In a banana republic, sure.

No, it is rather scary.

I guess it is now.

Define "normal"

There’s nothing normal about trump.

Been thinking about this all day. How is it that our institutions are so fragile and protected or insulated from the ability to be politicized that anyone can run roughshod over them by installing loyalists and yes men. By definition this makes us an oligarchy, how does a country recover?

It has been there for many years, somehow some people have been able to stop it. Now, by packing Supreme courts, judges, gov, mayors- their plan has finally come together. No guard rails to protect our Democracy.

Not easily. It could take 100 years, and even then unlikely.

No, I do believe he’s the only only in history to do that.

He is Abby Normal.

I heard that USA has the second highest % of population in prison in the world. Twas second only to South Africa? 🤔 So much for the "Land of the free". Now Trump wants to boost those numbers? Deportation camps, sounds like WW2 Jewish ghettos before Auschwitz etc 😬

youtu.be/1oyKVAjISmI?...

I guess it's normal now 😭

Only when all their heroes are dictators.

Hi David I don't think. A president elect should talk. And talk. About his plans of getting revenge by trying to put people in. Jail. I. Hope Biden pardon s some I'm. Glad he pardoned hunter

pardon everyone.

Becoming that way. And it is a trend I dislike.

Nothing is normal when it comes to Trump. I’m amazed he’s lived this long without pissing off the Mob and ending up with the legendary “cement shoes” in the river.

There's normal about Trump, never has been, he's a wanna-be dictator, now his wish will come true, or at least he thinks so!!

Depends on the country.

Not even a little bit normal.

No but it is totally normal for kings and dictators

Yes, if their first name is Adolf. Or Donald.

Adonalfd

There is no president-elect, this is all perfectly normal for a wannabe dictator.

There's nothing normal about dictatorship.

Nothing is normal anymore

It’s normal for dictators to do. So, on par for Trump to be doing it.

No

Kash Patel is whispering in his ears..

Nope!

No

It is if you are an authoritarian.

No it's not, unless your name is Stalin. All kind of feels like the Gulag Archipelago.

All pedophiles

Why does money always convince people to do horrible things like electing wannabe dictators

They’re using their usual tactics…normalize horrible behavior and the gullible will believe it

New Regime. New paradigm. Old ways. Mr. Bombastic has new batteries! NickelCadmium I hope, not lithium.

Post apocalypse, I mean Post script! THEY: maga pronoun, voted for it to run the country like his Casino, University etc, etc and etc.

talk is cheap David, lets see if he does anything

Some guy wrote a book in 1924 Germany which he laid out his plans , so yes it is

He’s fast tracking himself too an uprising

“NO”! DT is Satan in the flesh!

Yes, in many countri…wait, you’re talking about presidents who have been elected? Actually elected…not, you know, “elected”? Oh…no, that’s not normal, no.

No. Trump is a criminal all by himself.

When Trump says he wants bars in every home, it isn't the kind you drink at.

Is there anything normal about this president elect?

It’s the new normal.

Nothing about him is remotely close to normal.

No it's not and I consider the things he says as terroristic threats. I really wish our DOJ, FBI, etc. would man up and do something about this. He should not be let back in office. He's a threat to not only our democracy but to us as well.

Hitler did it.

T'isn't. 🫤 About as far from 'normal' as can be...

A: Presidents elect *read your posts* B: EVERY SINGLE Republican & Democrat has refused to publish the complete unredacted #JeffreyEpsteinClientList & #GhislaineMaxwellClientList Remember this the next time they pretend to care about fighting corruption

Only when the President-elect is pure evil.

You think?? Just a sad day in America!!

We left 'normal' back about a decade ago.

For dictators-to-be, yes.

Absolutely not

Yeah no

Whelp...apparently America added itself to that list of countries where it's common place now...

Nope. It's a nightmare

No, David. No, it is not.

Rule by Fear

Not normal and scary to think the Mad Men are in charge to do nothing but harm Pray to your gods

As normal as it is for a rapist convicted felon to be pres not once but twice.

No, nothing about this is "normal"......nothing....

We’ve been drowning in extreme right wing propaganda for the past 30 years. Sadly, it seems normal to me. Especially in Texas. The things I overhear people talking about down here is just insane.

Fellow Texan, what gets me are the flags and signs....so many flags....and arbitrary weekend flag parades....

Nothing about this is normal.

Qualities I'd hope to see in a US President: kindness, compassion, respectfulness, wisdom, intelligence, and humility. Qualities I'd expect in a cartoon villain: hateful, vindictive, petty, greedy... hmmm...

Concept of a post script headline: Convicted Felon, More Reminiscent of Cartoon Villain Than Former President, Re-elected to the White House

It might sound crazy but it’s actually not

Not in olden times. In thesen times, sadly, yes.

Yea, since the Republican Party is no longer and the T-Rump regime took over the answer is clear yes.

Is anything normal that trump and his gang say? No it isn’t. Real people do not speak or behave like they do. Fake AF

Ummm… NO.

Nope but our press and opposition party will pretend like it is!

It seems to be so now. 🙃

Get your pardon pen ready Mr Biden. Drumpf will probably do what he said he's going to do on this topic.

These are not normal times

Republicans love wasting taxpayers' money on meaningless politicized investigations. It will be four years of time wasting fruitless politicized investigations.

Is it normal for President elects to talk about making their neighbours the next state?

Putting ppl in prison for politicians is like how on dating platforms ppl say they like tacos.

No, but there's nothing normal about these times.

my dog barks at the fence to everything, till i open the gate.

There's very little about Trump that anyone can call normal. He was raised and groomed to be what he is. He is a selfish elitist seeking friends with money. That's all he knows. IMHO

it’s no longer normal times 😞

I'm guessing that I am about your mother's age or older. The answer to your question is "Fuck No!" I've been voting for a half century. This is all him.

A REAL President would never do that. #notarealpresident

It is for the Felon. (That’s his name forever now.)

Biden did...so maybe.

When?

nypost.com/2024/10/22/u...

Holy moly. Do you live in a cave or were you actually unaware that trump was convicted of 34 felonies?

Did you notice the explanation, the whole context? And when this took place? And you're really trying to say it's parallel? 😂🤣😂

I guess you’re right. I looked and couldn’t find another president-elect named Donald J Trump that has done it. I should have looked for something more specific. Stupid me.

You of all people should know that nothing about this Cheeto felon is normal

Normal , along with Truth, Science & Morals, have all become divorced from their meanings. They are like free floating words now, released from the subjugation of meaning.

With THIS one it is. I can’t believe we are in this timeline. 🤡💩

Democracy so easily slides into dictatorship. And the US has flirted with fascism for quite a while. Time to re-watch "The Man in the High Castle".

No. 😭

No, and I hope it's not a future trend.

People voted against normalcy, so I don’t think that matters much. People may care about a new normal or a path to get themselves back on track. Everyone has their own selfish issues, but what guides people is where their hopes lie. Then we can talk about normalcy in this grievance era of politics

If the president is a corrupt and lawless fascist gangster, then yes, it would be normal for such a president to talk about weaponizing government against his political opponents and critics like that.

Nothing is /has/or will be normal about this one. No regard for anyone or democracy or protocol or respect. All about himself. He is acting like a king w absolute power. Makes my head hurt.

Nope

Is this a rhetorical question?

No. This was what they accused dems of planning to do while screaming how the election was stolen after they tried to overthrow it. None of this is fucking normal.

Or to sell fragrances? I agree, not nearly as big a deal, but still.

NO

Billionaires shouldn’t sit on the cabinet. Imagine the robber barons sitting there.

Freudian

It would be great for an appeal.

This buffoon is far from normal

#FreeLuigi

Why? I do it aloud on the bus all the time. 🤔

Especially since he's the one who truly belongs there.

Well, he can't really talk about policy....

Apparently, it is now.

Well I think dictators do that.

Well Yeah

Only when they’re your political opponents and haven’t actually committed a crime. To be fair whats considered ‘normal’ now in the US has changed a lot since Trump’s first time around.

If he’s a deranged dictator, sure.

Traitor Trump psychopath.

Yes, but only in third world dictatorships.

So good to see you on here! I follow you on youtube and watch you daily! Along with @adammockler.bsky.social & @lukepbeasley.bsky.social I also have a podcast, however not political, but fully support your channels and messaging!

Nope!

That would be a hard NO.

It's called using fear as a way to lead. Hoping folks self deport, Fed workers voluntarily quit, and many to obey in advance so they could get what they want. This is all they do in front of the TV screen, and MSM just keeps giving free air time.

Well, Biden did.

Shut up David.. No one respects you

Only trump

It is now

Typical fashionist behavior. Using threats and fear to instill obedience

More common for a Dictator.

Why do you need to ask?

The masses love show trials just part of the distraction of spectacle.

If you are a narcissistic, sociopath .....of course!!!(It is psych101)

trump. Normal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The closest thing I remember is an intoxicated Jimmy Carter challenging Ted Kennedy to a Power Slap tournament at the 1977 inaugural ball.

Ugh. I hope we still have a democracy in 4 years... maybe then we won't hear about him everyday!

Yeah every day in Ruzzia No Korea China Iran.

Normal for President Putin, President Assad, President Pinochet…..

No, but it's normal for a dictator

Nope. Probably a precedent here. More normal for Trump’s “shithole” countries according to him. So what’s he making the US into?

Only if that President Elect is named Trump. Everything that was normal protocol in the past will never be followed as long as Trump in in Office.

Richard Branson has talked about the first time he had a conversation with Trump. They had lunch. Branson said that all Trump talked about was all the people he wanted revenge against. At that time it was mostly bankers who wouldn't loan Trump money.

A criminal that should be in jail taking about wanting to lock ppl up. Only in America.

The thing is did a majority of US voters support Trump in wanting to send so many to prison?

What is truly wrong and embarrassing is the asshole is still walking around free. The TRAITOR and it needs to be said more should of been locked up on 1/7.

Normal used to be a setting on a washer, you'd put your cloths in and washed cloths would emerge. Now you select normal and the washer converts your clothing into apples.

Why not? Merika has more prisons and prisoners than any other country, EVER.

That man is insane

Or to talk about countries they want to invade/annex?

It's not normal and we shouldn't pretend like it is

It is now. 2028 is gonna be lit!

Fascists gonna fascist.

Well, yeah, if the president-elect is a sociopath who stopped maturing at about the age of four.

Generous

😆

Don't normalize it!

Definite nope gilded oligarch move

It’s new to the US, we thought we’d give it a try.

Yes, if and only if, presidential immunity becomes president-elect immunity.

Lol. Normal. The fact that I now remember the fucking Bush admin as 'normal' is completely messed up. But it was. Compared to this nuclear bomb level fuckery

That used to be alternate universe territory. There’s been a convergence.

If they intend to install a fascist dictatorship…? Yeeeeeep.

Nope

Tell me David, why has Dr Phil endorsed Orange T. I can’t say his name.This means to me that Dr Phil has no integrity. He, in the past, has talked about what a psychopathic narcissist orange T is. I’d love an in-depth look at this. Contrast that with Mark Cuban who stands up for our county.

Sure, if you're a NAZI

What part of whats happened politically since 2020 has been normal it hasn’t.

Episode 28: Trump is intent on pardoning the J6 rioters who were put through a “very nasty system” (aka a trial). He also wants to jail J6 Committee members who treated him “very unfairly” by revealing damning facts against him. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #News #J6Committee #Politics #Trump

Nothing here is normal

I’m n Myanmar, maybe.

I'm afraid 'absurdity' will be our new normal in the next 4 years.

Nothing is normal about Trump or anything about how our system is working right now.

Just think of all the chaos and discord Trump has already created and he's not even President yet.

Totally normal for dictators in waiting.

I mean, unfortunately it is NOW. 🤦‍♂️

A reminder: The other Hitler was elected too.

Nothing "normal" about de tRump.

It is now

He is a pus-filled wart on a cancer lesion—nope, not normal, malignant.