Is any one else exhausted by this President...?

[yuiyoshida]

the stress level of day to day news...makes me want to sit down and cry sometimes.

[CatMor]

1. Yes, me.

[Towlie]

117. If you were really exhausted you wouldn't be here! If you're posting here you're still in the game.

And that goes for the OP as well. Frustrated? Depressed? Disillusioned? Definitely. But I don't think any of us are ready to give up yet because if we were then we'd be browsing for cat pictures instead of participating here.

I'm looking for the recent Deutsche Bank tax return issue to give impeachment a needed boost.

[hibbing]

2. Yes

Thankfully I cut the cable after the election because I would watch MSNBC for hours every night. But it is exhausting. I get up in the morning and before I grab my phone I say to myself, what did that idiot do or say this morning? And to think I thought W was the worse they could do.

Peace

[yuiyoshida]

3. I never thought I would say this but would rather have

Bush in the White house than this INSANE FUCKING clown.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. As the billboard says,

[dawg day]

52. I'd even rather have Nixon.

At least in his twisted way he clearly cared about causing certain benefits for the US-- peace with China, the EPA. He was a crook and a dark paranoid obsessive, but he wasn't a nihilist. And he resigned.

[yuiyoshida]

58. People really believe this President won't step down

WE BEST have someone to step up and take him away in handcuffs if necessary.

[The Mouth]

87. Every soldier is sworn to follow the Constitution

Once the Electoral College certifies, that is it; anyone not acknowledging the new administration is in some ways technically in revolt.

It's why I've always *HATED* anyone on left or right using the asinine phrase "Not my president". Sorry, once the swearing in happens it's a fact, unless one renounces their citizenship. We hated that fact in 2017, they're gonna hate that fact in 2021

Once the Electoral College certifies, I'm pretty confident that any administration not abiding by the orderly transfer of power can be eliminated by any means the military sees fit, and I have zero problem with *ANY* level of force being used on anyone who tries to stop the legitimate functioning of the government.

[bdamomma]

70. but remember Bush

dropped bombs on Iraq for no good reason, there were no weapons of mass destruction. But this idiot is a con man a TV celebrity, I mean WTF, people or Russia put in an idiot to put the US in chaos, the threat is from within.

[yuiyoshida]

74. Unless the idiot starts ordering

the Generals to Nuke Hurricanes... Hopefully that law will pass where only Congress can allow a President to drop a nuke.

[bdamomma]

78. what a jerk

he's not living in reality at all.

[Newest Reality]

4. I don't know...

If you watch The Exorcist enough times, it starts to get really funny.

It is your mind in your head and your feelings. Why are you renting out space to that? It is you own real estate, guard it well.

Recover yourself so that your energy is fresh and unencumbered by the daily manipulation and white noise. The point and benefit of that is your resilience and equipoise will make you not only more able to stand above it, it will make you more effective and capable of responding and engaging in dealing with it, for the benefit of yourself and others.

[kimbutgar]

5. It's like we never get a day when he stfu and gives us a break

I hate twitter with a passion.

[yuiyoshida]

22. I don't have a problem with Twitter...

I have friends there like JuJu...I block MAGATs...and i can follow my favorite Japanese bands there, with their new music..(Recently got the Pandora App, so I can listen to my music for free basically!) I haven't blocked Trump but I haven't followed his Bullshit really either...that all comes from reading DU.. and the only way for me to deal with my own emotions is to go play Monster Hunter World...its gives me a chance to get my agressions out, but damn some days you JUST WANTA SCREAM AT THE TV!

[JuJuYoshida]

49. Yeah Twitter is actually fun, the idiot just tries to ruin it for everyone else!

[yuiyoshida]

56. Hugs Juju

Link to tweet

[Aristus]

6. Yes. Life in the era of Trump is incredibly exhausting and demoralizing.

Any person of good faith has to be wrung out by the constant barrage of vileness, squalor and fecklessness emanating from this insane clown posse and their idol.

And have you noticed? Even Trump's supporters never look happy. They look mean, they look angry, they look drawn and pinched, tired, demented, soulless, but they don't look happy. They're not smart enough to understand that happiness cannot be created on the backs of the miserable, the oppressed, the hopeless. Schadenfreude is not a solid foundation for a happy life. As much as they seem to enjoy their chance to "own the libtards", they haven't translated that into fulfilling lives.

I feel the way I felt during the seemingly endless, two-term GWB administration, only worse. I can only hope that we soon have a repeat of Election 2008, and the attendant joy and hope of that day.

[yuiyoshida]

59. of course not...they hate the people in this country

especially people of color... We are, they believe what is holding this country back...I heard a right winger on the radio talking about how this country would be so much better if people of color were all to be deported.

愚かなことを言っている愚かな人々。

[bdamomma]

76. these right wingers are stupid and won't listen to facts.

the slave trade was perpetrated by white men who brought the slaves here, they did not ask to be thrown on slave ships. Am I correct?

[yuiyoshida]

83. Exactly !

No one paid the Chinese workers well to build the railroads!

[maddiemom]

73. Exactly!

[KPN]

7. 100%! Anyone who doesn't vote for whoever

the Democratic Party Presidential candidate is in 2020 is an idiot and ultimately complicit — an aider/abettor — in supporting a catastrophic administration that could conceivably be the ruination of our globe and human society as we know it. And I sincerely do not think that is being extremely hyperbolic.

[LanternWaste]

8. Exhausted is the perfect word.

I never realized until the past 18 months that idiocy, when given a place at the grown-ups table could be so damnably tiresome.

[malaise]

9. Better question

Is any one else NOT exhausted by this President...?

[yuiyoshida]

15. I sure could use some hugs today...

かみさまは私たちすべてを助けます!

[malaise]

16. LOL - here are some

[yuiyoshida]

19. domo arigatou gozaimashita...

I also need some more weed.. I am totally OUT!

[malaise]

20. Can't help you with that one

[yuiyoshida]

21. ITS okay... I still have some infused Chocolate left...

I would gladly share it with anyone who would want it...the flavor is out of this world...but the high is divine!

[shanti]

33. I took your suggestion on the blackberry

yummy! found something else recently you might like:



It's some kind of new fast-acting edible formulation, in microdoses. I got all three varieties.

I no longer drink alcohol, but cannabis helps

[yuiyoshida]

39. I left Sake, Plum wine and

Biru...long ago. All I need is a decent Indica for that nice Buzz feeling.

[JuJuYoshida]

45. hugs! ;)

[yuiyoshida]

101. Jujujujujujujujujujujujuju!!!

[Meadowoak]

62. The entire world is exhausted by Trump

[qazplm135]

10. I had Army physical training the morning after the election

I didn't sleep that night, then went to PT, then listened to a lot of fools celebrating.

So yeah, been exhausted every since.

[wryter2000]

11. I passed exhausted a long time ago

I can't watch or listen to him. I feel as if I'm holding my breath until he's gone.

[yuiyoshida]

32. Its like a train wreck...

hard to look away...but you know sometimes I feel like I would love to go to some out of the way hot springs, put a towel on my head and soak in hot water for hours...

[Thomas Hurt]

12. That is what he wants, it gets him attention, feeds his pathology,

he gets his jollies bullying insulting and hurting people. Can't let the sick f**k get to you.

[yuiyoshida]

17. The worst part is I have already gone though

a month's amount of weed and payday is one or two days away... staying medicated is the only good thing for me right now..

[maxsolomon]

14. Exhausting everyone is the plan. Make you tune out, stop caring, just to preserve your sanity.

Other authoritarians have to try hard to firehose this much bullshit, Trump does it pathologically. He's a natural.

[Midnight Writer]

34. Exactly right.

[yuiyoshida]

40. Yeah,

This!

[Brainfodder]

18. I'm tuning out the talking head TV BS.

Get my news from D.U. and headlines on regular news web sites, had to cut the cord many years ago, cable co. keeps adding to internet only costs, it's gone up $15/month since we cut, that's some BS too!

[gratuitous]

23. You're meant to feel exhausted and frustrated

When it gets to be too much, take a break from it all. Shut it out, recharge, and come back when you're ready. Professional athletes paid millions of dollars aren't on the field for every play. Entertainers who get the big bucks aren't out there performing every night. The gospels portray Jesus taking a break about as often as they have him engaging with or ministering to people. You get to do that, too.

[yuiyoshida]

41. if I had the money and transportation

I would spend the weekend in a fancy hotel with a hot tub...

[uponit7771]

24. Not any more, I'm exhausted by his enablers and the lack of focus on them

[Kaleva]

25. I don't spend much time worrying about things that I have no control over.

[Bonx]

26. I'm patiently waiting for repercussions from the Mueller report

[kentuck]

27. Even the people of China feel exhausted

The whole world is exhausted by this narcissist asshole.

[yuiyoshida]

46. I don't know about China...

but I live in a neighborhood heavily Chinese-Americans, and everyone here is feeling the pressure.. 哎呀!!

[kentuck]

86. You can see the anxiety and concern in the eyes of all the world leaders ...

...whenever they meet with Trump. Including the Chinese and Japanese leaders.

[yuiyoshida]

90. definately saw

Abe Roll his eyes... not something a lot of people noticed... but the Japaneses reporters sure caught it and everyone in Japan saw him react and were not surprised.

[kentuck]

95. His eyes and body language were screaming out...

"Be afraid...be very afraid."

[redstatebluegirl]

28. Lord yes!

The last time I saw my doctor she told me to limit my news watching for my health. My blood pressure has been through the roof ever since he was elected.

[True Blue American]

29. Yes.

I was asked by a life long friend this morning if I was depressed. She could hear it in my voice. Had noticed for 2 or 3 days. When she asked why, I answered with one word,”Trump!”

This Summit meeting was the worst. His ignorance and lies are destroying our Country!

[shanti]

30. Totally

It's like being on a roller coaster.

[yuiyoshida]

43. Correction...

A Roller Coaster you can not get off of...EVERY FUCKING DAY.

[3catwoman3]

47. A roller coaster that only goes...

...down.

[madaboutharry]

31. Yes, just totally exhausting.

This is what life with a crazy maker is like. Trump is a crazy maker. Instead of just sitting the household he lives in upside down, he is turning the world upside down.

[asiliveandbreathe]

35. Lifting spirits yuiyoshida..for you - you shared with me, how to share utube...

[yuiyoshida]

50. Thank you...and for you...

[asiliveandbreathe]

51. Adorable...salamat....

[yuiyoshida]

65. dou itashimashite...

this is still my favorite though...

[Grammy23]

85. On a whim I decided to listen to the song you posted.

I was pleasantly surprised to hear (and read) the uplifting message of the song. I think I’ll post it on my Facebook page for family and friends who need a positive sign for the day. Thank you.

I, too, sometimes think I can’t stand another day of the madness generated by tRump. I have hoped for so long that the people with the power to remove him from office would do so, but many of them benefit from keeping him in office. It is exhausting to witness what he is doing to our nation and even to the world. For my own sanity’s sake, I hope for the best and remember that even tyrants and despots eventually run out their clock and die. His time will end.

One small thing we all can do is find a place of peace and serenity. I live not far from the Gulf of Mexico. Our beaches are beautiful and peaceful places to remember the good in the world. The regular pulsing of the tide, in and out, soothes the frazzled mind and spirit. So look for your calming place whether in the forest, a rooftop oasis or by the sea. It really can restore a sense of peace that is so needed as we go through the difficult times brought on by this horrid man and his enablers.

[yuiyoshida]

102. A lot of Japanese music is up beat ...

life is hard enough, than to also include music that makes you more distressed but than I heard Japan has the largest suicide rate than most countries.. though that may change if Trump continues to do things that bring Americans down. I love Jpop not only because of the attitudes expressed.. but to keep me in some kind of even keel.. on pandora I can find the album THE BEST OF AQUA TIMEZ...its really good stuff!

[3catwoman3]

54. Well, that was exhilarating!

Dancing while playing wind instruments, and they have memorized their music. Dang!

[Polly Hennessey]

36. Yes. Exhausted, weary, confused about

why/how we are in this place. My opinion of the American psyche/intelligence has changed drastically.

[CDerekGo]

37. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES and YES

EVERY!

SINGLE!

FKN!

DAY!

[yuiyoshida]

66. Yup , I hear ya!

Welcome to DU by the way! Yokoso! Irasshaimase! DUへようこそ！

[dlk]

38. Exhaustion is the Point - So Everyone Stops Paying Attention

Americans becoming numb to the daily gaffes and outrages only paves the way for even more egregious gaffes and outrages. Trump may be uneducated to the point he can't even spell simple words but make no mistake, he is a supremely savvy con artist.

[nancy1942]

42. God yes.

I often cry.

[yuiyoshida]

68. hugs

[GoCubsGo]

44. I just hit the mute button and tell him to shut the fuck up.

But, yes. It's exhausting. It's like "Groundhog Day", only with different daily bullshit.

I find that swearing helps. I swear a lot more than I used to. A LOT more. It's getting to be where every other word is a fucking cussword...

[yuiyoshida]

71. i have run out of Cusswords

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and Japanese is too polite. Maybe we should start a thread on Cusswords we can start using in a foreign language. Like, how can we call Trump a Son of a Bitch, in RUSSIAN? oh gawd...

[GoCubsGo]

121. I'm considering branching out into Spanish.

Hijo de puta. Trump es un gran hijo de puta. El hijo de puta más grande de la historia.

[yuiyoshida]

122. Good start!

You could say that to his face and he would probably think you are telling him he is the greatest President ever... in any Universe./

[bluestarone]

48. YES gonna be a long year and half

WE need to depend on this site, and each other to make til 2020!! If we get a few good court decisions would help, BUT don't count on that.

[klook]

53. You have to give yourself permission to take a break sometimes.

I get overwhelmed by the daily dose of new horrors and sometimes disengage to occupy my attention with family, friends, hobbies, and small projects. I intend to do more volunteer work as well.

But whatever works for you to protect yourself, restore your strength, and give you a fresh perspective — that’s what you need.

We need everybody working together over the next 14 months to depose the blubbering baby in the White House, so take yourself off the field when you need to and let somebody else step up. Then rejoin the fray when you feel up to it.

[bronxiteforever]

55. Everyday

[kozar]

57. Seriously?

I believe EVERYONE on this site is,,,

[AllaN01Bear]

60. me also

in reality ive been exhausted since 2000 , but loved obama.

[BlueJac]

61. Not cry, vote

[yuiyoshida]

89. This sounds familiar....

[Ferrets are Cool]

63. Frightened and angered. nt

[Karadeniz]

64. True: therapists are treating people for PTSD, President Trump Stress Disorder. I diagnosed

myself with that during the campaign.

[ancianita]

67. I'm not. Trump drama is designed to drag you down. It's an old discouragement trick of elections.

But I feel you. I've been there, too. Just try to remember that the politics of spite is designed to draw joy from frustrating you.

Our miserable opponents love what they call "liberal tears" and remind each other daily of how that is their goal.


Brad Parscale right now is holding women's rallies for Trump in which his speakers say these actual things.

Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump... delivered a bright, confident speech, tinged with cheery grievances. “They make it hard, right? They don’t make it easy for us to be Trump supporters. They try to make you feel bad about it,” she said, drawing nods in the crowd.

“But keep this in mind. You remember the feeling on November 8th? Remember everybody crying, over at the Javits Center? The media, like some people, was on TV, literally crying announcing Donald Trump was President? Think about how much more their heads are going to explode in 2020.” The crowd roared in appreciation, and Trump added, over the din, smiling, “If you need something to keep you going.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-trump-campaign-pitches-women-its-crypto-majority-argument

Your tears are honest. And you can convert them to anger and action.

Like Mark Oshiro says, anger is a gift.

[orangecrush]

69. Yes.

[Crunchy Frog]

72. I got exhausted from GWB and never really recovered.

I find that I tend to be much more emotionally disengaged this time around.

[Paladin]

75. Exhaustion of his opposition is one of trump's few remaining weapons.

God knows I'm sick of the guy. Everybody hang in there, OK? We can't let him prevail on account of our well-justified weariness.

[applegrove]

77. In bad times crying is good for you.

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[yuiyoshida]

103. maybe thats why I love Japanese drama (daruma)

I used to cry my eyes out watching them, and feel better... I should watch them again once in a while ..but I am too exhausted to dig them out of boxes in Storage.

[applegrove]

109. Yes. I used to use music when my grandmother was 103 and getting close to

passing away. I was 1000 miles from her and all i could do was cry. I had trauma that went on for years. If i had not let the tears stream out when they needed to i don't know where i'd be.

[murielm99]

79. Yes.

But that is what malignant narcissists do. I should know. My mother is one. Every once in a while she slips some of her shitty behavior past me. Then I usually think, "Wait a minute. I know what this is." Then I put my foot down. My mother is ninety years old, and so spiteful she will outlive us all.

Nothing 45 does surprises me. It does exhaust me, yes. But it is predictable, at least to me, that he will behave in a way to keep everyone off balance.

Just hang in there.

[secondwind]

80. YES!! It's terrible, every day, day in and day out, a new scandal or stupid comment... GRR

[liberaltrucker]

81. It's a daily struggle

to avoid saying or posting something that would
earn me a visit from the guys in black SUVs.

[Mr.Bill]

82. Not me.

I'm just getting started.

[DemoTex]

84. We are the Planet Hostage ..

Trump. Bolsonaro. Putin.

[Greybnk48]

88. I hate him as much as I hate Cheney and that's not healthy.

I can't wait for him to be gone. I find his face, his body, and his voice to be repulsive. I can't speak to his policies because he doesn't seem to have any that are coherent.

[rzemanfl]

91. I hate him more than I hate Cheney. Cheney at least

has a good heart. It's not his, of course, but it keeps him from being 100% contemptible as an organism.

[yuiyoshida]

99. The worst part is he seems to be running this country

by the seat of his pants...ONLY...not wearing any...KAMI SAMA... he is repulsive.

[SWBTATTReg]

92. I simply just ignore all of the crap and focus on the most important thing coming up, the Nov. ...

2020 elections where rump and his ilk will be wiped out/off the face of the earth. That's it. There is so much anger and hatred out there against rump and his ilk and this is a good thing...we will remember his hate and ignorance and literally explode at the polls in Nov.2020.

This is why rump is mouthing off so much...his ignorance and stupidity are his downfall and he doesn't even know it.

[lunatica]

93. I'm too exhausted to even tell you how exhausted I am

I still refuse to concede defeat though. That’s not an option.

[yuiyoshida]

104. Ganbatte kudasai... (do your best please)

miyavi- Girls, be ambitious

[Blue_Tires]

94. I was exhausted before the inauguration...

[xxqqqzme]

96. Just trying to keep up with

the environmental deregulation and destruction, the pillaging of OUR National Parks and forests drags me down. I put too much energy into W and his clown car. It doesn't take much to exhaust me.

Watching the Woodstock commemorations last week and the anti Vietnam demonstrations reminded me how long I have been doing this.

[matt819]

97. Is anyone not exhausted?

I am so fed up.

[lame54]

98. I'm more exhausted by his followers

[H2O Man]

100. Recommended.

Every so often, I take a day or two off from following the news.

[yuiyoshida]

105. I REALLY need to do this...

[H2O Man]

106. When I was

a young man, I boxed. A lot. And no matter if it was in training or competition, there was a minute break between rounds. I'm old now, and require that rest period more frequently. More, I know it benefits young folks.

I remember after I stopped boxing, a conversation with a traditional Native American Clan Mother. She said that when the world is spinning at a rapid pace, it is essential to find time to witdraw into your own peaceful cycle.

We are experiencing a very, very strange period in human history. Trump is the toxic flowering of the social-political instability. It is absolutely necessary to take time off to care for yourself.

[walkingman]

107. Totally - we seem to be in the Twilight Zone!

[Ilsa]

108. Everyday except weekends.

No tv news on weekends and I limit my DU exposure on weekends. I have to have this break.

[Skittles]

110. he makes me sick

and don't even get me started on the people still supporting that fascist piece of trash

[yuiyoshida]

111. hey! good to see ya!

[Skittles]

112. whassup my sweet?

[marlakay]

113. Talking to lady on train to Dublin yesterday

She lives in Arkansas but originally from Cork, Ireland we were talking about how each day is worse.

I said I am at the point every day he doesn’t push the button is a good day. Its to the point I expect evil daily from him.

I have been here all summer going home next week and I haven’t met one American or from any other country that likes him. I did meet one couple from New Jersey who said they don’t talk politics so they might be.

Everyone from here feels bad for us, people from England say we have ours too now. People from other countries just go off on how terrible he is for the environment. People are educated though and all know about our electoral system that doesn’t go by popular vote.

[wendyb-NC]

114. Yes, it sure does.

I try to take some sanity breaks, but I get back to the current events, with in hours or a couple of days.
The fact is that I don't trust the scumbag and his band of thieves. I want to know if there is ever some crisis, that must be addressed, from my small corner of the world, by way of preparedness. Related to to the regime this entity leads, or something else, unrelated like a hurricane.

It seems never ending, and, it causes me all sorts of emotional turmoil at times. He and his warty enablers need to go.

[Snarkoleptic]

115. No! That's what tRump wants and I refuse to let him have it.

This Precinct Committeeperson is FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!

[Stuart G]

116. I believe it will get much worse. Don't know how or why, but that is the way it seems to be going.

It gets worse, and worse, and when we thought we have seen it all, there is more.

[bigbadR]

118. Exhausting

What I feel exhausted about is the will full ignorance of the people who continue to support this criminal who is trying to kill us all.

[MasonDreams]

119. We have food and shelter. We have each other.

We have the collective wisdom of our ansestors. History is on our side. The big blue wave of love will put out the red fire of hate. And then we'll have a big party!

[struggle4progress]

120. You gotta learn to have some mischievous fun

[Initech]

123. Jim Jefferies had a good point a while back:

In a competent administration, you don't know who any of these people are. But Trump is so incompetent that it's a constantly revolving door.