Trump Has Been Hibernating at Home for Almost a Month

[Celerity]

After a less-than-rapturous response to his 2024 campaign announcement, the ex-president has “barely” left the grounds of Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/donald-trump-barely-left-mar-a-lago

https://archive.ph/Gpisx



When Donald Trump was preparing to announce his third run for office, he likely assumed the announcement would spark the beginning of a two-year period in which he would be fêted the world over. Everywhere he went, people would spontaneously break into song and dance, thanking their “favorite president” for stepping up to rescue the country. In towns and villages throughout the United States, parades would be thrown daily in his honor, and not the kind featuring balloons depicting him as a giant, angry baby. No, these would be extremely flattering ones, giving him six-pack abs and hair that doesn’t look like it could blow away in the wind. He’d call into Fox News and they’d tell the audience, “We are in the presence of greatness!” The Republican Party would introduce legislation abolishing the presidential primary, and just give him the nomination. And maybe they’d throw in an addendum that, once he won the general, they’d get rid of the entire electoral process.

Of course, in reality, things didn’t entirely pan out that way. Almost no one in the GOP has come out to support his bid, despite his threats to punish Republicans who don’t endorse him ASAP. Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has spent considerable time and effort telling people he’s a loser. A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Thursday had Florida governor Ron DeSantis beating him in 2024 by five points. Instead of 24/7 parades, he was hit this week with a guilty conviction for his family business, which a jury said committed 17 different crimes. His own daughter, the one he really likes, wouldn’t even show up to his big announcement and has made it clear she wants nothing to do with his future political endeavors.

And while no one would ever accuse Donald Trump of accurately reading a room or having even the slightest grasp on reality, there’s at least one indication he seems to have an inkling of an idea that his candidacy has not been as well-received as he’d hoped: the fact that he reportedly has barely left the house in nearly a month. Yes, The Washington Post reports that since kicking off his third White House bid three weeks ago, “Donald Trump has barely left his private South Florida club—except to play golf at his course across Lake Worth Lagoon,” a situation that underscores his current pariah status within the GOP.

Per The Post:



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[Casady1]

1. Did he fatten up

and sleep all the time?

[marble falls]

36. My first question. Second: Is he prowling around wearing an open robe and dingy tighty whiteys?

[LuckyCharms]

40. Hey! I'm eating dinner here!

[marble falls]

49. I actuatually shuttered after I typed it in. I thought I might have gotten alerted on!

[LuckyCharms]

50. Nah, that's not alertable. Gave me a good laugh!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. The Pig is having feeling bereft that his scheme to take over the US has fallen apart.

He is looking at criminal charges as well. Couldn't happen to a nicer fascist pig.

I wonder if he is still bringing in the same amount of cash from his election grift?

[Initech]

15. Holding pity parties in the middle of nowhere made him look like a joke.

His schtick is old and boring now. Hate isn't selling the way it used to.

[SergeStorms]

35. Oh, the hate is still there.

They just want a new front-man fanning the flames. Donald has too much of an "I" problem, and the collective haters want someone who'll sell the hate more, instead of crying about a past election and begging for their money.

DeSatan will fill the hate gap which is now sinking the party. He'll more than fill the hate gap, and we should all be well aware of that for 2024.

[KentuckyWoman]

17. Please dont' insult pigs

Pigs can be sweet pets and don't mind eating all the scraps. They are useful in so many ways.

That so called person is not good for anything and in fact everything that touches him dies.

[niyad]

43. Please do not insult our porcine sistren and brethren. They are intelligent beings.

[Hassler]

3. You'd think Chump would take his limo out to the McDonald's drive through window

But then the workers would know it's him and might give his big Macs a secret sauce, so he can't even do that. Just scarfing food in his Lazy Boy.

[zuul]

4. Jack Smith has him shaking in his lifts.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yes I think Jack Smith's history of prosecuting war criminals has really rattled Trump.

I suspect there are certain secrets Trump does not want revealed.

[LaMouffette]

11. Yup. He probably senses in that pea-sized brain of his that his goose may finally be cooked.

I picture him sinking into a deep, deep depression.

[sprinkleeninow]

26. Plus he can't locate his sippy-cup.

[geardaddy]

29. LOL

[Irish_Dem]

5. I wonder if he is ill. His announcement speech was very low energy.

And he was at times barely coherent.

[catbyte]

7. So much for his "triumphant return to politics."

Fucking coward. And traitor.

[wnylib]

8. The last time that Trump was

hibernating away from the public eye was his 2020 election loss. During that time we now know that he was planning his J6 coup, meeting with supporters/collaborators, and working out the details.

So what is he up to now?

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Maybe he has Covid.

[Celerity]

13. I wish he would catch Herod's Evil

https://www.straightdope.com/21341379/what-loathsome-disease-did-king-herod-die-of

In the book I, Claudius, Herod succumbed to a disease that had symptoms described as “putrescent stomach, corpse-like breath, maggots breeding in the privy member, and a constant watery flow from the bowels causing inflamed madness.”

[Ray Bruns]

32. Great book and series on PBS

[FakeNoose]

37. It was late-stage syphilis, am I right?

They didn't call it that back then, but I remember reading it was probably a whole lotta clap.

[soldierant]

39. If he did, how could they tell?

He's so much like that already.

[livetohike]

10. He's probably sitting in a corner sucking on his

blankie and crying “Nobody loves me.” I hope he is miserable.

[slumcamper]

30. Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" seems oddly fitting at this moment n/t

[livetohike]

42. Yes! Perfect fit. n/t

[yonder]

14. The torpid schlump is estivating, not hibernating. It's starting to get a bit too hot for him

[Hekate]

16. Great photo, at least

[tanyev]

18. Yeah, well, Mar-A Lago is the only place he gets a proper reception when he comes to dinner.

Got to remember to stand up and clap while you're eating if he walks in.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217413718

(And THAT’S how you do sarcasm, Marjorie Traitor Greene.)

[MyMission]

19. So he's running and hiding

Hope he stays hidden, plotting and tweeting until they drag him out in hand cuffs or a straight jacket.

[slumcamper]

33. Maybe he's planning a "Jeff Davis" redux?

If memory serves me correctly, Davis, president of the Confederate States of America (oxymoronic), fled Richmond disguised in the attire of a lady.

And how coincidental that he was captured in GEORGIA.

Also, how coincidental that I read that Richmond's last city-owned monument to the Confederacy was removed--TODAY.

[louis-t]

20. Pouting and pooping his pants.

Fat, stupid and evil is no way to go through life, son.

[Biophilic]

21. You know something, I don't care. I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.

If I can help it this is the last post about trump that I will click on. I am hardily sick of him. He is done, gone, capute. Just as he should be. We pay him way too much attention and I'm done with that. He has been a huge part of destroying my country. I'm f'ing sick of him and his followers who are less than 30% of the population. They are nothing. I'm done.

[rubbersole]

45. Don't quit now!

We're just getting to the best part. Meltdown into madness. Storage units with classified documents. Even the dumbest Skeeter can relate to that. Special council that looks like a spaghetti western villan. Popcorn 🍿 time!

[Biophilic]

51. Well, maybe. It does sound enticing.

I’m just so sick of this buffoon taking up so many years of my life. But you’re right. I do want to see the best part.

[rubbersole]

55. The disastrous midterms are but a precursor to the main event.

Between the dysfunctional "majority" in the House and the lawless rogue Supreme Court, the whole "conservative" scam is coming unraveled. It will be painful (and expensive) for the country until the 1% are reigned in, but it's happening. Gen Z is voting in record numbers. The most telling sign that everyone feels like you - Trademark Barbie is hiding from Daddy and his spotlight. The demise of putin is gravy on whipcream...enjoy!

[ms liberty]

22. Good. Keep him supplied with ketchup and let him rage there in his cheesy palace. n/t

[ancianita]

23. If any of us had broken 17 federal laws, we'd be home reconsidering our futures, too.

The less we hear from him, the more he stays put, the safer the processes ahead will be.

I'll bet Secret Service are keeping a sharp eye these days on all who come and go from Maralardo. So are journalists.

[Meadowoak]

24. Do we really know that he's at Mara-Lardo? Maybe he's hiding

in Russia.

[peggysue2]

25. Wish these journalists would stop pretending that the cure for the Republican Party is . . .

Merely the ouster of Donald Trump. The whole GOP has turned into an anti-democratic, authoritarian viper's nest. Trump was a vehicle, a means to an end. The Burn the House Down contingent is still out there with a vengeance and a vendetta--eliminate all liberal 'woke' politicians, silence their supporters and reshape the country in their own vile image.

Heard a great quote by Michael Steele today using Hershel Walker, Glen Youngkin and Ron DeSantis as markers for the state of the Republican Party.

Glen Youngkin is who they think they are, the nuanced, political tight-rope walker in a sweater-vest, who can win elections even in a state like Virginia. A savvy version of Mr. Rogers.

Ron DeSantis is who they want to be, the anti-democratic, rule smashing Governor who wiped out any and all competition and threatens anyone questioning his authority.

And then there's Hershel Walker, the inept, incoherent, couldn't tell the truth if he tripped over it candidate. This is who they really are.

LOL!

All three are a threat to our democratic Republic, as are those supporting and enabling these political characters.

This is why we fight!

[Dopers_Greed]

27. "Hibernating"...heh

He could enter one of those "fattest bear" competitions

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Prob plastic surgery binge

[chriscan64]

31. So if he winds up getting house arrest

we will pretty much have what we have now.

[GoodRaisin]

34. His grifting revenue must be dropping. He knows he's done.

He can’t bullshit his way through any longer and it’s starting to set in to his miserable little twisted, depraved mind.

[myohmy2]

38. oh my...

...

[edhopper]

41. The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still

But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around

[niyad]

44. Stroke out already, you F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR**.

[electric_blue68]

46. The 2 or 3 mins I heard him speaking during his announcement - he was so flat in his delivery...

like reading a laundry list.

Where was his usual mix of upbeat bombast about how how he's the greatest, then the negative, lying bombast about how the Election was stolen?

Did he fire it up later in? Bc what I heard was B-o-r-i-n-g!

ETA I almost never listen to him m bc ...ugh! I'll read if I want to know.

[Blue Owl]

47. Lard Ho!

[Tribetime]

48. I hope he comes out of hiding to destroy the Republican party

[jcgoldie]

53. no kidding

Don't start acting like you GAF about what anyone but Trump thinks all of a sudden, get out there and destroy your goddamn party like the insensitive narcissi tic asshole they all love!

[ecstatic]

52. Aww... Sounds like he's been hit with some anxiety...

If he had never run for president, his life would still be fabulous. Grifting along with Stormy, his fake foundation and the many other criminal schemes he was involved in. Hell, he may have even had a few more seasons of The Apprentice. If only he hadn't been so irked that a black man was president, he could have been living his best life right now. A cautionary tale.

[Chakaconcarne]

54. and everyone here on DU cares and are on the edge of their seats

let's keep this MF's relevance alive and well!!!

Sorry....

[Johonny]

56. How can they claim he hasn't left home, when he's been on a permanent vacation to a motel 6?