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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElizabeth Warren: "Let's be clear about what happened this week at the White House."
The photo-op Trump wanted was not just of himself holding a Biblehe wanted footage of Americans who disagree with him being scattered, of violence pushed upon them. That's the photo-op he wanted.
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)ms liberty
(8,590 posts)I think that's why it's been a failure.
SWBTATTReg
(22,154 posts)magicarpet
(14,160 posts)trDumpie is micro mushroom macho man who hides in below ground bunkers when he feels like a rapidly melting snowflake.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)that whole scene as it played out.
lame54
(35,309 posts)wackadoo wabbit
(1,167 posts)I'm so glad she's pointing this out.
fierywoman
(7,688 posts)(I didn't notice any security guards)...
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)fierywoman
(7,688 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,154 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)The two groups are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Mr.Bill
(24,311 posts)Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)Hassler
(3,382 posts)CountMyVote4Reality
(209 posts)Of course, I will vote for Biden in the General. I just wanted to register my support. She would be a great President.
calimary
(81,392 posts)ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)War flicks, superhero twaddle.
It's a visual cliche:
Explosions, noise, aircraft roaring over, and out of the smoke..."bestriding this small Earth like a colossus"...strides the hero or villain in slow motion. Gradually becoming visible in the smoke or fog, oblivious to gunfire and explosions. Maybe calmly removing a pair of aviator sunglasses. Carmina Burana booming on the sound track. Cool, awe-inspiring or terrifying.
That's what trump thought we would see. What we saw was a pubescent power fantasy being acted out by a petulant child-man.
Just like the movies.
spanone
(135,857 posts)Aussie105
(5,415 posts)Clears the area by force.
Walks out surrounded by secret service people.
Lofts a Bible.
Thinks: I dared the crown to do something! I dared God to strike me down with a bolt from the blue!
Nothing happened! I'm vindicated!
(Wanders off, singing quietly to himself 'I'm king of the castle, you're a dirty rascal!')
Personally, I'm disappointed there was no bolt from the blue . . . .
Would have been very appropriate.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Martin Eden
(12,873 posts)Poor little Donnie got his diapers in a bunch when he was ridiculed for hiding in his bunker.
Cha
(297,458 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)They carried out the orders to attack the protesters without a moment's hesitation.
KPN
(15,647 posts)effectiveness, intelligence, and her voice front and center on issues that affect us all.
Ohioboy
(3,243 posts)He wanted to show he could clear the area and stand in it. That photo, with that stupid scowl on his face, will go down in history as one of his most arrogant moments.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)With just the show of force... no bible needed. Sadism and masochism is hardwired in their worldview.
BigOleDummy
(2,272 posts)Ms. Warren hits the nail on the head. Damn! I can't believe she didn't get more traction in the primaries.