The Conversation by Markos: Trump’s weakness is dragging down his party
President Donald Trump is weak.
Politically. Physically. Emotionally. Ethically. Pick a category. It fits.
This week’s top stories all highlighted just how diminished and pathetic he
has become.
President Grandpa keeps going to the doctor
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Rejoice! Trump Mobile’s ‘urine sample’ phone finally launched.
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Even MAGA media is struggling to hype up Trump’s mess in Iran
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GOP’s election-rigging effort dealt two new blows
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For all his obsession with gold, everything Trump touches turns to crap. And
remarkably, he doesn’t seem to care.
He’s still fixated on his ballroom, his triumphal arch, and his reflecting
pool. Now his team is talking about putting his face on a new $250 bill,
helpfully handing Democrats another way to highlight how unaffordable daily
life has become.
Trump wants his face on new currency most Americans can’t even afford
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The one area where Trump has demonstrated strength is purging Republicans
deemed insufficiently loyal. But even that reveals a deeper weakness: His need
for personal validation outweighs the interests of his party.
And Republicans are paying the price, saddled with candidates like Ken Paxton,
who, as an attorney, gave a
sweetheart deal to a literal pedophile and who is making what should be a safe
Republican seat competitive.
Ken Paxton’s win is another fake victory for Trump
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Ken Paxton’s deal with pedophile looms over Texas Senate race
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We don’t even have to wait until November to see how Trump’s actions are
self-defeating. The elected officials he helped drive from office are
increasingly willing and able to sabotage what passes for his agenda, such as
reparations for Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Meanwhile …
RFK Jr. is doing weird things with animals again
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Trump’s plan for Ebola crisis: Ship Americans to Kenya
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My god, they are so freakin’ weird. On the plus side, they can’t get Trump to
shut up. Bad for them; great for us.
Back on May 12, he accidentally told
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the truth: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think
about anybody.”
This past Wednesday, he added
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during a Cabinet meeting, “I don’t care about the midterms,” which Republicans
fighting for their political survival surely appreciated.
Then he gifted
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Democrats with yet another banger: “We don’t need oil. We don’t need the
Strait [of Hormuz]. We don’t need anything.”
Trump doesn’t care about Americans’ financial struggles. He doesn’t care about
his party’s political future. He doesn’t seem particularly concerned with
governing.
He cares only about grifting and building monuments to himself.
Republicans are trapped following a weak, feeble, self-absorbed man who
mistakes loyalty for leadership and ego for strength.
They can’t possibly suffer enough because of it.
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