To ask whether you'll watch the inauguration?

[mumofoneAlonebutokay]

Bit of a boring one I guess. I'm gonna get the snacks in for me and dd as the coverage starts at 3.30/4pm (UK obs)

I love to watch stuff like this, makes me feel connected to the world 😅🙈

Plus I wanna see if anyone slips up and let's their face show their real thoughts

Plus I'll be making comparisons between barron and Gary barlow's giant son

@Heatherland77 your talking in code. What's "theory of the mind", and intj.. Thanks

Theory of mind (ToM) is the ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs of others. People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have difficulty with ToM, which can make it hard for them to interact socially.
What is ToM?
ToM is the ability to understand that others have different thoughts, feelings, and beliefs than you.
It's a cognitive mechanism that typically develops in children around age 4.
ToM helps people understand why others behave in certain ways.
A classic test to check for TOM is the Sally Ann Marble test. Look it up. I used to be an SENCO and every time a child with autism took this test, they failed, because they followed the marble, not the two people.
Elon will no doubt have this gap.
It means a lack of empathy, not necessarily willingly, but cognitively.
His X attacks on the UK govt are an expression of this.
That spells danger for neuro typical people who make up roughly 90% of the global population. Most of us can think and feel how another might to various degrees. It's general empathy which is society's glue.
INTJ is one of 16 Myers Briggs personality profiles. You can look up Myers Briggs and test yourself.
I = Introvert
N = Intuitive
T = Thinking
J = Judging
These types will judge and make quick conclusions based on logic. It's the cold, hard logic that should be of concern. He's already made his mind up about how it's going to be and it will be challenging to challenge that now.
Problem for him though is, every society needs an empath or two, to guage the mood or vibe. Without that, he's in danger.

I just heard that Musk has been given the badge for access into the Whitehouse and an office in there. So he'll be very close to Trump.
The look of him earlier today just shows how unhinged he is IMO.
I agree that he most likely lacks theory of mind and it is indeed concerning.

he has/is being given an office in the White House and he is head of the new Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) which is about making cuts, I would call that powerful. Poor Elon also seems to have something the matter with his arm given the way he was flinging it around recently, maybe he was just overcome with the emotion of the long day😄

his face looks as if he uses gravy granules for bronzing powder, petty of me I know but he needs to tone it down

I used the word 'suspect'. I'm not claiming to 'know' anything about their relationship. What 'seems' to you to be 'mutual respect' seems to me to be an act for public consumption.

I find it interesting that those right wingers who will scream ‘antisemitism!’ if someone slightly to the left of Genghis Khan so much as mentions they didn’t like Barbara Streisand’s 2nd album, are strangely silent in the face of Musk Sieg Heiling on every television network across the planet.

I'm American, and I've never watched any of the inaugurations of the President or any other elected official. I'm also British and I've never watched or paid much attention to the swearing in of new MPs. The only thing I know about the most recent one came from some work relevant articles discussing the different oath choices people made, particularly the variations in the Sikh oaths that caused some confusion and debate.

I find the idea repeated many places, including on here that if one loathes Trump they must be a Democrat a bit strange. No one has to be a Tory to not like Starmer - his biggest detractors seem to come from Labour.

I imagine the inevitable fallout between Trump and Musk will be at least mildly amusing, though Musk is not the only wealthy tech guy who shifting to Trump's tune. I also find that strange - I'd have thought that the wealthiest people who are the least likely to be impacted would push the other way, but at least this time, they don't appear to - they're bending the knee for some reason.

And while Elon may have a lack of empathy, that lack of empathy or theory of the mind being a part of autism has been scientifically questioned for over a decade. It's been largely replaced in most research on it with the double empathy theory.

Myers Briggs has been dismissed scientifically even longer, it is the astrology of psychology - great for a laugh and some find personal value, but it has no basis to be applied to others.

Well the ketamine might finish him off if Trump doesn't before the end of his term in office.

I remember my mother watching the Kennedy one.

Having only recently watched the last episode of series 2 of The Diplomat, I desperately want Rufus Sewell to make a phone call to Trump. I tell you, that man's lethal powers over the the phone are awesome.

Just look at the number of times he turns up in public with fake Melanias. She just doesn't want to be with him.

You seem clueless.

I think you mean some mumsnetters?

I couldn't help noticing JD Vance, barely 40, is fully growing into his greying middle age. And his wife Usha also had some lil grey strands on show.
Something of a minor achievement compared to the ultra blonde republican fembot look of the other MAGA women like Lara Trump , Melania and the dog killer Kristi Noem have. They are all several years older, let alone sandy blonde Donald

Mrs Vance is Asian - who would expect her to be blonde? Miaow

So you are saying only if you're to the right do you care about anti-semitism? Or is it that if youre to the far left, alongside Corbyn and his mates, it doesn't really matter? Islamists have a lot to learn from the Jewish communities on how to present their views without hatred.

Because they don’t actually have a genuine issue with anti-semitism…..it’s just a convenient political tool they can use.

I actually thought people were exaggerating Leon’s Sieg Heil and thought maybe or was just one of their weird tics he does. But it was fairly blatant. But they don’t care as he is one of theirs and let’s face it - this is the kind of thing Trump supporters voted for.

”So what you’re saying is…..” <proceeds to state something they clearly were not saying>

Anyone else think that the former US President’s have all aged quite a bit ? Even Obama looks a lot older..
Clinton and Bush too.

I was shocked at Bill Clinton then I googled and saw he is 78!

Yeah and I think Bush is also about 77 or 78 too ?

Yes Bill Clinton is 78, and younger than Donald Trump

Isn't Trump 78?

I watched it thinking about House of Cards