He showed hints of being a bridge-builder early in his first term.
was that before or after the muslim ban
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
I think it's when he said the words "infrastructure week"
― rob, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Maybe when he evoked the specter of "American carnage" in his inauguration speech. That was a real moment of coming together.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure was willing to ogle, grab, assault, and/or demean women from BOTH parties.
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:03 (one year ago) link
I think he spoke for all Americans when he told the 7 year-old kid that at his age it was "marginal" to still believe in Santa Claus.
― henry s, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
when he’s right, he’s right
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
The one hilarious thing from Trump’s insane inauguration speech was George W Bush allegedly saying to his companions when it was over:”Well THAT was fucked up”.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:40 (one year ago) link
the day george w bush finally became president
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
I think it was, "That was some weird shit," which somehow is even funnier.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
Roy Cohn taught him well.. when threatened, counter-attack:
In the latest lawsuit - which was filed to the Florida State Circuit Court - Mr Trump accused Ms James of "a relentless, pernicious, public and unapologetic crusade" against him and the Trump Organization.
He also alleges that the attorney general's own case against him is a "plot" to obtain control of his business that began as a "cartoonish, thinly-veiled effort to publicly malign" the former president.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63501157
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 3 November 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
As a counter attack that's not worth a bucket of warm piss in regards the court system. it only works when the media picks it up, makes a story out of it, and his bogus claims get quoted as serious litigation.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 3 November 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
which the media obligingly does for him, bcz their interests overlap.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 3 November 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
It's wild seeing someone tweeting from a fake verified Trump account, openly question why they hadn't gotten suspended yet, and then continue going for another full day. pic.twitter.com/FdTcpF0J8l— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 12, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 November 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
"I call him king" -- Trump on President Xi pic.twitter.com/lPJqGGsEED— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 16, 2022
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 09:44 (one year ago) link
Pivot! https://t.co/13LKY8bQwK— Roy Edroso (@edroso) November 16, 2022
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
Some people tried to leave his speech last night partway through and apparently security wouldn't let them leave, they were locked in until the end.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
Welcome to the Hotel Maralago
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
At what point does that count as kidnapping?
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
Flashing onto Carrie closing the doors on those two suckers at the prom.
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
lol President Keyes!
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r70KNoEFLc
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
the fact that he is even able to run at all is a sad sign for America and the world
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
I turned on his speech last night and he was talking about the Carters. I was like wtf?
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:22 (one year ago) link
Trump goes on strange riff about taking back the "carters of power". pic.twitter.com/DJndyCAq4B— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 16, 2022
Bien sûr, Soto's movie reference is classier than mine
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:22 (one year ago) link
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes
idk it's a courteous gesture considering how Aaron died
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
I was expecting him to diss Jimmy Carter for not having the balls to run against Reagan in 1984.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
Hotel Maralago forever and ever now. Damnation.
― i'm right back on my shit (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
Maybe it's another landscaping thing
https://carterspower.com/
― peace, man, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
Jealous of all the Jay-Z / Beyonce press he isn't getting.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
This speech is Trump's message delivered with Jeb Bush's energy and Ted Cruz's charisma— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 16, 2022
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
I'm biased, but this dude running again falls into the "how can we miss you if you don't go away?" void. I mean, he's essentially been running for the past two years, why anyone should care more now is a mystery.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
yeah I was honestly confused by the NYT opinion section being 90% trump today, like this is some seismic event. I guess they all had them ready to go in drafts lol
― rob, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
his fans care and the rest follow suit because they know he will not hesitate to throw them all under the bus if they hurt his precious feelings
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
The Nytimes made a big deal about hiring a *third* Trump reporter just last week. They're fuckin' lame.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
It's doubtless all mummery and posing from Murdoch but still, that NY Post 'Florida Man' cover bullet and then the actual story.
NY Post: Florida Man Makes Announcement —> story deep inside on page 26. pic.twitter.com/rccr3OcD1P— Christine Romans (@ChristineRomans) November 16, 2022
(But there is something to be said to compare this to the NYT reaction.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
for one this version of Trump is a lot more openly fascist. for two he's way less fun. for three the evidence is mounting that he's actively torpedoing the Republican party so there aren't as many Trumpy loudmouths at Denny's to take advice from. not saying the MSM is gonna learn any lessons but I can see him not getting the clicks he used to.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
he's way less fun.
Speak for yerself.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
well, the question of him returning to Twitter or not is being solved by Elon Musk destroying Twitter before campaign season begins
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
I mean, I know he's just parroting his favorite dictators of the past and present, but it's hard to get any lols out of him being cheered for wanting to execute drug offenders.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
Donald Trump was never fun unless you're Maggie Haberman. Habers gonna Habe.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
I appreciated this since it delved into some details and data
https://www.thedailybeast.com/day-1-of-the-trump-campaignand-his-donors-are-already-exhausted
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
Voting will be done purely on Twitter in 2024.
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
"carters" of power - corridors maybe? that's how they talk in Queens
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
🐦[Trump goes on strange riff about taking back the "carters of power". pic.twitter.com/DJndyCAq4B🕸— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 16, 2022🕸]🐦
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I think he's saying "corridors of power"
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
I think he's saying "I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils"
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
"carters" of power - corridors maybe? that's how they talk in Queens― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 12:33 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 12:33 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Holy shit, thank you.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
you'd think after working for decades in hotels & offices, the word 'corridor' would come up enough that you would know how to pronounce it, just through osmosis
I guess not
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
Jimmy Corridor Says Yes.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 November 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link