Trump on Melania: "She hates when I dance. She actually said, 'Can you imagine FDR dancing?'"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-06T15:40:00.311Z

checking in on the president:

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-06T15:40:40.190Z

fuck?

Dear God, he makes my skin crawl

seriously.....WHAT

No way could he pass a drug test.

what movie is that from?

that made me LOL - will have to try to watch that movie

When are you going to relentlessly go after this nutbag (and this time with cause?)

Good Lawd, someone get him outta of office. NOW

It’s offensive.

I think it is a power more, or I dare ya to say anything about it.

Donald Von Shitz his pants.

But nothing will happen. Not. One. Damn. Thing.

...FDR was in a wheelchair from having polio as a child.

A disease that so many children--including possibly Turnip himself--were spared as a result of vaccination against it.

So no Melanoma, FDR didn't dance

And now his own DHS is scaling back vaccinations in children.

But everything is a joke to a clown.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) contracted polio in 1921 at age 39, which paralyzed him from the waist down

Remember he even was on an treasure hunt expedition to, of all places, Oak Island.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), future U.S. President, was involved with Oak Island's treasure hunt as a young man, investing in and visiting the site around 1909 with the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company, keeping his fascination alive until his death despite never finding treasure.

every time he is on stage, his large diapered ass waddling around gyrating, thinking that is dancing?.... to the YMCA song......without even realizing anything about that particular song and what it is about...........

I can only think that his delusional mind figures that will attract the gay community to vote for him????????

...really about.

They just used "Fortunate Son" in a video of the Venezuela raid; they think "Born in the USA" is pro-USA; they think "Rockin' in the Free World" is actually about rockin' in the free world and not a scathing protest against conservatism.

They also love Lee Greenwood for his legitimately pro-USA song, but I wonder if they know he wrote the exact same song for Canada:

I do recall reading--a long time ago--that he did wear braces and had difficulty walking.

But regardless, Trump is once again showing his mean-ness--and stupidity.

He cracks me up when he talks about her and uses the word "darling" like they are characters in a 1940s movie.

That kinda limits your dance moves.

Did they really cut him off?

Some 'national emergency'. The generals will walk up to him with tears in their eyes and say "Sir, you have to cancel the elections. It's a matter of national security!"

That is certainly possible

it was the state’s responsibility to hold local and federal elections, not the federal government. I am guessing many states will hold elections.

Donald Trump suggests delay to 2020 US presidential election
30 July 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53597975

Donald Trump has suggested November's presidential election be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results.

He floated a delay until people could "properly, securely and safely" vote.

There is little evidence to support Mr Trump's claims but he has long railed against mail-in voting which he has said would be susceptible to fraud.

US states want to make postal voting easier due to public health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Under the US constitution, Mr Trump does not have the authority to postpone the election himself. Any delay would have to be approved by Congress. The president does not have direct power over the two houses of Congress.

His comments about canceling elections should be taken with the same seriousness as his comments about infrastructure week, a healthcare plan to replace the ACA, running for a third term, and his EO’s about banning mail in voting, which have been universally ignored by the states, as he has no authority to order such a thing.

That hasn’t been established yet, as no elections were/are pending in Venezuela.

Is Your implication that Trump will use the military to kidnap thousands of Democratic congressional candidates and other candidates to effectively cancel the midterms?

Despite acting with lawless impunity, The Trump administration has been stalled, stymied or restrained numerous times over the past year.

Don’t forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless.

But I will say that I have heard people saying for quite some time now that Trump can't do this, that, or the other, and what he seems to be engaged in right now is an exercise to prove that, yes, he can do whatever the hell he likes. He has been stymied by courts from time to time, but that has not dissuaded him, and his efforts appear to be increasing.

He couldn't fire all those government employees. He couldn't dismantle USAID, or PBS, or rename the Kennedy Center. He couldn't order the National Guard into California. He couldn't order the Marines into Los Angeles. He couldn't sent immigrants to CECOT against the orders of a court. He couldn't order the Justice Department to prosecute his political enemies. He couldn't use the military to remove the head of state of a sovereign nation and bring him to New York to face trial. He certainly couldn't do it without notifying Congress and getting their approval first.

That's a tiny sample of the things that Trump clearly couldn't do, but he's done all of them. The law means nothing to him, Republicans in Congress are fully compliant, the Justice Department are his personal attorneys, and he has been given billions of dollars to build an internal police force (ICE) which is completely loyal to him, and has demonstrated that they will happily carry out illegal orders. Meanwhile, the US military has also demonstrated that they will carry out illegal orders on his behalf. He has also previously demonstrated that he will commit illegal actions, including the use of violence, in order to overturn election results.

By our system of laws, Trump is not omnipotent -- but he thinks he's omnipotent, and he's acting as if he is omnipotent. He's also a mentally ill megalomaniacal narcissist, potentially with an onset of dementia, which makes his paranoia even more dangerous.

So again -- I genuinely do not say this in order to fearmonger, merely to be clear-eyed about what's going on. I'm just describing events as I currently see them.

This is just a partial list of victories for the Resistance, despite this administration’s lawless impunity:

No troops were deployed in Chicago or Portland, and Trump threw in the towel and withdrew troops from California.

Kilmer Garcia is free on US soil.

The indictments against James and Comey were dismissed.

The states are ignoring Trump’s EO to ban mail in voting.

…and Democrats are going to take back the house in November, despite gerrymandering, voter suppression, ratf*cking and shenanigans.

I should point out in response that while Trump was stymied in the examples you gave, the law/the system did not prevent him from carrying most of them out in the first place. No troops were deployed to Chicago or Portland, but they were deployed to Los Angeles and Washington DC. Kilmar Garcia is free on US soil, but only after he was sent to a torture prison in El Salvador. The indictments against James and Comey were dismissed, but only after Trump ordered the DOJ to file charges against them. Garcia, James, Comey, and the people of LA and DC were all victims of Trump's abuses of power before the system stymied him.

For what it's worth, I don't think that Trump will try to cancel the elections, because it would require a *significant* amount of effort to pull off something like that up front, and I don't think Americans would sit by silently if their right to vote was taken away. But it does seem like there is a strong chance -- to me at least, based on past performance -- that after the mid-terms occur, and Democrats sweep the GOP out of power (at least in the House, maybe the Senate), that Trump will do anything and everything he can to prevent them from actually taking power. We already saw what he did when he lost in 2020.

I will say it does bother me when I hear him "joking" about doing things that are clearly illegal, just because of how often those rotten trial balloons seem to end up becoming actual policy. But thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate the perspective. Despite my post, and despite events unfolding around us, in many ways I'm feeling more optimistic about this year than I was about last year.

I was starting to get a bit more optimistic about 2026, but then he bombed Venezuela and abducted their president and wife while hinting Cuba or Greenland could be next. Well, that set me back considerably.

Right now, my primary optimism comes from the fact that he is too old to be a dictator for 20 years or more. I don't think there is anyone else who could take his place with his brainless base. Not much, but it IS a bit optimistic.

I realize that when darkness is closing in all around, it's important to gravitate to any flickering candle that's available. But the fact that those candles still exist in no way says the darkness cannot win.

As a first matter, I'm not sure how you characterize any of the items on your list as "victories for the Resistance." As I understand that phrase, you're saying that the Resistance was directly responsible for these victories.

I think that the first three items on your list represent the proper functioning of the courts. No troops were deployed because of injunctions. Abrego Garcia is free only because of court orders. The dismissals of the Comey and James indictments were normal course of business for the courts.

So unless you are arguing that the courts actually are simply about the proper application of popular pressure (which is a dangerous road to go down), these are results applauded by the Resistance, but it's a giant stretch to say they were caused by the Resistance.

The fourth issue is, again, a statement that, so far, things are functioning as they should: The states are refusing to give up their sovereignty. That, again, is not something I see as a result of pressure from the Resistance.

More to the point, not a single one of your examples is settled.

Steven Miller continues to crow about insurrection. The fact that the regime stood down these test invasions does not remotely mean that they'll not try it again.

Abrego Garcia is, as noted, free thanks to honest judges. But he is still being pursued with vigor by the DOJ. The story's not over. It may or may not be a big win ultimately.

The Comey and James indictments were dismissed without prejudice. They can be refiled once there's a real U.S. Attorney in place, and I'd be surprised if they weren't.

And what the states will do about mail-in voting remains to be seen. It's a long way from here to November, and a great many things can happen.

Finally, although it's a nice little list, I'd respectfully submit that those victories are tiny compared to the vast number of depredations.

Your mileage, clearly, varies.

For whatever reason, he and his minions have decided to obey these court orders and accept judicial restraint of the executive branch.

Not exactly the hallmarks of fully functioning strongman dictatorship.

Your framing is faulty.

I'm not familiar with anyone arguing that Trump is omnipotent.

There are plenty of people who argue that this regime has trashed many traditions and boundaries, and shows no real sign of being done with that project.

Somehow, "They decided for now to acquiesce in what the courts said," is not a terribly convincing response to the fact that the U.S. has been murdering people in small boats and, just the other day, kidnapped a head of state.

Being aware of things that very well may happen if matters continue as they have is hard for me to see as the "doomerism" you so roundly condemn. And again, "hasn't happened yet" does not prove that it won't happen. If you think that your list of four victories for the Resistance constitutes some sort of proof that the arc is bending in the right direction, I'd have to wonder who it is that's lost touch with reality.

Daily, there are dozens of posts that presume that, if Trump or one of his minions state something, then that thing is certain to happen.

And then there are dozens of posts that suggest an imagined scenario that nobody in the administration has spoken about, but the poster is certain will happen.

All these posts presume that these imagined or threatened scenarios would receive no push back from the courts, congress, or the people and would succeed gloriously without impediment or obstruction, producing the imagined desired result flawlessly.

If that is not a depiction of omnipotence, I don’t know what is.

I read many threads on DU every day.

You are being, put generously, hyperbolically hyperbolic.

The court systems are not designed as a rapid response mechanism. They take time - years - to reach a final conclusion. It has been months, and very little - if anything - has been finally decided. It still may be that he can't legally do any of the list of things you have cited. But courts aren't designed to stop a specific illegal activity before a final decision is reached which, generally, requires three levels of court hearings.

Other entities are intended to act more promptly - Congress, for example, supported by the media. All of those entities which have the power to respond immediately, have fallen down on the job.

The system is clearly broken. But to say he can do things people have said he can't is to ignore the reality that our legal process are designed to take years for careful, balanced, deliberation.

Doomerism, not so much.

I am sick of hearing "he can't. . whatever" because he fucking does whatever the hell he wants, and the people with the power to stop him only suck up to him harder. He will burn this country down, because his insecure little ego sees that as a glorious triumph.

For context and historical precedent, see Germany in the 1930's.

"It's easier to do what you want and then beg for forgiveness."

Trump has been acting this way for a long time only he doesn't give up and beg for forgiveness. Congress has refused to stop him--repeatedly and the Supreme Court is corrupt.

He is being allowed to destroy our country and our people. Sadly, this is a big country and it takes a long time for it to affect enough people on the ground where they live to really rev up the engine; but it is starting.

We are in a helluva mess right now but courage is building to take the necessary actions to fix our problems. I leave you with this thought:

Eleanor Roosevelt:
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'"

Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dan_rather_104721

There’s a long list of things so many people lectured he “couldn’t” do that he went ahead and did anyway. I’m not claiming things will definitely unfold a certain way, but I also don’t think it’s honest to say they can’t.

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fresh hell has the fucking traitor unleashed this time???" There is ALWAYS something new.

No elections were/are scheduled in Venezuela.

He has ordered mail in voting to be canceled, and the states have universally ignored him.

All this mission did was to arrest Maduro and others named in the indictment. Anything more (Trump bluster aside) threatens the carefully crafted legal theories supporting the military involvement (without consent of Congress)

Remember, he has announced having troops at election sites "for security".

One staged event = martial law=canceled citizen movements,canceled mail delivery. History is rife with examples.

Do.The.Math.

If he was prevented from deploying troops in Chicago and Portland, how would he station troops at polling places across the nation?

History is rife with examples disproving your defeatist Doomerism.

Elections were held during the Civil War (despite Lincoln suspending habeas corpus), as well as WWI, WWII, Viet Nam, and following 9/11.

The reason he didn't deploy troops in Chicago and Portland is because, for the moment, whoever is calling the shots decided that this was not the moment, or the dispute, for openly defying the courts. Had the regime decided to defy the courts, there would be troops in Chicago and Portland. They didn't pull the plug on that operation because of popular dissent.

Your list of elections, IMHO, proves nothing. In none of the instances you cite was the sitting president actively opposing elections. They prove nothing as to the current circumstances.

As for the thing you say is neither plausible, possible, or probable, I think you should perhaps take a bit more seriously the chatter about the Insurrection Act. Those guys have been slavering over that for quite some time.

YMMV

Your reality appears to be: "It hasn't happened yet, therefore it can't happen."

Not sure that's the firmest possible definition of reality.

But, for instance, am I wrong that, during none of the instances you list where elections were held during adverse circumstances, there was no wish from the executive branch that elections not happen? If I'm right about that, I believe your reality-based belief is a tenuous one.

I guess it’s possible a Unicorn could crash through the Capitol dome during the State of The Union address and impale Trump, Vance and Johnson on its horn.

At this point, I can't at all tell if you're being intentionally obtuse, or if it's accidental.

In either case, it's pretty clear that we are very much talking past one another.

I invited you to put forth your step by step evidence for exactly how that would happen.

Convince me and your fellow DUers just how it could happen.

Did you know the plan on Jan 6th that Trump and company had slates of fake electors set up in swing states to jump up after Pence would refuse to certify the election results? i certainly didn't.

Who knows what dire plans they are concocting right now, but whatever it is they ain't gonna tell you.

And your general rainbows and unicorns outlook is a little premature me thinks. A few court victories is nothing. Because, like the Venezuela invasion, he just defies the law the next day with something else. And in the months it takes to work its way through the courts, he's done a hundred other crimes. The reality is, if thats what you want, is that the US institutions, strong though they are, are not equipped to deal with the enemy from within, with a compliant and corrupt DOJ and SCOTUS

And pretty soon, his loyalists in the House will be going along with even more unconstitutional executive orders, including enacting new laws to cover the legality of his decisions.

Hey, I hope you are right, and he is stymied soon. But you are putting your head in the sand if you think the Trump crime family will not stoop to new levels you haven't even considered, for the midterms

The fraudulent electors had been reported widely on the news in December, and social media was abuzz with plans to storm the Capitol

We didn’t know some of the specific plans by the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, etc, and Roger Stone and Bannon’s logistical assistance, and of course the behind the scenes stuff in the WH that was mostly not implemented, like seizing voting machines.

Our institutions have indeed been stretched to the breaking point, however, with only a couple of exceptions, this administration has not openly defied court orders restraining its conduct. They act with lawless impunity on a daily basis, but once caught, obey court orders.

I’m not sure why this is the case, but something is keeping them in check once the courts speak.

As the midterms approach, I think you will find fewer and fewer true MAGA loyalists in congress willing to back Trump on his worst actions. Something like 55 incumbents aren’t running for re-election. They don’t GAF about their political futures, they are focused on lucrative jobs outside of congress, and so may act for self preservation, not cultish loyalty.

The Republican Party doesn’t want elections cancelled, because that would erase congress, since all terms expire at the end of 2026.

It’s simply not going to happen.

Plenty of other chicanery to be vigilant for, but not cancellation of the midterms.

USPS has already said that they won’t guarantee a postmark. What next? They won’t guarantee delivery of ballots in general? Who’s going to step in? Seriously.

You seem to be the one I most often see.

Fact of the matter is we've all seen Trump do things that people like yourself once told us he could not do or would not do.

We need to be prepared for anything because you do not know the line he will not cross because there's yet to be one.

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That covers a lot of ground, and is a waste of time and resources.

Even fire departments and emergency rooms aren’t prepared for anything , they only prepare for realistic plausible scenarios.

Do you think the Republican Party wants the midterms cancelled?

Do you realize that would result in the erasure of the House of Representatives, since all terms expire at the end of 2026?

So, no congress = no budget, no increase in the debt ceiling, etc.

Not to mention umpteen states without governors, secretaries of state, Attorneys General etc.

Of course, Trump is primarily focused on avoiding impeachment, but nobody in his administration is going to encourage canceling the election just for that reason.

This is a reverse of "the boy that cried wolf" situation.

Far too often have people like yourself said that there is no way Trump would do things that he went on to do, and we're not even one year into his presidency and he is pushing the limits every single day.

I'm sorry, but we are at the point where we can't afford to listen to those people that think everything will be fine because some magical force will stop Trump in a way that none has done so yet.

Give me """wasted time and resources"""" over being caught off-guard and crossing over the event horizon into full-blown and irreversible American fascism.

Just like that? Because Trump says so?

No pushback from the states, who will still hold elections this coming November?

What if the states refuse to recognize these recalcitrant “fascist” representatives who you suggest would refuse to leave office? (Which, by the way, I have heard not a single serious person suggest will happen - I suppose it’s all part of the secret plan that nobody knows about, which is why no one can answer my question about how this would all work)

No pushback from the courts, which Trump has obeyed 99.8% of the time?

What if the courts order the treasury that the recalcitrant representatives are not to be paid?

Please provide the basis for this rather precise figure.

I know you can, because, you know...reality.

Either after the order or as it was issued:

The most famous was when a judge ordered the flight of detainees to El Salvador to turn around, and it continued to its destination.

The second, IIRC, was also an order not to deport a group of detainees to a third country not of their origin, Africa I think.

There might be a third, but I can’t recall the specifics.

The administration is on the verge of defying orders from Judge Boasberg, but arguments and presenting of evidence against a contempt citation are currently in process.

Otherwise, for some reason as yet unexplained, this lawless administration has nevertheless complied with all other court orders restricting their conduct- numbering at least in the dozens, or more likely over a hundred, if you count the initial orders from the lower courts as well as the appellate courts.

My apologies if, after you count all the rulings over the past year, my math turns out be slightly off.

Nevertheless, my point stands.

And I’m still waiting for you explain just how Trump could successfully cancel the midterms.

WTF?

He say that? Did he say it today?

he even posted a picture of himself as the pope.

What he wants to do is co-opt for himself every
position of power there is.

They think this is funny. The GOP are evil awful people. This country is fucked because so many people want snuff porn politics, instead of a government that responds to their needs. We are so so fucked.

Fuck them all.

to shut everything down. General Strike.

We cannot normalize this shit.

Thank Christ I live in PST.

Sanewashing by omission. They do this a lot. He's the PRESIDENT and he just removed a sovereign country's leader!!!! Why won't they broadcast what he said? There's only one answer: it makes him look bad, or actually insane. And we can't have that, can we?

I gather that comment comes from personal experience.

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 12:24 PM: Here's the video you've all been waiting for. It's from the White House. They have not yet had a chance to alter it.

The White House did alter the video of Trump's commencement speech at West Point to remove one of his gaffes.

Pro tip: turn up the playback speed to 1.5x; maybe higher if you have the hearing. He won't be any more incomprehensible.

Or is that just altering videos of his opponents?

And since when does the White House think anything he says is a "gaffe"? It must have been "modified for duration" like an ESPN football rebroadcast. /s

How can someone who has so little to say, talk for so long?

However, from your coverage, I am reminded of being in my office at the mental health clinic, waiting for him to pause long enough for me to say, "This is all very interesting and important. I'd like you to tell this to Dr. Carter."

Recommended.

That sounds like an understatement.

They do not need to cancel every election or even most elections. They can target a handful of elections and assure that they keep a majority in the house, which is their primary vulnerability. The competent people- graduates of the 2025 project and people funded by Thiel with all of Palantir's hijacked data, are surely war-gaming this. Different strategies can be pursued in different districts.

The shaky premise that American democracy will be saved by fair elections in 2026 encourages people to take the path of least resistance- tolerating the current, escalating abuse and waiting to be rescued by the ballot box.

...but the general in 2028 is the real target with him being term-limited at the moment.

"Trump jumped in: "So you say during the war, you can't have elections. So let me just say three and a half years from now. So you mean, if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections?"

Zelenskyy laughed."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/6-fact-checks-from-the-trump-zelenskyy-meeting#:~:text=of%20their%20city-,This%20is%20misleading.,Election%20Day%20or%20moving%20it.%22

But it wasn't a joke.

And American soldiers and treasure will now be expected to make it a reality in the service of this one maniac.

The Venezuelan operation was the opening salvo--as by now should be clear to everyone.

is some sort of Fugelsang or JoJofromJerz blunt response from MSM in prime time with bleeped exclamations of disbelief and warnings to the american people!!

This is a break-glass moment in history and media, gop, and some dems are sane-washing what is happening...treating this as political interpretation and disagreements. At the heart of these warnings should be a discussion of how broken, weird, limited, sociopathic, and dangerous the potus-now-king is...that should be the starting point of analysis!

That's what I tell myself when I hear him speak.

Because he can't be real.

I hate my job but thank God I go back tomorrow so I don't have to focus on what's going on. Is it possible that 2026 will be worse than 2025?

Every year will get worse until he fucking dies!

the guardrails are up and working in this government and all this is ok and will work out. We are in a heap of trouble.

or even 401K that they're worried about. I understand the reticence because folks work hard and just want to retire in peace. But at some point, people will realize this guy is a monster, he's not just putting on a show. He really does not care who he hurts. And, more importantly, he doesn't care that Miller & Vought's 2025 plan is to turn this into a fascist country forever. They're not messing around.

I won't be surprised if the first six months of this year make us long for 2025 again. Trump is really feeling his oats these days.

So they will get back to him never I take it.

to carry out his divine words, no matter how insane his words may be. smh.

with each passing day.

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Hell I'm surprised he's making it to the midterms. This kind of dementia doesn't play around. I've seen it first hand in my own family, it is nothing to take lightly.

He has access to the best medical care in the world, but it won't stop the progression of this disease. The best he can hope for is buying a little time.

When will republicans in congress realize they have to step in before he blows up the entire world?

bound to be too little too late. I think the day will come when they have some regrets, but it won't do any good. They certainly should have known better.