I'm reminded that as the Third Reich crumbled around him, Hitler concluded that the German people just weren't worthy of him.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
Machinegun Lips Leavitt's statement is a dog that doesn't hunt. At this point, it's clear that there's something going on. The constant bruising on the hand suggest pretty strongly that Trump is frequently getting a picc line to his hand. He's getting IVs, probably, but for what?
He also recently had an MRI, and speaks of getting cognitive tests. Somebody is monitoring him pretty closely medically, and Trump himself doesn't seem to know fully why.
Cont:
A blog entry on the same topic:
December 15, 2025
Trump's a complete a**hole.
cont:
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 17, 2025
The National Review:
The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.
A prediction:
I stated here before that Trump would only last 18 months in office. He hasn't even made 12 yet, and his mind is complete mush. He has a television address tonight I'm unlikely to watch, but my first prediction, not the one I created the subtitle for, is that it'll be full of rambling praise for himself and blame upon Joe Biden.
It'll also be jam packed with lies.
The bigger prediction, however, is this. I'm going to restate the 18 month prediction as an outer date. He's really declining rapidly. He'll make it to 2026, probably, but my guess right now is not past the end of March. Part of this will depend upon how close he gets us to war with Venezuela and how utterly unhinged he becomes regarding his domestic opposition.
My next prediction is that this will completely shatter the GOP. The GOP is going to get pounded in the 2026 election and become utterly unglued. It won't go away, but it'll take it three or four years to rebuilt itself into something.
December 21, 2025
Trump: I took cognitive tests. By the way, not easy. The first question is like what is this and they show a lion, giraffe, fish and a hippopotamus. And they say which is the giraffe.
Hmmmm. . .
I don't follow Rod Dreher because I think he slipped off the rails some time ago, but there's no real denying he's one of the real intellects of the National Conservatives/Christian Nationalist whom I think largely have the levers of power in the Trump Administration right now. So I was surprised when I ran across something he posted on Twitter.
Dreher hasn't changed his views on things, and he defends Trump on some thing I think Trump is actually completely wrong on, such as the recently released National Security Strategy (which makes sense form Dreher's point of view, because of his beliefs), but regarding Trump himself, after his comments on Rob Reiner:
Something is very, very wrong with this man. A father and mother were murdered by their son, most likely, and Trump makes it about himself.
Its been obvious for years that something is deeply wrong with Trump. Indeed, given his overall character, something has been wrong with Trump for decades, but his earlier character flaws are now being overtaken by his dementia.
I note Dreher here as I think what we can begin to see pretty clearly is the move to replace Trump with Vance. We predicted that Trump would be out within 18 months, and its starting to happen right now.
Dreher, who was one of the first Christian Nationalist and National Conservatives, is outright stating that Trump is mentally ill. He's also attacking the MAGA public figures like Fuentes. Erika Kirk is endorsing Vance for President in 2028. Mitt Romney, whom conservatives regard as the last real conservative Republican candidate for the White House, is writing op eds urging taxation.
Now, not all those things are related, but some of them are. It's clear that Republicans are beginning to maneuver for the 2028 election and they're leaving Trump behind. Romney is old at 78, but he's not demented and he's younger than Biden was when he ran for reelection and he's younger than Trump, whose most radical MAGA base is urging to unconstitutionally run again in 2028.
Related to that, Vance is only in the administration as he wants to run in 2028. He's tainted with his association with Trump and the stench that creates is getting worse and he knows it. He's also the only real National Conservative who stands a chance of being elected in 2028. Indeed, there were never any others who stood a chance. Marco Rubio is a conservative, but not a National Conservative. Elise Marie Stefanik is a conservative, not a National Conservative, as well. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who doesn't stand a chance, is a far right wing populist. Kevin Roberts, who is behind the scenes and somethat close to Vance, is definitely a National Conservative but he has no chance. Stephen Miller is loathsome.
So now we're seeing the jockeying for position, but we're seeing more than that. Some Republicans are finally outright condemning Trump over things he says. Massie and Rand Paul are outright defying him with no real consequences. Republicans who don't want to be part of a 2026 and 2028 bloodbath are bailing out of Congress.
Behind the scenes, there has to be a raging debate about how much longer the GOP lets Trump carry on. He's been the functional equivalent of World War One naval dazzle camouflage which has served their interests well. . .up until now. Now he's drawing fire. He falls asleep in public. He rambles on and sounds rough, while making statements that are often downright weird. He insults vast numbers of people for petty reasons. He's causing inflation in many areas of the economy through his beliefs on taxes, while destroying the economy for those who supported him in other areas.
And he's on the verge of getting us into war.
While all that's going on, of course, his administration has now gone so far in trying to keep the government's files on perverted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein secret its reached the absurd level. Everyone knows that Trump and Epstein were friends. The lingering news story has served to remind people that Trump has a sexual track record which necessarily raises questions, given his association with Epstein, as well as John Casablancas. Old information that was re-released from the Epstein files serves to remind that one of Epstein's teenage victims ended up as a contestant in one of Trump's pageants. Trump sent Epstein, although he denies it a hand drawn birthday card featuring what appears to be the immature body of a teenage girl, with his signature drawn across where the reproduction organs are, and with a poem emphasizing enigma and shared secrets.
MAGA victims of TDS of course still desperately want to believe that there's no there, there, but something is there, if only the names of people who may have participated in the abuse of up to 1,000 girls and who are significant figures. Maybe Trump isn't listed amongst them, but there's some reason his administration is trying to desperately to keep this stuff secret.
My guess would be that Vance has no idea what it is. But Vance, Kirk, Roberts and Dreher all know that if Trump rides things out to 2028 his increasing dementia combined with the risk of scandal is just too high. If this blows up, and its starting to, it'll wreck the GOP so completely there won't be one in 2028.
Kirk and Dreher are preparing the groundwork now. Mentioning that what Trump is doing is vile is part of that. Mentioning that Vance should run in 2028 is as well.
Vance will be sworn in as the President before June.
December 22, 2025
These things are just nuts:
cont:
We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population…They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too I’m sure.
Donald Trump.
The United States isn't 300 years old. . .
And that small population comment is just the sort of thing a New Yorker would say . . .
And then there's this gem. Trump wants a fleet of twenty five battleships built. Battleships have been obsolete for decades.
Everyone knows they're nuts, and yet they allow him to just charge on with this lunacy.
The man is not well, and they know it.
cont:
It appears the battleships will not be battleships.
Still, Trump's absolute megalomania in which everything must be named for him is clearly a sign of mental illness.
December 23, 2025
We’re bringing down drug price by 1000%, 1200%, 1300%, 1400%. A drug that sells for $10 in London is costing $130 in New York. We are bringing it down to $20. You can do your own math. But it’s 2000%, 3000%
Donald Trump.
December 26, 2025
A Christmas rant from somebody who is clearly mentally unhinged:
By this point, it's clear that Trump, if not full blown insane, goes into fits of raving insanity. We should all be scared as there may come a day when he goes from ranting into action.
The real question at this point is why the cabinet has not removed him. His unfitness for office, or anything else, is completely apparent, so there's a reason behind that.
The reason might be J. D. Vance.
In spite of Trump's propagandized reputation, Trump isn't a lot of the things he's claimed to be. He's not smart, he's not an economic genius, he's not a conservative, and he's not a recognizable Christian. He is a good salesman, or was, who has made his name into a brand. He's also a self serving narcissists. As part of his branding, he's managed to convince a fair number of people that he is what he clearly isn't.
But he is useful for certain elements that back him. Once he's gone, the NAM, the NatCons, and the Dixiecrats really don't have everything in common by a long shot. Vance is a NatCon, not a Dixiecrat, and people like Miller might fear Vance coming in.
The mass defection from the Heritage Society suggests, however, that Vance may have lost his shot. If Trump is going to be retired people have to support Vance. The NatCons are falling apart.
December 31, 2025
Trump announced today that his dumbass triumphal arch will start construction in two months.
This likely needs to go up quicker than planned as the terminal limits of Trump's sanity/end of office/natural life are beginning to roar up into his view. This will add to the pile of rubble that will need to be hauled off and dumped in the Potomac when he's gone.
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