Tag: The Don (Trump)

“Only thing that can stop me”: Trump says the only check on his power is his “own mind”

The only reason tRump believes this and what makes it true is the republicans in charge of congress refuse to stand up against his illegal actions.   They are either scared of tRump’s goons / gang thugs, or they are compromised with something tRump / Russia has over them, or they have been bought and paid for by Russia.   No matter what they refuse to act against what tRump administration is doing and the democrats can’t because they are not in charge of congress right now.   However if the democrats get at least the house then they can challenge tRump in court and force him to act with in the laws of the nation.   

And all the things the republicans are quiet on now because it is trump doing them, watch how fast they get their voices back and how loud they screech when a democrat becomes president.   If a Democratic Party president tried to with hold money, declare a way without congress approval, or demanded private companies, universities, or media enforce liberal polices watch the republicans suddenly wake up and lose their minds and shit their pants.  Fox entertainment would be running a non-stop screaming host on every show about how horrible and evil it was.   Hugs 

https://www.salon.com/2026/01/08/only-thing-that-can-stop-me-trump-says-the-only-check-on-his-power-is-his-own-mind/

Following a recent attack on Venezuela, the president says the only person who can stop him is himself

By Alex Galbraith
Nights and Weekends Editor

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.
President Donald Trump has every reason to believe he’ll never be called to account for his actions.

He managed to skate on several impeachments and a host of felony convictions. He was allowed to return to office despite his part in an attempt to halt the peaceful transfer of power to his successor. The Supreme Court, a  constitutionally enshrined backstop on his power, opted to give him blanket immunity for any number of crimes.

Still, it’s shocking to hear the president openly admit that no one in the government could stop him. And that’s exactly what he did in an interview with the New York Times that was shared on Thursday.

Pressed about the checks on his presidential power following a shocking raid on that ended in the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump said he’s constrained by nothing but his own sense of right and wrong.

“There is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” he said.

Trump also said that he didn’t “need international law” because he’s “not looking to hurt people.”

The outlet asked Trump to consider the precedent he was setting via his arrest of Maduro. They wondered if China might see a justification to take similar actions against Taiwanese leadership.

“This was a real threat,” he said of Venezuela. “You didn’t have drugs pouring into China. You didn’t have all of the bad things that we’ve had. You didn’t have the jails of Taiwan opened up and the people pouring into China.”

By Alex Galbraith

Alex Galbraith is Salon’s nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He is based in New Orleans.

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read

Nate White

(This is linked on Ten Bears’s blog, and it is most succinctly excellent. I’m only putting a snippet; it’s well worth the click to read it.)

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. (snip-a bit MORE)

https://londondaily.com/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-i-ve-read