The incredible cowardice of our elites-- this is just so maddening

[LymphocyteLover]

Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:05:32.576Z

The president is a mad king threatening war against America’s closest allies because he’s got a psychological fixation on an empty frozen island and a Nobel Peace Prize snub and the best the media or opposition can manage is “Trump changes America’s priorities, perhaps for the worse”

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:07:13.964Z

He could build himself a golden monument on the White House lawn and it would be described as “an unusual project that belies his focus on affordability.” He could institute a military blockade of my city and it would be described as “a hard-edged approach to immigration policy.”

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:09:28.911Z

Our worthless class of elites is responsible for Trump, not because they agree with him but because their affectation of seriousness has suffocated them and made it impossible to leverage their resources and platforms to stop or slow him. They’d have to break the pose, and REACT, and they will not.

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:12:22.707Z

I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:15:18.087Z

All the way back to 2015, it’s the pretending that is killing us. We have the strength to stop this weak man and his deranged plans, but we won’t, because it would require us to drop all our self-praising little fictions about being masters of restraint and subtlety, and actually strike back.

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T14:18:10.365Z

[Irish_Dem]

1. They get a cut of all crime profits.

It is more greed than fear.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. they must know this is not going to work out well in the long run though

[Irish_Dem]

9. They have their pensions, healthcare, perks.

They assume they will be fine.

[yellow dahlia]

22. As long as they stay away from balconies.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Exactly. You play with the devil, you might get burned.

[yellow dahlia]

26. Yep. We all know this script.

[NotHardly]

37. They should be called the "deletes"

[JustAnotherGen]

2. The Financial Elites - Billionaires

They are benefitting from all of it. Never expect them to put him back on his heels. It needs to come from the white working class.

[LymphocyteLover]

6. are they benefiting from it though? Only in the most idiotic short term way

[NewHendoLib]

3. the media - and our leaders - act as if they are watching an action/adventure film, with no real impacts

Cowardice aplenty - if not some weird mass insanity

But really, it is all just about money. If you have it, if you feel the need to protect it - vs those that are being screwed.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Money to gain Power. Power to protect Money.

“One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money.”

— Catherine Austin Fitts

[dalton99a]

7. It's not cowardice. It's avarice.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Only the 1% sits at the GOP table and

[orangecrush]

10. Super K&R

[Layzeebeaver]

11. Perhaps folks are confusing cowardice with opportunism.

What’s happening now is exactly what they want.

And when it’s all over, the dust settles, and they have acquired even more wealth and control, they can look us straight in the eye and say, “gosh, I think we’re all glad that over.”

Sorry I’m a negativist on this topic.

[Mblaze]

12. Profit over principle

Is the bottom line for disaster Capitalists. They love the insanity of Trump. It greases their enrichment.

[Bev54]

13. As Carney said to the world "it is time to take the sign in the window down"

referring to the Czech dissident regarding grocers that put signs in their windows to appease the communist government and showed their fight by taking down the sign. Carney says it is time for the world to take the sign out of the window.

[yellow dahlia]

23. But didn't I hear that Canada has signed up for that bogus "peace board"?

[Bev54]

38. He has not signed up for the peace board, what he said was that he had been asked and

agreed in principle with a board to help in Gaza but that he had no details yet on the board. This came to him while he was out of the country and he had not been told the details, he said if such a board was put in place that any money paid to it would be 100% only for the rebuilding of Gaza. Also at the time he did not know of others such as Putin being invited. It will not happen as Trump has laid out. So his agreement was taken totally out of context.

[yellow dahlia]

39. Thanks for the clarification.

[LymphocyteLover]

31. great speech!

[Bettie]

14. Yes...everything this guy says in this thread!

And few of the elites seem willing to stand up against him.

[Johnny2X2X]

15. The Elites picked Trump

They got sick of bleeding the working class dry in America and installed Trump to take everything from us all at once.

[betsuni]

17. Primary voters picked Trump.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. And the elites fully got behind him for 2024 or he wouldn't have won

Took $Billions to get the media to make the people forget the disaster of his first term.

[Fil1957]

16. These are people who because of their monetary success think they are much smarter than they actually are. They surround

themselves with sycophants who perpetrate their flawed self image. They have never heard of or do not understand the concept of "enlightened self interest", and have opted for narrow short term self interest at the expense of the general populace due to their own greed, selfishness and megalomania.

If they were really as smart as they think they are, they would not try to force on the country and the world, a dangerous, harmful destructive ideology.

[maxsolomon]

19. Is Will Stancel mad at "elites", or at all of us and our "self-praising little fictions"?

We have the strength to stop this weak man and his deranged plans, but we won’t, because it would require us to drop all our self-praising little fictions about being masters of restraint and subtlety, and actually strike back.

What is Will Stancel suggesting here? How does he suggest "we" "actually strike back"? Armed Revolution? A General Strike? Is posting snarky judgments of everyone on Bluesky "striking back"?

MFer is the legitimately elected President. He and his shitty party control all 3 branches of Govt. We're in this shit for 3 more years.

[LymphocyteLover]

30. more the elites and Republicans, but I guess some Dems in leadership too

[Blues Heron]

32. I think he's talking about the media elites taking trump down like they routinely do to democrats

The dean “scream,” the Biden “dementia” Kamala is “unknown” Etc. when the media decides you’re done, they make it happen. Having the nyt calling for his resignation every day would be a start.

[biocube]

20. Im not sure what "affection of seriousness" or "elites" mean, but

the both-sidesism the legacy media does is tiresome.

I think some people here underestimate how many people out there don't like Trump but don't see us in an emergency situation because the MSM acts like this is just partisan politics of the last 30 years.

The "I'm-above-the-fray" centrists are a bigger problem than Grump's base.

[Skittles]

25. agreed

and it just maddening to know how the media would react if, say, a POC or female president behaved this way.....oh let's just say it, if ANY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT behaved like Trump

[LymphocyteLover]

34. they would absolutely melt down and storm the White House

[LymphocyteLover]

33. presumably "affectation of seriousness" means these elites put on an affectation of being serious and high minded

when they are not competent or looking out for anyone except their own interests.

Elites are presumably our political leaders and the people in control of the media. Bottom line is these elites aren't doing enough to control this madman.

[yellow dahlia]

21. ...and which part of the pie have they been promised?

[Deuxcents]

27. They should know by now TSF's promises are made to be broken

[Mme. Defarge]

28. I'm thinking a stock market crash

and threat to the world financial system may get their attention.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. big drop today... should be interesting to see what happens tomorrow and if pedoPOTUS TACOs

[Mme. Defarge]

36. We are definitely in

TACO Time territory.

[Kid Berwyn]

35. All going according to plan.

They are the physical and spiritual descendants of the white devil slave masters of the Old South returned to avenge Dixie inbred with the NAZI nutjobs of the Third Reich. They even use the same slogans and symbols and vote solid R.



She dreams of Reinhard Heydrich while staring at Corey Lewandowski.