By Armando Simón
I have been a strong supporter of Donald Trump ever since 2015 when he announced his bid to the presidency. Ever since then, I have fiercely supported, promoted, and defended him, principally through writing in various venues. I also know and agree with his economic and political policies, which have infuriated the corrupt elites and the totalitarian, psychotic leftists, but which have yielded great benefits for Americans. I have been very impressed with his achievements and I was filled with admiration at his defiance upon being almost assassinated. I have donated to his campaign.
And I have nothing but loathing for the Communist-Democrats trying so hard to destroy the country and for the do-nothing, mouthbreathing Republican politicians.
Having said that, I wish someone in his staff would tape his big mouth shut.
It started right at the beginning in 2015 when he made illegal immigration as his main target, saying that the Mexicans coming over were murderers and rapists. The way it came out, it sounded that all Mexicans were murderers and rapists. Then he had a silly picture of himself grinning while eating a taco salad. Throughout his campaign, he would occasionally write tweets or make off the cuff remarks that were impulsive and at times self-harming over the most idiotic things. This continued through his first year of his presidency until his staff and/or family got him to stop. As Joe Rogan told Trump to his face during an interview in 2024, “You used to say some crazy shit!”
Trump is not a career politician (another reason why the elites hate him), so he has not gone through the intense training politicians have gone through of being very, very, very careful of what they say about anything. Instead, he is an exuberant speaker who loves being in the spotlight and has achieved many great things (including and aside from politics) and he is known to say whatever is on his mind, which most of the times is what the people think, and love him for it. He holds daily press conferences, answering questions something which most politicians are wary of doing (remember Biden’s Administration).
But, again, sometimes what pops into his head and instantly comes out “is some crazy shit.”
Senator Kennedy nailed it when he recently said of President Trump, “He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. And it’s all unfiltered. Now, some people like this, and some people don’t.”
This time around, some of what he has said has done some real damage. Serious damage. Really serious damage.
The worst has been in regard to Canada. Most Canadians could understand that reciprocal tariffs were due to Canadian tariffs on American goods, even if they did not like it. But referring to Canada as our 51st state—constantly—had a visceral reaction with them. Directly as a result of his taunting, Canadians have become hostile towards us.
Canadians’ self-identity has always been problematic, but they all could always agree on “We’re not Americans.” As odd as it sounds, that has always been the core of their self-identity. Furthermore, twice before (during the War of Independence and the War of 1812) America invaded Canada, only to retreat twice with a bloody nose. For which Canadians are proud of.
And his blunders could not have come at a worse time. Justin Trudeau was held in well-deserved contempt by the majority of Canadians. In the coming election, the Liberal Party was certain to be removed from power and their destructive socialist policies dismantled. Instead, the Liberal Party retained power with the new prime minister hostile to the US. So thanks to Trump’s big mouth, we ended up with a hostile neighbor instead of a trusted ally. And just as bad, Canada has continued its downward spiral.
Almost as damaging was his off the cuff remark that NATO countries have not helped America in the past, which was true except for the UK. The British felt understandably insulted (Trump later corrected himself, but the damage was done).
Or that the use of force for acquiring Greenland was on the table.
And some of his antics have just been infantile, having no real benefit but needlessly irritating other countries. Like saying the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed the Gulf of America. Or displaying a map of the US, Canada and Greenland all covered with the American flag. Or renaming the Kennedy Center after himself.
Mind you, everyone without exception, has flaws. And he has done and is doing great things for the country. But, somebody in the White House needs to step up again and tape his mouth shut.
Armando Simón is a retired psychologist, author of When Evolution Stops.
17 Responses
The author, supposedly a Trump supporter, wishes that “someone in his staff would tape his big mouth shut.”
This author is a fake Trump supporter.
It’s odd to see such a vapid thing in New English Review, noted in general for actual Trump support and other reasonable viewpoints on culture and politics.
The author perhaps should not try to hide his obvious TDS problems with fake pronouncements of how much he likes Trump when obviously he does not.
The author hates Trump.
No actual Trump supporter could write such a bizarre and wrong-headed failed post. It’s embarrassing how bad this post is.
Real Trump supporters don’t want him muzzled – the author of this piece of junk must certainly know that.
Real Trump supporters say, keep talking!! Go get ’em!! And that is exactly what he is doing.
Shame on this author for this miserable piece of dreck.
I can’t see how you reach your conclusion. Everything Armando says seems quite on target and credible. I’m a loyal Trump supporter and I don’t care when he goes off as he does. But I do worry, like Armando, that it erodes his possible achievements.
If you believe I am a “fake Trump supporter” I suggest you look up my writings in NER, easily accessible. You really should check before making such statements.
Maybe you had latent TDS and it’s come to the surface? I mean, you could check and get back to us.
I mean, if it looks like a TDS, and sounds like a TDS, well, you get the picture. You think that a real Trump supporter wants to shut him up?? Hello?? You have TDS. Get some help, quick.
No, he’s not a fake Trump supporter. Why should a supporter of any political leader refrain from expressing their dissatisfaction or even revulsion at aspects of that leader?
He points to a few things that Trump has said and done that have actually been harmful to the country. But first, he enumerates important achievements. He is overwhelmingly positive about Trump’s leadership.
Yes , our Donny does have a way of getting himself into trouble but he always manages to extricate himself with an “aw shucks, I was only joking” backstop.
But I still think he’s one of the best of all time.
He can help himself further if he now turns his gaze towards the inadequate infrastructure in our road systems, our outdated airport facilities and our dying downtown cores.
We need additional interstates because our present roads are clogged to capacity, we need to take our airports out of the fifties and we need property tax breaks for downtown core enterprises to get the pump primed again
It’s all very well to hand out dividend checks to the voters but that doesn’t do much for long term benefits.
All those trillions of dollars coming in should be used to finance the building and improvement of hard, tangible, long lasting projects that improve our overall quality of life.
Take a look at a Google map of a place like South Korea and see what sort of road system they have.. it’s incredible.
Pass through any of those Asian airports and see how efficient , clean and comfortable they are.
Look at their vibrant, immaculate downtown cores , find out how they do it and copy the process (just like they have done with our successful processes.)
These sort of improvements are good for at least a hundred years, handout cheques are gone in a few minutes.
It’s hard to argue with the points Armando makes. As a strong supporter I just shrug personally (when I’m not laughing), but his gaffs would seem to do real damage especially with the sensitive Canadians.
When you say “Canadians,” you mean 51st-staters, right?
don’t even go there 😊
Vancouver would fall in 10 minutes, all they would have to do is close all the Starbucks.
Knock it off!!
Not funny.
This tune about “gaffes” and “filters” is a tired one, any intelligent person can see that Trump is a demagogue and a bully. You like his shitty behavior because you’re a bunch of juveniles whose biggest obsession in life is hating those you don’t like (Blowhard’s comments are an excellent illustration 🙂), but when it turns out there are consequences for your country’s leader acting like a bully, you don’t like that.
Goofs.
Almost every time a liberal attempts to participate in a discussion they use scatological language. Revolting.
Liberals’ arguments these days relies only on insults. In a way, it’s fascinating. And they’re so clueless! So lacking in self-awareness!
Lol. I’m always amused when the supporters of a guy whose bread and butter for the past ten years has been insults and rudeness want to get sniffy and proclaim that they’re all about polite discourse.
I have absolutely no doubt you’ve seen the widely-discussed video of your dear leader literally dumping shit on his fellow citizens. And yet here you are, clearly still a devout follower. So you can drop the pearl-clutching act, it makes you look like a hypocrite. 🙂
You just can’t help yourself.
So gross.
You must be really fun at parties.
You just couldn’t help posting an insubstantial reply, could you? Kiss kiss. 😘
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