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kentuck

(111,079 posts)
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:16 PM Jul 2021

Trump is running scared.

If we look at his language, from the examples of the last 5 years, we can hear the fear in his ramblings.

When he tries to explain his problems with his taxes, he doesn't deny them. He minimizes them. His political enemies are going after him. Look at all the "murder" and "sex traffickers" in the world and they are worried about a small case of tax fraud. What's wrong with rewarding your employees with a car or an apartment, he asks? Or paying their grandchildren's tuition to the best private schools? Everybody does it.

And why don't they tell us who murdered Ashli Bobbitt? A usual tactic of his, he is attempting to create an emotional, and possibly violent issue, to use later if he needs to threaten or to distract the authorities from his illegal activities. He will repeat it over and over for the next few weeks and months, until his base is ready to act upon it. Just like he did with the January 6th insurrection. He is a very adept practitioner of propaganda.

His primary concern at this time is staying our of jail. Also, he does not wish for anything to be publicly adjudicated. He will continue to blame others and spout his "whataboutisms" as a way to deflect from his criminal activities.

If another indictment falls, there will probably need to be an intervention.

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Trump is running scared. (Original Post) kentuck Jul 2021 OP
"Sure I cheated on my taxes, grab some pussies,got people killed, but hey Walleye Jul 2021 #1
Look at all the "sex traffickers" Botany Jul 2021 #2
Yech... Glorfindel Jul 2021 #5
We had a President with a history of cocaine use and sex with underage girls and he was "married ... Botany Jul 2021 #8
Are you sure he hung himself, or 3Hotdogs Jul 2021 #28
And that happened less then 1 week after Bill Barr had visited the Fed. Lock Up where Epstein ... Botany Jul 2021 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author 3Hotdogs Jul 2021 #29
Fixed it. momta Jul 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #7
That is not true I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #23
Not everyone who was abused wnylib Jul 2021 #24
The image of t***p running makes me giggle Blue Owl Jul 2021 #3
THAT would be great TV........... MyOwnPeace Jul 2021 #4
That would put OJ's white Bronco to shame... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #10
No need to bad mouth Ford Broncos, they can outrun golf carts. KS Toronado Jul 2021 #13
It's been awhile since we've had a national "all channels on deck" event... Blue Owl Jul 2021 #12
Great image. wnylib Jul 2021 #25
I can't find it now, but some satirical newspaper... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #11
The only Australian cartoon of TFG wnylib Jul 2021 #26
Lol! That seems funny too! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #32
I don't remember that one, wnylib Jul 2021 #35
That seems about right. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #37
I don't think rumpy does "running." Waddling, maybe. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2021 #15
trump's biggest fear is that of being exposed for the phony that he is... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #9
I don't believe he has a fear of being exposed as a phony KS Toronado Jul 2021 #19
He fears having to face his real self wnylib Jul 2021 #30
This is it, right here NJCher Jul 2021 #40
Also, we should note that he has broken off his relationship with Rudy. kentuck Jul 2021 #14
Well maybe Rudy has broken with him? FakeNoose Jul 2021 #17
How many "friends" does Trump actually have? wnylib Jul 2021 #31
Gonna Stroke👏👏 Traildogbob Jul 2021 #16
Or Traildogbob Jul 2021 #18
Great Christian though? He said so. czarjak Jul 2021 #20
The Chosen One. wnylib Jul 2021 #33
Blasphemy much! czarjak Jul 2021 #38
It is sad that this potential despot still has sway nvme Jul 2021 #21
If he thought his actions were legal, why did he keep two sets of books? Frustratedlady Jul 2021 #22
Rational people can make big noise, use the meager legal book, and make fun of Trumptard. johnthewoodworker Jul 2021 #27
With respect and all sincerity - I don't care KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #36
At best I'll give him "waddling scared". 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #39

Botany

(70,490 posts)
8. We had a President with a history of cocaine use and sex with underage girls and he was "married ...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:49 PM
Jul 2021

... to" a Slovenian prostitute who got into the country illegally. And the republicans and Fox News were
all fine with that because nothing tastes sweeter than a liberal's tears besides Hillary was a d**e b****
with a liberal agenda.

BTW the very day Jeffery Epstein talked about that he used Trump's plane to move girls around and that
Trump was still flying on his plane years after he said he wasn't Jeffery "hung himself" that night.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
34. And that happened less then 1 week after Bill Barr had visited the Fed. Lock Up where Epstein ...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:11 PM
Jul 2021

... was staying, both video cameras went bad that night, both guards had "fallen asleep*," and that
was the first suicide in that facility in years too.


* I would have "fallen asleep" too. Some kind of mob hit man comes up to and shows you pictures of
your family and house and says something like, "Nice family shame if something would happen to them."

Response to Botany (Reply #8)

Response to Botany (Reply #2)

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)
23. That is not true
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:25 PM
Jul 2021

Child abuse is terribly common.

So if abuse created abusers we'd be overrun with them.

Give survivors some credit for choosing to not identify with the people abusing them.

I was abused got the scars in my brain to prove it.

Yet I abuse nobody.

That which you wrote is a harmful myth called the vampire myth. Educate yourself why that statement you wrote is incorrect


https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/2019/10/18/child-sexual-abuse-and-the-myth-of-vampire-syndrome/

wnylib

(21,431 posts)
24. Not everyone who was abused
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:49 PM
Jul 2021

becomes an abuser. Many do not. They heal and go on with their lives, and often become defenders and protectors of abused people, working to change laws.

But, people who are abusers are among the ones who were abused and did not heal from it, but instead, became perpetuaters of it.

To eliminate, or at least reduce, abuse in society, it is important that abusers be stopped legally and that abused people receive help in healing as soon as their abuse is known.

Blue Owl

(50,349 posts)
3. The image of t***p running makes me giggle
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:22 PM
Jul 2021

I think he'd more apt to be fleeing in a golf cart -- a golf cart whose batteries are almost dead...

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
4. THAT would be great TV...........
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:28 PM
Jul 2021

live coverage of TFG fleeing town in GolfCart-1 being paced by about 20 cop cars ( think "OJ" )........




(Faux Spews, of course, would be showing how TFG is on his way to inspect 'his' wall at the border.....)

Blue Owl

(50,349 posts)
12. It's been awhile since we've had a national "all channels on deck" event...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:06 PM
Jul 2021

That would be a perfect one!

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
11. I can't find it now, but some satirical newspaper...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:02 PM
Jul 2021

... in Western Australia photoshopped a picture of Trump fleeing from something that about made me choke on my coffee.

He'd quickly have a heart attack from a sprint, in reality.

wnylib

(21,431 posts)
26. The only Australian cartoon of TFG
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:54 PM
Jul 2021

that I remember is the one where he was rushing to the WH laundry room for bleach after his covid diagnosis. That one nearly knocked me on the floor with laughter.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
32. Lol! That seems funny too!
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:06 PM
Jul 2021

I was thinking of a photoshopped photograph, with Trump's head attached to the body of an overweight man who seemed to be running through a hallway of the White House.

I'm not sure why it made me laugh so hard. I guess it was the expression on Trump's face in the pic (sort of red while biting his lip) which seemed to work so perfectly.

wnylib

(21,431 posts)
35. I don't remember that one,
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:11 PM
Jul 2021

but it sounds like it could have come from the period beteen the election and Biden's inauguration, when there were many photoshopped images of how TFG would be forced to leave the WH.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
37. That seems about right.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:17 PM
Jul 2021

The newspaper might've been "The West Australian"?

I later found other photoshopped pics of Trump from that publication online, but not the one that made me laugh so hard one morning months ago.

Wounded Bear

(58,645 posts)
9. trump's biggest fear is that of being exposed for the phony that he is...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 01:58 PM
Jul 2021

His whole "strength" is in gullible people believing he is strong.

Like his wealth is based on people believing he is wealthy.

KS Toronado

(17,199 posts)
19. I don't believe he has a fear of being exposed as a phony
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:16 PM
Jul 2021

as much as he'd hate it if someone called him a phony. He's told himself and everyone who would listen for
years that he's a very stable genius and smarter & wiser than everybody except Abe Lincoln. He's told
himself these big lies for years & years to where I believe he actually believes he is "The Greatest". Shame
Ali isn't around to teach him a thing or two.

wnylib

(21,431 posts)
30. He fears having to face his real self
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:03 PM
Jul 2021

more than he fears having it exposed to others. Since he lives off of his projected image being reflected back to him by duped admirers, he would wilt under the reality of his real self if exposure to others cost him that reflected, projected self image. That is what drives him, fear of self.

kentuck

(111,079 posts)
14. Also, we should note that he has broken off his relationship with Rudy.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:59 PM
Jul 2021

Did anyone think that would ever happen?

He may have some exposure with the charges against Rudy also?

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)
17. Well maybe Rudy has broken with him?
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:14 PM
Jul 2021

This is just a guess ... but Chump surely owes Rudy for legal services rendered. Chump could have given him a pardon before he left office, but he didn't.

How many of us treat our friends that way?

nvme

(860 posts)
21. It is sad that this potential despot still has sway
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:21 PM
Jul 2021

I can stand how this rethuglican screams constitution so long as they are not forced to abide by it. I want to vomit every time I see this scumbag hold a rally. I wonder how many Germans that embraced Nazism felt remorse after WWII ended? Will our fellow American's ever feel anything even slightly approaching that feeling? I want to be able to disagree without being hyperbolic or histrionic. I can not see it happening in the near future, but who knows.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
22. If he thought his actions were legal, why did he keep two sets of books?
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:23 PM
Jul 2021

Sorry, Donnie Boy! Your goose is cooked. You signed the checks.

Oh, and your CFO's wife also had a car to come to work for you and their grandchildren? They also worked for you? Hmmm!

Let's see what your children got...Melania?.....

 

johnthewoodworker

(694 posts)
27. Rational people can make big noise, use the meager legal book, and make fun of Trumptard.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 03:54 PM
Jul 2021

No Republican/Nazi is going to be bothered about any action against them. Just watch the Trumptard and followers run to the liars rally.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
36. With respect and all sincerity - I don't care
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:12 PM
Jul 2021

His mental state, his excuses, his justifications, his upbringing, his whatthefuckever....

Your post is straight on and I agree, but for me it makes no more difference that all the "this and thats" we get from every other narcissistic skunk bucket who blames everything and everyone else for their crimes. I could care less what made him into what he is. He just needs to be gone and he can take his torch bearing, confederate flag worshipping, racist, disease spreading hateful thugs with him.

If it wasn't for innocent medical staff ending up on the butt end of the stick ... I'd recommend a true test of Trump followers be required to lick a petri dish full of Delta Variant ... and we could just be over it.

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