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Kevin Cowan's avatar

I believe what is happening is that his goal is the debasement of not only DC, but the US overall. He is destroying our cultural heritage because: a) he's pissed that he was held accountable for fraud and sexual assault; and b) because he truly despises a constitutional republic under the rule of law.

Ann Rock's avatar

Or he’s a Russian asset. The Manchurian candidate come to life.

Daniel Solomon's avatar

The BIG story is the EPSTEIN/TRUMP connection in 2016 exposed.

AI. Research by citizen journalist Ellie Leonard confirms that newly unsealed Department of Justice documents place Jeffrey Epstein at Trump Tower on November 13, 2016.

Document Evidence Discovered by Leonard

The specific timeline is verified by internal file numbers from the federal Epstein Files Transparency Act disclosure:

-File EFTA01620474: A text message thread between Epstein and former U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Ken Mapp. In the messages, Epstein writes that he is "seeing trump people today" and notes "with regard Donald - we will talk face to face.

-"File EFTA02669184: An internal email Epstein sent to himself that investigators used to cross-reference and verify that he was the "unknown" sender of those text messages.

-File EFTA01744330: Separate email correspondence between Epstein and an associate. In September 2016, the associate asks Epstein, "will you have a cabinet position?"

On November 13, 2016, Epstein explicitly emails back confirming he is physically at Trump Tower.

LiverpoolFCfan's avatar

"Unfortunately, while the grift, scams, and self-dealing parts of his personal portfolio seem to have paid handsomely, his record of public deals (a Qatari jet now in the shop, a series of failed Iran agreements, non-existent Gaza rebuilding plans) and botched projects in D.C. (ranging from the faulty helipad design to the Reflecting Pool debacle to his garish gold-flocked White House) have become testaments to his tacky taste and incompetence."

Our beloved capital will need a major cleanse when the toxic flop finally waddles out of the White House. And all of his swamp creatures ooze out behind him.

Steve 218's avatar

Leave voluntarily? That's a hoot. The 'swamp creatures' will have to be discovered from all walks of government and driven out for an effective recovery.

Michael J. Otting's avatar

...on rails after being tarred and feathered...or bring back the stocks.

We could bring down the national debt with a small fee (.25 seems fair for adults; kids throw free) and the chance to whip some fast balls (apples and tomatoes) at their ugly mugs.

Hmm..what could these 'stock dwellers' wear for this happy occasion? Depends! Fitting garb for this 'basket of deplorables' and all-around nasties, traitors all.

Steve 218's avatar

There's no sense in dressing them in anything clean if all we're going to do is chuck stuff (garbage?) at them. Cast-offs from the unhomed would do.

Michael J. Otting's avatar

Eww...the sight of their

fat bums would scare the kids

and throw their aim!

Don Kennedy's avatar

Or, being a massive narcissist, he believes that he is the world and the world is him. No other person or peoples tastes or opinion matter at all compared to his, and of course, he should remake all living spaces to reflect his own tastes and his own self glory.

Barbara's avatar

I fear this is the accurate take on his internal mental processes...

Roger Fradenburgh's avatar

I'm nobody's psychiatrist, but I think insecurity and self-loathing must be somewhere in Trump's portfolio of hatred and rage.

Glenn Burkhardt's avatar

Nah, it's true that Trump has no respect for the rule of law, and he's pissed at being convicted for fraud and sexual assault, but his ballroom and arc are due to the malignant narcissism that pervades his psyche. He's always loved seeing his name on buildings, and believes he's especially good at building.

Steve 218's avatar

Except....that he's much better at destruction than construction. The evidence is in.

Stephen Brady's avatar

He is a tasteless vulgarian and barbarian hellbent on degrading and defacing the Capitol of the former Constitutional Republic of the United States of America. He needs to be dragged by the toes out of the White House, tried, convicted, and sentenced to live out the remainder of his days as the only inmate of Alcatraz.

Steve 218's avatar

Alcatraz has been repurposed and has too nice a view and climate. Guantanamo awaits.

Kim E Jones's avatar

So his goal must be thwarted.

herb's avatar

No one is mentioning the loss of 300,000 employees due to the termination of TPS status for that many Haitians. And who is going to give them food and housing while they wait to be deported? ICE?

Anne Pierce's avatar

Trump wants to send hard-working, law-abiding people with US born children back to a dangerous and dysfunctional country, even if it wrecks the economies of sections of this country. Who benefits?

Ann Rock's avatar

Maybe he’s planning on capturing his political enemies and forcing them into work camps to fill those jobs? And, of course, prisoners are the only source of labor that you don’t have to pay.(I mean this satirically but who knows with these people?)

Don Kennedy's avatar

Who benefits? His racism.

Stephen Brady's avatar

tRump would be quite happy for them to just starve.

Weatogue Guy's avatar

Trump will leave us with countless “holes” in our government institutions and our landscape. We have lost good people, good agencies, good buildings, good practices, and good will.

Our one consolation is that Trump will never be hailed as a great leader. Instead, he will be forever be denounced as another of the most incompetent and malevolent leaders in world history. May we never see the likes of him again!

Ivan Tufaart's avatar

Yeah, but people voted for him. So while I'd cut off my arm with a rusty saw before I'd ever support him, collectively as a nation we own him!

LiverpoolFCfan's avatar

Hopefully over time we can disown him.

It won't surprise me a bit if his own "best buds" start denouncing him as soon as he's out of power. That's just the kind of "friends" they are.

Ivan Tufaart's avatar

without a doubt his friends and his associations are mainly of the "fair weather" variety

Stephen Brady's avatar

He has never had a real friend - he is too transactional. Every relationship has to benefit him.

Barbara's avatar

They will denounce him, but they are addicted to the graft. So Big Business will also denounce him for his tackiness, incompetence, and failure, but turn around and pay all his erstwhile friends to perpetuate the decades-long syphoning off of the wealth of the nation to these very vampires.

Steve 218's avatar

Trump would dispatch these 'friends' just as quickly, throwing them all under the bus. He should receive equal treatment, assuming he actually has any friends.

Merrill's avatar

Everyday, Trump and his ghoulish colleagues come up with new ways to distract and infuriate America. Don't be distracted. We MUST throw these bastards out of power.

Chris Dortch's avatar

No one had to look hard to see that if there’s the opposite of the Midas Touch, Trump has it. How could so many millions be so blind to the fact he’s a complete moron with no evident redeeming qualities? My hope, and the signs look good, is that in addition to our beloved White House, he’s also taken a wrecking ball to the Republican Party so Democrats can step in and repair not only his damage, but that of every Republican president since Nixon.

Steve 218's avatar

That's a big ask, and it will take time and concerted effort to effect repairs.

"How could so many be so blind?"

It's possible that P.T. Barnum answered that question. Some people also like the ideas of cults, racism and hate.

James McConnel's avatar

Now is the time for Regime Leader Trump to focus on the design of the monument traditionally reserved to tyrants: his own tomb. No public push back there. His base, the Epstein Class, the Tech Broligarchs and other oligarchs can show their fealty in contributing to its cost. Is the design of the Lenin Mausoleum trademarked?

Steve 218's avatar

What would be the surprise if the proposed Arch du Trump is the design of his tomb? Large, out of place, expensive and garish - it fits all of the criteria.

Stephen Brady's avatar

And should, like the ballroom, be razed at the first opportunity.

Steve 218's avatar

Hear hear, and absolutely!

In the best of all possible worlds, neither should be allowed to be built.

Stephen Brady's avatar

And displayed in a glass tank full of formaldehyde?

Earl Strassberger's avatar

And the paved over rose garden.

QSAT's avatar

Trump didn’t throw on his hard hat and run outside to operate the heavy equipment that destroyed the East Wing - contractors did. They may have been mislead into thinking the president had apparent authority to hire them, but this decision should put every contractor on notice that Trump has NO authority to destroy public property, and neither do they. They are trespassing, and should not be paid.

Ann Rock's avatar

Oh, don’t worry. Trump is famous for not paying his contractors!

Kim E Jones's avatar

I would like all contractors to be called out. The courts need to deal with them, too. Not just Dumpy. Cease and desist orders and a warning to any new potential contractors.

Carol Gamm's avatar

Thank you Jen. The Golden Calf returns. Since we have no Moses, we will have to fix this ourselves.

Rich Stockton's avatar

Spot on! and every Republican in Congress owns this.

Ivan Tufaart's avatar

The man is utterly nouveau riche, which is a bit unexpected since he inherited his money from his father (and would be even richer now had he just invested it in index funds).

But regardless, he's living proof that money doesn't necessarily buy class.

Steve 218's avatar

Money also doesn't buy integrity, honor, empathy, ethics or decency. Those traits are defined by character, of which he has none.

Gina Stanley's avatar

The decision of the Circuit Court seemed preordained to me by simply applying property law. A tenant never has the right to make changes to the demised premises without the express written consent of the owner, something that a leach like Donald should have known. I am one of the owners, and I do not consent to his waste of my interest.

Robert Manz's avatar

My father was a colleague of Marvin Rothman, financial analyst who correctly “expected” the failure of Trump’s Atlantic City casinos. The beat goes on.

Thomas Boardman's avatar

Trump is doing what he has done his entire life. Trump destroys almost everything he becomes involved with. The question is: Will the American people allow Trump to destroy America? The only way to stop Trump from destroying America is to get off of our collective asses and vote the MAGA Cult out of office in November.

Wade Baynham's avatar

Trump's record is crystal clear. He lost half a billion dollars given to him by his dad. His family didn't trust him with money. His business were full of fraud and failure. He is ruining the country the exact same way, while illegally extracting our money for himself.

That's why credible lawyers have dubbed the Trump regime a Criminal Enterprise. There's not a clearer reason to remove these people from office. Now.

Robert Welker's avatar

Next, turning the National Mall into a strip mall with casinos and carnival rides…

Don Kennedy's avatar

A Genuine Biff Tanner presidency from back to the future.