Wasn’t a prankster in either case! It was Trump’s own staff on the elevator fiasco and White House people on the Teleprompter glitch. Typical incompetence coming out of that White House. So spread the word it wasn’t antifa or anti anything except anti-brains maybe.
I think often of the comment by "Deep Throat", the FBI executive who was giving information during the Watergate investigations: "These guys really aren't very smart."
I think I read that it was the Trump staff videographer who accidentally tripped the emergency stop on the escalator. Trump is such a maroon. Also, the White House tech people--apparently also hired for loyalty, not skill or experience--screwed up the teleprompter, treating us all to an off-the-cuff ramble straight from Trump's id.
As a public service, someone with your level of insight and inanity needs to develop a Batshit Crazy Scale, as the number and variety of utterings to be graded are quickly spiraling out of control.
Sorry, but giving him credit for anything leaves me feeling nauseous - no matter how well deserved it may be. Just thinking about it makes me wanna shower. Ugh.
He doesn't own much of what bears his name, Mark Lip - her rents his name.
I remember during the first reign of terror a hotel in Japan removed his name. He flipped out and sued them. But, they won because they didn't ask for their money back, and it's their property to name however they wish. Also a hotel in downtown NYC took his name off their building and he sued them and lost. Those are the only one's I've heard of.
I hope his name is removed from everything. I can't even bring myself to use the verb "trump" (as in: Truth trumps lies) anymore.
I'd not thought of that connection, Judith Green, but you are absolutely right. He wants to erase facts from history. He should be erased from everywhere.
Mark Anderson - The only reason he didn't bang his shoe on the podium is because he cannot bend enough to reach his little feet. He probably can't even see his feet, so he's not sure that they're still there.
The escalator should get some sort of award for having more backbone than most of our current government.
Especially if you recall his great moment before he was elected president the first time when he got on the escalator and descended as if from the heavens! Too bad it didn’t stop abruptly then and send him down headfirst.
Though (much as I find her repugnant) I must give her kudos for the way she recognized the issue and with great aplomb began climbing the escalators stairs without any fuss.
Changing facial expressions is very hard for her to do, what with that vat of Botox she has injected into her face and all. But, she did manage to do it! Congratulations!
Didn't know Pulitzer awarded a peace prize. I thought they were all literary prizes, but then again, I'm sure that the escalator has more literary talent and experience than trump.
Well, that stopped escalator created a story which Trump turned into a fiction that blew up in his face for the world to laugh at. A comedic story worthy of a Pulitzer? Me’thinks yes
It's a shame that the audience didn't lob shoes at him, since he probably hasn't anything like the reflexes of Shrubby Bush. It would have been great to see him bonked on his surprisingly undamaged ear by a shoe thrown by some Middle Eastern diplomat . . . [#earcartilagedoesn'tgrowback]
At least Khrushcev was coherent. I just looked up his quotes. Good stuff but as a kid I focused on the shoe banging at the UN. Great theater, unlike the clown show provided
He threw verbal shoes because he cannot reach his shoes to remove them.
But, I'd like to see him try, Colleen Bissell. He'd tumble forward (like a Weeble that wobbles and does fall down) and then we'd get to watch several people struggle to haul him back into an upright position.
But trump hasn't built them yet. He thinks that mental illness is a dichotomy so you can tell who is crazy and who isn't. Meanwhile, mental health is on a continuum and he is at the extreme level. Build the insane asylums so we have somewhere to put trump.
And the irony of all of that is, Yam Cancer is the one causing a significant number of mental health issues. If he would just go away, the world would be so much better off. I hung out with him for three days when he was married to Marla. I watched the O.J. Simpson slow speed chase in the green room at the Taj Mahal with yam cancer, Marla parentheses with Tiffany on her hip) David Hasselhoff, Pamela Hasselhoff, Davis agent Jan and her girlfriend Polly Bergen. When the CBS helicopter lost its feed covering the bronco, yam cancer was standing directly behind me, and the first thing out of his mouth was, “that’s what CBS gets for hiring that Cunt Connie Chung.“ Same asshole as always. If I had only known then. I think I would’ve taken one for the team.
I remember the Orange Shame from back in the NYC 1980's Party days. He always was a class act - LOW class. That's why he could never break into the Manhattan "society" that he craved. He had the money - on and off - but he never had the intelligence or the grace or knowledge of even basic decent behavior. Everyone knew he was a liar and a disgusting thug. The Connie Chung comment is 100% who he is.
I'm still trying to figure how he got elected the first time.
(OT) KIMMEL WAS ***AWESOME*** LAST NIGHT!! Once the audience finally stopped cheering, applauding, whistling and hooting a resounding welcome back standing o (this took a long time), Jimmy spoke to and from the heart and also made us all laugh. (Next, we have to get Colbert's job back.)
I LOVE the sticks and stones bit, Wis. And I loved: "About that - speech - it ain't free no more. If you wanna say something nice about the President's beautiful thick yellow hair, or how he can do his make-up better than any broad, that's free. But, if you wanna do a joke like he's so fat he needs 2 seats on the Epstein jet, that's gonna cost you."
That DeNiro could keep in character throughout that bit is proof of what a great actor he is!
"Ain't free no more..." -- all of that had me rolling! DeNiro is great all around - as a talented actor (he has such a wide range, from humor to horror), and his politics are intelligently left-leaning. It was wonderful to see his support for Kimmel.
I fear this victory will be short-lived. Now everyone will go back to their Disney and Hulu packages and think that Kimmel and his fans scored some kind of fabulous point. Well, no.
The best way he can win is to RESIGN now, because that would show he won't work for those corporate toadies anymore. Gee, did they change their fascist obedience overnight?
And doesn't Kimmel have enough money yet? Seems to me that many opportunities are open to him now, starting with producing, standup, podcasts, etc. And now he even has Italian citizenship.
Here's one person who is not going to sign back up for Disney/Hulu. And to be fair, Jimmy Kimmel may have plenty of money, but he also has a lot of regular working folks who make his show happen, and he saved their jobs. Having watched him through the years, I'd bet he was thinking of them and their families.
I don't completely agree with that, Dr. Judith Schlesinger. It's true that Kimmel will continue to push Disney products - as Colbert continues to push Paramount products. That's their job. And Kimmel said he's grateful that Disney invited him back - they do so at a risk. But, to expand, they need not only Dump's approval, but also need money - so it didn't feel so good to lose so much in less than a week. It's never going to be about doing the right thing - it's always going to be about money. We won't get scruples, so I think we should be happy to have free speech returned, no matter what is the reason for making the correct decision.
I don't think Kimmel should quit his show. He already has other shows, and he said that he was offered other jobs during his week off air (I'm sure that Colbert is drowning in offers). But, if he quits, then the monsters win - they get what they want and they'll spin it that Kimmel is afraid, and their base will feed on that. It would encourage them to do more of the same.
Mostly, we need as many people telling the truth as we can get. I think it's better that Kimmel continue to work for corporate toadies while exposing them to the mockery that they deserve. When good people quit because they don't want to work with/for the bad people, that leaves only the bad people.
It would be easy for Kimmel and all of them to quit - and it'll be difficult and dangerous for them to stay. But we need them where they are, accessible to as many people as possible, telling the truth and challenging the liars.
Kimmel has family concerns that might keep him close to home, but you raise a very interesting point. Like, I know I would vote for Jon Stewart in a heartbeat if he ran for dog catcher - why not Kimmel?
That would be a great option for him if he's interested in more than a one-shot, token slap-in-the-face at The Powers That Be. Hmmm...he could take advantage of all the population he's roused, if he so chose...
My hubby and I watched it this morning and I agree - I think we should broadcast his opening monologue in as many public places as possible. He put it into plain language that everyone can understand: what happened to him was UN-AMERICAN!
I didn't watch the UN address; all I heard from the media *I* pay attention to was that it was outright embarrassing, it was self-aggrandizing and it was belittling. Gawd, I hope the world knows how many of us Americans are cringing, red-faced at our own president's unhinged, bombastic, condescending and factless ravings.
I did watch it and was so appalled that I couldn't move, even to turn off the sound. Once again this man has brought shame and deep embarrassment to our country. I hope no one in the assembly took him seriously. He tries to control there with fear, threat
Just when you think he can't get any worse he does!!!! When I watched, I too was frozen with disgust and worries about how the delegates would respond. Then I remembered that most of them know how to play him like a cheap fiddle so there was no need to worry.
Because they understand international etiquette, of which trump knows nothing (nor does he care). If it were a room full of trumps who were being ranted at like that, they'd at the very least have walked out. More likely, they'd order their thugs to drag the ranter out as they heckled and booed him.
Did anyone laugh when he was spewing such outrageous craziness? I only saw a few clips and it made me laugh like Kamala did in the debate, when he said people were eating the dogs.
I've been doing that for a long time, BTAM Master. My non-American friends are baffled - and none of them will vacation here while this administration remains in place.
Nothing like telling half the countries of the world that their societies are "going to hell" because of the migration coming from the other half of the countries. Trump was there only to divide and conquer. They must not let it stand - there must be a huge pushback from the General Assembly as a whole.
So true... the headline in a German publication "Postillion" this morning read: Confused old Man storms the UN Podium and Speaks Rudely and Insultingly for an hour.
I never watch him, Carol Bradford - I cannot stand the sight, nor the sound of his voice. But, I've seen a clip here and there (way too much). The audience is staring straight ahead with no facial expression (probably afraid they'll be arrested and deported if they yawn). I heard that when it was over, there was muted, small applause.
Did he really ban the Iranian delegates from shopping at Costco??? WTF?
His motorcade held up Macron, who ended up having to walk to the French Consulate. Macron took it in good spirits and joked. Supposedly, he called DJT and joked about it. He stopped and posed for photos with people on the street who recognized him. Can you imagine if it had been DJT who had to wait for Macron's motorcade to pass through?
He couldn't even handle a broken escalator without having a hissy fit. A traffic delay would have sent him over the edge. (Well, *more* over the edge, if that's possible.) Trump never takes *ANY*thing "in stride" or with humor.
I didn't watch either but I'd be surprised if there was anything more than a polite clapping, if even that, from what I've heard. Had I been there, I'd have grabbed my phone and made the sound of crickets chirping once trump's rant was over. He's so alone in the world.
In 2018, they laughed, which surprised him. In 2025, their faces look stunned. Meidas Touch has a photo of the audience in last night's "Today in Politics" newsletter.
There is a United Nations YouTube channel which has all the speeches with audience cameras as well. Trump had a full house. Zelenskyy had a smaller audience and the Iran speaker had very few in attendance.
Remember before he got elected the first time, he was all proud of descending in the escalator to his adoring crowd. If only that one had stopped abruptly…
Retire the crown. No one (god willing) will ever top Trump's rant. And, by the way, if you read any of Trump's antics in a novel, wouldn't you think, 'Oh, come on...'?
Indeed. Please, please plot out a Batshit Crazy Scale, abbreviated BS-C. As a terminologist, I’m tempted to work out the distinction between Batshit (which has “crazy” as its primary attribute) and Bullshit (which is simply disgusting and a lie).
Interesting, Sue Ellen Wright. I would suggest that Bullshit is bold, shameless lies. And Batshit is insane.
I would say that Batshit almost always includes Bullshit - but Bullshit does not always include Batshit. Plenty of people fling bullshit knowing fully well what they are doing and they choose to not care. But, people like Dump spew bullshit because they are batshit - they've lost the distinction between reality and their own delusions, and they are not able to care because - well - they're batshit crazy. What do you think?
I think Hugo would agree he was no match.
The escalator stunt was a bigger screw-up than realized; the Antifa prankster was supposed to make it go in REVERSE !!
If they let it go partway up then reversed would it have mercifully sucked him in?
Yeah, yeah sliced him & the wife up like linguine.
--or in Trump's case, fat-riddled slices of pork!
Yes Trump is "well-marbled"
but all that marbling would be toxic because if all the hair, face and hand dyes
Yikes 😲 Even an escalator doesn’t deserve that .😁
The elevator might have tried to suck him in, but he would have broken the elevator into little pieces like everything else he touches.
😂😂. How do we support the prankster?
Wasn’t a prankster in either case! It was Trump’s own staff on the elevator fiasco and White House people on the Teleprompter glitch. Typical incompetence coming out of that White House. So spread the word it wasn’t antifa or anti anything except anti-brains maybe.
Covfefe brains and zero brawn!
I think often of the comment by "Deep Throat", the FBI executive who was giving information during the Watergate investigations: "These guys really aren't very smart."
They were geniuses compared to Trump & Co.
Inquiring minds want to know: Have the responsible DT staffers been fired, as Minister of Propaganda KKK Leavitt demanded?
I think I read that it was the Trump staff videographer who accidentally tripped the emergency stop on the escalator. Trump is such a maroon. Also, the White House tech people--apparently also hired for loyalty, not skill or experience--screwed up the teleprompter, treating us all to an off-the-cuff ramble straight from Trump's id.
A maroon ! My husband used to say that andI haven’t heard it since he passed!! Thanks for the memories!!!
I must have been channeling Bugs. Warner Bros were my favorite cartoons on Saturdays mornings back in the day when kids could be carefree.
"Loyalty" hires, formerly known as "ass kissers", "brown nosers", etc, have to do what they do to compensate for lack of skills.
And therein lies their weakness, mental weakness.
First you have to find Antifa headquarters. You might start looking in Valhalla…
--and be electrified!
Electrocuted? Or perhaps diced and sliced.
Hugo outdone by the Ego!
He'd probably settle for being a role model.
As a public service, someone with your level of insight and inanity needs to develop a Batshit Crazy Scale, as the number and variety of utterings to be graded are quickly spiraling out of control.
Perhaps batshit is no longer applicable. We should create a new scale called trumpshit crazy.......
Sorry, but giving him credit for anything leaves me feeling nauseous - no matter how well deserved it may be. Just thinking about it makes me wanna shower. Ugh.
You have a point, Nancy G. He feeds on attention - any attention. While I love the idea, he does not deserve the credit.
Better to have his name erased from everything everywhere. I'd love to see that.
Good point. tRump is a brand. Many things get rebranded all the time
For example, just think of the all hotels and golf courses that could be renamed.
He doesn't own much of what bears his name, Mark Lip - her rents his name.
I remember during the first reign of terror a hotel in Japan removed his name. He flipped out and sued them. But, they won because they didn't ask for their money back, and it's their property to name however they wish. Also a hotel in downtown NYC took his name off their building and he sued them and lost. Those are the only one's I've heard of.
I hope his name is removed from everything. I can't even bring myself to use the verb "trump" (as in: Truth trumps lies) anymore.
The word "trump" is slang for "fart" in the U.K.
Pity the poor bridge players, what word can they use when bidding?
I too remember the removal of his name/brand. Thanks for the reminder and clarification.
That’d get my vote! 👍
Fitting for him given his erasure of slavery and genocide against Native Americans everywhere in America.
I'd not thought of that connection, Judith Green, but you are absolutely right. He wants to erase facts from history. He should be erased from everywhere.
You’re right! No credit! NONE DESERVED!!!
Orange toupee emojis!
Deranged Donald Ducks!
"The Crazy Orange Scale"?
< appreciative applause >
The WaPo described his speech as "fiery" yesterday. WTAF? Pants on fire, maybe?
Remember, WaPo was acquired by an oligarch. Bezos is out to control the narrative even more than drumpf.
---while the WaPo staff are saving up those pee bottles......
🤮🤣 Zowie! Even the NY Times said it was freakish, if not out and out deranged.
Yes, the NYT is not owned by an oligarch, so....
--or a diaper? Was the bronzer skin layer singed?
Fiery is an unusual synonym for bat shit crazy. The man not only wants to run the US…he is after the entire planet. Lord of the Earth.
I read that as Lord of the Flies at first. 🤣
maybe they misspelled the word "fairy" . . . ethereal (lacking material substance) and mythical (existing only in his mind)
Would this scale have an upper limit???
No. Never underestimate the possible level of batshit crazy.
Buzz Lightyear: "To Infinity, and Beyond."
The knobs would all calibrate to 11
Ludicrous Crazy?
Yes!!
It goes to eleven
Yes, eleven to the hundredth power!
It's trump we're talking about here. Skies the limit, and best acknowledged with a make up level to denote its hugeness.
Hugeness and better than ever, no one has done as bestest as dumpy did.
The crows were asazingly small, whops should not have put that one in there.
Crowd size was 200,000 maybe even 400,000. No one has ever been larger. Refering to his pant size.
🤣🤣🤣👍
Yes, the Andromeda Galaxy!
With apologies to Batshit.
At work, we had a poster of an "old time" electrical meter, it was registering "Zero"
Under the meter were a few words. "GIVE A SHIT METER".
The trainmasters didn't like our little poster.
Bet that meter was really sticky....
There used to be a scale that went from 0 to Gary Busey; but I think you may be right.
<snort laugh>
Totally agree with you on this one James!
Brilliant. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
oh, yes . . . and make sure there are many levels of sub-ratings because God knows we have so many to categorize
It would have to be logrhythmic, each point 10x the previous.
There also needs to be an entire team to help you pull all the bat shit crazy stuff together because it is too much for one person.
Batshit crazy measured by the number of bats? I’d put this speech at the top of the scale, say 10 bats.
The only thing missing was banging his shoe on the podium.
Mark Anderson - The only reason he didn't bang his shoe on the podium is because he cannot bend enough to reach his little feet. He probably can't even see his feet, so he's not sure that they're still there.
The escalator should get some sort of award for having more backbone than most of our current government.
I like that the escalator stopped just as he was getting on. Karma!
Obviously, the escalator became overloaded when his big, fat ass got on. An electric motor can only do so much.
Especially if you recall his great moment before he was elected president the first time when he got on the escalator and descended as if from the heavens! Too bad it didn’t stop abruptly then and send him down headfirst.
Down to hell
And the look on Melania's face...
Though (much as I find her repugnant) I must give her kudos for the way she recognized the issue and with great aplomb began climbing the escalators stairs without any fuss.
I'm sure she's used to coping with unexpected "inconveniences."
more payments to her account will smooth it all over
“ I have my own mind “
Quote from Melania .
. . . and Swiss bank account
Do you mean her perma-scowl ?
she should be thankful she wasn't behind him!
Changing facial expressions is very hard for her to do, what with that vat of Botox she has injected into her face and all. But, she did manage to do it! Congratulations!
His camera guy stopped it, probably to get a photo
Give the escalator a Pulitzer Peace Prize
Didn't know Pulitzer awarded a peace prize. I thought they were all literary prizes, but then again, I'm sure that the escalator has more literary talent and experience than trump.
You’re right! give the escalator a Pulitzer and the Nobel!
trump misspeaks and confabulations are rubbing off. 😉
Thank you for a good laugh, Kathy!
The Nobel Peace Prize! That’s the one covets. Besides, the Pulitzer is usually awarded to one who can read and write.
Well, that stopped escalator created a story which Trump turned into a fiction that blew up in his face for the world to laugh at. A comedic story worthy of a Pulitzer? Me’thinks yes
🤣🤣🤣🤣 - Kathy. That would be perfect! If only!
but not him
ROFLMAO.
<giggle>
Yes! And for putting up with just as much b.s. on the move!
And I thought Khrushchev was nuts.
I'm actually old enough that I remember that!
Me too - 1960
Thx!
Me three...
The escalator took the shoe's place!
If only his shoe had been caught in that escalator!
Diarrhea Donnie waddled to the podium and let loose all over the world.
It's a shame that the audience didn't lob shoes at him, since he probably hasn't anything like the reflexes of Shrubby Bush. It would have been great to see him bonked on his surprisingly undamaged ear by a shoe thrown by some Middle Eastern diplomat . . . [#earcartilagedoesn'tgrowback]
Didn't Bush Jr. get a shoe thrown at his head during a press conference somewhere?
Yes, and it missed! Dang!
Like thick, hobnailed boots!
I was fantasizing about shoe throwing, too.
Now that I remember.
At least Khrushcev was coherent. I just looked up his quotes. Good stuff but as a kid I focused on the shoe banging at the UN. Great theater, unlike the clown show provided
by the US pResident.
All we needed was Vance in tights on the trapeze above.
Great. Now I can't get that image out of my mind. 🤢
He looked ready to take off his 👞 👞 shoes and pull a GW Bush on the attendees! LMAO 🤣
He threw verbal shoes because he cannot reach his shoes to remove them.
But, I'd like to see him try, Colleen Bissell. He'd tumble forward (like a Weeble that wobbles and does fall down) and then we'd get to watch several people struggle to haul him back into an upright position.
I thought that shiuld now be #2 and #3 would be Chavez. Go figure.
--while Khrushchev was a-twirl in his grave.
Thank heaven for you, Andy. You are what keeps me having any hope for this country.
And Heather Cox Richardson!
Yes. Her's is a sane, historical voice rising above the chaos and cacophony.
In any sane world, Trump's UN speech would have resulted in his commitment to an insane asylum.
But trump hasn't built them yet. He thinks that mental illness is a dichotomy so you can tell who is crazy and who isn't. Meanwhile, mental health is on a continuum and he is at the extreme level. Build the insane asylums so we have somewhere to put trump.
And the irony of all of that is, Yam Cancer is the one causing a significant number of mental health issues. If he would just go away, the world would be so much better off. I hung out with him for three days when he was married to Marla. I watched the O.J. Simpson slow speed chase in the green room at the Taj Mahal with yam cancer, Marla parentheses with Tiffany on her hip) David Hasselhoff, Pamela Hasselhoff, Davis agent Jan and her girlfriend Polly Bergen. When the CBS helicopter lost its feed covering the bronco, yam cancer was standing directly behind me, and the first thing out of his mouth was, “that’s what CBS gets for hiring that Cunt Connie Chung.“ Same asshole as always. If I had only known then. I think I would’ve taken one for the team.
Thanks for that story, Lisa Devereaux.
I remember the Orange Shame from back in the NYC 1980's Party days. He always was a class act - LOW class. That's why he could never break into the Manhattan "society" that he craved. He had the money - on and off - but he never had the intelligence or the grace or knowledge of even basic decent behavior. Everyone knew he was a liar and a disgusting thug. The Connie Chung comment is 100% who he is.
I'm still trying to figure how he got elected the first time.
I will never in my life, understand how anyone can support this vile excuse of a human.
I read that as vile excrement...
We are going bald, scratching our heads!
Yam cancer.....LOL
wish you had, but glad you got out (not jailed)
He belongs in rhe SuperMax federal prison in Florence, Colorado. Solitary confinement
CECOT
No, just jail!
(OT) KIMMEL WAS ***AWESOME*** LAST NIGHT!! Once the audience finally stopped cheering, applauding, whistling and hooting a resounding welcome back standing o (this took a long time), Jimmy spoke to and from the heart and also made us all laugh. (Next, we have to get Colbert's job back.)
I agree, Wis. And how about Robert DeNiro - was he not spot on?
For anybody who couldn't watch, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tjh_ZO_tY
DeNiro was fabulous!! The sticks and stones bit was hilarious!
I LOVE the sticks and stones bit, Wis. And I loved: "About that - speech - it ain't free no more. If you wanna say something nice about the President's beautiful thick yellow hair, or how he can do his make-up better than any broad, that's free. But, if you wanna do a joke like he's so fat he needs 2 seats on the Epstein jet, that's gonna cost you."
That DeNiro could keep in character throughout that bit is proof of what a great actor he is!
"Ain't free no more..." -- all of that had me rolling! DeNiro is great all around - as a talented actor (he has such a wide range, from humor to horror), and his politics are intelligently left-leaning. It was wonderful to see his support for Kimmel.
Grazie, Marmo!
I fear this victory will be short-lived. Now everyone will go back to their Disney and Hulu packages and think that Kimmel and his fans scored some kind of fabulous point. Well, no.
The best way he can win is to RESIGN now, because that would show he won't work for those corporate toadies anymore. Gee, did they change their fascist obedience overnight?
And doesn't Kimmel have enough money yet? Seems to me that many opportunities are open to him now, starting with producing, standup, podcasts, etc. And now he even has Italian citizenship.
Here's one person who is not going to sign back up for Disney/Hulu. And to be fair, Jimmy Kimmel may have plenty of money, but he also has a lot of regular working folks who make his show happen, and he saved their jobs. Having watched him through the years, I'd bet he was thinking of them and their families.
I don't completely agree with that, Dr. Judith Schlesinger. It's true that Kimmel will continue to push Disney products - as Colbert continues to push Paramount products. That's their job. And Kimmel said he's grateful that Disney invited him back - they do so at a risk. But, to expand, they need not only Dump's approval, but also need money - so it didn't feel so good to lose so much in less than a week. It's never going to be about doing the right thing - it's always going to be about money. We won't get scruples, so I think we should be happy to have free speech returned, no matter what is the reason for making the correct decision.
I don't think Kimmel should quit his show. He already has other shows, and he said that he was offered other jobs during his week off air (I'm sure that Colbert is drowning in offers). But, if he quits, then the monsters win - they get what they want and they'll spin it that Kimmel is afraid, and their base will feed on that. It would encourage them to do more of the same.
Mostly, we need as many people telling the truth as we can get. I think it's better that Kimmel continue to work for corporate toadies while exposing them to the mockery that they deserve. When good people quit because they don't want to work with/for the bad people, that leaves only the bad people.
It would be easy for Kimmel and all of them to quit - and it'll be difficult and dangerous for them to stay. But we need them where they are, accessible to as many people as possible, telling the truth and challenging the liars.
I'm with you, Marmo. 100%.
Judith Schlesinger,
"... many opportunities are open to him now..."
I was thinking while watching him last night that he could run for offfice.
Why not? Zelensky made a helluva go of it, though I wouldn't wish his difficulties on Jimmy.
JB,
Kimmel has family concerns that might keep him close to home, but you raise a very interesting point. Like, I know I would vote for Jon Stewart in a heartbeat if he ran for dog catcher - why not Kimmel?
That would be a great option for him if he's interested in more than a one-shot, token slap-in-the-face at The Powers That Be. Hmmm...he could take advantage of all the population he's roused, if he so chose...
Interesting!
We need Jimmy Kimmel. Colbert should run for Governor in SC.
You have my vote, Marmo.
I couldn't watch because I can't stay up that late. Not because of age but I'm an early riser. Thanks for the link! DeNiro was great!!
Should I take Tylenol???
My hubby and I watched it this morning and I agree - I think we should broadcast his opening monologue in as many public places as possible. He put it into plain language that everyone can understand: what happened to him was UN-AMERICAN!
Kimmel gave me hope.
I cried.
Me too.
The thing I like about us Borowitzers: we hang together, we snort together … and yes, we cry together.
We do! We have lots in common.
He did too.
Andy - you bright light and lightness through humor every day. We are all in your debt, and happy to be so!
I didn't watch the UN address; all I heard from the media *I* pay attention to was that it was outright embarrassing, it was self-aggrandizing and it was belittling. Gawd, I hope the world knows how many of us Americans are cringing, red-faced at our own president's unhinged, bombastic, condescending and factless ravings.
I did watch it and was so appalled that I couldn't move, even to turn off the sound. Once again this man has brought shame and deep embarrassment to our country. I hope no one in the assembly took him seriously. He tries to control there with fear, threat
Just when you think he can't get any worse he does!!!! When I watched, I too was frozen with disgust and worries about how the delegates would respond. Then I remembered that most of them know how to play him like a cheap fiddle so there was no need to worry.
--as in fact he is something of a cheap musical instrument that produces no beautiful sound whatsoever.
Why didn't more of them respond to His Arrogance with more distaste and vitriol? Instead of applauding, they should have laughed him out of the hall.
Unlike Trump most of them are diplomats
yes.
They applauded? Maybe b/c it was over.
Probably in a state of shock and disbelief.
Because they understand international etiquette, of which trump knows nothing (nor does he care). If it were a room full of trumps who were being ranted at like that, they'd at the very least have walked out. More likely, they'd order their thugs to drag the ranter out as they heckled and booed him.
--or just plain booed! Chanted, "Mango, Mango Mussolini!"
except I like mangos, so maybe another alliteration? Mendacious Mussolini?
Mashed-Yam Mussolini!
He figures it works for Congress so it should also work for the UN
Sorry, sent before I meant to. He tries to control them with threats of more tariffs, so they weren't laughing at him this time.
Did anyone laugh when he was spewing such outrageous craziness? I only saw a few clips and it made me laugh like Kamala did in the debate, when he said people were eating the dogs.
We need to send letters of apologies to all our foreign friends and let them know we don't approve.
We do. It's not like any of trump's appointed diplomats will do anything but further aggravate, not smooth things over.
I've been doing that for a long time, BTAM Master. My non-American friends are baffled - and none of them will vacation here while this administration remains in place.
Rubio is like a ventriloquist's puppet. He'll never be anything more than an embarrassing Little Marco.
I sent one to the Canadian Prime Minister two or three months ago.
Nothing like telling half the countries of the world that their societies are "going to hell" because of the migration coming from the other half of the countries. Trump was there only to divide and conquer. They must not let it stand - there must be a huge pushback from the General Assembly as a whole.
If all those countries are going to Hell, they'll find us there when they arrive because we've been in Hell for 9 months.
So true... the headline in a German publication "Postillion" this morning read: Confused old Man storms the UN Podium and Speaks Rudely and Insultingly for an hour.
Wow! I miss the days of fact-filled News stories.
I didn’t watch. Can’t bear him. But longing to know if the assembled delegates applauded rapturously or sat in silence? Anybody know?
I never watch him, Carol Bradford - I cannot stand the sight, nor the sound of his voice. But, I've seen a clip here and there (way too much). The audience is staring straight ahead with no facial expression (probably afraid they'll be arrested and deported if they yawn). I heard that when it was over, there was muted, small applause.
Did he really ban the Iranian delegates from shopping at Costco??? WTF?
His motorcade held up Macron, who ended up having to walk to the French Consulate. Macron took it in good spirits and joked. Supposedly, he called DJT and joked about it. He stopped and posed for photos with people on the street who recognized him. Can you imagine if it had been DJT who had to wait for Macron's motorcade to pass through?
He couldn't even handle a broken escalator without having a hissy fit. A traffic delay would have sent him over the edge. (Well, *more* over the edge, if that's possible.) Trump never takes *ANY*thing "in stride" or with humor.
He would have had a tantrum like the 4-year-old that he is.
stunned silence. and much fidgeting i expect.
I didn't watch either but I'd be surprised if there was anything more than a polite clapping, if even that, from what I've heard. Had I been there, I'd have grabbed my phone and made the sound of crickets chirping once trump's rant was over. He's so alone in the world.
In 2018, they laughed, which surprised him. In 2025, their faces look stunned. Meidas Touch has a photo of the audience in last night's "Today in Politics" newsletter.
Mostly silence...some laughter.
There is a United Nations YouTube channel which has all the speeches with audience cameras as well. Trump had a full house. Zelenskyy had a smaller audience and the Iran speaker had very few in attendance.
and MAGA has made noises about going to war over the supposed ‘rscalator’ incident
the whole MAGA group ALL of them need to attend anger management classes
Get the word out to those people, it was his own staff that caused both the elevator and the teleprompter issue
--along with medication--continuously via IV bags!
Speaking of the escalator… can we all just take a moment and express gratitude to the escalator gods? That moment was absolutely brilliant!
Remember before he got elected the first time, he was all proud of descending in the escalator to his adoring crowd. If only that one had stopped abruptly…
If Trump wants to censor someone to protect his presidency he should censor himself, no one else!
Elliot Daum, Sage Source of Wisdom!! Well said.
Time for a batshit crazy scale!
trumpshit crazy scale......
Retire the crown. No one (god willing) will ever top Trump's rant. And, by the way, if you read any of Trump's antics in a novel, wouldn't you think, 'Oh, come on...'?
Read the novel "It Can't Happen Here", written by Sinclair Lewis in the 1930's.
Ah, yes.
I thought it a revenge speech because he didn't get the bid for the UN building's remodel
Indeed. Please, please plot out a Batshit Crazy Scale, abbreviated BS-C. As a terminologist, I’m tempted to work out the distinction between Batshit (which has “crazy” as its primary attribute) and Bullshit (which is simply disgusting and a lie).
Interesting, Sue Ellen Wright. I would suggest that Bullshit is bold, shameless lies. And Batshit is insane.
I would say that Batshit almost always includes Bullshit - but Bullshit does not always include Batshit. Plenty of people fling bullshit knowing fully well what they are doing and they choose to not care. But, people like Dump spew bullshit because they are batshit - they've lost the distinction between reality and their own delusions, and they are not able to care because - well - they're batshit crazy. What do you think?
Well reasoned analysis. I approve. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻