163 Comments
User's avatar
MidwestGal's avatar

He’s always been a taker. Never a giver. Lacks the attitude of those who give. Truly a waste of a human soul. May he reap what he has sown.

B Evans's avatar

A lot of us have been waitng for him "to reap what he has sown". We can't wait any longer, we have to make it happen. DON'T be afraid to speak up. Support BTC and others like him.

Gerard Freisinger's avatar

All traits of a weapons grade malignant narcissist . But he must have a talent - WH twice; a cult of cowards wanting only money and power ; a private anonymous poorly trained well subsidized gestapo army and the ability to cast out all those who oppose in favor of incompetents

On their knees with mouths ajar. Says a lot about a dysfunctional opposition .

Wayne Drury's avatar

MidwestGal, you are correct, but all this comes down to, in my view, has all this made families' lives better today? Are you better off than yesterday? Keep asking the 30-odd percent who still support Trump that question and the world can be changed one heartbeat at a time..

Chelsea's avatar

He was a giver with Bubba.

Kimberley Miller's avatar

And hopefully he’ll have another Bubba in his life who he can trade a pack of cigarettes for‼️

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Between the booing at the Knicks game and the removal of his name (behind a tarp) at the Kennedy Center, it's been a humiliating week for Trump as he can't avoid seeing how the legacy he imagined he was creating will be eradicated.

The good news? Forecast still calls for thunderstorms this evening in DC. If it happens, I expect him to claim the weather was "rigged."

Deron's avatar

If asked about it this morning, I'm sure we will hear that weather forecasts are fake news. If asked about it tomorrow, we will hear that nobody ever heard of thunderstorms in DC in June.

Also, I'm really hoping for a tarp malfunction (malicious compliance?) around 8 PM at the Kennedy Center today.

Marg Jones's avatar

I bet you dollars to donuts that those letters are still up there right now...

Beth's avatar

Great post, Brian. I disagree with your last sentence though. I don’t think he’s capable of being self-aware enough to feel small.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Deep down I bet he does feel it. He'll just never be able to admit it to himself.

Just think how much this country could have been spared if he had gone into therapy.

Dancset's avatar

Strom chances appear to be lessening. Still hoping they come!

As far as he goes, doubtful he will see anything except how much attention he got from those he seems to like.

Plume de Poison's avatar

Noooo, what we'll see in his pin point pupils is a long time amphetamine addiction and not much more....

Lauran McDaib's avatar

I'll bet dollars to donuts the Orange Pedo has several drug addictions other then just amphetamine!

Plume de Poison's avatar

Yeah, no doubt - of course, his big tell is he’s always bragging about how he doesn’t drink, like he’s such a Stoic - meanwhile, the rest of his undisciplined life is a testament to poor impulse control and substance abuse…ugh

Toxtli Melloh's avatar

A lot of what you wrote Bryan could have been said about Elon Musk too.

Leslie's avatar

Absolutely.

majorfathead's avatar

Humiliation and defeat are 2 of the milder things I wish upon the fanta menace. Anything further that I said would land me on a watch list. 86 47

Dancset's avatar

Don't think he is capable of feeling humiliation.

Jacqueline Eckl's avatar

Trump shows his humiliation as anger. Leaving the scaffolding & tarps up is his defeat.

Dancset's avatar

Don't think he is capable of feeling humiliation.

Tim-The south will fall again!'s avatar

💯...and hope you're right about your conclusion as well...He's an empty shell pretending to be a powerful "man."

Chelsea's avatar

I guess there will be mud wrestling next. Trump has turned the Whitehouse into a trailer park. So ghetto! 🤣

Pat Vaughn's avatar

I wish people would quit using the trailer park comparison. They're not all trash. There are a lot of people living in trailer parks doing the absolute best they can. To be honest, we hardly ever hear about trouble in the trailer parks. It's usually apartments and regular neighborhoods.

Chelsea's avatar

Speak for the trailer parks in your area.

Tina Johnson's avatar

Haha 50-60 year old mobile homes in San Diego County are going for over a half a million dollars these days.

Pat Vaughn's avatar

Same in Florida.

Chelsea's avatar
2hEdited

Yep, and around my way, they're slum.

Nilla's avatar

Trump is trashy no matter where he lives and no matter how many of our tax dollars he steals for himself and his family. His character flaws didn't go away when he moved into our Whitehouse.

He's gaudy AF! He thinks painting something gold will fool people. He is the definition of 'Lipstick on a pig.'

K Speaks's avatar

Mud wrestling would be awesome. I would watch that. When my son was 8, one of his friend’s parents dug a mud pit in the backyard for his birthday party. Epic. It was Woodstock for 8 year olds. It was declared the best birthday party ever. Imagine Donald in a mud pit.

cwnidog's avatar

His “America First” agenda was always a “Me First” agenda.

Kate Clover's avatar

And a reminder too-- his name is off the Kennedy center but still prominent in the Epstein files

Marg Jones's avatar

Do you really believe that it is off?

Lionel C Johnson's avatar

Thanks for writing this. I’m praying that the heavens will open with an epic thunderstorm.

Kevin Haug's avatar

I remember the coach having me eat peanut butter all the time...

I don't want trump to enjoy his birthday, but I DO want him outside attending this event.

∆√∆ ⚡L'Indépendant⚡

Ana warner's avatar

I’ll be cheering for the Thunder, lightning, bugs and humidity.

Phoenix213's avatar

And swarms of mosquitoes also!

Kimberley Miller's avatar

It’s like the seven plagues of Egypt. This man is bringing down upon himself.‼️🫪

Cathy riddle's avatar

Mosquitoes can carry deadly diseases. I hope they bite the crap out of him!

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Heat, humidity, thunderstorms. He's going to be miserable.

Elizabeth J. Norton's avatar

As usual, well said BTC. Every American should read these words, especially the workers who voted for this poor excuse.

Observer's avatar
3hEdited

Brian,

I hypothesize that Donald maps his own biographical story of the unfairly disempowered but virtuous one who eventually conquers and reins supreme, onto the entity called America. He’s never thinking of America, however. All his intense affect is driven by unconscious reminders of his personal injuries and longings to avenge the wronged self of his infancy and childhood.

Donald was a neglected baby and a ridiculed, dominated, and disempowered child. He’s been impotently enraged his entire life. This powerless fury is endless. Every moment of the day Trump tries to erase the felt memory of utter powerlessness in relation to a neglectful mother and indifferent father, with actions and images of physical potency with which he identifies. The cage fight is a metaphor for his life story…he is both the caged child bound to lose, and the fantasied victor, bloodied but heroic, whom he longs to be.

This scene, which captures how he felt as a child and is analogized perfectly in the real-life cage fight, is enacted daily in every decision he makes. He is driven by the fear of feeling like the caged child who loses, and the longing to be the triumphant hero of the battle.

Kevin Haug's avatar

trump is entirely evil and cancerous to all he touches~ The people and the nation have suffered enough~ i want him gone. He's irredeemable and destructive.

⚡∆√∆⚡

Susan Pivnick's avatar

I think you credit him with too much self-awareness. You are forgetting his ability to transform reality into fantasy, as in hearing cheers at Madison Square Garden, instead of the boos they were.

Ellen Nordstrom's avatar

Great thoughts, BTC!

Hope that you're right.

ZeusOnDaLoose's avatar

Bro. I’m pretty sure that this is all gonna be far more scripted than any WWE event in history… even more so than André versus Hogan.