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Grim Chieftain

(1,506 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:15 PM 17 hrs ago

Do you think Trump's bizarre, unhinged tirade against the Supreme Court is the final tipping point?

We have heard numerous Democratic senators and representatives say that off camera, Republicans have expressed concern about Trump's unhinged demeanor. Is this finally what it will take for them to say "Enough" and back impeachment? Clearly there has to be a point at which they stand up and put country above the crazed felon. Thoughts?

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Do you think Trump's bizarre, unhinged tirade against the Supreme Court is the final tipping point? (Original Post) Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago OP
No; there's no tipping point, just a gradual slide. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #1
Exactly BlueWaveNeverEnd 15 hrs ago #29
Agreed bif 1 hr ago #43
I would love to think so. . . . BigDemVoter 17 hrs ago #2
No, there is no final tipping point. GOP is not even nervous about war with Iran. bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #3
Not unless rank and file abandon him ITAL 17 hrs ago #4
Nope. There is no tipping point for Repugs. There is no bottom for Repugs. RockRaven 17 hrs ago #5
His polls are so low the GOP may see him as a liability C_U_L8R 17 hrs ago #6
That's what I am hoping. This can't go on or our democracy will be dead Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #9
He's also costing Republicans money as well as votes and prestige C_U_L8R 17 hrs ago #10
The repukes are still scared of the 35% of magaloon voters to vote against him. kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #7
The problem is that 35% makes up a lot of their primary voters EdmondDantes_ 16 hrs ago #11
Sadly true kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #13
That, and possibly a lot of Kompromat Putin has on a lot of them and will hand to Trump at the drop of a hat Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #20
No, because he is 100% killing it on the white supremacy LuvLoogie 17 hrs ago #8
No. I think things will continue to get worse and there will never be a breaking point yaesu 16 hrs ago #12
NO Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #14
I agree! MyOwnPeace 16 hrs ago #18
Much more to come. There will be a birthright citizenship ruling in June dalton99a 16 hrs ago #15
SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly working women who followed tradition re husbands' surname Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #21
Nope. Not even fucking close. Autumn 16 hrs ago #16
No. This is not a tipping point for his cowardly congressional supporters. La Coliniere 16 hrs ago #17
No. It's going to take Marines in body bags. BlueNProud 16 hrs ago #19
Lockstep support might fade stopdiggin 16 hrs ago #22
Bannow said in email to Epstein in the 45th term that Trump warranted Amendment 25. PufPuf23 16 hrs ago #23
Nope, not even close. ABC123Easy 16 hrs ago #24
No, but I suspect we're not all that far from it. GoCubsGo 16 hrs ago #25
Is this the tipping point? Fuck no. Not even close unfortunately chicoescuela 16 hrs ago #26
No, but it's a great set up for an extra special unhinged SOTU address Raven123 15 hrs ago #27
So many tipping points. pandr32 15 hrs ago #28
Made a few observations today in that hour I left the house and went into the world. multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #30
No. Its just the usual daily tipping point. Will be forgotten within 48 hours IcyPeas 15 hrs ago #31
No. ananda 15 hrs ago #32
Nope. Nt Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #33
I'm hoping other countries release some Epstein info on him womanofthehills 15 hrs ago #34
When are we going to learn that there is no "tipping point?" BlueTsunami2018 15 hrs ago #35
1,065 days. n/t Jacson6 13 hrs ago #36
The only final tipping point for Trump would be... LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #37
No casket needed. Just a white shroud. LuckyLib 12 hrs ago #38
The critical tipping point is when: most people just stop listening to Donny and his associates and the wider circle struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #39
Seriously? Trump worshippers call that Friday. His been nuts 24/7 for a long, long time and the GOP just shrugs. Vinca 4 hrs ago #40
What I'm hoping is that maybe drmeow 2 hrs ago #41
You'd think so Bettie 1 hr ago #42
I think the crazed tirade had a point from Trump's point of view peggysue2 36 min ago #44
If there were a tipping point, it would have been January 6th, 5 years ago! Emile 32 min ago #45
Excellent points Grim Chieftain 25 min ago #46
No, it will never be enough. Initech 24 min ago #47

BigDemVoter

(4,690 posts)
2. I would love to think so. . . .
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:17 PM
17 hrs ago

But I have gotten so negative about the repigs ever growning a spine. . . . Nonetheless, I can always hope!

bucolic_frolic

(54,667 posts)
3. No, there is no final tipping point. GOP is not even nervous about war with Iran.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:18 PM
17 hrs ago

Ignoring SCOTUS is not a problem for them. After all the whole party is at war with the legal code, all they do is sue to overturn parts of it to their advantage.

ITAL

(1,299 posts)
4. Not unless rank and file abandon him
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:20 PM
17 hrs ago

The average republican in rural PA is still with Trump and until that changes the reps will stay with him too.

RockRaven

(19,015 posts)
5. Nope. There is no tipping point for Repugs. There is no bottom for Repugs.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:21 PM
17 hrs ago

There is no limit for Repugs. There is no redeeming action for Repugs.

C_U_L8R

(49,189 posts)
6. His polls are so low the GOP may see him as a liability
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:22 PM
17 hrs ago

The end could be nearing… and arriving faster than anyone thinks possible.
Despots end suddenly like that when the support drops out.

EdmondDantes_

(1,600 posts)
11. The problem is that 35% makes up a lot of their primary voters
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:29 PM
16 hrs ago

With gerrymandering and people tending to sort ourselves geographically, they're more likely to lose to a further right opponent than a Democratic candidate.

kimbutgar

(27,059 posts)
13. Sadly true
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:32 PM
16 hrs ago

I have a magaloon BIL that lives in AZ who says he’s not happy with the 🍊🐖💩 but still supports him.

Attilatheblond

(8,578 posts)
20. That, and possibly a lot of Kompromat Putin has on a lot of them and will hand to Trump at the drop of a hat
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:54 PM
16 hrs ago

Just think of all the stupid GOP pols who have visited Russia, where the 'doves' are lovely and the hotel rooms wired for video.

LuvLoogie

(8,683 posts)
8. No, because he is 100% killing it on the white supremacy
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:25 PM
17 hrs ago

And that's why they voted for him, really.

yaesu

(9,173 posts)
12. No. I think things will continue to get worse and there will never be a breaking point
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:31 PM
16 hrs ago

Because big money from the Epstein class will always have his back and big money owns this fucked up country, we are just renters waiting for an eviction notice.

MyOwnPeace

(17,491 posts)
18. I agree!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:48 PM
16 hrs ago

I used to be MUCH more active at this site prior to the craziness of the last election. I was convinced that SURELY there was NO WAY anybody would vote for that idiot again.
In severe shock, I've quit following SO many 'pundits' and political leaders, having believed that they 'knew' - just like me - that there was NO WAY he'd be back. I, like them, was wrong.
I also had great faith in Jack Smith - and believed that Judge Cannon would be burned at the stakes by other 'professional' judicial associates. Again, I was wrong.

I'm feeling like I've had a 'sit-down' with my Dad.
"Son, there is no 'justice.' Bad people CAN and DO win. Not all people have a sense of 'what is right' and 'want to be fair.' People can be shits!"

I'm waiting for the 'Big Macs" to kick in. That is now the basis of any hope that I have.

Mom didn't lie to me about 'eating right' - did she?

Attilatheblond

(8,578 posts)
21. SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly working women who followed tradition re husbands' surname
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:57 PM
16 hrs ago

and without means or time to slog thru document hunt and passport requirements.

La Coliniere

(1,844 posts)
17. No. This is not a tipping point for his cowardly congressional supporters.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:43 PM
16 hrs ago

The threat of stochastic terrorism from MAGA lunatics looms like an agitated crocodile ready to strike at the moment a former supporter speaks out against him. This is still a thing.

stopdiggin

(15,253 posts)
22. Lockstep support might fade
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:58 PM
16 hrs ago

(somewhat)
Impeachment? As in actually deposing? Not even worth talking about.

PufPuf23

(9,743 posts)
23. Bannow said in email to Epstein in the 45th term that Trump warranted Amendment 25.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:00 PM
16 hrs ago

Recent days could be tipping point to something worse in near term.

Examples like major war against Iran or domestic crackdown on dissent.

Those, domestic and foreign, that benefit from Trump will continue to be resistant.

Vance sucks too and is less obvious and maybe more in thrall to money and power that have stolen the USA,

ABC123Easy

(181 posts)
24. Nope, not even close.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:09 PM
16 hrs ago

It's just a small temper tantrum. Just wait there's a whole schmorgosborg of idiocy awaiting us.

GoCubsGo

(34,807 posts)
25. No, but I suspect we're not all that far from it.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:18 PM
16 hrs ago

These episodes are becoming more and more frequent. It's just a matter of time before he goes off the deep end.

Raven123

(7,707 posts)
27. No, but it's a great set up for an extra special unhinged SOTU address
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:29 PM
15 hrs ago

I won’t be watching, but I wonder who of the SCOTUS justices will attend.

pandr32

(14,079 posts)
28. So many tipping points.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:34 PM
15 hrs ago

It's as though they are all hairs wound together and coughed up by a hell cat. It goes on and on.
One day, though. Sigh.

multigraincracker

(37,268 posts)
30. Made a few observations today in that hour I left the house and went into the world.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:37 PM
15 hrs ago

Had to pick up a few things at the local box store. Passed a guy with a tee shirt that said, in big letters, Trump is a child molester. I said nice shirt and he thanked me. Point is, a year ago I saw lots of red hats. None now, in fact we had a big wind today and I think that got the last tRump signs.
They have no defense for the pedo label. USE IT.

womanofthehills

(10,832 posts)
34. I'm hoping other countries release some Epstein info on him
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:58 PM
15 hrs ago

He’s got to know any horrific info can come out at any time.

AI - “ in late 2018 discussing Donald Trump's mental state. In a December 31, 2018, text, Epstein wrote to Bannon: "He is really borderline," referring to Trump. Bannon responded: "I think it's beyond borderline -- 25 amendment," implying Trump was unfit and should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.”

BlueTsunami2018

(4,928 posts)
35. When are we going to learn that there is no "tipping point?"
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:58 PM
15 hrs ago

No. Absolutely not.

These people are FASCISTS.

No one can save us but us.

And we don’t seem willing to do so.

LudwigPastorius

(14,448 posts)
37. The only final tipping point for Trump would be...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:55 PM
12 hrs ago

when they tip his casket off a ship somewhere in the middle of the ocean so that his cultists won't have a place to go worship.

See: Osama bin Laden

struggle4progress

(125,831 posts)
39. The critical tipping point is when: most people just stop listening to Donny and his associates and the wider circle
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:58 AM
8 hrs ago

of attention whores, goons, halfwits, ideologues, loons, sycophants, and thieves that contribute to the foul-smelling cloud around him

Vinca

(53,642 posts)
40. Seriously? Trump worshippers call that Friday. His been nuts 24/7 for a long, long time and the GOP just shrugs.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:34 AM
4 hrs ago

drmeow

(5,975 posts)
41. What I'm hoping is that maybe
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:08 AM
2 hrs ago

it makes SCOTUS realize that they are neither immune nor safe and wakes them up. But even that I doubt.

Bettie

(19,511 posts)
42. You'd think so
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:29 AM
1 hr ago

but Republicans are a strange breed. They don't see ethics as anything other than a word they throw around about others, never their guy.

They will never say "Enough", it isn't who they are.

peggysue2

(12,464 posts)
44. I think the crazed tirade had a point from Trump's point of view
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:51 AM
36 min ago

It was a warning to Court members, his Supreme Court, that they better get back in line. He even mentioned their families (they're ashamed).

Trump has a gangster mindset. If he doesn't get his way, he'll lash out and threaten. IMHO, this was a shoutout to his demented supporters:

These Justices need a wake-up call.

The man is utterly depraved and starting to panic. He'll do anything.

Emile

(41,645 posts)
45. If there were a tipping point, it would have been January 6th, 5 years ago!
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:56 AM
32 min ago

One thing for certain, REPUBLICANS ARE WEAK ON CRIME, and will not hold him accountable.

Grim Chieftain

(1,506 posts)
46. Excellent points
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:02 PM
25 min ago

I was hoping that finally there would be some Republicans who had the ethics and decency to stand up, but apparently, I was wrong.

Initech

(108,231 posts)
47. No, it will never be enough.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:03 PM
24 min ago

The fucking asshole will keep usurping his power and performing illegal act after illegal act and people will be too afraid to stand up to him, while his idiotic supporters and ass kissers cheer him on.

Something has to be done. It has to.

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