For Donald Trump loyalty is a one-way street.
Courtesy of The Daily Beast:
Over the past few weeks, Donald Trump and his allies have kept close tabs on prominent conservatives the president believes are gearing up to throw him under the bus in the event he loses his bid for re-election.
Two individuals who have spoken to Trump say the president has expressed suspicion that members of his own party believe he will be defeated by Joe Biden. That sense of paranoia has been fed by the president’s aides and confidants, who have flagged news coverage for him of Republican politicians either openly criticizing his conduct or else trying to distance themselves from a looming possible electoral bloodbath.
According to one of the sources with direct knowledge, the president is already contemplating retribution.
“[The president] said something to the effect of: If you’re backing away from him now, don’t bother coming back for a favor when he wins,” the other source said. “He made a comment about how there are some people out there who you can only count on when things are going your way.”
Some of the coverage that has been bookmarked for Trump includes recent stories on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has not only split with the president on coronavirus-related stimulus legislation but made a point of saying he hadn’t been to the White House in weeks because of its cavalier approach to the pandemic.
Trump’s frictions with Republican senators don’t stop there. This past week, the president attacked Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Twitter over “a nasty rumor” that she was going to oppose his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. He said of the endangered incumbent: “Not worth the work!”
The slight was met with sighs among Trump strategists, who noted that it was utterly unnecessary: He already has enough votes for Barrett’s confirmation.
Beyond that, there is strong suspicion within Trump’s inner sanctum that Sen. Ben Sasse’s (R-NE) office leaked the contents of a call he held with constituents in which he chastised the president for embracing dictators and not condemning conspiracists. Trump’s anger with the call boiled over on Saturday with yet another Twitter attack.
Others targeted for retribution include Mitt Romney and Rupert Murdoch.
At this point, Trump’s paranoia is virtually all-consuming and it threatens to distract his attention away from working to win reelection and instead focusing on punishing those who are already showing signs of disloyalty or outright insubordination.
If things continue the way they have been going there should be plenty of GOP “traitors” for Trump to focus on, and that will only increase as we get closer to the election.
Well. We’ll just see who are pussies and who are not, now won’t we.
Dr, Detroit (Dan Akroyd 1983) The Wrath of Mom ending,
You go, donnie, mobster down to his last bullet.
Is that the same guy who got the vaccine, the only guy in the world to get the vaccine?
#ChosenOne
#ChooseOtherwise
#Unchoose
He never had the vaccine. For that he should have a sock stuffed in his loud mouth.
This country, and the entire world, is forever molested by this trump presidency.
The report notes that McConnell is pushing through the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and scheduling a vote of COVID-19 relief this coming week in an effort to give GOP candidates something to brag about while avoiding mention of the president.
“McConnell, known for bringing home the political bacon to Kentucky, looked to give GOP colleagues a way out when he announced the Senate’s schedule was shifting,” t
“Four years ago, a number of senators publicly disavowed Trump, many of them breaking with him over the Hollywood Access tape in which the then-reality show star Trump was caught on a hot mic bragging about groping women.”
After the tape came out, three GOP senators who are seeking reelection this year, Cory Gardner in Colorado, Ben Sasse in Nebraska and Dan Sullivan in Alaska, said they wouldn’t vote for him.
Sasse, who is considered a safe bet for reelection in 2020, slammed Trump during a call with constituents this week, saying he “kisses dictators’ butts” and has “flirted with white supremacists.”
“It just shows that these senators are pulled in two different directions,” Taylor said. “They can’t irritate the very conservative Trump base but they also need independents to win the general election. It’s a no-win situation for them in many regards.”
The timing of the GOP bill came a day after McConnell was criticized by McGrath, his Democratic challenger, about the results of his influence amid the coronavirus pandemic during Monday’s debate.
“His one job is to help America through this crisis right now in passing legislation to keep our economy afloat so that people can make ends meet,” McGrath, a retired Marine fighter pilot, said. “Instead of doing that, he is trying to ram through a Supreme Court nominee right now.”
tinydjt tweet>There is a nasty rumor out there that @SenatorCollins of Maine will not be supporting our great United States Supreme Court Nominee. Well, she didn’t support Healthcare or my opening up 5000 square miles of Ocean to Maine, so why should this be any different. Not worth the work!
4:36 AM · Oct 16, 2020
“find ’em, feel ’em, fuck ’em, and forget ’em.” FUCKUsusan!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/18/election-2020-mitch-mcconnell-gop-senators-inch-away-trump/3640704001/
They will receive the retribution by Trump who will seek to destroy their reputations via smear campaigns of lies. It will be karma for empowering Trump and their complicit silence.
That picture of Trump is no disturbing and sinister. It really captures the essence of his evil nature.