Yesterday, Donald Trump visited North Carolina to see the chaos and tragedy left in Hurricane Florence’s wake. His staff wrote a little statement for him to make on camera, but I’m not sure a speechwriter would or could come up with this genius line: “This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we’ve ever seen from the standpoint of water.” As opposed to being wet from other standpoints? He’s literally just saying water is wet. And his whole vibe in this video is almost gleeful, like he’s so pleased that he gets to visit devastation and tragedy.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 18, 2018
Also super-charming was this interaction he had with a Florence survivor who ended up with a yacht washed up in his backyard:
what a pool report from @MarkLandler pic.twitter.com/XeFtW6gQYa
— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) September 19, 2018
That’s just some of what Bigly was up to yesterday. The Hill also published a transcript of their interview with Trump, which was technically conducted on Tuesday. If you want to laugh and then cry and then go back to bed because nothing matters, you can read the full transcript here. Trump doesn’t even know what he’s saying half the time, he’s just spewing out words and catchphrases and vague conspiracies. These are the most notable highlights:
Why he’s declassifying ‘memos’ from the FBI: “I have not reviewed them. I have been asked by many people in Congress as you know to release them. I have watched commentators that I respect begging the president of the United States to release them. We’re sitting with one right here, we’re sitting with two, you’re right. More than once. And I have had many people ask me to release them. Not that I didn’t like the idea, but I wanted to wait. I wanted to see what, you know, where it was all going. And I think this whole, it’s a hoax. You know Gregg Jarrett wrote a book called the Russian Hoax. It actually is a hoax. I call it a witch hunt, but it’s a hoax. Beyond a witch hunt…. I have been asked by so many people that I respect, please — the great Lou Dobbs, the great Sean Hannity, the wonderful great Jeanie Pirro.”
The Russian investigation: “They know that this is one of the great scandals in the history of our country. Because basically what they did, is they used Carter Page who nobody even knew, who I feel very badly for, I think he has been treated very badly. They used Carter Page as a foil in order to surveil a candidate for the presidency of the United States. And if you think about it, I’ve been under investigation, even though they say I’m not under investigation and I’m not a target. You do know I’m not a target and I’m not under investigation. But, this has been going on from seven months prior to the election. And then you had, the appointment of Mueller, who’s highly conflicted. Highly conflicted.
On the idea of a Deep State: “I don’t like to use it because it sounds so conspiratorial and believe it or not I’m really not a conspiratorial person. But I think it’s a sad day for our country.
On Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser: “Has she agreed to testify yet?… It’s a very big thing, if she doesn’t. So, I have said right from the start and people have been very happy with what I’ve said that we have to let both sides speak, we have to take a look at his absolutely incredible record, a record like almost none other that I’ve seen. You know, between the schools, the intellect. You know I said yesterday, “not a blemish on his record.” And you have to look at what she has to say. So, I don’t want to comment on her until I see her.… The Democrats have had this letter for three months. They could have brought it up at the hearing during, you know, in course during the hearing. Dianne Feinstein knew all about it and if she knew about it that meant [Charles] Schumer knew about it. And every Democrat knew about it. This is no different than the Russian witch hunt, what they’ve done is they make up a lot of stuff and try and obstruct and resist.
I can’t. I read this yesterday and my mouth fell open and I had to shut off my computer and just not think about the presidency for a few hours. Please vote in the midterms.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
Vote the Blue Wave in November.
When you first read what he says you think ‘the person transcribing this must have made a typo. Then you watch the interview and realize…oh noooooo’ My 5 year old niece can give a speech better
@Elisabeth
The list of things wrong with this man…..it’s inexhaustible. But to cut a long story short, he’s a Sociopath and so has no genuine emotions outside rage. It’s the reason he struggles so much to approximate appropriate responses to events.
I have known people who have trouble expressing empathy or compassion but holy hell, Trump is in a (bigly) league of his own. His lack of basic humanity is mind blowing. As well as his lack of intellectual curiosity. And he has ALWAYS been this way. I never watched The Apprentice but maybe he seemed more normal when given a script? Because I don’t know how anyone thought he’d make a good president.
On the British Royal Family scale, I wish I were a Meghan or a Diana, but sadly I am more like a Kate (I have this feeling but have no idea how to convey it sensitively or kindly so I say nothing), so I can appreciate when people try and fail, but you are right that this is so broken.
At least H. W.’s lack of public empathy wasn’t for lack of trying, just for lack of understand average people (remember when he didn’t know what milk cost, I think?).
I watched several episodes of his game show (original and celebrity cast versions), and he did better. It’s now obvious how scripted he must have been. Who knows how many takes we’re required to make it sound halfway normal.
He clearly is in mental decline and the stress of Mueller reeling in all of his criminal cronies is making him even more confused and deranged. He spends all day listening to conspiracy theories and thinks there is something so damaging to Democrats in the Carter Page documents releasing them in October will ensure a red wave in November.
@ Esmom
You’re lucky (lol) the people you know are probably on the lower end of the psychopathic/sociopathic scale – be grateful….., imagine if you knew a dozen Donald Trumps?!!!😬😬
Don Snr is probably a malignant psycho, like his mentor/overlord Vlad Putin, so there’s no managing this sh*t. It’s all out there in the open for everybody to see.
@ Betsy
You just sound shy to me…..🙂
@ MAC
He probably HAS started to properly lose his mind……all the signs are there. I suspect they’ll try to use that argument to get him off criminal charges when the time comes.
Obviously on the show they contained the crazy in him. I think other contestants (don’t remember who) said at one point he kept referring to Little John as “Uncle Tom.” That’s even when producers told him to stop it.
I read the boat passage aloud to my 18yo and she responded, “Is he playing finders/keepers with hurricane recovery?”
We call him IQ45 & that might be too generous
I still think this is a sign that the Trump & the Republicans are really scared of the outcome this November.
They simple don’t care about the remaining 70 % of the population who don’t support them.
They also think they can win the war by getting a conservative court for the next generation.
What they seem to forget is that Kavanaugh can and will be impeached once Democrats gets both Houses. He has lied under oat multiple times. He will be removed.
If only..doesn’t seem to bother anyone that he’s lied..thomas lied, and he’s still around. Common sense should tell anyone that if one person welcomes an investigation and polygraph and one doesn’t..we already know who’s lying. The repubs will sell their souls for a court that favors big business/religous right..the repub women lawmakers have, and will, go along, and the dems better step up ..every dem on that committee should be talking now instead of relying on a victim to save their butts.
The thing about Thomas was it was a bipartisan appt (Biden was chair then too if I recall. He has since regretted this). No way Kavanaugh can hang onto this seat. He lied about more things than sexual harassment and assault.
They don’t t care about the 30% who voted for them either
Yup, they only care about the 1%.
Don’t you need a 2/3rds majority in the senate to pull that off? Is that even possible for the Dems?
He’s such a fucking moron, no sense or sensitivity. How appalling that he is actually the president of the United States.
I get that no matter what there are too many sexist, racist, dirtbag partisan losers who voted for him, but I still have to believe that Russia changed votes. I cannot accept that there are THAT many horrible people in the country.
Sadly, there are. And yes, they are digging their heels in. The more insane this gets, the more they cling out of desperation and a refusal to admit they were WRONG. I live amongst these people. In a state that is about 65% red. Just reading these people’s Facebook posts and opinion pieces in the local paper makes me cry. They don’t get it and they don’t care. I had some inkling of faith in my fellow humans until they showed me, since 2016, that they will cling to their beliefs until death. My only hope is for us “others” to come out of the woodwork and vote a blue tsunami in November. In TN we have a really popular Dem former- governor running against a hated Republican and I think we will prevail. Vote! It’s the only voice we have.
At this point I am honestly just happy that I will live long enough to see him die. Hopefully in prison.
I would normally never think such a thing but with him…
Listening to him talk makes me dizzy. He says absolute nonsense and speaks and tweets short sentences while using his limited vocabulary. “Many people, hoax, and witch hunt” are a few words he can’t have a conversation without saying
The word salad is a symptom of psychopathy. It’s a great distraction technique.
Sad! No collusion! Tremendous!
“Not a puppet! You’re a puppet!”
Remember that classic from one of the debates?
The “puppet” outburst, with his strained face and spittle flying from his mouth, will go down in history as the biggest “tell” of all. I knew then, immediately, that he is a Russian asset. But you know who else saw what I saw, besides all of you fine people? MUELLER. Mueller saw it and he knew too. Let’s hope he can prove it without doubt.
Even by his very low standards, he did not look well yesterday. Very puffy.
Good. Grim Reaper, where are you?
🙂
let’s get him more McDonalds.
He doesn’t look well. The makeup isn’t hiding it anymore.
It’s not the usual aging a President experiences, or just added weight. It’s a generally unwell look.
He doesn’t do any of the work a usual president does. He’s rotting from the inside out. Dorian Gray in reverse. The portrait in his attic looks like Robert Redford circa Sundance.
A normal president ages because they are stressed from the work and the weight of the responsibility. He does no work and feels no responsibility to the country.
He doesn’t look like he’s all there. If you look at the headshots here he looks confused or something. Whatever, I hope he’s happy with his declining looks.
OMG, he looks horrible. And I wish I could like every comment here.
It is terrifying. Everyone in his corrupt administration is an idiot. Swaggering Pompeo, Rev. Suckup Pence, disappearing act Kelly. Instead the rabid talking heads at Fox are now advising drump. Drump’s main relationship is with a television screen. This interview confirms how all Putin had to do was unleash the crazies and everything else would take care of itself.
He hasn’t been looking well for a while – stress caused by the fact that his lies and behaviour are catching up with him.
Him dropping dead while President will only make him a saintly figure to the deplorables and GOP, to save the country and everyone else he needs to be exposed and dragged out of office.
Given how he looks am not sure he will last long enough to be brought down by Mueller’s investigation. His mental state is clearly getting worse every day.
I can’t listen or watch him talk – he does this weird thing where he swings his upper body around, its distracting and makes him look like a bored toddler.
Swinging his upper body while making nonstop hand gestures with his tiny paws is distracting and obnoxious
Let’s all hope that today is the day we celebrate Mueller Time.
“So, I don’t want to comment on her until I see her.…” I winced when I read that, because I’m guessing that ‘comment’ will be a ranking out of ten. That poor woman.
Yes, the dems knew about it for 3 months, but they didn’t do anything because the victim of that attempted rape wanted to keep her anonymity so she wouldn’t be attacked by Trump etc.!! Only now she’s being attacked for THAT.
It upset me too. You know that he’ll make some kind of comment about how she’s not attractive enough to be assaulted, because he said the very same thing about the women HE assaulted.
And Grassley. Grassley knew about it for 3 months. How convenient that Trump leaves that part out.
Everyone leaves that part out! It’s nuts!
EXACTLY! He wants to SEE her, NOT HEAR HER! Now that’s a tell.
I had to laugh when I saw this. Well, I didn’t realize water had a viewpoint, but let’s roll with this phrase. From the standpoint of water, Trump is the worst president. Just ask any river, stream, lake or ocean.
From the standpoint of stupidity, he’s the stupidest f–king moron alive.
Serious question here: Let’s say 45 is mentally incompetent ,would he still be able to be charged with crimes or impeached? Also all decisions and executive orders he signed off on, would they be considered legal?
It just seems he is getting more unhinged. If he is faking, then he is a damm good actor
I’d like to think that if he’s incompetent to stand trial that’s anyone who protected him from the 25th Amendment should be tried with something.
The people who want the Russian docs declassified are Sean “thumb” Hannity and Jeanne Pirro.
Be careful what you wish for!
I was surprised he didn’t nominate Crazy Eyes Pirro for the SCOTUS.
SAME.
Of course he didn’t, she is a woman.
As an outsider I am astonished by the millions of Americans who continue to support this amoral simpleton.
It doesn’t help that our average news outlet caters to 2nd grade level in a business friendly way. The truth is so selectively and wrongly reported that it requires a lot of reading between the lines, guessing and following it up elsewhere. Then there’s their obsession with “both sides” when really it’s 99% the horribleness of the GOP.
And that’s before you realize that most of his supporters have abandoned normal media for being too “liberal” and have basically filled their head with nonsense.
The thing is, we are a population of 325 Million people. His base is only 30% of the population. And many of that population are either retired baby boomers (who spill hate on the internet 24/7 because they are retired), rich business people and some young people who are entitled.
He won because we had a very small portion of our population that showed up to vote and his side were from smaller states who count a lot in the electoral college. The ideas of the GOP are actually very unpopular.
Sam: his supporters are a very loud minority. Most Americans are horrifyed by him. But the press seems fixated on the small percentage of MAGATs. It’s awful.
Please, please vote. And please, please do not go to the polls alone. Bring your family members and your friends. Make sure everyone around you votes.
And this is the human puss who decides the direction of SCOTUS for a generation.
Thanks to all the arseholes who sat this one out, voted green, or who just couldn’t vote for Hillary for whatever jacked up reason you came up with. THANK YOU!
And they’re still defending “voting their conscience.” Not ashamed at all. You should see all the suckups on Susan Sarandon’s twitter. I promise you, they’ll do it again in November and in 2020.
Is it any surprise that he doesn’t understand insurance or ownership? He obviously thought health insurance was like life insurance or some other product.
I’ve never understood how someone can live and “work” for decades and be oblivious to rather basic things. I guess someone else has handled everything for him his entire life, and/or he has zero interest in understanding anything.
I only caught a brief moment of his visit on the news, but he actually said something about “all the rebuilding that will need to happen is very exciting”. He was thrilled for whomever will be able to exploit this disaster for their own benefit. Does he not understand, or just doesn’t care that some (many) folks won’t have the resources to rebuild and will be ruined?
Probably a bit of both. He probably sees it as a developer’s (and a slumlord’s) dream.
So the very stable genius found that this water was among the wettest ever!? Yay, science!
I’m hiding under the covers. Maybe Dax Shepherd is right – why not finally have that ecstasy party I’ve always dreamt of? And let’s try those ‘shrooms too. The entire world is going to hell.
The way he mentions Hannity and Pirro is just like the great and wonderful wizard of Oz. They are a bunch of hoaxes hiding behind faux curtains. Also, this administration is clearly run by flying monkeys while the grand wizard in charge talks about the scary water.
…and the witch hunt. How could I forget the witch hunt?
What a shame that extremely wet water didn’t land on that particular witch!
‘ Trump doesn’t even know what he’s saying half the time, he’s just spewing out words and catchphrases and vague conspiracies’
I have a brother who is a narcissist and this is how he speaks to me. His unsolicited advice makes no sense, then when I point that out- he quickly changes the subject saying more things that are irrational and illogical. His wife does the same. Last time I saw her i was a broke college kid and she said, ‘you shouldn’t be renting, you should just buy a house.’ I said, no I don’t have the money. she said-verbatim- ‘So, you should just buy one anyway.’
This explained why the previous time I saw them my brother handed my dad an envelope filled with cash to pay him back for an IRS bill he helped them pay. Previously my brother bragged about cheating the government with his taxes and how stupid they were to not catch him and recommended I do the same. Who does that sound like?
That was the previous year, yet they continued to give financial advice that made no sense. It’s embarrassing to me but doesn’t seem to be to them-they just keep on talking. they NEED to be highly regarded and fear you won’t see their good attributes, so my brother will just brag and brag and if you don’t respond to his liking and aren’t sufficiently impressed, he’ll just keep doing it. It’s like the guy who caught a fish and each time he tells the story the fish gets bigger and bigger-
He actually told me about a coworker who was ‘winning’ at life-just like Charlie sheen did in that crazy interview-an interview Charlie sheen has since admitted was crazy. My brother repeated it over and over-thinking he sounded good.
This is why trump has that horrible handshake. People are taught that a strong handshake influences the first impression you have on people, but to a narcissist image is everything. There is no substance beyond the image. So to trump his handshake is all of him which is why he feels the need to dominate men with his handshake.
remember the navy seal clint eastwood made a movie about? he wrote autobiography before he was killed and his estate was later sued because of the vast amount of inaccuracies in the book. He was highly regarded in his field amongst his peers and held records but still needed to lie because it wasn’t enough-it’ll never be enough for somebody like that. My brother worked in the navy and said he knew that guy-and said that guy told my brother he should be getting all the attention he was getting as my brother was making more of a positive impact in the navy than he was.
I just want to smack him. He always looks like a petulant child who was sent to the corner for a time out.
It’s like his brain is constipated and his tongue is an enema. Then it unclogs the rabid brain squrrels and the spewage of idiocy begins.
Very low grade intelligence. SOS.
He’s as ugly on the inside as he is outside. Hideous “human being”.
I’m so glad EZ informed us that water is wet. Don’t know how we all survived, without being told this by the “leader of the free world”, for this long. He’s the laughing stock of the free thinkers in the world. Time to rid ourselves of this rat bastard. Please pass the arsenic Mr. Putin.
VOTE!