Trump's Fitness for Office

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   Whether it be cognitive decline moral depravity, open corruption or  blatant lies...put your examples, thoughts here.

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      Kyler J Falkposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      Biggest complaint I have about Trump is that he doesn't give off the vibe of a statesman, but instead the all-too-fragile, sheltered, trust find child.
      
      All too often he lets dead-in-the-water jabs make the spotlight with his childish reactions to them.
      
      "Lol, fuck you," would be preferable to the long-winded, screech-like responses he gives.
      
      The most powerful man in the world should not feel the need to respond to every little criticism he receives, even if that response lands his face on the front page of every worthless mainstream news outlet.

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         Ken Burgessposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

         Yeah... I can relate...
         
         I had grown tired of him after his first term... I realize the entire Main Stream Media apparatus, including FOX in the run up to the 2020 election, was working to undermine him...
         
         Until I learned to turn it ALL off (hadn't gotten there yet) ... I just couldn't escape having a negative outlook on him... despite knowing how much of our news was BS.
         
         I was for a brief moment... looking forward to change... to perhaps a good Democrat President... Tulsi Gabbard would have been great, for instance.
         
         And then I realized they were going to shove the worst, most corrupt, option in as the Democrat Nominee... they were going to screw America and Americans like never before when they reclaimed power...
         
         The rest, as they say, is history... 4 years of Biden history...

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            Kathryn L Hillposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

            And so,  "President Trump will take bold action to secure our border and protect American communities.
            This includes ending Biden’s catch-and-release policies, reinstating Remain in Mexico, building the wall, ending asylum for illegal border crossers, cracking down on criminal sanctuaries, and enhancing vetting and screening of aliens.
            President Trump’s deportation operation will address the record border crossings of criminal aliens under the prior administration.
            The President is suspending refugee resettlement, after communities were forced to house large and unsustainable populations of migrants, straining community safety and resources.
            The Armed Forces, including the National Guard, will engage in border security, which is national security, and will be deployed to the border to assist existing law enforcement personnel.
            President Trump will begin the process of designating cartels, including the dangerous Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations and use the Alien Enemies Act to remove them.
            The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty as the appropriate punishment for heinous crimes against humanity, including those who kill law enforcement officers and illegal migrants who maim and murder Americans."
            
            From:
            https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   I missed this one when he was in Qatar...
   
   falsely telling American troops that Adolf Hitler gave a speech at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which never happened...
   
   https://x.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/19 … 8445607975

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   He calls mattel, the maker of barbie, a country...
   
   https://x.com/Suzierizzo1/status/1925034862332792880

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   Believing a photoshopped picture is reality...
   

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   Holding up a photo taken in the Congo and claiming it is South Africa..
   
   

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   The $1.99 gas that exists in his imagination...
   
   REPORTER:
   
   "You campaigned on lowering the price of groceries. How can you justify cutting food assistance in this [budget] bill?” a reporter asked the president, on Capitol Hill Monday, after he emerged from a meeting with House Republicans..."
   
   Trump...
   
   “Let me just tell you, the cut is going to give everybody much more food because prices are coming way down. Groceries are down,” Trump said. He added, “You know that eggs now? Way down. Everybody’s buying eggs. Grocery’s down. Energy’s down. Gasoline? They’re now buying—they’re buying gasoline now for $1.99.”

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   Credence2posted 3 weeks ago

   I would need an encyclopedia commentary to begin expressing my dismay with this “man”.
   
   I guess my biggest problem is his outright defiance of the courts and Judicial branch, his usurping of the prerogatives of other co-equal branches of government.
   
   the personal stuff for me was the unmerited attack on the Haitian community while easily accepting lies regarding the so called “plight” of white farmers in South Africa.
   
   The toxic atmosphere that is Trump  has a profound effect on the feeble minded…..
   
   https://www.salon.com/2025/05/23/kristi … rah-palin/

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   Willowarborposted 3 weeks ago

   can’t even show basic respect on Memorial Day. Utterly unfit for office.
   
   
   

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      tsmogposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      I caught that this morning early and another. Next, is a meme floating about that has a high level of credibility.
      
      
      
      An interesting website I have been giving attention to link is next. It gives hints of the direction that our government will be headed.
      
      Project 2025 Tracker
      https://www.project2025.observer/
      
      A reminder of 'The Mandate of Leadership' can be found at
      
      Mandate for Leadership
      The Conservative Promise
      https://www.documentcloud.org/documents … e-promise/
      
      Of course, with a little poking about anyone can sleuth how many authors of Project 2025 are on Trump's Cabinet and staff. You can begin with Russell Vought, Tom Homan, Brandan Carr, John Ratcliffe, and more.
      
      Apparently they are so proud of their mandate that they took it offline after it being online for years. With a little bit of sleuth action it can be found at Document Cloud and the 'Way Back Machine'.
      
      There are a lot of distractions today, IMO, while the background of the landscape (Lay of the land) is still being painted with different brushes using different hues and of course shadows. I don't think the humanity of the subject will arrive for quite some time. It is questionable as to what the final theme will be as I see it. Speculation like the financial market during the chaos of the ongoing tariff debacle is running rampant. Yes, there will be winners and losers. After all since time immemorial that has been the name of the game.

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      Kathryn L Hillposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      "scum." One must tell the truth sometimes.

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   Readmikenowposted 3 weeks ago

   Polls: Trump's Approval Rating Maintains 2-Month High
   
   On Tuesday, The Economist and YouGov published their determination of President Donald Trump's approval rating, outlining that among U.S. adults, from May 23 to May 26, 44% approved of the job he was doing.
   
   According to Newsweek, the results from the publication reflected a two-month high for its polling. Conversely, Rasmussen had Trump at a 50% to 51% approval rating for Memorial Day weekend.
   
   "The approval rating is inching up because the economy has stabilized and Trump has put a pause on his most draconian tariffs, which were unpopular," Dillard University professor Robert Collins told Newsweek.
   
   The YouGov/Economist poll surveyed 1,660 respondents and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

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    Credence2posted 3 weeks ago

    "Already, the erosion of U.S. influence is manifest in recent criticism of this country, unprecedented in its bitterly acrid tone, even among longstanding allies. “Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is slipping away,” warned veteran French legislator Claude Malhuret in a March 4th speech, from the floor of France’s Senate that soon won a remarkable 40 million views worldwide. “Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a ketamine-fueled buffoon in charge of purging the civil service.”
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    This is Trump and the direction that his short sighted leadership and lack of vision leads, an misunderstanding of the role of "soft power" as a part of diplomacy in place of the concepts of archaic saber rattling as a part of bygone era. Part of leadership is to be admired and emulated rather than be the subject coercion and intimidation. So, we are on our decline and Beijing and Moscow will fill the void to our ultimate detriment, just accelerating our decline.
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    Supporting article:
    
    https://www.salon.com/2025/05/28/americ … he-age-of/
    
    A most interesting commentary.

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       Ken Burgessposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

       You know the EU... especially countries like Germany...Sweden... Norway...
       
       Are able to exist in their wonderful, progressive, green, existence because of the umbrella of military and economic protection America has provided it since 1945.
       
       Now that the gamble to break Russia so it can be used and abused by the EU and America has miserably failed ...
       
       And we have a Trump administration that is telling the EU to carry its own water, to pay its own way... On top of losing all those cheap energy and raw material resources from Russia... They aren't liking us right now as "The American shield is slipping away,”.
       
       F them.
       
       F the EU. Canada. The UK and the rest of the loony nations busy with their self-destruction.
       
       The freebies are over... Now they can find out how their new Chinese friends are going to take care of them.
       
       These nations are like spoiled kids who have had everything they wanted, had a trust fund allowance, never had to fight for a thing, never worried if there was a dinner waiting for them...
       
       And now they are being told to get a job and chip in around the house... Spoiled rotten.

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          Credence2posted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

          Regardless of the nuclear umbrella which is not solely maintained by America, are the contributions of European allies to be totally dismissed? We were all working it out until Trump arrived.
          
          Protecting a sovereign nation was the goal, not breaking Russia.
          
          Quite frankly, I don’t like us much now, either.
          
          What is your solution besides throwing around the F bomb? Are they all to just kiss Trumps arse or submit to destruction?
          
          Is America prepared to go it alone? I doubt it.

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       Miebakagh57posted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

       It's a pity that all these foreign aids were cut down. But where do the money goes is questionable in most instances. I've not seen any free malaria program in Nigeria. The aid is usual hijack by politician.

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          Readmikenowposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

          I think you are absolutely correct on this one.
          
          I bet many democrats were getting wealthy on the American taxpayer dime.

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    Readmikenowposted 2 weeks ago

    Historic Poll: 50 Percent Think US Is on Right Track
    
    The latest polling from Rasmussen Reports reported that for the first time in roughly 20 years, half the country believes the United States is on the "right track."
    
    Rasmussen posted to X on Tuesday morning, reporting that 50% of the country believes the U.S. is on the "right track" while 45% believe it's headed in the "wrong direction."
    
    "Holy crap - it happened! For the first time in our polling history" — since 2006 — "A MAJORITY says the country is on the right track. Don't F it up, Republicans," Mark Mitchell with Rasmussen warned on X.
    
    Mitchell later told the Washington Examiner: "Never thought I would see it. I don't think the Republican Party understands the gravity of the gift which [President Donald] Trump has given them. Unprecedented presidency."
    
    According to the poll, among Republicans, 75% believed the country was on the right track. For Democrats, 31%. And for independents, 45%.
    
    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll- … d/1212576/

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    Willowarborposted 2 weeks ago

    Trump speaking from the oval office currently, saying goodbye to Elon and rehashing more lies... Stating again that Musk got rid of a program that was making mice transgender.... Which we all know was a lie.  He is just rambling incoherently.
    
    But also, looks like Elon has a black eye?
    
    https://x.com/atrupar/status/1928513549342572905

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    Willowarborposted 2 weeks ago

    when you don't know the difference between "transgenic" and "transgender"
    
    
    https://x.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1928769264489533579

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    IslandBitesposted 2 weeks ago

    Erm.
    
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nation … rcna209805
    
    As part of that effort, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has solicited ideas from current and former intelligence officials about steps she could take to tailor the briefing, known as the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, to Trump’s policy interests and habits.
    
    One idea that’s been discussed is possibly creating a video version of the PDB that’s made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast, four of the people with direct knowledge of the discussions said. Under that concept as it has been discussed, the national intelligence director’s office could hire a Fox News producer to produce it and one of the network’s personalities to present it; Trump, an avid Fox News viewer, could then watch the broadcast PDB whenever he wanted.
    
    A new PDB could include not only graphics and pictures but also maps with animated representations of exploding bombs, similar to a video game, another one of the people with knowledge of the discussions said.
    
    “The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t read,” said another people with direct knowledge of the PDB discussions. “He’s on broadcast all the time.”
    
    During Trump’s first term, the PDB evolved into a one-page outline of topics with a set of graphics, presented verbally by an intelligence officer about twice a week, according to a history of presidential briefings by John Helgerson.
    
    Because he has been taking the PDB a little less than once a week on average, Trump currently receives a product that one of the people familiar with the PDB discussions described as the “best of” highlights from the past week, in addition to anything new that day.
    
    According to his public schedule, since his inauguration Trump has taken the PDB 14 times, or on average less than once a week, which is less often than his recent predecessors — including himself during his first term. An analysis of their public schedules during that same timeframe — from their inauguration through May during their first year in office — shows that former President Joe Biden received 90 PDBs; Trump received 55; and former President Barack Obama received 63.
    
    Discussions about potential changes to the PDB come amid questions about whether Gabbard may politicize the intelligence process, especially after her chief of staff, Joe Kent, asked analysts to revise an assessment on a Venezuelan criminal gang that appeared to undermine Trump’s immigration policy, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
    
    Two senior officials who led the National Intelligence Council were recently fired after the initial intelligence assessment contradicted Trump’s assertions that the Tren de Aragua cartel was operating under the direction of Venezuela’s regime, led by Nicolás Maduro. Trump cited claims about the regime’s purported relationship with the cartel as his rationale for invoking a rarely used 1798 law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport people suspected of being gang members without standard due process.

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       Willowarborposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

       When the president needs his intel briefings delivered like a Fox News segment, maybe he’s not fit for the job?  Lately he seems more out of touch than usual and replies to questions with "I don't know" most of the time.

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       Kyler J Falkposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

       After your anti-white comments being removed by Hubpages admin, it's hard for me to take anything you post seriously considering your overall positions and perspectives, but I'll take a stab at this:
       
       I'd imagine that sitting Presidents are bombarded by updated briefings on a minute-to-minute basis. It would benefit any man in power to receive their briefings in the most simplistic, concise manner as is possible without watering down the key points that need to be made. If they could develop a system so simple that the President, any President, could ingest the information in a way tailored to them, why is that a bad thing?
       
       Imagine if you ran the entire country and someone was working to develop a way to brief/educate you on the goings on that doesn't involve a bland reading off of tens or even hundreds of black and white ink papers. Like children in school, adults in college, should we not work to modernize and simplify the learning, processing, and implementation experience based on individual needs to the best of our ability when and wherever possible?
       
       Saying we should do otherwise takes a fat dump on the idea of individualism, and the need for effective communication in all walks of life.
       
       As for tailoring the intelligence process to favor a certain outcome... show me any power in the world from any political party who hasn't done this exact same thing as a widespread compulsory practice. If you can make knowledge, preparation, and implementation more efficient, especially for someone in leadership, why wouldn't you? We all do this:
       
       -Evaluate needs
       -Set a goal
       -Tailor information to support that goal
       -Gather evidence that solidifies the goal
       -Take action to support the goal
       -Lessen dissent toward stated goal
       -Achieve desired goal
       
       I'm failing to see the point here. Provide alternatives to this that don't attempt to counterintuitively depoliticize political action.

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          IslandBitesposted 13 days agoin reply to this

          I have no idea what you're talking about. And honestly, I dont care. So, good for you?

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             Kyler J Falkposted 13 days agoin reply to this

             Sounds to be right in line with expectations. As always, solid talk.

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    Willowarborposted 2 weeks ago

    Trump post on truth social....this is bat shit crazy
    
    

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    Willowarborposted 2 weeks ago

    25th Amendment anyone?
    
    Just past 10 p.m. Saturday, Trump shared the post, from an account that that read, “There is no #JoeBiden — executed in 2020. #Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see. #Democrats don’t know the difference.”
    
    Oh my... Biden was executed? Who did it?

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    Readmikenowposted 2 weeks ago

    Hamas humiliated as desperate Gazan’s cheer for Trump after swarming new US backed aid centre
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1Gnxzqy54

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       Willowarborposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

       Not really surprised that Gazans have had enough of Hamas...but the issue at hand is trumps  fitness for office... He thinks Biden has been executed and replaced with a drone...this is a Q theory

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    Willowarborposted 2 weeks ago

    Well he's at it again with the $1.98 gas.... This is really crazy, has no one told him? He just keeps repeating it.   Is he a struggling to understand basic fact or is he lying just to lie? I mean he believes that Biden was executed...  If anything, gas has gone up since the last time he lied about it
    
    https://x.com/Acyn/status/1930402112749613189

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       IslandBitesposted 13 days agoin reply to this

       He knows. He also knows he can say whatever stupid thing he wants and MAGA would believe anything, and the few that know better, wont dare to contradict him.

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          Willowarborposted 13 days agoin reply to this

          It's crazy, I'm baffled by this. He has actually conditioned his followers to accept the lies, to ignore them.

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    Readmikenowposted 13 days ago

    Illegal Border Crossings Hit New Record Low in March
    
    In March, Border Patrol encountered just 7,181 illegal immigrants at the southern border.
    Compared to the same month under Biden, that represents a 95% decrease from 2024 (137,473), a 96% decrease from 2023 (163,672), and a 97% decrease from 2022 (211,181).
    The Los Angeles Times reports “migrant crossings have slowed to a near halt” along the California-Mexico border, where Border Patrol agents are making just “30 to 40 arrests per day … down from more than 1,200 per day during the height of migrant arrivals to the region in April.”
    
    
    Something remarkable is happening with violent crime rates in the US
    Americans remained scared of violent crime. The numbers tell a different story.
    
    The astounding drop in violent crime that began in the 1990s and extended through the mid-2010s is one of the most important — and most underappreciated — good news stories of recent memory. That made its reversal during the pandemic so worrying.
    
    In the first full year of the pandemic, the FBI tallied 22,134 murders nationwide, up from 16,669 in 2019 — an increase of roughly 34 percent, the sharpest one-year rise in modern crime record-keeping. In 2021, Philadelphia alone recorded a record 562 homicides, while Baltimore experienced a near-record 337 murders. Between 2019 and 2020, the average number of weekly emergency department visits for gunshots increased by 37 percent, and largely stayed high through the following year.
    
    By the 2024 election, for the first time in awhile, violent crime was a major political issue in the US. A Pew survey that year found that 58 percent of Americans believed crime should be a top priority for the president and Congress, up from 47 percent in 2021.
    
    And yet even as the presidential campaign was unfolding, the violent crime spike of the pandemic had already subsided — and crime rates have kept dropping. The FBI’s 2023 crime report found that murder was down nearly 12 percent year over year, and in 2024 it kept falling to roughly 16,700 murders, on par with pre-pandemic levels. The early numbers for 2025 are so promising that Jeff Asher, one of the best independent analysts on crime, recently asked in a piece whether this year could have the lowest murder rate in US history.
    
    How much lower could it go nationally? The record low homicide rate, at least since national records started being kept in 1960, is 4.45 per 100,000 in 2014. So far this year, according to Asher, murder is down in 25 of the 30 cities that reported the most murders in 2023. Asher argues that if the numbers hold, “a 10 percent or more decline in murder nationally in 2025 would roughly tie 2014 for the lowest murder rate ever recorded.”
    
    https://www.vox.com/good-news-newslette … emic-covid

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       Willowarborposted 13 days agoin reply to this

       But Trump believes  that  gas is $1.98 and that Joe Biden has been executed and replaced by a robot.. question is does he call it a Jobot?

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