"This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/23/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-970/

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

“This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?”

— A senior foreign diplomat, texting a Washington Post columnist after President Trump’s speech at the United Nations.

[TheFarseer]

1. Some Americans are!

[AZJonnie]

3. A great many of us, in fact

Also, more people voted for someone OTHER than the madman. Still a frightening percentage did tho to be sure

[Miami Blue]

14. The schizophrenic Felon is crazier than I thought 🤔

Hopefully, the psychiatrists, psychologists, and
All of the mental health experts at The Walter Reed Military Hospital’s psychiatry Ward are examining the eccentric behavior of this pretender and psycho con man.

Undoubtedly, they keep a special padded
room prepared in the event of a confinement
of The Schizophrenic Felon In Chief.

SAD

[BattleRow]

21. A special accomodation in an undisclosed location..

preferably near a McDonald's..and no access to Tylenol.

[Miami Blue]

41. Yup BattleRow, I definitely ratify your statement

💪🏻

[Coldwater]

2. While we ponder his madness

[sop]

5. Epstein who?

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[Hekate]

20. EPSTEIN TRUMP MAXWELL 🎇

[johnnyfins]

4. His supporters, and the whole Repug party

Hate the UN anyway. What do they care?

[Maru Kitteh]

7. He's running cleanup on aisle 3. His base has been restless for a while now

and he needs them to stay together, so, he served them a round of high-fructose Kool-Aide, on the house.

[GusBob]

8. Hope those diplomats are not missing the big picture

He has risen to power and become a dictator in this country by demonizing everything.

Now we are no longer a free country

He has turned his attention to demonizing the world today. He wants their money

Freedom across the planet is in peril

[yardwork]

9. Exactly.

It happened in Germany in the 1930s. It's happening here now.

Everybody all over the world is eligible too. Apparently a not insignificant number of humans are willing to throw themselves behind authoritarianism.

Can the democratic experiment survive? I don't know.

[ImNotGod]

10. I agree with the fact that the most lucrative commodity in the US that makes corporations and fascist cons very rich is

voter stupidity & ignorance.

[Trueblue Texan]

23. Hey, if I may quote our orange leader...

"I'm really good at this stuff!"

[rubbersole]

33. + "I love the poorly educated!"

[maxsolomon]

11. Millions of us have seen it for years.

Decades.

[Wicked Blue]

12. Embarrassing, hell! This man has nukes!

I'm scared shitless and I don't doubt that people around the world feel the same.

[alimbalt]

38. Let's hope ...

... there's a Vasily Arkhipov or a Stanislav Petrov in the U.S. military command.

[aggiesal]

13. ''This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?'' ...

Why yes! Yes, we can see how embarrassing he is, since he Condescended down his escalator in 2016.

[Hekate]

15. The whole world is watching

[cilla4progress]

16. Yes, and why didn't they walk out on him

at the UN?

[EarthAbides]

26. Yes!!!!

Why didn't they walk out? At least take the headphones off and look at your phone?

[rubbersole]

34. They didn't want ICE to deport them to Sudan.

Well, the diplomats with dark skin anyway.

(The embarrassment will take decades to repair. If ever.)

[doc03]

17. The madness of King Donald. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. MAGAs think it's manly

He's the father they never had since theirs went to get a pack of cigarettes and never returned.

[BattleRow]

22. Outrunning his own shadow to make really quick get away..

[Mira]

19. Staight Jacket

How is it not on standby?
Rampant -unceasing- unbearable insanity on display.
It seems to fall out of the overstuffed recesses of his nasty quadruple chin.
He needs to be sedated and carted off to an asylum.

[rubbersole]

35. "overstuffed recesses of his nasty quadruple chin"...

...now, is that any way to describe his neck vagina?

(Apologies to vaginas everywhere.)

[SergeStorms]

24. As my Dad used to say.....

"crazier than a shithouse rat." Trump is the most definitive example of that old saw.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. I am embarrassed by trump

[NBachers]

27. Media headlines: "UN Diplomats heap praise on Trump, shower him with invitations to their countries."

[RockRaven]

28. Our system is set up in such a way that Americans seeing it NOW doesn't fucking matter.

The dumbshit Americans who didn't see it or didn't care in November (which was the majority of Americans) bought four full years of this, no matter how embarrassed they may become in the meantime.

[Ilikepurple]

32. Yes, but I would hope if enough Americans cared, the Republican Congress would reel him in a bit?

Just a few Republicans in the Senate and House could make an impact on this despotic trajectory, but who knows how bad it would have to get. Even then, it might be a little late. Like many I’m trying to keep hope that their are some feasible Trexit scenarios.

[RockRaven]

36. Your hopes are ignoring the fact that the past 8-10 years have been a winnowing process

which has progressively sifted out any Repugs in the House or Senate with the slightest modicum of a spine, or willingness to speak or act independently and contrariwise to Trump/MAGA. There is a selection pressure, acting at each election cycle, for fealty to The Dotard. The House and Senate Repugs don't even want to have the power to check him, never mind a thought about using such a power.

[Ilikepurple]

45. They are just hopes not predictions. They aren't ignoring anything.

I was basically agreeing with you, but holding out hope that something positive will happen. I also agree with your analysis of the current situation. I don’t know why you’d assume I fail to understand of the MAGA movement’s effect on the Republican Party. I’m pessimistic, but 4 senators and 5 or so reps crossing the isle even on singular issues might stop the momentum. At some point, Trump’s policies are going to cause undeniably visible and widespread discomfort to the Republican base. Maybe, just maybe, then some Rs will feel the pressure to do something to check some executive overreach.

[Ponietz]

29. Latinos for Trump

CuÍdense bien, pendejos.

[SamKnause]

30. Millions of us see and know it.

Millions see the opposite because it is a cult.

The 1% knew exactly who he was and were willing to take a gamble.

Corporations don't give a fuck about this country or its people.

Corporations care about money.

The U.S. is filled with greedy evil people in positions of power in business, politics, and religion.

"We The People" have little or no representation.

[Clouds Passing]

31. Apparently our msm doesn't

[maxsolomon]

47. By and large, they do.

Assuming by "MSM" you mean newspapers, they're beholden to Journalistic standards of objective reporting. Opinions are for the editorial page, or in the NYT's case, "News Analysis". The opinions there are often scathing, particularly if you can read between the lines.

But you probably mean CNN or daytime MSNBC.

The "MSM" couldn't save us if they wanted to: not enough people are watching/listening/reading.

[WestMichRad]

37. Imagine how foreign leaders of our traditional allies feel.

They need to deal gently with him, so as not to infuriate the madman, yet they know that appeasement is the wrong way to go, and they want to maintain good will with Americans in general. Must be like walking on eggshells when dealing with him.

Wonder if they’re planning behind the scenes to establish an alternative to NATO, sort of a NATO minus a couple countries (Hungary and us).

[sakabatou]

39. You'd have to ask his death cult. Us Americans KNOW he's deranged

[LilElf70]

40. How many members here?

Every one of them should post a rec here. I know of no one here that would disagree with the post.

[mountain grammy]

42. I watched about the last 20 minutes

he was batshit crazy then he wasn't. off the prompter, on the prompter.

I thought “This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?” only I'm an old white woman, and a citizen.

If I was that "senior foreign diplomat," I'd be getting the hell out of Dodge.

[Hassler]

43. Unfortunately not enough of us last November

[Buckeye_Democrat]

44. Many Americans live in a fantasy world, like Trump.

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They demand that the world fits their narcissistic narratives, despite evidence to the contrary. If they're also religious, they tend to be evangelicals who treat God like an obedient servant of their worldly wants, based on a currency of prayers and other rituals. Since they have dominion over God, in their minds, it's easy for them to assume dominion over everyone and everything.

[eppur_se_muova]

46. Is this a poll ? How do I vote YES ? nt