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Miles Archer

(24,471 posts)
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:38 AM Oct 2025

A friend posted a meme on Facebook that said Trump's "scared." Here's why he's not "scared." [View all]

I accept the fact that some folks may disagree with me on this, but I believe fear ONLY EXISTS when someone feels that they have no options.

Let's look at the times when Trump has ACTUALLY BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE in his life, and the CONSEQUENCES HE FACED EACH TIME.

1). The "C" for "COLORED" housing discrimination suit in NYC with daddy Fred.

They were marking apartment applications from African American renters with a "C" for "Colored" and they got busted. They wrote a check to settle for an undisclosed amount, "WITHOUT ADMITTING GUILT," which means they TOOK A VICTORY LAP for "being innocent."

2). Trump "University."

He wrote another check...$25 million...and it all went away. SAME FOR THE TRUMP "CHARITY." Shut down, wrote a check, buh-bye.

Trump called it a "LONG BUT WINNING TRIAL." You can see his tweet at the link I provided.

3). E Jean Carroll. He's an adjudicated rapist and he will never pay her one goddamned penny.

Trump cites presidential immunity to try to toss out $83M judgment he owes to E. Jean Carroll

4). Two impeachements that made it through the House and were then cock-blocked by Turtle Mitch.

5). The "Florida Documents Case."

Well...HELLO THERE, Judge Aileen Cannon.

6). The 34 Felony Convictions in the "Hush Money Trial."

SURE...he is still a convicted felon. Now ask him if he, or his voters, or the entire Republican party give a fuck.

7). THE MUELLER REPORT, which included TEN COUNTS OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, and Bill Barr's "4 page summary," which concluded that there was "NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION."


That's not a COMPLETE LIST but writing what I shared with you is already making me vomit, so I'm gonna stop there.

But here's the point.

EXPLAIN TO ME WHY...with John Roberts' "immunity" ruling and the six Leonard Leo-approved "conservative justices" giving him EVERYTHING HE ASKED FOR SINCE JANUARY...with only TWO exceptions...WHY Trump would be "afraid."

He's been steadily CREATING CIRCUMSTANCES which would ALLOW HIM to "justify" invoking the Insurrection Act / Martial Law, so that he can pretty much do what he wants in a "state of emergency," such as CANCELING ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

The REPUBLICAN HOUSE and SENATE isn't going to budge.

He IS a cornered rat. I will give you that. But he is a CORNERED RAT who is NOT WITHOUT OPTIONS and has SIX CORRUPT "SUPREME" COURT JUSTICES WATCHING HIS BACK.

Please.

Don't get energized by thinking he is "afraid." KEEP FIGHTING, KEEP RESISTING, have faith that this decaying Jack-o-Lantern on the front porch WILL eventually cave in under the weight of its own internal ROT.

End of rant.

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