Tag: Trump the bully
Trump’s ‘Creepy Obsession’ with Omar
“There’s this creepy obsession that he seems to have on me that just feels pretty obnoxious. I’ve never been one to dwell on the words or attacks of bullies.”
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), quoted by the Washington Post, on President Trump calling her “garbage” and saying she should be deported to her native Somalia.
Timid Titans Temporize
Capitulating to Trump requires an act of moral desertion;
It just emboldens the bully to double down on intimidation.
Look, bending a knee
Will not set you free,
It just encourages Trump to commit greater acts of extortion.
Sending Troops to D.C. Is the Act of a Bully
“He’s sending in the troops because he can—because D.C., as a federal enclave with few protections from presidential overreach, makes for a uniquely soft target. This ostensible show of strength is more like an admission of weakness. It is the behavior of a bully: very bad for the people it touches, but not a likely prelude to full authoritarian takeover.”
— Quinta Jurecic
The Imperial Trump Regime Eyes Expansion
“Trump has been in a strikingly imperial mood since his election victory. He has floated acquiring Greenland, reclaiming the Panama Canal, annexing Canada, and potentially invading Mexico — to the intense consternation of their leaders. … In each case, Trump is blending trolling, negotiation and intimidation.”
— Axios
Trump’s Emasculation of Ron DeSantis
“Donald Trump plumbed new depths of degradation in his savage takedown of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a yearlong campaign of emasculation and humiliation that helped force one of the party’s rising stars out of the presidential race after just one contest and left him to pick up the pieces of his political future.”
— New York Times
Christie Explains Trump’s Nickname Taxonomy
“If he respects you, you don’t get a nickname, because he’s afraid what’s going to come back. So Cryin’ Chuck Schumer gets a nickname, because he has no respect for Schumer. But Nancy Pelosi’s got no nickname. It’s just Nancy. And if she doesn’t have a nickname by now, she ain’t getting any.”
— Chris Christie, quoted by Axios, on President Trump’s nicknames for his rivals.
A Mocking Mockery of a Mocker
If the Kavanaugh confirmation was strictly evidential,
Donald Trump’s interference would not be consequential.
But while he eschews norms,
There’s something about form,
And mocking a sexual assault victim just ain’t presidential.
