OK, here's some silliness to run by your MAGA friends and neighbors. The "pee-pee tapes" are real and Putin....

[RussellCattle]

….has Trumps nuts in a vice. He’s making demands of Trump to undermine our democracy, making him subvert the actions of our democratic process and harm our economy, national interests and standing in the world. Trump is stuck, he doesn’t want to actually harm the US, but has to do something to keep Putin happy. So he has decided to push the boundaries of his idiocy to places heretofore thought impossible. Being friendly with dictators isn’t enough anymore, so he goes full fascist, pulling words from Hitler’s speeches and playbook. He claims Biden and the Dems aren’t just socialists, but are full blown communists, fascists and pedophiles. Winning the Presidency isn’t his main goal, but rather wants to be a dictator from “day one”. He takes his practiced public persona, that of wild and unhinged, a loose cannon, to new and truly deranged heights.
He is somewhat surprised that his MAGA followers don’t care, in fact they love him and his positions even more. Even the old line Repubs refuse to desert him, something he thought was beyond the pale. Lindsey Graham, for Chrissake, even continues to support him. He is now meeting with advisors on a plan to get out of this predicament and save the country without the tapes becoming public. Their advice so far is that his only option is to just get crazier. Actually shooting somebody, biting off the heads of chickens, and nudity have all been suggested.

[homegirl]

1. Why am I not surprised...

any level of madness is possible with Donald. Based on my own experience in bugged Moscow hotel rooms I have always believed Putin set Donald up with "Golden Showers" and the promise of a Trump Tower in Moscow!

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

2. Huh?

The "pee-pee tapes" are real

While Christopher Steele claimed that a rumour about it existed, no one has presented evidence supporting that claim. For now, we can't say if the tapes are real...or not.

{TFG} is stuck, he doesn’t want to actually harm the US

Another assertion not supported by the evidence. He doesn't give one bloody fig about the US or anything other than TFG. If the US went down the toilet 5 seconds from now, he'd be okay with it, as long as it didn't hurt him any.

{TFG} has decided to push the boundaries of his idiocy to places heretofore thought impossible.

He would push boundaries of idiocy regardless of Putin. He's both stupid and an extreme narcissist. Narcissists will say and do anything when anyone or anything threatens their ego, and it doesn't matter how stupid, cruel or dishonest it is, as long as it gives them the upper hand in the moment.

Being friendly with dictators isn’t enough anymore, so he goes full fascist, pulling words from Hitler’s speeches and playbook.

He's not going anywhere, because he was always right there with being a full-blown fascist. That's who he has always been.

Winning the Presidency isn’t his main goal, but rather wants to be a dictator from “day one”

Look, he's stupid, but even he knows that he can't get to the dictator part unless he, you know, wins the presidency. Without the office, becoming a dictator is all wishful thinking. So, yes, winning the presidency is indeed his main goal.

He takes his practiced public persona, that of wild and unhinged, a loose cannon, to new and truly deranged heights.

You really don't get it. He's not deranged in the least. He's a narcissist. He will always do crazy stuff, because he has no morals. I keep telling people: Narcissists will say and do anything to benefit themselves. And I do mean anything.

He is somewhat surprised that his MAGA followers don’t care, in fact they love him and his positions even more.

He's not surprised in the least, because he thinks that kind of adoration and support is the least they owe him and his wonderfulness. It's the bare minimum of what he expects not only from them, but absolutely everyone.

Welcome to the reality of narcissism.

Even the old line Repubs refuse to desert him, something he thought was beyond the pale.

Stop. Seriously. Nothing anyone did that benefited him would be beyond the pale for him, because NARCISSISTS HAVE NO MORAL CORE. THEY ARE COMPLETELY AMORAL WHEN IT COMES TO BENEFITING THEMSELVES. Anything is fair to them, if it reinforces their sense of superiority over all others.

Stop thinking you can apply how *you* would think about something, or how *you* think someone like TFG would think. Because he does *not* think the way normal people do--or how normal people expect. I keep having to say this, but HE'S A NARCISSIST AND THEY DO NOT THINK OR BEHAVE THE WAY NORMAL PEOPLE DO.

Not ever.

[RussellCattle]

3. I actually thought that I had added a sarcasm emoji, but it didn't appear. I originally thought that my reference......

……to “silliness” in the first line was enough to give readers a heads-up that I wasn’t being serious. Your response, with it’s careful and rather complete deconstruction of my post, tells me that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is real and affects folks on both sides of the divide. I laughed at my self as I was writing the rather long post, thinking that I was putting too much effort into it. I hope you can laugh at your own, perhaps silly, efforts. If not, I’ll apologize now.

[EarnestPutz]

4. I think that Russell was being sarcastic.