This is why Trump gets away with so much. People fear him & his tactics. - ThreadSky

joycewhitevance.bsky.social • 133 days ago

This is why Trump gets away with so much. People fear him & his tactics.

I get people fearing for the nation. We should all fear for the nation. But I honestly don’t understand the personal fear, and never did. He’s actually a very weak and incompetent man, and always will be.

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dandelion1183.bsky.social•132 days ago

It’s easier not to fear him when he doesn’t have any dirt or leverage on you. Just my take. 😏

gretagroots.bsky.social•133 days ago

His supporters think he will harm others who they don't like, not themselves. They assume incorrectly

jxkstraw.bsky.social•132 days ago

The fear that I would be having is him turning his cult on me.

prairiecrab.bsky.social•133 days ago

They don’t fear him directly, just his goon squad that does things like harass election workers and storm the Capitol when they don’t like the result.

sebastian2.bsky.social•133 days ago

That intimidation tactic he learned from Roy Cohn, who used to famously say before each case, "Just tell me the name of the judge." He yells insults, he blackmails, and (for reasons that escape me) he intimidates others.

serenitynoww.bsky.social•133 days ago

Bingo!

marieb08.bsky.social•133 days ago

I can understand their fear. Look at what he did to Michael Cohen, not to mention having Comey & McCabe audited by the IRS at his request. Then there was all the harm he did to blue states during COVID. He let people die! He didn't care then, he won't care now. He's a truly bad, bad man.

hightrails.bsky.social•132 days ago

Fear and cowardice is at the root core of these maga extremists. It's why the immigration issue works so well on them. They are literally afraid of their dogs & cats being eaten...so oc they're afraid of the orange asshat.

middlechild2024.bsky.social•132 days ago

Trump's retaliation is real. His enemies and their families are getting death threats, threats of being sued. He and his minions ruin lives.

abbyn0rmal.bsky.social•132 days ago

He operates like a mob boss. Considering he now has immunity to commit any crime, nobody will speak out against him.

maison21.bsky.social•132 days ago

he’s got a 50 year stash of compromise he assembled with david pecker. i’m sure putin has replenished it with plenty of goods on the newbies.

careers and families would be ruined, so they toe the line

fkgexhausted.bsky.social•131 days ago

Merrick Garland most of all

ripsstewart.bsky.social•133 days ago

Like all narcissists. And they’re all giant babies. Get in front of them call them a weak, pathetic, loser while laughing and watch them self destruct.

furmom.bsky.social•133 days ago

My personal fear is losing the only income I have; Social Security. And if he goes through with deporting everyone who picks or processes our food were screwed. And prices will go up. Tariffs also raise prices on food. And, supply will also be an issue.

jgrestore.bsky.social•133 days ago

It's the institutional fear that matters.
Regular unprotected citizens have a reason to fear what he and his cronies will do to the vulnerable.

mavericksmom.bsky.social•133 days ago

I believe he’s been a bully his entire life. From not paying his contractors to being sued for not renting to poc. This is who he is. He’s not a tough guy, he’s a weak man that can only survive by being a braggadocious bully. The scary part is that he’s in power again. It’s terrifying.

loveandsqualor.bsky.social•133 days ago

What can we do? In elementary school WW2 history all I could think was, How did the ordinary Germany citizens let that happen? Now we know. How can we protect ourselves and others?

archivist1001.bsky.social•133 days ago

His PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT against Haley and Pompeo is just another tactic.

He makes EXAMPLES of people to intimidate others.

Nobody trusts him to behave with honour or even basic decency.

He's a THUG.

He's just a few steps away from people falling off balconies.

kimbatwl.bsky.social•133 days ago

People may soon start falling out of windows. Russian style.

crispb.bsky.social•133 days ago

His followers cult-like reverence however, could pose a problem for a lot of these people. The best lesson is don’t get involved with this administration in the first place.

winetast3r.bsky.social•131 days ago

My son constantly asks me if I am afraid of Trump and I always laugh and say he’s a weak nasty little man of course I am not afraid of him.

myworldmyway.bsky.social•133 days ago

Very true. I do not understand that. Is it a lack of understanding the psychology of a bully?

timjanderson.bsky.social•133 days ago

Bullies are gonna bully.

astill73.bsky.social•133 days ago

📌

jiffylush.bsky.social•131 days ago

Maybe he treats the spouses of his mouthpieces better than others?

Insert the owl comic here.

kathrynz.bsky.social•133 days ago

P.S. he’s a rapists. He hurts women.

kathrynz.bsky.social•133 days ago

He doesn’t just fire them, he destroys them if he can. He tried to destroy Dr. Fauci’s and Dr. Birx’s reputations.

It’s ugly. Comey, McCabe, many others.

Viciousness and cruelty are the point.

plampman.bsky.social•132 days ago

They're not getting pushed out of windows... well at least not yet.

n787cl.bsky.social•132 days ago

People fear him cuz they think he’s a New York mob boss and he can get wanna be mobsters to do his dirty work.

jeffmarx.bsky.social•133 days ago

I certainly understand why people could be fearful. These are new times with an uncertain path ahead. My family and I will remain steadfast in the protection of democracy and are preparing for any and all possibilities personal and otherwise.

pow-pow-boom.bsky.social•133 days ago

#democracy

...and a follow would be nice! 🤓

kayzy.bsky.social•132 days ago

Many people who came forward last time were professionally hurt. Even some loyalists were scapegoated. And we can’t forget Mike Pence.

atpthornton.bsky.social•132 days ago

No one has ever bothered to hit him back, that is why.

jle4psu.bsky.social•132 days ago

It's because they're weak men

sosospeechless.bsky.social•132 days ago

It mind boggling how many tough guys at the end are just pathetic cowards.

josojohn.bsky.social•132 days ago

People with little experience navigating sociopaths & narcissists- clearly haven’t spent much time in corporate America- we gray rock those assholes all day.

karensiwak.bsky.social•132 days ago

He’s petty and vindictive, and he has surrounded himself with pathological sychophants who will perform blood sacrifices if that is what it takes to please their emperor. It’s naive to think that just because he’s too cowardly to wield the sword doesn’t mean his political goons won’t

greermarsh7.bsky.social•132 days ago

Mob boss tactics. Gutless justice system for decades!

gamesounds.bsky.social•133 days ago

And so, wasn’t Hitler, the painter, a weak and incompetent man as well?

mrsr16.bsky.social•133 days ago

Snowflakes hmmmmm?

bamafan135.bsky.social•133 days ago

I think it's the unpredictability. Who knows when he will send a tweet targeting that person. Doxxing people, etc.

Trump is like a jumping spider. No way to know where he will jump next.

esd2000.bsky.social•132 days ago

His power comes from saps willing to do what he’s too cowardly to do himself.

patti-fortheblue24.bsky.social•132 days ago

I do not fear him as a person. He is a blowhard weakling -a very small person. If I were in his line of fire I might fear what he could have his minions do and I do fear what he will do to our country.

artstudio322.bsky.social•133 days ago

He attacks people, it’s sickening. He’s a vile person. Heaven help us.

guineys-mom.bsky.social•132 days ago

My sister is a narcissist. She targets me. Every ring of the phone and every unopened email or letter gave me anxiety. When she was mad at me, she attacked me as if to destroy me and turned others against me. When dealing with a narcissist, no matter how weak they are, they are something to fear.

dandavisdemocrat.bsky.social•133 days ago

“I am fully anticipating Trump to burn America down. Whatever you think, it will be worse and I’m not sure the majority on either side realize what we are heading towards. America will be unrecognizable”

patti4040.bsky.social•129 days ago

loveandsqualor.bsky.social•133 days ago

I agree. Now that he has taken power now one is safe. He was already controlling much of Congress and the judiciary. What can stop him now? How can we protect ourselves and save what's left of our country?

blueridgetaurus.bsky.social•133 days ago

Honestly, most do not understand personality disorders. If we did we would all have the know how to gray rock him. One and done.

atena4life.bsky.social•132 days ago

More like full on no contact. But how do you go no contact with the president who is almost a king now and a God in his mind.

lovedogs8.bsky.social•132 days ago

I can't! He's a bloated blathering idiot, he's a typical bully as soon as you stand up to them they quiver.

sosueme2.bsky.social•133 days ago

Because, like a mob boss, he doesn't personally attack but subliminally instructs his minions to do it for him.

loveandsqualor.bsky.social•133 days ago

No direct orders. He tells you in "kind of a code"

judithanne.bsky.social•132 days ago

Exactly
He's like:
We have to fight.
You know what would happen to them in the past.
They are the enemy.
Oh
But Be Peaceful (wink wink.)

dancingdogblog.bsky.social•133 days ago

I sadly never thought we had so many cowards in positions of power.

neodraze.bsky.social•133 days ago

Propped up like a mob boss

rubydorarose.bsky.social•133 days ago

Joyce... did you see this?

middlechild2024.bsky.social•132 days ago

This smells of dirty rotten cheating.

rubydorarose.bsky.social•132 days ago

this, along with allllllllll of the other chicanery, really feels like something was going on.

ainteefa44.bsky.social•133 days ago

Sowing more doubt in American democracy. It’s what they’ve always wanted and now the GOP, Trump and Fox “news” are on their side.

franklinsmom.bsky.social•133 days ago

His get out of Ukrainian favor?

mothersparrow.bsky.social•133 days ago

Plus he has the goods on them

1ofserendipity.bsky.social•132 days ago

Losing the ACA will literally kill me. There is tangible fear.

I will forever be, and vote for, the opposite of him.

sparklerblue2.bsky.social•133 days ago

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johngoede.bsky.social•133 days ago

By the look of it, the only people that should fear him are nasty kids that find a golden ticket.

bluebird96.bsky.social•132 days ago

I agree with George. He's weak. Strong men don't do what he does.

usnewslink2024.bsky.social•133 days ago

I have repeatedly stated that trump is a criminal minded psychopath capable of murder and order murders. I stated that when he was running the first time. His criminal history speaks to his psychopathology. George isn't the first to publish that trump is a killer.

flothefrog.bsky.social•132 days ago

I am not afraid of a little terrified tyran who breaks the law.constantly

katakateri.bsky.social•132 days ago

It's the people he inspires that I fear.

myhearts1524.bsky.social•133 days ago

He’s a weak insecure man baby .. he is the definition of a narcissistic sociopath it’s a shame not one politician has learned how to deal with this personality disorder ! He’s really not that complicated

phantom2013.bsky.social•132 days ago

People fear his unhinged militias of White Supremacists who have been threatening and more for the past 8-9 years. Anti Jews, Blacks, Asians, Women, etc. Without them he would be the old Trump who lost and lost and went bankrupt so many times. No Kevin McCarthy and others would care.

emskware.bsky.social•132 days ago

Absolutely. But I think his bark is worse than his bite.

hellolala2028.bsky.social•133 days ago

Watching him Stalk around behind Hillary was the creepiest thing I’ve ever seen. But he’s just an old washed up creep. Bribery is his only power. Hence the entire GOP bending the knee.

mkrebs.bsky.social•133 days ago

I can't help hearing this in German. I'm sorry.

sandiechill.bsky.social•133 days ago

He's a clown. I can't fear him.
But I detest him.

cindymab.bsky.social•133 days ago

In other words, he’s a dictator.

loveandsqualor.bsky.social•133 days ago

Just as foretold...by himself

suspersists.bsky.social•133 days ago

They fear his mob

smjwilliams2004.bsky.social•133 days ago

This is what happens when you give in to his brand of ilk. Amplification of his rhetoric made the bully more powerful and sent others to do his bidding. The echo chamber was and is powerful.

hombrelibre.bsky.social•133 days ago

His base backing him, regardless of what he does or says, gives him power.

bluesgull.bsky.social•133 days ago

Maybe it's Putin they fear. Those who bow to him have already sold their souls to him.

jolibean425.bsky.social•133 days ago

I'm not sure if they actually fear him or the wrath of the MAGA crazies who like guns!

1beergood.bsky.social•132 days ago

I am more inclined to think they fear:

His loyal voting base
Putin
Kompramat from RNC hack

acunaandrew.bsky.social•133 days ago

I’ve believed it all along. he has seriously blackmail on a LOT of people. And you can’t convince me that doesn’t include his SCOTUS enablers

cocolababy.bsky.social•132 days ago

But why though???
The man is a clown. He is astronomically stupid. To not just straight out LAUGH at the abject absurdity of him even, gives him credence. He deserve none whatsoever. Neither does anyone who 'fears' this imbicile. It's just insane.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-language-level-speaking-skills-age-eight-year-old-vocabulary-analysis-a8149926.html

amynm69.bsky.social•133 days ago

It's just so...weak. How are humans so weak?

cousinit.bsky.social•133 days ago

He’s too stupid to do any of what he talks about. But his minions are not. Most are vicious and indifferent - for instance to seniors whose benefits may be cut, the poorest and most destitute among us, and his sadistic deportation plans.

jcmedia65.bsky.social•133 days ago

💯
He got away with his crimes. He will now get his revenge.
Once he is satisfied he made his enemies pay, he will claim the admin he started is too radical and step down laughing in disbelief that America fell for it, billions richer. Leaving JD and the true masterminds to finish the job.

bamboogrove.bsky.social•133 days ago

Then we should ensure he's never without fear as well. Let him know he's surrounded by infiltrators. They're coming for him, and nothing he does will stop them. Let gut-clenching paranoia gnaw at his soul and soak his bed.

May karma come to him deep in the night.

maryjmamaog.bsky.social•127 days ago

And he's really a punk ass bitch. And "conservative" Americans, especially young, ignorant citizens, ignored the truth of our government's white supremacist history and voted for free money and the fake promise trump's gonna save them. Shm, I got a ball kick for that mo'fo all day every day

lastshadow.bsky.social•133 days ago

He's a giant playground bully on the biggest jungle gym in the world

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