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writes Ron Filipkowski on bluesky. "An hour in to the NATO summit and Trump has already made a complete ass of himself on the world stage again, trashing our closest allies for decades while praising Putin and Erdogan and ranting one lie after another."
And that's how the corporate media should be reporting trump's performance at this NATO summit. You know they would be if Biden had done an eighth of what trump is doing on the world stage.
Instead we get sanewashing language like "tensions are high" at the NATO summit. No, What's happening is a total %%##$$ show,
with trump saying he would take out a "restraining order" against one of the leaders a couple of days ago and devolving from there. I haven't even heard journalists calling out the lies.
And there seems to be complete silence about his ninety minute phone call with Putin on our nation's 250th birthday.
jmbar2
(8,297 posts)Time for a walk.
usonian
(27,426 posts)
Grim Chieftain
(2,404 posts)Yeah, not so much. He isn't destroying this country by the day, he's destroying it by the hour.
The stain he has left on the US will last for many years as people will rightly ask "How was this allowed to happen?"
Scubamatt
(345 posts)is right on another searing expose that Biden was . . . gasp . . . OLD . . . , along with a companion piece about how Obama demeaned the office of the presidency by wearing a tan suit and bowing to the Japanese Emperor. However did the Republic survive? (sarcasm)
AZJonnie
(4,270 posts)to catch their weeklong 5 hour documentary segment: "Michelle Obama: Penis or Vagina?", featuring in-depth interviews with experts Mike Lindell, Kyle Rittenhouse, Laura Loomer, Stephen Miller, and the Ghost of Joe the Plumber, with musical guests Nicki Minaj and Ted Nugent.
calimary
(91,668 posts)Seriously? Michelle Obama: Penis or Vagina ????????
Im incredulous and dumbfounded and all the rest of the corresponding adjectives!!!
AZJonnie
(4,270 posts)Sorry, I thought it was so over the top it would be recognized as such.
But it's not that far from the one-side-only presentations expounding on vacuous RWNJ conspiracy theories they come up with regularly on Faux.
But they're just, you know, "asking questions"
mdbl
(9,095 posts)bdamomma
(69,710 posts)By 70 million stupid people who believed his lies, again.
wolfie001
(8,285 posts)His bit coin gambit has cost many of his cult $billions. I hope the worst for all of them. They're all racists and homophobes.
bdamomma
(69,710 posts)his million/billionaire friends rich. I hope they choke on that greed.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,905 posts)THEN, he was going to make them all rich while making the rest of the world bow to us every time they woke up in the morning and every time they went to bed at night.
The fact that this has exposed the already insane level of racism and classism that was running throughout our culture may be the one good thing to come out of all of this. Of course, since we don't seem willing to do more than continue to use the corrupted system that they messed up decades ago to try and 'fix' everything... well...
We will get what we deserve, I guess.
Over... and over... and over again.
yellow dahlia
(7,031 posts)A few minutes ago I did exactly that about the scaffolding in front of the WH. I believe they plan on replacing the columns. WTAF! How is this allowed to happen?
Grim Chieftain
(2,404 posts)he is a temporary occupant of the White House? It's the people's house - our house. Why will no one step up and say "NO"! Unreal.
yellow dahlia
(7,031 posts)Mr. Dahlia put it well - He is a temporary resident, and yet he is making permanent changes.
Grim Chieftain
(2,404 posts)He is destroying our historical buildings. He has torn up the White House inside and out. He paved over the rose garden out of pure jealousy and vitriol because Jackie Kennedy was instrumental in its existence. The east wing is gone, the Oval Office looks like a cheap brothel, the reflecting pool is ruined, and on and on.
What he is doing - destroying national treasures and monuments - should be considered criminal, yet he gets away with everything. He doesn't own these buildings, they belong to the American people. I am stunned that no one stands up to him and says NO!
I feel like we are living in the Twilight Zone. Nothing makes sense.
yellow dahlia
(7,031 posts)And he wants to take down the Cherry Trees.
If I lived near DC, I would probably get in trouble for blocking all these efforts. I was raised on sit ins in the 70's.
LymphocyteLover
(10,490 posts)The problem with "touch the stove" is that basic recognition of the sheer scale of Trump's screwups means a shattering of the assumptions needed to keep business as usual going. There's nowhere left to hide if recognition of how unstable the US is and how utterly wretched its president is gets priced in. So a lot of people and institutions are now invested in protecting Trump at all costs.
LymphocyteLover
(10,490 posts)On edit:
I can't see the link for some weird reason.
It's a Bluesky link to a post by "aelkus"
Fiendish Thingy
(24,675 posts)Its Trump shitting himself like the toddler he is, while the rest of Europe holds their noses and goes about the business of establishing military and economic independence from the US.
twodogsbarking
(20,006 posts)Expecting news you can rely on from the media is not unlike expecting Trump to be moral.
Amaryllis
(11,595 posts)twodogsbarking
(20,006 posts)decoded the NATO acronym as the "North American Treaty Organization" instead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.The headline, which read "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?", was spotlighted by journalists on X (formerly Twitter). The New York Times Communications department quickly acknowledged the glaring mistake and stated an official correction would be printed
wolfie001
(8,285 posts)Like, where in the f*ck was the European Theater in WW2? What a hilarious fuckup.
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FakeNoose
(43,285 posts)His craziness is right on display for the whole world to see.

allegorical oracle
(6,754 posts)Iran. "We help them," he keeps repeating. NATO is a defensive, not offensive, alliance. It would be nice if someone in his administration could get that through TSF's thick skull.
Amaryllis
(11,595 posts)senseandsensibility
(26,163 posts)That's an easy one.
colorado_ufo
(6,273 posts)Cheating, lying, manipulation, intimidation, and how to have no shred of conscience or decency.
Vinca
(54,628 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,757 posts)Joinfortmill
(22,026 posts)Listen to trusted voices only.
Blue Owl
(60,231 posts)I wish everyone would SHUT THEM OFF and let them all shrivel up and fucking die already.
wolfie001
(8,285 posts)That fat smelly pig. She's had to stand close enough to catch a wiff of his Depends. Poor lady.
BidenRocks
(3,710 posts)What were the feelings of the populace?
See a Nazi, kill a Nazi?
or did they do nothing to aid in the overthrow.
America is in the "Do Nothing" stage. We are unhappily waiting for the midterms.
250+ years ago, today's Americans would do nothing!
We really don't want freedom that badly any longer.
Done in by chump. How fucking pathetic. Suckers and losers!
dave99
(815 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(11,564 posts)czarjak
(13,772 posts)senseandsensibility
(26,163 posts)Emile
(44,305 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,610 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,619 posts)LymphocyteLover
(10,490 posts)This NATO Summit is turning into a major debacle for Trump. It has been disaster after disaster after insanity after lunacy. Don't sweep it under the rug. Don't normalize. Don't downplay it. It's another fiasco that deeply damages US and Western security. He's unfitmaxxing.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) 2026-07-08T13:28:48.724Z
senseandsensibility
(26,163 posts)Even MSNOW is doing its share of normalizing and sanewashing. Vaughn Hillyard was pretty good though. I am glad he is back from paternity leave!
TVguyCards
(135 posts)of me, you, and everyone having to deal with the demented madman constantly on a daily basis.
