If you believe that Trump is in mid/late stage dementia, as I do, then there's another factor to consider with his lies. There's a point, at least with Alzheimer's (which his father had, and there's a known genetic risk) where the brain can no longer distinguish imagination/wish/fantasy from truth/reality. In other words, he may truly believe he stopped eight wars. He may truly believe whatever he fancies.
Back when he was floating the Obama "birther" stuff, I suspect he was testing the American people's susceptibility to "big lies." Now, when he lies, I'm not at all sure he knows what he's doing.
I believe this is correct also. But your last paragraph made a lot of sense around the world, the game is over , the damage no wheres done thorough, yet. Keeping fingers crossed for tariff/SC …may be the proverbial straw.
Commented upon this numerous times after his first go around and when the fools didn’t want to loose his base… Didn’t want to loose their power hold, money and their stature.
And Now the Prime Minister of Canada so eloquently called out the truth..
Will any of the fools here listen, it may be way too late.. Can remove the malignancy but without the radiation or chemotherapy the malignant cells remain.
A Two Thousand Year Old
Warning about TRUMP -
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
For the traitor appears not a traitor - He speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation--he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city-he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."
Cicero,
Roman Statesman,
42 BC
And Canada emerges taking the sign out of the window and calling it what it is.
Thank you for clueing me into stuff I would rather not have to know. Everyone who points to Alzheimer's is correct. Gratefully, my dad's experience with ALZ just made him into a super nice go along guy who didn't have a clue about anything other than meals, the occasional walk for fresh air and a safe place where he wore a tracker on his ankle to make sure he didn't escape. DJT is far more dangerous. Damage is being done. Nations are quickly putting distance between us and them.
As usual Mary, brilliant article. If I may for a second: My grandparents immigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1913. Founded a successful manufacturing company and realized the American dream of significant economic success, and elevated our family to future generational wealth. When I read Mark Carney evoke the spirit of Václav Havel, my heart leaped. My father adored him and would have bounded the room proclaiming “I told you, I told you he was profound!” I wish dad were here to witness. We will get through this, and remember, more taxes you pay the wealthier you (we) are.
He's a drum: round and hollow and full of sound, signifying nothing. I'm beyond embarrassed. Up to now, ke has chosen his foreign destinations to include people doing business with the Twump brand, no matter what pretense they put up. Now, with Davos, there will be no ring kissing or surprise jet gifts. Let's see how the world treats the old man.
So many points of contrast between the sane technocrat-turned-politician and the insane failed-businessman-cum-fraudster-turned-autocrat. Well done.
Where are the billion dollar entry fees to the Board of Peace supposed to go, assuming anyone ever pays them? To fund the necessary bureaucratic operations of an effective organization? Or to Trump's own pocket, like the money from selling Venezuela's oil? Does anyone in MAGA or the Republican party even care?
"Here’s the thing Trump seems not to grasp: the world has changed around him." The man's been stuck in the 1980s ever since. His whole worldview is that of a 1980s punk-with-money who thinks the world owes him, and a teenager's I'm-invincible attitude. I've flipped better rich-kid fools upside down for trying to play Beat The Fare on my train. (And got the fare out of them, while serving them up their friends' ridicule for trying that dumb a stunt as the cherry on top.)
Well said and providing a picture of reality-based world governments speaking aloud. I very much needed a sliver of hope as I have been overwhelmed in my red corner of CA with reading too many comments celebrating the evil overlord and his minions.
really well written... thank you so much. i am glad that the EU appears to be standing up to this unhinged dictator wanna-be. wish that some of the republicans back home had half as much spine. The EU can at least contain what he is trying to do on the world stage, and if the US economy is a victim of that, we have only ourselves to blame.... i still ponder how in 2024, such a critical election, that fewer democrats voted than in 2020. Just like in 2016 when a bunch stayed home sulking because they did not get their candidate, they gave this country over to a fascist. it would be interesting to probe the inner thoughts of the billionaires who wanted him elected just for the tax cuts and dropping environmental regulations, eliminating competition to the oil and gas industry (EVs, biodegradable plastics, etc.).. wonder how many are having buyer's remorse. I am hoping that having the EU stand up to him will avoid escalation of the conflict over Greenland, but i am often overly optimistic. i also hold little hope that the supreme court will do the right thing for a change and rule against tariffs and force the release of the Epstein files...
I always look forward to Mary Geddry’s Trump Watch descriptions of our egomaniac president’s current actions and words. Dark humor in dark times helps us keep going.
On the other hand, speaking as a lifelong Democrat (until Obama’s reelection campaign, after which third party candidates got my vote), and also as someone with a college degree in Environmental Studies, I beg to differ on the Anthropocene. Sure, as Mary informs us, “A new analysis shows that just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2024.” But there are a number of other factors that indicate our dear planet is moving into Climate Change all by herself.
Perhaps my fellow Geddry readers will at least consider the various solar system shifts, over which we humans have as much power as mice in a barn control the resident cats and owl (namely zero). These occur in repeating cycles and make much more impact on climate than human-generated CO2 can. For some graphs and charts that provide facts (not opinions), I summarized some little-known basics from a technical book that most people don’t have time to read:
If you believe that Trump is in mid/late stage dementia, as I do, then there's another factor to consider with his lies. There's a point, at least with Alzheimer's (which his father had, and there's a known genetic risk) where the brain can no longer distinguish imagination/wish/fantasy from truth/reality. In other words, he may truly believe he stopped eight wars. He may truly believe whatever he fancies.
Back when he was floating the Obama "birther" stuff, I suspect he was testing the American people's susceptibility to "big lies." Now, when he lies, I'm not at all sure he knows what he's doing.
I agree he may believe some of what he says, not that that is comforting
Not comforting at all!
I believe this is correct also. But your last paragraph made a lot of sense around the world, the game is over , the damage no wheres done thorough, yet. Keeping fingers crossed for tariff/SC …may be the proverbial straw.
Excellent article - thank you.
Commented upon this numerous times after his first go around and when the fools didn’t want to loose his base… Didn’t want to loose their power hold, money and their stature.
And Now the Prime Minister of Canada so eloquently called out the truth..
Will any of the fools here listen, it may be way too late.. Can remove the malignancy but without the radiation or chemotherapy the malignant cells remain.
A Two Thousand Year Old
Warning about TRUMP -
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
For the traitor appears not a traitor - He speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation--he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city-he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."
Cicero,
Roman Statesman,
42 BC
And Canada emerges taking the sign out of the window and calling it what it is.
https://youtu.be/dTvFnC-oFGw?si=Zg6I7wrsKz7eaHAa
Thank you for clueing me into stuff I would rather not have to know. Everyone who points to Alzheimer's is correct. Gratefully, my dad's experience with ALZ just made him into a super nice go along guy who didn't have a clue about anything other than meals, the occasional walk for fresh air and a safe place where he wore a tracker on his ankle to make sure he didn't escape. DJT is far more dangerous. Damage is being done. Nations are quickly putting distance between us and them.
As usual Mary, brilliant article. If I may for a second: My grandparents immigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1913. Founded a successful manufacturing company and realized the American dream of significant economic success, and elevated our family to future generational wealth. When I read Mark Carney evoke the spirit of Václav Havel, my heart leaped. My father adored him and would have bounded the room proclaiming “I told you, I told you he was profound!” I wish dad were here to witness. We will get through this, and remember, more taxes you pay the wealthier you (we) are.
Thank you for this; I had no real understanding of what Davos was about and I appreciate the clarity with which you discussed it.
He's a drum: round and hollow and full of sound, signifying nothing. I'm beyond embarrassed. Up to now, ke has chosen his foreign destinations to include people doing business with the Twump brand, no matter what pretense they put up. Now, with Davos, there will be no ring kissing or surprise jet gifts. Let's see how the world treats the old man.
So many points of contrast between the sane technocrat-turned-politician and the insane failed-businessman-cum-fraudster-turned-autocrat. Well done.
Where are the billion dollar entry fees to the Board of Peace supposed to go, assuming anyone ever pays them? To fund the necessary bureaucratic operations of an effective organization? Or to Trump's own pocket, like the money from selling Venezuela's oil? Does anyone in MAGA or the Republican party even care?
Trump is insane. Take away the keys...
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/take-away-the-keys?r=10sd39
"Here’s the thing Trump seems not to grasp: the world has changed around him." The man's been stuck in the 1980s ever since. His whole worldview is that of a 1980s punk-with-money who thinks the world owes him, and a teenager's I'm-invincible attitude. I've flipped better rich-kid fools upside down for trying to play Beat The Fare on my train. (And got the fare out of them, while serving them up their friends' ridicule for trying that dumb a stunt as the cherry on top.)
Well said and providing a picture of reality-based world governments speaking aloud. I very much needed a sliver of hope as I have been overwhelmed in my red corner of CA with reading too many comments celebrating the evil overlord and his minions.
really well written... thank you so much. i am glad that the EU appears to be standing up to this unhinged dictator wanna-be. wish that some of the republicans back home had half as much spine. The EU can at least contain what he is trying to do on the world stage, and if the US economy is a victim of that, we have only ourselves to blame.... i still ponder how in 2024, such a critical election, that fewer democrats voted than in 2020. Just like in 2016 when a bunch stayed home sulking because they did not get their candidate, they gave this country over to a fascist. it would be interesting to probe the inner thoughts of the billionaires who wanted him elected just for the tax cuts and dropping environmental regulations, eliminating competition to the oil and gas industry (EVs, biodegradable plastics, etc.).. wonder how many are having buyer's remorse. I am hoping that having the EU stand up to him will avoid escalation of the conflict over Greenland, but i am often overly optimistic. i also hold little hope that the supreme court will do the right thing for a change and rule against tariffs and force the release of the Epstein files...
Excellent.
Oh, Canada! I'm suffering from an extreme case of PM envy.
I always look forward to Mary Geddry’s Trump Watch descriptions of our egomaniac president’s current actions and words. Dark humor in dark times helps us keep going.
On the other hand, speaking as a lifelong Democrat (until Obama’s reelection campaign, after which third party candidates got my vote), and also as someone with a college degree in Environmental Studies, I beg to differ on the Anthropocene. Sure, as Mary informs us, “A new analysis shows that just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2024.” But there are a number of other factors that indicate our dear planet is moving into Climate Change all by herself.
Perhaps my fellow Geddry readers will at least consider the various solar system shifts, over which we humans have as much power as mice in a barn control the resident cats and owl (namely zero). These occur in repeating cycles and make much more impact on climate than human-generated CO2 can. For some graphs and charts that provide facts (not opinions), I summarized some little-known basics from a technical book that most people don’t have time to read:
https://laurenayers.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/151799063