The 47th President and the Post-Biden World 2.0

I think he believes his own hype.

He genuinely thinks he deserves all this adoration, and his inner circle have no interest in bursting his bubble.

Pharoah led his people through the underworld to the Western lands.

If your god made it, you had a much better chance, so look after Pharoah and the people will look after themselves.

Similarly, Trump was appointed by God to cleanse the US, (and the World), of godless degeneracy.

This goes way beyond the divine right of kings that got Charles I beheaded, it's messianic.

His AI Jesus, sorry, "Doctor," posts say everything about his delusional mindset.

He never apologised for the post, (he never apologises about anything,) he just "clarified" what it meant.

I’m also wondering: can a defendant who has been convicted in a civil court continue to torment their victim after the fact?

Apparently so, if they have (once again) become president and have the full might of the state apparatus at their disposal. At least that’s how it works in autocracies – and now in the US too (regarding E. Jean Carroll).

Since his return to the highest office of state, Trump has been waging a vendetta against anyone he feels has humiliated or inconvenienced him: he has ousted dozens of politicians from office, particularly Republicans who were not loyal enough. He has censored critical media outlets, ensured that billionaires sympathetic to him take control of them, or destroyed them entirely. He has sued former advisers and lawyers to silence them.

This is, however, the first time he has threatened a civilian – even though several juries and courts have upheld her allegations.

Trump has no qualms about exploiting the Department of Justice – where he had a massive banner bearing his likeness hung – for his own private purposes.
At the same time, he accuses his predecessor Joe Biden of doing exactly the same thing: that he used the justice system as a weapon against his opponents, first and foremost against him, Trump.
Yet it is exactly the other way round.

the blatant hypocrisy is truly nauseating.

even more so that he gets away with it...

Yup.

This decade will be remembered in history as our nation's worst. It is almost unimaginable that there still are people supporting this guy .

If I remember correctly*, Michael Kammen’s *People of Paradox* (1972) suggests that America can be described as “a modern culture of contradictions and opposites, of consensus and dissent, of diversity and unity”.

* I had to look up that quote.

An even better quote, and one perhaps more apt, is:

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

It is attributed to H. L. Mencken, but Mencken may have borrowed it.

Correct. A defendant in a civil lawsuit is found liable or not liable.

Donald Trump is now the Poster Child for 'Americans love the Simple Minded'. This is such a gigantic embarrassment for our country, we will not overcome this scandal for many years. The last thing I can say is I suppose that none of his acknowledged children actually give a crap about Daddy.

Over here we usually don't erect anything to alive people. Trump simply can't wait long enough to be actually dead. He will probably hold his own 'alive' funeral just so he can hear how much 'everybody' loves him and misses him. Personally, I can't wait.

I'd rather see him relate to his fellow inmates.