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Trump: A demented traitor who threatens the future of America

The demonic nature of a true "enemy of the state."

]By DOUG THOMPSON
February 28, 2024



Donald John Trump: A true enemy of the state and a traitor to Democracy (Getty Images)

As a 76-year-old man who suffers from TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury in a severe motorcycle crash that should have killed me12 years agi, I watch with concern and disdain at the attempts of narcissistic psychopath Donald John Trump’s attacks on the claimed dementia of current president Joe Biden.

Biden is only a few years older than Trump, but the former TV reality show host and self-proclaimed “successful businessman,” who has declared bankruptcy several times, has a long record of failed businesses who is unfit for leadership. He is the one who publicly called his wife by another name in front of news cameras, confused the former United Nations Ambassador he appointed while president with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and makes so many verbal gaffes that suggest he suffers from rapidly advancing dementia and massive loss of mental acuity.

Reports US News & World Report:

Trump often attributes his failings to others. He calls all opponents “liars” but he holds the record for the more than 30,000 lies uttered by a president while in office. He questions the morality of others but he is the former president charged with paying “hush money” to a porn star to keep her from disclosing his sexual antics with her. Trump also is a court-certified rapist and sexual predator and is the one documentary filmmaker accuses of sexually-abusing his daughter.

He is also an acknowledged racist and bigot who aid large fines for housing discrimination and a seditionist who led an insurrection to try and overturn democracy and the results of a valid election in 2020.

As someone who suffers TBI, I must watch for signs of “early onset dementia” from brain damage, but I don’t claim to be someone with a high IQ, as Trump does, or think that I am capable of presiding over the largest democratic republic?on this planet. Trump calls his opponents unpatriotic and un-American while he openly supports murderous dictators like Russian leader Vladimir Putin and is, himself, a traitor to the oath he swore to as president in 2017,

At age 76, I have memory lapses, often forget the names of people I have known for most of my life, and cant remember where I left my cell phone at home. I asked my doctor if such actions are from old age or the brain injury.

“Probably both,” he said. “We attempt to study the brain and try to diagnose issues with it, but none of us really fully understand how it works.”

There is no doubt that Trump is a demented danger to this nation. His words spurred supporters who trashed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022, and aides testified that he went into a rage and tried to wrestle the steering wheel of the presidential limo in an effort to join and participate in the violence that led to multiple deaths and threatened the lives of elected officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, who now admits that the president her served was, and is, unfit for office.

That same assessment comes from Trump’s Attorney General, William Barr, who says a second term by Trump would be a “horror show” driven by chaos. His former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, says Trump is “unfit to lead” and is a threat to the nation.

Yet Republicans continue to flock to primary polls and vote for the deranged traitor to America.

Trump is not the only traitor. So are those who genuflect to his lies, threats and hate. Like him, they are pure “enemies of the state” and should be treated as such.

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The difference between Trump and ol' Joe is dementia vs old age. Trump's father died from Alzheimers which is a hereditary disease. Ol' Joe is well, old. In many cultures the elderly are revered for their long life, life experiences, and wisdom. Here in America, we discard the elderly into old folks homes.

Trump's supporters are Republicans. Today's Republicans are little more than a criminal protection racket for one man, Donald Trump. Trump's supporters know what he is, and that is a wanna-be fascist dictator and they are fine with that.

Decent Americans can no longer count on the GOP to help keep democracy. The GOP are all in on turning America into a fascist dictatorship with Christian-based laws. Literally handmaid tales come to life.

This may be a great time for Special Council Smith to identify Trump’s six main co-conspirators and for Smith to roll out indictments against each of them. None were president, so even if Trump did have “total immunity for life,” the rest are all vulnerable to immediate prosecution.

Of the six co-conspirators who have been called out in Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump, the media have figured out the identities of five of them with a pretty high level of certainty. They’re believed to be Rudy Giuliani (#1), John Eastman (#2), Sidney Powell (#3), Jeffrey Clark (#4), and Kenneth Chesebro (#5).

The sixth one is more ambiguous, perhaps intentionally by Smith’s team because of the potentially explosive political ramifications: many people believe it’s Ginni Thomas, the notorious wife of the most corrupt Supreme Court justice in over a century. Other possibilities include Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Moscow-born Boris Epshteyn, or Roger Stone.

“Co-Conspirator 6 attempted to confirm phone numbers for six United States Senators whom the Defendant [Trump] had directed Co-Conspirator 1 [Giuliani] to call and attempt to enlist in further delaying the certification.”

Two days after the election, but before it had been called for Biden, Ginni Thomas sent a YouTube video titled “TRUMP STING w CIA Director Steve Pieczenik, The Biggest Election Story in History, QFS-BLOCKCHAIN” to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Pieczenik is a far-right crackpot who’d previously claimed that Sandy Hook was a ‘false flag’ operation, but this video (which has since been taken down) claimed the election was stolen.

Ginni Thomas phoned Mark Meadows six times DURING the J6 insurrection according to records obtained by the J6 panel.

Smith and the Department of Justice are not without tools and resources right now. The question is whether they’re willing to do battle with a group of people who are openly working to manipulate the system to the benefit of Trump and his fascist cronies.

It’s time for Smith and DoJ to step up their game.

I think Smith tries. I also think that the Supremes are not helping. I also think that we are in deep DoDo and, apparently we have to depend on luck and Biden wakes up and actually starts to fight. My suspicion is that the man is very tired. I have also thought, for some time, that if he actually does another tour its going to kill him. That, of course, will then give the United States its first female president and that, I think, will be entertaining as well.

I do not think Trump is even vaguely entertaining.............

jgw, That’s a huge worry out there among the masses. That Biden won’t be able to survive another term. He does look old and tired. One has to wonder if Biden has what it takes to run or participate in a vigorous general election campaign. That's where Hillary blew it, she let Trump both out campaign and out work her on the trail.

Most folks think Biden is too old for another term and losing his mental ability or fitness for the job. From the below listed poll - 67% of those surveyed said they think Biden is too old to effectively serve another 4-year term as president. In comparison, 41% said they think Trump is too old, per the poll.

Meanwhile, 34% said Biden had the mental fitness to serve a second presidential term, while 48% believed the same for Trump.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/biden-trump-age-poll

And this from another poll - 63% say they're not very or not at all confident in Biden's mental capability to serve effectively as president for another term. 57% say that Trump lacks the memory and acuity for the job.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-prepares-address-nation-more-050215015.html

Neither is liked and neither is wanted by most Americans to become the next president. In simple terms, rough figures, we have 35% wanting Trump, 35% wanting Biden, 30% not wanting neither one. That 30% are stating they’ll either vote third party or not vote at all if the rematch occurs. After super Tuesday, that rematch is a certainty. I’ve never seen such a high percentage stating they’d vote third party or not vote at all. The only election that comes close was 2016 in March of that year 18% were saying they’d vote third party or not vote. In March of 2020 that number was 5%.

If I was religious I would be praying for Biden. I have been listening to the polls and, for the most part, they have been not nice to Biden. My main problem with Biden is that he is not consistent when he is, or is not, talking to the public. The Dems, we are told, have big bucks so maybe they can start at least trying?

Then you have to also think about the media. They really do give more exposure to Trump because more listen to him entertain them (I actually believe that's the reason for a lot of his attention). Doug Thompson spends a lot of time basically wondering why in the hell anybody would vote for Trump. I too have the same questions. Trump is a man who gifted a newspaper with something like over 30,000 lies before they just gave up the count! To support the jerk just makes no sense - NONE! I have a serious question about the mental state of all those that support him. It gets even better when you think about how many of those are religious and supporting a rapist, a thief, a liar, and a cheat! I have seen interviews wherein people explain that they just love him even though all those things are absolutely true and they know it. I am coming to the conclusion that there is a really big portion of the United States that are seriously ill in the head! They are not stupid they are ill! My own thought is that the mentally challenged are supporting somebody else that is also challenged. This is not a joke! Its a fact!

Then there is the fact that Trump was once an entertainer on tv and I also believe that the base were watchers of that show. We watched one season and gave it up but others have never given up. Now, on top of that we now have the white christian citizens (white has to do with their souls and not skin color). These are particularly offensive but they love Trump and actually believe that he is a gift from the Lord. (more crazy!)

So, for me, I am hoping that there are enough voters, who are not mentally challenged, around that will vote for Biden. It doesn't hurt when they are voting against Trump I just want them sane and voting for Biden. I just bought two Tickets to win the big bucks. I think that Biden has a better chance to win than I, but I try. I also married a woman who worked her way through the UofW working for the Democrats and you might have a guess as to what I hear, every day, all day. I really want this to end, and end well. If for no other reason than my own sanity (and the welfare of the entire nation).

Tonight he gives his speech. I hope its great! Up to this point I have not felt that he actually wants to win. I wrote him a month or so about the Israel thing and the monster killing the Palestinians. That's been going on for years as the monster wants them all gone. They have been stealing Palestinian land and other things for years. Biden has been told "NO" for weeks and did nothing but make more people not vote for him. Biden just continues to back the Jews, and continues to send them bombs to slaughter Palestinians (not quite true) even though its costing him big-time.

Unlike Trump Biden can also actually tell the truth. So far he has given little talks here and there and is almost keeping secrets. If the guy wasn't running he would go down as one of the great presidents right now. He has done miracles! Its almost as if he is embarrassed about his successes. Its REALLY time for him to seriously go at it, tooth and tong. Lord knows, there is enough to attack with! The real problem is that the opposition seems, to me, to not be mentally well. (and the Dems have the money to get the job done!!)

Oh, one last. Trump thinks that Putin is his pal. If he wins then Putin is going to start conquest. He might even start using nukes He seems to mention them a lot. In any case we are REALLY going to have problems. In Europe they are already starting to get ready, especially since they have lost faith in us and understand what may be starting. We were doing great when we were helping to keep him stopped but if Trump wins I am seriously wondering about our own safety with a jackass for president. Then there is our federal legislature. They haven't the capacity to do anything (I am praying We can take the whole works as there are some real loons there which actually reflect many of the voting loons and they simply don't have the capacity to do their jobs)

My apologies, I just looked at this one. Didn't mean to overstay. Venting slowed my mind.

Later!!

Fund-raising is a better barometer than polling is. Ol' Joe and the DNC are getting three times the contributions that Trump and the RNC are getting.

Since 1960 the candidate who raised and spent the most money has always won with one lone exception. 2016, That year Clinton raised and spent 1.191 billion, Trump 646.8 million. Interesting year, Clinton outspent Trump by almost a 2-1 margin and still lost. That may say more about Clinton than Trump.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-presidential-campaign-fundraising/

Compare to 2020, Biden spent 1.624 billion to Trump’s 1.088 billion.

https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race

2004 was the last time a republican candidate raised and spent the most money. The Democrats have had the most since or beginning in 2008 when Obama raised 760 million to McCain’s 280 million.

I disagree.

I believe it was common for many pundits to opine that Trump received maybe as much as $1B in "free" advertising from mainstream media. In my opinion, MSM was hellbent on exposing Trump as the most unfit person to ever run for the WH, and while they did in fact expose him, it didn't matter a scintilla to the people who supported him and many low information voters. So to simply say he was outspent is a little bit misleading, in light of the "free" advertising he received.

And of course, despite what you believe the polls said, the Comey effect was not just tangible, it was palpable.

Trump received the exposure due to his outrageousness. What Trump did was he called into every morning talk show every day. This was whether they were for him or against him. He was the headliner on the news relegating Clinton to the back page most days. Trump sought exposure; he was the show man who believed in there was no such thing as bad publicity, no publicity was bad. Clinton tried to avoid it. She went over 200 days without a press conference and only appeared on shows that were 100% for her like The View. Yes, Trump knew how to manipulate the media for his exposure.

Throw this into the mix of Clinton being lazy on the campaign trail, she made only 71 campaign visits, stops, rallies etc. to Trump’s 116. Clinton’s 71 look larger than what it was as that included fund raisers in deep blue California and New York. There’s a lot more as to the reasons Clinton lost, but the media and laziness on the campaign trail are big. And yes, where Clinton relied on paid TV political ads, Trump was soaking up the free media exposure. I don’t think Clinton took Trump seriously. But that is just my opinion.

But the fact remains, Clinton was the first presidential candidate since 1960 to raise and out spend her opponent to lose. Although it was a quirk due to the electoral college. The earth, moon, sun, the stars, even galaxies had to align perfectly in order for Trump to win, they did. Voter turnout probably had a lot to do with it too. Democrats made up 33% of the electorate to the Republicans 27% in November 2016. A 6-point advantage for the democrats. But that advantage shrunk to just 3 points among those who actually voted that year. 36-33 over Republican with independents making up 31%. Clinton also lost the independent vote 46-42 to Trump with 12% of independents who did vote, voting third party.

Compare that to 2020 when the democrats held but a 1-point advantage, but a 2-point advantage 37-35 over the GOP among voters who actually turnout to vote. Biden won independents 54-41 over Trump with 5% voting third party. The democrats got their people to the polls in 2020, but not in 2016. I suppose 4 years of Trump was a great incentive for Democrats to get out and vote along with independents switching to Biden over Trump when in 2016 they went to Trump.

This year so far, as of today, independents are supporting Trump by a 39-35 margin with the rest in the vote third party or will not vote or undecided columns. This is why Trump is leading Biden by a couple of points today. Independents.