And the only reason Trump gets into these disasters - besides the fact that he is an officially documented Fucking Moron (Thanx, Rex!) - is that he refuses to apologize for anything he says or does.
All he has to ever do is FUCKING APOLOGIZE!
Waitâitâs coming to meâthatâs from the book on drugs in that Time-Life series from the Seventies, wasnât it?
I wasnât trying to open up a religious discussion, sorry. My point was that Trump doesnât ask forgiveness from anybodyâŚreal or imaginedâŚever. And he certainly never apologizes.
The other more subtle point here is, that while you may not pray to a diety, Trump certainly claims to believe in one. So there is an amazing level of ego on display in those remarks about not needing to ask forgiveness from God. He literally thinks he is better than any god.
He literally thinks he is a god.
FIFY
General John Kelly a weasel? Youâve just insulted the flag, America, all service men (not women) everywhere, all soldiers that have fallen in battle, the President, his sacred wife, apple pie, baseball, and Chevrolet.
And weasels.
Because, of course, the call is all about the President, and not about the bereaved family.
Thatâs exactly it. Itâs always about Trump and his need to be glorified.
Louis Wain. English painter. Itâs a progression of the cat pictures Wain would draw as his mental illness deepened. This morning, I can relate. Fascinating.
The onset of Wainâs schizophrenia may have been precipitated by Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite which is excreted by cats in their feces.[2] The theory that toxoplasmosis can trigger schizophrenia is the subject of ongoing research, though the origins of the theory can be traced back as early as 1953.[3][4][5][6]
When his sisters could no longer cope with his erratic and occasionally violent behaviour, he was finally committed, in 1924, to a pauper ward of Springfield Mental Hospital in Tooting. A year later, he was discovered there and his circumstances were widely publicized, leading to appeals from such figures as H. G. Wells and the personal intervention of the Prime Minister. Wain was transferred to the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark, and again in 1930 to Napsbury Hospital near St Albans in Hertfordshire, north of London. This hospital was relatively pleasant, with a garden and colony of cats, and he spent his final 15 years there in peace. While he became increasingly deluded, his erratic mood swings subsided, and he continued drawing for pleasure. His work from this period is marked by bright colours, flowers, and intricate and abstract patterns, though his primary subject remained the same. He is buried in his fatherâs grave at St. Maryâs Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London.
He allowed his sonâs memory to be a fig leaf prop for Trumpâs handling of this whole affair. He invoked the 1950s and the good old days when women were sacred in defense of a man who proudly crowed on The Howard Stern Show his lack of belief in the sacredness of women, even before it was known that he was a sexual predator much like Harvey Weinstein. He defended Trumpâs callous remarks about an Island struck by a once in a century hurricane. He defended Trumpâs Muslim ban from the beginning.
I would say his credibility is pretty entirely bruised already, yet he continues to trot out in front of the cameras to offer rationalizations for Trump and attack his truth telling critics.
Wait, you mean that our cats really are trying to kill us?
Toxo is a very real problem. Do change the Kitty litter often.
Yeah, he couldnât remember if Obama called. Of course, he COULD remember a lie about Rep. Wilson and an FBI building. Funny how that works, ainât it? He also seemed to smear the Khans in his little sleazy defense of his master Donald. Thatâs another reason to call him the POS that he is.
And BTW, isnât it about time this country dispenses with that ridiculous myth that all people who serve in the military are honorable and trustworthy? Fuck, the US armed forces allow Nazis and white supremacists in their goddamned ranks.
Kelly is a goddamned liar, and Iâve been saying that since he took that job as Trumpâs chief ballsucker, and so have a lot ofher people on this site.
This story has officially blown up in the WHâs face and has cost Kelly, deservedly, his reputation. As I open up twitter this morning, even DC journos are raising questions as to why Kelly went out of his way to lie about/slander Wilson regarding the 2015 FBI building commemoration ceremony where she got the bill through to rename the building after fallen FBI agents.
Why didnât Kelly simply acknowledge that whatever Trumpâs intentions, the call went badly wrong from the familyâs perspective and that he shouldâve smoothed things over privately and not fallen on his sword for Trump? Why did Kelly take aim at Rep Wilson when she was a close family friend who was conveying the familyâs pain and hurt and how Trump spoke to them?
Back in the day (ok it was only 10 months ago), people knew how to take the higher road, smooth things over and just handle their business.
But for Trump - culture wars are his business, not governing. Any time he has a chance to distract from an issue of governance or responsibility and has a POC target heâs going to use it. Kelly played into it, and it didnât seem to me that he was all too unwilling. I noticed in Kellyâs voice (and not for the first time in reading about and observing him) a rage which is triggered by someone stepping out of her lane, out of her place to dare to question him or his boss. Itâs the same way he dealt with controversies at Guantanamo and at DHS.
This is deranged. Trumpâs comments are completely divorced from reality. This tweet alone should be sufficient for the cabinet to exercise its obligations under the 25th Amendment.
Iâm just glad for John Kelly that he put his dignity on the line, gave it up, and put an end to this story and this controversy that didnât need to be. Did he really think the so-called president would just let it go?
Because he hasnât any, and could never be one himself.
Trump didnât know he was on speaker. He thought he and his fellow racists were getting away with abusing this poor woman in private.
Trump accused Wilson of âsecretlyâ listening to the phone call.
Trump is in aâŚ
to be throwing this attack around.
Kelly has now discarded the absolute last shred of dignity and honor he had with his simpering, sniveling, cowardly statements about how âthose peopleâ have destroyed our perfect, honorable, WHITE America (which never existed anyway) and how Hair Furor Trump is the âbravest manâ he has ever met.
He has removed all doubt about his rank racism and worship of Authority and gotten down on his knees to give up his honor to this Malignant Narcissist.
I no long have any respect for him because it is very clear he no longer has any respect for himself or the uniform he once wore.
Trump destroys everyone around him, or he kicks them out (like he did with Comey) if they refuse to bow down to his imperial desires.
Liars lie.Trump is a notorious serial liar.He has an aversion to the truth. Everything he says is questionable,at a minimum.In this case,he likely does not realize that Kelly confirmed what he said to Myeshia Johnson. All he cares about is getting credit for doing something he says, untruthfully I would add, other presidents did not do.
But I also have a bone to pick with John Kelly. He is basically saying we owe respect to Trump,the President. If that is what he thinks,he knows very little about democracy. Our allegiance is to our country,not a specific person. What is most troubling is his suggestion that Trump warrants respect ,despite his total lack of respect for women,vulgarity,mendacity,xenophobia,crassness,his embrace of neo-nazi and neo-confederate messages, and his bullying of anyone who does not effusively praise him. Sorry General, I have no respect for the vulgarian occupying the White House.