The Trump Presidency (Act V - The One Where Everybody Dies)

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Tweeting about a book about his 'Faith' now.

“The Faith of Donald Trump,” a book just out by David Brody and Scott Lamb, is a very interesting read. Enjoy!

A very brief pamphlet.
 
Even better!

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
 
ponderingturtle said:
You clearly know nothing of trump
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He is a consistent liar; Trump says BS on everything that is actually true about him. I've seen and heard plenty enough to have him figured out. I also know he doesn't care about it and will continue to carry on that way.

The things Trump has claimed as "Facts" before his denying of said claim later doesn't exonerate him. He says he has a very "sharp mind" unless he wants to retract that statement as well. I would LOVE to see him retract that one.
 
Trump's most recent tweets about the Russian incitements, and the killings in Florida really illustrate what I've already come to believe. Most people who wish to lie do so by first looking at the accepted facts, then building a lie as best as they can on these as foundations. It may require twisting the accepted facts, distorting them, re-interpreting them, or carefully selecting them, but virtually always they fashion their lies on some core of reality to try to make the lies sound more plausible. And they try to design their lies to form a consistent story.

Trump is perhaps the first public figure I've ever seen who does not bother to attempt to do this. He simply says anything that comes to his head at that moment with no effort to base it on known reality. More frequent than not his lies are the absolute opposite of objective reality and are based on premises that no one of any with any knowledge of the subject believes, whatever their political leanings. Indeed his lies are typically self-contradictory so each fresh lie often completely contradicts a lie he told earlier that day.

The only analogy I can think of is restricted to 2 year olds who have yet to understand how to lie effectively.
"Did you eat that chocolate bar?"
"No, Daddy."
"Then why is there chocolate all over your lips and nose?"
"Um... A bad man came into our house, held me down and smeared it all over me, Daddy. And the candy bar grew wings and jumped on me. And there is no chocolate on my face."

What I can't decide is if Tump has mentally deteriorated so much that he doesn't realize that he is blathering, or if his life of wealth and power, followed by being elected to the Presidency, has convinced him subconciously that he is so important and that people defer to him so much there is simply no requirement for truth no matter how trivial or important the matter.
 
I get a lot of enjoyment from the insider stories of disarray at the White House. Regarding the past week...

Time said:
In conversations with more than a dozen White House officials and outside advisers, they describe the mood as being grim. Many inside are looking for a way out. Roughly half of them compared it to what they felt when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey last May.
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DetectedMotion said:
Trump has said many times that Russia involvement in the elections is nothing but a hoax... He can no longer make that claim after the indictments handed out today.
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DetectedMotion said:
ponderingturtle said:
You clearly know nothing of trump
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He is a consistent liar; Trump says BS on everything that is actually true about him. I've seen and heard plenty enough to have him figured out. I also know he doesn't care about it and will continue to carry on that way.

The things Trump has claimed as "Facts" before his denying of said claim later doesn't exonerate him. He says he has a very "sharp mind" unless he wants to retract that statement as well. I would LOVE to see him retract that one.
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Ponderingturtle was, unfortunately being accurate. If you said he can't credibly claim that the Russian involvement is a hoax, Ponderingturtle would agree (AFIK) but as you pointed out he is a compulsive liar. Which is actually being unkind on compulsive liars, Trump doesn't seem to have a concept of truth.

You can work out what Trump will say on any subject - whatever he thinks makes him look best. That seems to be the only criterion. It doesn't matter that it is obviously untrue (inauguration crowd size) or whether it contradicts something he said earlier (which he'll just deny saying).

It is a mental illness at least.

Giordano said:
Trump's most recent tweets about the Russian incitements, and the killings in Florida really illustrate what I've already come to believe. Most people who wish to lie do so by first looking at the accepted facts, then building a lie as best as they can on these as foundations. It may require twisting the accepted facts, distorting them, re-interpreting them, or carefully selecting them, but virtually always they fashion their lies on some core of reality to try to make the lies sound more plausible. And they try to design their lies to form a consistent story.

Trump is perhaps the first public figure I've ever seen who does not bother to attempt to do this. He simply says anything that comes to his head at that moment with no effort to base it on known reality. More frequent than not his lies are the absolute opposite of objective reality and are based on premises that no one of any with any knowledge of the subject believes, whatever their political leanings. Indeed his lies are typically self-contradictory so each fresh lie often completely contradicts a lie he told earlier that day.

The only analogy I can think of is restricted to 2 year olds who have yet to understand how to lie effectively.
"Did you eat that chocolate bar?"
"No, Daddy."
"Then why is there chocolate all over your lips and nose?"
"Um... A bad man came into our house, held me down and smeared it all over me, Daddy. And the candy bar grew wings and jumped on me. And there is no chocolate on my face."

What I can't decide is if Tump has mentally deteriorated so much that he doesn't realize that he is blathering, or if his life of wealth and power, followed by being elected to the Presidency, has convinced him subconciously that he is so important and that people defer to him so much there is simply no requirement for truth no matter how trivial or important the matter.
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Indeed. But it doesn't seem to harm his base. Who think he's telling it as it is. Which is disturbing.
 
jimbob said:
Ponderingturtle was, unfortunately being accurate. If you said he can't credibly claim that the Russian involvement is a hoax, Ponderingturtle would agree (AFIK) but as you pointed out he is a compulsive liar. Which is actually being unkind on compulsive liars, Trump doesn't seem to have a concept of truth.

You can work out what Trump will say on any subject - whatever he thinks makes him look best. That seems to be the only criterion. It doesn't matter that it is obviously untrue (inauguration crowd size) or whether it contradicts something he said earlier (which he'll just deny saying).

It is a mental illness at least.
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Exactly, in his mind he has thoroughly discredited the entire investigation anyway so any so called indictments mean nothing.
 
One of today's headlines announces that Trump once more is trying to eliminate entirely the program of heating aid to the poor. Claims that there's fraud. No doubt some of those poor folks are getting warmer than they deserve. Not to sound partisan or anything, but if there's a hell the heartless bastard will freeze to death there.
 
ponderingturtle said:
Exactly, in his mind he has thoroughly discredited the entire investigation anyway so any so called indictments mean nothing.
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With the spineless Republican majority in Congress (They really should be concerned about their country) not exercising its ability to resist the wacky Trump White House, then there is a HUGE concern about where the US will end up.
 
DetectedMotion said:
With the spineless Republican majority in Congress (They really should be concerned about their country) not exercising its ability to resist the wacky Trump White House, then there is a HUGE concern about where the US will end up.
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Why? Becoming a one party state with them in power must seem pretty attractive.
 
bruto said:
One of today's headlines announces that Trump once more is trying to eliminate entirely the program of heating aid to the poor. Claims that there's fraud. No doubt some of those poor folks are getting warmer than they deserve. Not to sound partisan or anything, but if there's a hell the heartless bastard will freeze to death there.
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This is a standard right wing tactic: 10% or recepients are abusing program. Solution: eliminate program.
 
Garrison said:
So perhaps Trump is trying to help Remington out by scaring gun owners?

Trump pushes for ban on gun 'bump stocks'
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http://newsthump.com/2018/02/20/democrats-suggest-all-guns-be-sold-through-trump-empire-to-ensure-fall-in-sales-figures/

After President Trump surprised supporters and critics by announcing his support in a move towards tighter gun controls, the Democratic party have suggested a novel idea to reduce the number of guns on the streets.
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“Our idea is quite simple, really,” explained Democrat senator Barack Hussein Williams, “and one which is guaranteed to yield results.”

He explained, “If Trump starts a new Trump-branded business in which he has complete control over every gun sale in the country, then the numbers of guns being sold cannot fail to fall.

“He could call it ‘Trump Weapons And Training’ – ‘TWAT’ when abbreviated – and stores could open across the land selling Trump branded firearms.
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