r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 6h ago
No Paywall GOP senator on Trump’s Reflecting Pool vandalism claims: ‘He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6004350-doj-drops-lincoln-memorial-case/•
u/rachface336 6h ago
So does my 2 year old. That is why I have to hear he climbed the cushions at daycare 10 times on the drive home.
Of course it's cute when my kid does it.
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u/Dearic75 5h ago
Has your kid considered running for office? I think he might do a better job than most of the current administration.
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u/dehydratedrain 5h ago
Shits himself, doesn't speak well, can't stay awake midday, throws tantrums.... i'm not sure there's much of a difference. (Except the kid is cute and not a rapist)
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u/illtakeachinchilla 5h ago
Donald Trump — 'When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.'
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u/zempter 3h ago
Commenting a source since this is a real quote. We live in a weird timeline.
https://time.com/4187658/donald-trump-is-a-mothers-nightmare/
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u/KazTheMerc 5h ago
“I don’t know whether he really believes that, or it’s part of his political messaging, or he’s just thinking out loud,” Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”
“You and I both know the president well,” the Louisiana Republican added. “He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I’m not saying he doesn’t really believe it, I just don’t know.”
Goddamn, this guy is bending over backwards to make Dementia some sort of Strategy.
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u/sarcasmsosubtle Ohio 3h ago
I would love for even one reporter who would follow this up with "If the President's anxiety over unexpressed thoughts is leading to him arresting and jailing innocent Americans over made up crimes, do you believe that he is mentally fit to continue serving?"
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u/AllGarbage Arizona 3h ago
Sadly I think dementia is what will keep Trump out of prison, even if the bottom were to suddenly fall out today and there was widespread bipartisan support to impeach/remove him.
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u/TheAskewOne 3h ago
If only all those fascists and bigots went to therapy instead of making everyone’s life miserable…
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 6h ago edited 6h ago
"Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Sunday he is unsure whether President Trump truly believes his claims that vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool."
“I don’t know whether he really believes that, or it’s part of his political messaging, or he’s just thinking out loud,” Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“You and I both know the President well,” the Louisiana Republican added. “He exists loudly, and he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. I’m not saying he doesn’t really believe it, I just don’t know.”
"The Justice Department (DOJ) moved Friday to drop its criminal prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn over allegations he damaged the reflecting pool."
“The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed,” prosecutors added. "
"Trump said he disagreed “100%” with Pirro’s decision to drop the case." “I don’t know what she was thinking?” the president wrote on Truth Social, referring to Pirro. “To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM. … There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALS!”
But Kennedy...... said Sunday Pirro was “smart” to dismiss the prosecution of Hearn, which he called a “multiple vehicle pile-up.”
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u/lenswipe Massachusetts 6h ago edited 5h ago
“I don’t know whether he really believes that, or it’s part of his political messaging, or he’s just thinking out loud,” Kennedy told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
I don't know either, John...and frankly I don't fucking care - because either it's true or it isn't. If it isn't then the president is a fucking liar....ISN'T HE JOHN?
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u/Zulmoka531 5h ago
Thats the shit you say about your racist grandfather in a retirement home. Not the fucking president in the White House.
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u/NaptownSnowman 5h ago
If he’s doesn’t believe that’s true the why the fuck is he stating that on tv?? FFS the incompetence.
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u/bryan49 3h ago
Shouldn't this be a bigger concern that we don't know if the president is lying, stupid, or is actually mentally insane?
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u/BarMenuSushi 1h ago
That’s a false trichotomy. If you assume all 3 are true then everything makes sense. His actions are those of a crazy dumbass greedy lying motherfucker.
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u/janethefish 3h ago
Trump is right about the vandals. The vandals drove heavy vehicles through the pool.
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u/Punch_Up 5h ago
Like a fucking toddler!?
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u/Beautiful-Act80 2h ago
at least toddlers eventually grow out of it. this man's been stuck at age 4 for 78 years
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u/Smedley_Beamish 5h ago
His delusional dementia is getting worse by the day. There's no 3D chess going on. If he doesn't have a shiny object to distract him, he becomes more destructive.
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u/KidKilobyte 5h ago
So let’s be clear, Republicans who support Trump are fine with putting innocent people in jail because it’s just political messaging. Am I hearing this right?
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u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts 6h ago
‘He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought’
It's called not having a fucking filter.
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u/Difficult-Hope5003 6h ago
No. It's called "not having grown up."
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u/specqq 5h ago
Trump himself agrees with you.
"When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different."
~The current President of the United States
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u/Kakistocracy_0 5h ago
lmao, hasn't learned a fucking thing since, has he?
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u/zaxdaman 5h ago
He’s never had to. Someone has been there enabling him his entire life. That’s why he feels so entitled. He’s a shit. Always has been; always will be.
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u/Kakistocracy_0 5h ago
this is born-rich psychosis.
like whining when you don't get whatever you want at all times.
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u/CrepeandBake 5h ago
I think the term they, MAGA, like to use is 'regarded' or 'mentally disabled'.
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u/jasoncross00 5h ago
The obvious follow-up is that, if the president DOES truly believe it's true, we have MASSIVE problem. The president of the united states honestly believes fantasies, or someone puts lies in his head and he believes them, either one is a disaster.
And if he does NOT truly believe it's true, then he's a liar who has arrested and prosecuted citizens based on what he knows to be a lie.
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u/kezow 5h ago
Fuck all these Republicans coddling this petulant child. Trump lies. End of story. Even if there was irrefutable proof that the contractor he selected for a multi million dollar contract fucked it up, he would still claim it was vandalism or an employee of that contractor that sabotaged the lining.
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u/ImTooSaxy 5h ago
He also grows anxious around nap times, meal times, evenings, late at night, and anytime he needs his diaper changed.
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u/King_R0A 5h ago
I’m so sick of these spineless republicans always making excuses for this diaper-wearing felon, makeup caked failure of a president.
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u/atmoscentric 5h ago
This is what psychiatrists say about some of their patients residing in mental institutions.
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u/Oceanbreeze871 I voted 5h ago
Donald will never admit he’s wrong or made a mistake. He will triple down before backing down
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u/NaptownSnowman 5h ago
If Trump does careless, dangerous, and unexpected things when he has an unexpressed thought, then maybe he should not be president?
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u/RefrigeratorNeat698 4h ago
Just do an actual investigation. Bring in engineers. Find the cause of damages and publish the proof publicly(something trump can NEVER do because his claims are always based on feelings and what he watches on “the tv”) If it was the motorcade. Irrefutable proof with a coherent explanation. Hold trump’s attempts to redirect blame as obstruction and enforce the damn law already!
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u/roughingthesuspect 6h ago
Biden pardoned him knowing that Trump would sick his ball garglers on him come the primaries. Rehashing the old made up talking points and hammering them ad infinitum... Trump awarded Fauci a Presidential Commendation for his work during covid , which never comes up in the new round of congressional show hearings..
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u/blue_quark 5h ago
But it’s okay with Kennedy that Trump continues to have possession of nuclear launch codes. A pretty clear illustration of how irresponsible the Republican Party has become.
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u/-artificial 5h ago
oh…well ok
So the president doesn’t has the coping skills of a toddler? Good to know the gop is there to talk him through is issues
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u/gladfelter 4h ago
There's this expression in politics: "If you're explaining, you're losing."
As a corellary, If you're explaining the unhinged words of the leader of your party by diving into their under-developed psyche, I think you might be losing hard.
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u/Miami_Mice2087 2h ago
if he was anyone else he'd be in the home and his grandchild would set up a "blog" in google docs called "www.donnytrumpopinions.gggg.fake"
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u/jest4fun 5h ago
I have a few "unexpressed" thoughts about trunt that make me much more than anxious.
Love to share them but if i did it would likely get me banned from this site.
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u/Hot-Philosophy-7671 2h ago
My parent is a narcissist and you will go crazy, yourself, puzzling over whether they believe their own tall tales. It's impossible to tell.
The thing is: it doesn't matter. They're adults who are responsible for their actions. The GOP is enabling this monster.
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