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It's become obvious over time that one of Trump's primary strategies in life is assigning his failures and faults to other people. He lives in a sort of permanent fog of projection.
I wonder who he's trying to fool though. It's so constant and seemingly effortless that I suspect that it's really mostly for his own benefit - that it's not just the story he's telling other people, but the story he's telling himself.
This is called narcissism, he is just a narcissist with a hard-on for himself and unfortunate access to widespread attention
Same people he has been fooling for years. The fanatical MAGA believers and everyone on the right who subscribes to the whole, "If it doesn't fit my narrative, it is fake news."
Wink, wink, straight arm raised salute awkwardly transitioned into a waving motion
I heard Trump and Vance have been eating the dogs and cats in Ohio
I’m from Ohio, and confirm that I’ve witnessed this!
I've heard of Ohio, so I can confirm that others have witnessed this
ChatGPT says it's true, and robots can't lie!
... but I don't.
... rubs eyes
... but I don't.
...
IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE IS THAT EVEN REMOTELY, METAPHORICALLY, GENEROUSLY TRUE!? The man cannot open his mouth without generally talking about how everyone on the left is actively, intentionally and malevolently destroying America, and that's when he is not actively calling for his highly volatile MAGA followers to do unethical, and even illegal, things to ensure "they don't steal this election". His followers break into and flood the Capital Building leaving police officers in their wake, conspire to kidnap governors, break into Nancy Pelosi's home and beat her husband to within an inch of his life when they don't find her, not to mention all the general violence and hate of those like the Proud Boys, the Patriot Front, and other white Christian nationalists. The idea that anyone could ever possibly see you as innocent in, at minimum, your rhetoric is mistifying.
His coaching from his campaign is showing through. They desperately want him to be the law and order candidate, "weathering the storm from the militant left", but he just can't help but attack the left and encourage further violence. He will sabotage his own campaign and image if he starts encouraging violence here.
He claims their rhetoric is making him look like the next Hitler who should be shot before he reaches power.
He doesn't need anyone's rhetoric to make it look that way. His own words and actions do it pretty well.
And also fuck this guy. He has been constantly and blatantly calling out for, encouraging and defending political violence against his opponents. He's only upset that he's on the receiving end of it this time. VOTE HIM OUT.
His own words and actions do it pretty well
Yup! It's like he's envisioning the prelude to the Holocaust and wanting to bring it into the modern day. This is from earlier today on his dumpster fire of a site:
Remember when all the Republicans were making jokes about the guy breaking into Pelosi's house and attacking her husband with a hammer?
They encourage political violence because they know it generally benefits them and then act outraged when it bites one of them.
Says the guy who was "just invited to give a speech" on 1/6/21, and who had no idea whether his innocent highlight of JD Vance's Ohio Consituent's "first hand evidence" led to numerous bomb threats over several days.
Trump later added. "I can use it too — far better than they can — but I don’t."
Edit:
Trump later added. "I can use it too — far better than they can — but I don’t."
hmmmmm
Destroy our Country: https://www.thetrumparchive.com/?searchbox=%22destroying%22&resultssortOption=%22Latest%22
Threat to Democracy https://www.thetrumparchive.com/?searchbox=%22threat+to+democracy%22&resultssortOption=%22Latest%22
Yea this is getting dangerous. We need to put him somewhere safe. Like really safe. Maybe like concrete walls so bullets can't get through, and barred windows to prevent would-be assassins from getting in. Have like multiple points of entry under lock and key, with armed guards all over.
Wall off the entire area too - big tall concrete walls. And barbed wire on top. No one's getting through that! Ooh and some towers around good vantage points with spotlights and snipers.
We really can't be too careful.
Does anyone know a place like that where Trump might belong?
This statement is expected from the Gaslight, Obstruct, Project political party.
Shooter 1: Republican
Shooter 2: Former MAGA
Hmmm
These democrats sure are playing long cons...
I mean, Sniper #2 supported Trump in his first run, and just got ticked off about Trump not saying that he'd support Ukraine adequately. I don't think that that's something that one can really attach to Biden and Harris.
It's got to be driving him absolutely nuts that the second shooter is also a presumably christian, straight, white, man. Anything else and he could work with it. White woman? Women are too emotional and shouldn't be trusted to make important decisions. Black man? Go-go all out on the racism. Brown skinned? Anti immigration fear mongering. Trans or gay? Groomer nonsense. Anything other than Christian and he could fearmonger about their foreign religions.
Literally the only identity he can't exploit is christian, straight, white men and they're the ones who keep trying to kill him.
That's called a taste of your own medicine Donald. This is how you make the Haitian community in Springfield feel.
“It’s just horrible – so surprising to see it here. But we have to get over it. We have to move forward.”
-Trump in response to a school shooting in Iowa, the day after the shooting, back in January 2024.
Trump needs to get over being shot at, that's the America that him and the GOP have created. If he doesn't like it... maybe consider some sort of way to control access to guns so that unhinged individuals can't get them... something like... I don't know, gun control?
What Trump needs is a Good Guy With A Gun.
Has he tried hiring a security guard? Did he try Duck & Cover? An armed school teacher maybe?
Why hasn't the billionaire properly secured himself? We all know the public option is de minimus, so why hasn't he gone deep into the private mercenary world to hire the best?
/s if it wasn't obvious
Of course he never takes responsibility for his endless words of hate and fear.
Bull. Shit. His allegiance to Putin is what caused him to be shot at this time.
Trump, who completely lacks any ability to self-reflect, of course passes the blame on to someone else.
Trump supporters are to Trump what Trump is to the Republican party.
They thought they could harness the crazy. Now they face growing existential threats for not being crazy enough.
The find out phase is getting spicy!
Insert your Russian nesting doll of consequences jokes below.
Does he think the attempts will stop if he wins? Because plenty of people will still hate him or want to become famous or be mentally ill. If anything, the hate might ratchet up.
Oh absolutely.
Guys. Stop. Saying anything about him okay.
Let's create a safe space and protect the guy who is open to Nazis,bigots and previously protected gun freaks
Seriously, all this is like digging a hole on the beach and then injuring yourself when you fall in.. and then blaming the lifeguards..
Then after getting help, start digging more holes
He didn't get shot at. Some doofus brought a gun within the no-no zone on him. He's trying to fundraise because of it. Apparently he's most popular when he's getting shot at...
You mean rhetoric like “I hate Taylor Swift” from less than 24 hours ago?
Every accusation is a confession. Trump is just pissed that no one will rid him of the meddlesome Kamala.
Democrats are saying things about me that cause republicans to shoot at me!
Love the Wololo.
They're his people.
Kind of like how his rhetoric is causing people to call in bomb threats in Springfield? I hope the second attempt really puts fear into his heart: it's not just one crazy guy, there could be gunmen everywhere.
I really don't want Trump to get shot and killed.
I really really want Trump to live the rest of his life in constant fear and paranoia, never able to enjoy the things that he loves, isolated from the world and starving for the adulation of the people who will quickly forget him in the prison of his own making as he taps away at his phone on his own little social media bubble, grasping at being relevant again until the day he dies of natural causes and the nation lets out a wet fart of false sympathy and lowers the flags to half staff for the day while the news media puffs him up one last time before they, too, stop giving a shit and we close this chapter of our lives and our nation.
That requires Harris to beat Trump in November, so I need the fucker to stay alive until then.
He’s desperate and is now trying to get them killed. There is no end to what he will do to stay out of prison.
And it’s disgusting that America is allowing him to continue on with this shit. He is ABSOLUTELY above the law.
Trump and stochastic terrorism, name a better couple!
It’s so funny that the Republicans are suddenly very concerned about stochastic terrorism. Do they really want to open that can of worms?
Aw, did the mean ol' libruls shed light on your fascist tendencies? I dunno, man. Guess it sucks to suck.
I've been thinking about why the assassination attempts have only just now started. I wonder if they become more likely when a politician or celebrity is seen as weakening in favor as opposed to when they are on the rise.
His base is turning on him, and they're the degenerate weirdos who think the only way to save the republican movement is to kill Trump. They learned this brilliant tactic from Trump himself, he even gave them some training exercises with Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi.
Trump has used and hurt his voter base a lot, I'm not surprised they're coming back to get him.
The projection thing is getting tiresome.
Here we see the Malignant Narcissus employing the famous "I know you are but what am I" defense. Let's see if the Magats continue to believe his lies.
