Defining image of the Trump presidency

[bigtree]

twitter.com/travisakers/status/1990381133763113454

...how we've fallen.

[Biophilic]

1. It really is.

He looks terrible and the flag, well the flag says it all for the rest of us.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

2. The Flag Epsteined itself.

[LymphocyteLover]

24. or was it... MURRRDERRRED!!??!?

[Prairie Gates]

3. He really looks out of it

Isn't he supposed to run over and hug the flag like a total weirdo?

[pandr32]

8. He almost humps it.

Total weirdo for sure.

[LymphocyteLover]

25. there was no crowd around to ham to

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This indeed a defining image of the trump administration

[ChicagoTeamster]

5. Is this at white house or Mar a Lago? They let the flag touch the ground. If he fell there's no one to assist him either

I get the impression that with the exception of Bondi and Leavitt, most of the other staff and cabinet members hate him and each other. The kind of people who's marriages are shams, their kids hate them, no real friends ever. They bond with each other over their shared greed and their hatred and jealousy of other people.

[Fla Dem]

6. The photo says White House. Mar a Largo is in southern FLA so would not be wearing a heavy overcoat.

Also in Washington there's military staff who oversees lowering and raising the flag. Not sure why they let the flag touch the ground. Even if it's a mechanical system and it failed, they should never have let the flag hit the ground. Very strange. Of course, however in these says you can't tell what's been fabricated.

[pandr32]

9. Giant flag pole he had installed.

I also hear crime scene tape has been wrapped around the perimeter by protestors. A giant hole still is gaping open where the East Wing was connected and demolished by him.
Truly a terrible scene.

[newdeal2]

11. I wonder if the giant flagpole interferes with the helicopter

Would be a shame if he had to take it down.

[pandr32]

14. I wish we could go back to before he started his changes.

The Rose garden would still be there, but the obscenely large flag pole in the back he had put in (one of two--the other in the front) isn't perfectly straight. I think the picture shows this. Maybe it was too big and interfered with helicopters as you suggested, or the rigging failed--he often hires shady companies.

[WarGamer]

51. debunked... it's photographic distortion... it's straight.

[pandr32]

61. Thanks.

I read that one of the enormous poles wasn't installed straight...somewhere!

[popsdenver]

22. I understand that

he had the flagpole made exactly 66 feet high, as just another dog whistle to his White Scum Voters.....

[purr-rat beauty]

30. 88 feet....it's a NAZI thing

H is the 8th letter of the alphabet

HH

Heil Hitler

It's def suspicious

[popsdenver]

41. You are right

I knew about it, but not the exact story.....Thx for refreshing my ol' guy memory.......there is such a tsunami of daily shit, it is hard to keep it all straight..........

[twodogsbarking]

32. People with dementia sometimes wear winter clothing in summer. Hmmmm.

[calimary]

39. Yes. You NEVER let the flag hit the ground, much less leaving it there in a heap.

At least that’s what I learned, as a kid.

You ALWAYS show respect to The Flag. Even the old versions, before 50 states. You NEVER let it touch the ground, much less leaving it like that for even a moment or two. NEVER. NOT EVER!!!

[blogslug]

20. White House South Lawn

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/president-donald-trump-walks-on-the-south-lawn-of-the-white-news-photo/2246526948

[Hey Joe]

27. Someone must have mistakenly lowered

the flag to the same level as his approval ratings .
What a shame….

[OAITW r.2.0]

47. One year in and his entire administration is checking out.

Trump might be thinking life would be better if I was in solitary lock-up.

[Wiz Imp]

54. It feels like a decade (or more) but it's actually been less than 10 months...

[rampartd]

59. the white house flag poles are proudly "88" ft in honor of some austrian painter

they need to be sold for scrap as soon as we liberate the building. maybe right after the ballroom is imploded and his photo on the "wall of fame" is smashed .

as for the flags, he does not like to "hump" 250 year old flags, he likes 'em much younger.

[ChazInAz]

7. For him, everything is a facade.

Our Capitol has become a Potemkin Village.

[bronxiteforever]

10. Donny the Lame Duck Dotard. Laughing stock of earth.

[not fooled]

40. Along with his laughingstock 77 million dumbass voters

I wonder whether his voters have realized yet that people with sense consider them to be morons. And laughingstocks.

[NHvet]

12. The flag needs to respected. But I know that the "person" in the photo could care less.

As an eagle scout, multi-service veteran and a diehard American this disgusts me. 12 year old Boy Scouts have more respect for the flag then the Orange menace would ever have.

[popsdenver]

23. I can only imagine

that the flag is used for Photo ops, like the one of him humping it on stage.

I also imagine that he already has people covertly working on a NEW flag design for The U.S. One that says United Corporations of America, or better yet, just a large one with his face on it.....

He wanted AirForceOne to have an outside color scheme of Horizontal stripes, Blue-White-Red, much like the Russian flag, so maybe he will just re-arrange the order of the stripes so it doesn't exactly match the order of the colors on Russia's flag, like he was forced to do on AirForceOne........

[Joinfortmill]

60. Jeezus, impeach this horror.

[GopherGal]

50. Where is the Deep State when you need them?

We know what kind of degenerate boob we've got at the top of the administration, but shouldn't there be at least one patriotic soul at the White House who'd properly care for and display the flag?

[leftstreet]

13. DURec

wow

[live love laugh]

15. Nothing regal about him at all. Definitely not a king 👑.

[BattleRow]

18. Unregal and illegal.

[calimary]

21. That has a nice ring to it.

“Unregal and illegal”.

[BattleRow]

37. Thank you!

[calimary]

38. And it even kinda rhymes!

[BattleRow]

42. Be fun to do a take on Old King Cole

Except replace verses re Trump..and Epstein.

[Metaphorical]

53. The person who comes to mind is King John 1

Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted) had been returning from the crusades, when he was captured and held for ransom by Henry VI. His brother John Lackland conspired with Phillip II of Anjou to extend his captivity, until he was eventually freed by the efforts of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Returning to England, he confronted John, who begged for mercy even as he continued to conspire with Philip. Richard, believing his brother had returned, left again for the crusades, only to be seiged in Anjou where he eventually died of a crossbow wound that became gangrenous, and with that John became King. John was hated and despised by most of those in power, with the Barons in England eventually rising against him and forcing him to sign the Magna Carta, which significantly weaked his authority (he would later renege on it, which launched the country into civil war. He managed to lose a significant amount of the Crown Jewels fleeing through the swamps near Lincolnshire (modern Lincoln), and would eventually die of dysentary. He was not mourned by many.

John was cruel, petty, arbitrary, and dishonest; he was also notoriously stupid, though he believed himself quite intelligent. He was constantly scheming, and most of those schemes blew up in his face. Parliament, which was established by the Magna Carta, came about primarily to prevent future abuses by monarchs like him. He is widely considered to be one of the worst monarchs of English history.

He was a lot like Trump.

[Mike Nelson]

16. For me, it's ...

... the Epstein "birthday greeting" drawing.

[bsiebs]

19. That photo combined with the pharma photo are definitely the most defining to date...

... but hold my beer...

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/t.TV8Mo58GQtRgFcuuM0xw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAwO2NmPXdlYnA-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_new_republic_521/975a5d2cc9689c6ad4b85a39c785f7ba

[calimary]

28. What's wrong, Donnie-boy?

Just now realizing that things aren’t working out like you planned?

- You’re not the new “king of the universe” like you expected to be.
- You’re surrounded by criticism, bad publicity, and people you can’t trust because they have their own agendas and they see your growing weakness. (Hell, EVERYBODY’S starting to see THAT!)
- You’re feeling your age - watching yourself sliding steadily (and often painfully) downhill, health-wise. (By now, EVERYBODY can see that, too!)
- And your wife would much rather stay in New York than be by your side, gazing at you with worshipful eyes (like Nancy Reagan always looked at Ronnie all the time). Your “marriage” is nothing but a PR front by now. And you can’t hide that or lie about it effectively anymore, either!

Even your own body is starting to rebel against you. It’s not allowing you to lie your way back to invincibility anymore, much less even halfway-decent health. How many meds does it take, every day, to keep you propped up, by now?

And politically, the best strategists and planners are already considering who’s next. It’s becoming a common and widely-accepted truth: that YOU’RE the one whose time is running out.

Nothing lasts forever, donald. Not even you. And deep-down, I suspect you’re starting to realize it’s unavoidable, much as you wish it isn’t.

[Joinfortmill]

26. A picture worth a thousand words.

[Be Leave On]

58. missed opportunity

He looks like he didn't know the folks behind him were going after the dude's wallet.

[MineralMan]

29. It's Over Donald. You're Finished.

You should look as defeated as you do in this photograph.

[Johnny2X2X]

31. The fact the new flag polls are indeed 88 feet should have sent alarm bells off in the media

The nod to Nazism is insane and cannot be dismissed as coincidence or even trolling.

[OAITW r.2.0]

48. When will Trump decide to change the US Flag? Maybe add a royal "T"?

[BattleRow]

55. The polls are flagging,also.

[twodogsbarking]

33. No matter how pissed off I have been at our government since I was young I never would have allowed that.

Nope. Disrespectful. Trump looks like he should be strapped into a wheelchair and sedated.

[BobTheSubgenius]

62. Your final sentence reminds me of something that happened several years ago.

The Helms-Burton Act was being trotted out with much attempted fanfare, including fingers wagging in Canada's face for having the temerity of dealing with Cuba, as if Cuba were a real country. Or something. Anyway, a CBC commentator had this reply.

"He is a decrepit old dinosaur that should be strapped to a gurney."

I'm not sure if either Helms or Burton were big fans of Freedom Of The Press in that moment. At least, not in the case of Canadian press.

[Blue Owl]

34. Disgusting slob

[SeattleVet]

35. Same dejected look he had after his disastrous Tulsa 'rally'.

Remember - the one where virtually nobody showed up?

[themaguffin]

36. "Mission accomplished."

[ToxMarz]

43. That flag looks as sad and miserable as he does.

It is heartbreaking to the flag in such a state but it looks GREAT on him!

[Aussie105]

44. That forward stoop, that blank face.

Remind you of anything drug related?

[Sparkly]

45. EVERY time I see that cretin

on TV (and I try not to), I think "That can NOT POSSIBLY be the president!!!"

It is just too horrible, too unbelievable, too outrageous. He is an abject IDIOT and an AMORAL JERK!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. Flagpoles at White House risk Helicopter Operations

trump added these flags. It may be that the flags have to taken down if trump arrives by helicopter


See https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220412949

[OAITW r.2.0]

49. If so. we'll be seeing this a lot in the future. Whenever Trump uses the Helicopter, flag will have to be lowered.

[paleotn]

52. Just die ya bastard!

[Figarosmom]

56. With one of his giant flags

Just laying there.

[The Roux Comes First]

57. "Pathetic" is One of the Most Mild Words That Comes to Mind