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Apeksha Bagchi

‘Say that in the mirror 100 times’: Trump’s chief puppet drops shameless lie, forgets depravity is the president’s brand

What has been consistent throughout Donald Trump’s lifetime? Lies, frauds, cons, made-up scenarios, verbal diarrhea, attacking the poor to fill the banks of the rich, misogyny? Nah, while there have been breaks in these here and there – his shockingly coherent Joe Biden post comes to mind – one thing has been the lifeline of his political regime.

Hatred. Tons of it, and he never really made an effort to hide disdain against anyone who either didn’t support him, sided with his opponents, or dared to call him and his lackeys out. In a 2012 episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, Trump remarked: “Nobody takes things more personally than me. When somebody says something personal about me, I hate them for the rest of my life. It’s probably wrong, but I hate people… I never recover from it.”

And he hasn’t changed at all. If anything, becoming president for the second time has only hastened his moral degradation.

But clearly, either the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt – who has been spouting mind-bogging lies for the president – has been living in an alternate universe all this time, or believes are words will be enough to erase the sinking ditch of hatred Trump’s social media accounts are.

Right. So, the POTUS proclaiming that he hates Taylor Swift simply because she doesn’t like his policies and opinions is not a leader of a nation spewing hatred?

And this is just one example in a swarming nest of mean, degrading comments he has made. 

When he threatened and insulted judges who were overseeing his felony cases, as well as the ones who held him liable for sexual assault. When he openly derided CNN Journalist Jim Costa and said, “I hate your stinking guts, you make me vomit. You’re the scum between my toes.”

Or when he posted an image of former President Joe Biden hog-tied, lying horizontally with his hands and feet bound. Or his insensitive and disrespectful comments about the 2022 attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband that were widely condemned? Did Levitt forget these, or is she hoping that the rest of America will suffer the same pattern of cult-induced amnesia? Wonder how she could say that with a straight face.

And don’t even forget his MAGA base that thrives on hatred, ecstatic that now they can openly be racist and be disgusting with no repercussions. Remember Shiloh Hendrix from Minnesota? The woman used a racial slur against a 5-year-old autistic Black child in late April 2025 at Soldiers Field Memorial Park, where Hendrix confronted the child, accused him of taking items from her son’s diaper bag, and used the N-word in the exchange. The consequences? None. 

In fact, after the video of the incident went viral, Hendrix launched a fundraiser on the Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo, claiming that her personal information had been leaked online and that she and her family were receiving threats. So far, she has managed to raise $700,000, with a goal of $1 million.

This is the Trump administration and its domino effect on the nation. This is the level to which he has dragged down America.

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