Far be it from me to praise Donald Trump for anything but damn, the motherfucker seems to be on quite a roll.
Rep. Thomas Massie dared to cross der Führer on war, taxes and the Epstein files. Trump recruited Ed Gallrein, a loyalist flack, to run against Massie in the Kentucky Republican primary. Gallrein won. Or more important to Trump, Massie lost.
In Louisiana's primary, Trump targetted Sen. Bill Cassidy for disloyalty to der Führer. Coming in first and second were challengers Rep. Julia Letlow, who won Trump's endorsement, and state Treasurer John Fleming who also pledged fealty to Trump. Cassidy came in third. Much to Li'l Donnie's boyish glee.
5 of the 7 Republican state senators in Indiana who defied Trump's demands they withdraw the states congressional maps lost their bids for re-election.
Back in 2020, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defied Trump's demand to find the votes to help him win the state. In 2026, Raffensberger comes in 3rd for the Republican nomination for governor.
And don't forget the biggest most public kill this week: the end of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. CBS cancelled Colbert's show to appease Trump so his lackeys would approve Paramount's merger with Skydance which is owned by Trump supporting billionaires. Trump boasted “Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person.”
So all hail the conquering hero! All powerful! All glorious is our deliverer of America's new Golden Age!
Donald Trump is crushing IT!
On the other hand...
Gas prices continue to rise.
As does the cost of groceries.
And the price of some other 3rd thing.
And there's the war Li'l Donnie started and does not know how to stop.
Iran openly mocks Trump.
China smells blood in the water, recognizing that Donald Trump is a complete and utter moron so China can do what it wants.
The supposed greatest nation on Earth is now the planet's bitch.
And there are all the grifts, cons and distractions.
Why the fuck can't Trump shut up about the damn ballroom?
People can see this and the numbers show that a lot of people are not happyt with this shit.
Trump's aggregate approval rating has dropped below 40%.
My response to that is why is it that high. Are those 40% NOT paying attention?
But the fact remains that more than half of America thinks that Trump is doing an absolutely shitty job.
So how can a guy who is so fundementally disliked by a majority of Americans still weild enough power to influence people to take out his enemies?
The simplest answer is Trump remains a big fish in a small pond.
Amongst the subset of Americans known as the Republican electorate, der Führer commands an 81% approval rating.
So there's party loyalty and all that.
But...
Don't those same Republicans voters also have to pay higher prices for gas, groceries and some other 3rd thing?
Can't they see what we see?
How can they be OK with all of this?
I'm going to turn this over to Shelley Tufts, a 53 year old from Opelika, Alabama who attended last week's circle jerk Christian Nationalist prayerfest.
"We just have to keep showing up. Before the election we had lost just about every one of our freedoms. But Trump has done a good job of turning things around."
What pray tell are the freedoms she thought she lost before Trump? I don't know, perhaps the freedom to be racist, homophobic, Islamaphobic?
While Shelley Tufts represents a minority of Americans who support, that minority is absolute in their dedication to der Führer.
He does NOTHING for them.
They have the same sticker shock as the rest of us for gas, groceries and some other 3rd thing.
Their sons and daughters can bleed and die in an unneccessary war as much as anyone else's sons and daughters.
This is where Donald Trumo draws his power to smite his personal enemies, erect tributes to his personal ego and fill his personal bank accounts.
Shelley Tufts is convinced Trump's self aggrandizement is for her country's glory.
The ultimate Trump con job.
And her sad gullibility can be chalked up as another Trump victory.
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