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LilElf70

(1,574 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:25 AM Nov 2024

Why is trump doing this?

Look at him. Why is he selecting the worst of the worst of the worst to run his precious inexperienced administration?

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE, AS LONG AS YOU DO WHAT I SAY, WHEN I SAY IT. YOU MUST ALWAYS KISS THE RING. YOU ARE LOYAL TO ME ONLY. DO NOT EVER FORGET THIS!!!

I really really don't see one good thing coming out of this. Like all of his other admins, they will fall, one by one, to failure or being fired. The next 4 years will not be good for average Americans. Below average will suffer more. And of course the only people smiling will be the upper middle class. The ones with most money, will profit the most. Yeah, like they really need it. Judgement day is coming. TY Trump.

Damn, this is going to be a really bad clown show, and total disaster.

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Why is trump doing this? (Original Post) LilElf70 Nov 2024 OP
How is any of this seriously "Making America Great Again" Klarkashton Nov 2024 #1
It's all about him LilElf70 Nov 2024 #4
Hint: It was NEVER about making America 'great' B.See Nov 2024 #8
Make America Great Again was just snake oil Norbert Nov 2024 #22
It's not. It will make America worse than ever. Initech Nov 2024 #36
Remember this one? -- "only the best people!" El-Capitan Nov 2024 #2
Because he can and he wants to. geomon666 Nov 2024 #3
Because he wants to deconstruct our government institutions. choie Nov 2024 #5
No he doesn't care about that. BonnieJW Nov 2024 #14
He's demented. Seriously, he's demented. It will get worse. Joinfortmill Nov 2024 #6
Trump is a moron. The oligarchy saddled us with him GoodRaisin Nov 2024 #7
They'll probably do a fake assassination and put goofball in charge. C Moon Nov 2024 #9
Why? Because he's completely, totally fucking NUTS. SeattleVet Nov 2024 #10
Because he is a sociopath JohnSJ Nov 2024 #11
Who benefits? Grokenstein Nov 2024 #12
There is no why. Trump has no plan. speak easy Nov 2024 #13
Trump is a dictator-wannabe Skittles Nov 2024 #15
Welcome to the broligarchy Walleye Nov 2024 #16
Stupid people voted for a dictator and they're gonna get one. Emile Nov 2024 #17
One reason out of many IMO: no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #18
Dementia & paranoia make him choose known trusted sycophants. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2024 #19
And, it's all just one big, fucking TV game show to him, GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #21
That's pretty much all he knows. LilElf70 Nov 2024 #24
He doesn't give a shit either way GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #34
Because he doesn't care about qualifications, only loyalty... SKKY Nov 2024 #20
We were right about him. His low info voters are not yet aware of what he is doing. GreenWave Nov 2024 #23
"Low info voters"? oasis Nov 2024 #25
Well, they are going to figure it out Bettie Nov 2024 #27
Yep. Time to start blaming him for everything bad. (Like Fox did to Biden for 4 years.) GreenWave Nov 2024 #38
Self Delete Bettie Nov 2024 #26
A couple of you get it, gab13by13 Nov 2024 #28
Because it was Putin's plan ScratchCat Nov 2024 #29
Why?...guess we didn't show him enuf love first time around... MiHale Nov 2024 #30
Djt is Putin's increasingly Absent-minded Apprentice Jrose Nov 2024 #31
He's doing it because the last time he was president he listened to smart people sboatcar Nov 2024 #32
Chicken Farmers and Traveling Salesmen and Failed Artists and Writers.... TheProle Nov 2024 #33
1. Because he can. 2. Fox News is really running this country. 3. Because he can. Initech Nov 2024 #35
He forces his followers to Tickle Nov 2024 #37
Because enough people in this country let him EnergizedLib Nov 2024 #39

Klarkashton

(5,306 posts)
1. How is any of this seriously "Making America Great Again"
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:28 AM
Nov 2024

If that were the goal why choose completely crazy and stupid clowns to run everything?

LilElf70

(1,574 posts)
4. It's all about him
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:34 AM
Nov 2024

and staying out of jail. I do believe he is going to make an attempt to pull off the best game show of all time. With US as his guinea pigs/actors. Just so he could tell you "Look at what I did".

Norbert

(7,772 posts)
22. Make America Great Again was just snake oil
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 08:22 AM
Nov 2024

he was selling, nothing more. America will be great, like George Carlin used to say, "if you're in the club". MAGAs are in for a rude awakening.

GoodRaisin

(10,924 posts)
7. Trump is a moron. The oligarchy saddled us with him
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 02:15 AM
Nov 2024

to do this to us. They knew exactly what would happen if they put a moron in charge of the country. They don’t give two shits about us.

SeattleVet

(5,903 posts)
10. Why? Because he's completely, totally fucking NUTS.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 03:14 AM
Nov 2024

Occam's razor - this is the simplest explanation.

Grokenstein

(6,357 posts)
12. Who benefits?
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 04:07 AM
Nov 2024

dementia donnie has demonstrated repeatedly that he will kiss dictators' asses, especially if they let him play with something shiny. He has also demonstrated repeatedly that he fancies himself a "chaos agent" who likes to watch people turn on each other like abused animals, and has zero regard for consequences.

Tailor-made for Vladimir.

speak easy

(12,598 posts)
13. There is no why. Trump has no plan.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 04:23 AM
Nov 2024

With the possible exception of Putin's Gabbard, he plays advisors off against themselves, then acts on impulse.

Skittles

(171,744 posts)
15. Trump is a dictator-wannabe
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 04:23 AM
Nov 2024

Last edited Fri Nov 22, 2024, 06:30 AM - Edit history (1)

that's why he is a Putin puppet

only Trump whores need to apply for positions - he doesn't think they will work for America or even the GOP - they will work for HIM

no_hypocrisy

(54,919 posts)
18. One reason out of many IMO:
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 06:49 AM
Nov 2024

At heart, Trump is a deconstructionist.

Yeah, sure. He built two buildings and that's it. But from the get-go, he's destroyed more than he's built.

Exhibit One: When Donald Trump wanted to make his mark in New York real estate, he chose the landmark Bonwit Teller building as the site for Trump Tower. He vowed to preserve the building’s two valuable art deco sculptures, but then ordered their demolition when they delayed construction – setting off a media firestorm.



Exhibit Two: While in 2016, Trump didn't promise to repeal Roe explicitly, he did exactly that by placing on the Supreme Court justices who would do it for him (and he'd take the credit).

Now he's dismantling the federal government, one agency at a time. Because he can and was told it couldn't be done.

GoCubsGo

(34,920 posts)
21. And, it's all just one big, fucking TV game show to him,
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 07:53 AM
Nov 2024

Whatever he does, it's to gin up attention (a.k.a., ratings.) The more chaos, the more eyeballs watching it.

LilElf70

(1,574 posts)
24. That's pretty much all he knows.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:35 PM
Nov 2024

How to get attention via a game show. Why not continue on the same path?

Again, an extreme narcissistic game show host running what use to be the greatest country on the planet. He's out to destroy it all, just for the attention. There's really something seriously wrong with that.

GoCubsGo

(34,920 posts)
34. He doesn't give a shit either way
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:29 PM
Nov 2024

if the things he says or does destroys the country.. His only concern is looking out for Number One.

oasis

(53,699 posts)
25. "Low info voters"?
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:50 PM
Nov 2024

I’d say it has to be a “multitude of idiots” that would put Trump back into the White House.
x70,000,000.

Bettie

(19,712 posts)
27. Well, they are going to figure it out
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:51 PM
Nov 2024

pretty soon when there is no food in the stores and everything costs twice (or more) what it does now.

GreenWave

(12,644 posts)
38. Yep. Time to start blaming him for everything bad. (Like Fox did to Biden for 4 years.)
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 03:44 PM
Nov 2024

If some felt he was like Jesus, then blame natural disasters on him too.

gab13by13

(32,354 posts)
28. A couple of you get it,
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:54 PM
Nov 2024

everything is going according to Putin's plan. Musk has more power than TSF and he said that people are going to have to endure some hardship before it gets better.

Problem is the unwashed aren't going to get better, just the 1%.

ScratchCat

(2,742 posts)
29. Because it was Putin's plan
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:58 PM
Nov 2024

See, the current administration has now been given two options: Destroy America by refusing to hand over power to an insane, mentally defective man who is proposing to appoint completely unqualified and compromised individuals to important positions, or let said mentally defective man destroy America with his completely unqualified and compromised cabinet members.

If you don't see this, now you do. Putin is laughing his ass off.

Why would the military and intelligence community agree to let this man back into power? I've asked myself that question every day since November 6th. That's why I am scared.

MiHale

(13,037 posts)
30. Why?...guess we didn't show him enuf love first time around...
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:01 PM
Nov 2024

Now he hates all of us. Spoiled little rich kid acting out.

Jrose

(1,532 posts)
31. Djt is Putin's increasingly Absent-minded Apprentice
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:08 PM
Nov 2024

and Djt will be a damaged but somewhat effective tool to screw up democracy and human rights in this country.

sboatcar

(850 posts)
32. He's doing it because the last time he was president he listened to smart people
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:24 PM
Nov 2024

and didn't get what he wanted. This time he's going to recruit a bunch of loyal idiots, we'll soon see the fruit of this misadventure.

Initech

(108,799 posts)
35. 1. Because he can. 2. Fox News is really running this country. 3. Because he can.
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 01:43 PM
Nov 2024

And 4 - also because there's no one to stop him from nominating these psychos in January. He has literal one party rule. We are entering uncharted territory here.

5. Also, did I mention because he can?

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
37. He forces his followers to
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 03:04 PM
Nov 2024

do the "Trump Dance" so they can look as stupid as he does

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