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dweller

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Sun May 31, 2026, 03:58 PM May 31

Donald Trump knows he's in serious trouble [View all]

HEATHER DELANEY REESE
MAY 31, 2026

At 8:15 this morning, the President of the United States began panicking in front of the entire world. For more than seven hours, he posted nearly 50 times. And when he finally slowed down, it would stand as one of the most revealing fits of rage of his presidency to date. Because what he shared was beyond any reasonable person’s comprehension.
He complained that because China has a ballroom, he should have one too. He posted an image of a “Trump Peace Prize” bearing his own face. He repeatedly compared himself to George Washington. He shared an image of himself kissing a flag. He shared a heroic fantasy image of himself depicted as the God of War that said, “YOU’RE GETTING DISCOMBOBULATED.” And most concerning of all, he repeatedly called for a federal judge to be investigated, impeached, and removed from the bench, placing both the judge and his wife in danger by putting a target on their backs before an already radicalized base of loyalists.
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And we cannot say this part quietly, because the title in front of his name is the whole point. This is not a troll on the internet. This is not a man yelling into a void from his basement. This is the President of the United States. This is the one human being on the planet who commands the most powerful military, who holds the nuclear codes, who can move markets and topple governments and start wars on a whim. When a man like that names a judge and a judge’s wife and tells millions of followers they should be ashamed, investigated, and jailed, the distance between a post and a real human being in real danger collapses to nothing. There is no one above him to send it up the chain to. He is the chain. And the entire world is watching him spend a Saturday this way, our allies and our adversaries alike, all of them now asking the same question every American should be asking, which is whether the person with that much power over their lives is well enough to hold it. These are dark days for this country. They are dark days for the world. And it is a strange and frightening thing to live through a time when the most dangerous instability on earth is not a foreign army or a failing economy, but the mind of one man posting cartoons of himself for nearly 7 hours on a Saturday.
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And I keep coming back to one thing tonight. Never before have we seen an American president behave like this. Not in a country founded on democratic norms, not in our lifetimes, not in any lifetime we can point to. There is no modern equivalent for this, no American equivalent, for this level of instability, corruption, and sheer insanity playing out in public day after day. To know that there are people beside him taking his wildest fantasies and turning them into digital hallucinations for him to share is its own kind of betrayal. And then there are the people who still claim to follow him, who cannot keep pretending that any of this is normal, because it is not, and somewhere underneath this unimaginable spectacle, they know it too. He cannot keep going like this. A man does not spend his day the way he spent today unless something is wrong. What we are watching is a man in cognitive and physical decline doing it in front of the entire world. And one day soon, we are going to have to come to grips with something even harder than the posts themselves, which is that there were likely medical professionals who knew, who put their names to words like “excellent” and “fully fit,” and who covered for him anyway. We are going to have to reckon with how many people looked straight at this and chose to call it normal. How many looked straight at it and called it healthy. How many looked straight at it and chose loyalty over truth.

Because here is what today actually showed us, underneath the noise. This was not strength. A man in command of himself and his country does not spend seven hours of a Saturday begging the world to see him as George Washington. The judge did his work calmly, in writing, on the law, and it held. The President spent the day melting down at him in public, in front of everyone, in front of the whole world. One of those is what lasting, real power looks like. The other is what it looks like when power can feel itself slipping and cannot stop grabbing at the air. We have not seen him this exposed before. The mask he used to keep up, the one that hid the worst of it, is gone, and a man who has to insist this loudly that he is well and powerful and beloved is telling us, without meaning to, exactly how unwell and how unsteady he has become …

much more at the link , with several of the Pisswig’s insane posts

https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/donald-trump-knows-hes-in-serious





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Doesn't shithole binge post everyday around ..... Lovie777 May 31 #1
Trump is too far gone ... oldsoldierfadingfast May 31 #22
It was attributed to Abraham Lincoln, at least in the 70's, As my memory serves.. bobalew May 31 #33
I suspect that one of his writers is Stephen Cheung, his Communications Director. Lonestarblue Jun 1 #54
He's out of his frikken mind bif May 31 #2
They don't care. He's a white male. ananda May 31 #12
I just didn't realize how bad we were f'd. Katinfl May 31 #14
Seems likely his 'minions' are also making millions for themselves via insider trades and general graft Attilatheblond May 31 #38
Will his party ever notice? young_at_heart May 31 #3
They're in it for the grift. They know he's an insane criminal. They suck up to him to get what they want. diane in sf May 31 #5
When I try to say anything to a republican Tree Lady May 31 #8
This is spot on Tree Lady, they believe he doesnt mean any of it as they laugh it off. ScubaSteve Jun 1 #48
I doubt it. Trump (imo) is one of the least self aware individuals I have ever viewed in the public space... wcmagumba May 31 #4
You hit the nail on the head moose65 Jun 1 #55
His cognitive decline was obvious in his first term.. agingdem May 31 #6
All true but everytime I think he can't go any further he gets and pass and then gets worse.... joanbarnes May 31 #7
Almost every year a group of non-partisan historians and political experts... Escape May 31 #9
The rankings will show him next-to-last and dead last FakeNoose Jun 1 #46
Nah, he ust knows he's surrounded by incompetent boobs Warpy May 31 #10
The utter failure of the media to do its job and the utter cowardice of the Republican Party... johnnyplankton May 31 #11
Same stuff we have been hearing for ten years sarisataka May 31 #13
The emperor has no clothes and many can see it -- but not enough, at least not yet. Fil1957 May 31 #15
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe May 31 #16
I try to read Heather dweller May 31 #21
Human history is rife with cruel, sadistic, greedy and incompetent leaders. These guys can only get power with the Fil1957 May 31 #17
Recommended. H2O Man May 31 #18
I think he knows dweller May 31 #20
Exactly. H2O Man May 31 #24
I think you and dweller are both right. calimary Jun 1 #43
Does his followers really give a shit Figarosmom May 31 #19
Keep in mind that a lot of his 34% approval raters never pay attention Justice matters. May 31 #26
Your words are quite true. chouchou May 31 #28
The Day of Dementia is upon us Blue Owl May 31 #23
A must read. dalton99a May 31 #25
When the vote is taken on chump's sanity, BidenRocks May 31 #27
He should be arrested people May 31 #29
Never before have we seen an entire political party castrated and brought to heel by a madman dlk May 31 #30
This is a must-read; the whole thing at the link. Amaryllis May 31 #31
BillionaireBoyzClub found the perfect mush brained ego maniac grifter to give NoMoreRepugs May 31 #32
But we still have to, anyway. calimary Jun 1 #42
He's manic. Mme. Defarge May 31 #34
He's criminally psychotic Akakoji Jun 1 #52
If I may quote professor Vinkman: "The usual stuff isn't working." Wounded Bear May 31 #35
Yes indeed. calimary Jun 1 #44
He reminds me of Homelander tward th end of 'The Boys''. Lokilooney May 31 #36
Yeah, I expect him to declare himself god any day now Bettie Jun 1 #49
Lying 🤥 Donald Trump is in very poor health Miami Blue May 31 #37
Immutable . . . Aussie105 May 31 #39
lol hueymahl May 31 #40
LOCK HIM UP... Totally Tunsie May 31 #41
He's Dying Dawson1008 Jun 1 #45
Does she point out that many of Chump's followers on Truth Social and Xwitter are bots? FakeNoose Jun 1 #47
Well said, I started a reply similar to this the other day blue_jay Jun 1 #56
"These are dark days for this country. They are dark days for the world" BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 1 #50
trump is not well LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #51
If congressional republicans had more sanity and morality Mtnmama Jun 1 #53
I totally agree with you. But until we rule the House and Senate our hands are pretty much handcuffed. Fla Dem Jun 1 #57
As his eggshell ego collapses, things could get even scarier... pat_k Jun 1 #58
MS Now-Trump's attention span is a huge problem for his Iran crisis LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2 #59
MaddowBlog-Trump's self-declared reputation as a world-class dealmaker continues to collapse LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2 #60
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