{"id":45962,"date":"2020-07-18T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45962"},"modified":"2020-07-18T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T21:55:48","slug":"fearful-trumps-extremist-attacks-are-escalating-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45962","title":{"rendered":"Fearful Trump’s Extremist Attacks Are Escalating and It’s Only Going to Get Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an unmistakable stench of desperation in the White House that is spreading like a virus. Donald Trump may be as delusionally confident as ever on the surface, but his behavior is more reflective of someone consumed by fear and a grossly misperceived sense of victimization. This has lead to a new “scorched earth”<\/em> reelection approach to attacking Joe Biden and a nastier, more toxic campaign strategy.<\/p>\n

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Trump has plenty to be worried about. His negligent and incompetent mismanagement of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has resulted in a tragic surge that exceeds anything seen throughout the world. The economy is in recession and more than 40 million Americans have faced unemployment. There is civil unrest in the streets of America protesting systemic racism, while Trump is advocating for Confederate traitors who fought to preserve slavery. And his reelection campaign is coming apart at the seams amidst historically low polling<\/a><\/strong> and abysmal approval ratings.<\/p>\n

As Trump’s mental state deteriorates, his paranoia increases. He has begun administering “loyalty tests”<\/em><\/a><\/strong> to staffers in the White House and virtually every cabinet agency, including the Pentagon. He and his Ministry of Propaganda (aka Fox News) are entertaining bizarre election theories<\/a><\/strong> aimed more at soothing his fragile ego than winning in November. And he sees himself as tormented by everyone from former advisors like John Bolton (see his book here<\/a><\/strong>) to family members like his niece Mary Trump (see her book here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Consequently, Trump is resorting to ever more drastic methods of extraction from the electoral Mariana Trench he has dug himself into. He is ramping up his attacks on Joe Biden with allusions to his mental health. That’s a treacherous slope considering that the American people regard Trump as more mentally unfit than Biden<\/a><\/strong>. He sat for what he probably thought would be a softball Fox News interview, but ended up getting fact-checked live by Chris Wallace. Trump was called out for his lies about Biden’s position<\/a><\/strong> on defunding the police.<\/p>\n

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Fox's Chris Wallace fact checks Trump and tells Trump that he's wrong to claim that Biden wants to defund the police. pic.twitter.com\/arNNZb8K01<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n