Uh oh, we’re traitors
Now Trump is saying it’s “treason” to refrain from applauding when he speaks.
President Trump on Monday accused Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address of being un-American and even treasonous. His remarks came in a rambling, discursive speech at a factory in Ohio, during which he celebrated his revival of the American economy as the stock market plummeted by more than 1,000 points.
“Can we call that treason?” Mr. Trump said of the stone-faced reaction of Democrats to his speech. “Why not? I mean, they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”
Stupid pile of hamburger and polyester. Despising Donald Trump is not at all the same thing as not loving our country. On the contrary, I think for most of us it’s because we value the good parts of our country (while we long to see the back of the bad parts, such as Donald Trump) that we despise The Orange Pretender so much.
But even more than that – how fucking dare he call it “treason” to choose not to applaud him. He could call it bad manners at a State of the Union if he liked (but then we could all point out his own instances of bad manners, which would clog all the communication pipes for a decade), but not treason. He doesn’t get to pretend that he and the country are one and the same, and he doesn’t get to pretend that worship of him is mandatory. He’d put us all in camps if he could but he can’t. Vile toad.
And by the way what about his “love” for our country? If he loved it would he blot its record the way he is? I think not.
Mr. Trump was speaking during a visit to a company near Cincinnati that makes pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders. The company, Sheffer Corporation, awarded each of its 126 employees a one-time bonus of $1,000 after the passage of the tax cut, and the White House clearly hoped to use it to drive home the message of economic health in last week’s State of the Union speech.
“Your paychecks are going way up,” a beaming president said to this more friendly audience. “Your taxes are going way down.”
Yeah right, factory workers’ paychecks are going “way up” because of the Republicans’ tax cut. It might be as much as 75 cents a week for the skilled workers.
As Mr. Trump patted himself on the back for the tax cut, he went after the Democrats for opposing the $1.5 trillion legislation. He delivered a lengthy digression on the State of the Union address, noting that Democrats sat on their hands as he ticked off one measure of success for the country after another.
“It got to a point where I really didn’t even want to look up too much during the speech over to that side because honestly, it was bad energy,” Mr. Trump said.
Poor guy. He’s always so full of positive energy for everyone around him and for all of us, yet what does he get in return? Stony faces and no applause. It breaks the heart.
“Even on positive news, really positive news like that, they were like death and un-American,” he said, repeating, “Un-American. Somebody said treasonous. I mean, yeah, I guess, why not.”
That “somebody” was Donald Trump, but whatevs.
If I were American, I’d be a “traitor” too. CI an’t even claim to sit on my hands as I’ve yet to perfect typing with my nose.
“I can’t even claim..”. See, and that’s with my one typing finger, too!
‘Somebody said treasonous’. His theory of mind is so poor he doesn’t understand that the voices in his head are his own thoughts.
As I said earlier, I was appalled by the constant standing and applause after every pathetic banality recited. I was reminded of some Communist dictator in the Great Hall of the People, and was shocked to see this behaviour in a nation that claims to be a democracy.
Apparently our local media will not publish a comment where the president of the US is described as a fascist ass. Don’t see why not, it was perfectly accurate.
Republicans love misinterpreting bonuses as salary increases. That way, they get to pretend a company has actually made a long term change for its employees, rather than it being a one-off to silence demurrals.
Tim @ 5 – yes, that’s a feature of the State of the Union. I know that from attempting to watch one of Obama’s once – the silly rituals made me stop trying after a few minutes. It’s a written speech; we can just read it; what on earth is the point. It’s like a damn football rally.
Or a church service. The cheering, the clapping, the singing, the chanting – whatever they are doing in their ritual – is all designed to create a feeling of…something. I know what it is in church…togetherness, spiritually, something bigger than oneself. At a football rally, being one of the in crowd for the “right” team…or the out crowd, for the “other” team. It’s all part of herd mentality, and is deliberately scripted to give maximum benefit.
Yes, scripted, even football. I’ve been to a game or two, and it’s frightening to watch. One person stands…does the wave…chants…it quickly travels to the next, the next, and the next. In mere seconds, that one person has pulled the entire damn stadium to their feet, waving, changing, singing….like some mindless zombie convention.
It’s the same thing at plays. Most people probably don’t think the play you just watched is good enough for a standing ovation. But one person stands up. So the next person, not wanting to look like an old grouch, and okay, he enjoyed the play and doesn’t want to hurt the actors’ feelings, so he stands. Pretty soon, the entire audience (except my husband and me, who only give standing Os about once every 15 years, in spite of seeing an enormous amount of theatre) is on its feet, acting like this play that was a standard, often mediocre (sometimes bad) production was the best thing they’d ever seen.
It’s the tendency of humans to go along.