I respectfully disagree, I’m semi-positive he’s been happy, especially when using his power to crush his enemies or forcing them to come crawling back to him. I do think he’s almost never unconditionally happy or satisfied, because his tendency is to think all such is/always has been his due, and why aren’t they giving/doing more to/for him. Which is pretty sad, yet still fully despicable.
I did say in a prior thread though, that I have some sympathy for the child that was Trump, before his (reported) massive family dysfunction warped him or accelerated a descent into the monster he is now. But that child is long gone, and he’s had the wealth and information to make changes for a long time if he ever had any wish to do so.
Oh, gawd. When DH was a sergeant, a private showed up for a week-long bivouac, with no towel, soap, or washcloth, just a can of Axe. DH had to drive him to the PX in his own car, and order him to buy soap, a towel, and a washcloth.
Guy was a PFC, and he later took a swing at DH. Didn’t connect (DH had 4 inches and about 50lbs on him), but he still got lost his rank. Filed a bunch of bogus complaints against DH after that.
I blame those Axe commercials where the guy doesn’t have time to shower, and just sprays down.
Well, karma would be Trump being arrested for crimes against humanity and put on trial at The Hague, or at least tumbling headfirst down the airplane stairway, but I’m certainly not going to weep for the offense of people calling him a stinky, lumbering goober.
Trump and his entire executive would strip you and your family of all their rights and throw the lot of you into an El Salvadorian super prison from which you would never be seen again. In addition to that, they would video tape your suffering and share it for their own pleasure and the pleasure of their fascist fans. Your suffering pleases them.
The world is a much, much worse place with Donald Trump in it. He deservers whatever suffering fate throws at him (within reason) until his inevitable death.
If someone attached electrodes to his trigeminal nerve and stimutated a cluster headache 24/7, that would be too far. I wouldn’t support that. But with all the evil he has brought on humanity, him having bad body odor and health problems as a consequences of his bad lifestyle is barely scratching the surface of what he deserves in life.
Also yes Trump has low intelligence, and probably has dementia too. But he was an evil person when he was younger too, he was just smart enough to hide it better.
He deserves no sympathy. If he were a decent person and had all this, he would deserve sympathy. But I have about as much sympathy for Trump as I do for Bin Laden, Hitler, Toby and Stalin. I never felt bad that Hitler had Parkinson’s disease.
Very much this. Trump’s niece Mary said Fred Trump (Donald Trump’s father) was a sociopath. Trump’s older brother drank himself to death. Donald became a malignant narcissist.
So Trump had both bad genetics (a propensity for Cluster B personality disorders) and a traumatic childhood. I feel bad for the child version of Donald Trump, who had he had different genetics or a different childhood could’ve become a halfway decent person. But that version is long gone now. All that is left is a monster.
If Trump had been born into a poor family, he would’ve spent his entire life in and out of prison for endless crimes. But he was born into a wealthy, connected family instead.
I agree with the OP to some extent. If Democrats want to attack Trump for corruption, lying, fascism, dictator-worship, treason, incompetence, immaturity, etc. that’s all fair game. Those are flaws that Democrats generally don’t have much of.
But, if Democrats choose to taunt him for old age, they’re asking for trouble given that (D) folks like Biden, Pelosi, Waters, Bernie, Pascrell, Napolitano, Clyburn, Davis, Pascrell, Norton, Hoyer, etc. are all well into their 80s.
So before they point and laugh, “Trump may need diapers, a wheelchair and a catheter soon, HAHAHA!!!”…they might want to look in the mirror first. Father Time comes for everyone at some point.
Republicans have done all of that and laughed at the midnight assault of Pelosi’s husband. Fair enough if you do not want to call attention to Trump’s decline, but these are people who’d eat you alive. That’s just what they are.
I have no problem using anything and everything to fight their fascism. My grace depends on my ability to feel safe. I do not feel safe around fascists. The rise of their power means that I’m not safe.
ETA: Also old Dems need to get out of the way. They have utterly failed. Is the democratic party just a sweet corporation for lifetime employing liberals, or is it the political arm of America’s left?
ETAA: Also I’m not an American, so it really is hypocritical for me to speak like I am one. sigh. You do you. Really.
I don’t think there’s anything that could make me feel bad for him. He, and everyone around him is scum. If Al Qaeda murdered Eric and Don Jr in front of him I wouldn’t feel an iota of sympathy. If he had a stroke and lived 20 years unable to walk or clean himself and watched comedians mock him every second of his waking life I would think it was a only portion of what he’s due.