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He's unraveling in real time. (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Aug 2023 OP
"Nice shot, Megan" gratuitous Aug 2023 #1
HELL must be Trump's Word of the Day. LEGS will be when he has to spread them for a cavity search. TheBlackAdder Aug 2023 #20
7.1 million votes and he's a golf cheat. SalamanderSleeps Aug 2023 #43
More projection Marthe48 Aug 2023 #2
This! eom BlueMTexpat Aug 2023 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author BlueMTexpat Aug 2023 #29
Eff him maxrandb Aug 2023 #3
Anyone remember that Twilight Zone episode milestogo Aug 2023 #4
Ha I do remember that one. Most episodes were very good chicoescuela Aug 2023 #11
Rod Serling has been gone for decades, but he predicted this offensive, anti-American blowhard Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #21
JFC. He absolutely did predict this! eom. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #46
BTW, I saw Rod Serling in person once Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #49
That is super cool! MontanaMama Aug 2023 #52
I must have been in my early teens - but it was the talk of camp that he was there! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #58
that's so cool! NJCher Aug 2023 #57
Well, he was enough of a celebrity that it was the talk of camp that he was there Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author raccoon Aug 2023 #63
I remember the episode. It had a classic Rod Serling twist at the end. n/t John1956PA Aug 2023 #34
Not only that, North Shore Chicago Aug 2023 #62
Someone punch FF45 in his fat face Blue Owl Aug 2023 #5
id rather somone poke him and he AllaN01Bear Aug 2023 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2023 #39
The reactions we are seeing to the soccer loss are emblematic of the trump era liberal N proud Aug 2023 #6
Also amnesia. Mass amnesia of two time defending World Cup champions, mass amnesia of fascism. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #8
Reminiscent of Hitler and the 1936 Olympics. wnylib Aug 2023 #40
Yeah, he didn't write that. July Aug 2023 #7
Yes I have been wondering if someone is helping him write this stuff. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #15
Trump has used that word in interviews and speeches. dalton99a Aug 2023 #16
Ok good to know. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #18
I'm pretty sure canetoad Aug 2023 #50
I agree. It is pure Donald Trump. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #64
In case anyone hasn't been paying attention... jcgoldie Aug 2023 #9
Thank you. I was about to ask what the team had done to demontrate hatred niyad Aug 2023 #32
I don't sing it either, niyad. MontanaMama Aug 2023 #47
Fortunately, that was not an issue at my high school. And admin had enough niyad Aug 2023 #55
I remember going to the library to read NJCher Aug 2023 #61
Are you my twin? Are the gym teachers? I had tthat same experience, that niyad Aug 2023 #66
lol. What a loser. Solly Mack Aug 2023 #10
President Biden told the team, "you've made your country proud." LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #12
Crass (the donald) versus Class (President Biden). calimary Aug 2023 #26
trump Fucked UP Big Time.. Cha Aug 2023 #13
On his failing, 3rd-rate social media platform he doesn't 'tweet'... SeattleVet Aug 2023 #36
Hes not unraveling btw jcgoldie Aug 2023 #14
I really had to laugh at that NJCher Aug 2023 #65
Meh. We all know that the orange asshole is a petty little shit nt Javaman Aug 2023 #19
The fastest way to MAGA would be for tRump to drop dead ASAP! BigmanPigman Aug 2023 #22
So true........ MyOwnPeace Aug 2023 #31
Personally, I think he is staying alive BigmanPigman Aug 2023 #41
I don't see anything different from his usual behavior Demobrat Aug 2023 #23
"Link to tweet" LOL AnrothElf Aug 2023 #24
How Presidential of him johnnyplankton Aug 2023 #25
And couldn't we do chapters and chapter on THAT!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Aug 2023 #33
I suppose he's all about cheating to win Beachnutt Aug 2023 #27
AND the graffiti that wasn't there when I was President Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2023 #30
ummm, he unraveled a very long time ago.It is simply becoming more glaringly niyad Aug 2023 #35
Is it possible that Donald J. Trump is suffering from a serious mental illness? Jacson6 Aug 2023 #37
We all know he's a pathological liar. SalamanderSleeps Aug 2023 #51
Oh bloody hell ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #38
What an asshole. Firestorm49 Aug 2023 #42
Dump left reality some time ago, and he's never coming back. He's his own favorite TV character. Martin68 Aug 2023 #44
Need I remind you of the Time Magazine cover from nearly SEVEN YEARS AGO Silent3 Aug 2023 #45
I'm halfway through Miles Taylor's Blowback ... and the shit they had to put up with from Trump. ificandream Aug 2023 #48
I disagree that they "had to" put up with his shit. They could have quit, and told niyad Aug 2023 #54
WOW! How much lower can this POS go? vapor2 Aug 2023 #53
Oh my gawd, we lost a sportsball game? Iggo Aug 2023 #56
Donald Trump is NUTS! (and this one is total proof positive) Stuart G Aug 2023 #59
It's hard to keep up Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #67

TheBlackAdder

(29,766 posts)
20. HELL must be Trump's Word of the Day. LEGS will be when he has to spread them for a cavity search.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:42 PM
Aug 2023

Response to Marthe48 (Reply #2)

milestogo

(21,987 posts)
4. Anyone remember that Twilight Zone episode
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 08:15 PM
Aug 2023

where the man who never stops talking tries to shut up for a year to win a bet for half a million dollars?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734677/

He cuts his own vocal chords. But even if Trump did that and all his social media were cut off, he would still find a way to get out his verbal diarreah.

Rhiannon12866

(244,938 posts)
21. Rod Serling has been gone for decades, but he predicted this offensive, anti-American blowhard
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:43 PM
Aug 2023

Rhiannon12866

(244,938 posts)
49. BTW, I saw Rod Serling in person once
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:02 PM
Aug 2023

His daughter went to my summer camp and her parents came to visit on the last weekend, she was in the camp horse show. I didn't really know her, she was older than me, but I do remember that she was really into horses. And I recognized her Dad, he was a small tan man in a bright yellow sweater, LOL. And there was quite a fuss when he visited.

Rhiannon12866

(244,938 posts)
58. I must have been in my early teens - but it was the talk of camp that he was there!
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 12:09 AM
Aug 2023

And it was well known who her father was. One of my best friends got to know her a little since she was impressed that Jodi Serling was much more interested in horses than boys, LOL. And she was in my riding class in the camp horse show and of course she won! I always wondered about that...

NJCher

(41,732 posts)
57. that's so cool!
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:58 PM
Aug 2023

What a childhood memory to have.

Bright yellow sweater! I think I would remember that, too.

I am watching this episode now. The whole five seasons are on FreeVee. I had forgotten how much I enjoy them and will probably watch more.

What is so funny in this one (Season 2, Episode 25) is how the fellow member (Archie) bluntly tells him why he doesn't like him and everything he says is what trump is--unethical, "there's nothing sporting about you," you've run through your inheritance, your debts are insurmountable....you'll do anything for money.

Rhiannon12866

(244,938 posts)
60. Well, he was enough of a celebrity that it was the talk of camp that he was there
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 12:18 AM
Aug 2023

And I do remember seeing him since he stood out in that yellow sweater and of course there was enough of a fuss that most of us noticed.

And I do agree that he was a brilliant man, he certainly foretold what's happening now. And though I didn't really know his daughter, just knew who she was at camp, I feel bad for her since she lost her Dad not long after that, a life cut way too short.

I should watch that episode, too - don't know if I ever saw it, but it certainly does sound what we're experiencing now - thanks for letting me know which one it was!

Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #21)

North Shore Chicago

(4,198 posts)
62. Not only that,
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 05:47 AM
Aug 2023

the guy who promised him the money was a gaslighter! He was flat broke and couldn't have paid out anyway.

Response to Blue Owl (Reply #5)

liberal N proud

(61,151 posts)
6. The reactions we are seeing to the soccer loss are emblematic of the trump era
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 08:16 PM
Aug 2023

Losing is not something anyone can accept.
Be it a sporting event or election.

trump has turn losers into whiners.

I have seen articles calling the women’s soccer team an embarrassment. Where does that come from? I think it is painfully obvious.

dalton99a

(90,762 posts)
16. Trump has used that word in interviews and speeches.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:22 PM
Aug 2023

"So, when we find eight ballots, that’s emblematic of thousands of locations perhaps..."

"But the MS-13 seems to be emblematic of evil, and we're getting them out by the hundreds..."

"So we get Bergdahl, this is the way we trade, this is, like, emblematic of everything we do..."

"The U.S. rocket that blew up and crashed yesterday is emblematic of the United States under Obama..."

etc.

Irish_Dem

(76,262 posts)
18. Ok good to know.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:31 PM
Aug 2023

The FBI can analyze written material to a get a linguistic fingerprint for those under investigation.
And they can use spoken material too. To see if it matches up.

But what you are saying sounds like he is writing this himself.
I wondered if coked up junior was helping him.
The person writing it sounds like he is on drugs.

canetoad

(19,647 posts)
50. I'm pretty sure
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:02 PM
Aug 2023

That he is not the one who physically types the letters and words. That would be the responsibility of some aide or minion who may or may not have input into the language, grammar and syntax.

However, I'm positive that everything originates in his fevered brain and is uttered for dictation by his big mouth.

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
9. In case anyone hasn't been paying attention...
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 08:21 PM
Aug 2023

“Openly hostile to America” = not singing during the national anthem (like 90% of the male athletes and fans at every sporting event)… oh plus they are women. 😕

niyad

(127,889 posts)
32. Thank you. I was about to ask what the team had done to demontrate hatred
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:21 PM
Aug 2023

for America. I do not sing the anthem, nor do I utter the loyalty oath (I believe that our Constitution has something to say about loyalty oaths).

TRAITOR** swore an oath that he violated on 6Jan, so he has NOTHING to say on that subject.

MontanaMama

(24,553 posts)
47. I don't sing it either, niyad.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:00 PM
Aug 2023

My son…who graduated from high school in June also wouldn’t sing it…nor would he recite it in school where it was “required” (encouraged). We had a handful of meetings in assistant principals offices about his position.

niyad

(127,889 posts)
55. Fortunately, that was not an issue at my high school. And admin had enough
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:17 PM
Aug 2023

to deal with with all the other things I was, or was not, doing, little progressive, annoying, female activist that I was, even back in the dark ages.

NJCher

(41,732 posts)
61. I remember going to the library to read
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 01:51 AM
Aug 2023

Instead of going to a pep rally.

Some gym teachers came and tried to get me to go. I said no because boys didn’t cheer girls for sports. I said it needed to be a two way street.

They really did not like that.

niyad

(127,889 posts)
66. Are you my twin? Are the gym teachers? I had tthat same experience, that
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 08:47 AM
Aug 2023

ssame conversation.

calimary

(88,088 posts)
26. Crass (the donald) versus Class (President Biden).
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:48 PM
Aug 2023

How long do we all have to put up with trump? It's been WAY too long already.

NJCher

(41,732 posts)
65. I really had to laugh at that
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 07:08 AM
Aug 2023

So appropriate for his fans. (Slopping…)

He’s desperate for material but it doesn’t matter with his supporters because they are so indiscriminate.

BigmanPigman

(54,068 posts)
22. The fastest way to MAGA would be for tRump to drop dead ASAP!
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 09:43 PM
Aug 2023

In an instant America would be more than "great". Every day when I wake up I hope to see "Donald J Trump 1946--2023, died at the age of 77" on my TV screen.

MyOwnPeace

(17,388 posts)
31. So true........
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:16 PM
Aug 2023

and I'm SURE that there's a whole bunch of people out there feeling that very same way.
I 'click' the coffee machine, turn on the light, get out the half & half, then 'click' the 'Chrome' button to see today's opening page.....
hoping.....................

BigmanPigman

(54,068 posts)
41. Personally, I think he is staying alive
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:38 PM
Aug 2023

just to spite me. Just watch him live to be 100 like the other criminal, Kissinger.

MyOwnPeace

(17,388 posts)
33. And couldn't we do chapters and chapter on THAT!!!!!!!!
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:22 PM
Aug 2023

WHAT a FUCKING INTERNATIONAL EMBARASSMENT!!!!!!

I truly don't know where to start - or how to compile the list!

Immediately I think of him pushing aside another leader of another country so that HE could be in the front row of a gathering if world leaders!



What a piece of SHIT he is!!!!!!!!!!

niyad

(127,889 posts)
35. ummm, he unraveled a very long time ago.It is simply becoming more glaringly
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:23 PM
Aug 2023

obvious every single day.

SalamanderSleeps

(935 posts)
51. We all know he's a pathological liar.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:03 PM
Aug 2023

Here's some of things that make a person a pathological liar.

A pathological liar, also known as a compulsive or chronic liar, is someone who consistently lies without apparent reason or benefit and may lie even when the truth would serve them better.

Here are some common traits and conditions that may define a pathological liar:

1. Persistent lying: Pathological liars have a consistent and long-standing pattern of lying, often from childhood into adulthood.

2. Lack of guilt or remorse: They may not feel guilty or show remorse for their lies, even when confronted with the consequences.

3. Exaggeration: They tend to embellish stories and experiences to make themselves appear more impressive, successful, or important.

4. Unnecessary lying: They lie even when the truth would suffice or when there is no clear advantage to lying.

5. Manipulative behavior: Pathological liars may use their lies to manipulate others and gain control or advantage in various situations.

6. Fantasy-prone: They might have a tendency to create elaborate, fictional stories and believe them to be true.

7. Impulsivity: Pathological lying may be associated with impulsive behavior and difficulty in controlling their lies.

8. Attention-seeking: They lie to gain attention, sympathy, or admiration from others.

9. Inconsistent stories: Their lies may frequently change, leading to discrepancies and contradictions in their narratives.

10. Lack of self-awareness: Some pathological liars may not recognize their lying behavior and genuinely believe their lies.

11. Low self-esteem: Despite their lies, they may have low self-esteem and use lying as a coping mechanism to protect their self-image.

12. Defensive behavior: When confronted about their lies, they may become defensive and deny their deceitful behavior.

13. Relationship issues: Pathological lying can lead to trust issues and strained relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

14. Comorbidity: Pathological lying can be associated with other mental health conditions, such as narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder.

15. Lack of empathy: They may struggle to understand or empathize with the impact their lies have on others.

I'm thinking you might be on to something here.

I think it's pretty safe to say he's seriously ill.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
38. Oh bloody hell
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:33 PM
Aug 2023

Just what does sports have to do with your expansive fat arse, other than your destroying an entire league over your vanity back in the 80s? Or was it 90s? I don't follow American football, so I don't remember the exact history there.

But if we want to talk about losses, you stinking pile of rot, remember this from men's football:

'USA's World Cup failure was a catastrophe years in the making'
Thu 12 Oct 2017 07.57 AEDT

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/oct/11/usa-world-cup-2018-qualifying-soccer-football

Or this, from World Cup basketball:

'Why Team USA's World Cup defeats were good for basketball'
Thu 12 Sep 2019 18.00 AEST

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/12/team-usa-fiba-basketball-world-cup-france-loss

Sit down.

Shut up.

Martin68

(26,545 posts)
44. Dump left reality some time ago, and he's never coming back. He's his own favorite TV character.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:48 PM
Aug 2023
 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
45. Need I remind you of the Time Magazine cover from nearly SEVEN YEARS AGO
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 10:49 PM
Aug 2023



Trump has been unraveling, melting down, going a step too far, reaching the end of his rope, hitting rock bottom, etc., etc., etc., for a LONG TIME now.

Too many people have kept propping him up no matter what.

Maybe we're finally reaching the limits not of Trump, but of Trump supports and their ability to keep bailing him out. We're not out of the woods yet, however.

ificandream

(11,453 posts)
48. I'm halfway through Miles Taylor's Blowback ... and the shit they had to put up with from Trump.
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:00 PM
Aug 2023

Last edited Mon Aug 7, 2023, 02:38 PM - Edit history (1)

He was completely unqualified in 2016 and still is. We can't let him get back in. (And please read that book. It's frightening how bad he was and how bad he will be again if he gets re-elected.)

niyad

(127,889 posts)
54. I disagree that they "had to" put up with his shit. They could have quit, and told
Sun Aug 6, 2023, 11:06 PM
Aug 2023

us the truth.

Johnny2X2X

(23,504 posts)
67. It's hard to keep up
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 08:54 AM
Aug 2023

Why does the Right hate the US Women's Soccer team again? Is it because they're women? Is it because they have some openly gay members? Did some of them diss Trump?

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