Lori R...Ha...a lot of noise amounting to very little' is honestly the most accurate summary I've heard! That's exactly why you're here. I'll keep watching so you don't have to. Thanks for being a subscriber!
I could not watch. I can’t stand to listen to him. Same lies and self aggrandizement every time. I know someone will fill me in if he says anything true or noteworthy.
BG Lund...completely get this. There’s a point where it stops being “staying informed” and just becomes subjecting yourself to the same recycled BS over and over again.
And...honestly? You’re not missing anything by skipping it. The PATTERN is the story now. The repetition...the self-focus...the lack of substance...that is the SIGNAL.
Let someone else filter the noise...and bring you the few things that actually matter. That’s just smart energy management at this point!
Rae...exactly right. You’re paying attention to what actually matters...not getting pulled into the performance of it. That’s the difference.
You’re definitely not alone on that reaction. At a certain point...it’s not even about politics...it’s just recognizing the PATTERN.... and choosing not to subject yourself to it.
Appreciate you being here...and staying engaged in the right way.
It seems I can never remember when trumplethinskin is speaking. Missed again. Maybe next year when AI takes over all media it will just turn on the tv and there he will be everywhere. Damn, the power will probably go out again. Oh well.
You’re actually pointing at something real underneath it.
At this point...it’s less about “catching the speech” and more about recognizing that nothing meaningfully new...is being added when he does. You didn’t miss anything...you skipped a rerun.
Honestly, outsourcing that kind of exposure is just smart. There’s no prize for sitting through it firsthand...when the SIGNAL can be distilled without the noise.
I’ve got you on the “listen so you don’t have to” front. That’s exactly how this should work!
Well, the twatwaddle never fails to disappoint. Yep, favorite hits, moving targets, impossible lies, and just plain crazy! I think Charlie may be right, he's insane.
Thanks for summarizing, Jack. I’m pretty much done listening to his BS and appreciate that I knew you would do it for us. That alone is worth at least half the paid subscription price.. oh hell.. it’s worth the entire thing and more.
What do we do now? The same things we have been I guess? Keep listening, watching and pressuring our elected officials.. protesting, calling, emailing and donating.
I’m so tired tonight but I’ll get back up and keep on fighting.
You’re doing the hard part...staying aware WITHOUT giving up your energy to the noise.
That’s not easy...especially when you’re tired. And...saying “I’m tired...but I’ll keep going” isn’t small… that’s the whole thing right there!
Yes...you’ve got the playbook right. We don’t need to reinvent anything in this moment. NOTHING. We keep doing what works: staying informed...applying pressure...showing up where it counts...and not letting ourselves get numbed out...or pulled off course.
But...also this: rest matters. Regrouping matters. This is not a one-night sprint. It’s a long game. Taking a breath...is part of STAYING in the fight.
I absolutely must edit this comment of mine now that I have seen a different angle of his speech and even a female commenter at the lecturn in the video shown by Aaron Parnas this morning.
Last night, the version I watched was on PBS Newshour’s presentation in real time over YouTube. It appeared to have been taken from a bit to the left of the room, showing the speaker as thinner, as being a bit more appropriate in stance, as I recall, and the setting seemed darker. As I watched and listened then, I wondered who would believe him because they do not know the truth, and because of a bit of a hint of polish among the unpolished direct, yet rambling statements made in sequence. It was contradictory to truth as well as from one statement to another, in my opinion of last night.
By contrast, Aaron Parnas on his Aaron Parnas Perspective this morning, showed the video straight on, with the typical extra bright lighting, and the arm movements I could not detect last night, the typical arm movements I associate with him, or any speaker for that matter, knowing what he says is not true, holding his upper arms close to his side, but using the jerky and seemingly mechanical movements from the elbow down, as he often does. The difference in perspective seems astounding this morning. I know not to believe the words I heard last night, but the seemingly more formal presentation I saw on that PBS video in real time on YouTube, gave me a totally different impression of physical setting and stance. I cannot imagine why there was such a difference. The description I wrote about it is below, beginning with. “In his body language, it seemed…..”
When I watched the brightly lit, straight on video as shown by Aaron Parnas, the expected posture and typical ways of speech and motions were obvious. The difference is puzzling. The types of comments we hear thin out by T. as responses and asides, were included in the video Aaron shared.
Further, a woman who made statements, which I know not to be true from having followed the news for years, claimed to believe that D. T. can be compared to Jesus, and she gave examples as she supposedly wanted to convince the world. They discussed, or at least made comments regarding the idea of “a king” and the protest. None of that part was shown in what I saw last night, not that I liked seeing it, but I needed to see it to know that it happened and to see more ways, and some of the typical ways they are using to mislead people beyond the lies and meanderings presented, seemingly more formally last night, as I wrote immediately below based on earlier impressions. I cannot help but wonder who all saw which presentations and how their concepts vary, whether there was belief in anything bring said, or whether some people simply listened without thinking it through. I also wonder how the same event could be presented so differently in these two ways, and in what other angles viewers might have seen it presented.
All the while, in looking beyond all of these observations, The All Important PATTERN, as we are extremely fortunate to notice, thanks to our guidance from Jack Hopkins, and as we notice throughout speeches and behaviors of T., predominates and is the most important aspect of needed awareness!
Here is what I wrote before having seen the video described above.
In his body language, it seemed to be the first time he has spoken without moving his arms. Even though he continued speaking steadily, every comment seemed to be a way of fishing for excuses and giving false promises, which had no way of being believed if a listener pays attention to the truths regularly as they are already known and are contrary to what he professed.
How could anyone believe any of it unless a person refuses to pay attention regularly and does not digest what he feeds the audience? The entirety seemed to be an insult to the American people as well as to people of other countries. He mentioned our allies, and I cannot imagine who he thinks they are since he has insulted and cut off nearly everyone. Can you imagine what history would explain if the video of that speech is replayed in years to come?
I certainly appreciate the way you pointed out his pattern, Jack. Thank you!
Judy...what struck me most here...is exactly what you said: the different camera angle and presentation changed the feel of the same event...but...NOT the underlying PATTERN.
You caught something important...lighting...framing...and perspective...can soften or sharpen the impression...but...once you saw the straight-on version...the familiar posture, gestures...and manipulative style were unmistakable AGAIN.
That woman’s comments only underscored how much myth-making and distortion are wrapped around all of this.
But...you landed on the biggest point: the presentation may vary...the PATTERN does not.
That’s the real thing to keep seeing.
Thank you for this sharp catch, Judy...and...for following it all the way through!
His false claims, lies and lack of solutions made me think of a bragging fisherman, spinning a wild yarn about the mighty fish he had on his line. “You should’ve seen the fight I put up!”. The problem is that fish is nowhere to be seen.
But don’t worry, it’ll come swimming back to the dock and into his net… naturally! ….
Cortktown...that’s a perfect analogy...you nailed it.
All story...no proof. All performance...no substance. The “big catch” is always just out of sight… but somehow...always almost landing.
That’s the PATTERN again: confidence without evidence...promises without delivery...and ...a narrative...that asks people to imagine the win...instead of actually seeing it.
This war was about where he fits in the Epstein files. And when it finally comes out, it won’t be the sex that he worried about most, it will be the corruption (out in the open), money laundering and what I expect to be a treasonous arrangement with Putin. (MBS won’t be far behind) Everything he’s done, in both terms, has propped up Russia and Putin. Imagine what the money and military might spent on Iran would have accomplished if spent on Ukraine. This war is a diversion for one man that has upended the world for a generation plus. So when people say the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world, I think that sentence now belongs in the past tense, but it also has been proved true by this one president’s vulnerable treachery.
Robbie...you’re tapping into something a lot of people are feeling right now...the sense that there are BIGGER forces...BIGGER motivations...and...BIGGER consequences behind what we’re watching play out.
You nailed this part especially: when actions consistently seem to benefit certain outcomes or actors...people start connecting dots...and asking deeper questions. That instinct...to look beyond the surface narrative...is CRITICALLY important.
At the same time...what we can say with certainty is this: the PATTERN of behavior...the decisions being made...and their real-world impacts...are what matter most to track.
That’s where CLARITY lives...even when the “why” behind it...feels bigger or harder to pin down.
Your last point really lands...the idea of power has shifted. It’s not just about position anymore. It’s about influence...vulnerability...leverage… and...how all of that gets used.
You’re thinking at the right level here, Robbie...zoomed out...looking at consequences... NOT just moments.
Thank you for the summary Jack. I refuse to watch him on any platform. It’s sounds like his speech amounted to nothing of substance.
Lori R...Ha...a lot of noise amounting to very little' is honestly the most accurate summary I've heard! That's exactly why you're here. I'll keep watching so you don't have to. Thanks for being a subscriber!
-Jack
I appreciate you watching & summarizing.
Same here.
I could not watch. I can’t stand to listen to him. Same lies and self aggrandizement every time. I know someone will fill me in if he says anything true or noteworthy.
BG Lund...completely get this. There’s a point where it stops being “staying informed” and just becomes subjecting yourself to the same recycled BS over and over again.
And...honestly? You’re not missing anything by skipping it. The PATTERN is the story now. The repetition...the self-focus...the lack of substance...that is the SIGNAL.
Let someone else filter the noise...and bring you the few things that actually matter. That’s just smart energy management at this point!
-Jack
We do remain aware of the date. Good grief!
#Holdfast
And thanks for the analysis, Jack. Can’t stand to hear his voice nor look at him.
Nasty piece of work.
Rae...exactly right. You’re paying attention to what actually matters...not getting pulled into the performance of it. That’s the difference.
You’re definitely not alone on that reaction. At a certain point...it’s not even about politics...it’s just recognizing the PATTERN.... and choosing not to subject yourself to it.
Appreciate you being here...and staying engaged in the right way.
#Holdfast
-Jack
DOOD! I wouldn’t be anywhere else.
It seems I can never remember when trumplethinskin is speaking. Missed again. Maybe next year when AI takes over all media it will just turn on the tv and there he will be everywhere. Damn, the power will probably go out again. Oh well.
Thanks for listening so I don't have to..
#HoldFast
Sue.
Sue...this made me laugh.
You’re actually pointing at something real underneath it.
At this point...it’s less about “catching the speech” and more about recognizing that nothing meaningfully new...is being added when he does. You didn’t miss anything...you skipped a rerun.
Honestly, outsourcing that kind of exposure is just smart. There’s no prize for sitting through it firsthand...when the SIGNAL can be distilled without the noise.
I’ve got you on the “listen so you don’t have to” front. That’s exactly how this should work!
#HoldFast
-Jack
Well, the twatwaddle never fails to disappoint. Yep, favorite hits, moving targets, impossible lies, and just plain crazy! I think Charlie may be right, he's insane.
Jo...you’re not wrong. It really does feel like the same loop on repeat... just LOUDER each time.
At this point...recognizing the PATTERN is the takeaway.
Glad you’re here...staying sharp...WITHOUT getting pulled into it!
#HoldFast
-Jack
The Straits WILL reopen if you dump in a tanker of Metamucil.
Ha! Jay...that would = a good "flushing" at the very least.
-Jack
😄😁😆
Thanks for summarizing, Jack. I’m pretty much done listening to his BS and appreciate that I knew you would do it for us. That alone is worth at least half the paid subscription price.. oh hell.. it’s worth the entire thing and more.
What do we do now? The same things we have been I guess? Keep listening, watching and pressuring our elected officials.. protesting, calling, emailing and donating.
I’m so tired tonight but I’ll get back up and keep on fighting.
Appreciate you, Jack!
#Holdfast
~Susan
Susan… this is exactly it.
You’re doing the hard part...staying aware WITHOUT giving up your energy to the noise.
That’s not easy...especially when you’re tired. And...saying “I’m tired...but I’ll keep going” isn’t small… that’s the whole thing right there!
Yes...you’ve got the playbook right. We don’t need to reinvent anything in this moment. NOTHING. We keep doing what works: staying informed...applying pressure...showing up where it counts...and not letting ourselves get numbed out...or pulled off course.
But...also this: rest matters. Regrouping matters. This is not a one-night sprint. It’s a long game. Taking a breath...is part of STAYING in the fight.
I appreciate you right back, Susan. Truly.
#HoldFast
-Jack
Exactly.
I absolutely must edit this comment of mine now that I have seen a different angle of his speech and even a female commenter at the lecturn in the video shown by Aaron Parnas this morning.
Last night, the version I watched was on PBS Newshour’s presentation in real time over YouTube. It appeared to have been taken from a bit to the left of the room, showing the speaker as thinner, as being a bit more appropriate in stance, as I recall, and the setting seemed darker. As I watched and listened then, I wondered who would believe him because they do not know the truth, and because of a bit of a hint of polish among the unpolished direct, yet rambling statements made in sequence. It was contradictory to truth as well as from one statement to another, in my opinion of last night.
By contrast, Aaron Parnas on his Aaron Parnas Perspective this morning, showed the video straight on, with the typical extra bright lighting, and the arm movements I could not detect last night, the typical arm movements I associate with him, or any speaker for that matter, knowing what he says is not true, holding his upper arms close to his side, but using the jerky and seemingly mechanical movements from the elbow down, as he often does. The difference in perspective seems astounding this morning. I know not to believe the words I heard last night, but the seemingly more formal presentation I saw on that PBS video in real time on YouTube, gave me a totally different impression of physical setting and stance. I cannot imagine why there was such a difference. The description I wrote about it is below, beginning with. “In his body language, it seemed…..”
When I watched the brightly lit, straight on video as shown by Aaron Parnas, the expected posture and typical ways of speech and motions were obvious. The difference is puzzling. The types of comments we hear thin out by T. as responses and asides, were included in the video Aaron shared.
Further, a woman who made statements, which I know not to be true from having followed the news for years, claimed to believe that D. T. can be compared to Jesus, and she gave examples as she supposedly wanted to convince the world. They discussed, or at least made comments regarding the idea of “a king” and the protest. None of that part was shown in what I saw last night, not that I liked seeing it, but I needed to see it to know that it happened and to see more ways, and some of the typical ways they are using to mislead people beyond the lies and meanderings presented, seemingly more formally last night, as I wrote immediately below based on earlier impressions. I cannot help but wonder who all saw which presentations and how their concepts vary, whether there was belief in anything bring said, or whether some people simply listened without thinking it through. I also wonder how the same event could be presented so differently in these two ways, and in what other angles viewers might have seen it presented.
All the while, in looking beyond all of these observations, The All Important PATTERN, as we are extremely fortunate to notice, thanks to our guidance from Jack Hopkins, and as we notice throughout speeches and behaviors of T., predominates and is the most important aspect of needed awareness!
Here is what I wrote before having seen the video described above.
In his body language, it seemed to be the first time he has spoken without moving his arms. Even though he continued speaking steadily, every comment seemed to be a way of fishing for excuses and giving false promises, which had no way of being believed if a listener pays attention to the truths regularly as they are already known and are contrary to what he professed.
How could anyone believe any of it unless a person refuses to pay attention regularly and does not digest what he feeds the audience? The entirety seemed to be an insult to the American people as well as to people of other countries. He mentioned our allies, and I cannot imagine who he thinks they are since he has insulted and cut off nearly everyone. Can you imagine what history would explain if the video of that speech is replayed in years to come?
I certainly appreciate the way you pointed out his pattern, Jack. Thank you!
Judy...what struck me most here...is exactly what you said: the different camera angle and presentation changed the feel of the same event...but...NOT the underlying PATTERN.
You caught something important...lighting...framing...and perspective...can soften or sharpen the impression...but...once you saw the straight-on version...the familiar posture, gestures...and manipulative style were unmistakable AGAIN.
That woman’s comments only underscored how much myth-making and distortion are wrapped around all of this.
But...you landed on the biggest point: the presentation may vary...the PATTERN does not.
That’s the real thing to keep seeing.
Thank you for this sharp catch, Judy...and...for following it all the way through!
-Jack
Thank you! What a gadlit waffling 20 minutes and change.. Plenty of self contradiction and lies..as per usual.
Sher'...exactly; nothing new...just the same rambling loop...dressed up as something different.
You’re spot on: contradiction, deflection, and filler. Once you see it...you can’t unsee it.
That’s the advantage...you don’t have to sit through it...to know what it is anymore.
-Jack
Gaslit
You got it right Jack.
This wasn’t leadership, it was salesmanship.
His false claims, lies and lack of solutions made me think of a bragging fisherman, spinning a wild yarn about the mighty fish he had on his line. “You should’ve seen the fight I put up!”. The problem is that fish is nowhere to be seen.
But don’t worry, it’ll come swimming back to the dock and into his net… naturally! ….
Cortktown...that’s a perfect analogy...you nailed it.
All story...no proof. All performance...no substance. The “big catch” is always just out of sight… but somehow...always almost landing.
That’s the PATTERN again: confidence without evidence...promises without delivery...and ...a narrative...that asks people to imagine the win...instead of actually seeing it.
Really sharp way of putting it!
-Jack
Once again thank you for insight.
Deborah...you're welcome. Thank YOU.
-Jack
This war was about where he fits in the Epstein files. And when it finally comes out, it won’t be the sex that he worried about most, it will be the corruption (out in the open), money laundering and what I expect to be a treasonous arrangement with Putin. (MBS won’t be far behind) Everything he’s done, in both terms, has propped up Russia and Putin. Imagine what the money and military might spent on Iran would have accomplished if spent on Ukraine. This war is a diversion for one man that has upended the world for a generation plus. So when people say the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world, I think that sentence now belongs in the past tense, but it also has been proved true by this one president’s vulnerable treachery.
Robbie...you’re tapping into something a lot of people are feeling right now...the sense that there are BIGGER forces...BIGGER motivations...and...BIGGER consequences behind what we’re watching play out.
You nailed this part especially: when actions consistently seem to benefit certain outcomes or actors...people start connecting dots...and asking deeper questions. That instinct...to look beyond the surface narrative...is CRITICALLY important.
At the same time...what we can say with certainty is this: the PATTERN of behavior...the decisions being made...and their real-world impacts...are what matter most to track.
That’s where CLARITY lives...even when the “why” behind it...feels bigger or harder to pin down.
Your last point really lands...the idea of power has shifted. It’s not just about position anymore. It’s about influence...vulnerability...leverage… and...how all of that gets used.
You’re thinking at the right level here, Robbie...zoomed out...looking at consequences... NOT just moments.
#Holdfast
-Jack
Thx for taking the hit for us. Appreciate the summary and the framing.
You're welcome, Julie. Thank YOU. :)
-Jack
Thank you for watching that POS and translating so I didn't have to! I appreciate your sacrifice.
Absolutely, Gary. Sometimes you have to take one for the team lol.
-Jack
A liar is going to lie. I didn’t stay up to watch. I don’t regret it.
Me either
Lynn...you made the smart move. Sleep wins...every time!
-Jack
Just like Covid which will magically disappear
Lisa...BINGO.
-Jack