Is it just me or...

[EarlG]

When Trump read out that speech it sounded pretty threatening. But every minute that’s gone by since he gave it, the weaker it sounds.

“I’m the law and order president!” Yeah, sure you are. “I’ll deploy the military all over the country!” Yeah, no, you can’t do that. “This ends now!” Um, probably not.

The country is in bits right now, and the best he can do is puff out his chest and swing a Bible around in an effort to give his ever-shrinking base a woody.

Still pathetic!

[JDC]

1. It's not just you.

When he hit the "big, beautiful law" part of his speech, it became clear as day.

[avebury]

2. We can only hope. Nt

[catbyte]

3. ...

[Missn-Hitch]

23. I am stealing this. Cheers.

[Old Crow]

25. Goddamn, that's perfect. (N/T)

[kairos12]

43. Perfect.

[PatrickforO]

44. I LOVE this. Can I borrow to use in my signature line here?

[catbyte]

46. Please!

[FailureToCommunicate]

54. ...

[Karadeniz]

78. Love this!

[babylonsister]

4. We all see right through him. I hope

he opens others' eyes, too. As Cuomo is saying, he called out the military for a photo op. Yes, pathetic.

[Budi]

5. That's it.

He needs to be mocked the same way he is for hiding in his bunker

[C Moon]

17. I'm beginning to believe he wasn't "hiding out" in the bunker: he and his evil staff were

making calls and tying the knots for this military threat against American citizens.
I'll bet he was on the line with Putin, and McConnell as well as military leaders.

[Budi]

19. In the War Room no doubt. Plotting military coordinates against the American people

Link to tweet

No one is safe except his cult.
Hide your phone...

Gdam son of a bitch.

[OMGWTF]

38. Shitler is up Tweeting at odd hours of the night because it's daytime in Russia.

[bdamomma]

6. No bible

will help that POS.

Celebrity POS.

His numbers will go down. Hate him.

[pazzyanne]

29. His handling of that Bible shows he is a stranger to it.

It is simply a prop to appease his cult.

[MoonRiver]

69. He held it upside down!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

72. Really?!!

[MoonRiver]

73. Yes and also backwards!

What a dimwit!

[Bev54]

7. This is for a campaign ad

[Lars39]

8. it's got an "obey my authority" ring to it

[JHB]

9. He's in his familiar groove, his pro-wrestling bit... making a lot of macho noise, but...

...he's mostly looking for somebody else, namely the governors, to do the things that could really blow up. He still craves adoration, and he can't bear to threaten that with a backfire.

Which doesn't preclude him from unleashing Barr for roundups, headline-grabbing arrests, followed up by either quiet releases for inability to prosecute, or else show trials.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. CNN is pointing out that the protest was peaceful.

And that the whole thing was to set up a photo op of himself walking over to the church (ha!) with a bible and declare himself the law and order president. It's pure pandering to his base because he's tanking in the polls.

Meanwhile, I'm having Nixon flashbacks.

[Xolodno]

16. False equivalency.

Nixon had a functioning brain.

[reACTIONary]

39. True. At least he was competent. nt

[FakeNoose]

51. Yes and Nixon also had a law degree

As much as I hated the man, he still operated in the "normal" world.

To Chump "law and order" means one thing - you do what I want and I answer to no one.

[Karadeniz]

79. But remember how many US soldiers died in Vietnam after Nixon got the peace talks stymied.

Thousands dead. War time. That's treason.

[wnylib]

74. Never thought I'd see the day when

we'd have someone in the WH bad enough to make Nixon look good.

[lagomorph777]

75. Junior Bush was worse than Nixon.

At least Nixon had a few positive accomplishments.

[wnylib]

77. Maybe. I thought they were about equal.

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[pazzyanne]

32. When he treatened to send in the military,

my flashback was the Kent State Massacre on a nationwide level. I have never recovered from what happened at Kent State and it happened over 50 years ago. My heart is full of anger and heavy at the same time. I don't think I can take much more of tRump's crap.

[Maeve]

70. ALL the major media players are pointing that out

Wash Post, NYTimes...and the Episcopal bishop of DC, and the DC mayor....AND Pelosi and Schumer...AND later today JOE BIDEN!!!!

[gristy]

11. Thanks, EarlG

Nice to see you posting lately! Yes, I hope you are right. Trump's flashes of darkness across the landscape do seem to have ever shorter half-lives. Let's hope this one does too and that he has indeed overextended himself and his power.

[uponit7771]

12. K&R, LOL !! Law and order president with 13434 people indicted and sent to jail

[bdamomma]

33. Law and Order??

He was probably thinking of the drama show.

I hope everything he has done and said blows back in his face. It usually does.

[BigMin28]

13. A bible he has never read

And knows nothing about.

[tetedur]

14. He is impotently flailing.

His mental weakness is embarrassing.

And still his minions are going along with this farce.

[livetohike]

15. He probably went back into his bunker to rest after

all that exercise.

[dalton99a]

18. A speech of zero substance from a crazed idiot with zero credibility.

[highplainsdem]

20. Trump is pathetically weak. Did you see Jared Yates Sexton's thread on his weaknes and attraction to

fascism?


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213519932

[warmfeet]

21. President shit shoveler.

Fuck him.

[Old Crow]

22. Agreed. Pathetic. Also, in terms of the upcoming election--

I really like the epithet that's emerged lately: "President Bone Spurs." That's a nickname that sticks because it sums up this little man's inner cowardice, and strutting buffoonery, so well. I hope our side uses that epithet often. Biden shouldn't, of course, because he needs to stay above that kind of mockery. Us? Not so much.

[spanone]

24. He was doing his best Mussolini

[Moostache]

53. I would not be saddened to see Trump meet that same end...Fuck him. (n/t)

[Grammy23]

67. Evidently tRump has forgotten how things

turned out for Mussolini. That might wipe that scowl off of his ugly mug.

[Amaryllis]

26. You are right and thank you. THis makes me feel better...Have to remember we have some

extraordinary leaders among out govs, mayors, police chiefs. THe military may have a thing or two to say about it also.

[Tipperary]

27. Pathetic is the perfect word for him.

Spot on.

[MerryBlooms]

28. "We have one law, a beautiful law"... WTF does that even mean?

It was another mindless word salad with threats tossed in like bacon bits. Every time he opens that disgusting mouth, he proves he's an incompetent coward.

[bdamomma]

34. Law?

does he even know what word means. He's a sick fuck, always was and will be.

[MerryBlooms]

47. rec.

[ancianita]

36. He's referring to the 2nd Amendment to put a stop to all this. To use to justify his backing

any low grade civil war that he forces to happen.

[MerryBlooms]

45. dog whistling his maggots, also cowards who are hiding in their basements.

[abakan]

30. What did he hope that bible would do.

He looked like a badly dressed, fat idiot on a turntable. But really as props go that choice makes no sense. We all
know he can't read.

[RussBLib]

37. He is betting that the evangelicals will be impressed

I certainly don't see any real evidence that this guy is religious in any way.

Trump is big on image.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. There are protests in foreign cities too

they sense this is our moment, it is time for solidarity to make these fascists go away

[paleotn]

41. +1000

[ancianita]

35. It's not you. But I've tried to post why the country is in bits and it's gotten pulled

a "kooky and extremist content" when it was from both a respected long-time staff writer and posted by staff consensus on a 23 year-old site.

What we're seeing isn't pathetic, imo. It's tyranny trying to dismantle citizens' rights to get redress of grievances. The grievances are clear but he doesn't care for anything but his tyrannical "order."

We're about to see blue states treated as "domestic terrorist" strongholds, and he will be fighting against Democrats with violent language only to get re-elected as some "strong" leader compared to ours, who he'll accuse at his upcoming convention as aiding and abetting socialists and commies.

[paleotn]

40. Just like Malaria...

the low class version of classy. Donnie is the impotent version of strong. Even when he tries to sound tough, he comes off as a wuss who will piss his pants and hide in the bunker if you yell at him too loud.

[berni_mccoy]

42. That pretty much sums it up

[whopis01]

48. Unfortunately there are many who don't think past their first emotional response.

That is what Trump banks on. Fortunately I think he is running out of credit even at that bank.

[dflprincess]

49. Damn, I'm so old I can remember when Nixon was the "law and order" president. nt

[Skittles]

50. that's what I see

the incredibly shrinking Putin Puppet

[JHB]

52. It was textbook Trump: A pro-wrestling pre-show.

He'll sew chaos, but what he's really hoping for is for someone else to take action, which he will either take credit for or condemn, depending on the result.

[marble falls]

55. He does not have a clue about what it takes to lead. He does himself no favor by ...

surrounding himself with sycophants out of their league in the needed expertise to staff the machinery of an executive government.

[RainCaster]

56. Limp. Flaccid. Impotent. Gutless. Childish. Juvenile. Toddleresque.

That mofo is the weakest chump in this country.

If he truly wanted to show us his manliness, he would try to top this.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

57. In the eternal words of Tywin Lannister: Any man who must say, "I am the King", is no true king.

[sandensea]

58. And it's to "protect the 2nd Amendment"?

Meaning what? That his Brownshirts will be allowed to fire at will?

Joint Chiefs, where are you!!?

[SharonClark]

80. I'm shocked that didn't receive more attention.

He was calling out to his armed supporters to hit the streets.

[WhiteTara]

59. Did you see Barr's

when he was surveying the troops. Either that or his pants got really tight from all those hamberders.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

60. To quote the Bard of Avon:

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Macbeth
Act 5, Scene 5

[Mfc90125]

61. 45th is Not Our Nation's President

Today once again demonstrated that 45th is not our president. His incendiary comments to governors and “Law and Order President” stance further proves that his defeat in November must happen. His support among Republican governors is waning and the public, already fed up and angry about Floyd and institutional racism, will no longer support his hateful, selfish agenda. It’s my hope that Biden will take this as an opportunity to demonstrate real leadership by siding with the protestors and continue his pledge to make real change in the first 100 days of his presidency.

[Neema]

62. I like your perspective. I'm listening to helicopters overhead and feeling like

we're sinking into the Handmaids Tale. I already have my passport and a backup drive of my important files in a backpack.

[Warpy]

63. You're not alone, he's weak and scared and knows it

Bullies are always like that, blustering and threatening and shoving.

It's all slipping away from him and he's not a cornered rat, he's a sniveling coward trying to hide behind somebody else.

[tclambert]

64. Did the biggest criminal in the country really call himself "the law and order President?"

[herding cats]

65. My mom was appalled by his speech and the authoritarian tone.

She said a lot of things like, I never thought I'd see this, and how'd we sink so low. She was literally scared and she said as much.

Me, my first instinct and reply to her was he's terrified and overcompensating. It's just such a typical move of a cornered bully. All I heard when he was speaking was a scared bully who'd finally been stood up to by a victim and their mask was suddenly off. Since then I've learned he's tanking in the polls with RW Christians. All of this is so much more clear now.

I'm not saying we shouldn't be wary, we need to be even more vigilant of the cornered rat now, but he's literally as transparent as glass. Which means, he's one ball pein hammer tap away from being shattered right now.

We just need to time our blow correctly and I believe we, and our great nation, will survive.

[kyburbonkid]

66. You know there is something wrong with you if Donald Trump gives you a woody

[Javaman]

68. the deeper the shit he's in, the bigger the lies.

so by him saying that he's the "law and order" president means he's in the deepest shit he's ever been in his life.

there is nothing "law and order" about him.

he's truly fucked and now his only hope (in his mind) is to take everyone down with him.

And that is exactly what we are witnessing.

the worse things become, it appears his ineptitude increases.

[ms liberty]

71. Yes, I think he did not help himself at all with anyone except his most devoted followers. n/t

[Demsrule86]

76. Pathetic is the right word.

[Blue Owl]

81. The Blah and Odor President

n/t