By Ben Meiselas
Donald Trump is having a full-on meltdown. Yes, again. But let’s be real. This is just another dangerous distraction by a wannabe dictator terrified of the truth.
This morning, Trump posted that he is “giving serious consideration to taking away [Rosie O’Donnell’s] Citizenship.” His reason? She criticized him. That’s it. His deranged statement concluded with a pathetic “GOD BLESS AMERICA!” in all caps.
Let’s be clear: this isn't about Rosie O'Donnell. Trump is testing the waters for how far he can go in punishing dissent. If he thinks he can strip away someone's rights because he doesn’t like what they say, we’re already in authoritarian territory. Trump knows exactly what he’s doing.
He’s trying to distract us. From what?
From the cover-up of the Epstein files, which Trump now claims don’t even exist.
From the massive tariffs he just announced on the EU and Mexico that will cost American families an estimated $2,400 a year.
From the ICE agents snatching people off the street, masked and unmarked, throwing them into detention centers.
And most horrifically, from the catastrophic and deadly federal response to flash floods in Texas, where over 120 people—many of them children—have already died, with hundreds still missing.
Trump is trying to bury the truth beneath garbage tweets and reality TV-style drama. But here’s what’s really happening:
Rosie O’Donnell spoke out, rightly, about the Trump administration’s gutting of early warning systems that could’ve saved lives in Texas. Her comments were featured on Fox News, and like clockwork, Trump lost it.
Meanwhile, we’ve seen records showing:
The National Weather Service was missing critical staff in Texas due to political pressure from the Trump regime.
FEMA laid off hundreds of call center workers the day after the floods, canceling vital contracts.
As a result, FEMA missed thousands of desperate calls for help from flood survivors on July 6th and 7th.
Trump’s excuse? He calls it a once-in-1,000-year flood and says asking questions about the response is “evil.” No, Donald. What’s evil is letting people drown while you stage a photo op, push merch, and try to shut down anyone who seeks answers for the grieving families.
And about those tariffs…
Trump posted “letters” dated Friday but waited until Saturday when the markets were closed to release them. Why? So his billionaire buddies could reposition and avoid losses. That’s right, the con man was again appears to manipulating markets to enrich his cronies.
As for Rosie, we all know Trump’s bizarre obsession goes back decades, filled with despicable, vile, and misogynistic language. I won’t dignify it by repeating it all here, but you can hear it for yourself in the video. It’s the same hate, the same cruelty, the same broken man on a loop, only now he has nuclear codes, “yes people” around him, and a political cult repeating every word like badly programmed fascist AI.
Let’s be real: Donald Trump is not a normal politician. He is a felon, a sexual abuser, and a malignant narcissist who poses a clear and present danger to our democracy and our lives. That is who he is. That is how we must cover him. That is how we do cover him.
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