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MIButterfly

(2,588 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:24 PM Yesterday

I don't know about anyone else but I could live the rest of my life

without ever seeing or listening to DJT ever again. I try my best to avoid it at all costs but sometimes it happens unexpectedly and then I get disgusted. Even during President Biden's term, we had to hear about him every damn day without fail. What is it about him? What's so special about that abomination that we have to hear about every little thing he says and does? You tell me because I'm at a complete and total loss.

I know he's the president but the amount of coverage, even when he wasn't president, is too much.

Enough already! There have been 11 years of this nonsense (I'm trying to keep it clean). I can't believe that I have to spend my so-called "golden years" like this. All I want to do is live in peace with my cats.

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I don't know about anyone else but I could live the rest of my life (Original Post) MIButterfly Yesterday OP
After that day at the UN, one has to figure even escalators are fed up with him Attilatheblond Yesterday #1
I do my best to do just that! SheltieLover Yesterday #2
But you should NJCher 13 hrs ago #31
I've not had any tv service for nearly 15 yrs. SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #35
Me neither! fierywoman 8 hrs ago #44
Great minds ... SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #45
(I thought the same thing as I wrote it!) ;-))) fierywoman 7 hrs ago #46
Lol SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #47
Money and privilege make the loudest noise bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3
I HEAR YOU Skittles Yesterday #4
Spontaneous combustion dlilafae Yesterday #5
His voice creeps me out. hunter Yesterday #6
It's mind boggling that anyone would want the obvious con-man as a leader Mysterian Yesterday #7
Every day Cirsium Yesterday #8
I'd kind of like to hear him shrieking in agony every second for the next few years Orrex Yesterday #9
I do my best to change the channel whenever anybody in his administration comes on. state of stupid Yesterday #10
He was also the mouth piece for the Birthers too! Hope22 Yesterday #11
I hit the "ditto" button twice. BurnDoubt Yesterday #12
I know exactly what you are saying wendyb-NC Yesterday #13
The sound of his voice makes my skin crawl Betty Boom Yesterday #14
Everything about him is creepy. MIButterfly Yesterday #16
The weird sniffing thing, too! He just makes my skin crawl! HeartsCanHope 13 hrs ago #30
AMEN! choie Yesterday #15
Until he is imprisoned, dead, or in hell, he's our problem KatjeD Yesterday #17
Not wanting to hear/see him does not equate to choosing ignorance luv2fly 20 hrs ago #23
Thank you, luv2fly! MIButterfly 19 hrs ago #24
I suspect almost NONE of us want to look at the orange ignoramus luv2fly 19 hrs ago #25
Agree, KatjeD pazzyanne 10 hrs ago #43
I could not agree more Grim Chieftain Yesterday #18
That's not up to you... lame54 Yesterday #19
I can't stand him. He's utterly sick & disgusting. CaptainTruth Yesterday #20
79 here & hoping to live to see him gone. UTUSN 23 hrs ago #21
I'm a bit younger, but I'm guessing that I'm not the only one here that shares that sentiment. Ilikepurple 5 hrs ago #52
One of the perks about living in Europe DFW 23 hrs ago #22
Psalm 109:13, rampartd 17 hrs ago #26
This is why remotes come with a "last" channel button. Ray Bruns 14 hrs ago #27
And have "mute" buttons. SergeStorms 14 hrs ago #28
Mute every commercial NJCher 13 hrs ago #33
As do I shanti 6 hrs ago #50
Exactly SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #57
Click rates and ad revenue Ruby the Liberal 13 hrs ago #29
He just makes more noise than past presidents. JohnnyRingo 13 hrs ago #32
I can barely tolerate having to look at that ugly pedo-hog every Greybnk48 12 hrs ago #34
Well said EuterpeThelo 12 hrs ago #36
Indeed Marvin Jones 12 hrs ago #37
The day when the T word is the worst of the worst curse word, an insult of epicness. Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #38
At my house the name equates to the dirty business in the toilet. lastlib 11 hrs ago #40
I'm with you - to the extent that even when I'm watching Substack TBF 12 hrs ago #39
that two fisted jagoff dance to YMCA always makes me run for the remote.... OGBuzz 11 hrs ago #41
I can't even write the 🍊🐖💩's name and can only last a minute listening to him kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #42
"I can't believe that I have to spend my so-called "golden years" like this" LiberalLovinLug 6 hrs ago #48
The ONLY time I don't mind hearing Trump's voice is in Mary Trump's videos. ShazzieB 6 hrs ago #49
I will have to check that out! MIButterfly 5 hrs ago #54
Thanks...but I may have misspoken! ShazzieB 4 hrs ago #58
Oh well, thanks anyway! MIButterfly 3 hrs ago #59
This message was self-deleted by its author MIButterfly 5 hrs ago #55
It would ForgedCrank 6 hrs ago #51
His voice and mannerisms when he's reading off of a teleprompter makes me want to slap him. mjvpi 5 hrs ago #53
I felt like that in 1987 Pacifist Patriot 5 hrs ago #56
I watched nearly an hour of the State of the Union. EndlessMaze 3 hrs ago #60

SheltieLover

(79,717 posts)
2. I do my best to do just that!
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:28 PM
Yesterday

Cannot stand the sight, sound, or even thought of the ruskie ASSet.

NJCher

(43,012 posts)
31. But you should
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:15 AM
13 hrs ago

Let people know you don’t watch tv. This is the best way. Do not even let the image into your house.

I watch ms now news shows but I watch them on delay. That way I can FF through any appearances of the orange slob.

I’d discard it altogether but I love Rachel’s round up of the protests way too much.

SheltieLover

(79,717 posts)
47. Lol
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:22 PM
7 hrs ago

They always pad their stories. So much so that I've come to scroll to end of articles.

Like reading research, skip to the conclusions.

Skittles

(171,213 posts)
4. I HEAR YOU
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:55 PM
Yesterday

if you want in any way to keep up with the news you CANNOT avoid seeing or hearing or reading about that fascist assclown, all the while knowing EXACTLY how it would be reported if a Dem president behave like that - ESPECIALLY a woman / POC

dlilafae

(406 posts)
5. Spontaneous combustion
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:19 PM
Yesterday

works for me. There must be an end timer on his lies. You know, he hits 2 mil, and ...

hunter

(40,635 posts)
6. His voice creeps me out.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:43 PM
Yesterday

I don't watch any television news or opinion so I never hear him there, but he's so often in the news of our local public radio station that I've been avoiding it.

If it was up to me, and I ran a radio or television station, I'd replace his voice with the quacking of an angry duck.

Mysterian

(6,381 posts)
7. It's mind boggling that anyone would want the obvious con-man as a leader
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:48 PM
Yesterday

Humans simply are not very intelligent as a species.

Cirsium

(3,835 posts)
8. Every day
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:49 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Over a decade dominated by that damaged and dangerous individual.

Orrex

(66,991 posts)
9. I'd kind of like to hear him shrieking in agony every second for the next few years
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:58 PM
Yesterday

But, short of that, I'd be content simply never to see or hear him again.

state of stupid

(146 posts)
10. I do my best to change the channel whenever anybody in his administration comes on.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:05 PM
Yesterday

Of course, I do that pretty much when any R comes on

Hope22

(4,682 posts)
11. He was also the mouth piece for the Birthers too!
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:25 PM
Yesterday

What a miserable piece of $#it that was! The man is well past his shelf life for politics!!

wendyb-NC

(4,668 posts)
13. I know exactly what you are saying
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:12 PM
Yesterday

I had too much of him, when I heard him say, "Russia if you're listening ...".

Betty Boom

(437 posts)
14. The sound of his voice makes my skin crawl
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:12 PM
Yesterday

I can only listen to about two or three minutes. If I really have to know what’s going on I listen with closed captioning on.

MIButterfly

(2,588 posts)
16. Everything about him is creepy.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:21 PM
Yesterday

His face; his voice; that stupid accordian thing he does with hands; his make-up; his hair; the way he "dances"; the pose he makes with his nose tilted up when he thinks he's said something profound; etc. It all makes my skin crawl.

KatjeD

(10 posts)
17. Until he is imprisoned, dead, or in hell, he's our problem
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:21 PM
Yesterday

I'm sorry you don't want to hear anything about him, but for heaven's sake, CARE ENOUGH TO PAY ATTENTION! Every damn day he or his minions are breaking something this nation once held valuable, or inflicting deliberate cruelty on our marginalized neighbors, or putting us in the crosshairs of our enemies. Do you honestly think avoidance is the best policy? WE NEED YOU TO STEP UP, SPEAK OUT, FIGHT BACK! Our democracy is not a spectator sport, tucked away in some closet until Election Day. If you insist on ignoring the many, many, many criminal and corrupt activities of this evil man "because you are sick of him," sorry. We're sick to death of him too, but we are going to continue to hear him, out him, condemn him, and DESTROY him at every opportunity. There are too many dunces not paying attention already. WAKE UP!

luv2fly

(2,639 posts)
23. Not wanting to hear/see him does not equate to choosing ignorance
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:02 AM
20 hrs ago

Few of us want to hear the orange wannabe warlord or see his stupid face. That doesn't mean we aren't paying attention.

Couching your comments in your version of patriotism doesn't change the fact that you missed the mark.

Geez.

luv2fly

(2,639 posts)
25. I suspect almost NONE of us want to look at the orange ignoramus
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:06 AM
19 hrs ago

But the media loves him because he is outrageous and that produces clicks.

He's disgusting. Not that I have an opinion mind you... 😉

Grim Chieftain

(1,612 posts)
18. I could not agree more
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:23 PM
Yesterday

There are certain news websites that I cannot visit anymore because his face is plastered all over them. His face, and the sound of his voice make me furious. He is a cancer on our country and our democracy.

lame54

(39,613 posts)
19. That's not up to you...
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:35 PM
Yesterday

Like Hitler you'll hear his name, see him portrayed in films, written about jn books, erc. for the next 100++ years

Foir the next 20 it will be daily

Ilikepurple

(613 posts)
52. I'm a bit younger, but I'm guessing that I'm not the only one here that shares that sentiment.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:27 PM
5 hrs ago

I also want to outlive his legacy, including the political relevance of his allies and family.

DFW

(60,072 posts)
22. One of the perks about living in Europe
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:39 PM
23 hrs ago

And even here, there’s still too much of him.

rampartd

(4,525 posts)
26. Psalm 109:13,
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:56 AM
17 hrs ago

Psalm 109:13, "May his end be to be cut off; in another generation may his name be blotted out."

it must have been yul brynner as pharoh

SergeStorms

(20,458 posts)
28. And have "mute" buttons.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:21 AM
14 hrs ago

I use mine quite frequently, not only when the Big Orange Fascist Pig starts flapping his gums, but during the ubiquitous commercial "breaks" during programs as well. My ears are deathly allergic to stupidity. 😉

NJCher

(43,012 posts)
33. Mute every commercial
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:19 AM
13 hrs ago

I have, for years. It’s second nature now. I’m always doing something else while I watch TV anyway.

shanti

(21,797 posts)
50. As do I
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:14 PM
6 hrs ago

However, Sling has discovered a workaround by running a visual ad if you pause anything. Insidious.

SergeStorms

(20,458 posts)
57. Exactly
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 05:24 PM
5 hrs ago

I won't even look at the TV if his picture is on the screen.

I haven't heard tRump's voice or seen his face since 2016. 😉

Ruby the Liberal

(26,634 posts)
29. Click rates and ad revenue
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:03 AM
13 hrs ago

No question the clown show increased revenue for the "news" outlets - or they wouldn't have both-sides it to see how long they could keep profiting from it.

Unless he dies in office, I have a feeling that this is what we can expect until the day he does enter the special circle of hell that awaits him.

JohnnyRingo

(20,809 posts)
32. He just makes more noise than past presidents.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:19 AM
13 hrs ago

It's not that the media is paying closer attention to him, it's the firehose of threats, vanity tweets, and general nonsense that emanates from this White House every day.

Presidents past would call reporters to a press-con with news while this one uses social media to blast out anything that pops into his head... for better or worse.

Greybnk48

(10,715 posts)
34. I can barely tolerate having to look at that ugly pedo-hog every
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:27 AM
12 hrs ago

goddamn day no matter how hard you work at avoiding seeing him or hearing his slurry, drugged up voice.

I have a visceral reaction to him now that makes me instantly furious. I think it's actually hate.

EuterpeThelo

(310 posts)
36. Well said
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:31 AM
12 hrs ago

and I share your sentiments completely. I have to turn the TV off whenever his face or voice pops up because I worry it's going to make me literally stroke out if I keep having to watch or listen to him.

Marvin Jones

(32 posts)
37. Indeed
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 09:46 AM
12 hrs ago

Ditto. Reading the news is bad enough. But seeing his face and listening to his voice... Oh, my God.

lastlib

(28,096 posts)
40. At my house the name equates to the dirty business in the toilet.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:01 AM
11 hrs ago

"Dump a trump" is the operative euphemism for what the rest of the world calls "taking a shit." The toilet is the "trump dump."

TBF

(36,421 posts)
39. I'm with you - to the extent that even when I'm watching Substack
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 10:21 AM
12 hrs ago

if the "show" has a lot of clips of Donald Trump on it, I tend to shut it off. It has been worse lately because not only is he toxic, but he seems to be showing signs of dementia. I'm getting older, too, and hope my family takes care of me at that age - finds a nice nurse to come in and help. Certainly, he should not be anywhere near nuclear launch codes or anything else that is important.

OGBuzz

(230 posts)
41. that two fisted jagoff dance to YMCA always makes me run for the remote....
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:03 AM
11 hrs ago

with all the women in his family and in his cult you'd think somebody would have told him by now. Or are they all feeding him with b.s. about how sexy and presidential he looks?

kimbutgar

(27,183 posts)
42. I can't even write the 🍊🐖💩's name and can only last a minute listening to him
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:27 AM
10 hrs ago

Because I don’t want to hurt my brain cells.

I am ashamed of my country that he was allowed to be president again! And embarrassed to be an American now.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,655 posts)
48. "I can't believe that I have to spend my so-called "golden years" like this"
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:49 PM
6 hrs ago

SAME HERE!
I broke down when he won again. Instead of watching new trials prosecuting Trump with Jack Smith at the helm, and the first female President in charge....
I have to spend my twilight years dealing with a greedy immoral psychopath destroying the world.

ShazzieB

(22,497 posts)
49. The ONLY time I don't mind hearing Trump's voice is in Mary Trump's videos.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:01 PM
6 hrs ago

She (or a member of her staff) alters Trump's voice in any clips of him that are used in her videos, so that he sounds like he just took a hit off of a helium balloon. It's pretty hilarious.

ShazzieB

(22,497 posts)
58. Thanks...but I may have misspoken!
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 05:56 PM
4 hrs ago

I'm not sure they're doing it anymore.

I was going to try posting an example, but all the recent ones I checked have his unaltered voice. I'm thinking he may have threatened a lawsuit or something.

When I first started watching her videos, they all had the "helium" voice. I don't know if they've gone back and changed all of them and don't have time to check right now. But if he played the lawsuit card as I suspect, I imagine they may have had to, dadblast it.

It was really fun while it lasted!

Response to ShazzieB (Reply #49)

ForgedCrank

(3,088 posts)
51. It would
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:21 PM
6 hrs ago

be nice if there was a forum for everything Trump instead of GD being flooded with it 24/7

mjvpi

(1,925 posts)
53. His voice and mannerisms when he's reading off of a teleprompter makes me want to slap him.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:39 PM
5 hrs ago

Turn to the weather channel.

EndlessMaze

(83 posts)
60. I watched nearly an hour of the State of the Union.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 06:54 PM
3 hrs ago

I still feel icky all over from it, and I'll never watch the orange anus more than a few seconds ever again!

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