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NewHendoLib

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35. I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:04 PM

Jan 14

This is why I've never watched a speech of his, turned off the news. He is a bully, ignorant, racist - you name it. I made a parallel with the worst of the worst - Hitleresque - hence me not being surprised at all. It was really all there on his face when Obama was making fun of him at the correspondence event - pure hatred, planning scorched earth revenge.

Believe me - I knew it would be this bad.

Maybe because I was one who was bullied early in school - I've had a burning hatred for the orange asshole as long as I've known of him.

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When TSF "took office", did you think it would get this bad this fast? (Poll) [View all] orangecrush Jan 14 OP

I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R Jan 14 #1

Like the civil war. orangecrush Jan 14 #3

Yes after I saw what total ass lickers the pubicans had become for monster 45. IA8IT Jan 14 #2

I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 14 #4

I believed in the separation of powers, and honestly thought Congress and the Courts could rein him in. sop Jan 14 #5

Same here orangecrush Jan 14 #15

Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele Jan 14 #26

I didn't expect instutitions like universities, large companies and media and news organizations to be so fucking In It to Win It Jan 14 #31

I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL Jan 14 #39

Yes, to all of that. In It to Win It Jan 15 #63

I didn't think it would be this bad in as many different ways. muriel_volestrangler Jan 14 #6

Knew it was gonna be bad, but damn, it's been absolutely horrible so far. a kennedy Jan 14 #7

The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib Jan 14 #8

Where were the predictions of masked ICE thugs? Of people being deported to prisons in other highplainsdem Jan 14 #32

extrapolation of acts from a malignant narcissistic lunatic. Sadly, none of this surprises me - NewHendoLib Jan 14 #33

But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem Jan 14 #34

I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell NewHendoLib Jan 14 #35

We all hated Trump and expected it to be bloody hell. Without specifics, though, I don't know how we can compare highplainsdem Jan 14 #48

I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib Jan 15 #54

See my reply 50. highplainsdem Jan 15 #55

I did. Efilroft Sul Jan 14 #38

There's nothing in your prediction there about violent masked federal agents, or people they capture being highplainsdem Jan 14 #41

Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul Jan 14 #46

We all expected ICE to be a problem. All of us. We didn't expect masked thugs doing what they're highplainsdem Jan 14 #49

Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 Jan 14 #9

That makes two of us orangecrush Jan 14 #18

Yes, his age Starbeach Jan 14 #10

I'm surprised anyone could be surprised. He learned to get Tadpole Raisin Jan 14 #11

Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive Jan 14 #12

It's spiraling out of control, and getting crazier by the minute. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 14 #13

I thought it would mvd Jan 14 #14

Yes! I was in meltdown in June 2024 when he won the R Nomination Bread and Circuses Jan 14 #16

Good foresight orangecrush Jan 14 #17

It's actually edhopper Jan 14 #19

Same FHRRK Jan 14 #20

No not this fast kwolf68 Jan 14 #21

When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady Jan 14 #22

I thought it would be more of a repeat of the first term. Trump 2.0 is much worse In It to Win It Jan 14 #23

I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance Maru Kitteh Jan 14 #24

I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain Jan 14 #25

Yea he has been planning this for the 4 years he was out of office in his floridah mar a Lago white power house. kimbutgar Jan 14 #27

Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock Jan 14 #28

I don't recall anyone here predicting masked thugs employed by the government behaving like ICE. Or the highplainsdem Jan 14 #29

I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh Jan 15 #52

ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem Jan 15 #57

Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 14 #30

I did not jmowreader Jan 14 #36

i did not Takket Jan 14 #37

Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech Jan 14 #40

FDT orangecrush Jan 14 #43

You said both that you "thought it would get this bad faster" and "it's way worse" than you could have imagined. highplainsdem Jan 14 #44

OK let me clarify. Initech Jan 14 #47

OK. That sort of agrees with something I mentioned in a reply above. We all expected it to get bad highplainsdem Jan 14 #50

Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib Jan 15 #56

And this whole bullshit with Greenland came out of nowhere. Initech Jan 15 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Jan 14 #42

Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat Jan 14 #45

I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin Jan 15 #51

Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse. mucholderthandirt Jan 15 #53

Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill Jan 15 #58

Did anyone think he would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House in the dark of night? sop Jan 15 #59

No. See my reply 50 above for what I think is going on with the replies we're seeing here. highplainsdem Jan 15 #61

Post Rec orangecrush Jan 15 #62

We told all y'all JustAnotherGen Jan 15 #60

Yes - because I read Project 2025. nt TBF Monday #65

Yes, but things happened I did not expect. So, it got bad immediately, Coventina Monday #66