Comment on Do you think that Trump is being blackmailed?
Garbagio@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoEh, I’d say he was being blackmailed, but its hard to imagine him giving a shit, or being cogent enough to give a shit now.
A) Trump’s dementia is well known at this point; his positions literally always align either perfectly with or against the last person he speaks to. Man’s brain is soup. His flipflopping on Iran comes down to whether he last spoke with Lindsay Graham, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Benjamin Netanyahu, or JD Vance. Graham walks in, graham walks out, we’re at war. Hegseth walks in then out, now we’re bombing kids. Rubio walks in then out, now we’re open to negotiations (and invading Cuba). Netanyahu, back to bombing kids. Vance, now we’re surrendering. Graham again, now we’re threatening to kill diplomats.
B) For as soup as he is, I think he gets that no one he cares about gives a shit what he’s done. Everyone already knows he’s a pedophile, his supporters just don’t care enough to grapple with it, and any meaningful opposition isn’t capable of or willing to do a damn thing. Honestly I’m surprised he doesn’t brag about it at this point.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He probably insists to his close family that he isn’t - none of them would like to think their dad, cousin, husband or uncke was a pedo. Deep denial there. Maybe his son donald junior knows and hence didn’t invite him to his wedding.
Also, i think being attracted to minors is embarassing even for a glamour-pedo like Trump. Epstein files indicate they boast to one another, but they can’t boast to general society, and on some level will feel bad for not having normal attraction.
Garbagio@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I say this with all due sincerity: I truly believe the only reason Trump didn’t pull a Diddy and run train on girls with his sons is because he hates them. Believing “Jr didn’t invite his dad because his dad is a pedo,” is predicated on believing Jr isn’t at least comfortable with pedos, which, doubt. I could see Ivanka and Jared having an issue with it, but ultimately it’d probably be just Ivanka who would separate herself, MAYBE Jr’s daughter. $5 on Kai defending him on IG, deadass arguing that times were different back then.