Why is Trump going out of his way to make people suffer?

[TV and credit cards]

Because he's a sadist and gets pleasure out of causing pain to other people. His supporters love watching those they consider to be elites and/or parasites being hurt by his actions.

So many people might dismiss such a comment as hyperbole and that is the dangerous part. Trump and his ilk are evil fucks, evil fucks by degree but evil fucks just the same. When their master calls and tells them to fall in line most will do just that.

 

[Patooka]

For some sick people, cruelty is a virtue.

 

[excreationist]

Rule 4: Blame everyone else when something goes wrong

Top of the list democrats, Biden, Blue states, cities, Hillary.

They're blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown and the SNAP and healthcare cost crisis. (while they order Republicans to stay home so that they can't do any negotiations [and at their literal homes they can't face boos from crowds])

 

[excreationist]

Related to the golden ballroom and being out of touch with ordinary people:
Trump made 7 posts in a row and had 25 photos about things like this:

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact...

truthsocial.com

I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!

Surely Trump would be aware that this could upset ordinary people who are struggling due to the government shutdown, etc...

BTW here's a rendering of the 650-person ballroom:


I personally think it's very classy though some architects have criticized it.

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/society-culture/step-on-board-donald-trumps-new-flying-palace-air-force-one/news-story/ba843a1b730d7b6215d541bf38953d36

US President Donald Trump recently accepted a gift from the Qatar* royal family – a new Air Force One* jet. He has been working to renovate it after giving up hope that plane manufacturer Boeing could provide a revamped Air Force One while he’s still in office.

The Boeing 747-8i has been dubbed a “flying palace” – and with good reason. The gold-plated, cushion-festooned jet is worth $A625 million, or $US400 million.

According to reports, ownership of the 747 is expected to be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library* Foundation in 2029, allowing the plane to serve as Trump’s private plane after the end of his second term in office.

 

[ZiprHead]

A MAGA Mom On SNAP Is Furious After Her Relative Refused To Lend Her Grocery Money

"I sympathize with them if they're struggling, but at the same time what the f—k did you expect."

www.buzzfeed.com

People in the comments had a range of opinions, with one user claiming that since the woman voted for Trump, she was "fine when other people were going to suffer."​

 

[unapologetic]

"could be the marble that was originally there!"
He just can't stop gaslighting. It's like one of his rules. 5. "Aleways Be Gaslighting"

 

[excreationist]

BTW in the 2024 movie about Trump's early life, The Apprentice, there is a cool piece of music when the credits begin:

I guess it is meant to fit Trump's personality in the 1970s and 1980s. It is a bit dark.

 

[excreationist]

In the past I think sometimes Trump is trying to provoke protesters into becoming violent - so then he could send out even more troops... and call the anti-fascists ("antifa") "terrorists".

 

[crazyfingers]

In the past I think sometimes Trump is trying to provoke protesters into becoming violent - so then he could send out even more troops... and call the people "terrorists".

I came to that conclusion a while ago. The argument is being made by those suing to stop Trump from sending National Guard to cities. It appears even the judges believe that that's what Trump is doing - trying to provoke violence.

 

[bilby]

Well, if he can't provoke it, he can just start it himself. His audience have already made up their minds who started it, and whose fault it is - and it hasn't even happened yet.

They won't change their minds unless he is incredibly ham-fisted in how he goes about it. Many of them not even then.

 

[excreationist]

Well, if he can't provoke it, he can just start it himself. His audience have already made up their minds who started it, and whose fault it is - and it hasn't even happened yet.

They won't change their minds unless he is incredibly ham-fisted in how he goes about it. Many of them not even then.

Sorry I'm not sure what you mean... who is "his audience" and "they"? MAGA or ordinary people? And who alledgedly started it? (Democrats?)

 

[excreationist]

I think Trump and his team are thinking a few moves ahead of their rivals. People get outraged every now and then but Trump and his team know they can get away with it. Then those things become normalized and so they keep on pushing the envelope.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

I think Trump and his team are thinking a few moves ahead of their rivals. People get outraged every now and then but Trump and his team know they can get away with it. Then those things become normalized and so they keep on pushing the envelope.

If a cat jumps onto your chess board while you are playing, it is not "thinking a few moves ahead" of you. It is just being its own near mindless thing. However your other points about Trump and his team knowing they can get away with it is basically correct, apart from the slight amendment that they don't know but strongly suspect that they will be allowed to get away with it based on prior responses to his actions. Your last sentence is totally correct, though it shouldn't be in a sensible society (obviously the current USA is not sensible).

 

[laughing dog]

Trump is a crass narcissist. All of this comes naturally to him. He doesn't go out of his way to be a jackass: it is his nature.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Because it's what bullies always do.

 

[TSwizzle]

From what I've seen, most of the SNAP recipients could do with some fasting.

 

[robnisch]

From what I've seen, most of the SNAP recipients could do with some fasting.

That is true of half of Americans (me included).
Part of the problem is access to healthy food.
I worked at a convenience store. It drove me crazy to see what people got with their SNAP card.

 

[TSwizzle]

From what I've seen, most of the SNAP recipients could do with some fasting.

That is true of half of Americans (me included).

Fair point, far too many Americans are obese. In fact it is a problem across many developed countries, the UK for example. Just take a look at the attendees at any Free Palestine or LBGTQ march or even the crowd at an NFL or NASCAR event. Fat fuckers.

Part of the problem is access to healthy food.

I highly doubt that access to healthy food is a problem for most Americans.

I worked at a convenience store. It drove me crazy to see what people got with their SNAP card.

No doubt, lol.

 

[WAB]

From what I've seen, most of the SNAP recipients could do with some fasting.

That is true of half of Americans (me included).
Part of the problem is access to healthy food.
I worked at a convenience store. It drove me crazy to see what people got with their SNAP card.

Healthy food is boring.

 

[excreationist]

From what I've seen, most of the SNAP recipients could do with some fasting.

Apparently about 36% of the recipients are children.

What the data says about food stamps in the U.S.

The food stamp program is one of the larger federal social welfare initiatives, and in its current form has been around for nearly six decades.

www.pewresearch.org

BTW obesity can make people feel "safe" (which led to the end of perfect diet results)

Feeling safe with fat ☕ fasting4fatlosss

fat.lifesplayer.com

...55 percent of the patients in the program had been sexually abused - far more than people in the wider population. And even more, including most of the men, had had severely traumatic childhoods. Many of these women had been making themselves obese for an unconscious reason: to protect themselves from the attention of men, who they believed would hurt them.

...there were two prison guards, who lost between 100 and 150 pounds each. Suddenly, as they shed their bulk, they felt much more vulnerable among the prisoners - they could be more easily beaten up. To walk through those cell blocks with confidence, they explained, they needed to be the size of a refrigerator.

...And the third category was that it reduced people's expectations of them. "You apply for a job weighing four hundred pounds, people assume you're stupid, lazy," Vincent said. If you've been badly hurt by the world - and sexual abuse is not the only way this can happen - you often want to retreat. Putting on a lot of weight is - paradoxically - a way of becoming invisible to a lot of humanity.....

I think eating junk food can be more pleasurable and more convenient (rather than having to cook vegetables at home). I think some poor people don't have many pleasures to look forward to.