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This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Tom Nichols: Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
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For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, "drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he's doing a great job," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:[image or embed] -- The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) Dec 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, "drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he's doing a great job," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:[image or embed]
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... Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, "drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he's doing a great job," ...
Scheduling a prime-time White House address by the President a day in advance, and also making the major networks cover it, is usually reserved for a time when the Country, not the President, is facing some manner of a crisis.
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-18 02:11 PM | Reply
We've had some pretty bad flooding in last week, and then we got some winds yesterday that caused all kinds of havoc. We were having 100 mph gusts with 60 mph sustained. Record 144 mph for some of my neighbors in Wyoming! Both the roof on my house the shop survived unscathed.
Anyway, my point is, farckin Joe Biden!
#2 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-12-18 04:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
"drenched in pure panic as he(Trump) tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he's doing a great job"
That's what I saw.
His resources for dealing with failure are to retreat into profound fantasy or into violence.
All will love Trump or despair.
#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-18 05:05 PM | Reply
Claims success but won't release the statistics, still believing that he defines reality.
#4 | Posted by grumpy_too at 2025-12-18 11:38 PM | Reply
Trump says Susie Wiles made him do the primetime address where he spent 18 minutes yelling about his accomplishments' www.the-independent.com
But of course! "Mother" made him do it! Bad Susie, bad Mommy!
#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-19 02:34 PM | Reply
...usually reserved for a time when the Country, not the President, is facing some manner of a crisis.
Of course it's a crisis for Turnip. Since he views everything with him being the center focus. The MEs overwhelmed anything else he had to say about the good of the country. Take away the lies and misrepresentation of facts and you are left with little or nothing except momma's boy is in trouble. He knows he has between now and Nov. to make plans on how to steal the election. The gerrymandering isn't going as well as he had planned. It is possible he could be up for impeachment yet again should there be a real blue wave. Panic is setting in.
#6 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-19 02:53 PM | Reply
@5: www.youtube.com
#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-19 02:59 PM | Reply
I finally watched the speech today, and got a taste of the bullying tactics employed by this mentally ill dotard and golf cheat. El Rey Dotardo II appears to be trying to force Americans to believe his lies and follow him down rabbit hole after rabbit hole.
If he puts boots on the ground in Venezuela we will also see (1) the US Congress melt from their collective cowardice, and (2) local drug lord militias join the Venezuelan armed forces in shooting back at the Gringos. Der Dotard will try to blame the deaths of American soldiers on Biden, the Dems and the illegal immigrants in the US. And too many will believe him...
#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-12-19 04:06 PM | Reply
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