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MIButterfly

(2,736 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:04 PM Yesterday

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

Fla Dem

(27,643 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
Yesterday

Well trained. They'll all get a treat!

JHB

(38,232 posts)
24. Not just them. Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, far-Right churches...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:21 PM
Yesterday

...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

(66,297 posts)
3. Not the bank accounts of the well-connected, he isn't.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:21 PM
Yesterday

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

CrispyQ

(40,980 posts)
4. I disagree it's all on him. In fact very little is on him.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:22 PM
Yesterday

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

(11,739 posts)
12. He's the face, a figurehead,
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:18 PM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

(28,303 posts)
23. Key words--"paying attention"
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:12 PM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

(11,739 posts)
14. I was in NW Arkansas in January,
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:20 PM
Yesterday

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

(2,736 posts)
29. I would be shocked at those shirts
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:50 PM
Yesterday

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

(2,736 posts)
15. That just boggles my mind.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:22 PM
Yesterday

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

(40,630 posts)
26. Some examples ...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:43 PM
Yesterday

“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
Yesterday

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

MIButterfly

(2,736 posts)
17. That is so obscene.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:28 PM
Yesterday

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

(22,624 posts)
16. None of us understand it. 😵‍💫
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:22 PM
Yesterday

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

(2,736 posts)
20. Thank you, ShazzieB.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:44 PM
Yesterday

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

(22,624 posts)
22. Oh, yes, I believe The Apprentice was a key factor in launching his political career.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:59 PM
Yesterday

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

(40,630 posts)
28. I remember when that show was on.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:46 PM
Yesterday

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

MIButterfly

(2,736 posts)
30. I'm with you, Diamond_Dog.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:53 PM
Yesterday

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

ShazzieB

(22,624 posts)
31. Same here.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 03:53 PM
Yesterday

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

(12,461 posts)
33. It will be a very long time before the world trusts us again
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:34 PM
Yesterday

... 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

(13,736 posts)
34. The world trusts the US like the world trusted Nazi Germany
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 05:40 PM
Yesterday

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
17 hrs ago

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!)

flamingdem

(40,905 posts)
36. Hard not to believe he intends to stay in power as long as he can breathe
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:01 PM
Yesterday

Otherwise, why???

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
23 hrs ago

SamuelAdams

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

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

Jack Valentino

(5,058 posts)
40. Trump is making me miss George W. Bush, for christ sake! God forbid...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:16 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(19,110 posts)
45. Still 80% of Republicans strongly support him.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:05 AM
15 hrs ago

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

mdbl

(8,671 posts)
46. Collectively they have destroyed all civil society, economically and morally.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 10:09 AM
7 hrs ago

How do you come back from that?

dlk

(13,257 posts)
47. It's not just Trump, it's the Republicans
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:47 AM
6 hrs ago

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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