He's definitely blown a gasket, whatever rattles around up there is leaking out

[captain queeg]

He’s outdone himself today; insulting the Danes, pushing the idea he is some kind of God, the chosen one, considering giving himself a Medal of Honor. Every day you think it can’t get worse, then surprise! But each of the individual crazy ideas probably manage to chip away at his devoted followers. Maybe he’s lost a few thousand Jewish followers, a few hundred people of danish decent, a few thousand evangelicals, a few thousand vets and military folks. He manages to piss everyone off sooner or later. Give him enough rope...Just hope the country can survive till they wheel him out. I’m hoping he is limited to talking shit and doesn’t do anything catastrophic.

I hope him, Moscow Mitch, Barr, Graham, Rand get their own chapter in history books and are reviled for eternity.

[GusBob]

1. The strategy wins with his base Captain

Its called own the libs

Its working

[brush]

18. It's working? Only on his dumbfuckistan base which he hasn't managed to grow...

so how the hell is it working? In fact segments of his base are getting wise.

Take non-college educated white women for instance. It came out yesterday that in 2016 they vote for trump 2 to 1. Now they are polling at 42% for trump v 49% for a generic Dem.

With college educated white women it's even worse news for trump—30% for trump v 63% for Dems. That played out in the 2018 mid-terms and allowed Dems to take the House.

Non-college educated white men are still hanging in there for their hero—67% for trump v 22% for Dems while even college educated white men are deserting trump—44% for him and 49% preferring a Dem.

[GusBob]

19. The own the libs strategy is working

Take. A. Look. Around.


Trump is commanding everyones attention

Its what he wants

[localroger]

20. This. He doesn't care about actually winning the next election.

If it doesn't go his way he will declare both other-cheating and victory in the same sentence, and convince himself that it proves he's a genius.

[brush]

21. Please. Take a look at those figures again that just came out YESTERDAY.

His blather may seem to be working to you but it's not gaining him voters, in fact it's losing him support.

More and more people see him as a person losing it in slow motion right before our eyes, not some Pied Piper hypnotic and entrancing enough to pull their vote.

The figures show just the opposite. He's losing support so don't be fooled. Leave that to those 32-35% who comprise his base and think he's the "chosen one" (he said that himself this morning, in fucking public) and that he's the "king of the Jews" (he retweeted this about himself today).

[GusBob]

23. Gosh I have only read those quotes 100 times today!

You are proving my point!
Its not just me my friend. Journalists, the media, social media platforms, business leaders, government officials, world leaders for fucks sake.

Everyone is pawns in his own the libs game!

Its what he wants. He is getting what he desires

We are all getting punked by his infomercial con

Thats how he got elected

[brush]

25. You may be getting punked. Those figures show others aren't

What worked for the orange idiot in 2016 is losing him support now. And btw, lost him the House in 2018.



Ignore the evidence all you want. The only thing the megalomaniac is getting that he so desperately need is attention from the media. Who cares, let him have it. It's not getting him votes. Those who say they'll vote for trump is 40%, those against, 52%.

You seem to be forgetting what this is all about—winning the election, and he's way behind.

[cwydro]

26. Wake me up when Pelosi makes a move.

[underpants]

28. Owning the libs is a rightwing self-indulging nonsense

They've lived by it for years. It allows their mouthpieces to out extreme each other claiming that the libs (who are mostly unaware of their bubble) will over react and then the right will win. It doesn't matter if there is no response from the libs, they claim victory anyway. It's like a reverse strawman.

[GusBob]

29. Yes it is a strategy they employ with their base

Most recently Trump straws were actually marketed that way: ‘own the libs, buy Trump plastic straws’

Apparently they think it still works. Point is they are still shagging it

Shit Trump called out “politically correct automakers” today. Jab at libs I guess is the thinking

[underpants]

30. Yeah I saw the automakers thing

A guy who can't operate an umbrella is redesigning the car.

[duforsure]

2. He knows they are going to expose a lot of things soon about him, Barr, Putin , and Epstein

He acts out like this before things come out . I expect any day now its going to be almost daily stuff about them come out, and why he acts so desperate and panicky now. Con men and criminals get this way before they are caught.

[WhiskeyWulf]

3. Rachel's show is gonna be awesome tonight.

[G_j]

4. His immigration and environmental policies (for beginners)

are already causing catastrophe. Other than that I agree.

[Grasswire2]

5. A rising autocrat will deploy SPECTACLE to exhaust the good people of a land

This is a feature, not a bug. It is the design, the intent.

Outrage after outrage. To wear out the people.

So saith Yale holocaust historian Timothy Snyder.

Name it. Say it.

SPECTACLE.

Don't look away.

Rise up.

We've had enough of the SPECTACLE.

[maxsolomon]

6. I disagree.

He is TROLLING us liberals. He is trolling the rational media. Deliberate strategy, Con Artist & Putin-proven techniques.

He's throwing outrageous accusations to flood the media space, so we don't bother getting irate about new policies his toadies roll out:

1. Abortion Gag Rule on Title 10 providers.
2. Indefinite Detention for Migrant Families.

Keeping everyone's eyes on him, and not on the ball.

[brush]

9. Nah! Don't give that dumb fuck any credit. If he's trolling anyone it's himself.

No one believes the insane stream of garbage and lies coming out of his mouth and twitter fingers. No one but those as crazy as himself—his dumbfuckistan base.

The rest of the repugs, the sentient ones, are just as aghast at his antics as we are but they won't say anything because they fear he will attack them and then they'll get primaried.

[maxsolomon]

11. Belief is irrelevant

See comment #5.

[brush]

12. It requires actual smarts to pull it off. trump is transparently dumb.

As I said, the only ones buying it is his dumbfuckistan base. And many of them are starting to get wise.

Take non-college educated white women for instance. It came out yesterday that in 2016 they vote for trump 2 to 1. Now they are polling at 42% for trump v 49% for a generic Dem.

With college educated white women it's even worse news for trump—30% for trump v 63% for Dems. That played out in the 2018 mid-terms and allowed Dems to take the House.

Non-college educated white men are still hanging in there for their hero—67% for trump v 22% for Dems while even college educated white men are deserting trump—44% for him and 49% preferring a Dem.

So no, his senseless, daily blather isn't working as well as he and apparently you think it is.

[Scurrilous]

16. ...

[GusBob]

13. THIS THIS THIS

He is commanding our attention!
It is dragging everyone down

[Thomas Hurt]

14. Trump trolling is irrelevant and pointless to rolling out policies, he does it to feed his pathology

[Skittles]

22. CORRECT

[VOX]

33. Agreed. In Steve Bannon's twisted words, "Flood the zone with shit."

You’re right, he’s trolling at warp speed.
Per Bannon: “The real opposition is the media,” he’s quoted as saying. “And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/opinion/article-the-new-yorker-the-economist-and-steve-bannons-squad-of-useful/

[Beausoleil]

7. Strawberries and ball bearings?

There really can't be much rattling around with the size of that ego though.

He's the definition of megalomaniac; the question is whether it's real or just another scam. Is he a witting stooge for Putin or no? Sometimes I truly think he buys his own BS, other times I think it's gotta be more flim-flamery.

[FreeLookMode]

8. Democrats should do everything they possibly can to keep bugging him, because:

His meltdown is gradually alienating more and more people who either don't pay as much attention, or were soft trump voters.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Bingo!

[CentralMass]

10. His cheese has done slid off his cracker.

[struggle4progress]

15. Big Muddy

[captain queeg]

17. Thanks...hadn't heard this since the Smothers Brothers, aways back

[Siwsan]

27. My mom said some pretty outlandish things, as Alzheimer's set in

I'm convinced this is what we are seeing happening, with him.

[UniteFightBack]

31. When Cappy Queeg says your fucked up, best take heed. nt

[Trenzalore]

32. Nobody that got into business with Trump ever came out ahead

In some way they always get screwed. The fact that the GOP and his idiotic supporters have chosen to ignore a 40+year of various shenanigans is a reflection on their own idiocy.