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I think Trump has broke from reality. he thinks it is all his - the White House, the presidential office, the government, the people and the country ... and he can do whatever he wants. He has said it in the past - "I can do whatever I want" - and now all his worst instincts are coming out. This is indicative of the disinhibition that comes with advancing dementia. And WTF - no-one is stopping him! (Or are they? ... stay tuned!)

I tried to copy and paste the images for the plaques that Trump put up for Biden and Obama, but the images came up too small to read the print, so I uploaded the images to https://pasteboard.co/ to get a link for them, so that you can read the plaques that Trump wrote and installed on the President's walk. Please go to the links and read them and tell me what you think. Obama plaque installed by Trump https://pasteboard.co/QqT04Pa0mUrw.jpg Biden plaque installed by Trump https://pasteboard.co/G1o8LvOQDZBC.jpg Trump has really reached the lowest depths of depravity.

What do you think, based on this:

OMFG I just read the plaque Trump put under his portrait. C'mon, this guy has serious head problems.

There is no way to spin this but as the act of a deranged, petty, soulless, megalomaniacal man. Trump is shitposting in bronze plaques mounted into the wall under the portraits in the presidents in the newly installed “Presidential Walk of Fame.” He’s desecrated the People’s House, as well as American institutions and history. His complete lack of respect is ugly. Presidential portraits should represent continuity, not personal grievance. It’s reported that he wrote the plaques himself.

I have a problem with this. You cannot possibly know what was in Reiner's heart. Could it be that instead of hate, he was acting from a place of love - love of his country?

What article? What do you mean, "a bust?" Who is they? What shit?

And the lies! A lie a minute. So many made-up numbers. I’ll just give you two examples: One, he said he’s brought $18 trillion worth of foreign investment into the US. Well, in the last 20 years, new foreign investment ranged between around $100 – 450 million per year. (The highest year was actually when Obama was president.) https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/new-foreign-direct-investment-united-states-2024 And he’s bringing in $18 trillion?? Two, he said that he’s brought the price of eggs down by 82% - But, according to Google, here’s the average price over 2025 of one dozen large eggs, grade A - January 2025: Prices hit highs around $4.95. May 2025: Averaged about $4.95, with some sources showing $4.55. September 2025: Dropped to around $3.49. November 2025: Further decreased to roughly $2.86. So, from the high of 4.95, the price came down to 2.86, and that is a decrease of 42% - not 82% So be warned that every number Trump says is a made-up number. BUT – Trump had nothing to do with the decrease in eggs! Why must he take credit for things he had nothing to do with? According to Google: Egg prices have fallen due to a combination of stabilizing supply after severe avian flu outbreaks, decreased consumer demand (as people bought less at peak prices), and seasonal factors, with improved biosecurity helping farmers rebuild flocks, leading to a gradual return to normal production and lower wholesale costs that eventually reach consumers.

I watched Trump’s “Address to the Nation” – all 18 desperate minutes of it. Here it is: I actually felt bad for him, he came across so desperate. Love me, love me, love me! I am the absolutely greatest! Biden, Biden, Biden! Anyway, after the address, his staff of course praised him, but Trump, as if excusing himself, said - “Susie told me I had to give an address to the nation.” Wiles told him he had to do it – and that leads me to wonder – did she know he would mess up so badly? Was she trying to sabotage him – and his regime? Did she have an ulterior motive for making him do it?

You're clearly unfamiliar with the Canadian fighting spirit bet your ass

No-one is daring to say “World War 3” … but nations around the world are forging ahead with the “whole-of-nation readiness” thing – as well as embarking on recruitment campaigns. Nations in Europe – while restructuring defense production, supply chains and industrial capacity at speeds - have reintroduced national service. In the last year, Ottawa launched a 300,000-person civilian defense and resilience force, accelerated defense procurement, hardened Arctic security, and moved aggressively toward satellite and communications sovereignty. What’s going on? Maybe here’s a hint: In her first public speech since becoming the head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, Blaise Metreweli said Russia posed an "aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist" threat that still sought to subjugate Ukraine and harass NATO members. As Metreweli says in the short (2 min) video below: “Russia is testing us in the gray zone with tactics that are just below the threshold of war.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ABGVcnel4

Free? I don't think you could even give your speech away.

Oh, there's more of the Deluge charm

Wow, I bet you get a lot of "swipe left" on Tinder Then you must be scared sh*tless of Trump

I'm sensing a pattern here with you. I just read your post on the other thread blaming women for the actions of misogynists. Now here you are blaming ill people for their illness. "Blaming the victim" may actually demonstrate a fear of vulnerability. What are you afraid of?

Why do you assume if she is a woman she must be unqualified? here's her resume: Horsesh*t. Two unattached people had a consensual relationship. End of story. She's been qualified for every job she has ever had, and if in order for you to feel superior you must reduce her to a "sl*t" that is an indictment on you, not her.

Actually, my first reaction to the article was that Wiles was jockeying for her own position - somehow looking out for her own interests. I read something in the NYT this morning that suggests the same thing: An important subtext of Ms. Wiles’s comments is the quiet rivalry between Mr. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who are vying for Mr. Trump’s nod to succeed him in 2028. The distinction she made between the two was seen as evidence that she is propping up Mr. Rubio, her fellow Floridian, over Mr. Vance, the more MAGA-friendly front-runner. Here is the way she described how each of them went from being a sharp critic of Mr. Trump to a key deputy: “Marco was not the sort of person that would violate his principles,” she said. “He just won’t. And so he had to get there.” As for Mr. Vance, “his conversion came when he was running for the Senate. And I think his conversion was a little bit more, sort of political.”

Trump's end nears. Denial is only the first stage of grief. Brace yourself for what is coming.

Jaysus, we can't do the thinking for you

If you can't see it, you're a misogynist, too.

That Trump is experiencing a rapid decline in cognitive function is apparent to any observer. He is increasingly apathetic, disinhibited and exhibits a total lack of empathy. It all seems to indicate the onset of behavior-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) the most common form of FTD, exacerbated by his narcissistic collapse. He’s become a “useful id1ot” for the likes of Vought, Miller and Hegseth. After all, one symptom of dementia is to become more gullible. Trump is easily manipulated with flattery and praise.

The misogyny is extra vile in this thread. It almost seems like some of you have to reclaim the hate that was shaken by Trump’s deranged Reiner post.

The fact is that Wiles really said these things: Trump has an “alcoholic’s personality” and that he employs prosecutorial power for “score settling,” – that Vought is “a right-wing absolute zealot,” – that Vance has been a “a conspiracy theorist for a decade,” - and that Musk’s erratic style is because of his “avowed ketamine” use. It’s naïve in the extreme to believe that she didn’t know what she was saying or how those things would land. She’s not some blabbermouth lightweight, but the chief of staff, and you don’t get to that position without a razor-sharp sense of strategy. Indeed, she’s been called a “brilliant strategist.” Experience has taught us that very little of what the Trump administration does is what is seems to be, and it’s reasonable to assume this whole scenario is more of the con - more of the distraction machine, and an opportunity to attack the left. After all, Wiles did not say anything that is not already known (and I am sure stuff they knew the base would accept). But now the administration has an excuse to play the victim and attack the press. No, this whole episode is more of their political tricks. What do you think would have happened if Biden’s chief of staff had told a reporter that the president at least sometimes charged his political enemies with federal crimes because he didn’t like them, and that his most influential officials were ideological zealots, conspiracy theorists, and drug users?

I didn't see the article as painting an "overwhelming chaotic and negative narrative" - What games are Wiles playing here?

I read the Vanity Fair article today, and I came away with a mild dislike for Wiles. It's like she's playing it on both sides, wants the important position, but doesn't seem to be in the position for any reason beyond her own ambitions. In another thread, I made the point that Trump is not really the one in charge, that he is a figurehead, and the main star, and is in it only for his own personal ends, but when it comes to policy, his inner circle of self-serving sycophants - who feed his megalomaniac delusions - are determining the direction of this administration's actions. This article confirms the truth of this. Wiles tells an anecdote that shows it was really Musk in charge of the way the cuts to USAID went down: In his executive order freezing foreign aid, Trump had decreed that lifesaving programs should be spared. Instead, they were shuttered. “When Elon said, ‘We’re doing this,’ he was already into it,” said Wiles. “And that’s probably because he knew it would be horrifying to others. But he decided that it was a better approach to shut it down, fire everybody, shut them out, and then go rebuild. Not the way I would do it.” Wiles knew that fixing this was on her. “The president doesn’t know and never will,” she told me. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.” Wiles continued: “So Marco is on his way to Panama. We call him and say, ‘You’re Senate-confirmed. You’re going to have to be the custodian, essentially, of [USAID].’ ‘Okay,’ he says.” But Musk forged ahead—all throttle, no brake. “Elon’s attitude is you have to get it done fast. If you’re an incrementalist, you just won’t get your rocket to the moon,” Wiles said. “And so with that attitude, you’re going to break some china. But no rational person could think the USAID process was a good one. Nobody.”