The Dem world shifts—and Rethugs have only pathetic, self-defeating responses
Before he departs this plane, Trump could well test his final frontier: can he openly shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, not lose fans and not go to jail? Certainly in NY he would be indicted and convicted—but who knows whether he’d be jailed, either appealing all the way to God or perish in the meantime. If nothing else, Trump’s life provides the ultimate, stinging rebuke to Yankee boasts about our fair and functional justice system.
The Trump Indictment Calamity Parade (TICP) crudely exposes wealth and PR standing as still the best immunity – and endless chutzpah by the greatest whining hustler ever proves as infinite as the universe. That of all low-brow people, this sorry wretch helped facilitate the disgraceful descent of the Supreme Court (as in certifying WH immunity)—boggles the mind and taints our national legacy. One would have imagined ten times the political might to pull off that unspeakable usurpation.
It’s as if Trump (unconsciously) sees life as an endless test of what a rich, arrogant creep could get away with by violating norms that once restrained the worst depravity. Other than favoritism by his billionaire father (aware Donald was not the brightest bulb), Trump was so mentally (and morally) under-endowed he could only lurch from atrocious student to sleazy, racist apartment developer, then over-reacher/multiple bankrupt to recouping money after slick (dishonest) rebranding and TV charades. But how many remain stunned that America was capable of electing the most inept fool who never deserved to hold office?
An appalling parody of the core myth, this storyline leaps from bloated inheritance to insolvency (even an adult allowance), then to sleazy fame he managed to transform into historic infamy. What Trump pulled off, the ultimate PR manipulator (with a lot of luck), was to wrap fake golden veneer around deep rottenness, going from riches to near rags to return to status and egotism.
The come-back from hell?
What past scenario would make predictable today’s come-back from the most disgraced, scandal-ridden presidency, a violent insurrection, a laughable Big Lie fraud AND a myriad of fake elector schemes? What does it say about total MAGA delusions that millions think once was not enough—and a second jolt of Trumpism is divine will? The only interruption to serial Trump criminal conspiracies are chronic lies, denial, misdirection and subterfuge—all without notable boosts to ‘22 GOP candidates. And now the insular base spent a year nominating a senile, 78 year old blabbermouth who brags about wanting dictatorship, handing Ukraine over to Putin, lawless mass deportation, usurpation of the Justice Dept to punish foes, and for “Christians” the re-election to end all elections? Shooting one Fifth Avenue victim looks modest by comparison to a president granted total immunity for “official” acts.
One wonders what next Trump outrages will mark the next 100 days? How about more purely racist attacks on his Dem opponent, calling her “garbage” and a “disaster” for the country, then demonizing the popular GA governor whose state could determine the election? All reminiscent of the Central Park Five and Birtherism, plus the Charlottesville protest disgraces—confirming Old Don-Old’s racial malice. And the tedious beat goes on, as if Trump were a broken, battery-operated toy with only one mode: personal barrages, scattergun insults, and an allergy against pitching meaningful deliverables for the electorate. One wonders, in the face of such unsavvy campaigning, whether the “crude, brash entertainment” aspect fully explains bizarre cult loyalty. One also wonders what in the world Trump can still do, like picking a VP MAGA fanatic, then won’t even admit Vance is qualified to run the country?
Thus, what are possible options, if any, for the reeling septuagenarian—how can a candidate/loser replicating what he did in 2016, with added malice, now expand his base? What has he done in the last months other than gain 34 felonies which, however MAGA red meat, hardly win over the critical changeable center? If talk of banning abortion is only half as bad as it was a year ago, what has Trump done to repair the bleeding—as that gains no independent women with direct procreative challenges? Does the scary Project 2025, despite Trump’s fake distancing, add swing vote enthusiasts to his side? Does threatening to hand Ukraine over to the Menace from Moscow, an insult to years of strong U.S. support plus every European ally, expand his MAGA base? Does the obsession profiling Harris’s ethnicity not expose every racist bone in Trump’s decrepit body, another dead end on expanding his electorate?
Could Kamala be more opposite?
In the meantime, a younger, more vital, certainly less apocalyptic messenger of consistently popular messages, offers what Americans like best: a new, shining, far more uplifting face dishing out far better “political entertainment” than Biden. Whereas for Trump his campaigning is same-old, same-old, without enough acting skill to make it fresh, whatever Harris tosses out comes across as Olympic-style moves—engaging, refreshing and spirited. Every day Trump looks much older, reinforced by Harris’s high octane mobility, seemingly everywhere at once. Plus, in the next months, factor in whatever positives Biden’s time add to this week’s spectacular prisoner exchange. Even a lame duck can soar at times.
Though Ukraine looks to grind on, the Israeli-Gaza disaster promises a truce about which Biden/Harris can brag. Perhaps that good news comes in September just about the time Trump gets a meaty sentence from his 34 convictions. August also looks to begin in-depth testimony on the Trump D.C. election fraud trial—and even without a trial, serious negatives will broadcast Trump’s scheming, anti-democracy, anti-election failures.
What we know for sure is that Biden (and Trump’s legal woes) are as unchangeable as the hot-house climate. What we also know is that Kamala Harris will be nominated with great fanfare at the Dem Convention, further bumping her numbers. The world lies all before her and she is in charge as Trump is definitely not. Harvesting the best of the Biden and Obama campaign staffs, Kamala’s VP pick will help win critical states, and so far she’s not made one false step. Staggering in comparison, the Trump and the GOP are without savvy venues, per this Daily Kos list:
- Trump can’t figure out what to do about Harris.
- Only one candidate is ready to debate—and it isn’t Trump.
- Trump digs deeper hole after vowing Christians ‘won’t have to vote’ again.
- Project 2025 has not been ‘shut down,’ despite Trump’s phony dismay.
- Vance continues to praise creators of Project 2025.
- Inside the GOP meltdown over JD Vance: ‘Unforced errors’.
- Trump unleashes his racism on Harris in front of black journalists.
- Trump campaign then tries to blame black journalists for Trump’s racism.
- Harris campaign raises $310M in July—and momentum is soaring.
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