At the top of his first speech as her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz turned to Vice President Kamala Harris and declared, “Thank you for bringing back the joy.” The next day, Harris took the theme a step further, branding the Democratic ticket “joyful warriors.”
Contrast that with former President Donald Trump, who opened a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida a few days later by saying, “We have a lot of bad things coming up,” and predicting the U.S. could fall into an economic depression unseen since the dark days of 1929 or even another world war.
“I think that our country is, right now, in the most dangerous position it’s ever been in, from an economic standpoint, from a safety standpoint,” Trump said Thursday.
I don’t get the impression Trump has experienced a single day of actual JOY in his whole life.
The closest I can imagine is Smug Satisfaction:
• Closed a big real estate deal?
Smug Satisfaction
• Won a golf game (with or without cheating)?
Smug Satisfaction
• Successful Tax Evasion?
Smug Satisfaction
• Fathered a child?
Smug Satisfaction
Yeah I’m not convinced he’s done that. This weird asshole cheats every chance he gets, even if the outcome is already a given.
I had the same thought. It should be:
Won a golf game and they didn’t see me cheat?
Or maybe:
Won a golf game and they were too intimidated to complain when they saw me cheat?
I’m pretty sure I remember reading an article about one of his butt-sniffers praising Donald Trump for being such a comedian and a genius because of how much he cheated in his round of golf just to win
You’re 100% right. Updated.
Interesting. Isn’t smug satisfaction to a narcissistic the same as joy?
I’m sure he gets some joy out of stealing money from cancer charities or cheating on his wives with women who look like his daughter. He probably also gets joy from lying to millions of people daily and them believing his dumbass lies.