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leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
Sat May 4, 2019, 06:48 AM May 2019

Have you noticed that Trump's demeanor has changed.

He is getting power drunk. The look on his face. the way he carries himself. He thinks he is the most powerful man in the world and can do anything he wants.

He isn't the most powerful person but he sure manages to do whatever he wants.

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Have you noticed that Trump's demeanor has changed. (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo May 2019 OP
He has that "Cheney look" . . . . . . no_hypocrisy May 2019 #1
Unlike Cheney, his lack of confidence still slips through the cracks dewsgirl May 2019 #2
"He thinks he is the most powerful man in the world and can do anything he wants. " Captain Stern May 2019 #3
Or, vintage trump, will desperately try to project that power image, even if empedocles May 2019 #4
Trump is scared shitless. watoos May 2019 #5
But he called pootin... 2naSalit May 2019 #39
I Think He's Consumed with Fear and Merely Bluffing dlk May 2019 #6
Yup...scared shitless and just winging it... HipChick May 2019 #34
The only thing I have noticed is how much fatter he is than when he was on the campaign trail just patricia92243 May 2019 #7
Fatter. yes. Scarsdale May 2019 #8
and that's with the liposuction he had over Christmas. watoos May 2019 #9
I think he eats Scarsdale May 2019 #10
Why has this snowybirdie May 2019 #11
How is it fat shaming when those are the facts? HipChick May 2019 #36
'build the wall' is his biggest hit rally promise. He didn't manage to do that, at all. Mc Mike May 2019 #12
Like the way he says, "I will allow this person to testify and not this person." Arrogance. pdsimdars May 2019 #13
I'm not so sure he is capable of feeling much leftyladyfrommo May 2019 #14
Why do repubs DownriverDem May 2019 #15
Because no one knows how to stop them. leftyladyfrommo May 2019 #16
Yeah, it's really unprecedented Bradical79 May 2019 #28
Because ultimately they are lawless Horse with no Name May 2019 #40
Pride goeth before the fall... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #17
We keep thinking that and keep waiting for it leftyladyfrommo May 2019 #18
100% correct Boomerproud May 2019 #21
delusional paranoia Maine-i-acs May 2019 #19
You put everything in a nice, tidy nutshell, Maine-i-acs! pazzyanne May 2019 #22
He's a cipher trying to convince himself he is important Generic Brad May 2019 #20
Our lying grifter president. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2019 #24
He's the product of an abusive childhood... zaj May 2019 #31
"The hives?" I think your device betrayed you. rzemanfl May 2019 #38
I remember when he shoved the Prime Minister of Montenegro out of the way. MarianJack May 2019 #23
He's been like that from day 1 Madtown May 2019 #25
Trump is still starring in his own reality show Freethinker65 May 2019 #26
The harder they swagger the harder they fall. Even if rump gets away with it all he can never UniteFightBack May 2019 #27
Every American President is the most powerful person in the world zaj May 2019 #29
He is actually Tiggeroshii May 2019 #30
Yea, got that swagger kinda like Hitler in Sept. 1942 Strelnikov_ May 2019 #32
He's more dangerous now than he's ever been. Ilsa May 2019 #33
He's a risk taker and an "artist" (in his own words). gulliver May 2019 #35
Trump needs one thing to happen, watoos May 2019 #37
I have noticed every time he spends some time with his buddy Vlad his "pressticles" seem Maru Kitteh May 2019 #41
Because he knows he has positioned himself as the first true American dictator. ooky May 2019 #42
All puffed up and full of himself Blue Owl May 2019 #43

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
3. "He thinks he is the most powerful man in the world and can do anything he wants. "
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:34 AM
May 2019

That's true.

And, unfortunately, nothing has really happened that should make him think otherwise.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Or, vintage trump, will desperately try to project that power image, even if
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:39 AM
May 2019

he still thinks he 'is fucked'.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. Trump is scared shitless.
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:53 AM
May 2019

Putin had to call him to tell him to hang in there, election help is on the way.

dlk

(11,570 posts)
6. I Think He's Consumed with Fear and Merely Bluffing
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:56 AM
May 2019

No doubt, Putin advised him to try to bully his way out of the impending consequences. However, Trump is a weak man. It’s clear his fears eat at him.

patricia92243

(12,597 posts)
7. The only thing I have noticed is how much fatter he is than when he was on the campaign trail just
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:57 AM
May 2019

two years ago. Videos from then really show the difference.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
8. Fatter. yes.
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:05 AM
May 2019

He is still as ugly as a mud fence, too. Orange peel skin, shapeless frame, no chin, baggy pants. He is repulsive. A joke worldwide. Unfortunately, he and his "kids" are burning through the Treasury as though is it their right. Horrible family.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
10. I think he eats
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:08 AM
May 2019

all the leftover fast food he serves to the athletic teams! I doubt they eat much of it. Cold burgers and fries are not appetizing at all, except to fat Donnie.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
36. How is it fat shaming when those are the facts?
Sat May 4, 2019, 10:05 AM
May 2019

the man looks like a walking heart attack, increased swelling under the eyes....he looks unhealthy...

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
12. 'build the wall' is his biggest hit rally promise. He didn't manage to do that, at all.
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:13 AM
May 2019

He's also been rage tweeting dozens of tweets, which shows how scared the coward is.

He also always claims he's winning and he's won, even after the 'fake news' reports that he's been completely rebuffed and defeated on whatever issue he 'won' on.

In short, fuck that bloated blubbering fascist.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
14. I'm not so sure he is capable of feeling much
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:25 AM
May 2019

of anything. We like to think he is scared shitless but he may be convinced now that no one can touch him.

He has to know that no one really wants anything to do with him. Only total deplorables accept his invitations. World leaders find they have other prior engagements. Sports teams turn down visits.

It all seems to go right over his head. He just goes to Mir a lago where he can play king of the mountain.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
16. Because no one knows how to stop them.
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:36 AM
May 2019

No one knows what the hell to do with Trump . He just openly and flagrantly ignores the rule of law. We haven't ever run into anything like this before. Not in my lifetime anyway.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
28. Yeah, it's really unprecedented
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:40 AM
May 2019

Nothing in our system really accounts for more than half of one of the Congressional chambers just deciding the law is irrelevant, while a traitor is occupying the Presidency. As much as I like the Constitution, it's still just a piece of paper. If enough people decide it's worth about as much as toilet paper, that's what happens. We aren't quite there yet, but we've been heading there for awhile now, and we're on the brink.

Luckily, 2018 has shown that our democratic institutions aren't completely compromised, even if the Republicans have corrupted it significantly to their advantage.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
40. Because ultimately they are lawless
Sat May 4, 2019, 10:57 AM
May 2019

And the Democrats would have to become lawless to fight this.
However, if the Democrats become lawless, the republicans will turn into the law and order party overnight and because they have the political power, would annihilate the Democrats for doing the same thing they did.
They have the courts, the Justice department, et al.
We are in deep shit and I almost think that the Democrats are afraid to show the American people how much trouble we are really in.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
31. He's the product of an abusive childhood...
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:43 AM
May 2019

... with an enormously fragile ego. The hives him dangerous abilities called malignant narcissism.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
23. I remember when he shoved the Prime Minister of Montenegro out of the way.
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:21 AM
May 2019

He stepped to the front of the stage with a look that was SO reminiscent of Mussolini... BARF.

RESIST!

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
27. The harder they swagger the harder they fall. Even if rump gets away with it all he can never
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:38 AM
May 2019

escape history.

 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
29. Every American President is the most powerful person in the world
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:41 AM
May 2019

He's not disciplined enough to be the most powerful American President.

Strelnikov_

(7,772 posts)
32. Yea, got that swagger kinda like Hitler in Sept. 1942
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:54 AM
May 2019

And just like Hitler in late summer '42, Red Don is already doomed.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
33. He's more dangerous now than he's ever been.
Sat May 4, 2019, 10:00 AM
May 2019

Not just because of his emotional state, but because so many of the sane people that were in the administration are gone now. He's surrounded mostly by extremists, incompetents, and bigots. They'd love to see him go hyperbolic on both foreign and domestic policies, in practice as much as in ideas.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
37. Trump needs one thing to happen,
Sat May 4, 2019, 10:11 AM
May 2019

for him to get reelected, Democrats stay home instead of voting. If we don't get demoralized, if we stay enthused about voting him out of office, he can't win.

Trump beat Hillary because his base voted and Democrats didn't. All that Trump is going to have in 2020 is his base and that isn't enough to win if Democrats vote like we did in 2018.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
41. I have noticed every time he spends some time with his buddy Vlad his "pressticles" seem
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:11 AM
May 2019

to drop and start controlling his every interaction with the press. Allow me to explain.

I think Vladdy tells Trump he needs to be tougher on the media, he is the ruler and he should not allow them to treat him so shamefully. He should not tolerate them saying such false lies about him. He deserves more respect, he won, and so on and so on. Trump, of course, is a fucking idiot, so he thinks to himself "Yeah! enough with those bastards. They should all be writing about how great I am" and that's when he starts to shout at them for being "rude" and comes up with gems like yesterday's "it's not the FREE press if they write things I don't like" argument.

ooky

(8,924 posts)
42. Because he knows he has positioned himself as the first true American dictator.
Sat May 4, 2019, 11:39 AM
May 2019

At least for now, as the neo-fascist Republican Party has enabled him to do so. We'll still have to see if it holds up.

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