DJT? I constantly wonder if he is actually that clueless about macro and international economic workings and how they interact, or if he just doesn't care as long as it funnels cash and opportunity to 1% financial aristocracy that he aspires to. BTW, Gold adornments are gauche.

Bigger question; is he a wolf in sheep's clothing . . .
Also, the press seems to have anointed him as the dem candidate . . doesn't he need to win a primary first? Maine’s primary election is not until June 2026.

Oooh, excellent point. And the circle of enablers is so much bigger this time - and as is the trumpian way of self protection, all will get hung out to dry when the time comes.

Yeah, you know, your widowed grandparent living on social security, trapped in a rental unit that hasn't had any upgrades or maintenance in 20 years, sharing their food with the cat, couldn't possibly need anything. Instead spoil your children with useless crap that they will ignore by tomorrow. /s

Not local so I had to look this up. You get scooped up with others for protesting the ICE ogres - only in this day an age would this not have already been dismissed, possibly a slap on the wrist. Culty Cleveland tries to make hay of this with bizarro over the top stupid faith(less) stunt. Donating.

IMHO, He has several screws loose and his handlers can't keep him juiced and tightly reined all the time. His narcissism keeps him from admitting how far gone he is. Probably they cajole and use flattery to manage him, but after an hour?

He shouldn't be running a hot dog cart, let alone a country.

It is positively bizarre how rabid these DJT sycophants are to remain in his good graces. Admittedly, most of them never in a lifetime thought their previous pandering would have put them in such power positions of the Admin, and nearly all are way over their heads - but, it is a house of cards. GL!

To paraphrase philosopher George Santayana, 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'

Of course, if you were a C- student who skipped classes including history and paid people to take your exams, what would you know about it to start with . . .

My neighbor's dog wears a shock collar to stop bad barking - now, I don't really approve of torture, though I don't miss the barking.

Point is, I'd be happy to have DJT wear one and his handlers could zap him every time he lies.

Cost a fortune in batteries though . . .

An eventuality that can only be postponed, never denied. The only safeguard being redundancy. . but once the ties are severed the myth that time heals all wounds will be tested.

Three Body Problem trilogy
The Expanse trilogy
Project Hail Mary
and my dog-eared collection of Heinlein novels. . .

Apparently she's completely flushed this memory (from Wiki):
In July 2016, amid allegations of sexual harassment on the part of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, Kelly was reported to have confirmed that she herself was also subjected to his harassment. Two days after the report, Ailes resigned . .

It took the spotlight off the Epstein files for nearly 2 weeks. DJT says 'time and money well spent'. Now, about that war he wants to start.

They are both salesmen, ethics free salesmen - and their primary product is their inflated grandiose world view with them at the center of it. Rubes is gonna latch on, just for the sense of being part of something they can barely understand.

Negotiate with the health insurance companies?! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!

Extracting 'promises' from the Republicans isn't worth the toilet paper they scrawled it on - because they either outright won't honor it, or at best they'll connive to make it impossible to get an ethical vote on it.
Should have held out while the courts and lawsuits played out.