Back in 2007 Rudy Giuliani was riding high. He had name recognition, a reputation as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership during the 9-11 crisis, and a hefty campaign chest. His path to the Republican nomination to follow George W. Bush, while no sure thing, was looking better than any of his opponents. That all changed into nationwide mockery after this shining moment at the Democrats primary debate …
I mean think about it. Rudy Giuliani … there’s only three things he mentions in a sentence, a noun and a verb and 9-11, there’s nothing else … there’s nothing else. And I mean this sincerely. He is genuinely not qualified to be president.
[Widespread laughter ensues in the hall.]
This pretty much put an end to Rudy’s Presidential ambitions. He has nursed this grievance for thirteen long years. Much like Gollum’s years of stewing resentment over Bilbo taking His Precious from him, Rudy’s hatred for Joe Biden has burned inside him, poisoning him, making his already autocratic and authoritarian personality even more aggressive and toxic. This is what drove him to relentlessly seek dirt on Biden in Ukraine. It is not his love of Donald Trump. It is not his love of the Republican party. It is his all-consuming hatred of Joe Biden, Joe is Moby Dick to Rudy’s Ahab. Perhaps Rudy should remember how that one ended.
It is also what is driving him now, pushing his lies to Trump about how everybody else is lying to him about his chances, and how Rudy is going to save the day. And in his grandiosity, Trump genuinely believes that Rudy is fighting FOR him. He doesn’t recognize that Rudy is just as transactional as he is, and that his only purpose in this is to damage Biden. If he ends up damaging Trump in the process that is no concern for Rudy. This is clear from his outrageous behavior on TV and in court. He is NOT advancing the Trump brand with his CT claims. He is just making them look pathetic and anti-voter. Trump would be well-served by some of his family advisors to point out that Rudy doesn’t necessarily have his best interests at heart. He is only interested in his dish served cold.