Never in all my years have I ever had to look up words that described a evil presence , until Nov 5, 2024: the word I found that is epicly made to order to describe Trump & every person in his Regime & the Republican Congressional members: the word is ' Malific- ( an adjective) having a malignant influence, causing harm, capable of causing harm or destruction, productive of evil, malign, doing harm, baneful,the act of doing or producing diaster or evil.
I did watch a documentary on Trump’s life and the message that was hammered into him from his father, was that if you don’t win you’re a loser. Hence his win at all costs attitude and lack of empathy, because to care means you don’t win because you put someone else’s needs above your own and you can’t “win “. That combined with narcissistic personality and possibly dementia?
I have rarely ever felt hate but seeing him in action I can feel that anger and hatred pushing through. Sometimes it’s so strong it scares me, as it is not who I am, but who I could be if I let it.
Viktor, your words help and inspire. You could allow the hatred of Putin and his actions to overwhelm you, but you can still find joy in small things, and speak of love, despite the evidence of hatred all around you.
I too feel that anger, but also know that I do not want to be that person...I choose love, empathy, and trying at the very least to be civil....but all lives are sacred
I can relate to the anger and quite frankly the rage and profound sadness as well.
Trump has always been a very shitty person. I remember in the late 70s/early 80s spending college breaks or part of my summer on my aunt and uncles farm in PA. They had no children. My aunt was a mild hoarder lol💖, she hoarded all those old trash magazines; The Star ; The Enquirer, The Globe, Photo Scene, Movie World, Celebrity, and on and on.
My aunt had them all it seemed. As a 12/13 yr old girl, I was ‘all’ in lol
Trump dominated the headlines more than I liked. It was reported that he was the one calling into these magazines, pretended he was someone else/disguised his voice/used the same alias name, etc and gave these elaborate stories about himself to the paper. Remember, ‘Catch and Kill’ story ?
Personally, I never liked the guy. From that young age. But did love to read those magazines before I fell asleep each night lol
He is a mutant seed that did not receive the sun, nutrients, water, and nourishment that is needed to raise a kind, empathetic human being. I mourn for him because of all he is missing. He can only be happy for very brief moments, and will never be content. Nevertheless, as long as he continues to use abuse, cruelty, and chaos to lift himself up, I can’t be sorry for him.
There will never be enough money or enough power to fill the black hole that is in his heart. Watch the 2024 movie "The Apprentice" on Netflix to fully understand him. He was evil to the core lawyer Roy Cohn's apprentice and he learned his lessons well.
He is NOT one of us. I do not believe that he was ever held, or read bed time stories. His father was associated with known criminals and the KKK. He has lead a life of corruption always thinking he can do anything he wants. SCOTUS has added fuel to this disasterous dumpster fire! He is NOT one of us!
"The horror is not that he is beyond us, but that he is one of us."
And I wish he was the only one but, like Trump, there are many others in the US and in the world. By himself, Trump could not have gotten where he is now. He has had a lot of enablers along the way, starting by those who voted for him, of course, but also those in Congress who still support him after they have seen the kind of monster he is. Those in the Supreme Court who have given him immunity despite knowing perfectly well what he is capable of. Those in his cabinet who do the bidding for him, and even surpass his cruelty, like Stephen Miller, who intends to deport millions of hard working immigrants, who are in the country legally or illegally. Like Pentagon undersecretary for policy, Elbridge Colby, who was directly responsible for stopping the sending of arms to Ukraine a few days ago. Like Musk, who said that 'the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Like Putin, like Netanyahu, like Kim Jong Un, like Orban, etc And, in this very moment, there are millions of people in the US and in the world cheering for all of them.
What is terrifying to me is that Trump is not the only one. There are many like him, and millions of others like him, just with less power. And yes, they all probably had a domineering father and a diminished or absent mother. They know nothing about love and everything about destroying life.
I thought our country was better than this excuse of a human being, but Trump has exposed family members who have allowed themselves to be brainwashed in the right wing excuse of “news” , the algorithms that feed you the same crap or worse … people I have loved…even possibly birthed…and I try to remain loving without accepting…hoping they will see the light…unable to understand how they don’t????
It gets harder each day.
Victor, you are an incredible example to follow—-to continue to grapple with “whatever is right,
Whatever is just,
whatever is found to be excellent,
Whatever is pure,
Whatever is true,
Whatever is lovely and worthy of praise—-
Let your mind dwell on these things.” Philippians 4 (I think)
I listened to the stories trumps niece told about his childhood . I hear he grew up in a house without love. That his father was a cruel man who loved only money. While I may pity the small boy Donald once was, I cannot excuse the man's actions. Mostly I blame all the boot lockers and power hungry, morally corrupt people who want to be in his orbit. Dictators need followers to do his bidding.
Sounds like the line from...."Manhunter"? The movie with William Petersen, playing a detective going after Hannibal Lecter (one of the prequels to "Silence of the Lambs")? He, too, felt sympathy and pity for "the boy he had been," but that he had to bring the man to justice. :-/
Very similar circumstances, in a way; in both cases, the boy that had been was no more. :(
There are many tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of ppl in America and around the world that will never forgive the cruelty of DT and his Fascist Regime. The same goes for Putin. This will all be recorded in history books for future generations to read and learn of the depravity. Here in Canada, we are committed to Ukraine. We are committed to NATO. We are committed to Canada's Sovereignty and security. Our Prime Minister has just announced that Canada will soon be making cuts to government programs in order to keep building our military might, and also keep assisting our Ukrainian sisters and brothers in UKR. Our commitment is steadfast, to you, to our people, to Democracy. We are all in this together. Proud to stand with you Ukraine. ❤️ 🇨🇦 🍁 🇺🇦
"We are not only fighting against this man or the system that he represents.
Our fight is against what he reminds us that is potentially inside each one of us, waiting for the right conditions to grow." Yes, Viktor, our world mirrors what we have not been willing to face. Trump is doing us all a favor by showing us our Shadow, and it is all about Fear. Trump is afraid. He was raised in a family full of fear. Fear begats the us and them. Fear causes war. Fear brings violence. It is pretty simple. We all need to dig deep and bring our Fear into the Light. We are both Dark and Light and he is so good at showing our Darkness. He is not a monster. He is a human full of fear and self-hate... It's all a big protection...
He is a monster please don’t pretend otherwise. We all have choices to make he chose to be the most bigoted, greedy, hateful, egotistical piece of human garbage God, Allah, the Great Spirit or any other belief you may hold as creator of this world. He has made that choice as have the voters who just could not vote for Harris for whatever reason, I can not say that if we had ranked choice for president and there were six choices that she would have been a 5 and tRump wouldbe a 6
I do not think he had the same choices we did. His brain doesn't work right. He didn't have to be in a position where he could be the most miserable and most destructive though. And yes, I could say the same of Hitler. He might've turned out better if his father didn't beat him nearly to death. If you haven't already heard folk singer Woody Guthrie's song about Fred Trump, go find it on YouTube. It tells you a lot about the environment Trump grew up in. That whole Biblical thing abiut the sins of the fathers going down to the third and fourth generation actually makes a bit of sense when it comes to abuse.
No he had much better choices than the average person, remember he had 4 siblings and all had the same upbringing or close. So quit blaming his upbringing and put the blame squarely on his head. look at his kids Jr if and when Dad dies unless he dies in the revolution Eric the shortbus one and Ivanka the slut who is just a Dickless Donny
Go read a book on Cluster B personality disorders and get back to me when you understand how that works. There's a reason his siblings are not the same. Then read what I said again and respond to what I actually wrote instead of your tendentious reading of the same.
Shit I forgot you are one of those who know everything! How could I’ve so naive that forgot I didn’t develope any opinions in 75 years . Please forgive me for not seeing that you know everything just like tRump. Must be the heat
Hi Tom, I am not pretending. I just feel that we all have monster within and yes, we have choices. And, we all have radically different life circumstances that shape our choices. I guess you could say that I am choosing not to judge anyone's choices. I don't want to contract into anger and blame. I don't feel that is helpful in the long run. That is my choice...
It is just like the Germans who didn’t want to get involved in the persecution of Jews, queers, handicapped before they fired up the gas chambers. How many like yourself just stood back and said they must have deserved it . I’m just glad it’s not me!
I didn't say anyone deserves anything or that I would not stand up for what I believe. I don't happen live where they are rounding up immigrants but If I hear of it happening in my area which is very possible, I will be down there standing with others. We are a very small community. I also didn't say that I am not keeping track of what is happening. My child identifies as queer. I am not on the sidelines, I am only seeing things from a different perspective from you. And, so I choose to engage with you because of our different perspective. We, as Americans, will never be able to move forward until enough of us find ways to unite rather than separate.
I think it is important to know that he is human. Because we have to guard against acting like him, or guard against closing our eyes to what he and his minions are perpetrating on our streets and in our "holding" centers. We have to find nonviolent ways of fighting against his unethical actions
I firmly believe his cruelty started at a young age. His father was cruel, that we know. I know very little about his mother, but I am his age and growing up in that time period, the father was dominant and the mother was subservient and passive. He is exactly like his father. Unfortunately he is now president because his followers are blind to who he is.
Trump is a very sick individual, I think, and is now in obvious physical and mental decline. Our challenge is to fight monstrous words and actions without becoming monsters.
Mary Trump talks about his cruelty as a child. He was sent to reform school for being incorrigible and continued to bully people there. He’s always been a sadist bastard and I’m not sorry for saying so.
Behaviorists in the 1960s in America tried to create experiments to understand how Nazis made the leap to genocide. It’s true that the findings suggested people could suspend values if the group was not alarmed (Smoky Room Experiment), or that people often defer to perceived authority(Milgram experiment), or even become authoritarian (Stanford Prison Experiment), but most people are not so calculating and transactional serial predators. He’s a sadist.
Ukraine has been honorable. Like Vice President Kamala Harris said, “We deserve better.”
Ukraine and America deserve better than to be oppressed by people who actually enjoy hurting others, even children. I wish I could know how to forgive monsters.
I have taken on the habit of what I call “Spinning the Mirror”. When I judge another, I “spin the mirror” and look for the same trait in my own behavior, regardless of how much smaller the actual impact.
I comb through my thoughts as if they are actual behaviors since a popular wise man from the Middle East said our thoughts are the same as our actions. So…
You show remorse, simply by the admission of these actions & using them as a parameter to base judgement.
A third (give or take) of the adult voting population is either incapable or unwilling to do that. They have been given permission to live their fantasies out loud & proud.
So very many of us have had it drilled into us to "not judge people". How are we supposed to make choices as to who is good/healthy/positive for us? When the basic tenents of decency, truth, kindness... humanity...are ignored or shredded, who are we NOT to judge?
Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. I do make observations and comparisons, which lead to my choices. I then take actions based on my desired outcome. In my work, quick decisions had to be made and acted upon, so gathering accurate information rather than opinions was critical. I'm retired now, but the habit remains.
I can have a preference without labeling it as "good" or "bad". The decisions and choices Trump makes are typically the opposite of what I would decide or choose. I don't like the direction he's taking things. I can see the benefits of people standing up for what they believe in and helping to protect our rights. I'll stand there, too, and fight for those rights.
It strikes me that all these people who want the country run Trump's way didn't have their opinions respected when it was being run the way the rest of us preferred. I sometimes wonder if this was how the first "separation" occurred on our planet, resulting in all the different cultures we have now...and what keeps us together with such disagreement abounding...
Never in all my years have I ever had to look up words that described a evil presence , until Nov 5, 2024: the word I found that is epicly made to order to describe Trump & every person in his Regime & the Republican Congressional members: the word is ' Malific- ( an adjective) having a malignant influence, causing harm, capable of causing harm or destruction, productive of evil, malign, doing harm, baneful,the act of doing or producing diaster or evil.
Powerful.
I meant malific is powerful.... . Thank you for the word.
Exactly..! But still I pray for the MIRACLE 🪴
I did watch a documentary on Trump’s life and the message that was hammered into him from his father, was that if you don’t win you’re a loser. Hence his win at all costs attitude and lack of empathy, because to care means you don’t win because you put someone else’s needs above your own and you can’t “win “. That combined with narcissistic personality and possibly dementia?
I have rarely ever felt hate but seeing him in action I can feel that anger and hatred pushing through. Sometimes it’s so strong it scares me, as it is not who I am, but who I could be if I let it.
Viktor, your words help and inspire. You could allow the hatred of Putin and his actions to overwhelm you, but you can still find joy in small things, and speak of love, despite the evidence of hatred all around you.
💙💛💙💛💙💛
I too feel that anger, but also know that I do not want to be that person...I choose love, empathy, and trying at the very least to be civil....but all lives are sacred
Well said!
I can relate to the anger and quite frankly the rage and profound sadness as well.
Trump has always been a very shitty person. I remember in the late 70s/early 80s spending college breaks or part of my summer on my aunt and uncles farm in PA. They had no children. My aunt was a mild hoarder lol💖, she hoarded all those old trash magazines; The Star ; The Enquirer, The Globe, Photo Scene, Movie World, Celebrity, and on and on.
My aunt had them all it seemed. As a 12/13 yr old girl, I was ‘all’ in lol
Trump dominated the headlines more than I liked. It was reported that he was the one calling into these magazines, pretended he was someone else/disguised his voice/used the same alias name, etc and gave these elaborate stories about himself to the paper. Remember, ‘Catch and Kill’ story ?
Personally, I never liked the guy. From that young age. But did love to read those magazines before I fell asleep each night lol
Wow! Blast from the past ✨✨
He is a mutant seed that did not receive the sun, nutrients, water, and nourishment that is needed to raise a kind, empathetic human being. I mourn for him because of all he is missing. He can only be happy for very brief moments, and will never be content. Nevertheless, as long as he continues to use abuse, cruelty, and chaos to lift himself up, I can’t be sorry for him.
There will never be enough money or enough power to fill the black hole that is in his heart. Watch the 2024 movie "The Apprentice" on Netflix to fully understand him. He was evil to the core lawyer Roy Cohn's apprentice and he learned his lessons well.
Dear Viktor;
We will never share what this monster is.
He is inherently inhumane, barely human.
I will never identify with him. EVER.
And neither should any of us.
Your heart and Ukraine 🇺🇦 is good.
Stay Safe Viktor🙏
Please continue to write and share your thoughts.
As Always
Lina
I'm witcha' sis, good people stand in total opposition to everything this orange menace represents.
He is NOT one of us. I do not believe that he was ever held, or read bed time stories. His father was associated with known criminals and the KKK. He has lead a life of corruption always thinking he can do anything he wants. SCOTUS has added fuel to this disasterous dumpster fire! He is NOT one of us!
"The horror is not that he is beyond us, but that he is one of us."
And I wish he was the only one but, like Trump, there are many others in the US and in the world. By himself, Trump could not have gotten where he is now. He has had a lot of enablers along the way, starting by those who voted for him, of course, but also those in Congress who still support him after they have seen the kind of monster he is. Those in the Supreme Court who have given him immunity despite knowing perfectly well what he is capable of. Those in his cabinet who do the bidding for him, and even surpass his cruelty, like Stephen Miller, who intends to deport millions of hard working immigrants, who are in the country legally or illegally. Like Pentagon undersecretary for policy, Elbridge Colby, who was directly responsible for stopping the sending of arms to Ukraine a few days ago. Like Musk, who said that 'the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Like Putin, like Netanyahu, like Kim Jong Un, like Orban, etc And, in this very moment, there are millions of people in the US and in the world cheering for all of them.
What is terrifying to me is that Trump is not the only one. There are many like him, and millions of others like him, just with less power. And yes, they all probably had a domineering father and a diminished or absent mother. They know nothing about love and everything about destroying life.
I thought our country was better than this excuse of a human being, but Trump has exposed family members who have allowed themselves to be brainwashed in the right wing excuse of “news” , the algorithms that feed you the same crap or worse … people I have loved…even possibly birthed…and I try to remain loving without accepting…hoping they will see the light…unable to understand how they don’t????
It gets harder each day.
Victor, you are an incredible example to follow—-to continue to grapple with “whatever is right,
Whatever is just,
whatever is found to be excellent,
Whatever is pure,
Whatever is true,
Whatever is lovely and worthy of praise—-
Let your mind dwell on these things.” Philippians 4 (I think)
That is what Trump exposed
I listened to the stories trumps niece told about his childhood . I hear he grew up in a house without love. That his father was a cruel man who loved only money. While I may pity the small boy Donald once was, I cannot excuse the man's actions. Mostly I blame all the boot lockers and power hungry, morally corrupt people who want to be in his orbit. Dictators need followers to do his bidding.
Sounds like the line from...."Manhunter"? The movie with William Petersen, playing a detective going after Hannibal Lecter (one of the prequels to "Silence of the Lambs")? He, too, felt sympathy and pity for "the boy he had been," but that he had to bring the man to justice. :-/
Very similar circumstances, in a way; in both cases, the boy that had been was no more. :(
There are many tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of ppl in America and around the world that will never forgive the cruelty of DT and his Fascist Regime. The same goes for Putin. This will all be recorded in history books for future generations to read and learn of the depravity. Here in Canada, we are committed to Ukraine. We are committed to NATO. We are committed to Canada's Sovereignty and security. Our Prime Minister has just announced that Canada will soon be making cuts to government programs in order to keep building our military might, and also keep assisting our Ukrainian sisters and brothers in UKR. Our commitment is steadfast, to you, to our people, to Democracy. We are all in this together. Proud to stand with you Ukraine. ❤️ 🇨🇦 🍁 🇺🇦
"We are not only fighting against this man or the system that he represents.
Our fight is against what he reminds us that is potentially inside each one of us, waiting for the right conditions to grow." Yes, Viktor, our world mirrors what we have not been willing to face. Trump is doing us all a favor by showing us our Shadow, and it is all about Fear. Trump is afraid. He was raised in a family full of fear. Fear begats the us and them. Fear causes war. Fear brings violence. It is pretty simple. We all need to dig deep and bring our Fear into the Light. We are both Dark and Light and he is so good at showing our Darkness. He is not a monster. He is a human full of fear and self-hate... It's all a big protection...
He is a monster please don’t pretend otherwise. We all have choices to make he chose to be the most bigoted, greedy, hateful, egotistical piece of human garbage God, Allah, the Great Spirit or any other belief you may hold as creator of this world. He has made that choice as have the voters who just could not vote for Harris for whatever reason, I can not say that if we had ranked choice for president and there were six choices that she would have been a 5 and tRump wouldbe a 6
I do not think he had the same choices we did. His brain doesn't work right. He didn't have to be in a position where he could be the most miserable and most destructive though. And yes, I could say the same of Hitler. He might've turned out better if his father didn't beat him nearly to death. If you haven't already heard folk singer Woody Guthrie's song about Fred Trump, go find it on YouTube. It tells you a lot about the environment Trump grew up in. That whole Biblical thing abiut the sins of the fathers going down to the third and fourth generation actually makes a bit of sense when it comes to abuse.
No he had much better choices than the average person, remember he had 4 siblings and all had the same upbringing or close. So quit blaming his upbringing and put the blame squarely on his head. look at his kids Jr if and when Dad dies unless he dies in the revolution Eric the shortbus one and Ivanka the slut who is just a Dickless Donny
Go read a book on Cluster B personality disorders and get back to me when you understand how that works. There's a reason his siblings are not the same. Then read what I said again and respond to what I actually wrote instead of your tendentious reading of the same.
Shit I forgot you are one of those who know everything! How could I’ve so naive that forgot I didn’t develope any opinions in 75 years . Please forgive me for not seeing that you know everything just like tRump. Must be the heat
I'll save you the trouble of having to explore any new ideas or facts to consider.
Hi Tom, I am not pretending. I just feel that we all have monster within and yes, we have choices. And, we all have radically different life circumstances that shape our choices. I guess you could say that I am choosing not to judge anyone's choices. I don't want to contract into anger and blame. I don't feel that is helpful in the long run. That is my choice...
It is just like the Germans who didn’t want to get involved in the persecution of Jews, queers, handicapped before they fired up the gas chambers. How many like yourself just stood back and said they must have deserved it . I’m just glad it’s not me!
I didn't say anyone deserves anything or that I would not stand up for what I believe. I don't happen live where they are rounding up immigrants but If I hear of it happening in my area which is very possible, I will be down there standing with others. We are a very small community. I also didn't say that I am not keeping track of what is happening. My child identifies as queer. I am not on the sidelines, I am only seeing things from a different perspective from you. And, so I choose to engage with you because of our different perspective. We, as Americans, will never be able to move forward until enough of us find ways to unite rather than separate.
Viktor, as always, you write the truth. You write what we are all thinking and feeling. My heart is with you.
I think it is important to know that he is human. Because we have to guard against acting like him, or guard against closing our eyes to what he and his minions are perpetrating on our streets and in our "holding" centers. We have to find nonviolent ways of fighting against his unethical actions
I firmly believe his cruelty started at a young age. His father was cruel, that we know. I know very little about his mother, but I am his age and growing up in that time period, the father was dominant and the mother was subservient and passive. He is exactly like his father. Unfortunately he is now president because his followers are blind to who he is.
His mother was one of the ones saying along the lines of, "I love him, he's my son; I just hope he never gets into politics."
And one of his mentors was another cruel S.O.B.; can't recall his name at the moment, but he just basically reinforced his dad's "lessons."
Lawyer Roy Cohn. See the Netflix movie "The Apprentice" to fully understand Trump.
That was it! :D
Thanks! :)
And yeah; I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard much about it... X-P
Trump is a very sick individual, I think, and is now in obvious physical and mental decline. Our challenge is to fight monstrous words and actions without becoming monsters.
He’s a walking horror movie.
If Rutte hadn’t intervened, Trump would have gotten us kicked out of the alliance.
You might still be.
Mary Trump talks about his cruelty as a child. He was sent to reform school for being incorrigible and continued to bully people there. He’s always been a sadist bastard and I’m not sorry for saying so.
Behaviorists in the 1960s in America tried to create experiments to understand how Nazis made the leap to genocide. It’s true that the findings suggested people could suspend values if the group was not alarmed (Smoky Room Experiment), or that people often defer to perceived authority(Milgram experiment), or even become authoritarian (Stanford Prison Experiment), but most people are not so calculating and transactional serial predators. He’s a sadist.
Ukraine has been honorable. Like Vice President Kamala Harris said, “We deserve better.”
Ukraine and America deserve better than to be oppressed by people who actually enjoy hurting others, even children. I wish I could know how to forgive monsters.
I don’t want to.
I have taken on the habit of what I call “Spinning the Mirror”. When I judge another, I “spin the mirror” and look for the same trait in my own behavior, regardless of how much smaller the actual impact.
I comb through my thoughts as if they are actual behaviors since a popular wise man from the Middle East said our thoughts are the same as our actions. So…
“He lies” (I have lied)
“He Threatens” (I have threatened)
“He harms” (I have imagined harming) etc.
If I judge him, how can I not judge myself?
We should all judge ourselves and our actions.
The problem is that when Trump looks in the mirror, he thinks he is Christ. He has a cult that believes it. He has religious leaders that preach it.
So I'm going to be stingy with my benevolent thoughts and save them for the downtrodden that are being impacted by Trump's cruelty.
The difference is that:
You've "combed through your thoughts"
You've recognized the negative behaviors
You show remorse, simply by the admission of these actions & using them as a parameter to base judgement.
A third (give or take) of the adult voting population is either incapable or unwilling to do that. They have been given permission to live their fantasies out loud & proud.
So very many of us have had it drilled into us to "not judge people". How are we supposed to make choices as to who is good/healthy/positive for us? When the basic tenents of decency, truth, kindness... humanity...are ignored or shredded, who are we NOT to judge?
Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. I do make observations and comparisons, which lead to my choices. I then take actions based on my desired outcome. In my work, quick decisions had to be made and acted upon, so gathering accurate information rather than opinions was critical. I'm retired now, but the habit remains.
I can have a preference without labeling it as "good" or "bad". The decisions and choices Trump makes are typically the opposite of what I would decide or choose. I don't like the direction he's taking things. I can see the benefits of people standing up for what they believe in and helping to protect our rights. I'll stand there, too, and fight for those rights.
It strikes me that all these people who want the country run Trump's way didn't have their opinions respected when it was being run the way the rest of us preferred. I sometimes wonder if this was how the first "separation" occurred on our planet, resulting in all the different cultures we have now...and what keeps us together with such disagreement abounding...