This post is in connection with the events that have been happening within the past 24 hours and Trump’s speech speaks more volumes than words could ever be given. While the speech on Tuesday was only 18 minutes long, one can see that he is cracking underneath the skin:
If there is one word to describe the situation we are all living in, it is FEAR. Trump is fearing retribution from not only the American people who have figured him out with his lies and broken promises. Retribution is coming fromeven within his own party and even cabinet with people making their early exits like rats leaving a sinking ship. Many attempts have been made to supress the population. For instance, Cato Institute has reported that ICE has been given the rights to arrest people who are observing, following, documenting and even blocking their illegal arrests of people they perceive as “illegal immigrants” but are American residents carrying readID and US Passports. Pam Bondi is on a witchhunt for people promoting equality for transgender people. And the NSPM-7 measures are being implemented.
And this on top of Trump’s unhinged commentary of Rob Reiner, who “died of Trump Derangement Syndrome” when his life and that of his wife’s were wrongfully taken away. If there was one reason for impeaching that SOB right now and imprisoning him, this would be it, in my opinion. It’s not just because it was a new low that was reached, but it is definitely un-American in all aspects.
And Meathead was one awesome dude who made the best Hollywood films in my opinion. ❤
But there is more to Trump’s fear of retribution than meets the eye, as you can see in a commentary by Heather Delaney Reese. It includes Jack Smith’s redemption against him regarding the 2020 elections, and people being scared of Trump’s Pandora’s Box, which is partially open, but he wants to open all the way. It should however, serve as a sense of hope, in which people can finally come together like rats congregating on its prey, disposing it and everything that goes along with that. As a rule, fear is like a balloon. It takes a pin and a community to pop it.
And in the end, the mosquitoes will always prevail.
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“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts.”
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.”- Jack Smith, testimony to the House Judiciary Committee
Day 331 of Trump’s presidency: December 17, 2025
Warning: tonight’s post is going to be brutal.
That should have been the top story tonight. The former Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, testifying under oath, told Congress that the president of the United States was proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, to have orchestrated a criminal plot to steal the 2020 election and halt the peaceful transfer of power. But instead of the country reckoning with that, we got a 20-minute nationally broadcast screaming rant from the man himself, Donald Trump. A speech so absurd, so riddled with fantasy and falsehoods, that it would have taken a large team of people to fact-check in real time, because it was all lies and propaganda. The harm wasn’t in the lies themselves, which is a strange thing to say or even think. It was in the fact that a meaningful portion of this country will still believe him. That’s the terrifying part. Not that he lies, he always has, but that the machine around him has normalized it so fully that his followers no longer require truth, only loyalty.
There’s something we don’t say enough. The people still pretending this is okay, the ones who shrug off the lies, repost the propaganda, excuse the hate, are the same people we used to believe would stand with us to stop something like the Holocaust from ever happening again. But looking at where we are, I no longer believe that they would. After the speech he gave tonight, so far gone from reality, so full of rage, we have to start saying the dark parts out loud. I swing between fear for what’s happening to this country and deep anger at the people who chose this. Who still choose it. Today, I was watching a World War II documentary, and it hit me, we have an entire generation obsessed with that war. And they still voted for him. How do you spend your life studying that history and miss the entire message and vote out the second coming of Hitler? And I don’t use that name loosely. I’m not comparing the Holocaust to today; I’m comparing the leaders.
The speech followed every hallmark of authoritarian propaganda. He lied. He repeated the lie. Then he did it again. He tried to gaslight us into believing the economy is strong. He invented fake enemies. He promised strength while offering chaos, plain and simple. He blamed everyone else for the mess he made. During the 20-minute speech, shorter than usual because Susie Wiles reportedly told him he wasn’t allowed to go longer, he mentioned Biden or “the Democrats” sixteen times. That was the point. It wasn’t a national address. It was a grievance dump. And noticeably missing was any mention of Venezuela, which stood out given all the talk that this might be his attempt to justify whatever military escalation is happening there. I even considered that possibility myself, especially with the Epstein files’ release landing so close. But that would require him to operate within some kind of political norm, and Trump doesn’t do that. He believes he’s above the law. And thanks to the Supreme Court, in many ways, he is. So he won’t warn us. He’ll act first, then talk about it later.
At one point, Trump claimed he brought peace to the Middle East for the first time in 3,000 years. He blamed Biden for unaffordable housing and said he had a big new housing plan, just like all the other plans that never existed. Then he announced a “warrior dividend” of $1,176 for more than 1.45 million military service members and claimed the checks are “already on the way.” That’s nearly two billion dollars. Yes, our military deserves better pay. But the president can’t just hand out money. Who approved it? Did Congress? He even said “nobody understood” the situation with the checks until about 30 minutes before the speech. This was a desperate man trying to buy approval with public money while pretending it was a gift from his own pocket.
He said the border was wide open under Biden and that 25 million people, many of whom he described as repeat murderers, just walked right in. He used the phrase “reverse migration” again, language pulled straight from fascist regimes, including the Nazis, who used it to justify forced removals. When a sitting president uses terms that echo Nazi-era policies of ethnic cleansing, we should all be alarmed. And remember, it didn’t end with just the first group of people labeled undesirable, and it won’t with Trump’s regime either. But maybe the most ridiculous moment of the night was when he said he had negotiated new medication deals that would give Americans a “600% discount.” No one around him seems willing to explain that you can’t get a discount beyond 100% without being paid to take the medication home with you. That’s how far from reality we are now.
Trump is playing right into the most basic human instincts. People are scared. They are hurting in every direction. And when people feel uncertain and unstable, they look for someone to blame. That’s the authoritarian formula. Manufacture insecurity, then position yourself as the solution, the only solution. Most people aren’t looking for power. They’re looking for stability. A place to live. Enough food. Healthcare they can afford. Some sense that tomorrow won’t be worse than today. Trump offers none of that, but he pretends he does
The danger goes beyond speeches. It’s in the tone Trump sets across the country, and across the world. Antisemitism is rising. Islamophobia is surging. And the people bearing the brunt of it are not extremists. They’re everyday people. They’re our neighbors. Our colleagues. Deeply religious families who practice Judaism or Islam with compassion and peace, just like their faiths teach them. These spikes in hate aren’t coming from them. They’re coming from the political exploitation of fear. A real president would speak directly to those communities right now. Would show up. Would name the hate clearly, and promise protection. But Trump doesn’t see citizens, he sees categories. People to fear. People to exploit. People to erase. And the president isn’t calming things down. He’s making it worse. He could’ve used this speech tonight to acknowledge the students killed in Brown. To send love to Australia and the Jewish community. To offer even a single word of unity. He could have said Happy Hanukkah. Or “Love thy neighbor.” But he didn’t. Because this isn’t about leadership. It’s about dominance.
And you can see how desperate he’s getting. The cracks are showing. His poll numbers are sliding. His enablers in Congress are backing away. Just this week, four House Republicans broke with party leadership to force a vote on ACA subsidies. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted that the “dam is breaking” on Trump’s control over the party. This is a man unraveling. The impulse control is gone. Whatever filter he once used, age, stress, or fear of consequences has burned it away.
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This is only half of the article. The other half is much meatier and sobering. You should check it out by clicking on the link below. You can also subscribe to her page to read more about Trump’s beginning of his end that is long overdue:
Link: https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/inside-trumps-collapse-24-hours-of
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The Files will do a tribute to Rob Reiner between Christmas and New Year, thanking him for his work as an actor and film director. It will feature a mixture of film clips, quotes, and songs from movie soundtracks, all of which bear his name. Rob was a class in itself. Like his dad Carl, he was a comedian who was on Archie Bunker’s heels. But he was a teddy bear in real life, presenting heart-warming films that have become all-time greats in his 50+ year career. His loss touched us all, along with his wife’s. May his legacy live on and serve as a source of inspiration for many Rob’s who are starting their careers in filming and beyond.
Take care and rest easy, Meathead. ❤ 😦
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