Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Mental acuity

The current occupant went on a spree last night, posting approximately 400 times to his social-media platform. Ben Meislas of MeidasTouch gives us a taste:

His posts included deranged claims that Michelle Obama “controlled Biden’s autopen” and that Biden’s executive orders were really done by Michelle Obama. Trump posted an AI video claiming Nicolás Maduro surrendered to him and that Trump was now controlling Venezuela, and that Maduro admitted the Tren de Aragua confessed Biden was the leader of their cartel. Trump made posts saying Canada was involved in election rigging. He made bizarre posts about Obama’s weekly “kill list.” I can go on and on, but you get the point.
Here’s a video scrolling through it all. Will this spree be reported on network news tonight? Let’s see.

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In a public Cabinet meeting this afternoon, the current occupant said that Somalia “stinks,” and he called Somalis in general, and Ilhan Omar in particular, “garbage.” Also: “I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you, okay?”

From The New York Times:
“The congresswoman thinks his obsession with her is unhealthy and hopes he gets help,” Jacklyn Rogers, a spokeswoman for Ms. Omar, said earlier on Tuesday.
But I expect that NBC Nightly News will once again begin with “Tonight, millions are under threat from severe weather,” &c.

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comments: 2

Tororo said...

“Tonight, millions are under threat (period)" has been a fitting headline for many nightly news, lately.

Michael Leddy said...

I wish I'd thought of saying that. Thank you.

NBC did lead with the weather. And they so carefully said that the current occupant seemed to say that he wanted Somalis out of the country.