Pierce: The President Is a Wounded Animal

[mcar]

The President Is a Wounded Animal
Donald Trump's latest public demand of Bill Barr would be inconceivable if anything were inconceivable anymore.

By Charles P. Pierce
Oct 20, 2020

He's wounded animal. I didn't believe at first that the tawdry ratfcking of the Hunter Biden story really was the October Surprise on which El Caudillo Del Mar-a-Lago had been counting ever since Joe Biden clinched the Democratic nomination a century ago last spring. But, as the last week unfolded, and it was revealed that the story was so rancid that it prompted a wildcat byline strike by reporters at the New York Post, of all places, it had become clear that he'd been hoping that it would turn into the 2020 equivalent of the James Comey letter to Congress that did so much to help him win four years ago. And it is equally clear that he can't let it go because he has nothing else. From Yahoo! News:

“We’ve got to get the attorney general to act,” Trump said in a telephone interview with “Fox & Friends” when asked whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to probe unverified allegations against the Bidens. “He’s got to act. And he’s got to act fast. He’s got to appoint somebody. This is major corruption, and this has to be known about before the election.”

The idea that even Bill Barr could gin up a special prosecution force and conclude its investigation all in the next 14 days is self-evidently loopy. He's a wounded animal.

So, on Thursday night, the first time that they mute his microphone while Biden is talking, I don't know what will happen, but it will not be like anything we've seen in a political debate before. It is not inconceivable that he walks off the stage entirely. Nor is it inconceivable that he'll simply talk louder. Nor is it inconceivable that...well, there's nothing inconceivable anymore. That word doesn't mean what we thought it meant. Not anymore. Being a casual friend of Kristen Welker, I am seriously considering doing a novena on her behalf Wednesday night. Or, at the very least, I may send her a whip and a chair. He is a wounded animal, and he's chewing off his own leg to get out of the trap.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34429945/trump-bill-barr-joe-biden-corruption/

[LisaL]

1. I personally prefer a cornered rat analogy.

NT

[mcar]

4. That works too

[PatSeg]

17. Cornered rat coming off of steroids

[Layzeebeaver]

34. Or as the Dutch saying goes...

“A cat in a narrow alley makes strange jumps”

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Only two people think that this Hunter Biden story is anything remotely like what rump thinks

it is. Rudi and trump. Who in the world trusts either one of these scumbags? Some laptop, w/ chain of custody issues out the wazoo to begin with, if there is anything even like a laptop involved and how in the world did rudi and his thugs get a hold of this so called laptop? Seems far fetched and full of holes big enough for an elephant to walk through.

[CTyankee]

11. My neighbor bellyaches about lack of any press interest in the Biden story on Facebook and nobody

bothers to argue with him. He is now trying to PICK A FIGHT with somebody, anybody who is not a republican like him on this non story. It is pitiful.

What a sad thing. He and his family are the best neighbors we could ever have. Always helping us out by taking down our trash barrels on pick up day and bringing them back up. He, his wife and kids always do it, every pick up day.

[slumcamper]

29. Absolutely--a lot of QAnon types are grasping at this.

This story is an article of faith, a life preserver in confirming their bias and hatreds.

[SWBTATTReg]

40. It is a sad thing. Perhaps one day your neighbor will realize that the H. Biden story is a non-

issue and that people literally don't care about it. With this disgusting administration, literally every day there is some story about it, and it's especially delicious when a 'story' doesn't take off and they get upset that people aren't paying attention to it. Too bad. I'm sick of all of the drama, the stories, the constant whining, etc. Just about everybody I talk to is exactly like this, they are sick and tired of the whining, the bitching, the moaning, the ranting, etc. We are tired of it.

Take care...maybe your neighbors will see the light? Like they say, you don't talk religion, politics and something else (I can't recall at the moment) with people. A good neighbor like that to help you take the trash out for you etc. is indeed nice.

[CTyankee]

42. They really are helpful. So this year I am going to make a special gift to Yale New Haven Hospital

in the honor of their infant daughter who died there after being born just too early to sustain life. It was such a sad story. They set up a fund for a room in her name for parents of preemies who are struggling to live so they can talk privately with doctors.

She is well known in our city, having been the Health and Science reporter at our local ABC news outlet and having on camera report several times a week. People like her. And she never talks politics.

[SWBTATTReg]

43. That is indeed a terrible and sad story. It is a good thing what you are doing. It will comfort

them a little bit that their daughter's memory will allow others to be helped.

[CTyankee]

44. I think they will be pleased.

I kinda feel sorry for them. They are in a sea of Democrats here in New Haven with all these Dems from the mayor on up. They don't seem to be too exercised about our Senators but I think he made a snarky crack about our Rep. Rosa DeLauro who will win against a big money non politician who is paying for her own campaign. She hasn't done anything to even remotely run for office against Rosa. And she's a dope.

[zentrum]

3. No insult....

…meant to animals of course.

[mcar]

5. Of course

[stillcool]

6. definitely a whip and a chair...

Donald can't handle a strong, smart woman that can put a hurt on him. He should skip the debate and have another covid-rally with his kind.

[klook]

37. Or a rolled-up magazine with his picture on the cover.

[James48]

7. I want to see him chew his foot off.

[Grasswire2]

12. Charlie is so funny. nt

[Layzeebeaver]

35. The only way he would chew his own foot would be if it was the toy in a happy meal.

[BaileyBill]

8. Reminds me of the Aggie wolf that...

...chewed off three of his legs and was still caught in the trap.

[niyad]

22. And here I thought that I knew most of the Aggie stories!

[ffr]

9. This whole charade is brought to us by Moscow Mitch McConnell.

If not for his lack of constitutional duty, tRump would have guardrails. But because of Moscow Mitch McConnell, there are no guardrails, only tRump's crackhead reality.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

41. Moscow Mitch and the Gangsters Of Putin

The Republican party transformed itself into the party of Newt, became radicalized, and then transformed itself into the party of Trump with lots of aid from Putin's oligarchs.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. not wounded enough. Needs more wounding. Lots more.

[Martin Eden]

14. Trump AND the elephant he rode in on

Deserve wounding. Lots of wounding.

[wnylib]

19. Thanks for giving me a new response

to Trumpists.

"FU and the elephant you rode in on."

[orangecrush]

13. I fully expect

Him to go completely insane when he loses.

[BannonsLiver]

18. I've been wondering about that

After he loses, we shouldn’t be surprised if he went on a series of farewell rallies across the deplorable states. On our dime of course.

[wnylib]

20. My biggest concern over that is

that he might call on his gun-toting followers to stop standing by and and start taking action.

Even if they are not numerous enough to overthrow the election, they can cause a lot of havoc and harm before being subdued.

[orangecrush]

23. Which would please Putin

To no end.

[birdographer]

15. Chewing off his own leg...

how perfect is that for a description of his behavior? We know he is an animal, he is not human.

[hay rick]

16. Not wounded, rabid. nt

[Sherman A1]

26. Agreed

hit the nail on the head there.

[Joinfortmill]

21. Excellent. Thanks.

[Paladin]

24. "...there's nothing inconceivable anymore."

Perfect statement of where we are, at this miserable point. If you haven't cast your vote for Biden yet, for God's sake do so.

[wnylib]

25. For sure Trump will try to make the fake

laptop story the focus of the debate on Thursday. I'm certain that's the reason for the timing of the release of the story and hope that Biden is prepared with a strong comeback that will show both Trump and the story as insane.

But another concern of mine about the debate is that Trump will intentionally violate the space between him and Biden in order to shout Biden down when Trump's mic is off. Biden needs to have a mask ready to put on quickly in case of such an event. Maybe also have some disinfectant spray, gel, or wipes on hand. Trump's aggressive behavior cannot and should not be underestimated.

[Deacon Blue]

38. Bear or Wasp Spray...

...to the face will also work very well to stop It in It’s nasty tracks.

[wnylib]

39. Or pepper spray since he is

so fond of seeing weaponized cops using it on peaceful protesters.

[cwydro]

27. Rec.

[bucolic_frolic]

28. I think the debate will be a big conflagration

Welker is weak sauce to control the kind of sh*t Chris Wallace faced. These 2 candidates should not be in the same room. I worry for Joe Biden. Trump is a loose cannon if there ever was one.

[Warpy]

30. More like a cornered one, which is why he's acting out of desperation

He was really counting on Hunter Biden to provide him with some kind of Comey Moment, another October Surprise, never seeming to realize Hunter Biden is not only not running for office, he's had less to do with Joe Biden's campaign than his spawn have had to do with his own.

Dumdum is now snapping and snarling at everyone around him. He is exposing what he's been all along to more and more people. Wounded animal comes after he realizes a bunch of nobodies decided he should go...and it sticks.

[Nitram]

31. I lean towards a different analogy entirely. He's bat shit crazy. Period.

[bdamomma]

32. A dangerous

wounded animal.

[Cha]

33. A Wounded Demonic Piranha.

TY for Pierce, mcar.

[live love laugh]

36. He was wounded before taking office. nt