Trump ought to have turned to the guy, smiled, waved at him, not middle-fingered him, and kept on walking. Don't give a sh*thead person any reason to think they "got under your skin".
I agree with the comments, I LOVE Trump! But he's a "Ready, Fire, Aim" kind of guy. It's probably because of his New York background. He's not a statesman (TNAS) is right on. I just ignore these kind of (re)actions as "He's just being Trump!" and move on. I'd rather have TRUMP as POTUS with all these weird things since he has done so much for us. I'm sure he's doing things to help us that we don't even know about yet.
Our President can't do that. He cannot see that there's something _beyond_ getting a guy fired that's an even bigger "win!" He doesn't reflect. He doesn't weigh. He's Mr. Immediate.
The reminder TNAS (Trump's Not A Statesman) should be seen regularly, like TAW.
I wish we did have one, but statesmen are probably too brittle for his job at this moment.
I voted for Trump. I regret the occasional embarrassment, but there's no arguing effectiveness. #sorrynotsorry
Good points...and I wonder, if Trump had taken the high road, the road he spends very little time on, would the bozo heckler have gotten as much from the GoFundMe? The press would have been much less so I suspect no big payoff.
The sad part is that rewarding behavior in this way only leads to more of it, and because the first time is novel but the 2nd time is old news, each successive attempt has to be magnitudes better. Which often means it quickly reaches stupid or dangerous.
Great when it’s rescuing kittens from burning buildings, not so great when it involves testing the limits of ICE or the Secret Service.
Better we use anything other than Go fund me after they went full CommuFascist collusion with Globocap Pharma war during Covid. Seizure of donations to Canadian freedom (trucker) convoy and initially moving to legally NOT return to donors.
Give Send Go came to the rescue while truckers and families were needing food and fuel etc.
There’s no forgiveness for the damage done when Go Fund Me remains fake and GAE
I am with you! I donated to the Canadian truckers even as Trudeau was spouting lies about them. 🤥 GFMe tried to keep MY $$, saying they were going to send it to some other Canadian charity I’d never even heard of.
Absolutely not! I haven’t donated another dime through them since, and I never will.
“This isn’t about defending Trump’s decorum. I think we can all agree he has none.” Nah, he has a normal level of decorum. He gave the proper response to that dickhead’s comment. I recall when people had respect for the president, regardless of party. Frankly, TJ wouldn’t say that to Trump’s (or anyone’s really) face, so he’s a coward. Social media has caused people to forget there can be consequences to their words.
At first I was disappointed in Trump's reaction to the heckler. But then decided that an elderly man with very high testosterone levels who could register his reaction to being heckled was actually kinda cool. After what Trump has been put through since winning the presidency in 2015, I can't blame him for his honest display.
I have an older brother and have always loved men and the way they behave with each other (I could never have survived in an all-female profession like teaching), and I thought the finger was exactly what most men would do in that situation. I wasn’t offended at all, the guy was a douche and deserved a middle finger.
I agree. Men are more confrontational than women, a trait I admire. Women find more surreptitious means of signaling displeasure. I have always preferred arguing with men than with women, because there are no hard feelings afterwards. Women I work with tend to pout.
I cannot stand how women backbite, gossip, manipulate. It drives me crazy. Thankfully as an adult I’ve found many ‘guys girls’ like me to be friends with, but my college years and early 20s were pretty distressing.
Funny how that happens: for most of my life my best friends were men and my women friends were high maintenance emotional basket cases. But in the last 5 years I've finally found two wonderful women who aren't afraid of a difference of opinion, who aren't shy about having a muscular difference of opinion. I still have one friend, though, who "punishes " me with the silent treatment when I push back against her.
Yes! You are 100% correct! This is indeed exactly what I voted for. Someone with the cojones to respond with what the pos deserved. I worked with guys on the ramp in the airline biz for years and I wasn’t offended in the least. 👍🤣
Maybe if the company he works for hadn’t reacted to punish him so quickly it may have blown over. We do have a right to say things, don’t we? Still, the situations we are in with this shows to me we have shot past 🤡 🌎 into another universe altogether. Having said this, im not bothered by Trump’s reaction.
Not meaning to side-track the thrust of this article, but the Epstein saga continues, because Epstein did not kill himself, his victims will never see justice. We will likely never know the truth is such an irritant, no matter how much we demand it. Charlie Kirk, did not die from a 30-06 round to the neck.
It's just we are being repeatedly lied to. Trump will be Trump is just the way it is. Truth, justice and the American way is for super heroes--wishful thinking.
GoFundMe is a flat out rip off. The only ones getting rich are the financial institutions skimming their cut off these donations and the scammers collecting the money from fools.
It's a nice idea, but it's gone horribly wrong. People are idiots! As the saying goes: "A fool and their money shall be soon parted."
Never under estimate the power of Americans to collectively hate for a cause.
I mean what better way to check all the emotions boxes. You get to be angry in the name of compassion and feel righteous indignation all at the same time. It truly makes you better than everyone else!!
You're right, Mike. I don't think that an emotional response is necessarily a shallow one, or that it's goal is always to make me (feel) better than everyone else; it could be to make me feel better about my self.
I'm getting a lot of solicitations. Dispassionate presentations, which are rare as bald spray in the beauty aisle, don't get me off the couch to send anything in. The uber-vast majority of them come at me with an aim to trigger an emotional response. As I've watched myself, dispassionately you know, I've observed that I tend to respond, emotionally, to the ones that appeal to my emotions--to DO something besides just sit there and stew. After my emotion is spent, I find I'm good for days at a time before another appeal can get my interest. ("We--still--need a better way" than "bulk mail." GoFundMe Is Not It. GiveSendGo could be.)
I'd like to claim I'm above this, but I donated to Trump's campaign in the immediate aftermath of Butler. Those ruthless bastards at winred have essentally owned my text messaging space ever since. Big mistake.
Jenna - thought you might be interested in a "super-flu" pop-up flu vax clinic for potential future writings that's sponsored by the Manhattan Borough President.
A friend in NYC received an email from the Manhattan Borough President who is offering a free flu shot clinic today to, as the email title proclaims, "Protect Yourself and Your Neighbors Against the 'Super-Flu'". Most egregious fear mongering line in it: "Even if you’ve already had the flu this season, doctors warn that you may still be vulnerable to the second strain."
We are currently experiencing what experts are calling a “super flu” outbreak, with a significant surge in cases across New York State and a possible second strain emerging. Children and older adults are among those most at risk. Even if you’ve already had the flu this season, doctors warn that you may still be vulnerable to the second strain.
That’s why I’m hosting a Free Flu Shot Clinic tomorrow — Friday, January 16, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. — at the Manhattan Borough President’s Northern Manhattan Office, located at 431 West 125th Street. I’m grateful to our partners at Ryan Health for making this possible.
As always, if there’s a problem or concern I can help with, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
BH-S is and was the worst NYS Senator in Albany and behind all the c-19, flu, sex ed, pro noun language and no parental consent needed bills in NY!!! Horrible person and now Manhattan Borough President. Evil man who once told John Gilmore of Autism Action Network, that his jab injured child was just one of the "consequences of protecting the greater good".
All Dems are being paid with kick backs etc from big Pharma and more. Supposably he left his position to spend more time with his two children he and his “husband “ adopted.
Let us not fail to recognize a fundamental difference in the world's power centers... that heckling Xi Jinping would no doubt find you behind that factory with your internal organs having been monetized...and doing the same to Vladimir Putin, well, let's just say you wouldn't be around to collect the dough. And if one thinks that those two totalitarian states are unique, then take a look at the premier, so-called Democratic states in present-day Western Europe, where posting an admiration for bacon on social media will get you arrested and fined, and criticizing members of the government will get you a lengthy prison term. The President's relatively mild response to what would certainly command a long and uncomfortable prison stay, if not a death sentence in other jurisdictions, is a testament to our nation's dedication to free and unfettered speech... a reward for being a dumbass is a testament to our nation's stupidity... but then again... the Left will cannonize its own for any reason and at any opportunity made available.
Basically what I was going to say. At minimum you’d be arrested for mean words or roughed up in many countries. That is happening in the UK right now. Police state at your door. Or in Ir@n where they are actually under the gun and threat of death for protesting. Do we see “those limelight’s of human rights” like Sarandan or other self important lefties standing up for them lately? I haven’t seen a freakin word out of them. They would run away like the pissants they are.
A name my farmer daddy used often to describe some folks back in the day. Also used at times while a gaggle of his 5 kids swirled around his life. More affectionately said, of course. 😊
Thank you, David! It's often said that "a picture is worth a thousand words.".. and what is a gesture but a picture in living motion... :)... I appreciate your acknowledgement... and with mutual respect and admiration, I return your salute, Sir!
Trump always takes the bait, he can never rise above the childish nonsense that these attention seekers crave so badly. Rewarding bad behavior with money is how these unhinged idiots operate. It’s become a “I double dog dare you” situation with a huge payoff if the heckler is successful. It’s very disturbing to see hatred manifesting into a deadly virus, one that seems to be contagious if you’re a liberal lunatic.
Trump ought to have turned to the guy, smiled, waved at him, not middle-fingered him, and kept on walking. Don't give a sh*thead person any reason to think they "got under your skin".
I agree with the comments, I LOVE Trump! But he's a "Ready, Fire, Aim" kind of guy. It's probably because of his New York background. He's not a statesman (TNAS) is right on. I just ignore these kind of (re)actions as "He's just being Trump!" and move on. I'd rather have TRUMP as POTUS with all these weird things since he has done so much for us. I'm sure he's doing things to help us that we don't even know about yet.
God Bless Trump and keep him safe and directed!
Our President can't do that. He cannot see that there's something _beyond_ getting a guy fired that's an even bigger "win!" He doesn't reflect. He doesn't weigh. He's Mr. Immediate.
The reminder TNAS (Trump's Not A Statesman) should be seen regularly, like TAW.
I wish we did have one, but statesmen are probably too brittle for his job at this moment.
I voted for Trump. I regret the occasional embarrassment, but there's no arguing effectiveness. #sorrynotsorry
Does TAW stand for "Trump Always Wins" ?
Yes, "Trump Always Wins." (Bears repeating.) When he doesn't, he lets us know he didn't care about it anyway... :^)
I agree that statesmen are probably too brittle for this job at the moment.
Good points...and I wonder, if Trump had taken the high road, the road he spends very little time on, would the bozo heckler have gotten as much from the GoFundMe? The press would have been much less so I suspect no big payoff.
The sad part is that rewarding behavior in this way only leads to more of it, and because the first time is novel but the 2nd time is old news, each successive attempt has to be magnitudes better. Which often means it quickly reaches stupid or dangerous.
Great when it’s rescuing kittens from burning buildings, not so great when it involves testing the limits of ICE or the Secret Service.
👏👏
Better we use anything other than Go fund me after they went full CommuFascist collusion with Globocap Pharma war during Covid. Seizure of donations to Canadian freedom (trucker) convoy and initially moving to legally NOT return to donors.
Give Send Go came to the rescue while truckers and families were needing food and fuel etc.
There’s no forgiveness for the damage done when Go Fund Me remains fake and GAE
I am with you! I donated to the Canadian truckers even as Trudeau was spouting lies about them. 🤥 GFMe tried to keep MY $$, saying they were going to send it to some other Canadian charity I’d never even heard of.
Absolutely not! I haven’t donated another dime through them since, and I never will.
Yeah, I avoid giving to Go Fund Me if at all possible. Their treatment of the truckers is absolutely unforgiveable.
You said what I came here to say.
EXCEPT when the state deems it the Wrong type of protest/support, then they debank you and cancel the GFM.
Canada is a shithole.
GREAT reminder.
“This isn’t about defending Trump’s decorum. I think we can all agree he has none.” Nah, he has a normal level of decorum. He gave the proper response to that dickhead’s comment. I recall when people had respect for the president, regardless of party. Frankly, TJ wouldn’t say that to Trump’s (or anyone’s really) face, so he’s a coward. Social media has caused people to forget there can be consequences to their words.
My feelings as well.
At first I was disappointed in Trump's reaction to the heckler. But then decided that an elderly man with very high testosterone levels who could register his reaction to being heckled was actually kinda cool. After what Trump has been put through since winning the presidency in 2015, I can't blame him for his honest display.
I have an older brother and have always loved men and the way they behave with each other (I could never have survived in an all-female profession like teaching), and I thought the finger was exactly what most men would do in that situation. I wasn’t offended at all, the guy was a douche and deserved a middle finger.
I had 2 older brothers, wouldn’t have it any other way. ⭐️⭐️🎯🎯 …
I agree. Men are more confrontational than women, a trait I admire. Women find more surreptitious means of signaling displeasure. I have always preferred arguing with men than with women, because there are no hard feelings afterwards. Women I work with tend to pout.
I cannot stand how women backbite, gossip, manipulate. It drives me crazy. Thankfully as an adult I’ve found many ‘guys girls’ like me to be friends with, but my college years and early 20s were pretty distressing.
Funny how that happens: for most of my life my best friends were men and my women friends were high maintenance emotional basket cases. But in the last 5 years I've finally found two wonderful women who aren't afraid of a difference of opinion, who aren't shy about having a muscular difference of opinion. I still have one friend, though, who "punishes " me with the silent treatment when I push back against her.
Yes! You are 100% correct! This is indeed exactly what I voted for. Someone with the cojones to respond with what the pos deserved. I worked with guys on the ramp in the airline biz for years and I wasn’t offended in the least. 👍🤣
Maybe if the company he works for hadn’t reacted to punish him so quickly it may have blown over. We do have a right to say things, don’t we? Still, the situations we are in with this shows to me we have shot past 🤡 🌎 into another universe altogether. Having said this, im not bothered by Trump’s reaction.
I wondered about that at first, but then realizedI the one place where there is no freedom of speech is the workplace.
Exactly! What that guy did reflected poorly on the company (Ford) he worked for hence, they were 100% justified in punishing him for it.
Mary Ann I cldnt agree more!!
Hugs to you, Rebecca! I'd rather see Trump give some idiot the finger than watch Tim Walz wave at his admirers.
Not meaning to side-track the thrust of this article, but the Epstein saga continues, because Epstein did not kill himself, his victims will never see justice. We will likely never know the truth is such an irritant, no matter how much we demand it. Charlie Kirk, did not die from a 30-06 round to the neck.
It's just we are being repeatedly lied to. Trump will be Trump is just the way it is. Truth, justice and the American way is for super heroes--wishful thinking.
Sorry 😢 I have to go heckle the mayor…. Look 👀 for my go fund me page!
GoFundMe is a flat out rip off. The only ones getting rich are the financial institutions skimming their cut off these donations and the scammers collecting the money from fools.
It's a nice idea, but it's gone horribly wrong. People are idiots! As the saying goes: "A fool and their money shall be soon parted."
I won’t donate to any cause via Go Fund Me after their treatment of the Canadian truckers (anyone remember that?!).
I do. I remember being so livid abt it that I couldn’t sleep. Never have I written so scathing a letter.
GFMe sent something saying they had chosen another charity for my
money to go to because the truckers “weren’t protesting peacefully”. (Hello, I didn’t donate to GFMe for YOU to decide where it should go?!)
Apparently Trudeau put the kibosh on GFMe donations, forgetting that everybody over 11 now has a camera in their pocket.
The protests were a heck of a lot more peaceful than anything going on in Minnesota— then, and now.
Exactly! I don't trust Go Fund Me or the people using it!
My reasons also.
Ditto.
Never under estimate the power of Americans to collectively hate for a cause.
I mean what better way to check all the emotions boxes. You get to be angry in the name of compassion and feel righteous indignation all at the same time. It truly makes you better than everyone else!!
You're right, Mike. I don't think that an emotional response is necessarily a shallow one, or that it's goal is always to make me (feel) better than everyone else; it could be to make me feel better about my self.
I'm getting a lot of solicitations. Dispassionate presentations, which are rare as bald spray in the beauty aisle, don't get me off the couch to send anything in. The uber-vast majority of them come at me with an aim to trigger an emotional response. As I've watched myself, dispassionately you know, I've observed that I tend to respond, emotionally, to the ones that appeal to my emotions--to DO something besides just sit there and stew. After my emotion is spent, I find I'm good for days at a time before another appeal can get my interest. ("We--still--need a better way" than "bulk mail." GoFundMe Is Not It. GiveSendGo could be.)
the Guy probably made SHITTY CARS ANYWAYS🤣🤣🤣
I'd like to claim I'm above this, but I donated to Trump's campaign in the immediate aftermath of Butler. Those ruthless bastards at winred have essentally owned my text messaging space ever since. Big mistake.
Me too, till I started blocking all their numbers. Peace at last.
I must have blocked dozens. May I ask how many you blocked to make it work. Just a guess would be great!
What I did was reply "stop" and then block. Probably took 25-30 times to work. Good luck!
Thanks!!
I’ve heard that about winred. Ugh.
Tim, something in something, something else at leisure. Hope that helps.
I appreciate your intention, but that's a bit cryptic for me.
AI to the rescue: "Act in haste, repent at leisure."
(Other wags have it: "Marry in haste...")
That is a gem!!
Perhaps union guy is in a time warp and mistook prez Trump for former prez Clinton.
Trump to issue emergency EO today renaming Go Fund Me to Go F Yourself.
I chose Only If It’s Funny in the poll. If it’s witty and timely mocking of a public figure who’s earned it, knock yourself out, win cash prizes.
Jenna, I am in awe of your gifts. Today’s post was just damn near perfect. Nailed it.
My sentiments, exactly.
🤗💕
Jenna - thought you might be interested in a "super-flu" pop-up flu vax clinic for potential future writings that's sponsored by the Manhattan Borough President.
A friend in NYC received an email from the Manhattan Borough President who is offering a free flu shot clinic today to, as the email title proclaims, "Protect Yourself and Your Neighbors Against the 'Super-Flu'". Most egregious fear mongering line in it: "Even if you’ve already had the flu this season, doctors warn that you may still be vulnerable to the second strain."
Email contents follow and readable at this link
https://mailchi.mp/1ed8da9afdf3/protect-yourself-and-your-neighbors-against-the-super-flu?e=65688ad92b
"Dear Neighbor,
We are currently experiencing what experts are calling a “super flu” outbreak, with a significant surge in cases across New York State and a possible second strain emerging. Children and older adults are among those most at risk. Even if you’ve already had the flu this season, doctors warn that you may still be vulnerable to the second strain.
That’s why I’m hosting a Free Flu Shot Clinic tomorrow — Friday, January 16, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. — at the Manhattan Borough President’s Northern Manhattan Office, located at 431 West 125th Street. I’m grateful to our partners at Ryan Health for making this possible.
As always, if there’s a problem or concern I can help with, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Stay healthy,
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Manhattan Borough President"
My first impulse if I lived there would be to go out and about coughing as much as I could.
That is literal insanity! Thanks for sharing.🩷
BH-S is and was the worst NYS Senator in Albany and behind all the c-19, flu, sex ed, pro noun language and no parental consent needed bills in NY!!! Horrible person and now Manhattan Borough President. Evil man who once told John Gilmore of Autism Action Network, that his jab injured child was just one of the "consequences of protecting the greater good".
Thanks for the info. The other thought is how much is he being paid and by whom.
Question: any info on why he's not in state govt anymore?
All Dems are being paid with kick backs etc from big Pharma and more. Supposably he left his position to spend more time with his two children he and his “husband “ adopted.
Isn't this just the exact opposite of what happened with the psycho berating the Target grandma?
This seems like a parody lol. It's hard to believe stuff like this is real.
haha love that comparison!
Let us not fail to recognize a fundamental difference in the world's power centers... that heckling Xi Jinping would no doubt find you behind that factory with your internal organs having been monetized...and doing the same to Vladimir Putin, well, let's just say you wouldn't be around to collect the dough. And if one thinks that those two totalitarian states are unique, then take a look at the premier, so-called Democratic states in present-day Western Europe, where posting an admiration for bacon on social media will get you arrested and fined, and criticizing members of the government will get you a lengthy prison term. The President's relatively mild response to what would certainly command a long and uncomfortable prison stay, if not a death sentence in other jurisdictions, is a testament to our nation's dedication to free and unfettered speech... a reward for being a dumbass is a testament to our nation's stupidity... but then again... the Left will cannonize its own for any reason and at any opportunity made available.
Basically what I was going to say. At minimum you’d be arrested for mean words or roughed up in many countries. That is happening in the UK right now. Police state at your door. Or in Ir@n where they are actually under the gun and threat of death for protesting. Do we see “those limelight’s of human rights” like Sarandan or other self important lefties standing up for them lately? I haven’t seen a freakin word out of them. They would run away like the pissants they are.
"pissants"... Now there's an old-school term that I applaud the use of... very descriptive... and appropriate!!
A name my farmer daddy used often to describe some folks back in the day. Also used at times while a gaggle of his 5 kids swirled around his life. More affectionately said, of course. 😊
EXCELLENT points, Anthony.
And may I say I have never encountered a more noble defense of giving the finger.
I am not sure Mr. Trump would get the point, being more concerned with why "other jurisdictions can do stuff he can't...
I, however, salute you!
Thank you, David! It's often said that "a picture is worth a thousand words.".. and what is a gesture but a picture in living motion... :)... I appreciate your acknowledgement... and with mutual respect and admiration, I return your salute, Sir!
Trump always takes the bait, he can never rise above the childish nonsense that these attention seekers crave so badly. Rewarding bad behavior with money is how these unhinged idiots operate. It’s become a “I double dog dare you” situation with a huge payoff if the heckler is successful. It’s very disturbing to see hatred manifesting into a deadly virus, one that seems to be contagious if you’re a liberal lunatic.