By lowering taxes on millionaires, billionaire, and corporations, Trump and the Republicans have blown a huge hole in the budget to the point America is on the road to insolvency.

The only way to remedy the situation is to cut government spending to make up the shortfall. So when they imply their cost-cutting is good for  the budget, it is an out and out lie; it benefits only them!

Every dollar slashed from Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, other healthcare discounts to make private plans affordable, SNAP benefits for the indigent and hungry children, educational subsidies,  veteran’s benefits, food banks, and the entire social safety net goes directly into the pockets of Trump and his heartless plutocrat friends.

Stop and look for a minute at your budget, it wasn’t always this way. Just a short while ago Americans lived a reasonably secure life with opportunity available for all those who would work hard for their families.

What happened? Trump/Republican lies and their assault on you, and yours.

See this –Boldface mine:

 

Trump’s $500/month Social Security cuts will go nuclear in Alabama: report.

the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others.

Story by Adam Lynch • 13h • 2 min read

© provided by AlterNet

AL.com reports that the deep-red state of Alabama is one of the impoverished states lining up for a beating from presidential inaction from the White House it created in the last election.

“Barring action from Congress, millions of Americans who depend on Social Security could see their benefits cut by as much as 24 percent in 2032,” reports AL.com. “The deep cuts would average about $500 a month.”

One-in-five Americans – 63 million in total – are slated to lose monthly income if Social Security’s retirement program gets a 24 percent cut today, said AL.com. And for Alabama, this will mean an average cut of $486.

Total benefit cuts would top 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 40 states with the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others

“The latest projections from the Social Security Board of Trustees show that the reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund are set to run out in the fourth quarter of 2032. After that point, Social Security would only be able to pay 76 percent of promised benefits,” AL.com reports.

Meanwhile, the Big Beautiful Bill that Trump and Republicans passed is preparing to deliver more immediate pain from an entirely different angle, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

“At the time of the OBBBA’s passage, it faced widespread criticism from Democrats. A July 2025 Quinnipiac poll found that 44 percent of Americans thought the bill would hurt rather than help them personally. The same month, longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted on Fox News that the bill could pose problems for his party in the next round of elections.”

“I think it'll have a huge impact on 2026, because, remember, as these changes, particularly the Medicaid changes, come into effect, they’re going to have, people are going to be losing their coverage,” said. Rove.

 

Meanwhile, voters are not buying into the tax cut Republicans and Trump touted during the bill’s passage.

“In a separate survey by Winning the Issues, part of the GOP-aligned Winston Group, almost half of U.S. voters did not think the bill prevented a tax increase on them and their families. That was a key part of Republican messaging as they campaigned to pass the bill last year,” reports CS Monitor.

“We’ve seen some Republicans run ads calling this essentially a tax cut, but that’s not how people feel,” said Julie Alderman Boudreau, the director of research at left-leaning Navigator Research. “This [bill] is a huge liability ... for any Republican on the ballot in 2026.”

ttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-500-month-social-security-cuts-will-go-nuclear-in-alabama-report/ar-AA2ap2TD?

For additional free articles about republican assault on America; https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Trump’s $500/month Social Security cuts will go nuclear in Alabama. The largest economic impact will be felt in in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others.

 

By lowering taxes on millionaires, billionaire, and corporations, Trump and the Republicans have blown a huge hole in the budget to the point America is on the road to insolvency.

The only way to remedy the situation is to cut government spending to make up the shortfall. So when they imply their cost-cutting is good for  the budget, it is an out and out lie; it benefits only them!

Every dollar slashed from Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, other healthcare discounts to make private plans affordable, SNAP benefits for the indigent and hungry children, educational subsidies,  veteran’s benefits, food banks, and the entire social safety net goes directly into the pockets of Trump and his heartless plutocrat friends.

Stop and look for a minute at your budget, it wasn’t always this way. Just a short while ago Americans lived a reasonably secure life with opportunity available for all those who would work hard for their families.

What happened? Trump/Republican lies and their assault on you, and yours.

See this –Boldface mine:

 

Trump’s $500/month Social Security cuts will go nuclear in Alabama: report.

the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others.

Story by Adam Lynch • 13h • 2 min read

© provided by AlterNet

AL.com reports that the deep-red state of Alabama is one of the impoverished states lining up for a beating from presidential inaction from the White House it created in the last election.

“Barring action from Congress, millions of Americans who depend on Social Security could see their benefits cut by as much as 24 percent in 2032,” reports AL.com. “The deep cuts would average about $500 a month.”

One-in-five Americans – 63 million in total – are slated to lose monthly income if Social Security’s retirement program gets a 24 percent cut today, said AL.com. And for Alabama, this will mean an average cut of $486.

Total benefit cuts would top 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 40 states with the largest economic impact in red states like Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina, and West Virginia, among others

“The latest projections from the Social Security Board of Trustees show that the reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund are set to run out in the fourth quarter of 2032. After that point, Social Security would only be able to pay 76 percent of promised benefits,” AL.com reports.

Meanwhile, the Big Beautiful Bill that Trump and Republicans passed is preparing to deliver more immediate pain from an entirely different angle, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

“At the time of the OBBBA’s passage, it faced widespread criticism from Democrats. A July 2025 Quinnipiac poll found that 44 percent of Americans thought the bill would hurt rather than help them personally. The same month, longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted on Fox News that the bill could pose problems for his party in the next round of elections.”

“I think it'll have a huge impact on 2026, because, remember, as these changes, particularly the Medicaid changes, come into effect, they’re going to have, people are going to be losing their coverage,” said. Rove.

 

Meanwhile, voters are not buying into the tax cut Republicans and Trump touted during the bill’s passage.

“In a separate survey by Winning the Issues, part of the GOP-aligned Winston Group, almost half of U.S. voters did not think the bill prevented a tax increase on them and their families. That was a key part of Republican messaging as they campaigned to pass the bill last year,” reports CS Monitor.

“We’ve seen some Republicans run ads calling this essentially a tax cut, but that’s not how people feel,” said Julie Alderman Boudreau, the director of research at left-leaning Navigator Research. “This [bill] is a huge liability ... for any Republican on the ballot in 2026.”

ttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-500-month-social-security-cuts-will-go-nuclear-in-alabama-report/ar-AA2ap2TD?

For additional free articles about republican assault on America; https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

 Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

 Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

 Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

 Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

 Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

He’s super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

 

Are we really coming to the honest conclusion Trump and Republicans have nothing but contempt and disdain for the rest of us? That they see us only as convenient but handy tools to create the wealth they have such ease with stealing?

We are sitting here today agonizing over the fate of our families, our increasing inability to afford healthcare, to afford food and gas and electricity – dreading upcoming mortgage or rent payments – the thought of a college education for our children a pipe dream?

We are seeing other citizens slain in the street by a private Gestapo, our very Constitutional rights under attack along with the most basic right of all, our freedom to vote for our own representatives.

And all the while the plutocrats and tax-exempt corporations regale us with lies about a resurgent stock market, as if we had any extra money to invest. They built their wealth on the back of the infrastructure we provided, the labor we provided, and the freedoms we fought and died for so they would have every advantage when competing with the world.

Folks, it’s beyond time to take it all back. Legislation   must be enacted, indictments procured, and conviction assured for all the crimes, corruption, and obscenities perpetrated against us.

See this – Boldface mine:

For more articles exposing Trump's lies, corruption tyranny: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/posts

 

Sneering Trump's honest confession glistens with contempt | Opinion

Opinion by John Casey • 2h • 5 min read

 

© provided by RawStory

For some Americans, the reality of who Donald Trump really is is coming home to roost. And for the sailors trapped aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, that moment has already arrived.

The Lincoln left San Diego last November. Nine months later, it is still at sea**, its crew stretched past 250 straight days without meaningful relief.** What was supposed to be a seven-month deployment has become closer to a floating humanitarian disaster.

Families have shockingly described broken toilets, moldy showers, food shortages, and sailors surviving on little more than rice and tortillas. It’s been called a “floating bucket of filth.”

So much for valuing the valor and bravery of our troops. To me, that’s Pete Hegseth’s “big lie.” He’s their worst nightmare. He doesn’t give a rat’s … about the troops. Well, he does care about their “T” levels.

The Military Times broke the story that multiple sailors have tried to go overboard, and at least one was pulled from the water after an hour adrift. This is horrific and subhuman. Lawmakers from both parties are rightfully now demanding investigations.

But, besides Hegseth, who said the whole abominable ordeal is “completely misrepresented,” it won’t surprise anyone who understands the reality of Donald Trump that he, too, couldn't care less.

Asked whether the deployment had gone on too long and whether he was worried about the mental health of the more than 5,000 people aboard that ship, the insensitive and callous Trump seethed, "No. No. No." "Not nearly long enough," he added when asked if the ship had been at sea too long and, when queried about if families of those on board were right to be worried, he waved that off too: "No, they're not."

Then he, not surprisingly, like he does with everything else, blamed the press for covering it, accusing reporters of trying to turn warriors into victims.

As if the press loves to make up stories about sailors living in squalor and trying to take their own lives.

How despicable to blame the press while desperate families are pleading for answers. And Trump's response is that the suffering hasn't gone on long enough.

And that’s exactly how he feels about the nuisance of the American people’s suffering.

Remember the dolls and the pencils? When Trump was asked, point-blank, if his tariffs would raise prices on ordinary goods, he didn't apologize or explain or exude any understanding or compassion.

He shrugged his bulbous, bloated head and told the country that an 11-year-old girl doesn't need 30 dolls, three or four is plenty, and that nobody needs 250 pencils when five is sufficient.

He has said this more than once, because he genuinely believes the answer to rising costs is for regular families to simply cope with fewer pencils, dolls — oh, and make do with one piece of broccoli.

That's the same indifference he’s giving Lincoln's sailors. It's the same who-cares shrug he's giving anyone who has watched their grocery bill or their health insurance premium climb this year. Millions of Americans are having sharply higher health costs as pandemic-era subsidies lapse and insurers raise rates, a squeeze tied directly to the reconciliation package Trump signed and bragged about.

That “Big Beautiful Bill” was a metaphorical giant**, cold slap in the face to middle-class Americans**, who now understand why they can only afford three dolls and five pencils — if that.

And ICE agents are the literal giant, cold slap in the face to Americans’ shell-shocked visages. Agents have been turned loose in cities, conducting the kind of aggressive street operations that have left residents frightened to leave their homes, arresting and detaining people at will.

And that cold slap in the face will be replaced by a paralyzing electric charge once ICE agents get their new shock gloves. It’s been called “sadistic." Really? You think?

Those ICE wars on our streets coincide with the war with Iran that is responsible for stretching the Lincoln's deployment now past 200 days without a port call. That war has driven up fuel, shipping and scores of other costs. Trump’s reaction? He insisted he “loves” the inflation the war with Iran has caused.

Because this whole thing hasn’t been a punishment for us long enough. There’s lots more to come, which Trump is clearly giddy about.

He’s super-giddy about things that mean absolutely nothing to the rest of us. While we scrimp, save and suffer, Trump has kept his attention fixed on himself. Rising costs of groceries, gas, bills, etc? The Iran war? To Trump it’s a scenario of “wake me up when all this frivolous stuff is over” — again, metaphorically and literally too.

Because Dear Leader Donald has bigger fish to fry. Put his name on the Kennedy Center, pave over the Rose Garden, gild up the Oval Office with gold, bungle the Reflecting Pool, build an Arc de Trump, slap a helipad on the manicured South Lawn of the White House. And, the big kahuna, his luxurious Qatar jet.

While you stay home because you can’t afford to drive to your summer vacation, Trump is descending down a grand staircase in his flying palace. Let them eat cake? Who can afford cake? Let them eat the leftover pencils, if you have any.

He tells the parents of sailors on an aircraft carrier that nine months away from their kids "isn't nearly long enough," and tells a mom buying school supplies that her daughter has plenty of pencils already — which is ok, since she can snack on the extras.

It’s a blanket indifference whether he's talking about a sailor pulled out of the Arabian Sea or a grandmother deciding between groceries and her heart medication. Trump does not see suffering as a problem to solve, or something he should be inconvenienced by.

The sailors on the Lincoln are coming home soon, the Navy says, relieved — hopefully — by another carrier. The rest of us, though, have no relief in sight. We are just getting told that our suffering isn't nearly long enough.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/sneering-trump-s-honest-confession-glistens-with-contempt-opinion/ar-AA2amYl0?

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with.

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with.

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with.

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with.

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with.

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

 

Who likes to be awakened when sleeping through a mid-afternoon meeting about national security?

Hey, remember when your great granddad got annoyed with your pestering about the burning couch in the Living Room, and just screamed, “Get the hell outta’ here!”

Same thing going on here. Not wanting to be questioned or blamed for his blithering blundering over the war, the economy, the cost of gas, unaffordable healthcare and housing, the price of groceries, all the mistakes of goofs, bungles, botches and goofs of the ass-kissing incompetents he has surrounded himself with, it’s just easier to give into the dementia, look around the room and scream, “Where’s my chew-toy? I want my chew-toy.”

The boy aint right, but he still makes the decisions that control our destinies – at least until the midterms when we can pull his diaper over his head and send him back to his playpen.

See this – Boldface mine:

 

White House staff departing as Donald Trump is said to be 'meaner' and more unpleasant to work with, according to sources

Story by Lesley Abravanel • 1h • 2 min read

Insiders claim Donald Trump's increasingly hostile attitude is driving staffers out of the White House. MEGA

President Donald Trump is reportedly yelling louder, for longer periods and acting significantly "meaner" toward his inner circle, driving a wave of recent high-profile White House departures.

According to insider reports detailed on "The Daily Beast Podcast," multiple senior officials are exiting the administration due to a toxic, increasingly hostile West Wing environment.

The reporting coincides with a series of major staff exits at the White House.

Karoline Leavitt Resigned Shortly After Returning From Maternity Leave

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she will step down at the end of August. While she publicly cited a desire to spend time with her family, insiders indicate the intense internal pressure and Trump’s sharpening temperament heavily influenced the timing.

White House Counsel David Warrington departed his post amidst the shifting operational environment.

Deputy National Security Advisor Andy Baker, a key ally of Vice President J.D. Vance, has also exited the administration.

"It's a clear sign that people see how badly this second term is going," said David Rhode, senior executive editor on national security for MS NOW on Monday, August 17.

While Trump has historically been known for an aggressive management style, sources close to the administration note a distinct shift in his behavioral patterns during his current term.

Insiders report that his pattern of blaming staff for self-inflicted political problems has left top aides completely burned out, with some describing the daily work environment as "total misery.”

 

The White House and Trump allies have generally pushed back on these characterizations, framing staff turnover as typical for a high-pressure administration or a natural rotation ahead of the midterm elections.

Americans Believe Donald Trump Is Becoming More Erratic With Age

Public polling and observations by former aides indicate a widespread consensus that Trump’s temperament has become significantly more volatile and erratic as he has aged. Having turned 80 in June, Trump is the oldest sitting president in United States history, a milestone that has drawn intense national focus on his physical stamina and mental acuity.

A comprehensive Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 61 percent of Americans believe the elderly president has become increasingly erratic with age.

This assessment includes not just 89 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents, but also a notable 30 percent of Republicans who agree that his behavior has shifted as he has grown older.

Donald Trump's Behavior Fuels Concerns

The same polling data found that 49 percent of voters disagree that Trump remains "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," marking a steady decline from similar metrics tracked in previous years.

Multiple former aides, including former White House lawyer Ty Cobb, have publicly stated that Trump's cognitive and behavioral shifts are "palpable," pointing to an escalation in his volatile outbursts.

Reports from the West Wing frequently detail longer, louder screaming matches directed at senior staff. Outside observers note a distinct increase in public temper tantrums, verbal reprimands of judges and lawmakers and rambling speech patterns during his second term.

The White House has aggressively dismissed these observations, with spokespeople characterizing the focus on his age as “fake and desperate narratives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj?

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

Trump has become the very thing he fears most | Opinion

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 51m • 5 min read

 

Oh look, it’s a Republican lawmaker spouting Islamophobic rhetoric over a Democratic candidate who’s Muslim. And over there, it’s President Donald Trump mocking transgender athletes. There’s another Republican on the television telling you the economy has never been better.

And there’s Trump again on your phone screen saying America has full control of the Strait of Hormuz while you’re pumping $4-per-gallon gas.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Trump and Republicans have nothing but lies and stale fearmongering

With high food and gas prices, a weak labor market and an unpopular war started by a wildly unpopular president, the Grand Old Party has little to talk about, save bigotry and bald-faced lies.

And that routine, as evidenced by polling and low GOP primary turnout, has gotten old. Trump has become the thing he fears most: dull.

How many times have you heard Trump claim that a peace deal with Iran is imminent? There was March 9 when he told CBS News “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

On March 23 he said, “We have points, major points of agreement, I would say almost all points of agreement.”

May 23: “Getting a lot closer” to a peace deal.

June 8: “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything.”

And on Aug. 2, he said a deal is “imminent.”

It clearly wasn’t. Who among us is not exhausted from hearing this 80-year-old man say the same false thing over and over again about a war that by September will have cost taxpayers more than $37 billion, all thanks to a Republican Congress that refuses to rein in the president.

.Republicans have no achievements to celebrate, so they blame Biden

 

On the economic front, all we hear from Republicans about the problems Americans are facing is that those problems are former President Joe Biden’s fault.

In an Aug. 14 interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the high cost of living and said: “ Look, people should be upset. The Biden administration torched them.”

Buddy, the Biden administration ended nearly 600 days ago. The finger you all keep pointing at him needs to turn around and point in the Republican Party’s direction, because Republicans are in charge of literally everything. And under the control of these alleged small-government conservatives, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $2.1 trillion.

Trump and his allies repeat the “Blame Biden!” line like it’s a mantra because they have utterly failed to make life better for regular, non-billionaire Americans. But when you hear the same thing on repeat it becomes white noise. More blah-blah from the party of merciless repetition.

Aren't you tired of hearing Trump talk about his stupid ballroom?

Rather than concrete examples of policies that will address affordability, we hear about the marble Trump will be using in his exquisite ballroom. Or about the $5 million regilding of gold-plated statues in Washington, DC. Or the godforsaken Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

PolitiFact analyzed the president’s public remarks and found this: “Trump’s remarks on the construction projects added up to nearly 45,000 words since January. He mentioned them at 84 events across 66 days, more than a quarter of all his public events during that period. In events where the construction projects came up, he’s talked more about the projects than topics such as the economy and immigration.”

The president has become that one divorced guy at the cookout whose blather about how he’s rehabbing his basement into an epic man cave makes you want to hurl yourself onto the grill.

The Washington Post reported Aug. 12 that the administration "plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that would be covered primarily by taxpayers."

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

Trump has become the very thing he fears most | Opinion

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 51m • 5 min read

 

Oh look, it’s a Republican lawmaker spouting Islamophobic rhetoric over a Democratic candidate who’s Muslim. And over there, it’s President Donald Trump mocking transgender athletes. There’s another Republican on the television telling you the economy has never been better.

And there’s Trump again on your phone screen saying America has full control of the Strait of Hormuz while you’re pumping $4-per-gallon gas.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Trump and Republicans have nothing but lies and stale fearmongering

With high food and gas prices, a weak labor market and an unpopular war started by a wildly unpopular president, the Grand Old Party has little to talk about, save bigotry and bald-faced lies.

And that routine, as evidenced by polling and low GOP primary turnout, has gotten old. Trump has become the thing he fears most: dull.

How many times have you heard Trump claim that a peace deal with Iran is imminent? There was March 9 when he told CBS News “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

On March 23 he said, “We have points, major points of agreement, I would say almost all points of agreement.”

May 23: “Getting a lot closer” to a peace deal.

June 8: “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything.”

And on Aug. 2, he said a deal is “imminent.”

It clearly wasn’t. Who among us is not exhausted from hearing this 80-year-old man say the same false thing over and over again about a war that by September will have cost taxpayers more than $37 billion, all thanks to a Republican Congress that refuses to rein in the president.

.Republicans have no achievements to celebrate, so they blame Biden

 

On the economic front, all we hear from Republicans about the problems Americans are facing is that those problems are former President Joe Biden’s fault.

In an Aug. 14 interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the high cost of living and said: “ Look, people should be upset. The Biden administration torched them.”

Buddy, the Biden administration ended nearly 600 days ago. The finger you all keep pointing at him needs to turn around and point in the Republican Party’s direction, because Republicans are in charge of literally everything. And under the control of these alleged small-government conservatives, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $2.1 trillion.

Trump and his allies repeat the “Blame Biden!” line like it’s a mantra because they have utterly failed to make life better for regular, non-billionaire Americans. But when you hear the same thing on repeat it becomes white noise. More blah-blah from the party of merciless repetition.

Aren't you tired of hearing Trump talk about his stupid ballroom?

Rather than concrete examples of policies that will address affordability, we hear about the marble Trump will be using in his exquisite ballroom. Or about the $5 million regilding of gold-plated statues in Washington, DC. Or the godforsaken Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

PolitiFact analyzed the president’s public remarks and found this: “Trump’s remarks on the construction projects added up to nearly 45,000 words since January. He mentioned them at 84 events across 66 days, more than a quarter of all his public events during that period. In events where the construction projects came up, he’s talked more about the projects than topics such as the economy and immigration.”

The president has become that one divorced guy at the cookout whose blather about how he’s rehabbing his basement into an epic man cave makes you want to hurl yourself onto the grill.

The Washington Post reported Aug. 12 that the administration "plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that would be covered primarily by taxpayers."

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

Trump has become the very thing he fears most | Opinion

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 51m • 5 min read

 

Oh look, it’s a Republican lawmaker spouting Islamophobic rhetoric over a Democratic candidate who’s Muslim. And over there, it’s President Donald Trump mocking transgender athletes. There’s another Republican on the television telling you the economy has never been better.

And there’s Trump again on your phone screen saying America has full control of the Strait of Hormuz while you’re pumping $4-per-gallon gas.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Trump and Republicans have nothing but lies and stale fearmongering

With high food and gas prices, a weak labor market and an unpopular war started by a wildly unpopular president, the Grand Old Party has little to talk about, save bigotry and bald-faced lies.

And that routine, as evidenced by polling and low GOP primary turnout, has gotten old. Trump has become the thing he fears most: dull.

How many times have you heard Trump claim that a peace deal with Iran is imminent? There was March 9 when he told CBS News “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

On March 23 he said, “We have points, major points of agreement, I would say almost all points of agreement.”

May 23: “Getting a lot closer” to a peace deal.

June 8: “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything.”

And on Aug. 2, he said a deal is “imminent.”

It clearly wasn’t. Who among us is not exhausted from hearing this 80-year-old man say the same false thing over and over again about a war that by September will have cost taxpayers more than $37 billion, all thanks to a Republican Congress that refuses to rein in the president.

.Republicans have no achievements to celebrate, so they blame Biden

 

On the economic front, all we hear from Republicans about the problems Americans are facing is that those problems are former President Joe Biden’s fault.

In an Aug. 14 interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the high cost of living and said: “ Look, people should be upset. The Biden administration torched them.”

Buddy, the Biden administration ended nearly 600 days ago. The finger you all keep pointing at him needs to turn around and point in the Republican Party’s direction, because Republicans are in charge of literally everything. And under the control of these alleged small-government conservatives, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $2.1 trillion.

Trump and his allies repeat the “Blame Biden!” line like it’s a mantra because they have utterly failed to make life better for regular, non-billionaire Americans. But when you hear the same thing on repeat it becomes white noise. More blah-blah from the party of merciless repetition.

Aren't you tired of hearing Trump talk about his stupid ballroom?

Rather than concrete examples of policies that will address affordability, we hear about the marble Trump will be using in his exquisite ballroom. Or about the $5 million regilding of gold-plated statues in Washington, DC. Or the godforsaken Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

PolitiFact analyzed the president’s public remarks and found this: “Trump’s remarks on the construction projects added up to nearly 45,000 words since January. He mentioned them at 84 events across 66 days, more than a quarter of all his public events during that period. In events where the construction projects came up, he’s talked more about the projects than topics such as the economy and immigration.”

The president has become that one divorced guy at the cookout whose blather about how he’s rehabbing his basement into an epic man cave makes you want to hurl yourself onto the grill.

The Washington Post reported Aug. 12 that the administration "plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that would be covered primarily by taxpayers."

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

For more on Trump's incompetency, corruption, and tyranny, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

So, here’s the thing; Republicans openly admit their policies combined with Trump’s incompetency are driving the price of gasoline to near record heights, increasing inflation and binding our economy, yet they won’t do a thing about it.

Rather than confront the tyrant, stand up for their constituency and abide by their oath to the Constitution, they would rather turn on the people who elected them and side with the oil companies who are making untold fortunes while American soldiers are losing life and limb in an unwinnable war.

As always we can expect nothing but lies, distortions, misinformation, and perfidy from the Republicans, while America sinks deeper into a morass of failure and economic decline.

See this –Boldface mine:

 

Fretting GOP in 'difficult spot' as Republicans told 'do a better job' selling Trump

Story by Travis Gettys • 38m • 2 min read

© provided by RawStory

The president's party almost always loses House seats in a midterm election – political scientists call it "The Iron Law" – and Donald Trump is single-handedly paving the way for that to happen this year.

A recent analysis found that incumbents are even more likely to be punished when gas is expensive, and fuel costs have surged since Trump launched a war on Iran, and Republicans are poised to bear the brunt in November, reported MS NOW.

"President Donald Trump can be blamed for the spike in gas prices, MS NOW reported. "There’s a direct line between the war Trump launched in Iran and the higher costs, and Republicans have done little to rein in the president or even call out the consequences of his decision."

The national average has stayed above $4 a gallon, according to AAA**, roughly 30 percent higher than a year ago,** and Trump has shrugged off the surge, leaving GOP lawmakers in a political bind between defending the president's economy and handling of the war while trying to show voters they care about affordability.

"Republicans know it’s a difficult spot," MS NOW reported, "and some GOP lawmakers acknowledge that they and their party need to do a better job."

NRCC Chair Rep. Richard Hudson is telling candidates just to explain it to voters**, insisting Trump was "saving the world from a crazy ayatollah with a nuclear weapon**" and that prices will "plummet" once the Iran situation resolves, but some GOP senators worry that's not enough.

"The bottom line is, really and truly, if you're not concerned and sympathetic about gas prices for people, then really and truly, we're not thinking very right," said Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV), "because we got a lot of people that are really hurting."

Brookings researcher Adie Tomer says Republican districts drive 26 percent more miles than Democratic ones on average, leaving GOP voters particularly exposed, and he said voters don't have to pay close attention to the news to understand who's to blame.

“This is going to be really tough for incumbents, particularly those associated with the president, because it’s just going to be hard to get out from it,” Tomer told MS NOW.

Election forecasters Michael Lewis-Beck and Charles Tien now project a 33-seat loss for Republicans, using their model that considers presidential approval ratings and disposable personal income, but they acknowledged that partisan voters can be stubborn.

“People are very resistant to changing their party, even if the house is floating down the river from a flood,” Lewis-Beck said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fretting-gop-in-difficult-spot-as-republicans-told-do-a-better-job-selling-trump/ar-AA2ahC17

or another provocative article:https://mcdermottm.substack.com/p/its-a-consternation-there-seems-to

Trump has become the very thing he fears most | Opinion

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 51m • 5 min read

 

Oh look, it’s a Republican lawmaker spouting Islamophobic rhetoric over a Democratic candidate who’s Muslim. And over there, it’s President Donald Trump mocking transgender athletes. There’s another Republican on the television telling you the economy has never been better.

And there’s Trump again on your phone screen saying America has full control of the Strait of Hormuz while you’re pumping $4-per-gallon gas.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Trump and Republicans have nothing but lies and stale fearmongering

With high food and gas prices, a weak labor market and an unpopular war started by a wildly unpopular president, the Grand Old Party has little to talk about, save bigotry and bald-faced lies.

And that routine, as evidenced by polling and low GOP primary turnout, has gotten old. Trump has become the thing he fears most: dull.

How many times have you heard Trump claim that a peace deal with Iran is imminent? There was March 9 when he told CBS News “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

On March 23 he said, “We have points, major points of agreement, I would say almost all points of agreement.”

May 23: “Getting a lot closer” to a peace deal.

June 8: “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything.”

And on Aug. 2, he said a deal is “imminent.”

It clearly wasn’t. Who among us is not exhausted from hearing this 80-year-old man say the same false thing over and over again about a war that by September will have cost taxpayers more than $37 billion, all thanks to a Republican Congress that refuses to rein in the president.

.Republicans have no achievements to celebrate, so they blame Biden

 

On the economic front, all we hear from Republicans about the problems Americans are facing is that those problems are former President Joe Biden’s fault.

In an Aug. 14 interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the high cost of living and said: “ Look, people should be upset. The Biden administration torched them.”

Buddy, the Biden administration ended nearly 600 days ago. The finger you all keep pointing at him needs to turn around and point in the Republican Party’s direction, because Republicans are in charge of literally everything. And under the control of these alleged small-government conservatives, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $2.1 trillion.

Trump and his allies repeat the “Blame Biden!” line like it’s a mantra because they have utterly failed to make life better for regular, non-billionaire Americans. But when you hear the same thing on repeat it becomes white noise. More blah-blah from the party of merciless repetition.

Aren't you tired of hearing Trump talk about his stupid ballroom?

Rather than concrete examples of policies that will address affordability, we hear about the marble Trump will be using in his exquisite ballroom. Or about the $5 million regilding of gold-plated statues in Washington, DC. Or the godforsaken Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

PolitiFact analyzed the president’s public remarks and found this: “Trump’s remarks on the construction projects added up to nearly 45,000 words since January. He mentioned them at 84 events across 66 days, more than a quarter of all his public events during that period. In events where the construction projects came up, he’s talked more about the projects than topics such as the economy and immigration.”

The president has become that one divorced guy at the cookout whose blather about how he’s rehabbing his basement into an epic man cave makes you want to hurl yourself onto the grill.

The Washington Post reported Aug. 12 that the administration "plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that would be covered primarily by taxpayers."

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

For  related post, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875

Trump has become the very thing he fears most | Opinion

Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY • 51m • 5 min read

 

Oh look, it’s a Republican lawmaker spouting Islamophobic rhetoric over a Democratic candidate who’s Muslim. And over there, it’s President Donald Trump mocking transgender athletes. There’s another Republican on the television telling you the economy has never been better.

And there’s Trump again on your phone screen saying America has full control of the Strait of Hormuz while you’re pumping $4-per-gallon gas.

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Trump and Republicans have nothing but lies and stale fearmongering

With high food and gas prices, a weak labor market and an unpopular war started by a wildly unpopular president, the Grand Old Party has little to talk about, save bigotry and bald-faced lies.

And that routine, as evidenced by polling and low GOP primary turnout, has gotten old. Trump has become the thing he fears most: dull.

How many times have you heard Trump claim that a peace deal with Iran is imminent? There was March 9 when he told CBS News “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

On March 23 he said, “We have points, major points of agreement, I would say almost all points of agreement.”

May 23: “Getting a lot closer” to a peace deal.

June 8: “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything.”

And on Aug. 2, he said a deal is “imminent.”

It clearly wasn’t. Who among us is not exhausted from hearing this 80-year-old man say the same false thing over and over again about a war that by September will have cost taxpayers more than $37 billion, all thanks to a Republican Congress that refuses to rein in the president.

.Republicans have no achievements to celebrate, so they blame Biden

 

On the economic front, all we hear from Republicans about the problems Americans are facing is that those problems are former President Joe Biden’s fault.

In an Aug. 14 interview, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about the high cost of living and said: “ Look, people should be upset. The Biden administration torched them.”

Buddy, the Biden administration ended nearly 600 days ago. The finger you all keep pointing at him needs to turn around and point in the Republican Party’s direction, because Republicans are in charge of literally everything. And under the control of these alleged small-government conservatives, the federal deficit for fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be $2.1 trillion.

Trump and his allies repeat the “Blame Biden!” line like it’s a mantra because they have utterly failed to make life better for regular, non-billionaire Americans. But when you hear the same thing on repeat it becomes white noise. More blah-blah from the party of merciless repetition.

Aren't you tired of hearing Trump talk about his stupid ballroom?

Rather than concrete examples of policies that will address affordability, we hear about the marble Trump will be using in his exquisite ballroom. Or about the $5 million regilding of gold-plated statues in Washington, DC. Or the godforsaken Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

PolitiFact analyzed the president’s public remarks and found this: “Trump’s remarks on the construction projects added up to nearly 45,000 words since January. He mentioned them at 84 events across 66 days, more than a quarter of all his public events during that period. In events where the construction projects came up, he’s talked more about the projects than topics such as the economy and immigration.”

The president has become that one divorced guy at the cookout whose blather about how he’s rehabbing his basement into an epic man cave makes you want to hurl yourself onto the grill.

The Washington Post reported Aug. 12 that the administration "plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that would be covered primarily by taxpayers."

Scare tactics seem to be all the GOP has heading into the midterms

For  related post, see Substack: https://mcdermottm.substack.com/publish/post/211500875