It was a dark 4 years. But it felt much longer…. I remember just a few months after Trump was elected I was at the pool for swim practice. I distinctly remember talking with one of the people there and we both sadly realized (and repeated each other) the dark statement “It’s only the first year”.
Trump won’t come back. Someone smarter, who uses his reign as a test for the weaknesses in our system, will. And that will be the end. Frightened now? I am. Trump was stupid. The next one won’t be.
Brave strip today, Theodore. For six years nary a critical word of The Incredible Bulk in this strip, but today you strike at the fear he created. The Peabody committee should Amazon your award this afternoon.
Don’t confuse the message with the messenger. tRump was just a delivery boy for the R’s. A delivery boy with a foul mouth, deep narcissism with an aversion to reality, and he became their messiah spawning untold numbers of wanna-be’s.
Love the deflection from T****’s sexual harassment cases with a “handsy Joe” quip. Let’s reflect on the lawsuits against T****:
Jessica Leeds: “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere,”
Ivana Trump: “According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’”
Kristin Anderson: “So, the person on my right who, unbeknownst to me at that time was Donald Trump, put their hand up my skirt. He did touch my vagina through my underwear, absolutely. And as I pushed the hand away and I got up and I turned around and I see these eyebrows, very distinct eyebrows, of Donald Trump,”
Jill Harth: “He was relentless,” she told the New York Times. “I didn’t know how to handle it. I would go away from him and say I have to go to the restroom. It was the escape route.”
Lisa Boyne: As the women walked on the table, Boyne says that Trump looked up their skirts and commented on their underwear and genitals. Trump allegedly asked Boyne for her opinion on which of the women he should sleep with.
Mariah Billado and Victoria Hughes: Two Miss Teen USA contestants told BuzzFeed News in October 2016 that Trump walked in on them while they were changing in their dressing rooms during the 1997 pageant. T***’s response was “I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant,” he said. “You know they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
E. Jean Caroll:“The moment the dressing-room door is closed, he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall, hitting my head quite badly, and puts his mouth against my lips, The next moment, still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely,”
Trump won’t win, but I welcome his candidacy. It should really mess up the Republican primary. He will either win the nomination, with 2/3 of the country already ready to vote for anyone that isn’t Trump, or he will lose the nomination and his supporters will either vote for him as a third party candidate, or not vote at all. Either way, Democrats will get another four years, if they run anyone remotely acceptable.
Rall is wrong, again. After all, what is the US going through, if not what happened in Germany in the ’30s?That guy died, has history written about him, yet his policy is being resurrected once more.
Does Rall think that his desired revolution will take place if Trump gets back in in 2024? Is that why he constantly denigrates everyone one who differs from him even slightly? Does he really want things to get so bad that an open civil war occurs? That is certainly what the RW associations, like Proud Boys and 3%ers, want.
Perhaps Disgraced Former President Trump will be healthy enough to run again in 2024, perhaps not. Perhaps he will be popular enough to win the GOP nomination, perhaps not. Perhaps he will win the general election in 2024, perhaps not.
But right now in 2021 he is still present and influential, and the danger must be acknowledged. “What, six months out of office and not forgot yet?” Hitler died with the Thousand-Year Reich, but is DFPT at this point Napoleon on St. Helena, or merely Napoleon on Elba?
The state your country is in, it’s a valid fear. Not necessarily Trump, but the GOP is actively fostering the people who would be willing to take Trump’s place. MTG is a classic example of what they are nurturing.
nixie224 almost 3 years ago
I would like to think the ten years of fierce GOP civil war that would follow Trump’s passing would assuage those fears.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
It’s not so much Trump, at least for me, as it is what he represents. Though I admit I’m having to watch myself to avoid posting about him. Much.
ImDaRealAni almost 3 years ago
It was a dark 4 years. But it felt much longer…. I remember just a few months after Trump was elected I was at the pool for swim practice. I distinctly remember talking with one of the people there and we both sadly realized (and repeated each other) the dark statement “It’s only the first year”.
sevaar777 almost 3 years ago
The Orange Horror Clown is just a whiney, dumpy con man, not Dracula. What is alarming are the millions who buy his BS without hesitation.
LookingGlass Premium Member almost 3 years ago
There was a reason why we “buried” UBL in the middle of the ocean!! No “grave” to adore and worship!!!
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pepwine almost 3 years ago
I don’t want to rail against Rall, but this is stupid.
mourdac Premium Member almost 3 years ago
One day, Mr. Rall, there may be an intelligent and competent autocrat who will accomplish what Herr Gropingfuror tried.
superposition almost 3 years ago
Look at what the fear of Civil Rights and Voting rights have done to “Republicans” since 1965.
AndrewSharpe almost 3 years ago
Trump won’t come back. Someone smarter, who uses his reign as a test for the weaknesses in our system, will. And that will be the end. Frightened now? I am. Trump was stupid. The next one won’t be.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Ted Rall tried to convince everyone that Biden was not to be elected. Fortunately not everyone listened.
nickditoro Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Rall and his ilk put Trump in the White House. Period.
ArtyD2 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I thought this was about Cheney. He already got a couple hearts. They will probably freeze him.
jcsbrooklyn almost 3 years ago
I’m just not sure if they’re talking about Dick Cheney or Trump. Both?
mxy almost 3 years ago
How true.
mxy almost 3 years ago
I think they miss him. They’re like, Joe who?
piper_gilbert almost 3 years ago
“They” must be the Republicans. “They” cower in his presence and fear displeasing him.
countoftowergrove almost 3 years ago
Brave strip today, Theodore. For six years nary a critical word of The Incredible Bulk in this strip, but today you strike at the fear he created. The Peabody committee should Amazon your award this afternoon.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
“trump” is nothing without the media.. surely, in 500 years the media will find something else to worship.
codak almost 3 years ago
yeah I sometimes wonder if the Trump ogre isnt being amplified to stampede the left into supporting a corporate controlled Democrat party
jewett1 almost 3 years ago
Republicans seem to be more frightened of Trump than Democrats since the Rs are rushing to support his lies
rossevrymn almost 3 years ago
Not really, but the 70 million idjuts, who are bleeping everything, that’s a big concern.
Same2Ubuddy almost 3 years ago
The democrats have to keep their focus on President Trump. Otherwise they’d have to face the reality of how bad Handsy Joe is doing.
Raging Moderate almost 3 years ago
Don’t confuse the message with the messenger. tRump was just a delivery boy for the R’s. A delivery boy with a foul mouth, deep narcissism with an aversion to reality, and he became their messiah spawning untold numbers of wanna-be’s.
claudio645 almost 3 years ago
Love the deflection from T****’s sexual harassment cases with a “handsy Joe” quip. Let’s reflect on the lawsuits against T****:
Jessica Leeds: “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere,”
Ivana Trump: “According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’”
Kristin Anderson: “So, the person on my right who, unbeknownst to me at that time was Donald Trump, put their hand up my skirt. He did touch my vagina through my underwear, absolutely. And as I pushed the hand away and I got up and I turned around and I see these eyebrows, very distinct eyebrows, of Donald Trump,”
Jill Harth: “He was relentless,” she told the New York Times. “I didn’t know how to handle it. I would go away from him and say I have to go to the restroom. It was the escape route.”
Lisa Boyne: As the women walked on the table, Boyne says that Trump looked up their skirts and commented on their underwear and genitals. Trump allegedly asked Boyne for her opinion on which of the women he should sleep with.
Mariah Billado and Victoria Hughes: Two Miss Teen USA contestants told BuzzFeed News in October 2016 that Trump walked in on them while they were changing in their dressing rooms during the 1997 pageant. T***’s response was “I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant,” he said. “You know they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
E. Jean Caroll:“The moment the dressing-room door is closed, he lunges at me, pushes me against the wall, hitting my head quite badly, and puts his mouth against my lips, The next moment, still wearing correct business attire, shirt, tie, suit jacket, overcoat, he opens the overcoat, unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely,”
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
If Trump wins in 2024 the earth is doomed.
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Trump won’t win, but I welcome his candidacy. It should really mess up the Republican primary. He will either win the nomination, with 2/3 of the country already ready to vote for anyone that isn’t Trump, or he will lose the nomination and his supporters will either vote for him as a third party candidate, or not vote at all. Either way, Democrats will get another four years, if they run anyone remotely acceptable.
nednewbie almost 3 years ago
Rall is wrong, again. After all, what is the US going through, if not what happened in Germany in the ’30s?That guy died, has history written about him, yet his policy is being resurrected once more.
gcottay almost 3 years ago
Trump is impotent without Trumpublicans like Rall who are a danger to nation and party.
martens almost 3 years ago
Does Rall think that his desired revolution will take place if Trump gets back in in 2024? Is that why he constantly denigrates everyone one who differs from him even slightly? Does he really want things to get so bad that an open civil war occurs? That is certainly what the RW associations, like Proud Boys and 3%ers, want.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
You can see by the gnashing of teeth and the screaming that Mr. Rall has hit the nail on the head. Hilarious.
braindead Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Ted, you DON’T fear the Party Of Trump and their voter suppression laws?
ncorgbl almost 3 years ago
In the last 5 short years we’ve witnessed at least a full 30+% of this Nation embrace fascism. “scared”? No. Justifiably Terrified.
Wlly Blly almost 3 years ago
With all his lies and propaganda, you don’t think the clown is still a threat? Man, that is really burying your head in the sand Ted.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Perhaps Disgraced Former President Trump will be healthy enough to run again in 2024, perhaps not. Perhaps he will be popular enough to win the GOP nomination, perhaps not. Perhaps he will win the general election in 2024, perhaps not.
But right now in 2021 he is still present and influential, and the danger must be acknowledged. “What, six months out of office and not forgot yet?” Hitler died with the Thousand-Year Reich, but is DFPT at this point Napoleon on St. Helena, or merely Napoleon on Elba?
ndblackirish97 almost 3 years ago
We should be scared of the Cult of Trump and Q’Anon still exists 500 years from now.
Baba Yaga Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Did I just feel the IQ of the commenters of this comic drop 25 points to 60.
Local 574 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Trump and the liberal media have played you like a fiddle. Whether you hate or love Trump 24/7, you are on his team.
Scoutmaster77 almost 3 years ago
Ashli Babbit will be the new Horst Wessel.
jvscanlan Premium Member almost 3 years ago
What’s the point here?
grumpypophobart almost 3 years ago
The state your country is in, it’s a valid fear. Not necessarily Trump, but the GOP is actively fostering the people who would be willing to take Trump’s place. MTG is a classic example of what they are nurturing.
Ammo is on a break Premium Member almost 3 years ago
We are coming and don’t forget it, 2022 can’t get here fast enough Me. It’s going to be EPIC.
sevaar777 almost 3 years ago
Please, stop feeding the “capitalist” troll. Thank you.
abraxas almost 3 years ago
Mostimes the Dems are “just a bunch of marys”.