Perhaps this is the nadir, maybe not but can the current U.S. president really sink any lower?
Along the wall of a colonnade in The White House, portraits of past presidents have been put up going right back in time. Only, one of the portraits is missing. Instead of Joe Biden, America's 46th president, there is instead a picture of an autopen.
The current president and his minions have made a big deal of the fact that Joe Biden sometimes had his presidential signature written with the aid of a computerised autopen - instead of by hand. The ironic truth is that the 47th president has also used an autopen on many occasions to sign documents so why has he made a big song and dance about this matter? After all, he has done just the same.
President Biden was fairly and legitimately elected to office by the American people. He served his country well and made many beneficial decisions and choices. What is more, in spite of the fact that age began to catch up with him, he conducted himself with dignity and a healthy measure of humility. He is and was a decent man, a listener and a true patriot. At least - that is how it appears to me.
Not putting his picture up and instead unveiling the framed image of an autopen is unfair and unfunny. It disrespects all those who voted for Mr Biden in November 2020 and it disrespects American history. You might not have agreed with him and you yourself might even wear a red Republican cap but Joe Biden was the president. He wore that mantle with pride.
Rather than the autopen, the equivalent for the current incumbent might be a jar of orange foundation cream or a golf club and ball to represent all the many times he has been A.W.O.L. on private golfing breaks during his presidency. But pursuing that notion would surely be juvenile and petty - sinking right down to the current president's level.
So yes - this could easily be the absolute pits - the nadir but I have a sneaking suspicion that Mad Donald might go even lower - such is his terrible vindictiveness and his apparent inability to simply let things go and move on.
He’s a twat
ReplyDeleteI had to look that word up... Oh yes, I agree!
DeleteTwat is such an English word. Why would you not know it?
DeleteOh, he will definitely go lower. You know how positive numbers go down to zero and then negative numbers take over, to infinity? That's how low he can go. To infinity. To expect anything else from him is to deny reality. There is also a real danger in focusing solely on Trump. The people behind the curtain like Stephen Miller, Peter Thiel, Russell Vought, etc. who authored and are carrying out Project 2025 are even worse. Their plans, which they are enacting with astonishing speed, will turn the U.S. into an unrecognizable country run by rich white men who expect everyone who's not them to be subservient or gone. What a mess.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to know what you are talking about Jenny.
DeleteJenny has nailed it. Absolutely nailed it.
DeleteMy sister keeps telling me about Peter Thiel, and what an incredible dangerous man he is.
DeleteJenny- your math is absolutely correct. There is no nadir.
DeleteI'd like to see his mugshot installed in the White House when he's gone.
ReplyDeleteHe likes orange skin so maybe he'd feel comfortable in an orange prison jumpsuit.
DeleteHe is an evil bahstid! (Boston dialect)
ReplyDeleteIn Boston, Lincolnshire they say the word differently.
DeleteHe is an insecure, easly manipulated, excuse of a human being. As Jenny said, there are many behind him pulling strings as well.
ReplyDeleteIt's chilling to think that he is just the frontman.
DeleteMakes you think about the mass of stinking shitholes standing behind him.
DeleteI don't think there is a bottom, no nadir for that felon.
ReplyDeleteTime will tell.
DeleteWhat mystifies me is why people and government do not put a stop to trump? I know he's mean, but do the courts mean nothing ? What does it take to convince people that this guy is crazy and together do something?
ReplyDeleteIn Trumpworld, the courts do indeed seem to mean nothing - with all of the hiring and firing of judges, prosecutors etc,,
DeleteThink what you like about Trump, but the reality is he is president of the biggest superpower in the free world. He and Netanyahu have agreed a peace deal to end the hideous war in Gaza that has been welcomed by many European and Middle Eastern countries. Many of Trump's actions are reprehensible, but it is constructive to acknowledge that he was democratically elected and make the best of it.
ReplyDeleteLet’s see if the peace deal works shall we.
DeleteYes he was democratically elected but it was a close thing - very few votes would have been needed to change the results. Biden was also democratically elected.
Up until now, Trump has pretty much given Netanyahu free rein to commit genocide. It seems a very strange "peace deal" when the other party were excluded. Without American financial and military support, Israel could not exist. We will see where this "peace deal" goes.
DeleteWell it looks like Netanyahu is rolling back on some of the agreement already. If I understand it correctly the “deal” would be complete withdrawal of Israeli troops after Hamas disarmed. Now, on Telegram, Netanyahu is saying he never agreed to complete withdrawal.
DeleteMaking any kind of "deal" with the current Israeli prime minister is like making a pact with Ghengis Khan. What are the Palestinians getting out of this so-called "deal"? And when will the unbridled genocide cease?
DeleteThroughout history great dynasties have fallen, and this may be the time that we witness the fall of America from it's pedestal as leader of the free world. He isn't personally responsible for making the country a super power, but by his actions, he may well hasten it's demise.
DeleteCan he sink any lower? Don't say it too loudly, he might hear you and see it as a challenge.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I am whispering now.
DeleteSeparate point, part of Trump’s legacy will be the use of the word “deal”. it bugs me. Perhaps we need to rename things:
ReplyDeleteThe Paris, Kyoto DEAL
The DEAL of Versailles
The DEAL of Westphalia
Camp David DEALS
Good point Travellier. Trump is like a croupier in a casino. "The Art of the Deal" was by a ghost writer - not Trump himself.
DeleteI am not sure how this extraordinary period in US history will end, and what the results of the term of destruction of history will be, but Biden's photo can be put back up. Much of the nonsense of removing history can be undone. But can the damage to US society be undone? I don't know.
ReplyDeleteYou can glue a Ming vase back together but it will never be quite the same as when it was whole and undamaged.
DeleteHe's a petty, classless boor. Always has been. I think he will always be jealous of what a kind, dignified man Biden is; Trump knows even w/all his money, that people despise him. He will definitely go lower, and he's dragging us all down w/him. And the Democrats are leader-less. Literally. No one except Newsom and Pritzker have any backbone. And Debbie above is seriously unwell if she thinks Trump and Netanyahu are doing anything to end the genocide in Gaza that doesn't benefit them.
ReplyDeleteEnd of my rant!
It was a good rant and I applaud it but I think there are quite a lot of great Democrats out there - just bubbling beneath the radar.
DeleteI agree with Elle that Trump and Netanyahu will act in self interest. I can't think of a current political leader who doesn't. I'm no supporter of Trump and if I were an American citizen I would vote for Bernie Sanders
DeleteHow would you react to Trump being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize? Just asking, not venturing an opinion myself.
ReplyDeleteI would react like a Buddhist monk - what will be will be. He has referred to that prize so many times - almost as if threatening the Nobel Committee... "I want it. Give it to me!"
DeleteAnd why does he want it so badly? Obama got one.
DeleteWhy does he hate Biden so much? He beat him.
well you can only hope that the next president decides to correct the issue and put the correct picture in place..... it's typical petty bullshit like this that sums up dumald tronp's tenure, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteSad to see a once a great country slowly sink into mediocrity - all at the hands of an unreliable, lying, untrustworthy leader and his equally shallow band of followers. In history books, in years to come, he will be held accountable for the decline of a great nation.
ReplyDeleteThere will be a million people along the route, cheering at Trumps funeral, and not for the reason he thinks.
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