The line between parody and reality has virtually been erased. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have gone to verify one of Trump’s crazy eruptions and see if it’s real or not. And his posts past midnight, the witching hour, are particularly deranged. It’s one of those that you’re going to look at here. What’s interesting about this post, is that he has the facts totally wrong. Totally backwards, in fact.
This is just one more addition to the alternative reality the man lives in, where tariffs are check requests that you give to a foreign country. That’s the way he depicts it. On Sunday when he spoke with Kristen Welker, he said that, “But I can say that if you look at my — just pre-Covid, we had the greatest economy in the history of our country. And I had a lot of tariffs on a lot of different countries, but in particular China. We took in hundreds of billions of dollars and we had no inflation.”
So that’s it, friends. A tariff is a check request. Or something. I have long given up on trying to figure out how Trump “thinks” or conceptualizes, but he keeps coming up with these incredible variations on what is in fact real, and his cult goes along with it. I can hear them now, “Yeah, let’s put 100% tariffs on every single thing that comes into this country” — not knowing that if the U.S. in fact does that, it will come out of their own pockets. But I digress. Let’s look at Trump’s latest alternative reality.
The posts after midnight are the most inane. pic.twitter.com/9jiLSOJrla
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 9, 2024
Um….anybody else in the party hear about this? Because last I knew, the Democratic stance on this issue was dead opposite, 180 degrees from what Trump has posted here. So what is the situation?
- He’s sundowning again, which is what I speculate?
- He’s got some kind of crazy notion that the popular vote should be eliminated and why would that be? Because Republicans traditionally lose it or if they win, it’s by the narrowest of margins, like himself and Nixon?
- He’s just flailing after midnight and whatever comes out comes out. Great. And this is the guy with the nuclear codes, not to mention wanting to put a black out drunk in the chain of command heading the Department of Defense. What could go wrong?
That’s my take on it. Here’s what sundowning is. Take notes, class, because we are going to be referring to this material for the next four years. This is very pertinent in understanding what we’re up against January until 2028.
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- Confusion: The person may be confused about who people are or what’s going on. They may also feel like they need to go home, even if they are already at home.Â
- Agitation: The person may feel anxious or agitated. They may also shout or argue.Â
- Hallucinations:Â The person may experience hallucinations or delusions.Â
- Pacing:Â The person may pace or wander.Â
- Confusion: The person may be confused about who people are or what’s going on. They may also feel like they need to go home, even if they are already at home.Â
- Difficulty sleeping:Â Sundowning can make it hard for the person to get enough sleep.Â
And the patient may throw ketchup bottles, break television sets or coffee pots, or make strange gyrations to gay pickup songs from the 80’s. May God help us, is all I can say.
“and you want to be my latex salesman!” Jerry says standing over George, who was lying face down in his boxers, having rushed and stumbled from the bathroom. Seinfeld
Ladies and Gentlemen…our president ELECT!
God Help Us…sorry…it’s all I got.
projection? and where does he think electoral college votes come from?
Not that I can pretend to have the slightest idea what he is thinking – but maybe from State legislatures? Or Congressfolk? Whatever it is, it must be something for which gerrymandering works.