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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump can say anything
And no one pays attention.
In the last 24 hrs, trump, the supposed president, has said:
▪︎that the investigation was a attempted coup d'etat
▪︎that the FBI and Dems in Congress
were trying to overthrow the government
▪︎that, quote, the United States has the worst laws in the
world, close quote.
Why isn't this front page news?!? Have we become so numb to trump's comments that we don't even hold him responsible for what he says, much less does?
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)That's the only explanation I can think of...
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Dismissives like "dementia" fail to hold him accountable. That's literally why he feels more empowered every day to do and say whatever he wants without fear of consequences.
He is not a child
He is not mentally ill.
He is not some random talking head on Fox News.
He is the president of the United States.
Rep Omar made a critical comment about Israel and MSM went nuts and Congress strongly criticized her. Why are do we hold trump with any less accountability?
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)Rep Omar makes a statement about Stephen Miller and he says she's attacking Jews and that's what the media publishes. Why doesn't the media publish that he is attacking Muslims when he says that stuff about Rep Omar? I can't understand it? It doesn't make sense. That is why I'm leaving this country and moving to Canada in September. I don't believe there is any way out of this. The mainstream media (corporations) control the message to make their money. I've been trying to say we're all living in "The Truman Show", but I've been accused of being a nut job and spreading conspiracy theories. I have no other explanation how this can go on. The news organizations are ignoring things that are blowing up in their faces and taking us down rabbit holes. I know it isn't as scripted as "The Truman Show", but it is a constant plan to keep us distracted and never allowing us to focus on what's really happening behind the scenes. So, whoever is following me on here, go ahead and report me again.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,457 posts)angrychair
(8,699 posts)They were said on live TV.
Dismissives like "word salad" fail to hold him accountable. That's literally why he feels more empowered every day to do and say whatever he wants without fear of consequences.
He is not a child
He is not mentally ill.
He is not some random talking head on Fox News.
He is the president of the United States.
Rep Omar made a critical comment about Israel and MSM went nuts and Congress strongly criticized her. Why are do we hold trump with any less accountability?
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)I think "we" all hold him accountable.
What should "we" do about it?
The fall of America is going to be great ratings!
dawg day
(7,947 posts)When I hear him slandering people, calling reporters the enemy, telling lies about Obama-- constantly, saying Secy Clinton should be in jail--
And everyone just ignores how really terrible it all is. And that's not even getting to the LIES.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Personally I think they quote so much of what he says that we just want to clap our hands over our ears. Trump is a cacophony of shrieking noise. His very voice has become the cause of illness.
Lock individual1 up
(92 posts)Impeachment hearings need to start NOW.
Pick ANY crime and dig for the others one by one calling Mueller in!
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)"Get me a bucket of KFC. Now."
gordianot
(15,238 posts)That is how he can assert to claiming he can commit murder on 5th Avenue and get away with it. Why has he not been caught decades ago by the IRS for obvious fraud? Hidden in plain sight!
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)walkingman
(7,616 posts)otherwise the "liberal" media and self-righteous pretty much ignore everything he says. This is not new by any means. Welcome to hypocrisy USA!!
jimlup
(7,968 posts)One side knows he is a total lunatic - the other side also knows but chooses to ignore this information.
There is very little in the middle. The nation is very divided.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Paladin
(28,261 posts)Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)His base pays attention.
They soak it up.
I happened to land on a rural TV station's FB page last week; a friend had made a comment there.
And OMG the commenters on that FB page were total Koolaid drinkers. Totally saturated with love for their president.
Totally ignorant of facts. Blind, worshipful support. Not hateful......happy in his governance.
Mostly farmers and small town folk in the PNW.
I tiptoed out, spooked.
moondust
(19,981 posts)are eventually ignored.
Years ago I knew a pathological liar in the army who always tried to impress people with fantastic bullshit. It didn't take long to see through it and ignore him.
Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)Because this POtuS spews so much batguano rhetoric that it has become normalized, and is no longer news.
This is either a gaslighting strategy to lower the bar by wearing us down, or it is simply having that effect without an actual intended strategy.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)He is moron, but his instincts in being able manipulate people are top of line.
It is all very purposeful - he has his 1/3 so tweaked up they will do accept anything, cheering loudly along the way, the "middle" 1/3 has PTSD and just blocks it out, our 1/3 sees it for the insanity it is, but are near helpless because their 1/3 is walking dead zombie gone, and the middle 1/3 wants to believe "they are both the same."
He will keep doing it, cause this country is simply stupid as fuck.