Posted on 06/08/2025 5:15:32 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Someone on Twitter also asked me why I never criticize Trump. The answer is simple. I spent four years from 2016 to 2020 not only criticizing Trump but actively trying to bring him down. I was fully on board with Russiagate. I marched in the Women’s March. I went along with the lie that the Access Hollywood tape proved he was a sexual assaulter (though deep down I knew that was not true).
For the last ten years, there has been nothing but criticism of Trump day in and day out, 24/7, every second of every day. Do I think Trump was on Epstein Island? No, he’s already been cleared of it. If they had that kind of dirt on him, they surely would have used it. Instead, they had to try to frame him to impeach him, to vote him out. They raided Mar-a-Lago. They indicted him four times.
The reason I don’t waste my time criticizing him is that I support and vote for the Trump I know exists - the whole Trump. The good Trump, the bad Trump. The guy who says things he shouldn’t, the guy who might be in over his head with Putin. The flaws are part of the deal. This is like voting for a Great White Shark, saying, “Why don’t you care that he eats baby seals?”
Why don’t I care? Because I care more about ending “gender affirming care” and biological men playing in sports. I care about how the billionaire class has gutted America and the reliance on slave labor overseas. I like that Trump is strong enough to face all of this down and try to do something about it in the short time he has in office.
Why would I waste a second of that time criticizing him? What more can possibly be said by now? I went into my support willingly. If he did something I thought was unforgivable, I would say something. I am not in the “Trump cult.” There isn’t a “Trump cult.” Some people are fiercely loyal and protective of him because they watched him almost get shot in the head on live television. They love him but it isn’t a cult.
A cult would mean everyone takes the vaccine when Trump says to take it. That didn’t happen. A cult means everyone is commanded to obey and comply - that’s true on the Left, not the Right. A cult pushes a singular ideology everyone must believe — true on the Left, not the Right.
In the case of Musk, I think it’s personal. He feels abandoned by Trump. But more than that, he risked his whole business to help Trump win. He got very little in return for that. The Left destroyed his Tesla brand. They called him a Nazi. They burned his cars. Advertising plummeted on X. On top of that, Trump got rid of the EV mandate (I think). So yeah, he feels burned.
But he’s still the richest man in the world. Hard to feel too sorry for him. He still crossed the line when he said Trump was in the Epstein files. He’s still a big baby who is overly sensitive and throws tantrums. I side with Trump because he is the one in power now and is in a precarious position. It’s not all about Elon.
That said, I am grateful to Elon. I have written about him a lot....SNIP
then me.
Hey, good catch!
I have a young relative with Asperger’s. The Musk behavior is very much the same. All of it. From the smarts and kindness all the way to the emotional control issues. They have a great deal of difficulty understanding others. They can also be kind of nerve racking to be around a lot.
They will keep anger to themselves and then wildly lash out.
I can understand that Trump is too busy to deal with those issues on a daily basis.
Thx. I hope i still passed. Lol.
I wish they’d all start using it - demands more respect IMHO
or . . . than I am.
I lived in The Tri-State area before and during the construction the Twin Towers.
I have watched the Don in all his actions.
He began getting criticism when he declared himself a Republican. He was a major donator to Schumer. His major real estate competitor was fat Nadler.
Like Lincoln, he has had a few rollercoaster rides, and comes out on top.
He is an example of true American ideals.
Than me.
I had somebody tell me last week on this blog of that “blah blah blah” I was in denial when I said that DJT was was playing 44D chess, I still believe that. Over the years I’ve known quite a number of NYC’rs, 47 is just like that. No problemo. WYSIWYG.
was playing 44D chess.
Referring to a bra size...
“ In the case of Musk, I think it’s personal. He feels abandoned by Trump. But more than that, he risked his whole business to help Trump win. He got very little in return for that. The Left destroyed his Tesla brand. They called him a Nazi. They burned his cars. Advertising plummeted on X. On top of that, Trump got rid of the EV mandate (I think). So yeah, he feels burned.”
This is exactly why I believe Trump & Musk contrived to make this thing up. So as to get the hard core Left and the vengeful Democrats off of Musk so he can go back to selling Teslas.
To criticize is to imply that one could do a better job — and I know I can’t. My head would be spinning from having to entertain all the thoughts and personalities Trump has to deal with. Or one can be like Biden and Kamala, and lock oneself in the basement babbling with the Easter Bunny — and claiming they don’t know what is going on in the world.
The reason we elected Trump as president is because we thought he was the best person for the job — and has proven that he is — because he actually acknowledges these challenges rather than claiming ignorance as his go-to strategy — as Newsome, Walz, Tapper, KJP, AOC, et al — display every moment of their existence.
We’re lucky we had the opportunity to upgrade — before Biden obliterated the human race, wondering what he came into the Oval Office to do.
That is xplanation is from Girdle Creek. In other words quite a stretch.
This is a refreshing article.
She has reasoned this out incredibly well, and I am glad she sees it as practically as we all do.
*Bump!*
That was a great read.
Yes it’s called Asperger’s Syndrome. I think he at one time publicly admitted being on medication for it.
The Man In The Arena, was written for leaders like Trump:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
I was taught you should keep anger to yourself -- close enough to smother it. But yes, that doesn't work for everyone.
I won't pile on him. None of us has a clue what's going on in his personal and spiritual life, though I suspect his pain is not in his wallet.
Very good.
Than me.
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Of course. It’s early! Mea culpa.
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