Pic Of The Moment: Moldy Orange Report: Energy Prices

[EarlG]

Hi-res version

Trump was going to cut your electricity bills in half in 12 months

Millions of Americans face higher utility bills as dozens of rate hikes take effect

[dalton99a]

1. But everyone is so rich

"Vote Trump and your incomes will soar. Your net worth will skyrocket. Your energy costs and grocery prices will come tumbling down."

- Donald Trump in Indiana PA, Sept. 23, 2024

[SergeStorms]

16. And don't forget those prescription drug prices.

Pharmaceutical companies will be paying you to use their prescription drugs!

The U.S.A. is a veritable garden of eden under the Trump regime!

As if it's needed.......

[FakeNoose]

2. My electric bill is roughly double from last year

[quaint]

10. 4%?!!! Not in my broken world.

[UpInArms]

3. He has doubled the ration of chocolate

by cutting it in half

[Diamond_Dog]

4. But.... But .... Shady Vance says

These things take time! You can’t turn the Titanic around in one day!

[LittleGirl]

5. We have PG&E

our rates went up 20%

[LiberalArkie]

6. Bills are probably a lot less for most of the Epstein clients.

[pandr32]

7. People need to learn to expect the opposite of what Mr. Trump says.

[PatSeg]

11. That certainly sums it up

He just says whatever comes to mind and that is almost always the opposite of reality.

[pandr32]

12. It actually comes from his mind.

When he talks he draws from his scant pantry of knowledge and life experience and flips it over.

[PatSeg]

15. "his scant pantry of knowledge and life experience"

I'm getting a visual of his mind and it is pretty "scant" indeed. Also chaotic.

I think he believes he has a magic brain and anything he can imagine will come true just by his pronouncements or royal edicts. Perhaps his time on The Apprentice contributed to this magical thinking.

[pandr32]

17. 100%

Mr. Magic Brain.

[PatSeg]

18. Poor, poor Donnie

When he wakes up one day and realizes it isn't true, he is going to be so disappointed. The tantrums will be epic.

[love_katz]

19. He read a book, called "The Magic of Believing " by Norman Vincent Peal.

Then he went on to study with some kind of positive thinking guru (read that as charlatan), mix it with the very toxic teachings of Roy Cohn of never admitting fault or taking responsibility, and voilà! We get the pathological liar and cheating con man, who thinks he can create reality just by insisting his version exists.
Add in the bigoted idiot rubes who want the fantasies that he's selling, and here we are.

[PatSeg]

20. Oh yeah, I forgot about Norman Vincent Peale

Throw in Roy Cohn and what a toxic mix that is. It feels like once Trump "learns" something, he seems incapable of unlearning it. He doesn't backtrack or admit he's wrong. I wonder what Norman Vincent Peale would think of Trump's application of his positive-thinking teaching.

[Initech]

8. Promises made, literally no promises kept!

[progressoid]

9. I had to drive by huge signs in 2024 every time I went to see my parents.

It was in a field. On one side it said, Farmers For Trump. On the other side it said, Promises Made, Promises Kept.

I sort of know the farmer who put this up. He absolutely believes it.

[OldBoss]

13. Americans are shocked by utility bills as high as $1,000 - clink ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/ar-AA1W4JsY

[joshdawg]

14. One more of the many thousands of lies

he has already told.
He lies as easy as he breathes. Just like the rest of his "administration".

[Beartracks]

21. "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

Old saying. Right on the money.

And also: "A fool(ish voter) and his money are soon parted."

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[Aussie105]

22. Rotting tomatoes would be a more appropriate image.

The thing about Trump though, he has a very limited attention span.

He can make promises that sound good, but soon forgets he made them.

Then he gets upset when people complain he is not delivering on his promises.

Fair enough, he forgot he made them, why can't you? /sarcasm

The True Believers will tell themselves 'Any Day Now!' while the rest of us go 'WTF Donny?'