Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

"Dr. Franklin was for retaining the clause [on impeachment], as favorable to the executive. History furnishes one example only of a first magistrate being formally brought to public justice. Every body cried out against this as unconstitutional. What was the practice before this, in cases where the chief magistrate rendered himself obnoxious? Why, recourse was had to assassination, in which he was not only deprived of his life, but of the opportunity of vindicating his character. It would be the best way, therefore, to provide in the Constitution for the regular punishment of the executive, where his misconduct should deserve it, and for his honorable acquittal, where he should be unjustly accused."

is 2scoops more jay gatsby or tom buchanan? is putin meyer wolfsheim? who's daisy? who's myrtle?

Donald Trump is the real Gatsby; the novel’s Gatsby is Trump through (circa 2016) Michael Cohen’s eyes

I meant nothing in particular by this remark, but it was taken up in an unexpected way.

“Civilization’s going to pieces,” broke out Tom violently. “I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard?”

“Why, no,” I answered, rather surprised by his tone.

“Well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be — will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.”

“Tom’s getting very profound,” said Daisy, with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. “He reads deep books with long words in them. What was that word we ——”

“Well, these books are all scientific,” insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently. “This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”

“We’ve got to beat them down,” whispered Daisy, winking ferociously toward the fervent sun.

“You ought to live in California —” began Miss Baker, but Tom interrupted her by shifting heavily in his chair.

“This idea is that we’re Nordics. I am, and you are, and you are, and ——” After an infinitesimal hesitation he included Daisy with a slight nod, and she winked at me again. “— And we’ve produced all the things that go to make civilization — oh, science and art, and all that. Do you see?”

Tom Buchanan = Steve Bannon, Daisy = The New Yorker Ideas Festival

The green light is Pepe.

RIP Alan Abel

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-owes-alan-abel-nine-hundred-dollars-567918

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/11/17963782/fox-news-trump-rallies-ratings-dropping :(

The following sentence appeared in a bylined AP article about the mail-bomber suspect Cesar Sayoc:

Minus some of the weirder posts and occasionally incomprehensible grammar, Sayoc's online rages weren't so far removed from the social media angst of the commander in chief."

ha ha ha

it's too rainy for his hair to hold up outside in france on armistice day. tax cuts!

reg

Wow, Mr. President, that’s a good one.

Was that like your answers to Mr. Mueller’s questions, or did you write this one yourself? https://t.co/Yd27sayt7C

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 18, 2018

i can't believe he called him "adam shit" and didn't correct it

it wasn't a mistake

very unpresdential. will you guys still vote for him?

on the fence

i want to give him some time in office and see how he implements his agenda. i'm sick of all this partisanship on both sides - i think we owe to him to at least give him a chance

good people on both sides iirc

i am depressed (and amazed) at this, but i am satisfied i'm alive to see it. most of the masks are off. i hope we all get to a better social and political place.

Of interest to perhaps only me – @realDonaldTrump finds new people, places and things to insult at a shockingly linear rate. Here's his cumulative unique insults over time, with a linear best-fit to insults since Jan. 1, 2016. pic.twitter.com/VCg3iVtIQq

— Kevin Quealy (@KevinQ) November 21, 2018

he usually insults whoever is criticizing him or is connected with something that is threatening to him. since he's constantly smearing his ass on the universe, there's no shortage of new enemies for him to counterattack

Dud

xxp that does seem strange, it's like we're being crossfaded into insanity

A former staffer on The Apprentice and current stand-up comic named Noel Casler claims that Donald Trump was a “speed freak” who snorted crushed-up Adderall, and also says that Trump invited teen beauty pageant contestants up to his suite.

Casler told the crowd “I’m not kidding this is true. I had a 24-page NDA non-disclosure agreement, I didn’t know that he was becoming president, now it’s no way dumbass, I’m telling you everything I know.”

https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/former-apprentice-staffer-claims-trump-was-speed-freak-invited-teen-beauty-queens-to-his-suite/

The late Wayne Barrett also investigated a rumor that Trump was hospitalized for an amphetamine overdose in, IIRC, the early '90s. Had key interviews but didn't publish for lack of documents. https://t.co/dXgTHadFpT

— Corey Pein 😃🤑😐😩💀 (@coreypein) December 13, 2018

the amphetamine usage doesn't bother me. sadly it's one of the few things i find remotely relatable about him (not that i have ever fucked around with amphetamines, but it's not uncommon)

the stuff about him treating miss teen universe contestants as pieces of meat, though - THAT will be thing that brings this president down!!

literally more than 50% of republican bros will high-five each other when they read about that

Called it!

the debates were televised

having spent enough time around ppl on uppers (unfortunately), there is like zero doubt in my mind Trump fucks with amphetamines. talking incessantly while saying nothing, running through all sorts of nonsensical tangents, being that keyed up nearly all the time at 70+, sleeping only a couple of hours a night, etc.

certain times (like that insane Fox & Friends call-in interview) he seems blatantly cranked out of his mind.

exactly

iirc all three debates he was rambling incoherently and sniffing every 5 seconds

I could've sworn those rumors were more-or-less substantiated aaages ago (read: at least eighteen months ago). Wasn't there at least some suggestion that crazy Dr. Healthiestpresidentever was actually secretly a Dr. Feelgood?

I mean, let's just briefly consider the case of this septuagenarian with a diet that should leave him semi-comatose for 3/4 of the day and his seemingly bottomless reserves of energy...

i hate this sexist idiot so much https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/trump-swears-gm-will-rue-the-day-it-crossed-him

lol

When you buy a jacket online. pic.twitter.com/4zWVUFEEgQ

— Tommy Campbell (@MrTommyCampbell) December 27, 2018

i just figured kanye styled him

https://gawker.com/the-best-theory-of-1992-donald-trump-took-amphetamine-1755299885 xp

trump's affection for amphetamines was well known in the 90s. i agree he is probably still taking them, speaking as someone who took similar medication for "ADD" for a long time

however, i don't think it explains much about him except maybe the weird amount of stamina he has and the rambling way he talks.

that little grain of white powder falling out of his nose at 0:09 as he's saying "even as a civilian", could be just a compression artifact, a simple glitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgWCxIjBTI

if he's doing a ton of amphetamines, i wonder why it didn't show up in the woodward book or fire and fury though

because they're doing a ton of amphetamines too

all of washington is participating in "amphetamine parties", open secret

easy to hide if he's just taking them but railing adderall? idk. probably, if you're the president

i don't know how good this guy is at hiding things

especially things to do with his personal habits. and he would need to be taking a TON to keep up the delusions of grandeur-level effects at this point in his life.

he should do more imo, lots and lots more, all at once.

nd he would need to be taking a TON to keep up the delusions of grandeur-level effects at this point in his life.

As someone with a narcissist father, let me tell you this. He doesn't need to take ANY to keep up the delusions of grandeur-level effects at this point in his life.