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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonnie not sounding like himself ...
... and that's terrifying ...
Apr 4, 2026
Paul Krugman
7 hours ago
usonian
(25,441 posts)TLDR?
That he's aware that he has basically led America into an epic strategic defeat, which I don't think he cares about from the point of view of America, but he is realizing what this has done to him
That is HIS strategic defeat. I suspect things are a ton worse than anyone is letting on.
He's too listless and confused to even start blaming everyone, though replacing the entire cabinet one person at a time sounds about "par for the course"
I believe that his "WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION" was vastly overplayed.
It could even be that the US is so weakened that a small European country or even a Duchy with a Q-Bomb could defeat the US. And we'd become part of the EU???

Inquiring minds want to know.
Are we experiencing another "Phlebitis" moment?

After securing a pardon and converting all his spoils to Monero (cryptocurrency that is supposedly untraceable)
sheshe2
(97,671 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,929 posts)They will get another extension before it re-opens.
yellow dahlia
(5,967 posts)dalton99a
(94,267 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,778 posts)Just how unserious he is about understanding the grave situation we're in as we're currently under the rule of a Christian Nationalist cult.
Easterncedar
(6,296 posts)littlemissmartypants
(33,778 posts)NJCher
(43,205 posts)Because he is completely serious about the grave situation we are in. That part is at the end.
He is saying that the way trump has written recently (Glory be to God or some such thing) is indicative that he has not accepted how bad he effed up and is going to do some crazy ass stunt that will end in a defeat for the U.S.
littlemissmartypants
(33,778 posts)And I'm frustrated. Tell me something that I don't know and give me a plan that spells out explicitly what needs to be done.
I can hand wring and work myself into a lather all by myself. I want to hear from someone with a plan.
I'm just not feeling well, Cher. I may need to take a break because what PK is selling isn't on my shopping list today.
I appreciate your reply. ❤️
Easterncedar
(6,296 posts)Krugman, whom I respect, is worried, and so am I.
Starbeach
(347 posts)Who is actually posting on Trump Social?
NJCher
(43,205 posts)I now think it is a possibility some staff people are restraining him in some way. If he's not too far gone on his own, which is a very distinct possibility.
They know what he is about to do and consider it as a disastrous move.
My guess would be Susie.