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MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:04 PM Saturday

He's ruining EVERYTHING!

It's going to take decades to undo all the damage he's done in just five years. This second term is a hundred times worse than his first. His cabinet is worse than the first one was; every single one of them, without exception, is an incompetent ass-kissing idiot who knows absolutely nothing about the cabinet they're the head of. Just like he's an incompetent idiot who knows nothing about leading a country. Hell, the only way he ran his businesses was into the ground, every single one of them.

There's nothing he won't destroy or demolish or ruin for everybody. Wake the eff up, MAGAts and supporters, this is your country too and he's ruining it for you too! You can't blame it on the Democrats anymore; it's all on him. He broke it; he owns it.

I worry about the generations to come. I want to apologize to them for how ignorant so many people were to believe that monster's lies or hated "the other" so much that they voted against their own best interests or wanted to "own the libs" or whatever other stupid fucking reason they had for voting for that abomination not once, not twice, but three times, knowing perfectly well who and what he really is. I'm also sorry that I have no explanation for it because I don't understand it myself.

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He's ruining EVERYTHING! (Original Post) MIButterfly Saturday OP
And Trump is not doing the demolition himself dalton99a Saturday #1
The Master said "CLAP AND SMILE" So the lap dogs clapped and smiled as the "Master" commanded Fla Dem Saturday #7
He also has 3 whole 24/7 propaganda channels programming the masses to enable him. Initech Saturday #8
And the MSM, along with 2,000 CONservative radio stations. OMGWTF Saturday #21
And don't forget nearly every local TV station. Initech Saturday #25
Not just them. Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, far-Right churches... JHB Saturday #24
OMG how wretched. I think I'm gonna barf.... King_Klonopin Saturday #27
They hate freedom. They hate democracy. They hate the U.S. Constitution. C Moon Yesterday #42
Looking at the 2027 National budget Coldwater Saturday #2
+1. "Starve the beast" is now "Starve Americans" dalton99a Saturday #6
It'll be the only job he's ever been successful at. nt Trueblue Texan Saturday #9
Not the bank accounts of the well-connected, he isn't. flvegan Saturday #3
I disagree it's all on him. In fact very little is on him. CrispyQ Saturday #4
He's the face, a figurehead, FoxNewsSucks Saturday #12
They should re-read project 2025, it is all in there. Bev54 Saturday #19
Key words--"paying attention" lastlib Saturday #23
Project 2025 going according to plan. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #5
One thing he can't have SuzyandPuffpuff Saturday #10
Many MAGATs on my Nextdoor site Diamond_Dog Saturday #11
I was in NW Arkansas in January, FoxNewsSucks Saturday #14
I would be shocked at those shirts MIButterfly Saturday #29
That just boggles my mind. MIButterfly Saturday #15
Some examples ... Diamond_Dog Saturday #26
Ya think?! KPN Saturday #32
He finally found the way to NOT go bankrupt: Justice matters. Saturday #13
That is so obscene. MIButterfly Saturday #17
None of us understand it. 😵‍💫 ShazzieB Saturday #16
Thank you, ShazzieB. MIButterfly Saturday #20
Oh, yes, I believe The Apprentice was a key factor in launching his political career. ShazzieB Saturday #22
I remember when that show was on. Diamond_Dog Saturday #28
I'm with you, Diamond_Dog. MIButterfly Saturday #30
Same here. ShazzieB Saturday #31
I just refused to watch. calimary Yesterday #44
Saw 1/2 of an Apprentice show, that was it for me. oasis Saturday #41
Greedy sadists ! Nt mucifer Saturday #18
It will be a very long time before the world trusts us again William Seger Saturday #33
The world trusts the US like the world trusted Nazi Germany RainCaster Saturday #34
And if another repuke comes to power, it'll get worse! sakabatou Saturday #35
With all the different states putting through voter suppression bills, it may happen. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #43
Hard not to believe he intends to stay in power as long as he can breathe flamingdem Saturday #36
All agency heads were willing haters of the agencies they were appointed to lead. All of them. n/t Evolve Dammit Saturday #37
I worry about the generations that voted for this catastrophy. progressoid Saturday #38
All the cuts to health research will haunt us for generations. SamuelAdams Saturday #39
Trump is making me miss George W. Bush, for christ sake! God forbid... Jack Valentino Saturday #40
Still 80% of Republicans strongly support him. Kablooie Yesterday #45
Collectively they have destroyed all civil society, economically and morally. mdbl Yesterday #46
It's not just Trump, it's the Republicans dlk Yesterday #47
And he will continue to do so until the Epstein files become but a distant memory. Scalded Nun Yesterday #48

Fla Dem

(27,645 posts)
7. The Master said "CLAP AND SMILE" So the lap dogs clapped and smiled as the "Master" commanded
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:33 PM
Saturday

Well trained. They'll all get a treat!

JHB

(38,233 posts)
24. Not just them. Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, far-Right churches...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:21 PM
Saturday

...the whole pack of the radical seditionist Right. After decades of slogging through deep snow to advance their agendas, he's a snowplow that lets them race along.

flvegan

(66,303 posts)
3. Not the bank accounts of the well-connected, he isn't.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:21 PM
Saturday

And that's all that REALLY matters these days, unfortunately.

CrispyQ

(40,983 posts)
4. I disagree it's all on him. In fact very little is on him.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:22 PM
Saturday

Granted he's gotten worse, less filtered, but anyone paying attention knew who he was back in 2015. It's on the republicans in congress, who could shut this thing down any day, but don't cuz they're afraid of the bigger problem, the stupid fuck magas. Trump is a symptom, & when he's gone, maga will just vote for the meanest prick the repubs can put on the ballot.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,740 posts)
12. He's the face, a figurehead,
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:18 PM
Saturday

no matter what he thinks of himself, he's just a very useful tool for several enemies of the US. Foreign and Domestic. They are the problem.

Bev54

(13,438 posts)
19. They should re-read project 2025, it is all in there.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:42 PM
Saturday

When he is gone, the US will have lost the reserve currency and be in a recession, if not an outright depression. No longer to police the world, they will be lucky to be included in the rest of the world. Other countries are trying to move on, except for his stupid fucking decisions to attack other countries that affect everyone. JFC NK seems like a more stable country right now.

lastlib

(28,310 posts)
23. Key words--"paying attention"
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:12 PM
Saturday

MAGAts have the attention span of a housefly; most have the alpha waves of a rutabaga. So when their masters told them to "hate government," they obeyed, and we got tRump.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,993 posts)
5. Project 2025 going according to plan.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:22 PM
Saturday

None of this is surprising to anyone who bothered to read it.

Quite frankly, it’s time to scrap this whole bullshit system.

SuzyandPuffpuff

(550 posts)
10. One thing he can't have
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:44 PM
Saturday

Our light and laughter... it's the reason he's taking us down with him. He can not laugh. He doesn't have actual friends. He doesn't understand the beauty of kindness and humor. We all do. And he can't touch it.it eats at him. His envy of joy. Biden Harris Obama's you me them. We all enjoy life.fuck him. Our souls belong to us.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,740 posts)
14. I was in NW Arkansas in January,
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:20 PM
Saturday

and a guy and his wife were walking through the grocery store. Both wearing tRump shirts that said in big letters "this is EXACTLY what I voted for".

A couple coworkers had to make sure I stayed away from them, it nearly killed me to keep my mouth shut, but I was at work.

MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
29. I would be shocked at those shirts
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:50 PM
Saturday

but after seeing people putting diapers over their pants and wearing shirts that said "Real men wear diapers" and women actually wearing T-shirts saying "He can grab me by" with an arrow pointing downward, it's pretty hard to shock me anymore. Disgust me, yes; shock me, no.

And those shirts and the fools wearing them are disgusting.

MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
15. That just boggles my mind.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:22 PM
Saturday

Of course, if they listen to nothing but Fox Alleged "News" and right-wing radio and podcasts, they're not going to know the truth of what's really going on.

They may be thrilled now but just wait until something he does affects them personally and if they still support him after that, they're beyond any kind of redemption.

Diamond_Dog

(40,635 posts)
26. Some examples ...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:43 PM
Saturday

“My investments are all doing great! He can have a third term as far as I’m concerned!”

“If they’re here illegally, they should leave. Get rid of them any way possible, I don’t care how.”

The thing is, right now there ARE things that affect everyone….. such as high gas prices, high grocery prices, health insurance covering less and less, global warming affecting our food supply …. I think some folks’ minds are just “gone” from watching Fox “News”.

Justice matters.

(9,809 posts)
13. He finally found the way to NOT go bankrupt:
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:20 PM
Saturday

By bankrupting all 99% of the good gullible citizens of the US of A...

MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
17. That is so obscene.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:28 PM
Saturday

Remember when presidents were not allowed to profit from the presidency? They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm. And yet DJT can profit off his presidency with reckless abandonment. Why is he above all protocal, rules and laws? Why are all the Republicans and his sycophants so afraid to tell him "no"?

ShazzieB

(22,631 posts)
16. None of us understand it. 😵‍💫
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:22 PM
Saturday

I've heard a lot of pundits say that he chose his cabinet members like he was casting a TV show, picking people for how they look and sound on camera and ignoring factors like experience and judgment. I think that theory checks out.

I also think he has an unconscious aversion to smart, accompiished people, because they trigger his insecurities and make him feel inferior. Competent people also tend to have opinions of their own about things, which he finds highly inconvenient. This time he has surrounded himself with people who are as stupid as him in or worse and who pass his "loyalty" test of being willing to obey his orders without question.

Rember how Jeff Sessions got fired as AG back in 2018 because he recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election? Whatever else you can say about Sessions, he did the right thing in that instance, but he went against Trump's wishes in doing so. The Orange One finds that kind of "insubordination" to be intolerable, and this time he made sure to pick people who will ask "How high?" When he tells them to jump.

Unfortunately, that "strategy" (if you can call it that) has backfired on him, because it has culminated in a clown car full of clowns who are utterly incapable of doing their jobs. I hope and pray that this will lead to his downfall, or at least play a big role in it.

MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
20. Thank you, ShazzieB.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:44 PM
Saturday

I agree with everything you said, especially the part about TV. It seems like it's all a TV show to him and he, and he alone, is the star of it.

Damn the producers of "The Apprentice" for foisting this miserable, broken-down loathsome creature upon us and for making him appear smarter and far more competent than he actually is. Damn them to Hell.

ShazzieB

(22,631 posts)
22. Oh, yes, I believe The Apprentice was a key factor in launching his political career.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:59 PM
Saturday

The producers of that show unwittingly created a monster who was able to march into the 2016 primaries with a built in fan base who were primed to believe he was a brilliant businessman and all around great guy. *sigh*

I hope somebody writes a book someday, analyzing how that stupid reality show set him up for political success. I don't think it's gotten nearly the attention it deserves as a factor in his rise to power.

Diamond_Dog

(40,635 posts)
28. I remember when that show was on.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:46 PM
Saturday

I knew some people who loved it. Myself, I could not stand his personality for more than 5 seconds.

MIButterfly

(2,748 posts)
30. I'm with you, Diamond_Dog.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:53 PM
Saturday

I never watched one minute of that show. Even then, there was something so off-putting about DJT.

ShazzieB

(22,631 posts)
31. Same here.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:53 PM
Saturday

Last edited Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:04 PM - Edit history (1)

I tried to watch it once, just out of curiosity. I lasted about 5 minutes.

William Seger

(12,462 posts)
33. It will be a very long time before the world trusts us again
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:34 PM
Saturday

... after proving that we were stupid enough to elect him again. Of course, the cult doesn't care about that, being oblivious to the damages and the costs, because we're number one, and we don't need anybody else, right?

RainCaster

(13,739 posts)
34. The world trusts the US like the world trusted Nazi Germany
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:40 PM
Saturday

Right at the end of WW2. It will take as long to rebuild that trust. Part of that rebuild process will be public trials for war crimes.

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,289 posts)
43. With all the different states putting through voter suppression bills, it may happen.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:30 AM
Yesterday

Florida just passed a bill with citizenship requirements and is not allowing student ID’s or retirement home IDs but it won’t go through before the midterms. I know Florida is no big loss, having turned red already but All the states, even blue ones are putting bills out there (even Illinois!)

Evolve Dammit

(21,785 posts)
37. All agency heads were willing haters of the agencies they were appointed to lead. All of them. n/t
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:18 PM
Saturday

SamuelAdams

(48 posts)
39. All the cuts to health research will haunt us for generations.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:48 PM
Saturday

Not only are they pushing back possible cures now, young people will choose to go into other fields with all the chaos.

Jack Valentino

(5,066 posts)
40. Trump is making me miss George W. Bush, for christ sake! God forbid...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:16 PM
Saturday

Only by comparison as another Republican. He was bad but he wasn't insane, and at least
he wasn't purposely trying to destroy everything about this country,
and at least pretended to have respect for the Constitution....

Kablooie

(19,114 posts)
45. Still 80% of Republicans strongly support him.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:05 AM
Yesterday

I don’t know how but they are willingly blind to every single thing he’s doing.

mdbl

(8,672 posts)
46. Collectively they have destroyed all civil society, economically and morally.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 10:09 AM
Yesterday

How do you come back from that?

dlk

(13,258 posts)
47. It's not just Trump, it's the Republicans
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:47 AM
Yesterday

Never forget, Trump didn’t do so much damage all by himself. He ‘s had lots of help from the GOP.

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