Trump's Unforgivable Sin

Monday, August 11, 2025

Americans already understood Trump to be corrupt, and proved themselves willing to tolerate that. But now they are coming to believe that he is inept. In American politics, that is an unforgivable sin.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 01:31 PM | 28 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

A former Republican lawmaker expressed shock at some of President Donald Trump's efforts to control economic data in the United States.

[image or embed]
-- Raw Story (@rawstory.com) Aug 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-11 05:47 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

The authors suggest

These examples are but the beginning; Trump, after all, has more than 1,200 days left in office. There is no evidence that he's going to get more competent or more compassionate, and plenty of evidence to the contrary. The challenge for Democrats will be to keep up with the cascading horror stories and to tell them in compelling and sensitive ways, conveying the devasting effects of the Trump administration's across-the-board mistakes.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-11 05:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

So raping kids was not unforgiveable.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-11 12:52 PM | Reply

Of course. You have an inept agency that gets it's predictions wrong over 50% of the time and Dems say they are doing a great job.

#4 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:40 PM | Reply

He proved himself inept in his first term to anyone that was paying attention.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-08-11 01:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

So raping kids was not unforgiveable.
#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-11 12:52 PM | Reply | Flag

What does Bill Clinton have to do with any of this. Oh wait, you are saying Trump was an accomplice to Epstein. If so I'm shocked that the same players who tried to impeach him twice, bankrupt him, put him in jail and then assassinate him didn't show us where that was in the files when they controlled them for 4 years. Are you saying that Brennon, Clapper, Schiff, Biden and Schumer didn't want to embarrass him?

#6 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:45 PM | Reply

@#5 ... He proved himself inept in his first term to anyone that was paying attention. ...

Yup.

However during his first term, his ineptitude did not have the serious effects it is currently having, mainly because he did have some capable people on his staff.

Pres Trump seems to have made sure that he did not make that mistake for his second term.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-11 01:46 PM | Reply

Re 5

Exactly.

Everyone should have known exactly what Trumpy is by now.

The "unforgivable sin" to me is Americans decision to FAFO.

And now we (and our descendants) will all have to pay the price for it.

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Soon to town near you.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-11 01:46 PM | Reply

"You have an inept agency that gets it's predictions wrong over 50%"

But with Trump, he's 1,000% wrong, maybe 1,500%.

Numbers not even thought to be achievable.

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-11 01:46 PM | Reply

He proved himself inept in his first term to anyone that was paying attention.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-08-11 01:40 PM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

Coming from another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape and Adam Schiff has it.

#10 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:47 PM | Reply

Coming from another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape

#10 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Let's look at the Epstein files, and see what videos Trump liked.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-11 01:50 PM | Reply

Coming from another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape and Adam Schiff has it.

#10 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Coming from the fool who believes everything Trumpy says.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-11 01:53 PM | Reply

"Something Wicked This Way Comes."

tenor.com

#13 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-11 01:54 PM | Reply

"You have an inept agency that gets it's predictions wrong over 50%"
But with Trump, he's 1,000% wrong, maybe 1,500%.
Numbers not even thought to be achievable.

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-11 01:46 PM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

Let me guess, those numbers came from the Washington Post fact checker that just got fired, from the Washington Post no less?

#14 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:55 PM | Reply

But with Trump, he's 1,000% wrong, maybe 1,500%.

Numbers not even thought to be achievable.

#9 | POSTED BY DANFORTH

Funny you should choose those particular numbers.

But our Trumpy can actually achieve them!

TRUMP: "You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%, I mean 14 " 1,500%."

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-11 01:55 PM | Reply

#10 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

I really don't understand why you think that those pee tapes aren't possible. The entire trajectory of our experience with Trump is that the might be, along with much worse.

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-11 01:57 PM | Reply

" another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape "

Maybe not that, but definitely Kompromat.

Agreed?

After Helsinki, and all the feather-taps on the wrist to Putin?

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-11 01:58 PM | Reply

" I don't mean 50%, I mean 14 " 1,500%."

I can't remember which comedian, but...

"In a year, the eight richest people on earth will all be chemo patients."

#18 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-11 02:03 PM | Reply

"You have an inept agency that gets it's predictions wrong over 50%"

Another stupidity statement without context.

Accuracy of predictions depend on many factors.

For example: The weather service is very accurate in the short term. But beyond 5 days, NWS weather prediction accuracy decreases, and 10-day forecasts are accurate about 50% of the time.

#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-11 02:10 PM | Reply

"another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape"

^
Doesn't think Trump is a rapist?
Doesn't care that Trump is a rapist!

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-11 02:21 PM | Reply

#14 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

I was expecting a more spirited defense of Trump's competence.

Take a nap; have some coffee; come back and try again.

#21 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-11 02:22 PM | Reply

Trump is a ----------- ------, and Jeff gargles his -------.

#22 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-11 08:14 PM | Reply

Coming from another moron that still thinks there is a pee tape and Adam Schiff has it.

#10 | Posted by fishpoo at 2025-08-11 01:47 PM | Reply | Flag:NAAAHHHHHHHH

The Epstein files have that information...

Putin's advantage over Trumpanzee is that the Soviet System eliminated religious influence and he never had to pander to the b.s. machination lip service of the "religious leadership" to garner votes... Putin's people expect him to be a greedy, corrupt, human trafficking pervert ... things like Eptein files are meaningless to people like Putin...

I hate to break it to you... you sorry little bottom-feeder...Trumpanzee... is well... struggling...

P.S. The only ones who talk about "p-tapes" and Russia russia russia... is your team.... we've moved WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY past that... because we have Epstein files... TACO Tuesdays... Try and keep up Poobrain.

#23 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-08-12 09:40 AM | Reply

If so I'm shocked that the same players who tried to impeach him twice, bankrupt him, put him in jail and then assassinate him ...

#6 | Posted by fishpaw

It was a registered Republican who shot at him. Not that I expect reality actually matters to you.

#24 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2025-08-12 11:02 PM | Reply

My life has gotten better under Trump. My life did get better under Biden. In fact, Obama is the only POTUS who had a term in which my life didn't improve. Even during W I got laid off because of the recession but quickly got a much more lucrative position elsewhere in an industry that doesn't get hit by recessions very often. But, I could easily say that under Biden I did end up having to pay a lot more for groceries than I did before Biden but I just consider little bouts of increased inflation just part of living in this country (and most other developed nations).

Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean you have to lie. Unfortunately, that's all the majority of Americans want to do these days, lie and exaggerate because the way they think things should be done isn't the way they are getting done. And the fact so many of you can sleep at night knowing this really does say a lot.

#25 | Posted by humtake at 2025-08-13 12:05 PM | Reply

But biden!

Cool whataboutism, bro.

#26 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-13 12:06 PM | Reply

My life has gotten better under Trump.

#25 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

You have much more need to lie under Trump.

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-13 12:30 PM | Reply

Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean you have to lie.

#25 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

And just because you like someone doesn't mean you have to lie. But that particular behavior is one essential quality of MAGA.

If you are in fact doing well under Trump then you are the first one who I have met, even as indirectly as this.

#28 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-13 12:33 PM | Reply