Day 239: Donny's Delirious Display of Authoritarian Antics

Donny vs. Australia: A Tantrum in Two Acts

Before hopping on Air Force One for his royal cosplay trip to the UK, Donny decided to gift the world one more tantrum. Standing outside the White House, he was confronted by John Lyons of ABC — an Australian journalist who had the audacity to ask what should be the most basic question in any democracy: what about your business conflicts, Mr. President?

Cue the meltdown.

Donny, ever allergic to accountability, puffed himself up and spat back that his kids run the Trump Organization (spoiler: they don’t). Then, in classic playground fashion, he implied that Australia itself might be punished for the insult of daring to let a journalist ask him a question. Because nothing says “strong leader” like threatening an ally because your feelings got hurt.

Australian politicians immediately circled the wagons around Lyons, reminding Donny that journalism is not a crime — though you’d never know it watching him shriek his way through another press gaggle. Canberra’s response only highlighted what we already know: Donny is weak, petty, spiteful, graceless, and completely devoid of self-awareness.

The irony? Donny is scheduled to meet Australian PM Anthony Albanese during the UN General Assembly, supposedly to talk trade, tariffs, and Aukus. Instead, it’ll probably be an awkward rerun of “So, your president threw a tantrum at our reporter and threatened our country because… feelings?”

Once again, Donny proves the obvious: he can’t handle questions, can’t handle criticism, and certainly can’t handle being president without turning everything into a personal vendetta. A journalist asked for transparency. Donny gave them a sulk and a thinly veiled threat.

Weak doesn’t even begin to cover it.

British Broadcaster, Channel 4 to air extensive fact-checking of Donny's statements during UK visit

As Donny polishes his tiny gold crown for his state visit to the UK, British Broadcaster Channel 4 has announced it will air a special fact-checking program, Trump v The Truth. The premise? Dissecting more than 100 of his lies, distortions, and fever dreams since re-entering the Oval Office. The timing is, shall we say, exquisite: the British public gets a guided tour of Donny’s relationship with reality just as he’s shaking hands with King Charles and pretending not to notice how many people are booing outside Windsor Castle.

It’s less “programming” and more “public service announcement.” After all, if you’re going to let the Mad King loose in your country, it’s only polite to warn people that nearly every syllable out of his mouth has the half-life of a gas station hotdog.

The show promises deep dives into his “greatest hits” — from his fairy tales about foreign aid, to his conspiracy theories about immigrants, to his classic trick of claiming victory even as the scoreboard blinks DEFEAT in neon. Spoiler alert: fact-checkers will once again discover that Donny’s relationship with the truth is roughly on par with his relationship with reality TV contracts: exploitative, messy, and ultimately cancelled.

Channel 4 isn’t just holding up a mirror to Donny. It’s issuing a warning to the rest of us: unchecked lies corrode democracies faster than you can say “fake news.” So while Donny struts down Windsor’s red carpet like a two-bit monarch, the Brits will be armed with context, a reminder that behind every slogan and smirk lies a man whose truth is as fake as his tan.

This is how media and journalism should be done - holding people to account.

JD Vance Goes Full Thought Police

JD Vance, never one to let a crisis go to waste, decided the best way to honor Charlie Kirk was to turn Kirk’s podcast into a White House war room. From his office next to Donny, Vance solemnly promised to “dismantle the institutions” that dared to mock Kirk’s death — because nothing says unity like threatening to sic the federal government on magazines and teachers who post mean tweets.

Flanked by Tucker Carlson and sociopath Stephen Miller, Vance declared that the “far left” is to blame for political violence. Never mind that the shooter’s bullets were engraved with video game references, not socialist manifestos. Facts are irrelevant when you’re auditioning for Supreme Leader of the Culture Wars.

Miller, predictably, cranked the paranoia dial up to 11. With God as his witness, he vowed to use the DOJ, DHS, and basically the entire federal government to “identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy” this “vast domestic terror movement.” Translation: anyone online who laughed at a meme the White House didn’t like.

The hypocrisy is rich. Public employees have been fired for posting dark jokes about Kirk’s death, while Fox News anchors can fantasize about euthanizing homeless people and keep their primetime gig. But hey, free speech only applies if you’re waving the right flag.

Meanwhile, Vance hinted that tax-exempt foundations like the Ford Foundation or Open Society could be in the administration’s crosshairs, because clearly, the true threat to America is philanthropy.

And just to hammer home the absurdity, Vance claimed he “desperately” wants unity. His method? Label half the country terrorists and threaten to bankrupt their institutions. Sounds like a plan.

In the end, this wasn’t a podcast, it was a loyalty test. For Donny’s team, Kirk’s death isn’t about grief. It’s about building a pretext to crush dissent, redefine enemies, and tighten the screws on anyone who doesn’t kiss the ring.

Donny v. The First Amendment

In his latest tantrum dressed up as a lawsuit, Donny has slapped The New York Times and four of its journalists with a $15 billion defamation suit. The charge? Daring to write things he doesn’t like. The supposed “crime spree” includes articles and a book published before the 2024 election, which Donny claims form part of a “decades-long pattern of intentional and malicious defamation.” Translation: they reported on him accurately.

Naturally, he also insists the Times is a “virtual mouthpiece” for Democrats — because nothing screams partisan bias like holding politicians accountable. Evidence? None. But when has that ever stopped him?

The whole lawsuit is almost misleadingly flattering to the Times, which has in fact sane-washed about 90% of the sewage Donny produces daily. Just a few lowlights:

• January 2025 — in response to pardoning violent Jan 6 rioters:

“Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency”

“In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan 6th”

“Shattering the Bounds of the Oval Office”

“Trump Asserts a Muscular Vision of Presidential Power”

• February 2025 — after Trump fired FEMA officials because Elon Musk lied about disaster relief funds:

• “Trump Favors Blunt Force in Dealing With Foreign Allies and Enemies Alike”

• “Soft Power is Out. Hard Power is In.”

As far back as October 2024, the Times even ran a self-justifying explainer to excuse this chronic normalizing.

But make no mistake: this lawsuit isn’t about truth. It’s about power — and Donny’s pathological need to bludgeon critics into silence. He’s wielding the courts as his personal hammer, pounding away at the First Amendment in hopes the press will stop fact-checking him and let him spin his fantasies unchecked.

It’s the same tired authoritarian playbook: brand the media as enemies, threaten them into submission, and pretend you’re the real victim. Never mind that America was built on a free press — in Donny’s world, the only acceptable headline is “Super Genius Golfs in Rain.”

This $15 billion grudge match isn’t about damages. It’s about ego. The Mad King can’t stand being mocked, questioned, or — worst of all — held accountable. He’d torch democratic norms before admitting criticism comes with the job.

The Times hasn’t responded yet, but let’s be clear: the real test isn’t whether Donny’s lawsuit gets laughed out of court (it should). The real test is whether America’s press corps stands firm against a man who treats truth as an inconvenience and accountability as treason.

Flags for Hardcore MAGA Only

Donny’s memory strikes again. Asked about the assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, a prominent Democrat, the president first claimed he was “not familiar.” Right, because a sitting state House Speaker being murdered just three months ago is the kind of minor detail that slips through the cracks when you’re busy rage-scrolling Truth Social.

Pressed further, Donny said he would have ordered flags to half-staff - but only if Governor Tim Walz had asked. Translation: “Not my problem unless a Republican calls me first.” Funny how no one had to send an engraved invitation before the White House rushed to honor Charlie Kirk with full fanfare.

This isn’t about protocol. It’s about Donny’s well-worn rule: loyalty in, dignity out. Allies get presidential proclamations and state honors; opponents get a shrug and maybe a golf swing in their memory.

The whole point of national symbols, flags, vigils, ceremonies — is to transcend politics. But Donny, the Mad King, treats them like exclusive club perks. Hortman’s death was a national tragedy, but in Donny’s America, tragedy only counts if it polls well.

This selective grief isn’t just tasteless, it’s corrosive. Every time Donny politicizes basic decency, he chips away at the idea that government belongs to everyone. For him, it’s just another loyalty test: salute my friends, ignore my enemies, and pretend that’s leadership.