CHRONIC BRUISED EGO
by Cash Michaels
It must be tough being Donald Trump.
Everyday you tell the world that you’re the greatest thing ever to happen to it, almost daring anyone to come knock you off your far-flung, delusional pedestal. And then, when it rightfully happens, you curse them, their families and the world for not realizing the cardinal sin they’ve just committed.
We saw a considerable display of this chronic personality disorder Tuesday night during the longest State of the Union (SOTU) address (one hour 48 minutes) in history. But first, let’s assess Trump’s gut reaction to feeling betrayed when what is essentially his U.S. Supreme Court screwed him and his illegal global tariffs last week, as three conservative justices - led by Chief Justice John Roberts - joined with the three liberal court minority members to strike down Trump’s illegal tariffs spree on other countries.
“Illegal” because Trump knew he was breaking the law, but did it anyway.
The very idea that anyone with any authority would dare to tell Donald John Trump, president-esquire, what he can and cannot do, is outrageous, he believes. His very existence means he can do any damn thing that he wants, because after all, HE is the law, and will be until the day he dies, he preaches.
Chronic bruised ego beyond repair.
The only other outrage Trump is still personally, publicly and mentally litigating is losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. It’s something Trump just can’t admit.
And now the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court - three of it’s members he nominated, only to have two of them take his precious imaginary tariffs powers away - has turned on him, at least for this decision.
But Trump isn’t waiting for the next time. He gave these otherwise locked step right-wing jurists a piece of his fractured, hate-filled mind, calling them a “disgrace to the nation” as well as “fools” and “lapdogs.” He also strongly alleged that they were under some foreign influence, and that their families were “ashamed” of them for this “very unfortunate ruling.”
Telling an ego-bruised Donald Trump that he is not allowed to do whatever he wants is tantamount to telling him to do it anyway, evidenced by his subsequent hissy fit to impose new 15% global tariffs, and not even consider giving any of the initial illegal tariffs revenue back.
A country and world are supposed to be built on negotiation, compromise and following civilized rules. Rules are established to maintain good order, and promote mutual trust and understanding. But not to Donald Trump.
Trump believes that rules are for suckers, unless they are his rules, rules to deliver him maximum benefit and advantage.
In Trump’s case, his rules are encased in a particular brand of viciousness and absolutism that licenses him to seek to destroy those who won’t follow his dictates, especially on things he considers vitally important to him.
That’s why he spewed such hateful smack about the Supreme Court after the one time it decided it would do its job and not give him what he so desperately craves - more power. And it’s the same reason he was in full of venom mode towards Democrats during the SOTU. Because he knows their full-time job is to stop him.
Having natural adversaries is vital to Trump, gets the “I want more power” juices flowing in him. The world got a taste of his disgraceful behavior Tuesday night during the State of the Union.
Normally the SOTU is a stage from which the president from a particular political party gives a status report as to how the nation is progressing in key areas of interest, and should continue to work together to improve its overall quality of life.
MS NOW called Trump’s status report “disturbingly macabre,” maybe because it contained so many lies and so much vitriol. Let’s take a look at some of what happened and was said Tuesday night -
- Texas Democrat Al Green, who was censured for protesting after Trump’s last SOTU address, was immediately escorted out after protesting Trump again while the president spoke and Republicans chanted “USA, USA.”
- former President Joe Biden was falsely blamed often for everything bad, even though Trump has been back in office now for over a year.
- Democrats were chastised for not voting for Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
- Trump falsely accused Democrats of causing the affordability crisis
- Trump falsely accused Democrats of supporting “illegal aliens”
- Trump told Democrats “You should be ashamed of yourselves!”
- Trump charged that Democrats would reopen the borders
- Trump falsely accused previous presidents of being ‘all talk but no action on regulating prescription drugs
- Trump falsely accused Democrats of “destroying the country”
Most people would say that Trump’s unhealthy penchant for creating division and hate is bad for this country, and doesn’t represent who we really are as a union.
But Trump doesn’t care about that. He just wants to profess that America is now a better place to live as long as he’s still living, breathing and leading. What did he say Tuesday night - that this was “the golden age of America” and that the State of the Union is “strong?” Sure, if you’re one of his billionaire buddies. Things are going gangbusters for them.
But for the average American just trying to scrape by for their family, the only thing Trump believes he should do for them, and to them, is use them as props to justify his massive lies. That’s the control he wants and needs.
And he could care less about what Congress does or doesn’t do just as long as it doesn’t get in his way, but gives him what he wants..
Remember, this is the King of the Executive Order. He makes the laws, because he is the law. And that’s why he behaves like a government of one. Because unless they’re working directly under his aegis or doing his bidding, no one else matters.
This is why folks who know this guy is damaged mental goods must vote during the midterms to curtail his power. It is very clear that the only purpose Republicans serve in Congress is to run interference for Trump because his base is their base. Hopefully the moment Republicans realize that Trump no longer holds the same kind of currency with their voters that he once did, they’ll drop him like a hot rock.
Hopefully.
I predict that epiphany will occur after the GOP gets their butts kicked after the midterms, but we have to make it happen first. We have to unravel this mess, and the only way we can do that is by using our collective voting power.
This is our government, NOT his. Time we started acting that way. We can expect him to mess with the 2026 midterm elections as much as possible, with the clown car of Republicans helping him. But it shouldn’t matter.
We simply don’t have time for his chronic bruised ego routine throwing childish temper tantrums all because he can’t break the law or exceed his executive authority anytime he wants. And certainly because he’s deathly afraid of being held accountable by the “wretched” Democrats.
And we also don’t have time for people who, for purely selfish reasons I’m sure, support Trump no matter what he does wrong, because they have a grudge against the country. These folks are accessories to the murder of our democracy, and feel that the only way to be heard is to go along with the one maniac who will destroy it and has shown that he can actually get away with it.
Let’s be brutally honest - there’s Donald Trump, and then there is sanity and the truth.
Come next November, which side will you be on?!!!
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