{"id":1227,"date":"2020-09-07T08:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2020-10-07T10:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:04:55","slug":"why-is-trump-a-serious-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/09\/07\/why-is-trump-a-serious-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Can anyone help me understand the Trump Phenomena?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/drumpf.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p> &nbsp;It still just absolutely boggles my mind how anyone could possibly ever think that electing Trump was, is, or could be, in any way, shape, or form, a good idea. It is unfathomable to me. What kind of mental process, in the name of all that&#8217;s unholy, could lead anyone, and I mean anyone, into believing that a Trump Presidency would be anything asides from a nonstop raging dumpster fire that would damage our country and endanger its citizens? <\/p>\n<p>Maybe if someone with diminished intelligence who had a serious head injury and was under the influence of ten hits of high grade acid, then one MIGHT imagine such a thing as being a good idea, maybe just for a moment, or at least until the acid finally wore off. In that scenario I can believe someone would consider it a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Realistically if the IQ of the average American citizen was above a hockey score and a great deal of our population was even remotely close to having a clear mind, then even a wet blanket like Biden would be leading Trump by at least forty points in every single state.<\/p>\n<p>I have thought of similes to this utterly bizarre phenomena, but they are, for practical reasons, gruesome and surreal.<\/p>\n<p><center><i>A contrast&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niGjfLZ3nXo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grahamtrump.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Shall prophecy prevail?<br \/>\nLet us hope so!<\/i><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;It still just absolutely boggles my mind how anyone could possibly ever think that electing Trump was, is, or could be, in any way, shape, or form, a good idea. 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