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In reply to the discussion: The United States is in a free fall [View all]elocs
(24,486 posts)35. Trump is a useful idiot, an easily manipulated puppet. When no longer useful & a liability,
he will be gone.
Frankly, I don't see how the country remains intact after this because it certainly cannot be called the "United" States when nothing other than geography unites us.
Sorry, Ben. We couldn't keep it.
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tsf couldn't pour piss out of a boot even with the instructions printed on the heel.
rubbersole
May 2025
#5
he's gleefully and willfully destroying America. He's an old man with bottomless pit for adulation.
Demovictory9
May 2025
#18
That's his genius, it's why they need him, no one else can manipulate the ignorant and uninformed like Trump.
sop
May 2025
#26
Here in Florida/Sarasota, my husband tells me the somewhat scary part of what's happened.
chouchou
May 2025
#9
Oh yeah...and it's like they're punching more holes in the wooden boat....out in the ocean of society.
chouchou
May 2025
#22
Your words are true. Strange how people will choose dinner plates and glasses longer than a President.
chouchou
May 2025
#21
My anger is with the Republican congress that refuse to rein in this lunatic.
GoodRaisin
May 2025
#20
"History will judge them harshly." Let's hope so. If so, I hope that Democrats & those on the Left
elocs
May 2025
#23
Trump is a useful idiot, an easily manipulated puppet. When no longer useful & a liability,
elocs
May 2025
#35
Trump recently mused about having the US "join" the British Commonwealth...
AntiFascist
May 2025
#30