You may be just asking questions, but in this case you really don’t need to. He’ll tell you anyway.
I’m dreading the “announcement” coming from Trump and Hogsbreath from Florida. These two wannabes had better not be announcing a ground war in Venezuela right before Christmas. Or any other time.
Also, he’s managed to insult and piss off Denmark by sending an envoy to Greenland. It’s a huge diplomatic slap in the face to Denmark and announces his intention to take it over.
I don’t think he is going to declare war on Venezuela. But I think he is going to talk about it, threaten to do it, endlessly list all the reasons why we should do it, etc., etc., forever until all of our heads explode. He’ll get just as much bang from threatening it as he would from doing it. More, really, because once a war starts, people lose interest in it pretty quickly. And will be a whole lot cheaper to talk about it forever and never do it.
I hope you’re right, but this asshole sees himself as a real tough guy. And nothing says tough to a coward like sending other peoples’ children to die for no reason.
In the other test they referenced: counting backwards from one hundred by 7s. I could not do that. My husband has Parkinson’s, his neurologist asks him to name the months of the year backwards from December. I could do this now, but I’m not positive I could have the first time he was asked to. I might be paranoid though.
And wearing ridiculously tall spike heels, i.e. fetish boots.
Inside the ‘industrial-scale’ Trump pardon machine
Washington lobbyists promising connections to the president are in hot demand.
Kaye Wiggins in New York and Joe Miller and Stefania Palma in Washington
Published DEC 18 2025
[..]
Seeking a pardon under Trump had become “a rational thing” for convicted criminals and those fighting charges, one defence lawyer said.
Paywalled from Financial Times but here’s the link:
I didn’t think the stair descent was so odd. What was weird was the sequence from 0:48 - 0:52 where it appears he has the Secret Service man pop the top on his drink for him. WTF? I am reminded of a story I heard that one of the duties of now-King Charles’s valet was to put the toothpaste on the brush.
And @Monty , I’m so glad you avoided serious injury in your encounter with the taxi. I rely on you to keep my outrage topped up.
Yes. See also: annexing Greenland, annexing Canada, etc.
What he isn’t considering is that Venezuela, Greenland + Denmark, and Canada and their neighbours of a similar size are all paying attention and remembering. This will make America’s diplomacy and trade harder for a couple of generations. But we voted for it (a majority in enough states, anyway) so here we are.
So the press is finally starting to report on his corruption? No longer complaining about Joe Biden’s age or repeating the idiot’s insults like there were funny? The NYT is also trying to report about that like if they had a bad conscience (gift link). Too little, too late, I am afraid.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
The president’s team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors. The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions from 346 donors. Some have received pardons, jobs, access to the president and other valuable gains.
No shit, Sherlock!
They could always ask him for permission to release their assessment since it’s the bestest ever.
Meanwhile, Jim Beam is ceasing production for a year. It seems the tariff wars are having an adverse effect.
In October, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) trade body said the amount of bourbon in warehouses across the state was at a record high of more than 16 million barrels.
According to the association, the barrels of bourbon, which are taxed by the state, have cost distillers “a crushing” $75m (£56m) this year.
US distillers have faced retaliatory import taxes on their goods after Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” announcement in April saw the US imposing tariffs on most countries around the world.
“Much of the expansion over the last decade has been geared towards global growth,” the KDA said in October as it called for a “for a speedy return to reciprocal, tariff-free trade”.
Trade tensions between the US and Canada have also affected sales of alcohol, with most Canadian provinces boycotting American spirits earlier in the year.
Jack Daniels next?
We are gonna need a lot of hard liquor in theUSA to get through this shit show.
Yeah, I was expecting something better (to laugh at). He wasn’t really hitting his leg and everyone knows he is super paranoid about tripping/slipping - not about getting hurt but looking foolish. Still, I’m sure he hates that it’s being shared so I’ll take it.
The Idiot is planning to announce a new (his name) class Battleship. 
And going back to the moon. And Patriot Games. He’s really flailing at this point.
Of course, the battleships will be Unsinkable. They will probably be made from Gold painted Styrofoam.
I’m thinking orange and dysfunctional.
The Gold will soon turn orange in the salt-water environment. Isn’t it funny that a “Student of History” recognizes the strategic importance of battleships in this day and age?
Fucking Demented Moron. I’m hoping for a Christmas Miracle.
Yes please.
Christmas Miracle is a great name for it, should it be.
Who had Trump class battleships on their bingo card?
Right? And I really have been good this year!
Relatively.