Yeah, this is why we are seeing a dangerous perfect storm brewing. The democrat party has not only gained full power of all branches, they did so in the face of a questionable election ... followed by another during a powder-keg of a political climate. And on top of that the Dem party has been far to receptive to the far-left radicals' insane demands. Yeah, this is all a horrible mess that is getting worse by the day.

At least someone can see it.

Remembering Orwell's 1984, true Authoriatrians have a strong propaganda ministry - in this case the main stream media - as Trump was never in control of a strong media supporting him (95% negative coverage against him) - he would never qualify for a true Orwellian Authoritarian villain IMO

btw: I am being *very* charitable simply saying the Dem party is being far too receptive to far-left radical ideology.

Exactly, I don't see how one could see Trump as ever being an authoritarian with literally the entire deck stacked against him since day one.

Always refreshing! Big tech is definitely monopolizing! He reacts too much to criticizm...highlighting issues that one would usually not pay attention to.

I mean lets be honest: has their ever been a president in the history of the US that has been criticized non-stop by the establishment, the media and press ... a mere 10th of what Trump has experienced? A 100th *maybe*.

Translation: issues YOU are not concerned with.

Orwell also warned us that true Authoritarians push censorship and surveillance - both of which the Dems have with the tech-left monopolies on their side

Why are you here pissed of like I’m somehow not “pissed” about the shooting? You have no idea how I feel,
I made my feelings known earlier...so don’t come in with that attitude with me...

agreed. once again: shooting himself in the foot. and he'll go off on tangents making me wonder ... why is he so fixated on this??

like the infamous crowd size discussion

When you have to block people you have to block people. lol

Not at all...tired. More chat mode, toor tired to debate

Exactly, like the drinking water issue & walking down the steps...I had no idea until he tweeyed.

Fixation.. It's a powerful weapon when it is controlled.. Sadly, Trump didn't know how to focus his fixations. While it did us good on a lot of things, it also made for distractions on other things that made him look bad.

Even folks on Trump's side have to be honest and realize Trump kinda goes down rabbit holes now and then. But he *Does* expose a ton of issues that seriously need more attention for sure.

Trump goes down every hole 😆

Disinfectant comes to mind...

that's what she said ... sorry couldn't resist

agreed - Trump has had a very thick skin to have endured that harrassement for so many years - others would have folded long ago at the torment - Totalitarian propaganda dosn't try to use logial reasoning - but emotional humiliation and shaming - I can see why Trump has to sing his own praises sometimes - no one else in the media will

He also uses words he doesn't mean or is completely misunderstood but people just think he's stupid rather than thinking they misunderstood him or he didn't communicate what he was trying to say very well...

That's one of the many bizarre things about Trump. He has thick skin on the bigger issues, but thin skin on the smaller ones. really really wierd.

Thick and thin, mysteriously.

Kind of like, "Rah rah rah" , oh... okay then.

Yes...he needs you to tell us what he’s saying. But he’s the most straightforward president we have!

Give me break.

yes I think they watch for his weaknesses and try to reprod him to get him further emotional - very dark creatures

It’s statements like this that border on the blind following. Very dangerous.

It's not dangerous and I'm nowhere near being a blind follower...

Weaknesses. Money (saying he has little) & whether something is big or small depending on the topic.

On the other hand he sure knew how to prod the media and his opposition (I repeat myself)

i'm increasingly realizing that there isn't too much blind following in this group (also refreshing). But, we all have our blind spots 😉

Dude...you make such statements and say you aren’t blindly following. At least @ryanonsrc sees the merits on not defending what he says because we all know he says a lot...

Did I say EVERYTHING was misunderstood??

No

“He also uses words he doesn't mean or is completely misunderstood but people just think he's stupid rather than thinking they misunderstood him or he didn't communicate what he was trying to say very well...”

Its not the Gotcha you think...

It's not wrong... And yes, I agree with what others have said about his weaknesses and strengths and what's made him good and bad... I'm not a blind follower so fuck off with that shit!

He shoots himself in the foot sometimes when he goes off-script and trys to adlib his speechs - he is not very eloquent, but he is honest once you can see past the retorical hyperbole - Again, using the 1984 analogy, they put his picture up so that everyone can express their 2 minutes of hate against something - most mass social movements need a devil to hate.

This is true...

Yep, as Ben Shapiro has said: scripted Trump is better than ad-lib Trump. and I tend to agree. He has gave some utterly brilliant scripted speeches