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Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:00 PM Jan 2017

He doesn't care about protests....Is he unstoppable?

And he doesn't care about polls.

Muslim ban
Possible anti-LGBT legislation
Possible withdrawal from Paris Accords
SC justice.....guaranteed anti choice Neanderthal
And more to come.


And dems don't have the votes.

Only hope ,I see, is for normal Repubs to stand up....riiiight

Depressing.

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He doesn't care about protests....Is he unstoppable? (Original Post) Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 OP
2018 is the first hope - Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #1
Assuming that we still have a functioning government in 2018. Initech Jan 2017 #32
provided democrats can still vote rurallib Jan 2017 #35
Democrats will stil be able to vote. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #41
I think the point of protests is to make the GOP take notice The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #2
Agreed. volstork Jan 2017 #4
Tell the repigs bdamomma Jan 2017 #18
GOP take notice ? ...Puleeze Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #14
They are craven cowards. But when it looks like they might The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #20
Right now the protests are peaceful n/t leftstreet Jan 2017 #3
Yes, right now. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #8
You forgot a worthless border wall that we the taxpayers will end up footing the bill for. The_Casual_Observer Jan 2017 #5
He is stoppable. ginnyinWI Jan 2017 #6
of course he is. bdamomma Jan 2017 #22
If there are enough protests, for long enough, they will have consequences. rzemanfl Jan 2017 #7
I'm a pessimist when it comes to that Ligyron Jan 2017 #34
He may not "care" DUgosh Jan 2017 #9
the world is certainty sick of him bdamomma Jan 2017 #25
Oh he cares... Idoru Jan 2017 #10
Yep. It's driving him nuts fleur-de-lisa Jan 2017 #11
He probably thought that once he became "president," suddenly his life would be happy ailsagirl Jan 2017 #33
Don't be too quick to say that... JHB Jan 2017 #12
I see what you are doing, Rustyeye77. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #13
I wondered if it was what I thought it was. "He doesn't care about demonstrations." Lol. Squinch Jan 2017 #15
I guarantee it was. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #16
Yeah...I'm depressed. Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #19
Well - your post was alerted...good luck! jmg257 Jan 2017 #24
He cares but he will only be more vindictive in reaction, which is what narcissists do...BUT NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #17
This is why turning out for elections is the most important thing LittleBlue Jan 2017 #21
This is what I'm worried about! Lanius Jan 2017 #27
I've seen that many of our senators are up for reelection in difficult states LittleBlue Jan 2017 #29
I actually think there is a good chance the left will finally get the message and come out in 2018. butdiduvote Jan 2017 #42
Until the base Turbineguy Jan 2017 #23
that's a tactic eleny Jan 2017 #26
Trump welcomes our hatred C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #28
Who said he doesn't care about the polls? I most certainly think he does. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #30
Whether he is paying attention or not, if you don't stand up and fight, no one will do it for you. dalton99a Jan 2017 #31
Reports were that he was seething about the turnout for the march the day Greywing Jan 2017 #37
Yes, he watches TV and reacts. dalton99a Jan 2017 #38
I think he does care - its getting under his skin. milestogo Jan 2017 #36
I think he cares. Thats why he's been so crazed all day, Lucinda Jan 2017 #39
He definitely cares about polls and popularity. we can do it Jan 2017 #40
First two statements in your OP, Rustyeye77, are absolutely false. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #43

Initech

(100,068 posts)
32. Assuming that we still have a functioning government in 2018.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:56 PM
Jan 2017

We're just 10 days in, there's no telling what kind of damage he could do between now and then.

Ms. Toad

(34,069 posts)
41. Democrats will stil be able to vote.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:24 PM
Jan 2017

No doubt republicans will pass more voter ID laws and make it more challenging. But they won't be able to ban voting by Democrats.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
2. I think the point of protests is to make the GOP take notice
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:02 PM
Jan 2017

of the level and intensity of the opposition. You're right; Trump doesn't care, but the GOP eventually will.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
20. They are craven cowards. But when it looks like they might
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:20 PM
Jan 2017

start losing elections as a result of supporting Trump, their cowardice and self-interest might incline them in their usual weaselly fashion to back away from him.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
5. You forgot a worthless border wall that we the taxpayers will end up footing the bill for.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:03 PM
Jan 2017

It's all madness.

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)
7. If there are enough protests, for long enough, they will have consequences.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:04 PM
Jan 2017

If Drumpf was to try to start a nuclear war, I would hope the military would refuse to obey his orders rather than send their families into the boondocks and hope for the best.

Ligyron

(7,632 posts)
34. I'm a pessimist when it comes to that
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:00 PM
Jan 2017

but I don't think those with their actual fingers on the button would push it unless we're attacked first (by nucs).

Idoru

(167 posts)
10. Oh he cares...
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:06 PM
Jan 2017

He will never admit it but this shit kills him. He is a bottomless pit of insecurity and this kind of dissent eats at him.

But other people do. The protests have given courage to even usually spineless Dems (and now, entire industries and businesses) to stand up and many ordinary people, too. They know they are not alone. And it shows the world that the Cheeto does not speak for the majority of us and we aren't going to sit on our hands and take this without a fight. They really didn't see this coming. I didn't and I would have loved to believe in this resistance. Nothing like this has ever happened, really, not to a new President and over such a broad range of issues. It's given me hope and I was feeling pretty hopeless about it all.

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)
33. He probably thought that once he became "president," suddenly his life would be happy
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:00 PM
Jan 2017

A common disillusionment for those who are looking for happiness in all the wrong places (and whose values are terribly skewed)

tsk tsk

JHB

(37,160 posts)
12. Don't be too quick to say that...
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:12 PM
Jan 2017

He has repeatedly demonstrated his need for adulation, and his thin skin (it makes Saran wrap look like a castle wall).

He won't acquiesce, but protests hit Kremlin Don at a level that any other Republican for the last 50 years would just scoff at.

 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
17. He cares but he will only be more vindictive in reaction, which is what narcissists do...BUT
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:18 PM
Jan 2017

All those elected Republicans DO care...so keep on calling them, writing letters (NO copy and paste or cookie cutter crap...your own words only!)

Contact EVERY Republican elected official in your district/state and DEMAND that they first stop and reverse the executive orders, get Bannon the hell out of the White House and IMPEACH Trump. He's unfit.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
21. This is why turning out for elections is the most important thing
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:22 PM
Jan 2017

All this marching doesn't mean shit if those same people don't vote.

If we get the usual no-show for the mid-terms, this regime won't have anything to worry them.

Lanius

(599 posts)
27. This is what I'm worried about!
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:28 PM
Jan 2017

Democrats and the non-political not turning out (again) for a midterm election, thereby leaving Congress in the hands of the GOP.

 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
29. I've seen that many of our senators are up for reelection in difficult states
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:45 PM
Jan 2017

If we don't turn out, Trump will have 60 in the senate and it's game over for us. Every Republican wet dream will become reality between 2018 and 2020.

butdiduvote

(284 posts)
42. I actually think there is a good chance the left will finally get the message and come out in 2018.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:30 PM
Jan 2017

I'm just fucking bitter that they had to take Hillary down first.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
26. that's a tactic
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:27 PM
Jan 2017

of course he cares.

"first they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight you and then you win." -ghandi

he"s at the ignore stage.
or so he wants us to believe.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
28. Trump welcomes our hatred
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:30 PM
Jan 2017

He relishes being the bad guy.
What he cannot take is being made the fool.
This Trump weenie need to be lampooned
at every opportunity. He so deserves it.

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
30. Who said he doesn't care about the polls? I most certainly think he does.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 09:47 PM
Jan 2017

I'm not sure about the protests...but I think he would rather do without them. It's only going to get worse...our elected officials are going to have to shit or get off the pot and we need to keep calling them.

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
37. Reports were that he was seething about the turnout for the march the day
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:13 PM
Jan 2017

after his inauguration. I imagine he's seething about every protest, every critique, every article ... I can't wait until he blows a gasket!

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
36. I think he does care - its getting under his skin.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:10 PM
Jan 2017

And the protests are going to create a sense that things are out of control - the repubs won't be able to ignore it.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
39. I think he cares. Thats why he's been so crazed all day,
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:15 PM
Jan 2017

trying to justify all the stupid moves they are making.

we can do it

(12,184 posts)
40. He definitely cares about polls and popularity.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:17 PM
Jan 2017

And I don't buy that he doesn't care about protests. Protests will get to him if we keep it up.

Kingofalldems

(38,454 posts)
43. First two statements in your OP, Rustyeye77, are absolutely false.
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:34 PM
Jan 2017

That's what the right wingers on the internet say.

His tweets in the campaign were about polls most of the time.

He has posted quite a few about demonstrations and even had a tantrum about crowd size.

Did you not see any of this? Don't know why you would post such a thing.

And then there is your finale---that resistance is futile. I get it.

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