The Trump Brand is Not Recoverable
Major campaign contributions to Trump and endorsements will sink like a rock. His brand is history.
The same applies to the 11 foolish senators who elected to go down with Trump’s sinking ship.
Who Wants a Refund?
The Tweet I replied to drips with irony if you read it carefully.
Major Donor Bails on Senator Hawley
Hawley was one of the 11 Republican Senators who opportunistically went down on the sinking Trump ship.
Please note that A Major Josh Hawley Donor Calls for Him to be Censured by the U.S. Senate.
A Joplin businessman who helped bankroll Sen. Josh Hawley’s first campaign denounced him on Thursday as a “political opportunist” who used “irresponsible, inflammatory, and dangerous tactics” to incite the rioting that took over the U.S. Capitol Building.
In a statement late Thursday, David Humphreys, president and CEO of Tamko Building Products, added his voice to a growing chorus of Republicans angry at Hawley for leading a challenge to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Humphreys called on the U.S. Senate to censure Hawley “for provoking yesterday’s riots in our nation’s capital.”
The statement to The Missouri Independent came a few hours after Hawley’s political mentor, former U.S. Sen. Jack Danforth, said in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that supporting Hawley was “the worst mistake I ever made in my life.”
It also came on the same day that the publisher Simon & Schuster canceled a contract with Hawley for a book it had expected to release in June.
David Humphreys personally donated $2.875 million to Hawley. He would like his money back.
Alas, that contribution was worse than wasted.
“Hawley should be censured by his Senate colleagues for his actions which have undermined a peaceful transition of power and for provoking yesterday’s riots in our nation’s capital. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to protect our country and its Constitutional underpinnings,” said Humphreys.
Book Cancelled, Too Toxic
Add the First Amendment to the list of items Hawley is clueless about.
Rupert Murdoch Abandoned Trump
Please recall my December 29 report Rupert Murdoch Turns on Trump in a Scathing NY Post Attack
“If you insist on spending your final days in office threatening to burn it all down, that will be how you are remembered. Not as a revolutionary, but as the anarchist holding the match.”
Anarchist Holding the Match
That was one of the the best political prophesies in years.
Impeachable Offenses
The Wall Street Journal was late to the party but finally got to the correct spot. The Journal noted “Trump crossed the line“, citing “impeachable offenses“.
I commented on the Journal Op-Ed in Trump Crossed a Constitutional Line and Should Resign.
Self Destruction
The Journal piles on with ‘In a Dark Place’: A President Increasingly Angry and Isolated.
Advisers said the president remains consumed with anger toward Vice President Mike Pence over what he saw as a betrayal for refusing to try to block the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.
“I don’t want to be your friend,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Pence. “I want you to be the vice president.”
“It’s like watching someone self-destruct in front of your very eyes, and you can’t do anything,” said another adviser who recently spoke to the president.
The president has recently told advisers he is considering issuing a pardon for himself before he leaves office, which some allies have urged him to do but which has dubious legal basis.
Mr. Trump in 2018 said he had the “absolute right” to self-pardon, “but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?”
Hawley, the Opening Salvo
Negative articles from once staunch supporters as well as rats abandoning Trump’s sinking ship will impact donations, not just to Trump but to anyone still supporting Trump.
Hawley was just the opening salvo.
US Business Leaders Abandon Trump
The Financial Times notes US business Leaders Rue their ‘Faustian Bargain’ with Trump.
- Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone founder and one of Trump’s most senior Wall Street backers, condemned the “appalling” insurrection “that followed the president’s remarks”.
- Activist investor Nelson Peltz told CNBC that he had voted for the president in November but was now “sorry I did that”.
- The National Association of Manufacturers asked Pence to “seriously consider working with the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment” to remove the Trump from office.
- Dan Eberhart, CEO of a drilling company, gave $100,000 to Trump. “I’m done. I don’t want my mom to think I’m involved with this,” said Eberhart
- 33 CEOs in a poll by Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld found unanimous support for the idea that companies would no longer fund “election result deniers”.
- “There’s not a major chief executive who’s a Trump supporter now,” Prof Sonnenfeld declared.
Trump Damage
Thanks For the Hoot
Question of the Day
In an impeachment, Congress could prohibit Trump from running again.
But that would be a huge mistake. It would give Trump a platform from which to moan for years, “I would have won.”
In short order, the damage he can do to the Nation will be minimal. All Trump will be able to do is make a fool of himself.
Why deprive Trump the opportunity to further go up in flames?
If you you actually think Trump would or even could win four years from now, please re-read this post until this sinks in:
Trump’s legacy is sealed. He will be viewed as the anarchist holding the match.
All that’s left for Trump is a pile of lawsuits, some of which might put him in prison.
Addendum
Twitter Suspends Trump’s Account
https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684878574366721
Here is Twitter’s Full Explanation.
My Comment on the Suspension
WSJ on Hawley
Mish
Won’t be worse for him but it will be worse for those corrupt liberal companies. Millions of us will leave and already have.
We knew Limbaugh’s account was deactivated he told us so. Millions will deactivate my friends and I have done it. These sites are toxic to America can’t support them anymore.
Mish unlike you there are probably 150+ million Americans who don’t trust the government as far as they can throw them. I’m not talking about Trump either. If you think the left is not in bed with communist China and the globalist Oligarchs you are sadly mistaken.
I’m not really sure that you understand what globalism means to the future of this country? I don’t think you have a clue on that subject. But inform me I’d like to hear your take on that?
I have no problem with Facebook and Twitter wanting to ban Trump. They are private businesses, and do not have to provide free speech. Trump, or others, can then go to other private companies who choose to support free speech. So, then what happens when Apple and Google choose not to let the apps be downloaded from their store? Now you are getting a little sketchier, but that’s still OK. Google and Apple have the rights to provide rules for apps they download for people.
Ok, so, now we need an independent download store from which apps can be downloaded. Those exist, though, so no problem…yet. Now what happens when Mastercard and Paypal get involved, and cut off access for free speech apps to fund themselves? What about when browsers and search engines block access to places where free speech aps can be downloaded?
The tremendous control that is being taken over what can and can not be said on the internet makes me wonder about the future of free speech. China doesn’t allow free speech, for sure. The US claims to, but increasingly Big Tech is working to prevent it. To see the future, it is interesting to read about events surrounding “Dissenter”, formerly an addin to Firefox, how Big Tech worked to stop them, and how they fought back, and still exist, so far.
Google, Apple, FB, Twitter are gradually but definitely taking over control, with corrupt puppets à la Biden serving their totalitarian purposes !
I thought it was odd when I read how supposedly liberal Google was working with China on a special search engine for China which would only show sites approved by China. How could any liberal want anything to do with that. Once you get away from the notion that Google is “liberal”, it makes more sense.
You will eat these word very soon .lies lies lies
Your response is puzzling. Perhaps you missed this article:
Unsurprisingly, Josh Hawley & company’s defense of Trump’s position in Congress consisted of a bunch of lies.
Why not? Seems to be their M.O.
It is interesting how both the UK and US have been increasingly sidelined in their search for “freedom” and will be tied up in that matter for years.
UK and US at the top of the charts with covid, too.
I know you European guys love a monarchy…is that what you want for the US?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium are monarchies. All other are republics and contain 70% of the population which corresponds to 305 Million people. Those people do not like monarchies so your statement is false.
I have observed the the most vociferous pro-Trump foriegn commenters are from countries with monarchies.
I wonder if there is a connection?
Do they hope the US devolves to a Trump monarchy, where every Christmas we are supposed to get wet-eyed and trembly-lipped at the words from the old rogue?
What a stupid hypothesis ; I for one am against our worthless parasitic monarchy ! In Belgium, rightists, in general, are against …..
No, you rightists want to have a strong, manly leader who is not afraid of namby pamby laws–a defacto king
…and you american leftists want a Deep State puppet serving the elitarian establishment under the pretext of a make believe democracy ….but ever so politically,hypocritically correct, of course….Which is worse ? …….In the meantime, Twitter, Facebook, Apple etc, are already licking the puppet’s arse ! Btw, as for me, I am intrinsically an anarchist, I can distinguish right from wrong, I don t need no fckn strongman to tell me what to do…neither do I want a corrupt puppet calling the shots ..Capishe ?
Since I live in France that wouldn’t apply to me. I suppose you mean the Norwegians who rabid Trump supporters as everyone knows. The NYT said so so it must be true.
Theres been a guy from Brussels, Portugal, Spain, Norway, England…it’s an odd connection–if not a king, they want a defacto king
By Friday morning, however, Graham was back to defending Trump against growing calls for a second impeachment, writing on Twitter that “it is time to heal and move on.”
I think he mispelled “heel”, as in a dog following his master…
The “golpistas” thought they were the zeitgeist when in fact they simply were on the wrong side of history. Calls for Cruz and Hawley to resign
Time for the Republicans to step up and tell Tr7mp to resign immediately or be impeached. Even just a threat of impeachment should be enough to get Trump to step down rather than face the loss of protection and benefits should he be successfully impeached. Is the Republican party really the party of law and order willing to do the right thing or are they still just a bunch of lame sycophants.
Personally I would prefer for him to be arrested at 12:01 for 18 U.S. Code § 2383 – Rebellion or insurrection
“Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
That’s a double-edged sword. If the politics swing the other way in a future election then it could also be used against you if the precedent is created. On the other hand if you count on remaining in power forever then this law could be quite useful in eliminating the opposition as well as rivals in your own camp.
Members of either party should go to jail if incite a group to attack the capital. I have no problem with it.
I have no problem if it is applied equally. Can you guarantee that?
That is why we have juries. Same could be said for any statute.
The jury isn’t the problem. The problem is who decides to prosecute or not.
Same could be said for any statute, there is also the grand jury route. We don’t live in a perfect world, but if obvious law breaking is not dealt with then why have laws at all.
Who am I to judge? If I see the same law applied to some and not to others should I accept it and just say the world is not perfect? Is that what you are saying?
Occasionally, rebellion and insurrection, as you call it, is necessary for the cause ! Who are you to judge and decide what should be done ??
All laws should be applied equally. I am saying that prosecutors or grand juries should look at the facts and if a law was broken then move forward. From the plain reading of the statute it was broken. Others can disagree.
Wanting to investigate and prosecute hunter Biden doesn’t make you balanced and unbiased. The normal processes should play out.
It ‘s obvious that the stupid masses can be manipulated at will by people like Trump on the one hand but by corrupt and biased media in particular, imposing them, this time, with a feeling of guilt and shame for ‘storming’ the heart of american corruption….rrm… democracy of course… Everything blown up beyond proportion for political motives and keeping the rif raf under control ! Long live democracy ! It is dead ! ….and this is just the beginning of mere totalitarianism…
You are so right! Thank you. They have been manipulated for at least the past 50 years!
Facebook and Twitter just cut their own throats vis a vis the The Digital Services Act. This enhances the negative opinion the EU has of these platforms and the urgency to regulate them.
Regulation would be better for them in the long term. It turns out insurrection and civil war is bad for the economy.
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook effectively emasculated Donald Trump. The impact can’t be over-stated. Trump and his family took to what ever social media they had available to wail against it. They did not however offer any condolence to the loss of five lives resulting from Trump’s mob incited violence
Being off those platforms changes nothing for there are many other ways to communicate with his followers.
If someone is inciting violence or terrorism that’s what we do
I see that Ayatollah Khamenei’s twitter account is still up. Can you explain that?
I saw this exact response on a right wing news website. so someone is cutting and pasting however the Ayatollah didn’t incite a mob to ransack the capital building and engage in sedition
Look him up on twitter and you see him there. Also there is the Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir who says Muslims ‘have right to kill French’. He is still up also. Do you think that people don’t follow these things? I don’t follow Trump on twitter. Don’t like his style. I saw these things in mainstream European papers. Now do you deny that these twitter accounts are open? Perhaps you should be asking yourself why they are there. Let me ask you. Why do you think those accounts are allowed? Answer me that.
So you like the Ayatollah. That tells me what type of person you are. When did you convert?
are you retweeting don jr?
So the ayatollah, and numerous other dictatorial regimes can have Twitter accounts with no issue despite threatening genocide to entire countries and killing homosexuals etc… but The President of the United States should be permanently suspended.
Mao would be proud.
Mish, Forbes came up with a good article on the The Digital Services Act here in the EU. It studies the implications.
Casual Observer – your comment was a bit extreme hoping for violence.
I removed it
Sorry. I am mad over what these people did and tried to do.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.” — Barry Goldwater
I’d say Goldwater’s words, unintentionally, are more inspirational to anti-Trumpers now.
The threat from the extreme right cannot be understated.
Radio host Rush Limbaugh’s Twitter account has been deactivated.
Twitter confirmed to USA TODAY that the account wasn’t suspended but “deactivated by the owner.”
Apparently he’d only been on Twitter for a few months, joining shortly before the election in an attempt to sway voters.
Gateway Pundit BS will be deleted immediately
They are a pack of conspiratorial liars
Interesting. haven’t you appeared on Coast-to-Coast AM with George Noory?
Just as these last 21 years of financial and fiscal austerity policies have been toxic. All the barriers to fiscal stimulus on steroids have been removed with the fracturing of the Republican Party.
Time now to inject tens of trillions of dollars into a massive fiscal new deal, to end these destructive zirp interest rate policies. $2k onetime checks aren’t going to cut it either, $2k a month is what it will take.
MMT, UBI, reparations, whatever it takes, are now possible, with no political opposition. The frightened public is now primed for government intervention into a dysfunctional economy.
The Fed and Treasury know that deflation is poison, they lose control. Inflation, on the other hand, puts them firmly in control. Interest rate policy and taxation are tools that easily bring it under control.
Inflation is also easy to hedge for any investor with common sense. So, bring it on. It’s that, or civil unrest will bring down the country.
Back in the 70’s we had double digit inflation and interest rates, and hardly any homeless camps, and everyone got regular raises to keep up. We had a fraction of the numbers of people on food stamps and other forms of public welfare. Retirees got decent returns on their savings.
Besides, it doesn’t cost anything to print money. Just ask Bernanke.
Long term consequences be damned, because,,,,,In the long run we are all dead.
/s. Or maybe not. 😉
Tamko.
We have friends who had to have their entire roof redone after the Tamko crap that was put on their house. $30+K.
I agree for Trump losing twitter, Facebook and Instagram is worse than impeachment. He posts dozens of times a day. Trump equates social media with his success
Also add in – given how spineless the Senate is, the best route to me is to use 14th amendment Article 3 to declare him as having participated in an insurrection and thus prevent him from taking office again unless revoked by 2/3 of Congress.
I have learned more civics in the last week than in all of high school.
I don’t believe impeachment is mooted by the expiration of Trump’s term in office. There are issues that depend on a conviction, such as a simple majority vote to ban Trump from public office. Guess we’ll find out.
The true history of the last 4 years reads like the Onion.
Definitely not done, look at all the craziness with any politician even Biden. At the same time the left and right are the most condescending people in the political world. Both sides need some serious marriage counseling.
Just the throws of a dying empire. Nothing to see here, move along.
Mish – PBS/Marist poll only 30% of Republicans felt Trump to blame for riot.
And yet the the riot was nearly certain to follow Trump’s comments. Trump could have called for “peaceful protests”, but he didn’t. He called for “wild protests”.
Mish doesn’t realize how disconnected he is from reality. Trump is way more respected than he understands.
Welcome Komrade Bot!
I’m sure Mish understands that there is a sizeable minority that still supports Trump, but it is in no way large enough to ever be elected again. Still, it’s large enough that Trump can continue to destroy the Republican Party. He’s already cost them the House and the Senate, but they are not far from a majority. He can change that.
This is the best case scenario. I think you said last year this would happen. I was skeptical that Trump would burn it all down but it looks like it will be the slow burn of the Republican party over 10 years or so that you forecasted. The Dems would be wise to let it burn slowly. People are going to remember this for a long time.
Yes, this is more or less what I expected. I didn’t predict the specific things that he would do, obviously, but i did predict that Trump would lead to a loss of both houses, and a minority party.
30.2% Verified, baby.
Give it time, once everybody cools down and thinks about what occured they’ll realize Trumps a loser and move on.
Wait, we’re supposed to believe polls now?
I’m very interested in what happens to Ted Cruz. I wish I could say I agree that his Trump butt kissing would be the end of his career, but I somehow doubt it.
He has four years before he has to run to defend his Senate seat, or try again to get the Republican nomination for President, which is his real ambition.
The guy is a real piece of work. He reminds me a lot of Scalia. Evil, but very, very smart.
Don’t underestimate his ability to come back from this. He very well could be the heir apparent to the Tump base….which is not about to disappear just because a few of them go to prison for the events of Jan 6.
But you are right about one thing. The Donald J. Trump era is at an end.
Thank God. I wasn’t sure we’d get through this transition and remain intact as a nation that respects political tradition and the rule of law.
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”
― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Californians and liberal techies moving into Texas. Beto is an energizer. We can only wait and see but I think it will be closer than it was last time.
MJ Hegar mounted a historic campaign against Cornyn….she has a future too.
The problem with Texas is the pro-life religious bloc vote…that is what brought us from a state that could elect an Ann Richards….to a state with Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Ted Cruz, and Dan (Goebbel) Patrick.
Evangelical Christians and Catholics together make up 51% of the voting public.
Texas politics changed because of dissatisfaction with the Roe v. Wade decision. It’s all about a change in attitude among Christian voters.
I’ve talked with some of my creative friends about what a great book or screenplay someone could write about this…..so many larger than life figures….and it’s been playing out since I was a kid, really.
LBJ and Ralph Yarborough and JFK gave us the bench that gave us Roe……Reagan, the Bushes and Trump gave us the bench we have now, which is antithetical to the one of my youth.
Seems like we are a long, long way from the great society. There was a one woman play I saw on PBS about Ann Richards’ time in office. Holland Taylor was the actor.
I saw that show live on stage. It wasn’t half bad. I really enjoyed it.. I met AR a few times….Holland Taylor did a great job portraying her.
You then have not seen The Handmaid’s Tale. That is where religious fanaticism goes.
I knew about A Handmaid’s Tale long before it was a show on TV. The book was published in 1985.
Exactly. Texas will be blue in 2022. They can gerrymander all they want but it isn’t happening. Even people in rural areas are suffering because most of the urban economy is doing well while rural economy is in the tank in Texas. Cruz isn’t even a Texan which makes you wonder how he got elected in the first place.
Dead-enders will remain for decades.
The most militant ones will move on with their toxic militia movements.
How long could people like that remain satisfied with dog-whistling.
They want a foghorn of hate.
The next decade will be difficult.
I thought his brand was done before 2016 election. Took a bit more time than I thought. Hopefully it’s toast for good. I wonder if his “wealth” is just all cash flow? That could dry up quick leaving another bankruptcy looming at the same time the SDNY AG might be able to send him to jail. Where does that leave the family’s future? I would love to see the AG to wipe off those smug faces and put a dent in their finances.
Sic semper MAGAtts.
Apres Trump, la deluge….
As I cited in a previous article: “Freedom of speech is not unlimited.” SC Judge Antonin Scalia
Google threw parler off their ap store too
I guess we’ll see a big jump in use of independent app stores.
Your going to have to jailbreak your phone
(((big tech))) found a reason to censor everybody’s speech.
Not everybody’s by any means.
Only those who are yelling fire in a crowded theater. Or breaking the rules that they have the right to establish.
Big Tech is giving all the foul mouth toddlers a “timeout”.
Government controlled capitalism will require the elimination of the Bill of Rights. Best brace for the consequences.
meanwhile: For the first time in 35 years, no oil flowed from Saudi Arabia to the United States last week, https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Crude-Oil-Flow-From-Saudi-Arabia-To-US-Falls-To-Zero.html
Live look-in on Trump:
Parler to Trump: “Come over to the dark side.”
Not a problem for Trump. He has spent most of his life there.
Trump has been permanently banned from twitter. Suspended
10 years too late.
Permanent Suspension
Hope those nuclear codes are hidden well