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marmar

(78,679 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:51 AM Thursday

His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure -- and a worsening mental state


Haunted by Epstein, Trump spirals further out of control
His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure — and a worsening mental state

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published July 17, 2025 9:05AM (EDT)


(Salon) A perverted man from the grave is haunting Donald Trump. While it’s just the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein, he is in a very real sense Jacob Marley to Trump’s Ebenezer Scrooge. I guess Christmas in July is a real thing.

This week, the Justice Department’s failure to release the Epstein files, as many pundits have gleefully noted, has led to the largest division yet in Trump’s MAGA minions. In a Wednesday morning Truth Social post, Trump admitted as much and declared those who are concerned about the “Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” are his “PAST” supporters and “I don’t want their support anymore!” Maybe he isn’t running for a third term after all.

....(snip)....

In a rare appearance on the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday, Trump issued a rambling statement in an attempt to defend Attorney General Pam Bondi’s lack of action on the Epstein files. He stressed her credibility, but he sounded as if he were stringing together random sentences culled from private briefings, without any concern or knowledge that they made sense.

....(snip)....

“People, people I gotta tell you, I see a lot of glum, glum faces now. Please don’t be disconsolate. This is — this is politics at its finest,” we were told in the movie “Wag the Dog.” That’s also what we’re often told about the new Trump administration by the administration. If Trump’s first term was a Mike Judge movie – “Idiocracy” — then the current reality show Trump is orchestrating in the White House is much more like Barry Levison’s “Wag the Dog.” ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/17/haunted-by-epstein-trump-spirals-further-out-of-control/




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His raging gibberish exposes a president under pressure -- and a worsening mental state (Original Post) marmar Thursday OP
Trump's Captain Queeg moment. sop Thursday #1
At least Queeg, whatever his other problems may have been, did render honorable service to his country Aristus Thursday #9
Once again Diamond_Dog Thursday #2
K & R malaise Thursday #3
I am afraid the convicted pedofelon will send troops to Greenland. Justice matters. Thursday #10
Hehehehe malaise Thursday #11
I think Monday will be the tell Torchlight Thursday #4
King Taco has a bad brain. Kid Berwyn Thursday #5
Excellent read. Sublime, accurate, well deserved snark. Irish_Dem Thursday #6
His smartest move might be to resign with the understanding Vance issues him a full pardon ... Auggie Thursday #7
Hey Jake Tapper why aren't you reporting on his obviously mental breakdown? kimbutgar Thursday #8

sop

(15,254 posts)
1. Trump's Captain Queeg moment.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:01 AM
Thursday

Soon he'll be rolling two tiny metal balls around in his hand as he speaks.

Aristus

(70,438 posts)
9. At least Queeg, whatever his other problems may have been, did render honorable service to his country
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 12:11 PM
Thursday

at one point in the past. That was the very subject of Barney Greenwald's closing monologue. Trump has never served anyone but himself.

Diamond_Dog

(37,677 posts)
2. Once again
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:05 AM
Thursday

We are hearing that “THIS is the worst thing EVER! He is having a meltdown! THIS is what will finally bring him down!” Been hearing this for ten years now.

Justice matters.

(8,655 posts)
10. I am afraid the convicted pedofelon will send troops to Greenland.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 12:49 PM
Thursday

To grab her by the kitty.

Torchlight

(5,166 posts)
4. I think Monday will be the tell
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:12 AM
Thursday

They'll have had all weekend to hammer out the one-liner responses and spin, and then we'll see how effective or not the response is and if his flock bows their heads in obeisance or not. In the meantime, they're reacting to a narrative rather than creating their own...and it's getting away from them.

Kid Berwyn

(21,389 posts)
5. King Taco has a bad brain.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:16 AM
Thursday

Considering the situation, it’s a good thing.

From the great read at Salon in the OP:

“You don’t have to be a genius to see something isn’t adding up here,” former Trump administration staffer Miles Taylor explained to me. “He’s not making this go away by his denials. Not this time.”



Auggie

(32,428 posts)
7. His smartest move might be to resign with the understanding Vance issues him a full pardon ...
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 11:53 AM
Thursday

for past, present and future crimes.

With the money he's already stolen t**** can easily pay off his civil trials and rot away in luxury in one of several Gulf States without a US extradition treaty.

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