If I had a headache this morning, no matter what Trump and RFK Jr. say, I might very well take ibuprofen (Tylenol). Fortunately I don’t have a headache, no thanks to my worries about what Trump, both his henchmen and women, and his bend-at-the knees minions are doing to the country.
As for bend-at-the-knees Trumpers, I include the editorial board at The Washington Post. I had CNN on this morning while I was looking at this article in RawStory: ‘Stunning, but not’: Observers rip Washington Post for ‘humiliating’ op-ed on Trump.
I still have my subscription to the Post so
since I still am subscribed I can share what the editorial looks like:
It has this cringeworthy opening paragraph:
The announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to President Donald Trump’s plan to end the two-year war in Gaza could be the biggest diplomatic achievement of his second term. Indeed, if the deal holds, Trump can legitimately bolster his claim to be a peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.
If you click on the Peace Prize link you go to this article:
That article begins:
Of all the golden glories that Donald Trump has accumulated — the statues, sneakers, even a golden pager — one gleaming medallion has eluded the 79-year-old president: the Nobel Peace Prize.
The annual award, set to be announced Friday, has occupied Trump for months, along with a recurring complaint that he’ll be overlooked despite his global peacemaking efforts.
“We settled seven wars. We’re close to settling an eighth. And I think we’ll end up settling the Russia situation, which is horrible,” Trump said Wednesday, when asked whether he expected to claim the prize when the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee steps solemnly up to a microphone in his grand Oslo headquarters. “I don’t think anybody in history settled that many. But perhaps they’ll find a reason not to give it to me.”
This is an analysis from The New York Times.
It begins:
President Trump is at the brink of the biggest diplomatic accomplishment of his second term — a cessation of the brutal war between Israel and Hamas — and on Wednesday evening he made clear he was eager to fly to the Middle East to preside over a cease-fire and welcome hostages who have spent two long years in underground captivity.
For Mr. Trump, success in this venture is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker — and a pathway to the Nobel Peace Prize he has so openly coveted. By chance, the winner for 2025 is scheduled to be announced just hours before he may be departing to take his victory lap in Egypt and Israel.
Much could go wrong in coming days, and in the Middle East it often does. The “peace” deal Mr. Trump heralded on Truth Social on Wednesday evening may look more like another temporary pause in a war that started with Israel’s founding in 1948, and has never ended.
Note the difference in tone between it and how the Washington Post editorial board seems to be glorifying Trump.
Here’s another Wash. Post article with a photo of Marco Rubio whispering in a presidential looking Trump’s ear:
That article included the text of Trump’s Truth Social post:
“I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”
Trump wrote “peacemakers” plural, but he really wants the world, and the Noble committee, to see it as a singular.
What gets to me is that at least in the United States this will probably work. Here’s where I segue into a poll about Tylenol.
Above is what was shown on CNN when I was up early this morning trying to think of what to write about. It came on after an interview with an American relative of a hostage about to be released by Hamas. He was effusively praising Trump for this.
They showed a video of Trump unequivocally stating that nobody should take Tylenol and showed the result of the poll about how Amercians in general felt about the risk of taking Tylenol. Here’s the breakdown by Democrats and Republicans:
Of all the things Trump has done and is about to do to destroy Democracy the Tylenol matter is minor but it does represent how he is able to get millions of people to turn off their bullshit detectors and believe anything he says.
He might even be able to sway even more people to believe that he, and he alone, deserves the Peace Prize if the Gaza peace holds. If anybody deserves the Peace Prize it isn’t any one person. It is all the people that tried to stop Trump from cementing his cruel dictatorship. There is absolutely nothing Trump can do to merit his winning the Peace Prize. A year or two from now if Trump is awarded the prize the Nobel committee and the world may look back at this with horror.
The real story that should be told is that the man who wants to glorify himself and wants to be seen as a “peacemaker” is waging war on American citizens and treating those who he claims are here illegally as vermin.
Back to the Tylenol poll: If 30% of the population have been convinced to ignore science and believe something just because Trump says it is true it shows how suspectible to propaganda certain people are. No matter what baldfaced lies are spun by Trump and his minions, there are people who believe them.
Just as I finish writing this, Kristi Noem is on TV sitting next to Trump lying her ass off about what she saw in my city of Portland. Millions of people will see and believe this.
I don’t have a headache, but I do need aother cup of strong coffee.
An appalling number of people are programmed to believe lies like this. For example another story, a total fabrication and fantasy intended to induce fear, was given exposure on CNN following the segment showing Noem:
Related: RawStory was also watching CNN at the same time I was. Here’s their analysis.
Also:
Trump’s ‘naked hunger’ for Nobel prize may be his undoing
Here’s another article from RawStory about a diffrent Washington Post editorial. This was about them try to recast key parts of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
