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Even MAGA Cultists Are Disgusted By Trump's Tacky Vision Of Future Gaza

Even MAGA Cultists Are Disgusted By Trump's Tacky Vision Of Future Gaza

Have you seen the AI video shared by Donald Trump on his Truth Social site that depicts his bizarre, vulgar plans for Gaza?

As you might expect, liberals are like: WTF? Gaza residents are livid. The Palestinian Authority called it “a serious violation of international law.”

And Muslims who voted for Trump are as stupid as ever.

“Faye Nemer, CEO and Founder of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) American Chamber of Commerce in Dearborn, Michigan, called the video ‘offensive and counterproductive to peace talks’ in a statement to NPR,” the outlet reported. “Nemer, who says she voted for Trump in November, is calling on him to remove the video and issue a ‘reconciliatory statement.’”

And then we all had a good laugh …

What’s more surprising is that even the staunch MAGA minions are unsettled by the video. The replies to Trump’s latest desperate plea for attention are harsh.

On Reddit’s r/Conservative subreddit, the MAGAts were stunned.

“What the fuck is going on?”

“Actually infuriating.”

“Hey Mr. President let’s not post AI videos of a utopian Gaz-a-lago. I get that Trump is enthralled by AI and he likely saw this video and went ‘wow, that’s incredible … what a beautiful thing, right?’ but let’s have a little sensitivity.”

“This is the kind of shit that is going to let the Dems win the generic ballot like 54-46 in the mid terms. We knew it was coming at some point, it’s baked in with Trump. Taking petty stupid fights and posts on social media is who he is. The only good thing I can grasp is that idk how much people really care about mean tweets anymore”

“I get that Trump isn't afraid to speak his mind... but how is this Presidential? Let Don Jr post it…”

“If Trump wasn't POTUS and just some investor I'd be all over this, but I would love a little more level of seriousness from the most powerful man in the world.”

Of course, the people voicing rational criticism were accused of being “leftist trolls” and “bots,” so don’t ever underestimate the Trump cult’s ability to rationalize anything and everything. That even extends to their fellow conservatives getting squeamish at Trump’s embrace of idolatry—something the Bible says is supposedly bad.

Responding to Trump on his Instagram post, "Melaniethemortgagechick" posted this:

This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. This is a humanity issue. I voted for Donald Trump. I did NOT vote for this. Neither did anyone else I know. The lack of humanity, decency, respect has made me regret my vote. We did NOT vote for you to take a graveyard and turn it into an adult play ground. It was to stop the killing and to stop sending Israel our hard earned money. Not to make a mockery of the loss of hundreds of thousands of people who are STILL not even buried yet. Even at war we allow people the right to bury their dead with dignity. Especially when we know that most were not holding guns shooting at our allies.
And the context of the video! Your presidency is supposed to be a legacy, and this video will forever shadow it. Instead of being remembered 100 years from now as one of the greatest presidents, history is going to dictate you making a mockery of a genocide and apartheid.

After being roundly mocked for because she voted for exactly this, "Melaniethemortgagechick" deleted her entire account.

Over at Truth Social, the responses are also … not great for Trump.

“This may be trolling, but many of us your supporters) are scratching our heads over this one! The golden statue of yourself is very disheartening, and the men dressed as woman are exactly what we are trying to get away from! This video is heartbreaking and will make even the biggest DJT supporters question what the F is going on! I don't like it at all! 💔”

The AI-rendered golden statue of Trump is evincing particular disgust over on Trump’s own social media outlet.

“What sort of sick ad is this?! I have been behind you Trump, but this inspiration of a golden God-like statue of you, standing in a metropolis built on the graves of tens of thousands of murdered (mostly) children and women is SICK. You should remove this video and apologise to the Palestinians, and the good people of the world who've watched the genocide for over a year. Besides, this is NOT your land, it belongs to the Palestinian people!!! You're giving yourself a bad name and image. Just get rid of this video. It's SICK SICK SICK.”

“This is just plain wrong!! This video is in very bad taste and just plain horrible!! The gold statue is 100% wrong no matter which way you try to make it come across. This video makes me sick.”

At least one conservative on Truth Social is coming around to where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the rest of us were last summer.

“Something does not add up here??? Really does not feel that this is something Trump would post!!” the Trump fan wrote. “Wonder if someone is messing with his account??!! I surely hope so!! Very creepy!!”

Yes, creepy! Did anyone find out why Democrats dropped the “creepy” and “weird” attack lines that were resonating so well during the 2024 election season? Anyway, I digress.

One of the most bizarre elements of the video that spurred reactions was the bearded belly dancers, because, you know, AI is weird:

“bearded belly dancers; you dancing with someone other than your wife; this was weird for me and I love you Trump- This should be deleted; not good.”

Oh dear. If this MAGAt is concerned about Trump dancing with someone other than his wife … who wants to tell her?

There will never be a singular moment that will move Trump voters to proclaim, “I SEE THE LIGHT—I SHOULD’VE VOTED FOR KAMALA.” Most will never stop defending their cult leader. They have too much ego invested in him.

But remember, we don’t need them all. Siphoning just 10 percent of Trump voters would shift millions of votes, and swaying 10 percent of nonvoters would add millions more. And that’s what Democrats are looking for in order to defeat Trump: doubts and unease, slowly ratcheting up over the coming year. Death by a thousand paper cuts.

This video cut deeper than anything I’ve seen during this Trump presidency so far. Nothing has outraged his own supporters more. And if this helps them get used to being angry at their Dear Leader, it’ll be easier to get mad at him next time.

And Trump can always be counted on to give them a next time.

Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos

Arab Americans Vote For Sanders In Michigan Win

Arab Americans Vote For Sanders In Michigan Win

Bernie Sanders’s dramatic upset in Michigan comes on the heels of a well-coordinated effort by his campaign to attract Arab voters, many of whom live in key primary and general election states like Michigan. The results from Dearborn, which has one of the largest Arab communities in the nation, were particularly interesting.

In a city whose population is nearly 50 percent Arab, primary results showed 59 percent of Dearborn residents voting for Sanders and only 39 percent voting for Clinton.

A national poll conducted in February by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed that 52 percent of Muslims supported Clinton while only 22 percent supported Sanders.

But Sanders invested a great deal of time and attention on Michigan, and particularly on making Muslim voters feel that they had a voice in the political process. “No other candidate spent the amount of attention to the community, nor did anyone send any of their surrogates here,” said Daoud Walid, Executive Director of CAIR Michigan. “The other point is that Mr. Sanders, he spent time in the community here, from his campaign meeting with people in the grassroots to Mr. Sanders having radio ads in Arabic on local radio programs that are played here on ethnic stations.”

An endorsement by Dearborn-based Arab American News also helped elevate Sanders’s prominence among the city’s Democratic voters, he said.

Ahmed Bedier, head of United Voices, a political mobilization group for minorities, was ecstatic about the win. On his Twitter page, he posted a photo of him embracing Bernie Sanders after news of his victory in Michigan.

“What the polls indicated was Bernie Sanders seemed more believable to the majority of Michigan Democrats and that had a lot to play in how they voted,” said Rabiah Ahmad, the communications director at the Muslim Public Affairs Council, to The National Memo. “He’s definitely been more vocal against anti-Muslim bigotry.”

Arab and Muslims are not single issue voters. While Islamophobia has reached new extremes in this election — there’s a bigot at the front of the Republican Party — there were more important issues for Dearborn’s voters. Dearborn is part of the Rust Belt, a region that has seen the steady decline of its industrial and manufacturing output. Its Muslim and Arab inhabitants have felt the same effects of outsourcing jobs overseas and factory closures that every other demographic has felt.

In mid-February, Sanders visited a United Auto Workers local, where the Detroit Free Press noted the presence of Arabs at the meeting. “Many Muslim women who attended wore hijab, the Islamic headscarf, and one prayed in the corner before the rally started,” the story read. “The union hall is located in the south end of Dearborn, a neighborhood that is about 90% Arab-American Muslim.”

While the Michigan primary results were a shock, the winning candidate in Dearborn was not. To American Muslims, it did not matter that Sanders was Jewish, despite the orthodoxy of political pundits.

Twitter @Tasbeeh reacted with some sarcasm: 

Jews for Bernie also tweeted a similar message:

While Arabs and Muslims were a solidly Republican demographic as recently as 2000, they’ve since shifted parties following the GOP’s slide into Islamophobia. With Muslims concentrated in key swing states such as Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Florida, Sanders’s Michigan win could be the first step in a long process of political engagement.

Photo: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders listens as Abdelmajid Jondy speaks during a community forum about contaminated water in Flint, Michigan February 25, 2016.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

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