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(187 posts)Guess.
dweller
(28,671 posts)Pisswig
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Skittles
(172,845 posts)he also thinks EVERYONE is as stupid as the people who voted for him
House of Roberts
(6,633 posts)except when he passes one of his hotels with his name on it.
In my town, there's a gas station every half mile or so, and you're constantly reminded of the current price for gas.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)he'd STILL lie about it
wnylib
(26,454 posts)The only thing about gas that's likely to go down is its availability while Hormuz remains closed.
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)For him, reality is whatever he says it is. He thinks he is magic and can create any reality he chooses.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)he lives in his own reality and his bootlickers participate in his delusions
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)like he does. He doesn't even try to sound credible and when his mistakes are called out, he just doubles down and repeats them again.
It reminds me of when he kept referring to the "Spanish Flu" of 1918 as the flu of 1917. The mistake was pointed out over and over again, yet he STILL called it the 1917 Flu. Who does stuff like that? Everyone else in the world is wrong and HE is right?
Skittles
(172,845 posts)and yes, it is ridiculous beyond belief in ANYONE but pretty catastrophic in a fucking "PRESIDENT"
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)and admitting he is wrong is like a death sentence for him. We've been watching all his traumatic childhood issues playing out daily as he repeats the same cruel taunts and putdowns he experienced as a child.
How different the world might be if this man-child had had meaningful therapy when he was young. Though there is no way to know for sure. Perhaps he would be just as bad.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)yet so many people see something of VALUE there - UGH!
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)If the average person met a Trump-like man in any other setting or even as a character in a movie, they would immediately know there is something seriously wrong with him, yet we had tens of millions of Americans who voted for him to lead our country............most of them voted for him TWICE!
What the hell!?!? How is that possible? He tells the world who and what he is every single day. I don't think I'll ever understand it.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)it wasn't until Trump came along that I started to realize just how many of these fucking morons exist
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)I've known such people throughout my life, but I never imagined there were so many of them. How many rocks have they been hiding under all these years?
Of course, the other side of the story is that these are the kinds of people who didn't used to vote. They had no real interest in politics, government, or democracy. But they did watch reality TV and Fox News which transitioned into the Tea Party people and eventually MAGA.
It is a social thing for them like a club which clearly has become a cult. They would show up at rallies with lawn chairs, coolers, signage, and totally weird costumes - a picnic or a party. These weren't serious voters, they were people looking to socialize and Trump gave them a reason to meet with like-minded people. I would like to think that perhaps a better educational system could have prevented this.
Skittles
(172,845 posts)you are correct, these morons didn't used to vote
I remember the shock some of them expressed when Biden won - they opined WTF, there weren't mega-rallies for Biden and no prolific Biden merch - yeah, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A FUCKING CULT
PatSeg
(53,540 posts)Being they haven't had any real understanding or interest in politics, they just couldn't understand their "rockstar" candidate losing to an ordinary, dull old politician like Biden. That was why it was so easy for them to believe Biden cheated.
Unfortunately, out of all this did come some more serious supporters without the lawn chairs, the ones who believed there was some valiant cause and they came heavily armed to start a new revolution. They were just waiting for a man to come along and lead them in their pursuit of justice. Just like in the movies I suppose.
RussBLib
(10,756 posts)On an uphill climb. Falling my ass. Trump lies about everything, as usual.
Record high of $4.45 here back in 2021.
Blues Heron
(9,026 posts)Botany
(77,851 posts)The last minute or so was so whack a doo that it defies description.
The crazy man was talking on how he controls the price of gasoline
something about we are going to bring it down to
. 85
and then he looked
@ somebody off camera who said, yes 85. Or something like that.
Trump is nutz!
BTW his face is sliding off his head or at least that is how I see it.
Blue Owl
(59,618 posts)Or wait is that just trump pissing on your leg with his beautiful golden showers?
Morbius
(1,113 posts)...because I was low on gas and that's where the opportunity arose to get some. I paid $5.199 per gallon, the most I've ever spent. It has gone up since, not down.
The real tragedy here is that some people will believe it, because their savior said it.
OhioBack2Blue
(200 posts)Yup. Reg will have to go over $5 in Ohio to get the cult to feel pain.
But also, by the same token, it will have to go over $5 to get the "midwest nice, keep the peace at all costs 'moderates,' 'centrists,' and left leaners" to also feel any emotion or gasp, passion to act.
They are both nearly impenetrable.
We were at $4.99, now at $4.88.
DBoon
(25,143 posts)It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed
George Orwell, 1984
oasis
(53,973 posts)Prairie Gates
(8,477 posts)A little too on the nose, innit?
llmart
(17,728 posts)struggle4progress
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LudwigPastorius
(14,996 posts)Right?
Vogon_Glory
(10,352 posts)the poor thing was smothered to death.
calimary
(90,769 posts)And by the way, what have YOU been smoking lately, donald?
jonstl08
(576 posts)It hit $4.39 in the St Louis Suburb where I live.
Emile
(43,248 posts)eShirl
(20,421 posts)sop
(19,288 posts)I didn't listen to Trump's voice on that video, doing so only produces anger and revulsion, but did any of the "reporters" listening to his bullshittery ask any follow ups?
D_Master81
(2,680 posts)Or is he so surrounded by sycophants that hes being told this? Its one or the other cause its definitely not based on facts
Mr.Bee
(1,916 posts)He'll Be Lyin' Til He's Lying
in his grave.
Mr.Bee
(1,916 posts)The Madcap
(2,031 posts)Man, this administration is full-on 1984.
Bristlecone
(11,185 posts)Submariner
(13,436 posts)doubt it.
Vogon_Glory
(10,352 posts)I have receipts from several months ago with mid-grade gas prices marked at three and some thing per gallon. More recently Ive been paying four and something in Colorado and New Mexico and FIVE and something in the Rocky Mountain high country. Who do I believe, Donald John or my gas receipts and my lying eyes?
Answer: the latter two.
And whats more, I expect petrol prices to go further UP, not down!
Bristlecone
(11,185 posts)$1.85 in IA. Bull fin shit. It has not come down substantially, like weve never seen before, in many places
In IA or anywhere else.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,384 posts)Blue Owl
(59,618 posts)spanone
(142,053 posts)Efilroft Sul
(4,462 posts)Unless they're jacked in to Fox News and talk radio.
themaguffin
(5,415 posts)llmart
(17,728 posts)And that was with my Kroger points I saved up for the month of April. Fortunately I am retired and own a Honda Civic, so I usually only fill up once a month, but my total was $48 and my tank wasn't even almost empty. Ever since I've owned that car (2015) it has cost me anywhere between $20-$28 to fill up.
Let's not forget about the impact it has on just about everything else also. Every single one of my monthly utility bills has gone up and not just a little. Then there's the cost of groceries. I feel sorry for people trying to raise children and run a household in this economy.
Retrograde
(11,450 posts)then yes, theyre down from $4 two weeks ago to $6.50 today. When someone like Donnie can make up his own meanings for words you can prove anything - like logically proving anything from a false premise
malaise
(297,921 posts)Man who went to the Villages and told folks (mean age72-73) that they are seniors and he (80 minus 36 days) is young.
spanone
(142,053 posts)Norrrm
(5,577 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,572 posts)Rebl2
(17,925 posts)was 4.20 at the station we go to. Dont tell me prices are down. This time last week it was 3.99!
I guarantee you, he has never gassed up a vehicle.
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