Today’s shake-my-fist-and/or-head post consists of an array of news headlines that have contained the words, “Trump Baselessly Accuses.” They are sorted from present to past.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’… New York Times, July 22, 2025.
• Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech… CNN, March 14, 2025.
• Trump baselessly accuses Ukraine of starting the war and claims Zelenskyy is a dictator… The Journal (Ireland), February 19, 2025.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses Harris of Faking Crowd Size With AI… Drexel News, August 12, 2024.
• Convicted Felon Trump Baselessly Accuses VP, Former Prosecutor Harris of ‘Committing Crimes’… Rolling Stone, July 24, 2024.
• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of being on Beijing’s payroll… AlterNet, May 21, 2023.
• Trump baselessly accuses John Fetterman of using heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl… The Independent, September 4, 2022.
• Trump baselessly accuses ‘nutjob’ Alec Baldwin of intentionally killing cinematographer… Raw Story, November 5, 2021.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses Doctors of Overreporting Covid Deaths for Financial Gain… Forbes, October 30, 2020.
• Trump baselessly accuses Fauci of being a “Democrat”… Axios, October 15, 2020.
• President Trump baselessly accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing drugs during primary debates… Business Insider, September 13, 2020.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses ‘Deep State’ at FDA of Delaying Clinical Trials for COVID Vaccine… Talking Points Memo, August 22, 2020.
• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of wanting to abolish suburbs and more… Daily Kos, July 15, 2020.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses Bubba Wallace of Perpetrating ‘HOAX’ with Noose Incident… Talking Points Memo, July 6, 2020.
• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’… HuffPost, June 22, 2020.
[Editor’s Note: You’re right, you did see that headline before — it was the first one I cited. I could probably devote an entire post to the variant “Trump Repeats Baseless Claim” but even the most deranged TDS-sufferers among us might view that as overkill. So, moving right along…]
• Trump Baselessly Accuses CNN and MSNBC of Hyping Up ‘Caronavirus’ to Tank the Economy… Mediaite, February 6, 2020.
• Trump baselessly accuses drug industry of fueling impeachment push… Politico, October 3, 2019.
• Trump baselessly accuses Democratic lawmaker of ‘violence’ in insane tweet… Raw Story, August 20, 2019.
• Trump baselessly accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘ungrateful US hate statements’… The Independent, April 15, 2019
• Trump baselessly accuses Democrats of inflating Hurricane Maria death toll… Axios, September 13, 2018.
I didn’t think I would make it to twenty, but Hurricane Maria (the occasion of Trump’s infamous paper towel toss) sealed the deal.
Recalling all his baseless accusations has been a real trip down Memory Lane, and by that I mean a dark and dangerous lane where, for years now, a hateful little bully has delighted in terrorizing the neighborhood.
Today’s observation/comment is how repugnant I find the current masculine “fierce look.” Specifically the look captured below, courtesy of New York Times, of our Warrior Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Never mind the vague look of his wack spouse.)
Donny as he sees himself
Trump’s sycophants know how to kowtow and they do their best to imitate the master. They are the playground weaklings. He is the playground-bully-weakling.
Someone should remind Taco Donny: Scowls don’t kill.*
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* That’s where $1.5 trillion defense budgets come in handy.