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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:57 PM Jan 2019

Trump's Texas Adventure...he looked overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored.

It was the equivalent of watching some obscure band from the 70s play their hit at the state fair. He got the words right (part of the time), but looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. Maybe Mar-a-Lago, but definitely not on the Texas / Mexico border.

Even his sprightly MAGA hat couldn't hide what was underneath...a 72 year old lifelong con man whose veneer has been stripped to reveal the perpetual failure hiding underneath.

A bearded Ted Cruz only further revealed that YES, America must protect itself...from people like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

The day was filled with an eager-to-sing Michael Cohen, revelations that Trump plans to plunder disaster relief funds to fulfill his campaign promise to the MAGAts, and inspirational photos of a beautiful, architecturally designed steel slat wall that had been breached by a trip to Home Depot. Oh, and Jim Acosta broadcasting from a tranquil RV park perched on the Rio Grande, where there were no drugged, raping Mexican caravans to be seen. Nothing but a delightful shuffleboard court.

Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell trembled in the darkness, and Lindsey Graham called for the declaration of a national emergency, adding "I hope it works."

Ain't that America, for you and me? No, it's not.

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Trump's Texas Adventure...he looked overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2019 OP
"Mitch McConnell leftieNanner Jan 2019 #1
Thank you for your description The Genealogist Jan 2019 #2
Thank you Genealogist... Miles Archer Jan 2019 #8
I noticed on a close-up that he is fatter than ever. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #26
What unadulterated BS -- he strings nonsense thoughts and sentences together LuckyLib Jan 2019 #31
Wow PatSeg Jan 2019 #49
Gotta admit, I actually think Cruz looks less like a total f***ing weanie ... with the beard mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #30
Looks like he's auditioning for the "Wolfman Jack" biopic Docreed2003 Jan 2019 #35
And Wolfman Jack is like 1000x more cool than Rafael Cruz ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #37
Oh definitely less dickish looking Docreed2003 Jan 2019 #38
Maybe he'll look in the mirror each AM now and think "Ya know, I don't look like such a DICK mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #41
Wolfman Jack's feces Mr. Quackers Jan 2019 #44
A dork in a beard The Genealogist Jan 2019 #42
The starting point was so low, though ... just about anything would be an improvement (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #46
He wants to be young like Beto. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #53
didja notice all the guys, including Cruz, taking the wide "power" stance? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #62
Agree. It's an improvement. maddiemom Jan 2019 #66
He did look awful PatSeg Jan 2019 #48
Still wearing his barn coat and sucking up to Trump. maddiemom Jan 2019 #56
He needs to find one that fits him. GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #65
Wearing way long Husky Dockers with creases. yankeepants Jan 2019 #3
Looks like Trump and Cruz are having their Miranda rights explained to them. GreatCaesarsGhost Jan 2019 #4
Oh look, he's wearing his American Nazi outfit C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #5
damn! yes! nt Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #19
Miles Archer you are quite a good writer MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #6
Thank you very much, MM Miles Archer Jan 2019 #7
He is! True Blue American Jan 2019 #64
K&R MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #9
He looked and sounded like hell. He looked like someone who'll be in the hospital soon. highplainsdem Jan 2019 #10
Inspired details Miles! Generic Other Jan 2019 #11
Today just felt really different Miles Archer Jan 2019 #12
Perfect!!!! spanone Jan 2019 #13
Where was Melanoma? Was she touring the sweatshops set up by DHS staffed by bullwinkle428 Jan 2019 #14
He looked overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored. peggysue2 Jan 2019 #15
Don't forget to mention that Cruz supports the taking of Texans' properties. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #16
So the same as always..... marmar Jan 2019 #17
Trump does not look well Gothmog Jan 2019 #18
When did he EVER look good? Scarsdale Jan 2019 #57
very nicely said. nt Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #20
Fucking Cruz doesn't look much better Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #21
Well written. Glad you've already added it to your Journal. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #22
I noticed Trump was dog whistling with his wardrobe. Mr.Bill Jan 2019 #23
How We Got Here smb Jan 2019 #24
nicely outlined Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #40
It may be just this photo gratuitous Jan 2019 #25
John Cornyn's the old fellow behind him. Miles Archer Jan 2019 #27
Nervous breakdown watoos Jan 2019 #28
We must be the laughing stock of Russia and Europe by now Pluvious Jan 2019 #29
Trump's tailor must be... 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #32
Trump always looks like that. He's just a slob. Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #43
well... he IS all those things Demovictory9 Jan 2019 #33
It looks like his pants need to be hemmed up Ilsa Jan 2019 #34
What a sad little man. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #36
are the ticks and chiggers out in that area? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #39
So, he looked his normal self? Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #45
My first impression of him yesterday... displacedtexan Jan 2019 #47
But he IS [i]"overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored"[/i]! And worse! On a daily b Grins Jan 2019 #50
ick! cilla4progress Jan 2019 #51
IDK...he reminds me of Baby Huey... Stellar Jan 2019 #52
Around the middle! Indistinguishable from the Trump balloon. Good catch. maddiemom Jan 2019 #67
I haven't heard much about his wearing of a CAMPAIGN hat on the trip. Vinca Jan 2019 #54
5 dudes got volunteered as props in the dog and pony show, Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #55
overweight and frumpy guss Jan 2019 #58
He has no cool. Liberal In Texas Jan 2019 #59
You absolutely nailed it! oldlibdem Jan 2019 #60
"MAGAts" You win all the awards for using "MAGAts" BearThom70 Jan 2019 #61
K&R Scurrilous Jan 2019 #63

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
2. Thank you for your description
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:03 PM
Jan 2019

I like how you really cut through all the bullshit and told us what was really going on here. Also, thank you for the picture. Trump looks like they just rescued him from a lunch of institutional food at the senior center, and Ted Cruz looks like his next stop is an audition for title character in a bad Grizzly Adams reboot.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
26. I noticed on a close-up that he is fatter than ever.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:33 PM
Jan 2019

Someone posted a clip and his chin is now a triple chin, actually more like a bull frog all puffed up.

LuckyLib

(6,817 posts)
31. What unadulterated BS -- he strings nonsense thoughts and sentences together
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:42 PM
Jan 2019

and just huffs and puffs about the Democrats.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
30. Gotta admit, I actually think Cruz looks less like a total f***ing weanie ... with the beard
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:39 PM
Jan 2019

Not that I like saying anything good about him, but I think he should stick with it.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
37. And Wolfman Jack is like 1000x more cool than Rafael Cruz ...
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:37 AM
Jan 2019

That's kinda my point.

The beard does make him look less like a dick ... IMHO ... I'm not saying he's NOT still a dick, just ...

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
41. Maybe he'll look in the mirror each AM now and think "Ya know, I don't look like such a DICK
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:24 AM
Jan 2019

anymore, now that I have this beard ... Maybe ... I should stop acting like such a dick?"

I'm not counting any chickens here, but ... stranger things have happened ... just sayin'

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
62. didja notice all the guys, including Cruz, taking the wide "power" stance?
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 04:41 PM
Jan 2019

But Trump, who knows how to use his hands in apower way, is standing like a lost kindergarten kid.

PatSeg

(47,260 posts)
48. He did look awful
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:04 PM
Jan 2019

Much worse than usual. Look at those trousers! Like a kid who hasn't grown into his pants yet. He's the president of the United States and he can't even find a pair of pants that fit? Or a tailor who could hem them?

I think he may have gained so much weight that he had go with a larger size, but they were too long. Overall, he looks like a chubby toddler in ill fitting clothes.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
56. Still wearing his barn coat and sucking up to Trump.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 07:45 PM
Jan 2019

At least Cruz has showed his spinelessness clearly. Is his wife still sticking with him? She deserves him, then.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
65. He needs to find one that fits him.
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jan 2019

Can't even button this one over his gut. He's as bad as his boss. What a fucking clown.

C_U_L8R

(44,987 posts)
5. Oh look, he's wearing his American Nazi outfit
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:09 PM
Jan 2019


Trumps like their not-so-subtle winks to their hatebase.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
64. He is!
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 09:21 AM
Jan 2019

I just finished a Jeffrey Archer book. Wondered if they were cousins.

What a book,14 short stores that made you read every one.

highplainsdem

(48,910 posts)
10. He looked and sounded like hell. He looked like someone who'll be in the hospital soon.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:38 PM
Jan 2019

Obviously he hasn't been able to spend enough time partying and playing golf while he tries to destroy the country.

Poor overage toddler...

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
12. Today just felt really different
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:45 PM
Jan 2019

When he goes to his rallies, he's all swagger and bluster as he soaks in the adoration.

Ever since that TV address, the swagger's gone, and even though he was asked a direct question about Cohen and shrugged it off, you know the news has got to be eating him alive.

This might be the part of Watergate 2019 where he simply slips into paranoia and never comes out.

bullwinkle428

(20,628 posts)
14. Where was Melanoma? Was she touring the sweatshops set up by DHS staffed by
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:56 PM
Jan 2019

the migrant children held in cages?

peggysue2

(10,823 posts)
15. He looked overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:14 PM
Jan 2019

In other words, he looked as he always does because somewhere after the first month in office, he realized the job was not King of the World but President of the United States.

He looks like what he is: a tiresome, ignorant, overweight oaf who would do the country a world go good by . . .

Resigning!

keithbvadu2

(36,655 posts)
16. Don't forget to mention that Cruz supports the taking of Texans' properties.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:29 PM
Jan 2019

Don't forget to mention that Cruz supports the taking of Texans' properties.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
57. When did he EVER look good?
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:28 PM
Jan 2019

Overweight, repulsive, ugly sob. Remember when we had a president who ALWAYS looked fine, even when dressed casually? President Obama was always well put-together, neat and handsome. How did we go from that to this orange blob? Oh, yes Putin and all that Russian money going into the gop coffers.

Mr.Bill

(24,238 posts)
23. I noticed Trump was dog whistling with his wardrobe.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:22 PM
Jan 2019

Khaki pants and white golf shirt, also known as the Charlottesville Klan uniform.

smb

(3,471 posts)
24. How We Got Here
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:25 PM
Jan 2019
Trump: We're gonna build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it!
Democrats: Yeah, sure, good luck with that, guy.
Trump: Give me taxpayer money to pay for it.
Democrats: No. Hey, wasn't Mexico--
Trump: I want a wall!
Democrats: What do we get?
Trump: Eff you, that's what!
Democrats: Then no.
Trump: I WANNA WALL!! GIMME A WALL!!!
Democrats: (*sigh*) How about we give you the wall in exchange for legalizing DACA recipients?
Trump: NO!
Democrats: Then no deal.
Trump: Then I'll shut down the government and blame myself for it!
Democrats: Weird. And ill-advised. But you do you, I guess.
Trump: THE SHUTDOWN IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!
Democrats: WTF??

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
25. It may be just this photo
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:31 PM
Jan 2019

But generally when the president shows up, the folks he's visiting are crowding in, wanting to be in the picture with the president. Even bad presidents have their fans.

In this photo, the only persons anywhere near Trump are Sen. Cruz and the old fellow (I should know who it is, but I don't) behind him. the old fellow has all the joyful levity of the priest walking the condemned down death row to the gas chamber.

Pluvious

(4,305 posts)
29. We must be the laughing stock of Russia and Europe by now
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:38 PM
Jan 2019

This scene will be used to depict the last stunt before the end game was initiated (Mueller's report)

3catwoman3

(23,947 posts)
32. Trump's tailor must be...
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:48 PM
Jan 2019

...one of those on furlough. He looks like he went shopping at the local thrift store.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
43. Trump always looks like that. He's just a slob.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:26 AM
Jan 2019

He is the sloppiest, worst dressed public figure I've ever seen.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
34. It looks like his pants need to be hemmed up
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:53 PM
Jan 2019

at least 1.5 inches. I'm sure the back hem is dirty from dragging the ground with every step.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,250 posts)
39. are the ticks and chiggers out in that area?
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:40 AM
Jan 2019

Maybe Cheetolini will pick up a few bites. Too bad he didn't stand on a fire ant hill.

He looks miserably "frumpy" in that photo.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
47. My first impression of him yesterday...
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:59 PM
Jan 2019

Someone needs to tell President Puffer Fish that even orange spray tan can't cover a freshly waxed upper lip. Waxing too close to showtime is always obvious, especially in high-def.

Grins

(7,195 posts)
50. But he IS [i]"overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored"[/i]! And worse! On a daily b
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:34 PM
Jan 2019

But he IS "overweight, frumpy, exhausted, disinterested and bored"! And worse! On a daily basis!

Vinca

(50,236 posts)
54. I haven't heard much about his wearing of a CAMPAIGN hat on the trip.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 03:00 PM
Jan 2019

Made him look he was out for a chaperoned walk at the home. LOL.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
55. 5 dudes got volunteered as props in the dog and pony show,
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 03:14 PM
Jan 2019

Two boss types there to kiss @$$. Cruz trying to butch it up and look a real rugged individualist rancher in his barn coat, Cornyn looking like a retired businessman who stopped to see what was up.

Then we have the centerpiece, Trump dressed in stuff to big for him, looking like a little old man who escaped the retirement home.

Liberal In Texas

(13,531 posts)
59. He has no cool.
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 02:43 AM
Jan 2019

If a real president had been there, say Barak Obama, there would have been cool.

He is so out of his element.

oldlibdem

(330 posts)
60. You absolutely nailed it!
Sat Jan 12, 2019, 03:45 AM
Jan 2019
Even his sprightly MAGA hat couldn't hide what was underneath...a 72 year old lifelong con man whose veneer has been stripped to reveal the perpetual failure hiding underneath.


That is the perfect assessment of Cheetolini!
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