I've been thinking about the mass protests today....

[BigmanPigman]

I attended, as I usually do (this one makes my 23 protest since 2016) and I am able to look at the differences and similartities of these anti-trump marches.

From what I've gathered during tRump 2.0 vs tRump 1.0 is that some people now are finally realizing he is even worse than before, imagine that! Since Jan. 2025 he has bulldozed the country and much of the world. Not only are his trade/economic plans 100% destrustive to the US and the world, but they are hate filled and people are finally seeing this aspect of him. He is a cruel sadist and a psychopathic demon who has a double digit IQ.

Many people who loved him before hate him now since he is specifiacally, personally hurting them. His loyal constituents, senior citizens, etc are finally getting pissed off. People see the tarriffs, they see cuts in spending that will harm and kill millions. They are seeing Social Secirity and health care getting cut. They are seeing they will have to pay tons of $$$ to make up for trade wars/tarriffs. Hitting poor people in the pocket book is a one way ticket to losing voter approval ratings. When he is in the 35% approval rating it will be no surprise for us to see.

[BoRaGard]

1. Voters see him playing Gourmet G.O.P. Golf while storms rage

and thousands are suffering.

That's the mark of a Super A-hole - and that's the republicon Felon.

[calimary]

2. He must REALLY be hurting BADLY if he's so determined to be this destructive.

I think he wants EVERYBODY ELSE to feel pain like he’s in by now. Like maybe it’ll take HIS pain away.

It’s NOT gonna work, donald. All you’ll gain through all this is the hatred and revulsion of the whole world.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I didn't think of it that before but

I think you are onto something. Misery loves company. He has done this throughout his life. When he hurts then he becomes a sadist. I read that after he had hair transplants he was in pain and he pulled out clumps of Ivanka's hair to so she would feel his pain, literally.

This dude has some heavy duty mental health issues and he's cultivated them throughout his life.

We have an extremely dumb, crazy and evil POTUS. He dream at night of seeing the USA on a headstone that he carved himself. 1776-2026 RIP USA

[progree]

3. I think the thoughtless cruel ways he's going about his agenda is getting noticed by supporters

the gleeful way he talks about federal workforce cuts.

Federal workers given 15 min to clean out, etc. reclassifies thousands of federal employees, making them easier to fire. Terminating for performance issues when they've been having stellar performance reviews before, so they can't collect unemployment, makes it harder to find another job

The sudden cutting of foreign aid -- leaving clinical trial test gear in people, people developing immunity to antiviral drugs they were on.. (same thing happening with cutting health programs in the U.S.)

His cut aid / cut workers / cut programs / cut agencies are being done all of a sudden without any preplanning first, and then has to backtrack on some of that and having to try to rehire, e.g. cuts of nuclear security personnel

Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Panama - we didn't have this conquest mentality in the first term

Clueless blaise reactions to people's 401k's and retirement hopes being eviscerated --

"This is a great time to get rich" (in all caps on Social media Fri morning 4/4)

Wednesday or Thur 4/3: “I think it’s going very well. We have an operation, like when a patient gets operated on and it’s a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is,” he said, an apparent reference to the selloff. https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-going-very-well-a3b863fb7879878552bda48098c31b50

Treasury Secretary Bessent said, Sunday, March 16, ""corrections are healthy.".

This is a lot different than the campaign rhetoric of lowering prices "on day one", and a golden age

Adding to the list from the OP -

They are seeing Social Security and health care getting cut. They are seeing they will have to pay tons of $$$ to make up for trade wars/tarriffs.

[MayReasonRule]

4. It's Simple... And Now Plain For All To See...

[calimary]

9. Yep. It's pretty doggone simple.

Why WOULDN'T he???

It’s just become really simple, the more I think about it.

He’s hurting, so he wants YOU to hurt too. Like somehow that’ll make his own pain go away.

That’s NOT gonna work, you fucking sadist! No matter what you do to pass the hurt on to everybody else, it WON’T work. It WON’T TAKE YOUR HURT AWAY, donald.

[Tickle]

5. From what I hear, they love this

I have yet to hear from repub that they're pissed. They think this is great and they love the videos of cuffed migrants being shipped out.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Of course they do...

Only true sadists act this was. Their goal is to make people suffer and hurt and yes, even die. They WANT this! And people will die by his actions alone, just like with Covid.

[blubunyip]

8. Exactly

--when people are in pain from their sabotage, they are thrilled. Pleasure is derived from torturing others. Sane Americans must come to accept the truth--that these cruel disruptors are destroying the country.

Classic sadism.