Please stop reporting this as being AI. It is not. Multiple news outlets are reporting on the picture and all of them are crediting Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images.
AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski captured Trump through the aircraft window after it landed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday night following the president's trip to North Carolina to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley.
Yep. When Fred Trump Sr. started to go, they basically locked him in his office and periodically fed him fake business deals to sign and false reports to read while the rest of the business went about with the real work
I’m pretty sure that’s what is happening. It’s just they aren’t “fake”, they’re instead letting him think he’s doing super serious and important things with all these random vanity projects and superficial details and monuments and whatever else, while “they” methodically and meticulously destroy our democracy from the inside out in relative peace and private as Trump’s nonsense dominates the news cycle.
I’m confident “they” love the Epstein files because it keeps everyone focused on Trump, and Trump can’t help but to consistently get bothered by it and make his own comments reigniting attention on it, keeping focus away from them.
By “they” I mean everyone else except Trump. Like the main author of Project 2025, Russel Vought, being the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, for example.
Vought is absolutely destroying everything in sight, all the money being redirected to the most evil efforts and evil people in the world, creating and sustaining a horde of generationally wealthy sociopaths that will live in luxury while plaguing humanity with their evil for generations. No election will fix that.
I'm confident the looting will be measured in trillions before it's all over.
Is this why the name of the evil corporation in The Boys is named Vought?
which if you haven't seen it, is a dark superhero show but also a parody/criticism of Trump, corporations, conservative Christianity, celebrity culture, etc. Homelander is a thinly disguised Trump, and he gets away with killing somebody in public, just like Trump said he could. The truly religious, some of whom throw away their religion to serve Homelander, are basically garbage to him if they aren't 100% perfect in their devotion and usefulness, which eventually nobody is.
I keep saying this. Trump is their puppet, it's a show. He's their blustering distraction. The Koch hydra, the Petrogarchs in league with Hexxus himself, now own and operate the Federal Government outright. They expressly reject any responsibility to "...promote the common welfare" as we would understand it.
They are enemies of the good and free People of the United States. They mean to harm and steal from us all. They mean to poison the water. They mean to own up the world while the rest of us burn. A gun to your child's head.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, ***Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.*** Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. ***But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.***"
So I've heard. They gave him an office and ficticious decisions to make so that he'd stay away from anything real.
In fact I think that's not altogether uncommon. When my grandpa was in the old folks home they'd give him "jobs" to keep him out of trouble. It's best to distract instead of correct, being told they're wrong is distressing. And I'm sure it is, being told your basic perception of reality is wrong all the time would be annoying at the least.
I had a form of delirium when I was in the hospital for an operation from not being able to eat due to a complication where I started straight up hallucinating. Thought I was in different rooms, different set ups, different people, different conversations. it’s incredibly weird to hear about that stretch of time knowing I was just off in lala land but I can make sense of it now that it’s past, I can’t imagine how it would feel not understanding or being able to make sense of that so I imagine it’s very disturbing for folks with with Alzheimer’s.
Yes, I have a relative who inherited her father's company when he got old, and as he got senile she had to placate him with work that meant nothing. The documents weren't fake, but his work was, in that anything he did was ignored. But he just couldn't stop working.
He got a fake office with fake phone calls and fake things to sign and fake documents to read so he could feel like he was still working. The phone could only call his secretary so he couldn't accidentally dial out.
He never really goes out except for golf so you don't even need the dome. Just fence off Mar-a-Lago. Have a regular run of celebrity guest appearances to keep him feeling special. And of course his own fake news network and social media platform. That's pretty much all you'd have to do, he's already built his own cocoon.
That’s what Google and Apple should have done with the whole Gulf/Lake America bullshit. Like, you have all our data. You know who we are. You know what each and every iPhone user thinks on this issue. You’ve already shoved us into reality bubbles. Why not just change the names for the useless rubes that want it changed? Or ffs, have a setting to change it, idc. You could leave every sane person blissfully going on with our lives, instead we have to be reminded of this train wreck even when we’re just trying to look up directions. It infuriating. I literally redownloaded the Mapquest app and only use it for directions now, good job idiots.
Not sure if you know but DUMOCRATS is written with a 'b' like DUMBOCRATS. It's a silent 'b', meaning it's not spoken. Not many people know that. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
My partner is a special education teacher. She has a student with a disability in 1st grade who didn't want to get on the bus. In order to get this student to get on the bus, they printed out black and white photos of Lego sets that the student wanted so that he could look at it while on the bus and not throw a tantrum.
I cannot believe how much a picture of the President of the United States reminded me of this story.
That executive order will simply be the start of a process of resetting, a process that will take 50 years.
Also, the most likely scenario is that such an executive order will simply be reversed by the next MAGA president 4 years later.
Nothing short of a complete and utter purge, where Americans can truly stand together and say “never again” is enough to begin the “reset” and rebuilding trust of Americans by the rest of the world.
I mean, we did it to Germany in 1945. Seems like it worked out pretty well for them in the long run. Certainly better than we fuckin did. We need to take a dose of our own medicine, its long overdue.
Congress already funded 256 million for renovations, the pedo in charge says they can't use the money if he can have he's name on the building. No wonder he was found guilty of rape.
They were driving a forklift into one of the columns today. Repeatedly. Purposely. He's actively working to tear it down and we're doing fucking nothing.
No joke, this is how people have to brief him on stuff. So many people from the first term came out afterwards telling everyone that Trump is functionally illiterate and gets angry if he has to read anything longer than a page or two. They have to use as few words as possible, big pictures, and visual aids to help keep his focus. This is how major national security decisions are being made, by letting an eighty year old toddler finger paints on construction paper.
Confederate flag should have been banned after that, instead of letting them proudly fly it in honor of their "heritage." And Trump even being allowed to run again after J6 and all his felonies. I also blame the media for how they sane wash everything he does and says as if he's not the dumbest person we've ever had in office.
Even in the 4 years not in office, the media reported every dumb thing he said and kept him relevant. This timeline sucks so much.
Trump basically proved that the media can be co-opted by sheer public demand. The proper thing would've been to declare, way back in 2016, that if he cannot stop telling lies and cannot interview or debate properly then they'll not show him. No one can possibly debunk 10 different lies in a 2 minute span. It is not possible and not productive.
A fucking men, I've been spouting that shit for years, with the caveat that reconstruction was necessary, but absolutely annihilating any remnant of the confederacy and old aristocracy.
Don't forget one trans person competed in a female swimming competition at some college I never went to, in a state I don't live in, and would have never even heard about if the media didn't tell me it mattered for some reason.
You’re not wrong there. I’ve been around racism ever since I was born and heard the N word sometimes daily. I’m from Appalachia and some of those people are dangerous.
I live in 🇨🇦 I loathe that SOB with every ounce of my being. He has brought nothing but death, destruction and chaos since he came to power. It’s absolutely shameful that 🇺🇸 has not reigned him in. One of the things I find most appalling is the contempt that Trump has for the American people, he’s run roughshod over their lives. This term is clearly all about his own personal agenda and vendetta. One man, one ego, causing the destruction of a once respected nation.
It’s absolutely shameful that 🇺🇸 has not reigned him in.
Just look at what Mike Johnson did today in response to the impeachment articles filed against Kegsbreath. The House is in recess until after the midterms
This is why he said on day 1 that the Iran War was victorious and finished. Some dipshit printed out IRAN WAR TOTAL VICTORY for him to read during one of his diaper changes.
Yup. It's already started. Someone said in a sworn declaration filed on Wednesday that they witnessed someone on forklift repeatedly ram into pillars on the north side of the building.
It's so disgusting. He's an adult man who is so fixated on plastering his name on things that he couldn't give two fucks, and he is willing to demolish a building that is a memorial to a slain president because he can't include his name on it somehow.
I hate this man, but I'm impressed by how he can come up with new ways for me to hate him.
It's because he's feeling his own mortality, so he's really kicked it into high gear. Recent quotes on the topics of monuments seem to illustrate this:
"That's true. Nobody will do it once I'm gone. When I leave here, nobody will."
When Fred Trump slipped into dementia, his family rented him an office, provided him with a phone that would only call his secretary, and kept his desk stacked with newspapers to simulate the experience of being important.
Funny that China 5th gen military aircraft development sky rocketed after hundreds of boxes with national security Intel ended up in a Mar A Lago bathroom.
we've gotta do some looney toons type shit and put up a giant printed curtain around the Kennedy Center to make it look demolished and then send the picture to Trump so he thinks its gone and forgets about it
I wonder if this is how all that AI slop he posts ends up on his socials. We know Natalie Harp has access to his socials, I wonder if this is how he vets AI slop before it gets posted because you know there is no way he's using a computer to generate it himself.
Trump will believe anything that makes him feel good and he will like anybody that makes him feel good about himself. The people surrounding him are racing to create AI slop to win his favor.
Funny how no one's discussing the disastrous, unwinnable, war we're in right now, 2 months before an incredibly important election.
They even have photographers pretending to have private access to Trump's briefings, which is what this bogus pic implies, when this whole thing is obviously orchestrated.
This is so real. Who fucking cares. We also aren't discussing his stock trades, his crypto scheme, his sons' grifting (remember hunters laptop?), the lack of a first lady, the destruction of the east wing of the white house, oh yeah and the whole fucking children for decades ....
The military industrial contractors really didn't like that, they need an unwinnable forever war that the government can keep shovelling money into while they take their cut
I'm thankful everyday this toddler is distracted by shiny ultimately insignificant things instead of focusing on causing even more lasting harm to the country.
My partner is a special education teacher. She has a student with a learning disability in 1st grade who didn't want to get on the bus. In order to get this student to get on the bus, they printed out black and white photos of Lego sets that the student wanted so that he could look at it while on the bus and not throw a temper tantrum.
I cannot believe how much a picture of the President of the United States reminded me of this story.
This won't end when he dies. Look at how people reacted to Charlie Kirk. His name and face will continue to haunt us all for as long as there are still targets for the grift. Trump himself is not the cause, he's just the most convenient smoke screen imaginable due to his need for attention and flattery and his complete lack of shame or empathy.
To be clear, I'm not saying that his demise won't be a relief and a joy, but that to be careful not to celebrate so much you let your guard down. The harmful ambitions of the wealthy and powerful won't stop at the death of one man, and they are certainly planning their next steps post-trump as well.
Pretty standard operation for any sleazy developer and a historic property. Compromise structural integrity off hours then pay the fine and say “we need to raze the building due to safety concerns”. Living in New England I’ve seen it happen over and over again. Lots of amazing historical buildings on prime lots that aren’t earning their keep.
To be clear, this isn't some "pretend headline" they're showing him to keep him happy or something. That is part of a strategy pitch. He wants the Kennedy Center demolished so he can hand out the demo and redevelopment contracts. He's using the fight over adding his name to hold the board hostage and cripple their ability to deal with their finances (which are dire because of Trump's inserting himself into the board, btw).
My guess is there will be a mysterious structural issue "caused by neglect" that gets "discovered" and they'll start knocking it down immediately "for safety" before informing the rest of the board. Then endless court cases that he'll delay forever while building some new thing that he controls completely.
Trump has single-handedly ruined everything that once made this country tolerable. I will never forgive a single Trump voter/didn’t bother to vote for essentially destroying the second half of my life. Fuck you all. Vote blue.
Someone needs to give the dude a colostomy bag, a feeding tube, strap on the VR goggles, and just feed him into some Ai slop reality machine with everything he wants to hear, and then lock the door on the dungeon.
I predict Americans will wake up some day soon with crews halfway through demo of the Center - no approval no repercussions. By then it will be so far gone they'll go forward with clearing the site.
He thrives on outcry and doesn't care about history or art. Google Bonwit Teller to learn this is his MO.
Where the fuck is RFK jr at? Trump is literally talking about destroying a monument that was created to honor his family, and he's still kissing his ass while trying to bring back diseases to kill little kids. His father and uncles would be ashamed of him.
His dad bullied him relentlessly like an older kid but also only expressed pride when he bullied others, and his mom told him God blessed them with money so they can afford to be clean and sinless when giving him hundred dollar bills to put in the collection plate of a prosperity preacher.
We need to get a 24/7 citizen ring around that building. If he tore down the East Wing he'll tear it down without a second thought. Already ripped out 40 beautiful healthy willow trees! What a fuckin' psycho!
No, it's to prepare for what they're going to do next. Mark my words, that report about the columns being driven into is just the beginning. He's going to tear it down.
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Please stop reporting this as being AI. It is not. Multiple news outlets are reporting on the picture and all of them are crediting Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images.
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