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babylonsister

(172,365 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:55 PM Tuesday

"This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"

https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/23/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-970/

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


“This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?”

— A senior foreign diplomat, texting a Washington Post columnist after President Trump’s speech at the United Nations.
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"This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?" (Original Post) babylonsister Tuesday OP
Some Americans are! TheFarseer Tuesday #1
A great many of us, in fact AZJonnie Tuesday #3
The schizophrenic Felon is crazier than I thought 🤔 Miami Blue Tuesday #14
A special accomodation in an undisclosed location.. BattleRow Tuesday #21
Yup BattleRow, I definitely ratify your statement Miami Blue Tuesday #41
While we ponder his madness Coldwater Tuesday #2
Epstein who? sop Tuesday #5
+1 dalton99a Tuesday #6
EPSTEIN TRUMP MAXWELL 🎇 Hekate Tuesday #20
His supporters, and the whole Repug party johnnyfins Tuesday #4
He's running cleanup on aisle 3. His base has been restless for a while now Maru Kitteh Tuesday #7
Hope those diplomats are not missing the big picture GusBob Tuesday #8
Exactly. yardwork Tuesday #9
I agree with the fact that the most lucrative commodity in the US that makes corporations and fascist cons very rich is ImNotGod Tuesday #10
Hey, if I may quote our orange leader... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #23
+ "I love the poorly educated!" rubbersole Tuesday #33
Millions of us have seen it for years. maxsolomon Tuesday #11
Embarrassing, hell! This man has nukes! Wicked Blue Tuesday #12
Let's hope ... alimbalt Tuesday #38
''This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?'' ... aggiesal Tuesday #13
The whole world is watching Hekate Tuesday #15
Yes, and why didn't they walk out on him cilla4progress Tuesday #16
Yes!!!! EarthAbides Tuesday #26
They didn't want ICE to deport them to Sudan. rubbersole Tuesday #34
The madness of King Donald. nt doc03 Tuesday #17
MAGAs think it's manly Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #18
Outrunning his own shadow to make really quick get away.. BattleRow Tuesday #22
Staight Jacket Mira Tuesday #19
"overstuffed recesses of his nasty quadruple chin"... rubbersole Tuesday #35
As my Dad used to say..... SergeStorms Tuesday #24
I am embarrassed by trump LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #25
Media headlines: "UN Diplomats heap praise on Trump, shower him with invitations to their countries." NBachers Tuesday #27
Our system is set up in such a way that Americans seeing it NOW doesn't fucking matter. RockRaven Tuesday #28
Yes, but I would hope if enough Americans cared, the Republican Congress would reel him in a bit? Ilikepurple Tuesday #32
Your hopes are ignoring the fact that the past 8-10 years have been a winnowing process RockRaven Tuesday #36
They are just hopes not predictions. They aren't ignoring anything. Ilikepurple Tuesday #45
Latinos for Trump Ponietz Tuesday #29
Millions of us see and know it. SamKnause Tuesday #30
Apparently our msm doesn't Clouds Passing Tuesday #31
By and large, they do. maxsolomon Wednesday #47
Imagine how foreign leaders of our traditional allies feel. WestMichRad Tuesday #37
You'd have to ask his death cult. Us Americans KNOW he's deranged sakabatou Tuesday #39
How many members here? LilElf70 Tuesday #40
I watched about the last 20 minutes mountain grammy Tuesday #42
Unfortunately not enough of us last November Hassler Tuesday #43
Many Americans live in a fantasy world, like Trump. Buckeye_Democrat Tuesday #44
Is this a poll ? How do I vote YES ? nt eppur_se_muova Tuesday #46

AZJonnie

(1,637 posts)
3. A great many of us, in fact
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:02 PM
Tuesday

Also, more people voted for someone OTHER than the madman. Still a frightening percentage did tho to be sure

Miami Blue

(340 posts)
14. The schizophrenic Felon is crazier than I thought 🤔
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:57 PM
Tuesday

Hopefully, the psychiatrists, psychologists, and
All of the mental health experts at The Walter Reed Military Hospital’s psychiatry Ward are examining the eccentric behavior of this pretender and psycho con man.

Undoubtedly, they keep a special padded
room prepared in the event of a confinement
of The Schizophrenic Felon In Chief.

SAD

BattleRow

(1,822 posts)
21. A special accomodation in an undisclosed location..
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:17 PM
Tuesday

preferably near a McDonald's..and no access to Tylenol.

Maru Kitteh

(30,712 posts)
7. He's running cleanup on aisle 3. His base has been restless for a while now
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:10 PM
Tuesday

and he needs them to stay together, so, he served them a round of high-fructose Kool-Aide, on the house.

GusBob

(8,002 posts)
8. Hope those diplomats are not missing the big picture
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:19 PM
Tuesday

He has risen to power and become a dictator in this country by demonizing everything.

Now we are no longer a free country

He has turned his attention to demonizing the world today. He wants their money

Freedom across the planet is in peril

yardwork

(68,145 posts)
9. Exactly.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:22 PM
Tuesday

It happened in Germany in the 1930s. It's happening here now.

Everybody all over the world is eligible too. Apparently a not insignificant number of humans are willing to throw themselves behind authoritarianism.

Can the democratic experiment survive? I don't know.

ImNotGod

(1,146 posts)
10. I agree with the fact that the most lucrative commodity in the US that makes corporations and fascist cons very rich is
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:26 PM
Tuesday

voter stupidity & ignorance.

Wicked Blue

(8,261 posts)
12. Embarrassing, hell! This man has nukes!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:42 PM
Tuesday

I'm scared shitless and I don't doubt that people around the world feel the same.

aggiesal

(10,340 posts)
13. ''This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?'' ...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:53 PM
Tuesday

Why yes! Yes, we can see how embarrassing he is, since he Condescended down his escalator in 2016.

rubbersole

(10,612 posts)
34. They didn't want ICE to deport them to Sudan.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:22 PM
Tuesday

Well, the diplomats with dark skin anyway.

(The embarrassment will take decades to repair. If ever.)

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,081 posts)
18. MAGAs think it's manly
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:13 PM
Tuesday

He's the father they never had since theirs went to get a pack of cigarettes and never returned.

Mira

(22,599 posts)
19. Staight Jacket
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:13 PM
Tuesday

How is it not on standby?
Rampant -unceasing- unbearable insanity on display.
It seems to fall out of the overstuffed recesses of his nasty quadruple chin.
He needs to be sedated and carted off to an asylum.

rubbersole

(10,612 posts)
35. "overstuffed recesses of his nasty quadruple chin"...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:28 PM
Tuesday

...now, is that any way to describe his neck vagina?

(Apologies to vaginas everywhere.)

SergeStorms

(19,785 posts)
24. As my Dad used to say.....
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:41 PM
Tuesday

"crazier than a shithouse rat." Trump is the most definitive example of that old saw.

NBachers

(18,916 posts)
27. Media headlines: "UN Diplomats heap praise on Trump, shower him with invitations to their countries."
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:55 PM
Tuesday

RockRaven

(18,076 posts)
28. Our system is set up in such a way that Americans seeing it NOW doesn't fucking matter.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 02:57 PM
Tuesday

The dumbshit Americans who didn't see it or didn't care in November (which was the majority of Americans) bought four full years of this, no matter how embarrassed they may become in the meantime.

Ilikepurple

(324 posts)
32. Yes, but I would hope if enough Americans cared, the Republican Congress would reel him in a bit?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:19 PM
Tuesday

Just a few Republicans in the Senate and House could make an impact on this despotic trajectory, but who knows how bad it would have to get. Even then, it might be a little late. Like many I’m trying to keep hope that their are some feasible Trexit scenarios.

RockRaven

(18,076 posts)
36. Your hopes are ignoring the fact that the past 8-10 years have been a winnowing process
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:30 PM
Tuesday

which has progressively sifted out any Repugs in the House or Senate with the slightest modicum of a spine, or willingness to speak or act independently and contrariwise to Trump/MAGA. There is a selection pressure, acting at each election cycle, for fealty to The Dotard. The House and Senate Repugs don't even want to have the power to check him, never mind a thought about using such a power.

Ilikepurple

(324 posts)
45. They are just hopes not predictions. They aren't ignoring anything.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:12 PM
Tuesday

I was basically agreeing with you, but holding out hope that something positive will happen. I also agree with your analysis of the current situation. I don’t know why you’d assume I fail to understand of the MAGA movement’s effect on the Republican Party. I’m pessimistic, but 4 senators and 5 or so reps crossing the isle even on singular issues might stop the momentum. At some point, Trump’s policies are going to cause undeniably visible and widespread discomfort to the Republican base. Maybe, just maybe, then some Rs will feel the pressure to do something to check some executive overreach.

SamKnause

(14,452 posts)
30. Millions of us see and know it.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:08 PM
Tuesday

Millions see the opposite because it is a cult.

The 1% knew exactly who he was and were willing to take a gamble.

Corporations don't give a fuck about this country or its people.

Corporations care about money.

The U.S. is filled with greedy evil people in positions of power in business, politics, and religion.

"We The People" have little or no representation.

maxsolomon

(37,413 posts)
47. By and large, they do.
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 12:53 PM
Wednesday

Assuming by "MSM" you mean newspapers, they're beholden to Journalistic standards of objective reporting. Opinions are for the editorial page, or in the NYT's case, "News Analysis". The opinions there are often scathing, particularly if you can read between the lines.

But you probably mean CNN or daytime MSNBC.

The "MSM" couldn't save us if they wanted to: not enough people are watching/listening/reading.

WestMichRad

(2,652 posts)
37. Imagine how foreign leaders of our traditional allies feel.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:40 PM
Tuesday

They need to deal gently with him, so as not to infuriate the madman, yet they know that appeasement is the wrong way to go, and they want to maintain good will with Americans in general. Must be like walking on eggshells when dealing with him.

Wonder if they’re planning behind the scenes to establish an alternative to NATO, sort of a NATO minus a couple countries (Hungary and us).

LilElf70

(1,104 posts)
40. How many members here?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:58 PM
Tuesday

Every one of them should post a rec here. I know of no one here that would disagree with the post.

mountain grammy

(28,246 posts)
42. I watched about the last 20 minutes
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:34 PM
Tuesday

he was batshit crazy then he wasn't. off the prompter, on the prompter.

I thought “This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?” only I'm an old white woman, and a citizen.

If I was that "senior foreign diplomat," I'd be getting the hell out of Dodge.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,420 posts)
44. Many Americans live in a fantasy world, like Trump.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:54 PM
Tuesday

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They demand that the world fits their narcissistic narratives, despite evidence to the contrary. If they're also religious, they tend to be evangelicals who treat God like an obedient servant of their worldly wants, based on a currency of prayers and other rituals. Since they have dominion over God, in their minds, it's easy for them to assume dominion over everyone and everything.

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