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htuttle

(23,738 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 06:33 PM Mar 2020

Trump tweets himself as Nero?

The president, who is goofing off at his golf resort as his administration's train wreck of a pandemic response goes from bad to worse, retweets an image posted by HIS OWN social media director that's reminiscent of Nero fiddling as Rome burned. Because neither has heard of Nero.





He's really losing it.
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Trump tweets himself as Nero? (Original Post) htuttle Mar 2020 OP
so fn stupid it is breathtaking Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #1
WTF uppityperson Mar 2020 #2
Not stupid... Zoonart Mar 2020 #10
+1000 Newest Reality Mar 2020 #26
this is my favorite response renate Mar 2020 #25
Omg uppityperson Mar 2020 #29
We all knew he was a fucking idiot, but ho-lee shit! GoCubsGo Mar 2020 #3
He thinks this is "owning the Libs" underpants Mar 2020 #4
Is this some kind of super hack? Because if it's not, it's a desperate plea to be 25thed. Girard442 Mar 2020 #5
The political damage coming his way is at this point incalculable HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #6
Maybe less than 35-40 percent support by November htuttle Mar 2020 #8
wouldn't surprise me a bit HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #13
Been watching the daily polls for years. There have Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #18
Covid-19 disproportionately targets Trump supporters. tclambert Mar 2020 #32
from that thread CatWoman Mar 2020 #7
Time to move past ridicule. Zoonart Mar 2020 #12
Just Stunning. GopherGal Mar 2020 #21
Has he ever... BobsYourUncle Mar 2020 #33
I thought I could not be shocked any more. Zoonart Mar 2020 #9
Hmm, yeah, hope this isn't like the end of the Dead Zone htuttle Mar 2020 #11
I have no words Native Mar 2020 #14
One has to wonder whether he is familiar with the image of Nero fiddling while Rome is burning question everything Mar 2020 #15
They thrive on dickishness (and cruelty). I imagine Scavino knows... SMC22307 Mar 2020 #16
Kick dalton99a Mar 2020 #17
It's a stupid-ass "Q" meme. Hong Kong Cavalier Mar 2020 #19
What a fucking moran turd bucket he is. Fuck you, Pres. Trump. Rabrrrrrr Mar 2020 #20
K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Mar 2020 #22
What if he actually wants people to die? denem Mar 2020 #23
Ill say it again. avlbeerfan Mar 2020 #24
Don't ya' think... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #27
So if you turn the N on its side you get thinkingagain Mar 2020 #28
and the American bdamomma Mar 2020 #30
25th Ammendment NOW! Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #31
 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
6. The political damage coming his way is at this point incalculable
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 06:46 PM
Mar 2020

We may have more than 1 million Americans infected within the next 6-8 weeks. We have an economy teetering on the verge of recession. We will likely have thousands dead. Our lives disrupted in ways not seen since WW2.

I’ve heard it all before about his base. No need to rehash. It’s 35-40 percent of the country. It will likely remain that way. But that won’t be enough to save him when the bell tolls. This is Trump’s Katrina by a factor of 10.

 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
13. wouldn't surprise me a bit
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 07:51 PM
Mar 2020

The cult is 35 percent of the country. I think that's the baseline. The rest of his 42 percent approval rating are low info "but the economy's good" voters who go with the direction of the wind.

The big problem he has is this no longer has the look of something that's going to come and go. I suspect corona will be leading every newscast and front page of every paper for many months to come, probably right up until the election.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
18. Been watching the daily polls for years. There have
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:08 AM
Mar 2020

been a couple major dips but in the last months he hasn't dropped. I keep thinking any day...but not a blip. So disheartening.

Had dinner with wingnut MIL and FIL last night. Four of us were trying to tell them all about bad things trump has done. Nothing. They literally had never heard any of it. And a suggestion to at least watch CNN was met with a reaction similiar to if we had asked them to march for peace in the middle east.

Smart of the right to not only teach them lies and withhold truth but to scare them into thinking even CNN or BBC are all a bunch of dangerous supreme liars.

I think this is a huge challenge...getting truth to those who have been brainwashed.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
32. Covid-19 disproportionately targets Trump supporters.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:29 PM
Mar 2020

Older people who don't believe in science or follow the advice of experts, but rather listen to Trump's take on everything (and Fox Fakenews) have a much higher fatality rate from Covid-19. By November, Trump may lose a couple million of his voters.

GopherGal

(2,010 posts)
21. Just Stunning.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:48 AM
Mar 2020

And he'll be puzzled as to why the market is down 5% today. (Given that we know that's the only thing he seems to care about.)

Zoonart

(11,879 posts)
9. I thought I could not be shocked any more.
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 07:05 PM
Mar 2020

The GOP owns ALL OF THIS. Every Republican in office in this nation should be quizzed about this tweet. Every talking head should lead with this. WTAF?!

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
11. Hmm, yeah, hope this isn't like the end of the Dead Zone
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 07:09 PM
Mar 2020

The "bad" ending that didn't happen, I mean.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
16. They thrive on dickishness (and cruelty). I imagine Scavino knows...
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 11:53 PM
Mar 2020

and explained it to Trump. They know EXACTLY what they're doing with every tweet.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,573 posts)
19. It's a stupid-ass "Q" meme.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:55 AM
Mar 2020

You know...that 'storm' they've been saying is coming for over three years now? The one where Mueller was actually a secret agent in place and working with Tangeranus to 'bring down the Democrat Pedophile Ring'.


*Plops*

Sorry. My eyes rolled so much they fell out.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,352 posts)
20. What a fucking moran turd bucket he is. Fuck you, Pres. Trump.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:58 AM
Mar 2020

Fuck you always to whatever hell is waiting for you.

 

avlbeerfan

(52 posts)
24. Ill say it again.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:58 PM
Mar 2020

Where the hell is Pelosi and why is there not heat being rained down on Trump and Pence to try to slow the spread to avoid a peak hospital rush.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
27. Don't ya' think...
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:38 PM
Mar 2020

Don't ya' think that a country in shambles is an excellent opportunity for a Fascist dictator?

The more detestation and chaos, the weaker we are and the debacle is certainly not going to get him fired, at least until our hands are no longer tied and we can vote this Doctor of Death out of office and toss his Reaper Team of sycophants and addled appointees in the garbage where they belong.

Meanwhile, he will capitalize on our loss and the confusion that disasters can bring in order to further his plans to build a long-lasting regime. People can underestimate him if they want to, I just see it that way. It's not incompetence, it is willful negligence, like being a slumlord, (oh, gee, ah, hmmm) who lets the building rot and the tenants suffer while making a big profit off of it. He ought to know and Jr. is a professional slumlord, so...

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
28. So if you turn the N on its side you get
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:45 PM
Mar 2020

Zero

Yep that fits too

I am at work and morning don’t post because I’m working but I couldn’t help my self

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
30. and the American
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 03:39 PM
Mar 2020

people will be paying for it. Does anyone think he will contract it?? Would he be susceptible to it?

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