put a hit out on the man. He has made virtually every news outlet bend the knee to him in some way, shape, or form already, and has made several credible threats against other outlets that don't report favorably about him. And his own base wants Fauci dead already.
I don't think he's all that worried about negative press.
No, what he should really do is flee the US to the EU to tell his story. Write a book and go on tv. But never, ever come back.
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
I suppose trump's genocide is on the American people.
If I said the same thing about Trump I'd get a knock on my door within 30 minutes
I won't be sad if John Bolton gets hurt...
Not only would he feel no responsibility, it'd probably give him a semi.
Someone else posted this and it seems really on point: Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
This is absolutely what he is doing.
Even without this historical reference .... everyone understands what he meant.
Trump is a psychopath. He feels no empathy for anybody and nothing is ever his fault.
Trump is probably a legit narcissist. The difference is the intention and the changing inner reality to fit his narratives.
This is pretty much every person who sat out the election and handed him the office. Again.
'it can't be my fault because I was given a choice between a genocidal maniac and a proven insurrectionist rapist!'
He's smart enough to message to his followers what he wants while evading the blame. Like a mafia boss.
Only the negatives are not his fault. If it was a success he will take credit even if it was others are responsible and he did nothing or even impeded its success.
"Fault" implies that the result is negative.
"But he's not a Nazi."
No, this is literally what the Nazis would do. Now Trump's paramilitary can take care of the rest. Exactly like the Nazis would.
There is no safety in a totalitarian regime.
Its literally what the Nazis did to people like Hans Litten. As soon as they got to power abuse that power to torture and kill the people who tried to hold them accountable.
If I worked for Trump, I'd take heed: if he can betray former collaborators, he can betray future ones too.
Short term thinkers don't think like that. Power and money and all that, and then they figure they can beat the orange moron.
He's betrayed a lot of people who worked for him. Yet the bootlickers keep coming.
The thing about narcissists - especially ones who want political power - is that every single one believes they are special, different, and in control.
You could put them all in an auditorium and tell them, "Look to your left, look to your right, look in front of you, look behind you. All but one of you will be betrayed and thrown in jail by Trump," and every single one would uncritically think they are the 1 in 5 that will not. They all think they can manipulate Trump and each other better than the others.
ou could put them all in an auditorium and tell them, “Look to your left, look to your right, look in front of you, look behind you. All ~~but one~~ of you will be betrayed and thrown in jail by Trump,”
Fixed that for you. They all think that they are the exception to the rule. They think they'll be able to jump in, make all the money, and bail out before the shit hits the fan and blows right in their face. They have the one "it" factor that everybody else has been missing.
He doesn't feel responsibility when he shits his pants, I doubt he CAN feel responsibility.
depends. if it's a really good stinky juicy one, he might take responsibility for it with his should-be-patented smirky smile when the designated diaper changer approaches.