Will the booing and snoozing lead to bombing?
Trump endured the worst heckling and boos at a sporting event that he’s ever experienced. Then he fell asleep. The next day he was back to vowing attacks on Iran.
Update: Just after I published this, right on cue the U.S. began military strikes on Iran.
It was absolutely wonderful to see Donald Trump booed by thousands of New York Knicks fans on Tuesday night.
That was especially true of those of us who live in New York and saw the city turned upside down. No subway trains allowed to stop under Madison Square Garden (the system brought to a halt), as all traffic was stopped in and around the arena. I was on the street at the time, watching the traffic chaos on 8th Avenue and 23rd Street as a woman next to me said, “Why doesn’t he just stay out of town? This is for us, not him,” referring to the NBA Finals.
There wasn’t a “mixed” reaction to Trump by fans, as much of the media likes to say when Trump is booed, so that they could placate him; they couldn’t sugar-coat it. As the massive screen zoomed in on Trump during the national anthem, the jeers and boos were thunderous.
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Trump tried to ignore it, giving a salute—which is not what you do when the national anthem is played—and grinning and trying to bear it. He was with the Knicks owner Jim Dolan in his box, along with a bunch of administration officials, who included Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.
If Trump didn’t know he’d be booed, he’s truly in full mental decline. He later claimed it was mostly cheers, which is completely delusional. You know that he heard the boos—if there’s anything left of his brain, it’s the ability to feel accolades and defeat, such as when he melted down when Kristen Welker very gingerly exposed his lies just a few days before on “Meet the Press.”
Media exploded immediately with stories of Trump’s treatment by fans. But then, to add to his humiliation, he fell asleep, dozing during the game that he forced people to move heaven and earth for him to get to see.
On top of that, the Knicks lost the game, breaking their amazing streak, and the “Trump Curse” went viral. It was all a metaphor for Trump’s entire existence—everything he touches dies.
Again, I’m not sure what Trump expected. Perhaps, like his sudden embrace of Zohran Mamdani after his win or like his backing of Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary when it was clear Paxton was going to win anyway, Trump thought the Knicks would win and he could claim that he helped it happen. A complete loser who’s always trying to glom onto someone else’s win.
But they didn’t win. And he fell asleep. And he was booed.
The media coverage had to have Trump more furious than he was when he walked off the “Meet the Press” set.
The next day Trump announced he had to retaliate against Iran because it had shot down a U.S. helicopter whose crew was rescued and thankfully okay. That happened at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night. But Trump didn’t announce the U.S. would have to respond until Wednesday afternoon. In fact, on Tuesday night he talked about how useless it would be to continue bombing and that people would die.
But by the next day the headlines and the humiliation of the game obviously set in. He wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon that the U.S. “must, out of necessity,” respond to the attack.
So much for the “ceasefire” and the umpteenth announcement on Monday that a deal with Iran was very close. Trump was now angry, mocked, and humiliated, and he needed something, someone, or some country to take it out on.
This is what happens when you have the temper tantrum presidency of an authoritarian.
He's a big baby . He said more were cheering than booing....another lie from the liar-in-chief.