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Miles Archer

(22,733 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:35 PM Yesterday

JUST REMEMBER...(and this DOES COME WITH a CAVEAT in the post)...he's DESPERATE. That's the Achilles heel.

And the caveat, before I go any further, is that YES...Desperate madmen take desperate measures to protect themselves, I get it. He's ALREADY doing that, so no surprise.

But you know that Skynyrd song, "the smell of death's around you," and with Trump, it's the stench of fear.

And I know this is going to mean more to folks who know me and how I think and interact with me when I post, BUT...

...I don't know, you don't know, no one knows the exact event that will bring Trump down. But what I do know is that he REEKS OF FEAR. And it's not even fear that he could end up behind bars. HIS EGO CAN'T HANDLE ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT!

A WEAK MAN (or woman) will TELL YOU THEIR GREATEST FEAR. It's because under all of the bravado and bullshit lies a person who KNOWS they are WEAK, who must keep up a RUSE of being POWERFUL, and they are TERRIFIED that SOMEONE will "find them out."

I said this yesterday, I'll say it again...thanks for your work, Mary Trump, but I don't intend to read one more goddamned article about Trump being the asshole of the century because his daddy didn't love him enough. I got it. No need to hear it over and over and over again and it really does not serve as "justification" for what we're going through, and knowing WHY he's an asshole DOES NOT MAKE IT BETTER.

Let's face one fundamental truth...regardless of the public face Trump may wear, he knows who and what he is.

And he's spent a lifetime hoping you don't find out.

That may or may not help you cope with everything going on, and it's still maddening to think that 1/3 of the country is still behind him. But he's running scared. And people who do that eventually make "the big mistake." It's not a matter of if. It's a matter of when.

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JUST REMEMBER...(and this DOES COME WITH a CAVEAT in the post)...he's DESPERATE. That's the Achilles heel. (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
So I guess none of the Republicans' daddies loved them Walleye Yesterday #1
He believes that no matter what he does, the SCOTUS is his get out of jail free card Miles Archer 23 hrs ago #2
Republicans are behaving as if they have nothing to lose. That's frightening. Walleye 22 hrs ago #8
We are so screwed leftstreet 23 hrs ago #3
You got it! OldBaldy1701E 23 hrs ago #6
All 3 branches? ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #17
I agree, he DOES know he's weak PatSeg 23 hrs ago #4
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a 23 hrs ago #5
one thing about the smell of fear ... AncientOfDays 22 hrs ago #7
Not seeing it Nasruddin 22 hrs ago #9
It's a nuance. Miles Archer 22 hrs ago #10
His ego can't stand us seeing him without his comover MadameButterfly 21 hrs ago #14
Oh,oh that smell. Figarosmom 22 hrs ago #11
What Hugo Chavez said, following Smirko Bush to speak at the UN Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #15
Yup. And it's all about what we haven't yet seen in Joinfortmill 22 hrs ago #12
Have said from he beginning. His biggest fear is exposure... Wounded Bear 21 hrs ago #13
I just hope someone can stop him before he finishes off his Iran Symphony with a Crescendo of Nukes. NBachers 21 hrs ago #16
Well said. It feels like we have hit some sort of feedback loop where he's been... Ol Janx Spirit 21 hrs ago #18
His failure is going to be spectacular Ruby the Liberal 2 hrs ago #19
"The smell of death surrounds you" krawhitham 2 hrs ago #20

Walleye

(44,494 posts)
1. So I guess none of the Republicans' daddies loved them
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:43 PM
Yesterday

He’s terrified of losing a lot of seats in the midterm. I think he would lose interest in the job all together if Congress wasn’t rubber stamping him.

Miles Archer

(22,733 posts)
2. He believes that no matter what he does, the SCOTUS is his get out of jail free card
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:53 PM
23 hrs ago

And who knows, he may be right.

The issue is that he LIKES IT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW...with the SCOTUS in his back pocket, a majority...no matter how thin...of Republicans in office, and his good ol' reliable "executive orders."

He just wants to do this for the next two years. Most likely, far less actual "work" and more "Ballroom Building Dear Leader" CRAP.

leftstreet

(40,142 posts)
3. We are so screwed
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:59 PM
23 hrs ago

Trump SHOULDN'T still be in the WH

But no one is doing anything about it. All 3 branches of our government and the media have been normalizing the illegal and immoral actions that have led us to this point.

I swear to Godz if Trump/Bibi let off a nuke, we'll hear people say "well that will hurt him in the midterms"


OldBaldy1701E

(10,957 posts)
6. You got it!
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:42 PM
23 hrs ago

The 'clinical' nature of some is just stomach churning.

Yet, they won't be clinical when it comes to what it will take to remove him and his regime.

ShazzieB

(22,489 posts)
17. All 3 branches?
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:36 PM
21 hrs ago

Yes, Congress has gone belly up, thanks to the cowardice of Republicans, who control both houses, and the Executive Branch is fully undef his control. But the courts have rendered many, many rulings against Trump's illegal and immoral actions. Even the Supreme Court hasn't given him everything he wants. It's true that the immunity ruling handed down by the supermajority has caused huge problems, but I don't think it's fair to condemn the entire judicial branch as being Trump enablers.

PatSeg

(53,123 posts)
4. I agree, he DOES know he's weak
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:02 PM
23 hrs ago

and he's always working to compensate, which can be very dangerous. He's spent his entire life trying to convince himself and others that he is something he's not, but inside he knows he is still that dumb, loser kid who couldn't win for losing.

Every time the truth rears its ugly head, the more he doubles down to overcompensate.

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

AncientOfDays

(261 posts)
7. one thing about the smell of fear ...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:55 PM
22 hrs ago

... is that it attracts predators. 'course a lot of Repugs reek of fear too - there's more than one rat in that corner.

Nasruddin

(1,233 posts)
9. Not seeing it
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:25 PM
22 hrs ago
But he's running scared.


Maybe. Rationally, he can't be scared of another impeachment. Sure, the House might turn over in Nov, and he can look forward to impeachment in the 1st week of Jan 2027 as a result. But so what? There won't be 67 votes to convict in the Senate under almost any circumstances imaginable (unless Democrats sweep the table and win virtually every Senate race). His cult members and mental slaves in the Senate would refuse to convict. And don't underestimate his pocket law firm we call the Supreme Court - they would find a way to overturn the impeachment, by making something up if everything else fails.

So what is he really afraid of? Can we pin this on just his massive narc ego?

Miles Archer

(22,733 posts)
10. It's a nuance.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:34 PM
22 hrs ago

Granted, it's not a big red revolving light in the middle of K-Mart.

Trump doing something outrageous is often preceded by things like the testimony of a 13 year old girl showing up in the Epstein report.

And because he pounds his chest and bellows 24/7 anyway, it's not always easy to sense a nuance in the midst of it.

He "REACTS."

Strong people CREATE reactions. They don't react to things created by others.

MadameButterfly

(3,974 posts)
14. His ego can't stand us seeing him without his comover
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:25 PM
21 hrs ago

What he really looks like bothers him more than whether he raped or murdered teenage girls. He isn't right in the brain. A brain scan would show physical evidence of this.

Fortunately, malignant narcissists do eventually destroy themselves. Unfortunately, they do a lot of damage first.

Figarosmom

(11,420 posts)
11. Oh,oh that smell.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:36 PM
22 hrs ago

It is all around him. And desperate people do desperate things. And to make it worse this guy thinks he owns the world and can do anything he wants w/o regard to death and destruction. Because that's what he does.

What's he afraid of? I think he thinks he is actually going to hell and will be in an eternity of what he's done to other people. He will be prayed on the way he's prayed on the people.

Kid Berwyn

(24,060 posts)
15. What Hugo Chavez said, following Smirko Bush to speak at the UN
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:27 PM
21 hrs ago

“Smells like sulfur around here.”

Joinfortmill

(20,937 posts)
12. Yup. And it's all about what we haven't yet seen in
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:43 PM
22 hrs ago

The Epstein Files. TickTock, you monster.

Wounded Bear

(64,182 posts)
13. Have said from he beginning. His biggest fear is exposure...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:18 PM
21 hrs ago

for the insecure, unloveable asshole that he is. It's why he lies repeatedly about his poll numbers and can't accept that he lost the 2020 election. His fragile ego can't abide it.

NBachers

(19,377 posts)
16. I just hope someone can stop him before he finishes off his Iran Symphony with a Crescendo of Nukes.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:35 PM
21 hrs ago

Ol Janx Spirit

(989 posts)
18. Well said. It feels like we have hit some sort of feedback loop where he's been...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:51 PM
21 hrs ago

...doing things that would have gotten other presidents thrown out of their own party in a heartbeat, but the Rs and the MAGAs just accept it as part of their own psyche, so he has to keep upping the ante looking for a red line he can finally cross and get the punishment his broken soul knows he actually deserves--but it never comes; they just lap it up.

We are trapped in his psychoses thanks to the people that will never punish him; refusing to even realize that his subconscious guilt--and there are a lot of things for this monster to feel guilty about for sure--is driving us to destruction.


Ruby the Liberal

(26,632 posts)
19. His failure is going to be spectacular
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:57 AM
2 hrs ago

You are right on. If J6 didn't bring him down, I can only imagine what will.

He is crashing the global economy, sending fuel prices into the stratosphere, military leadership is sounding the alarm about depleted stockpiles, he's spending $1 billion a day and now asking Congress for $50 billion more.

Dude is piling up enemies everywhere - and leaving us vulnerable to attack here.

He's right to be scared - he has unleashed holy hell on the entire planet. We're all scared.

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