Maddow, Hayes, Reid, Wallace, Wagner instantly react to rambling Trump RNC speech - Republican Convention - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Rachel Maddow and a panel of her MSNBC colleagues share their reactions to Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican Party's nomination for president at the Republican National Convention. - Aired on 07/19/2024.

[Pachamama]

1. Does Beezlebub and his entourage know what the song from Puccini and Nessun Dorma is about?

Apparently not…

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Of course they don't. But there aren't many songs left that they haven't been sued for using without permission

[LudwigPastorius]

3. Sleeper cells awake!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Why do you think he loves it? It's full of bloody decapitations after all.

[wnylib]

5. The comments about how easy it should be to beat Trump

based an the convention and his speech begin around 5:00 on the clip. They say that after this speech, people who had doubts about Biden might even reconsider because of how rambling and unfocused Trump was.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thank you for pointing that out!

[wnylib]

7. I saw this on YouTube and was going to post it here

until I saw that you already had.

This was not the Trump who was at the debate. This was the rambling, long-winded, boring Trump who shows up at rallies.

The contrast between him and Biden regarding knowledge of governance and world affairs is strong.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. That rambling interminable speech sounded just like his ridiculous rallies, including Hannibal Lecter

[wnylib]

11. I didn't listen to it or watch any part of the convention.

The only thing I saw was a Meidas Touch video that critiqued Trump's speech and showed excerpts from it.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. You made the right decision.

[wnylib]

13. It was the only decision that I could tolerate.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. I am sure the Republicans will turn on him because it is time to "pass the torch".

[Rhiannon12866]

10. They continue to support a convicted felon who lost the vote of the people by millions more each time??

Not to mention one who talks about sharks and Hannibal Lecter?? The stupidity and delusion boggles the mind...

[wnylib]

14. It's the hatred that inspires MAGAs.

In their orange fuhrer they see a kindred spirit.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I can't imagine that anyone "likes" him, despite what they say

I have Mary Trump's books and she said he never had friends and his method of "flirting" with girls was to make fun of them. And, as we have seen, he'll turn on anyone in a heartbeat if he sees them as not sufficiently "loyal" - though those that stuck with him are likely to be sent to prison.

[wnylib]

16. Some people seem to be born sycophants.

Once they get into their idol's circle, they are stuck because of the consequences and threats to them of getting out. Some, like several members of Congress, can be bullied and forced with threats of destroying their careers, lives, or lives of people close to them.

They are lured in by sycophantic wishes to be connected with power. Then they become dominated by the power that they worship.

The MAGA movement is a cult and crime mob rolled into one. They are full of Idol worship and fear. That's why so many religious fundamentalists and literalist are in the Trump cult. They belong to factions of religion that promote the concept of adoring and fearing a powerful, wrathful God. They transfer the adoration of power and fear of it to political leaders.

In religious groups that promote the concept of a loving God and moral responsibility to each other, there are far fewer people susceptible to the MAGA power cult. Also true of people who have no religious affiliation, although I know a few non-religious people who think that Trump is the ultimate "daddy figure." Two of them I know for sure had abusive fathers growing up. In Trump they see a powerful person who bullies people and seek the acceptance that they did not have from their own fathers. They badly want to believe that bullies are lovable and loving people. You can see that in Trump himself. He had an abusive, bullying father and adores Putin and Kim Jong Un.