Trump’s charisma is still a powerful thing

This video of Donald Trump going off the rails is a couple of months old already but the content doesn’t really matter. He’s still doing the same song-and-dance, keeping the plates spinning and the plebes distracted while he makes himself richer.

Trump dancesHe’s benefitted less than a handful of other billionaires but he and his family have gained about $3B since he took office. Those are incredible numbers but no-one with any power really seems to care. There is no real uproar about it. He’s still getting away with it.

Perhaps most of it will disappear in the next big crash that he and his crew are hastening but that might be too much to hope for. People like Trump are almost never the first ones to lose everything.

Trump just can't stop rambling by HasanAbi (YouTube)

“It’s the fact that there are people tuning in who agree with this reactionary framework that frustrate me. And this is no different. It’s not that Trump is like a bumbling old baboon, senile, and constantly lying. It’s the fact that people actually love him and they also agree with him and they think he is brilliant. That is the most—that’s the most discouraging thing because if, like, everybody recognized what the he was and and reacted appropriately and, like, you know constantly tried pushing and and then there was like a significant militant response against that sort of thing then I would say you know at least people are—at least the population is—smart. At least the population understands what’s going on. At least your neighbors know what the fuck is up.

“What makes me sad is the fact that there is a 30% part of this population that unironically, no matter what he does, will turn around and say, “Nah, man. That’s my president, you stupid libtard. He’s hot. He’s healthy. He’s 215 lbs and he’s 6'4 and he can dunk a basketball and he’s ending all the wars.”

“It’s like, oh my god, it’s just so frustrating. is so frustrating to have to to deal with people who have decided that they can just hallucinate an alternative reality. And those guys have so much play on our lives. Like even the military incursions, even the send the military, send the Marines, send the National Guard to Chicago, that’s done for those guys.

“Those guys who are just like, “Hell yeah, brother. we got to do more militant response to solve this unlimited crime in blue cities where seemingly there’s a lot of black people.” Like that’s who he’s doing it for. Or “hell yeah, brother. We got to deport every Guatemalan. They’re scary. They got salsa hips. They’re dancing. I hate that.”

“That’s who he’s doing this for. Those guys have so much play. The dumbest, most psychotic, racist people in American society that have never left their hometowns get to dictate what we all experience. And that is so frustrating.

“I mean, look at this. Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates. First in nation to do so. How the fuck can you look at this and go, “This is great. This is great, brother. Fantastic. Hell yeah, brother. We’re gonna get rabies, and that’s fine. We’re bringing back legionnaire’s disease.” Awesome.”