In case you missed it, Donald Trump went a bit nuts last night after the major news networks began calling the presidential election for Barack Obama.

Like, calling-for-revolution nuts.

He’s since deleted some of his most reactionary, absurd tweets, likely upon realizing how stupid they were, but they still exist on websites such as Mashable:

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump): He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump): The phoney electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!

(Note: Neither of those things are true as of this writing. And they won’t be true in a week’s time, either.)

And, of course, he followed that brilliant series with this:

Are you f—king kidding? Out of all of the things that are wrong with this tirade, I’ve got two comments:

1.) These problems you’re identifying are democracy. Sometimes things you dislike happen because a majority of people that you don’t identify with won. I’m not crazy-go-nuts about the fact that Joe Arpaio happens to have pulled out another victory over reason in his re-election as sheriff of Maricopa County, but I’m not calling for people to storm Phoenix’s Fourth Avenue Jail in an effort to revolt against Arpaio — that’d be irresponsible and stupid, even with my limited reach.

2.) If you make a call for unity after saying that you hope that one group completely stonewalls another unless they do what they want, you are an idiot. You’re calling for the House of Representatives to hold our entire damn legislative process hostage over a law that was passed by the House of Representatives before the mid-term election that brought a mass of obstructionists to power.

There will, hopefully, one day be unity in our country again. At least, a unity of the majority of folks — there will always be dissidents, idiots and misguided supporters of fringe third-party candidates.

But that unity can’t come when we’re vehemently, rudely, obnoxiously vilifying the people who have different political beliefs because of their political beliefs.

We’re not on the path to socialism, communism, or straight-up totalitarian regimes. We won’t lose our guns, and this health-care program can only help the young people who have yet to find work because of an economy that’s still finding its footing as we recover from one of the worst economic situations in our nation’s history.

Calm the hell down, people. Take a deep breath. Go to Washington or Colorado and take advantage of their new laws.

But stop calling for revolution — and for the love of God, stop talking about moving to Canada. If you think our taxes and “socialized” health care plans are awful, wait ’til you get a load of theirs.

This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.

12 replies on “Rant: Donald Trump Continues To Be A Terrible Person”

  1. “misguided supporters of fringe third-party candidates.” The BEST thing that could happen to our democracy is at least one other strong party besides the two holding us hostage now. The need to form coalitions to govern would be the perfect way to stop this increasingly extremist slide in the nation.

    Perhaps, if you studied history you would realize that a two party system was one of the great fears of many of the founders who saw it as a sure way to squelch democracy and send the nation off course.

    That said, Trump is indeed a horrid person who should have his TV show taken away forthwith. Why any network would wish to associate with such a person is beyond me.

  3. Well, there’s a reason why I added the modifier “fringe” to that sentence. I remember reading George Washington’s address to the nation expressing his fears that the party system would damage our nation — which, to an extent, it has.

    Ross Perot, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are all fairly well-qualified third-party candidates, in my opinion (ignoring the fact that Paul never actually abandoned the Republican party). Perot, of course, was wildly successful (as far as someone who placed third in a three-man-race could be), and helped legitimize the concept of the third party within presidential elections.

    But my point was that the supporters of the fringe, absurd third-party candidates would generally keep us from being completely unified as a nation. Sure, that’s not necessarily a problem — criticism is invaluable in aiding improvement of any sort — but I’m not crazy about the kinds of candidates who seem to exist only as spoilers, rather than those who are legitimate alternatives to mainstream options.

  4. I am Canadian, and PROUD to be Mr. Mendez. Our health care has its problems, but all in all we are lucky to have our taxes paying for it, and not having to pay out HUGE monthly bills to greedy FOR PROFIT health providers. You Mr. Mendez or any American could do a lot worse than live in Canada.

  5. Agreed, Barb. I’m saying that the majority of folks who claim that they’d rather live in Canada than the U.S. upon Obama’s re-election have no idea what they’d be getting into, considering your nation’s higher taxes and socialist medical care…which, in some strange twist, result in great quality of life. Amazing how that works, right?

    Either way, my comments may have come out strangely as a result of either my loathing of Donald Trump’s insanity, or the Dayquil high I’m dealing with to get rid of this cold. My apologies — insulting Canada wasn’t my intention.

  6. Why do you even waste your time writing about this idiot? Years ago, former New York City mayor Ed Koch succinctly summed up Trump and his relevance. When told of something critical Trump had said about him, Koch said, “Who cares, everyone knows Donald Trump is a sleazebag.”

  7. Why’s the crybaby upset about B.O. losing the popular vote and getting elected?
    The Comb-over must have forgotten abt Al Gore in 2000. Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to Bush/Cheney. Oops! Musta missed that one. Mighta had a touch of Romnesia. He’s so much less than important. ML Proko

  8. You lost me here, Mike.

    President Obama won the popular vote. By +3%, which was a higher percentage than was GWB’s in his win over Kerry in 2004.

    Otherwise, I endorse the point you make about this disgusting creature.

  10. Donald Trump is a great man, in his own mind. Unfortunately, he continues to receive considerable attention in the media on various platforms (Faux News, “The Apprentice”).

    I accord him the same interest that I give to the latest antics of the Kardashian litter… basically none.

  11. Honestly you think Canada’s tax laws and health care policies are awful? We’re a pretty happy country and doing quite well, not perfect by any means but we don’t go around pointing the finger.

  12. Dear “Happy Canadian” – I’m sure Dave had his tongue slyly tucked in his cheek when he wrote this: “Agreed, Barb. I’m saying that the majority of folks who claim that they’d rather live in Canada than the U.S. upon Obama’s re-election have no idea what they’d be getting into, considering your nation’s higher taxes and socialist medical care…which, in some strange twist, result in great quality of life. Amazing how that works, right?”

    Which I read as praise. Plus, envious.

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