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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 05:48 PM Feb 2022

Strange Event Happened In U.S.History (my opinion) Former President Totally Destroyed His Name

Prediction: ...Donald Trump will destroy himself by supporting Putin...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113513352

Yes, In The Last 5 or 6 Days...A former President (Donald Trump) has destroyed his image forever

...........Donald Trump needed to SHUT UP, AND COULD NOT SHUT THE F**K UP..................

It is my opinion, that Trump saying positive things about Putin ("Putin is Smart".) lessened his
support in the Republican Party by at ...least 35 - 40 percent.


In the United States as a whole, Trump is totally finished politically, as a world figure, and as a leader.
I doubt that he will be consulted by major networks, (.except for Fox News) and I think Trump is Finished.

....Donald Trump cannot recover from this one. Not next week, next month or years in the future...

..The money will be gone for him, the fame will be gone for him, and his reputation is destroyed for good.

....Donald Trump has destroyed himself... !!!!!

...Donald Trump will be hated throughout the world..(except in Russia) far more than he was before.

....(In my opinion, just like Richard Nixon was shunned after Watergate, but much worse) Yes, I was around for Nixon &
Watergate)........(.....also in my basement I got newspapers from Watergate when Nixon resigned..}

....Do you agree or disagree?....up to you... :

......................Yes part of U.S. History, also current history in the making!!!!!.................................


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Strange Event Happened In U.S.History (my opinion) Former President Totally Destroyed His Name (Original Post) Stuart G Feb 2022 OP
Agreed! May it come true, and not just be wishful thinking. calimary Feb 2022 #1
Thank You For Your Comment! I think over the long haul, this is not "wishful thinking" Stuart G Feb 2022 #3
If the war turns bad for Ukraine, the visuals from the war zone calimary Mar 2022 #9
"Visuals Will Show No Mercy" Brilliant Five Words..an example: Stuart G Mar 2022 #11
VISUALS. Their grip is STRONG!!!! calimary Mar 2022 #13
Trump is indebted to Putin. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2022 #2
I don't think Trump cares about paying Putin or anyone else. Stuart G Feb 2022 #5
If Putin lost power pandr32 Feb 2022 #4
Well Said...Repeat: "Trump Is Putin's Lapdog." Thank You ..K and R ..."Putin's Lapdog" Stuart G Feb 2022 #6
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Forgets that every utterance livetohike Feb 2022 #7
I've already been reminding some MAGA relatives that, 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #8
Shackle them together. Make the point. calimary Mar 2022 #10
trump who? discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #12

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
3. Thank You For Your Comment! I think over the long haul, this is not "wishful thinking"
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 06:00 PM
Feb 2022

...Supporting Putin during this terrible event is a mistake he cannot recover from. Donald Trump hasn't got
a clue, but over time he and his family will know the truth. This was the destruction of the Trump name nor now,
short term future, and distant future.

calimary

(84,355 posts)
9. If the war turns bad for Ukraine, the visuals from the war zone
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 03:06 AM
Mar 2022

will show no mercy.

And they may break through the blind, deaf, but never mute trump-worship at long last. Death and carnage and destruction for a WAR OF CHOICE, waged under hideously false pretenses will play out on TV and cable, 24/7. In living and dying color. Terrified, displaced, orphaned children. Crippled and maimed civilians. Elderly people abandoned, ailing, and desolate. And those are the “lucky ones” who hadn’t been killed. Wreckage and smoldering ruins where there once were homes, neighborhoods, churches, shops and restaurants and museums and schools. Hospitals and kindergartens and offices. Parks, rec centers, farms, gardens, and theaters. Gone. Butchered and mutilated in the war.

And it’ll all have Vladimir Putin’s name on it, along with the faithless, avaricious, power-mad vassals who make all kinds of excuses and rationales for standing by him. Including the loud ugly orange pustule who leads his addled fan club here.

Sins against mankind. War crimes and abominations. Unforgivable.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
11. "Visuals Will Show No Mercy" Brilliant Five Words..an example:
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 10:48 AM
Mar 2022

Last edited Tue Mar 1, 2022, 11:31 AM - Edit history (3)

....................... Visuals..... WILL.. "NEVER".. show mercy.!!!!!.............................

I have seen a few pictures of our "Civil War" ....I don't know if those are real or fake.

..........................But the horrors of War stand out..!!!...........................................................

.....................About WW 2, there is a documentary on the Nazi Holocaust...............

......The name of that 30 minute film is......" NIGHT AND FOG"....

That 30 minute film, a documentary, is the ...."Most Horrific Film I Have Ever Seen"....
....Warning: If you watch it, (available at many libraries)...you will never forget it....NEVER!!!!

Link to above 30- minute movie at Internet Movie Data Base..(IMBD)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048434/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
...(sort the reviews, if you go to the above site, by... helpfulness,... mine is the 4th review by stuartpiles.( Nov 4, 2004
...............................My review is: ..... "The Most Powerful Movie Ever Made"......................
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

WARNING: ...Reading the reviews, will ruin your day...The movie is ..."Horrific"...the reviews are "Horrific".
...................................You have been warned!!!...................................


............................why the warning?...Often when I think of movies that I have seen, I think about that movie.........
............................That movie is real, honest, truthfull, about a real event in history...I was a history teacher in''
............................the Chicago Public Schools. I showed that film 50 times...No film is worse than that one...NO FILM!!!!

calimary

(84,355 posts)
13. VISUALS. Their grip is STRONG!!!!
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 08:43 PM
Mar 2022

Most Americans process information VISUALLY. Glued to TV. Viscerally reached and captivated through flashy graphics and bursts underscored by sound "stingers." Stirring music behind them, or menacing music underneath, to reinforce the subconscious messaging.

Watch for campaign commercials that show the opponent not terribly well-lit, even shadowy, or surrounded by dark atmospherics. The preferred candidate is shown in brighter (not glaring) light, pleasant backgrounds, pretty colors, and so forth. music underneath can switch from major ("our guy&quot to minor key ("their guy&quot .

LOTS of little tricks that gear the mind of the viewer (and secondarily the EAR of the viewer). Unfortunately, Roger Ailes knew all the tricks. To make it all WOW! DYNAMIC!! PIZAZZ!!! BRIGHT WHITE AND YELLO BURSTS!!! BOOMING Excited-Announcer vocals (just this side of Roller Derby) emphasizing the words "FAIR And BALANCED!!! And it was always FAAAAAAAAA-aaair and BALANCED!!!! with a dramatic change in pitch from high to low, by at least two octaves (almost cutting the word "Fair" in half). Your eyes are almost sucked into the screen.

There are all these little tricks and audio and visual devices that add extra layers of subliminal messaging or reinforcement or condemnation or sarcasm or endorsement, from music adding color and mood, and tone-of-voice of whoever's doing the voice track.

It's basically, and in the baldest sense, theatrics. But it's also COMMUNICATION. And what you can say both with well-chosen or memorable or slogan-y words, AND splashy visuals that hit your eye and bore straight down into your memory. It stirs excitement and excitement stirs emotion, and BOOM!!! You've got their attention. THAT'S the impact. If you've stirred their emotion, they're more likely to be open to whatever it is you're selling. If they're receptive to your message, then it's gonna do a few things:
1) reinforce what you already were thinking or believing. You don't need any convincing.
2) reassure some recent wobblers who may just be waking up and realizing they've been fooled, distracted, or flat-out lied to.
3) change a few minds? Using what kind of persuasion technique? (Have you been working on 'em for awhile and they're starting to realize they're being conned, or are they having some sort of political epiphany all of a sudden? *
*Epiphany is an “Aha!” moment. As a literary device, epiphany (pronounced ih-pif--uh-nee) is the moment when a character is suddenly struck with a life-changing realization which changes the rest of the story. Often, an epiphany begins with a small, everyday occurrence or experience.


OAITW r.2.0

(28,392 posts)
2. Trump is indebted to Putin.
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 05:53 PM
Feb 2022

He has no choice but to say nice things. Otherwise is notes come due. Of course, at this moment, I am note sure how Putin would get paid.,,,

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
5. I don't think Trump cares about paying Putin or anyone else.
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 06:09 PM
Feb 2022

Donald Trump thinks he can say what he wants anytime and anywhere. It is my opinion that it is all over for
Trump as a world figure. Time will tell, but my opinion will not change.

pandr32

(12,175 posts)
4. If Putin lost power
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 06:07 PM
Feb 2022

...so would his lapdog. TFG is dependent on his daddy for support. The squeeze on Russia's finances likely means there won't be much in the budget to keep TFG and his 'children' afloat.

livetohike

(22,975 posts)
7. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Forgets that every utterance
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 06:27 PM
Feb 2022

he has made or makes is recorded. #PutinsLapdog is finished.

70sEraVet

(4,146 posts)
8. I've already been reminding some MAGA relatives that,
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 06:48 PM
Feb 2022

as well as reminding them that most of Trump's administration were acting as lobbyists for Russia, and that many would be in prison today if it weren't for TFG's pardons.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,578 posts)
12. trump who?
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022



ETA: Oh that trump... Maybe I'm just getting old but I don't remember my last stomach bug either.
I know I had one but it's gone now.
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