King Trump’s Forever Shutdown

0:00Does anybody else out there get the feeling that Trump is going to try to keep the government shut down indefinitely? I mean, would you really put it past him? I know I wouldn't. Not if he thought it would benefit him politically and if he thought he could get away with it, and because so far this man has gotten away with everything he's ever tried to get away with. We'll get to that in just a minute. It's Newsweek Radio. I'm Jesse Edwards. News talk and opinion without agenda. Sometimes a little bit of satire thrown in for good measure. But first we need to talk about these No Kings festivals over the weekend.

0:28Sorry, did I call them festivals? I mean the protests. Top headline at Newsweek.com, Trump mocks No King protesters with videos. He posted two artificially generated videos of himself on social media, one in which he puts on a crown, and another in which he flies a plane with King Trump written on the side and drops a brown liquid on protesters. Brown liquid? Are you kidding me? Brown liquid. No, that's Trump defecating on America, because that's what he thinks about anybody who disagrees with him. He loves to hate you, and you love to hate him. And I do. I love to hate Trump. It's kind of fun because he's a fantastic villain straight out of central casting.

1:06Now, I'm not afraid to admit it. Even as a self-professed conservative libertarian, I embrace my Trump derangement syndrome because somebody would have to be just a little bit deranged to support Trump at this point. And no, I don't hate Trump supporters because I think that they've been misled and they simply need a little bit of help. Isn't it interesting to see how people get upset when other people don't share their political views? It's almost cute in a way. Like they wouldn't get that worked up if they didn't actually care about the opposition. Maybe that's the subconscious drive behind so much of our toxic discourse.

1:36People fighting each other because we think we're protecting everybody. Why won't you just let me save you becomes our unspoken battle cry beneath every comment, thread, and cable news debate. It's oddly tender for a species convinced that it's at war when in reality we're all just kind of trying to love each other in the most dysfunctional ways possible. And just because I think these no-kings protests don't actually accomplish anything doesn't mean that I don't understand why people do it. Sure, I went downtown to see for myself on Saturday, and I must admit that I had a really good time mingling for about an hour as a neutral observer.

2:10And there was a massive turnout. And people are rightfully pissed, even though sometimes they've got a really strange way of showing it because the mood wasn't gloomy, that's for sure. Maybe it should have been. Even though that wouldn't change anything either, of course, go ahead and put on your brave face, but we're still being held hostage by Trump and there's not a single person or organization that can save us from him, apparently. So no, the No Kings protests from my perspective is like the band kind of playing as the Titanic sank. We understand why they did it, I just don't think it's healthy for people to grab onto this as some sort of false hope right now.

2:42Because don't kid yourselves, we're living in dangerous times and chanting in the streets doesn't have the same impact that it did even 30 years ago. I'm afraid Trump is about to postpone elections indefinitely. I mean, for crying out loud, he's entertained the idea himself publicly on more than one occasion. And who's going to stop him if he does? The Democrats? The courts? The same system that enables his very existence in the first place? The only thing that can stop Donald Trump at this point is his own physical expiration date. And I don't doubt for a second that the Republicans are going to try to steal the next election just like they did the time before last on January 6th.

3:22Mike Pence, I hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. And if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you. I will tell you right now. I can't imagine Donald Trump being a worse president, let alone a worse American or human being for that matter, if he tried his hardest. He fails every test in such a way that constantly makes me think that he's doing it on purpose. Because I refuse to believe that somebody could actually be this consistently stupid and still manage to manipulate everybody with such ruthless precision. And look, in a way, I don't even blame Trump for being the big dumb animal that Trump is.

4:01I blame the system that enables this kind of disaster to begin with. The process can no longer be trusted if this is what it leads to. The only silver lining that I can see personally to Trump's absolute dumpster fire of an administration is that despite all of our rules and regulations and traditions and checks and balances, scientifically sound methods, button-down Oxford-style, academically trained, focus-grouped, think-tanked, spreadsheeted, by-the-book, pencil-pushing, know-it-all, checklist-happy, trust-the-process, mind-rot, this treacherous goon does whatever the hell he wants without signaling the slightest amount of fear or or accountability, or empathy, or contrition, or humility.

4:38And in that sense, Trump is a beacon of anarchy that appeals to my darkest teenage rebellious proclivities, living proof that any of us can truly be anything that we want to be in this country if such a degenerate country club, trust fund, silver spoon scumbag with the IQ of a cantaloupe can be elected as president twice. But I'm not a rebellious teenager anymore, and I know exactly what kind of damage that Trump is inflicting on our country, not just in our wallets and to our institutions, What an absolute ass of a human being like this does to our collective hearts and minds over time. Because it's absolutely toxic.

5:13And we're going to be dealing with the fallout of this for the rest of our lives. That's unforgivable. And we're going to be lucky to get out of this thing alive pending World War III with our dunce of a king at the wheel. This is why you can never trust liberals to properly deal with a bully. Because sometimes sitting around and talking about your feelings as you run down a checklist in order to speak your truth isn't going to be enough to stop the homicidal clown who's wielding a butcher knife on your doorstep.

5:42This kind of approach to life is a road to hell paved in the greatest of liberal intention. But there comes a point when any human being can become so damn reasonable and so incredibly open-minded that they start allowing bums to slam fentanyl living in tents down on Main Street to the point where every town USA now has its own skid row. The left-wing mentality can become so progressively advanced that somehow it manages to lodge its own collective head up its ass to the point where toddlers like Trump are allowed to be in charge and whack jobs like George Santos are let to go free. Which brings us to our next headline at Newsweek.com.

6:17George Santos says he's spoken to Trump personally after his release. I bet he has. And don't be surprised if you see this butt puppet with a cushy cabinet position coming to Trump's White House soon. The former New York Republican representative said he would never forget the conversation he had with Trump after the president released him less than three months into his sentence, having pleaded guilty in August of 24 to multiple counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, campaign finance violations, and other financial crimes. And yet, just another example of many of Trump doing the absolute dumbest thing imaginable for no apparent reason other than this douche is a Republican and that's all that matters to him.

6:54Public officials should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us, even the fake ones like George Santos. But that's not the direction that Trump wants to take us in because he's incompetent, vindictive, and rewards anybody who will kiss his ass. Every bum in Washington should face life in prison for half of the things that they get away with on both sides of the aisle when it comes to insider trading alone. Unfortunately, you'd need to get the bums in Washington to vote on that, along with, you know, term limits, campaign finance reform, getting rid of the lobbyists, and every other reasonable idea that the public has been demanding for decades without adequate representation.

7:26And speaking of decades without adequate representation, Next headline at Newsweek, odds of government shutdown lasting another month jump. The likelihood of the shutdown lasting another month has increased over the past few days, according to Polymarket, which showed a 38 % chance of the shutdown lasting until November 16th as of 4.30 p.m. Eastern Friday. That's up from only about 10 % a week ago. I do. I get the feeling that Trump wants to keep the government shut down indefinitely. He'll do it if he can get away with it. Because Donald Trump has gotten away with everything he's ever done in his entire life.

7:58It might be enough to at least buy him a little more time to cover his ass on the Epstein scandal. But that's not going away. Which is why Donald Trump's behavior right now is so out of character. Let's talk about the Trump-Epstein problem for a minute and zoom out for just a bit. Because when it comes to a meathead like this, who struts around proudly defying courts and defying checks and balances and defying anybody that anybody has ever told him to do for his entire life, why does he feel so compelled to keep the Epstein list buried? It doesn't make any sense for a guy who is incredibly skilled at hiding whatever small amount of shame he might have over any given massive public embarrassment like this.

8:34So why does he squirm like a worm on the hook over Epstein much more so than anything else we've ever seen him otherwise take head on, which is what he usually does? Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy's been talked about for years. When somebody takes so much pride in having nothing to hide that he regularly hangs his proverbial dirty undies out to dry for the world to see, why does the king suddenly behave like he's embarrassed by his own naked body? Are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That's the one thing the Epstein scandal has shown us. How Donald Trump behaves when he's actually afraid of something.

9:09Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? Just think back to the most recent history of the Biden years and all the charges that he was facing from Georgia to New York on January 6th. The one constant during that entire period was Trump's open defiance, clear for the world to see. Where is that same open defiance when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein? This is not his standard operating procedure for a guy who notoriously and routinely likes to name names and point fingers. He sure is quiet about his own conspiracy theories over something like this. I mean, for a guy whose basic instinct is to capitalize on any given PR disaster for your own profit, it's him.

9:44It's called black propaganda. All it means is you've got to be willing to start nasty rumors about yourself just to play the victim, basically. You don't think that Trump is capable of this. He's a master of it. Which is why I've had such a hard time understanding why such a craftsman of propaganda and disinformation is fumbling the ball so often here. Thankfully, representatives like Thomas Massey are keeping it real by bringing in the votes to expose the truth on the right, and others like Senator Wyden from my home state of Oregon are doing a lot of the busy investigative work themselves, we are clearly on the precipice of some massive bombshell that's going to crack this thing wide open.

10:16I just want to say that you should be ready for another round of more questions than answers when that happens. Because we live in a world today where people think that everything is a conspiracy. So even if we get the bonafide top 10 list of every known public figure who did the dirty on camera on Epstein Island, And whether from a third party or from Trump himself, half of the country isn't going to believe it anyway, which is a symptom of a much larger problem. After all, you could just ask Chad GPT to confirm whether or not the sky is in fact actually blue. And a growing portion of the population thinks that the sky isn't even real.

10:49That's the flat earthers, right? They think the sky is just a giant dome like in the Simpsons movie. I'm sorry, but people like this should not be allowed to vote or encouraged anyway. Who else should be on that list? It's a great question, though. Where would it end? moon landing deniers, 9-11 truthers. I mean, building seven is kind of sketchy though, isn't it? No, I realize it's completely absurd to want a conspiracy theory litmus test just to be able to vote or a psychological evaluation for that matter. But if you need a license to drive a vehicle, then you might want to have a license when it comes to determining the fate of our nation as well.

11:20Just saying, I mean, at least it would weed out some of the conspiracy nuts. All it would take is a little well-placed disinformation about nanotech robots that eat the brains of permit holders for them to stay away from the voting booths with any luck. And oh, hey, would you look at the time? Until we can do it again, it's Newsweek Radio. I'm Jesse Edwards. Catch you next time. Bye. And we say bye bye. Newsweek Radio is a member of the Trust Project. And don't forget to check us out on YouTube. It's at NewsweekRadio, YouTube.com. See you later. Bye.