Donald Trump- "Yeah, I'm An Asshole...But You Already Knew That, Didn't You?"

For some unfathomable reason, zebras never change their stripes

Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski

After Silk goes on and on about how much she loves Trump and all the great times they had together, Trump gets up and says this: “I knew Diamond, but I didn’t know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk. You’re fantastic.”

Imagine someone so lacking in native intelligence, self-awareness, compassion, basic human decency, and awareness of others that they can manage to make even a funeral about themself.

Now consider that this person is the poster child for the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

Then contemplate the sad historical fact that this person was somehow elected President of the United States. Not only that, but after his four-year Reign of Error, when he ran for re-election and lost, he convinced himself that the election was stolen from him. Because of this, he incited a poorly-organized and ineptly-conducted coup attempt that resulted in five dead and more than a hundred wounded. Not that this both him, mind you.

Now take a deep breath and consider the absurdity that this 24-karat sociopath has announced he’s running again in 2024.

Yes, indeed; the ridiculousness continues unabated, especially after the Grim Reaper split up the clown show that was Diamond and Silk.

Donald Trump spoke at Diamond’s dog and pony show funeral, with all the attendant farce and ludicrousness one might expect. To no one’s surprise, El Cheeto Grando succeeded in making even Diamond’s funeral about himself. It was the cringeworthiest event of 2023…so far, at least.

Quelle surprise….

Former President Donald Trump went into several strange tangents about himself and his own self-interests on Saturday during the funeral for Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway in North Carolina.

Hardaway — who comprised half of the conservative commentary duo Diamond & Silk — died earlier this month from unknown causes. She and her sister, Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, were among Trump’s most vocal supporters, having visited him at the White House and rallied on his behalf before he announced Hardaway’s passing on Truth Social.

Trump presided over Hardaway’s memorial service, which Richardson used to push unsubstantiated claims about coronavirus vaccines. Richardson and Hardaway were outspoken anti-vaxxers, and they were cut from Fox Nation years ago for spreading conspiracy theories about Covid-19.

You could be forgiven for thinking that a funeral is supposed to be about remembering and honoring the recently departed, not pushing a political agenda. But, sadly, the line between “class” and “ass” has often been obliterated by Trump and Silk…and Diamond while she was still alive.

As Richardson spoke, she described how Trump treated her and Hardaway “just like the other children: Eric, Don Jr., Tiffany.” When Trump spoke later, however, he weirdly told the mourners that Richardson never made an impression on him until that day.

“The world has lost one of its brightest stars,” Trump said. “But I see that we have another star who was equal to, but she stepped up and she is different. I’m serious, I thought I knew them both, I didn’t. I knew Diamond, but I didn’t know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk. You’re fantastic, you’re going to carry on beyond, beyond anybody’s wildest imaginations.”

After this belittlement for Hardaway’s partner-in-crime, Trump went on to — once again — claim without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from him. This was accompanied by Trump breaking from the Hardaway honorifics in order to rail about the state of the country on a variety of fronts.

“How do we stop the cheating? How do we stop it where you get more votes, but you still don’t win?” Trump whined. “The answer is the Republicans have to get tougher, the top people have to get tougher, and you have to really swamp ’em.”

So here we are…almost 30 months past the 2020 election, and Orange Jesus still can’t bring himself to face the reality that most of the country long ago accepted.

For Trump and those of you still pushing the “STOP THE STEAL!!” farce, I have a straightforward, easy-to-understand message for you:

HE LOST…AND YOU’RE IN A CULT

I don’t know how to break it down any more than that. Trump lost by 8 million votes. It wasn’t even a close election, so to claim that there was widespread fraud when no one has presented credible evidence to that effect is sheer folly.

If you KNOW the election was stolen, show the evidence you have. You can’t, though- because you don’t have any, and you don’t have any because there isn’t any…so how ‘bout y’all STFU?

In case you’ve forgotten, that’s what y’all told those of us on the Left in 2016 after Trump won. Kinda sucks when the tables are turned, eh?

Ah, but I digress….

Diamond’s funeral exceeded Mango Mussolini’s attention span by a far piece:

They told me, just give me a little time. I’ve got a lot of people waiting for me back in a place called Palm Beach, Florida. They said give me a little time. What do you think it’ll take? About 15 – 20 minutes, in and out. I said ‘Well it could take longer.’ This is a little longer than 15 minutes, right?

Never let it be said that Donald Trump has ever been willing to spend time or energy on anyone but himself.

Why would millions of otherwise lucid Americans vote for this flaming asshole?

Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski

I can tell you one thing for sure, because he said it himself 5 times, Trump was definitely NOT expecting to sit through 3+ hours of hymns and stories at Diamond’s memorial service today: “They said about 15-20 minutes, in and out. This is a little longer than 15 minutes, right?”

No one should be surprised that Donald Trump managed to turn the celebration of the life of another into a rant about himself. He’s not someone who suffers the spotlight being on anyone else-living or dead- for any length of time. On the contrary, he immediately loses interest when he’s not the center of attention.

Part of me would like to think that this petty display of self-interest would alert his remaining supporters to what a self-absorbed asshole he is, but this is hardly his first rodeo, and those who support him are fully aware of his myriad personality flaws. Moreover, some adore him precisely BECAUSE he’s “unconventional,” which for most well-adjusted folks is code for being an asshole and a sociopath.

It’s amazing how far one can get in life despite an utter lack of self-awareness and empathy. Then again, I suppose being a sociopath means never having to say you’re sorry.