👑🌟🏆⚜️🤴🔱⚱️🔱🤴⚜️🏆🌟👑 #Goldmember #MadKing #IranWar #TrumpsStupidBallroom #EpsteinFiles

But they touch upon 2 key nerves in the body politic: The tension in a #democracy about how & to whom credit for #public works & programs should be given, & narratives of gratitude particular to #US history, including the gratitude freely offered by #immigrants & #refugees, & the forced gratitude demanded from #enslaved people.

#Trump #narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

A spox for the #Interior Dept didn’t respond to questions about how many banners have been hung, whether they are appearing outside of Washington, or how much the new ad campaign is costing.

They are a bitter topic in a city that gave #Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris >90% of the vote in the 2024 election. “I assume this is what North Korea looks like,” one critic wrote on the Globalist website.

#narcissism #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

#Trump demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.

Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/

Trump demands gratitude in D.C. So he put up banners thanking himself.

Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation and patriotism into an authoritarian knot.

The Washington Post

"According to aides and confidants, his focus in a potential second term has shifted away from short-term political concerns toward building a lasting legacy, even as allies worry about political fallout from policies like the Iran conflict and rising costs."

Sure you are, Donald — greatest man who ever lived, reincarnation of Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed wrapped into one. And the white jacket they're strapping on now is a new nightgown.

#Trump #megalomania #narcissism #MentalDecline #MadKing
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"Behind the scenes, Trump has started claiming he is 'the most powerful person to ever live.' A new Atlantic report suggests that Donald Trump has increasingly framed himself as a historic, world-changing figure, reportedly comparing himself in private to leaders like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon Bonaparte."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #megalomania #narcissism #MentalDecline #MadKing
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-claims-he-is-the-most

NEWS: Trump Claims He is the Most Powerful Person to Ever Live, Historically Bad Approvals, Democrats Discuss Redistricting Every GOP Seat

Good evening everyone.

The Parnas Perspective

"I wonder how much he's on his phone. Do you think he has to charge it like three times a day or does he have an extra battery that goes on the back?

~ Heather Lofthouse

"I think he has batteries."

~ Robert Reich

"You know what's required to make batteries? Oil. Oil. ... he is obsessed with being online. And I wonder how he gets his dopamine hits, what he's looking at."

~ Lofthouse

#Trump #Hegseth #Pentagon #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #MadKing
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-dire-straits-the-coffee-klatch

Trump's Dire Straits: The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, April 25, 2026

With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich

Robert Reich

"There is no point in trying to predict Donald Trump's demise; he has proven adaptable and fluid, again and again. But his Iran adventure (coming as it does with a partnership with Netanyahu) has put him into a position where he must sacrifice the coalition that has kept him in power."

~ Dave Troy

#Trump #Iran #war #instability #MentalDecline #madman #MadKing #megalomania
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https://america2.news/the-unraveling-of-donald-trump/?ref=america-2-0-newsletter

The Unraveling of Donald Trump

Donald Trump has seemingly permanently fractured the fragile coalition that brought him into power. Is MAGA effectively dead?

America 2.0

"Our idiot president 'can’t even surrender right.' … Over the weekend Paul Krugman quipped that Donald Trump “can’t even surrender right.”

This is correct. …

This guy couldn’t even get his shit sandwich plated and out the door.

Which has now left us at another brink."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #instability #MentalDecline #Iran #war #megalomania #MadKing #madman #ceasefire #negotiations
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-idiot-president-cant-even-surrender-right-iran-strait-hormuz

Our Idiot President “Can’t Even Surrender Right”

We will get the worst possible result from the least-worst choice.

The Bulwark