Donald Trump Is No Victim
Donald Trump on Tuesday informed the 5.71 million unfortunate souls who wittingly subject themselves to his stream-of-consciousness-style musings on Truth Social that he's likely to be indicted. Again.
"WOW!" he exclaimed, in a lengthy diatribe published as a "statement" on the platform. "On Sunday night, while I was with my family... HORRIFYING NEWS for our Country was given to me by my attorneys," he went on.
That news: Trump received another target letter from special counsel Jack Smith, th
I am not aware of any instance in which Trump has taken responsibility for any felony, failure, mistake, inconsideration, oversignt or even minor shortfall. It’s always a hoax, witch hunt and/or some fundamental unfairness that is wholly to blame. He is the oaf than can cry wolf without limit or fatigue or even loss of credibility (at least among his supporters). It’s one of the oddest pathological displays I’ve ever witnessed and brings to mind an equally curioius analog — the person who demands a forced apology from someone who would never freely offer one that is actually genuine. Trump seems like that guy too.
You are so right, Trump is no victim. The only victim are the poor people he continues to dupe to giving him money. I do talk to conservatives who lament that he is the only ex president who has been charged with a crime and I respond that the only reason he is not in jail right now is because he was president when he encouraged those people to interrupt congress.
I thought he would be arrested immediately, then I thought he would be arrested as soon as Biden took office. But I realize now that even if that should have happened, it would look like political retribution.
I usually use the example that if you were pulled over by the police for going a little over the speed limit and you don’t have any previous tickets and the cop asks you why you were pulled over. You can be honest and apologize and it is possible you might get out of ticket.
But if you yell at the officer , call his wife a whore, not only will you get a ticket but you’re likely to get arrested.
Trump is the latter person who intentionally thumbs his nose at all law enforcement, he clearly thinks he is above all consequences for his abhorrent behavior.
Unfortunately for our country there are many people who base their political opinions on ignorance. Because of this they will believe Trump’s lies that he is a victim.
Like they say… You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him think.
Well said, sir.
Apart from Trump himself and the MAGA crowd (i.e. people who self disqualify from any serious consideration), no one thinks he’s a victim.
Indeed, the “establishment” has been generous with Trump for decades. Earlier, when he was just a real estate mogul/con artist, it was because prosecuting white collar crime is seen as difficult. After his rise to prominence, it was out of fear/respect for his political pull with the MAGA crowd.
But, at some point, the establishment has got to stand up to the 20% of the population that feels like losers in the modern world and are willing to resort to violence (or look the other way) to restore their sense of self worth.
Being that Trump is a malignant narcissist, I’m sure that he does view himself as the victim (or hero) always. While those of us who have the capacity to self-evaluate might think he’s just spinning more yarns for his followers, I think he actually does think he’s never done anything wrong and that anytime he’s attacked, he’s the victim. He probably also does actually believe that he won the 2020 election, that all women he’s assaulted are secretly attracted to him, and that everyone loves him (who isn’t a “hater”). These are all traits of narcissistic personality disorder. People with NPD are incredibly toxic and dangerous to those that are close to them. There are far too many people like Trump running around wreaking havoc and causing trauma. However, Trump is truly dangerous at this point, to American society and government. He’s still shouting about stolen elections, and fake Biden crimes. And just because he’s incapable of self-evaluation doesn’t mean that he can’t learn from his mistakes. If that man were to ever be given a 2nd shot at running the executive he would correct those mistakes and ensure he had unilateral power until he died. That reason alone is why these indictments are so important and why these cases must proceed to conclusion BEFORE he has another crack and manipulating enough people with foreign assistance to get back into the White House.
I’ve only known two individuals in my life who I am certain Diogenes would have found on one of his nightly quests to find an “honest” soul. One was my late wife of 53 years, who as far as I know, never lied to me once, not even a “little white lie.” She just didn’t know how to do it. The other honest soul was the first man with whom I shared an office 50 years ago. He was a fellow prof who soon turned his hand to entrepreneurship … 14 times. Three of those 14 went bankrupt (each undeclared) and in all three cases every dime my friend owed was repaid, even the stockholder contributions he had received were returned whole. The rest of his ventures were all sold to the benefit of all involved. His current venture is a lifesaving one and all the profits and all patent rights to his latest inventions will be donated to charity.
I also know two people who I strongly suspect have never actually told the truth. Both acquired this propensity shortly after birth, and both with the help of the same people, their daddies, who were pros. One of course was Trump, who I know only from frequent reports, who could not be honest and tell the truth, but was constantly bailed out by his father first, then by his gullible “subjects.” The other person was my cousin, a fellow who was as close to a brother as one gets. A smaller liar than Trump, my cousin was at least a mostly honest type. Honesty is hard for most people these days. The shade of old Diogenes must be very tired and frustrated.
Also, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel gets sick and tired of waiting for United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to do it and announces charges against ‘fake electors’ in 2020 election plot.
Bravo. Well said.