Donald Trump Meltdown

The following is a copy and paste of a May 19, 2025 Facebook posting from the organization known as Occupy Democrats.

BREAKING: Donald Trump has a lunatic meltdown over beloved mega-celebrities Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Oprah refusing to support him and calls for a "major investigation into this matter."

And it gets even more deranged...

"HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?" Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

"WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???" Trump raged.

"I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter," he continued. "Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment." 

"In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds," Trump went on. "IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic 'entertainers,' this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"

The unhinged outburst follows Trump's attacks on Springsteen last week that were prompted by the singer criticizing him at a concert. As is always the case with Trump, there is no evidence for his outlandish claims.

Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles stated that her daughter "did not receive a penny" for speaking at a Kamala Harris rally last year. 

Similarly, Adrienne Elrod, who was a senior adviser and senior spokesperson for the Harris Campaign, stated that "have never paid any artist and performer. We have never paid a fee to that person."

Oprah Winfrey's production company was paid for helping put on a town hall, but she has stated that she was not paid a "personal fee" and instead Harris' campaign simply paid for production costs.

These alleged "paid endorsements" are just one more right-wing conspiracy theory that Trump has embraced to pander to his gullible base. The simple truth is that these celebrities despise him and his fascism and genuinely (and correctly) believed that Kamala Harris would have made a better president.

The first post clearly wasn't enough to get the rage out of Trump's system because he followed it up eight hours with another Truth Social rant—

"According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!" wrote Trump, failing to provide these so-called "news reports."

"Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT," he continued. 

"THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!" Trump concluded.

It should go without saying, but the President of the United States should not be wasting his time online screeching about celebrity conspiracy theories. He is obsessed with the fact that this nation's most popular figures have rejected him and he's lashing out. It's pathetic.

Parental Abandonment

I ask you: 

Is it acceptable for adult children to disassociate themselves from their parent(s) in the real world of everyday life based on disapproval of the parent's use of social media and/or dislike of a parent's personality? 

Why do adult children push away a parent who had not been abusive and who had done everything possible for them to have a good life? 

"However they arrive at estrangement, parents and adult children seem to be looking at the past and present through very different eyes. Estranged parents often tell me that their adult child is rewriting the history of their childhood, accusing them of things they didn’t do, and/or failing to acknowledge the ways in which the parent demonstrated their love and commitment. Adult children frequently say the parent is gaslighting them by not acknowledging the harm they caused or are still causing, failing to respect their boundaries, and/or being unwilling to accept the adult child’s requirements for a healthy relationship. Both sides often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century. 'Never before have family relationships been seen as so interwoven with the search for personal growth, the pursuit of happiness, and the need to confront and overcome psychological obstacles,' the historian Stephanie Coontz, the director of education and research for the Council on Contemporary Families, told me in an e- mail." 

ref: A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement 

I find it very disheartening and disappointing that people seem to not be willing to speak out on this topic. The lack of caring, of concern, and of chutzpah saddens and depresses me. If we cannot have peaceful co-existence, understanding, and love in our families, how can we ever have peaceful co-existence, understanding, and love in the world?