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global1

(25,219 posts)
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:38 AM Jul 2017

Today I Was Pondering What Must Be Going Through Trump's Mind These Days - Cause Now He's Stuck.....

With his ego he just had to run for president. Thought he'd be on top of the world. Maybe even thinking - I won't win - but I'll give a good go of it - get some jabs in on Obama and Hillary. Perhaps make the Trump brand even more popular and then go back to my company and make even more money.

He put his all into the race. Used his celebrity. Enlisted his faithful TV fans. And began spewing a bunch of lies contrary to all of his opponents. He was encouraged as these lies worked and he took down - one by one - his Repug opponents. He won the Repug nomination. And then all of a sudden he thought - hey - I think I could even win this thing. How cool. To be president. When he came to this realization - he went for it and pulled out all the stops. Even if it meant calling in some favors by some of his past business associates. Even the Russian ones.

And then he won. He beat Hillary. He even began believing his own spiel - that he's a D.C. outsider and that he'll change things. But way in the back of his mind he realizes he really didn't win this thing fairly and squarely. I got to think that even he knows down deep that he's in over his head. And the last 6 months proved that out.

He fights back these negative thoughts - not wanting to acknowledge that he knows he's in over his head. He tries to put on a good front. He tries to act presidential. But it just doesn't work for him. Bottom line he's a businessman and he's come to the realization that he can't run Washington and this country like a business.

Now I'm thinking he is longing for the days that he wasn't president. When he had the freedom to do whatever and not be questioned by anyone. Running his company. Working with his kids. Deal making. Golfing. Womanizing. Winning. People loved him. He was a celebrity. He had a popular TV show.

But now - this is all unraveling. He'd like to get out - but it's too late. He's stuck. His heart tells him to resign and go back to his previous business life. But his ego is telling him he has to stay because he can't face the prospect of having his supporters know that he's given up - that he's lost instead of won.

So even if he wanted to turn back the clock - he can't now. He's a prisoner in his own world. His own ego. He created all this by himself.

This can't turn out pretty for him. Everyday he sinks further into an abyss. Popularity is waning. Even some of his supporters are beginning to question their loyalty to him. His behind the scenes maneuvering is now beginning to catch up with him. He's facing new legal problems on a daily basis. His family is even being brought into his problems and how soon will they turn on each other and how soon will they turn on him.

The sad thing now is he realizes he can't go back. And he realizes that moving forward is only fraught with more problems. As he looks into the future - he is realizing that he's even killed his brand. He's ruined the Trump name.

Must be lonely up their in his head. Even crowded with all these negative thoughts now. It's no wonder why he pulls back into his shell and watches TV instead of doing his job. It's no wonder why he lashes out on twitter - his only friend. They only thing that really understands him.

You see where this is going and it ain't going good. He's got to regret that he even got involved in this political game now. Bottom line people - he's stuck. He ain't going nowhere and nowhere is beginning to look like a real hellish place. He can't go back - he's paralyzed to go forward. And we the American People are going to have to contend with this guy - until he finally does himself in by tweeting, saying or doing something stupid - and the system does him in. With all his other negative attributes - we can add 'pathetic' to the list.



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Today I Was Pondering What Must Be Going Through Trump's Mind These Days - Cause Now He's Stuck..... (Original Post) global1 Jul 2017 OP
When Donald goes to hell he will be broke. gordianot Jul 2017 #1
He deserves MFM008 Jul 2017 #2
I think you are giving his thought processes & capacities much too much credit...I don't believe he Pachamama Jul 2017 #3
Guest of honor? murielm99 Jul 2017 #5
I am afraid so....Macron at the G20 last week extended the olive branch to Trump and invited him Pachamama Jul 2017 #7
I don't know if he can feel worse than I did on November 9th. LisaM Jul 2017 #4
Dunno, seems like he still thinks he's "WINNING". Believes he can tweet this all away emulatorloo Jul 2017 #6
Trump invents and believes his own reality ecstatic Jul 2017 #8

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
3. I think you are giving his thought processes & capacities much too much credit...I don't believe he
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:47 AM
Jul 2017

....cares and as he stands in Paris today and tomorrow as a guest of honor with the Bastille day military parade etc he will only be thinking of how much winning he is doing and that the world can fuck itself...

Seriously...I really don't think he will think about much...

And then more bad news will drip out, he will have a crazy melt down and tweet away some nonsense and then his handlers will calm him and he will move to the next "winning moment"...

I think he thinks he is King of the World....wouldn't change a thing other than having more power to destroy those that stand in his way....no interest in going back...just forward as King of the Universe....

murielm99

(30,712 posts)
5. Guest of honor?
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:50 AM
Jul 2017

The French are going to have massive protests. How dare he show up for their independence day?

They will want to put him in the Bastille and leave him there. That is fine with me.

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
7. I am afraid so....Macron at the G20 last week extended the olive branch to Trump and invited him
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:59 AM
Jul 2017

...as a guest of honor and even he and his wife are dining with Comrade Trumpsky and Melania at the top of Eiffel Tower tonight and tomorrow on Bastille Day attend the full military parade and thank you ceremony to the US for its assistance in freeing France from the Nazis in WW2.

Either it's a brilliant move by Macron to fooling the ego of the Orange traitor or it's a really dangerous and stupid move that will backfire.

I am in Europe right now and they are saying Macron did it to try to win Trump over and compelling him to change his mind about pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords...

I think it's a mistake - I think it's just going to feed the monsters ego and grandiose thoughts of himself and his other delusions.....

LisaM

(27,792 posts)
4. I don't know if he can feel worse than I did on November 9th.
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:50 AM
Jul 2017

I felt as if I were dead every day for months after that. I hope he does feel the way you describe. He deserves to.

emulatorloo

(44,057 posts)
6. Dunno, seems like he still thinks he's "WINNING". Believes he can tweet this all away
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 12:57 AM
Jul 2017

with variations on 'But Hillary'

ecstatic

(32,641 posts)
8. Trump invents and believes his own reality
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 01:25 AM
Jul 2017

I think in Trump's mind, when you combine the narcissism, delusions, and his source of information (which actually is fake news), he thinks of himself as a victim.

It's the people around him that are probably freaking out. Melania, Jr, Eric, Ivanka and the others will have to find a real way to support themselves. The billion dollar lifestyle is coming to an end. They'll be lucky if they escape prison.

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