Trump is trolling us....don't take the bait!

[Wanderlust988]

This Panama Canal stuff is designed to get the left in an uproar and distract from his problems and sagging approval ratings. He says crazy shit so we can be outraged. Trump is not going to do anything! We did this a lot the past few years. I'm used to get outraged all the time, but I'm not anymore. That dog won't hunt anymore.

[Klarkashton]

1. he had already started with this bullshit.

It's nothing but a pain in the ass.

[Mr.Bee]

54. He IS Going To Do Things!

he's going to spend four years watching TV and playing golf while his appointees create the havoc!
Just like he did last time. It's not who you elect - it's who he brings with him!

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Yep, the Panama Canal nonsense is a shiny object over here so

that the rubes won't look at the grocery prices not coming down and the other promises he made that aren't going to be kept.

[Oneear]

3. Where is the Clean Drinking Water in Cape Girardeau MO 95% of the City Water Pipes are lead

If Donald J. Trump wants to Talk, let him say time for the EPA.gov lead Grant Money to Remove Lead Water Pipes

[CoopersDad]

12. I have been there, never knew about the lead water pipes.

We ate at the 36 Restaurant and Bar, amazing food!

[paleotn]

4. Exactly

Being in perpetual outrage mode isn’t healthy or useful. A waste of energy and time. He spews just to be spewing. 80% of which will never happen. We should have learned that the first go round. Is it still going to get ugly? Yes it is But please don’t go wild with the hyperbole. It’s not helpful and you’re hurting yourself in the process.

[EndlessWire]

5. I kinda agree

but when you are dealing with a demented, narcissistic, mean, vile, rapist fraud, cheating felon, you never know for sure. Panama is on his shit list, and he is conducting a Retribution Tour. What's most alarming is that he is actually thinking about this. Would you get elected, then spend your time on Panama? If your properties in Panama were deleted from your portfolio, and you were a vindictive asshole, you might try to get back.

It does seem impossible that the world would allow invasion. We invaded Panama before, and overthrew a dictatorship, but Panama doesn't even have a standing army, only militias. There are a lot of drug dealers and such. And, of course, there was tRump with his stupid hotels.

I'm not staying up at night worrying about this. Good point you made about not falling for it. It's a matter to tuck away in the corner, being aware but not allowing tRump to control you through fear.

The worst VP ever...

[GoCubsGo]

6. Nah, he's just mad about the failure of Trump Tower Panama.

Now known as JB Marriott Panama. Google it. Just more of his petty vindictiveness. That being said, it DOES provide distraction, intentional or not.

[Keepthesoulalive]

7. It's going to be 4 long years

Some of it will be of our own making, following him down every rabbit hole. Sometimes you just have to turn off the crazy and ignore his sorry ass.

[Blue Full Moon]

8. Here is why

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-companies-accused-tax-evasion-panama?fbclid=IwY2xjawHVbFpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHV-wuP5B8DVcHE_XRnwGapKjwCkSF8qwyNnKR__v4jpzOBfK8xO9RIfw0w_aem_H-Zq5lU2GKZFQfZRFayl0w

[Blues Heron]

9. Never assume Trump wont do the worst - he is capable of anything

he might not do anything, but to categorically state that he wont is a mistake.

[wnylib]

37. I think that his revenge over losing his Panama property

will consist of trying to arouse international interest in pressuring Panama to lower its fees for use of the canal.

Another tactic will be to claim that China is attempting to control the canal so the US has to take it over as a protectorate.

All BS excuses for personal revenge.

I wonder what China's reaction woukd be to a US takeover of the canal. The rest of the world needs to stand in solidarity against these stunts by Trump. If it doesn't, he will get worse.

Even though Mr. Trump is increasingly too senile to run anything, I don't doubt that there are pro MAGA oligarchs who would like to have that kind of control over world commerce.

[allegorical oracle]

56. That's an important point we sometimes forget. Everything TSF does inevitably links back

to himself. Sometimes the connection is hard to discern, but it usually appears eventually.

He holds office solely to benefit himself personally. We must keep that in mind before wondering why he's making some nonsensical, inane decision. Then it needs to be called out -- even if it means contacting media.

We are a force and need to behave as one.

[wnylib]

57. Agree about the need to act together as a force

I hope that other nations also hold to that principle. There are many of us inside the US who would be grateful if they did.

[Kali]

10. exactly

one of the very few things he is actually decent at is trolling. that and getting the media to facilitate it all for free.

[Journeyman]

11. It's not what he says, but what he does (or doesn't do) which is important . . .

eyes on what he tries, not on his lies.

[Initech]

13. He's under investigation for securities fraudn in Panama.

Come on, Panama, do your thing!

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Whereever does anyone think that going after Panama is gaining him any points on either side.

I think both sides think he's nuts.

[Iggo]

18. It stops people from looking at real problems.

[rampartd]

22. reagan lambasted jimmy carter for "giving away our canal"

it is an empire thing to the "american exceptionalism " crowd.

part of "making america great again" i guess.

panama was on my short list of places to run to. short list just got shorter.

[Baitball Blogger]

24. If you go, stay out of Boquete.

Lots of Zonians are conservative MAGA types.

[4catsmom]

26. mine too

oh well

[rampartd]

27. i don't want to leave my cats

they are like children to me.

but maga louisiana is getting stranger and stranger......

[Harker]

15. As stripping Denali of its rightful name.

It's an effort to treat his arsekissing minions to some petty glee.

[flashman13]

16. Please do not discount any of the grazy shit he says. He is literally delusional and knows no bounds.

He truly believes that as president he can do anything that comes into his damaged mind. Who is to stop him?

If he wants the Panama Canal back, what is to stop him from dispatching the most powerful military in the world to forcibly take it? Simple answer, nothing (short of a major constitutional crisis whereby the military refuses to carry out what would clearly an illegal order). National security is always a handy catch all for violence. Sounds absurd, but the idea of Trump as president is absurd.

[rampartd]

23. instances of sending marines into central america and the caribean too numerous to list

many you've never heard of.

if he wants panama to stop its security fraud and tax investigation he will cite the monroe doctrine ("china is stealing our canal" or "drug trafficking" or "best place to stop the caravans" ) and it will be done.

[Quixote1818]

59. Yeah, we used to think most of the crazy shit he would say was BS. But he went through

With most of it eventually. Nothing is too crazy for Trump.

[Iggo]

17. Hegseth and RFKjr. Not Panama Canal and drones.

And even then he’s just going to install an anonymous shithead instead of a nonymous one.

[33taw]

19. Agree.

[onecaliberal]

20. Same here.

[raccoon]

21. Great post!

[4catsmom]

25. you know what they said about Mussolini

'beware of the clowns' - the ones that act like buffoons and posture and talk outrageously are the ones that become so vicious once they don't have any pushback. I expect things to get extremely ugly Jan 21

[kimbutgar]

28. When I heard it I knew it was bs

And someone told him to say it to get us not talking about the house did a middle finger to president muskrat when they passed the continuing resolution and didn’t raise the debt limit.

[mamacita75]

43. bs

major 'look over here'
lol,
I love your little dancing figure. I always thought it was a bug in your computer system

[kimbutgar]

47. Thank you !

When I saw that dancing figure gif it took me awhile to get it but I got it on my avatar!

[doc03]

29. Today it renaming Denali, tomarrow

who knows. The media falls for it every time.

[LeftInTX]

32. He was gonna do that his first term. However, he got pushback from Murkowski and Sullivan. Both are still senators.

[LeftInTX]

30. I swear Trump said he was gonna do this his first term!

[Self Esteem]

31. What sagging approval ratings?

His ratings are the best they've been in years:

[osteopath6]

33. Hmm

That would contradict his and the MGa's anti war stance. Would be interesting to watch them twist themselves into knots to explain how our lying eyes are lying.

No more wars no matter what. That's really calling out the MIC. Wish we'd have thought of this one. Oh wait, the hawks have marginalized the anti war voice among the left for decades now.

Murder isn't cool. No matter what the excuse is.

[Aviation Pro]

34. Shine Box Donnie is a glass hammer

Useless except as a figurehead for @realPresidentMusk.

[usonian]

35. 100% of EVERYTHING Trumpian is a smoke machine

to cover the grift.

[kevink077]

36. He is full of BS

He cannot do that stuff. He cannot take Panama Canal. What a clown.

[Aussie105]

38. "Sturm und Drang"

A German phrase that describes a period of insecurity, uncertainty and emotional turmoil.

It's Trump's modus operandi, to keep you off balance and trepidatiously in fear.
And keep him in the spotlight - his main goal, to be sure!
The MSM laps it up! (Trump is wearing a striped tie today, what does it mean? Shock! Horror!)

But rest assured gentle folk, Trump is an ideas man, full of bluff and bluster - for the above reasons - but remember the long list of things he promised to do before he first came into the White House and never delivered on that once he planted his degenerate self in the Oval Office chair?
(No, I don't remember most of that, it was too long a list.)

It is the same this time around.
If the Panama 'rescue', his promises to 'solve' the Russian-Ukraine and the Israeli-Middle East conflicts overnight never eventuate, ridicule him whenever you can to whoever you can, not just here.
He hates that!

Are we in for a bad time? Undoubtedly. But being forewarned is part of the solution. Expect chaos, prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

[iemanja]

39. His favorability ratings have gone up

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/

[turbinetree]

40. Yepper it is a deflection of how weak he is after all he is trying to get off the football practice squad............

and Coach Musk said it was alright to say this ...................

[Blue Owl]

41. The man-baby's shaking his rattle

[FormerOstrich]

42. My mom always said...

the best way to best a bully is to ignore them.

Good attention or Bad attention it's all the same to a narcissist--it's attention

Pretend to ignore him and don't react. IMO

[pat_k]

44. Absolutely. We must deny him the gift of our attention.

Don't think of an elephant. The more we "point out" how monstrous he is, the more power we give him. It saps us. DO NOT get caught up in the immobilizing negativity and chaos of DT.

Keep talking up accomplishments of the Democratic Party and the gains of the Biden administration. DO NOT LET THEM TAKE CREDIT! Getting loud and proud about Democratic accomplishments isn't just for election years.

We are responsible for the excellent economy. The infrastructure act, caps on medications. Since 1989, 50,000 of the 52,000 million jobs added to the economy were added under Democratic Administrations.

Often, I think we are reluctant to "toot our own horn" because we think we should have done more. That MUST end. There are some great things going on in Blue States and we need to highlight them and highlight the contrast to Red States.

Trump and his acolytes want us to be immersed in his horror show. And over, and over, and over, we oblige. If we break away, they do something more outrageous to drag us back. And when we spend time "spreading the word" about how horrible he is, we are, once again, immersed in his shit.

Yes. Lobbying our elected officials to oppose the worst appointments and actions is Essential, but do not fall into the trap of focusing SOLELY on opposition. For everything we oppose, we should have a comparison of something positive our Party did when we were in power or something we are doing in Blue States that is the OPPOSITE and MORE EFFECTIVE.

Time spent denouncing him is NOT PRODUCTIVE. It crushes hope and joy and thus immobilizes. It suppresses the will to take positive action. When we are overwhelmed by his shit, we lose ourselves. When we feel like screaming "how can 'they' not see this?" we are on road to cynicism and hopelessness; we are on the road to feeling powerless. It saps us.

Never stop talking up OUR PARTY, Love of Country, and the Power of Citizens to shape a better society.

With Democrats things get better. Period. And we need Democrats back in power. Stand up for our party in some way 365 days a year every year.

[AverageOldGuy]

45. Along with re-taking the Panama Canal . . .

. . . he wants to re-name Alaska's mountain "Denali" to Mount McKinley.

He's feeding the MAGAts. And they love it.

[Bev54]

46. I read that he is being investigated for

Tax fraud in Panama. That would explain a lot

[cstanleytech]

48. It's all foaming at the mouth rhetoric all because President Musk is simply more popular.

[JustAnotherGen]

49. It's almost like people

Didn't learn anything the first time. The less attention paid to his stochastic terrorism the more you can focus on the real dangers.

[Silent Type]

50. He's been saying crud like that since 2015. And we keep running with the bait and his supporters

keep voting for him.

[Aussie105]

52. In Trump's words . . .

I love the poorly educated!

Fed BS and think it is fine dining.

The MSM joins in, gleefully!

Swamp level rising, and no one notices!

[Silent Type]

53. We should have an idea by mid-terms if his lies, blustering, greed, and worse, change Congress.

[BidenRocks]

51. Perhaps his Doge idiots can explain how

The canal is an expensive white elephant.

Also, what's with all the WE shit?
No, WE don't all want the canal or Mt. Mac back.
Next he will try to undo the base naming's. Can't have enough reminders of traitors to the Union.

[Qutzupalotl]

55. As Rachel says, watch what they do, not what they say. nt

[Quixote1818]

58. So saying stuff that makes his approval ratings drop more, helps him?

No, he just has dimenta and is nuts. Nothing is too crazy for Trump and his approval is going up currently, not down.

[AdamGG]

60. First Panama, then the Sudetenland

I don't put seizing the canal past him. It's textbook fascist authoritarian and his base would love it.

More likely, it's bluster and he'd rather claim that he pushed Panama into charging lower rates for US shipping. He will claim that, even if it's not true.

[diane in sf]

61. Cheap shipping for Eloon is why: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-look-elderly-golfer-is-a-geopolitical