The wisdom of donald trump

Do You Want Fries with That?

Trump did a photo op at a McDonalds in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where he took prepared fries out of the fryolator. . . it was all staged: the restaurant was closed, the five “customers” were loyalists who had practiced their roles, and when Trump handed food through the drive-through window, he did not take money or make change.

Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, October 20, 2024

Origin Story

We Created a Monster: Trump Was a TV Fantasy Invented for ‘The Apprentice’

NBC’s former chief marketer regrets selling an illusion that has had dire consequences for the world.

By John D. Miller , U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 16, 2024

I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster.

For nearly 25 years, I led marketing at NBC and NBCUniversal. I led the team that marketed “The Apprentice,” the reality show that made Donald Trump a household name outside of New York City, where he was better known for overextending his empire and appearing in celebrity gossip columns.

To sell the show, we created the narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty. That was the conceit of the show. At the very least, it was a substantial exaggeration; at worst, it created a false narrative by making him seem more successful than he was.

In fact, Trump declared business bankruptcy four times before the show went into production, and at least twice more during his 14 seasons hosting. The imposing board room where he famously fired contestants was a set, because his real boardroom was too old and shabby for TV.

Voting advice from Elon’s Mom

In fact, it is illegal. Voter registration forms say so:

Not only that, you do have to be registered to vote. If you are not registered by election day at the polls, you won’t be given a ballot. If Maye has ever voted in the United States I don’t think she was paying attention.

FEMA Funds and Projection

“Trump has a habit of assuming other politicians act in the same way as he would,” [Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post] wrote. So he looked into why Trump would have accused Biden “of raiding the FEMA disaster fund to handle undocumented migrants. It turns out that’s because he did this.”   

In the middle of hurricane season in 2019, Kessler explains, Trump took $155 million from the FEMA disaster fund and redirected it to pay for detention space and temporary hearing locations for immigrants seeking asylum. “No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants,” the article title reads, “but Trump did.”

Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, October 4, 2024

Election Interference

Trump Watches

September 27, 2024

The Return of Four Seasons Landscaping

Trump Too Old to Campaign

“People in Trump’s camp give three primary reasons he’s hitting the road less this time, Axios’ Sophia Cai reports:

1. He’s a known quantity. The campaign feels less need to define him or his candidacy for voters this time around.
2. Rallies are expensive. Trump’s campaign managers this cycle are keeping a closer hold on the purse strings.
3. He’s older, and more inclined to spend his time at Mar-a-Lago.”

— “Trump holding far fewer rallies than in past runs,” Dave Lawler, Axios, September 22, 2024

Mark Robinson

“Like their unwavering support for Donald Trump, nothing seems to faze MAGA voters about Robinson. As Raw Story summarized, several MAGA supporters of Robinson interviewed by CNN are standing by their man. Here is a smattering of what Trump-rally goers said when asked about them:”

70-year-old Bob Judson explained, “I didn’t put much credence in it. We’ve all done things in our past that we’re sorry for. Some of the things are crazy,” before adding, “I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn’t be here for Trump, would we?”

— Jay Kuo, The Status Kuo, September 23, 2024

Promise Them Anything

Donny has reached the promise them anything stage of his campaign. 

Trump … has recently tossed off promises to abolish taxes on tips, overtime pay and Social Security; make in-vitro fertilization free to patients; cap credit card interest rates; cut car insurance rates and restore the state and local tax deduction.

It’s been three weeks since Donny promised free IVF and there’s still not one word about it on his campaign website. Remember Donny’s wackadoodle plan for flying cars? That’s still up on his site — but not free IVF.

— Jeff Tiedrich from Everyone is Entitled to My Own Opinion, September 22, 2024

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Making Women Great Again

“Donald Trump complains that Kamala Harris is too joyful, that she laughs too much. Trump thrives on a dark vision of America in chaos, casting himself in the role of faux superhero coming to save us all. He benefits from fearmongering. Trump made the deliberate choice to talk about “American carnage” in his inaugural address in 2020. As he loses votes among women, Trump resorts to telling us what to think and how to feel. It has nothing to do with our well-being and everything to do with helping him win the election. Sorry Donald. We are not going back.”

— Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, September 22, 2024

Rigging the Election

The New Yorker’s Philip Gourevitch noted that “Trump has been begging officials worldwide not to do the right thing for years to help rig the election for him—no deal in Gaza, no defense of Ukraine, no Kremlin hostages release, no border deal, no continuing resolution, no interest rate cuts, etc. — just sabotage & subterfuge.”

— Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American, September 18, 2024

Normalizing Violence

“Vance declared it is far too inflammatory to call Trump a fascist, forgetting that Trump called Harris a fascist twice just in the last week. 

— LISA NEEDHAM, SEP 19, 2024

Haitian Terror Threats

Eating Dogs and Cats

Harris-Trump Debate

Trump Platform

Tim Walz

Arlington National Cemetery

Campaign Collectibles

Republican Racism

Trump’s Project 2025

Trump and the Media