This week NASA announced that soon after the inauguration,
Donald Trump's ego could now be seen from space. They went on to allude that if it keeps
growing, it may soon envelop the earth like an aura. Not normally known for their sense of humor,
perhaps NASA is pushing back against Trump's executive mandate placing a gag order on all federal agencies; forbidding them to speak with either
congress or the press.
This came as Trump also ordered white house computers
scrubbed clean of climate change data, LGBT
issues, and several others which somehow offend his sense of reality. At this point I have to wonder if he thinks
deleting all that data makes it disappear from everywhere. A preview of coming distractions.
Trump made a very big deal about photo ops of him signing
various new executive orders, as if that alone made them into laws. Has he so soon forgotten Obama's famous photo
op of him signing the executive order to close Gitmo? Eight long and disappointing years later: Obama
is gone and Gitmo is still there. Those
staged photos are typical of Trump the showman who is so very fond of fake
props; like all those blank folders on the press conference table allegedly
"proving" that he had divested himself of his business empire when in
fact he has not done that. Smoke & mirrors.
He did it again yesterday when he signed an executive order
pulling America
out of the TTP [trans pacific partnership] which is all well and fine, except America
never
signed onto or into the TTP ,
but that doesn't matter because now Trump can claim credit for it. It's all about ego
gratification with this one. Every
single thing comes down to glorifying him, as he recently put it "I am glad you all have the privilege of
being privileged to support me."
One by one as they occurred during the campaign we scoffed
at and then forgot all the red flags warning of a runaway ego we were seeing;
despite how many of them there were, we ignored them, perhaps feeling he'd
never get elected. Guess what? He not only got elected but a
full week after the inauguration he is still whining and obsessing
about how many people attended his swearing in; insisting there were a million
and a half people in that crowd under sunny skies. (it was raining, and @ 400,000 showed up). Oddly, he never mentioned seeing the billowing black smoke
of burning
limousines six blocks away in the free speech zone.
Maybe he can see the future and was actually looking at the women's March on Washington
Not only that, but despite 'yuge'
evidence to the contrary, Trump continues to insist he only lost the popular vote because of 3 to 5 million
zombie voters using their power to cast illegal votes for Clinton. Hope it soothes her pain to know she had the
zombie vote locked down. Again and again
we see his flashes of anger when challenged or contradicted on any issue. Evidently being raised as the spoiled brat
son of a tycoon taught Donald Trump very little about Breaking
Free From Ego.
In the past Trump has said that a
man without an ego is a loser, but he has
to say that because his malignant ego won't allow him to acknowledge otherwise. A healthy balanced ego is necessary to a
wholesome healthy life, yet there is very little that is balanced about Trump's
ego. The out of control ego is a fear based creature who then totally
operates from that core of fear. It is
indeed that very fear which motivates and drives Donald Trump to be the
blustering egocentric self-absorbed narcissist that he is.
He boasts that his IQ is something
like 155 or whatever, and we are forced to wonder if he is aware that if
that was correct; it would put him in the top 1% of the worlds intellects. Now I am sure he would just accept that as a natural fact, but it isn't
even an alternative fact. It's
just plain absurd. The word around the
campfire is that Trump's famously fragile ego is an extension of his malignant
narcissism.
Nearly everything he says comes
back to shine light on Donald Trump. His
brittle and child-like ego is so oversized it must be fed constantly, and
adoringly. These personality traits we
saw glimpses of during the campaign are living in the peoples house now; and
that means that like it or not, we are
all in his reality now, and had better get used to the new way of things or
we might get blinked out into the cornfield by a powerful child, like in an old
episode of the Twilight Zone. Twilight Zone, pretty much sums up where we
are now.
Have you noticed that Trump never
answers questions with direct, specific or accurate replies? That is so he can never be nailed down to
anything concrete. The other night when
asked about who would pay for the wall; Trump said that Mexico
would pay for it, "in a long complicated form." What exactly does that mean? He won't
say. He's slippery this one, but then we
already knew that.
"Everyone
is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts."
As a nation we should be very
concerned when within the same week Trump's PR team trotted out alternative
facts, then he issues a gag order on the EPA, NASA, and other federal agencies,
prohibiting them from talking either to congress or the press in any
manner. This isn't just illegal,
it's absolutely, positively, totally wrong
on every level. This is Trump and his
Nazi-loving ego turning America
into a fascist state. Simple as
that!
In the same interview with David Muir we saw Trump do his
slithering when asked about the conversation in the limousine with Obama on
inauguration day. Trump qualifies his answer by saying "Obama might disagree with my answer"
as a subliminal way of telling us he is lying.
Sometimes I watch him, and listen to the things he says, and am
convinced he is borderline delusional.
Behold his daily twitter rants about imaginary slights that he should be
way too busy to deal with, but he puts feeding his giant ego before
the affairs of state.
As already mentioned Trump sat thru
several photo op sessions signing various sheets of paper, (this time with actual words on them) to
show his supporters he was keeping his campaign promises. Perhaps the most nebulous of these 'orders'
and decrees is the one he signed authorizing construction of the wall, which he
now says American taxpayers will pay for, with Mexico
reimbursing us in some form some day.
How about we take a closer look at this proposed wall and what it will
really cost to build it. Trump has
promised us a one thousand mile long southern border wall between 30 to 50 feet
tall.
First off I would be remiss if I
failed to mention here that for quite some time now the Mexicans Trump is so
worried about have been using tunnels to cross the border
at will 24/7 so I have serious doubts how effective a wall will be.
Some engineering professionals
addressed the cost of the wall, and this is what they came up with. A wall 1000 miles long, 50 feet tall & 15 feet deep will cost 3.9 Billion
dollars; per mile for a total of about 40 billion dollars! For
comparison, the annual budget for NASA is around 20 million. Even if we
suspended all aid to Mexico
it still wouldn't be enough to pay for Trump's wall. Currently the border patrol agency has about
200 million dollars in its coffers and Trump has ordered it to be spent on
beginning the wall and adding thousands
of new border patrol agents which will conflict with his new federal hiring
freeze. Which is it? A federal hiring freeze or thousands of new
border cops?? You cannot do both!
Americans will be forced
to pay for the wall via a new
20% tax on goods and services which Trump favors. Bet you haven't heard him brag about that, have you?
The proposed 15 foot depth of the
wall is for structural integrity only and not intended to defeat tunneling
efforts. When El Chapo escaped from a
Mexican maximum security prison, his people dug a one mile tunnel 50 feet
deep right past all the prison defenses; so tell me more about how this
wall will stop those determined to come here illegally. Then we might want to visit with a fact before moving on; like the fact
that over the last three years more Mexicans are leaving the United States
than entering every year! So, once again
we must deduct the 'Trump embellishment
factor' from the equation before getting anywhere near the truth.
Back to the subject of Trump's
enormous ego, did you hear that he has issued a new decree that his
inauguration day become "A day of
patriotic devotion." Devotion
to what, Him?? The State? and oh yes he also wants to have missile
parades as well.
He also recently said that he may have to send federal troops intoDetroit Iraq , and
when asked why, he just said, "We
should have taken the oil when we were there" which just happens to be
a violation of international law. As we
have so frequently seen, Trump thinks he is above the law, worse yet he
believes now that he IS the law. Do
these things remind you of how dictators operate?
He also recently said that he may have to send federal troops into
Donald Trump habitually denies
doing things despite video evidence that he has. He is a serial liar who, when challenged
doubles down & gets loud. He never admits to being wrong
or mistaken even in the face of contrary evidence. He doesn't see a problem with lying and
cheating to get his way. Trump simply
creates his own version of reality the way he desires it to be, and anything
challenging that gets attacked with vehemence.
His ego is in fact so brittle and
fragile that during the campaign he took the bait about small hands mean
something else was also small, and embarrassed himself and the country by
insisting he has a 'yuge' penis.
Here's the thing; his hands seem
normal enough to me, period. They
probably are normal enough; but ever
since a reporter called him "a
short-fingered vulgarian" he's had this irrational insecurity over the
size of his hands & fingers. If he had never reacted to the taunt in the
debate it might have never come up again but he did react, out of insecurity and now it's here to
stay. All he had to do was ignore it
like a man, but he just couldn't leave it alone. Maybe it's true after all that a man who can
be baited by a tweet should never have the nuclear codes. Oops, too late!
"The difference between Trump & Scientology is that Scientology has better
celebrities"
~Bill Maher~
Trump's ego came right to the fore
front when Time magazine announced him "Person of the Year." He was not happy with that honor alone, told
them to change it to "Man"
of the year, which they ignored. When it
came to shooting the cover shot for the person of the year issue a very amusing
thing happened. Understanding his love
of using props, a producer came up with the brilliant idea of having Trump pose
at the presidents desk with a live (&
tethered) bald eagle.
Everything went just fine until
Trump reached over to pick something up.
The eagle took exception to the move and expressed its displeasure by
jumping & flapping its wings a
little; which sent Trump into a hilarious reaction. Better by far than his fear response was the
look on his face...simply priceless. You
can tell a lot about a man by how he responds to unexpected surprises.
Donald Trump frequently displays
the more classic symptoms of narcissism
in his public behavior. It's as if all
flattering adjectives are his personal possession. It's always the biggest, the best, the most
fabulous. His personal love of himself
is hardly concealed, and he actually believes himself to be a handsome,
attractive specimen of masculine humanity.
Trump openly speaks about the love
and devotion of his followers as if he is some cult guru, when all they did was
to vote for him over his opponent. He
just assumes their love and undying devotion.
Between his ego and his narcissism there isn't much room left for
criticism; which was recently addressed by his top advisor Kellyanne Conway when she openly warned pundits and reporters to
"Be very careful about how you criticize Trump." Evidently the Wall Street Journal took the intimidation seriously, and announced
that in the future they will not be calling Trumps lies, lies. Instead they intend to use softer language
like 'non
validated' and 'challengeable' statements on Trump's
part.
For half a century it has been the
tradition that candidates for the presidency make public their personal tax
returns as a means of proving they have no conflicts of interest which might be
illegal or treasonous. Trump knows
this is the tradition, yet seems to feel it does not apply to his magnificence for
whatever reason. Every time he was asked
to declare his taxes he said he couldn't because he was being audited. That was just another lie, as the IRS
pointed out in a press release indicating there is no law prohibiting someone
under audit from declaring their tax returns if they wish to do so.
So, it isn't a legal matter but
rather one of personal desire and wishes, and as he has repeatedly shown; Trump
does not wish to release his tax returns.
In a recent 'press conference' the question arose once again, and this
time the answer was that Trump "would not be making his taxes public now or
in the future". Just more
smoke & mirrors. More lies.
More narcissistic arrogance. And
this is just the first week!
Perhaps the more important issue
here is why doesn't Donald want to
release his taxes; unless maybe they would reveal just exactly how much money
he has borrowed from Russia
Another thing to consider here is that this man who cannot get an American business loan because of serial bankruptcies has promised to run the nation just like he has his businesses. I want all of you to remember down the road a piece; that he told you right up front he was going to bankrupt America!
Another thing to consider here is that this man who cannot get an American business loan because of serial bankruptcies has promised to run the nation just like he has his businesses. I want all of you to remember down the road a piece; that he told you right up front he was going to bankrupt America!
As many are now aware, "Trump" is not
Donald's original family
name. As a great many did when
immigrating from 'the old country' his family changed their name upon
arriving here...changed it from Drumpf, which when translated
means "trump card."
Can't say as how I can blame them, I'd probably change it
too: the point here however is that Donald J. Trump has spent his career
turning the adopted family name into his personal business brand. The brand is supposed
to stand for the very best and highest quality products & services; yet time after time we see that everything Trump
does is just so much smoke & mirrors,
All show-No go. From Trump university to
his casinos and developing business, everything is just a fraud.
Much like a fancy but empty piñata, only after paying for
the ride do customers find no candy, and no Trump because he made off with the
cash without paying contractors and other bills. Trump dodges paying his fair share of taxes,
saying it makes him smart, and whenever his business is floundering as they
always seem to, he ducks out by filing chapter 11 bankruptcy. Dodges the lash and takes the cash. We've been Drumpfed folks. Simple as that.
With all the furor over
"alternative facts," the alt-right, &
considering all the fakery we get from Trump you might think that mainstream
news sources might be extra vigilant about such things; but you'd be wrong. ABC News was recently caught using a cardboard
cutout of Trump during a photo shoot to promote David Muir's interview with him.
Seems like just about everything
connected with this fellow is downright fake; including the cake at the inaugural ball.
First off the "cake"
was an exact duplicate of the "cake"
used at Obama's inauguration ball.
Stranger still is the fact that both cakes were constructed from Styrofoam
instead of flour; all except for one open spot to put in a real piece of cake
for the photo op!! You just can't get more symbolic than that folks.
Given the fast paced insanity which
passed for a presidential campaign I can see how all those momentary flashes of
insecurity, ego, narcissism, vanity and anger were not perhaps taken as
seriously as they should have been. In
our busy daily lives we don't usually have the time needed for really looking
into things beyond their surface appearances.
To be sure, Trump made it quite clear how he feels on a wide range of
subjects; having at least two stances on each one. He did not even attempt to hide the kind of
person he has become.
All that bravado is what he hides
his true
self behind. From the fake hair
to the spray-on tan, he is exactly as all his enterprises have been: empty,
hollow facades behind which can be found no true substance, save the ego that
can be seen from space. It is more
apparent than ever that the "free world" is now being led by an
insecure megalomaniac, narcissistic
child-man with delusions of grandeur and a fragile ego; who saw a million and a half people who weren't
there. What could possibly go wrong?
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