Jen Rubin joins Pulitzer Prize winners and co-authors Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner to explain how Trump 2.0 could be predicted by studying his lifelong business strategy of ‘fake it ‘til you make it’.
The Felon will never fire president Musk. Musk has the money and power to keep GOP Congressional members in line. With the help of the six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court, the Felon is attempting to make America an authoritarian theocracy with the Felon as the leader and the American oligarchs running the Country.
The Felon is hoping the American people rise up against him so he can declare Martial Law and proclaim himself as dictator "only until Martial Law can be lifted".
This showed up from 2 of his former staff in the financial world. It really helped me make sense of the smoke and mirrors games that have been exhausting us.
If you want to understand his beef with Panama, don’t look at the canal to which he now points. Look at Trump enterprises and their fraught financial and criminal relationship with Panama, and look to the Russian oligarchs who bought condos in his Panama Tower.
If you want to understand his fixation with Gaza, don’t look at the Palestinian or Israeli people; look at the real estate value he now perceives that Gaza holds, and he’d like to unlock.
If you want to understand his insane, obsessive beef with energy renewable windmills, don’t look at the wind energy aspect; look at his beef with Scotland over his golf course and the nearby windmills that damaged his idea of its aesthetics.
If you want to understand his irrational hatred of Obama, don’t look at the policies of the Obama administration; look to the annual press corp dinner where Obama poked fun at him and bruised his ego. If you want to understand his demonization of Democrats, look not to Democratic social policy, but to the fact they didn’t want him to run under color of their party.
If you want to understand his hatred of “immigrants” don’t look to the actual contributions and challenges related to immigration, but to his own germophobia and personal disgust for all things “dirty and brown.”
What he does SO masterfully, as many sociopaths do, is figure out how to align, however temporarily, his own personal agenda with the drives of those he can then USE to help him execute it. And the GOP fell right in line with that abusive strategy.
It goes on to liken today's Republicans to battered spouses, who are afraid to leave, and keep cowering.
Hearing the orange turd today as he predicts meeting with Zelensky on Friday, his speech is pressured, tangential, delusional, unaware, disorganized - obviously psychotic. Unfortunately his cabinet who can get rid of him are in the same state of being. Maybe not psychotic, but definitely dumb as doo doo. All I can think of is that the difference between now and 1938 is, believe it or not, the internet. Anything orange needs to go.
Trump's crypto offering smells a lot like a way to illicitly route dark money to him directly. One can imagine people wanting to curry favor with Trump purchasing Trump crypto as payola.
Trump’s crypto coin, launched on eve of his inauguration, looks like a way to funnel money surreptitiously to him. Apparently, others have seen it this way, as well. https://www.instagram.com/share/BAEfulngx9
I find that the Prosperity Gospel a la Trump is how a lot of my neighbors who are Republican Born Again Christians see the world. They think that the Think method works. The denial is palpable (God could not have misled us re Trump) It’s disturbing
Musk's antics allow 45 to go about his business of graft and grift without being as noticed as he might be otherwise. As long as FElon allows 45 to stay behind the curtain and rake in the dollars, he will be useful to him.
A fun, interesting interview. It reminded me of something I heard during 1.0 ... someone was sharing a memory of DJT's younger days, when DJT met the famous sportscaster Howard Cosell. After the meeting, Cosell was said to have commented something to the effect of, "Never have I met a person so fortunate to have been born into wealth".
I was just about to write the same comment. I have read The Lucky Loser twice. It historically and factually outlines how everything Trump touches, he destroys. What was missing on this interview was why he destroys businesses, people, and admires dictators. The Dangeros Case of Donald Trump by Dr. Lee and her contributors offers disturbing insights into the mind, behaviors and motivations thar drive this deranged epitome of Evil. Thank you for your comment!
The Felon will never fire president Musk. Musk has the money and power to keep GOP Congressional members in line. With the help of the six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court, the Felon is attempting to make America an authoritarian theocracy with the Felon as the leader and the American oligarchs running the Country.
The Felon is hoping the American people rise up against him so he can declare Martial Law and proclaim himself as dictator "only until Martial Law can be lifted".
Nick, you are exactly correct. Gods help us.I doubt midterm elections will be held.
This showed up from 2 of his former staff in the financial world. It really helped me make sense of the smoke and mirrors games that have been exhausting us.
If you want to understand his beef with Panama, don’t look at the canal to which he now points. Look at Trump enterprises and their fraught financial and criminal relationship with Panama, and look to the Russian oligarchs who bought condos in his Panama Tower.
If you want to understand his fixation with Gaza, don’t look at the Palestinian or Israeli people; look at the real estate value he now perceives that Gaza holds, and he’d like to unlock.
If you want to understand his insane, obsessive beef with energy renewable windmills, don’t look at the wind energy aspect; look at his beef with Scotland over his golf course and the nearby windmills that damaged his idea of its aesthetics.
If you want to understand his irrational hatred of Obama, don’t look at the policies of the Obama administration; look to the annual press corp dinner where Obama poked fun at him and bruised his ego. If you want to understand his demonization of Democrats, look not to Democratic social policy, but to the fact they didn’t want him to run under color of their party.
If you want to understand his hatred of “immigrants” don’t look to the actual contributions and challenges related to immigration, but to his own germophobia and personal disgust for all things “dirty and brown.”
What he does SO masterfully, as many sociopaths do, is figure out how to align, however temporarily, his own personal agenda with the drives of those he can then USE to help him execute it. And the GOP fell right in line with that abusive strategy.
It goes on to liken today's Republicans to battered spouses, who are afraid to leave, and keep cowering.
Great interview! Susanne and Russ have analyzed and really understand the orange felon, wannabe dictator.
Hearing the orange turd today as he predicts meeting with Zelensky on Friday, his speech is pressured, tangential, delusional, unaware, disorganized - obviously psychotic. Unfortunately his cabinet who can get rid of him are in the same state of being. Maybe not psychotic, but definitely dumb as doo doo. All I can think of is that the difference between now and 1938 is, believe it or not, the internet. Anything orange needs to go.
Trump's crypto offering smells a lot like a way to illicitly route dark money to him directly. One can imagine people wanting to curry favor with Trump purchasing Trump crypto as payola.
Trump’s crypto coin, launched on eve of his inauguration, looks like a way to funnel money surreptitiously to him. Apparently, others have seen it this way, as well. https://www.instagram.com/share/BAEfulngx9
Thank you Jen and guests for this video I have enjoyed.
I find that the Prosperity Gospel a la Trump is how a lot of my neighbors who are Republican Born Again Christians see the world. They think that the Think method works. The denial is palpable (God could not have misled us re Trump) It’s disturbing
Great insights!
Musk's antics allow 45 to go about his business of graft and grift without being as noticed as he might be otherwise. As long as FElon allows 45 to stay behind the curtain and rake in the dollars, he will be useful to him.
It's funny Jen used the phrase "thought process" applied to Trump.
A fun, interesting interview. It reminded me of something I heard during 1.0 ... someone was sharing a memory of DJT's younger days, when DJT met the famous sportscaster Howard Cosell. After the meeting, Cosell was said to have commented something to the effect of, "Never have I met a person so fortunate to have been born into wealth".
The old post office in DC was fairly recent.
I was just about to write the same comment. I have read The Lucky Loser twice. It historically and factually outlines how everything Trump touches, he destroys. What was missing on this interview was why he destroys businesses, people, and admires dictators. The Dangeros Case of Donald Trump by Dr. Lee and her contributors offers disturbing insights into the mind, behaviors and motivations thar drive this deranged epitome of Evil. Thank you for your comment!