We are seeing a deranged president in the throes of knowing his world is crashing down on him.

[Augiedog]

[The Blue Flower]

1. The rat knows he's cornered

nt

[lapfog_1]

3. that is when they are most dangerous - n/t

[thegoose]

8. One advantage we have

Is that he's really fucking stupid. And he's surrounding himself with stupid sycophants who just want to tongue the Cheeto. Look at Kelly, destroying what was left of his reputation. And Ghouliani, who was always a carnival huckster to begin with.

[leftieNanner]

12. I Agree that he is stupid and has idiots in the WH with him

However, there is someone in there who is smart enough to write that signing statement yesterday. It's very long and complex. Very specifically saying that Russia is allowed to keep Crimea etc.

Who is that? Who is smart enough to make these judgement calls? Scary stuff.

[pazzyanne]

20. Great question that needs to be answered.

Obviously it wasn't the person "elected" to the top official of the US.

[Perseus]

23. Rule #1...never underestimate your enemies

If you do? you let your guard down.

I feel there are too many republicans who have been compromised, and they are not stupid (excluding Nunes), and the orders come from Putin, who is definitely not stupid.

Beware, be very aware because the USA is prime territory for Putin, his dream to be "greater" than "Peter the Great"...Just imagine "Vladimir The Great", conquered the USA, Canada, and Europe...wow! Don't you want to read that biography? I don't!

And he can do it if the idiot and the other republicans, who I have to believe are compromised big time, enable it.

Sooo...do not underestimate any of them, evil can do harm very fast, and when you least expect it, you are in line with other Americans waiting for your chance to buy what is left in the supermarket.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. No. First, he's evil. He's not stupid, smart, or

clever or even demented. He’s evil. And that can make up for his other deficiencies. That’s because evil is the engine that drives him. Please understand this.

[LiberalFighter]

31. I hope someone writes a book about John Kelly and destroy the hell out of him.

Hopefully, there is plenty of dirt on him while he was in the military too.

As for Giuliani, he was nothing until 9/11. Thankfully, he will be nothing again.

[nolabear]

2. How long have people been saying this? But it may well be true.

Even rotten trees take a long time to fall.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I think you're absolutely right...and I am scared that he'll do something to ...

take people's mind off the upcoming midterms by either (1) starting some little war or entanglement w/ some country or (2) declare some stupid national security issue w/ regard to something happening, and then do something in response by canceling midterm elections (so he'll retain power longer).

If he does something stupid as postponing or canceling the elections, then I would hope that someone would remind him that even during the cold war, the Korean war, WW1 and WW2, elections were still held.

I also hope that he doesn't attempt to seize additional powers (as he did w/ in so called obtaining the right to enact tariffs when Congress has this right (I think, based upon posts I've read here on DU)), and do something else that none of us here have thought of yet.

If he does so, I hope (1) he gets thrown in jail for the consequences of his illegal, gerrymandered war which will probably kill innocents for no further reason other than to justify some stupid action of his.

People are starting to realize what he is actually capable of doing now, especially now that they all have seen what's he has so far...scary and I hope that others (especially the repugs in Congress) realize this, and soon.

[leftieNanner]

16. I think he has this kind of thing in mind too.

But remember that elections are run by the states and not the federal government.

I know most states would tell him to Fuck Off if he tried to cancel.

[LiberalFighter]

32. Wouldn't that be interesting if states supporting DT cancel elections

while states oppose him have their elections. And with no mechanism to cancel DT would not receive any electoral votes.

[leftieNanner]

39. Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if he would try it for the upcoming Congressional elections in November

2020 is a long way away. But I like your math!

[Perseus]

24. He can do worse

He can push the button....and boom!

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. He has people who will not restrain him.

They’ll let him rip the existential fabric of the nation, knowing that he’s only doing it for himself. But they’re anticipating that they’ll profit from all of it, and for them, it’s all about the money.

[Golden Raisin]

5. And the Complicit Republican Congress does nothing to stop him.

Worse, they actually cooperate.

[democratisphere]

6. Can't wait for the celebrations on Liberation Day.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

9. Liberation Day...

Awesome holiday.

[democratisphere]

21. It will be and celebrated into Eternity!

[Chakaconcarne]

7. Sorry, but how many times have I heard this....

[csziggy]

10. Flashbacks to the last days of the Nixon regime

Seriously, Nixon was getting strange and unpredictable towards the end. Even the Republican support for the authoritarian was the same almost to the end. I just hope it doesn't take the full two years it took to convince Nixon to resign.

[gay texan]

11. I wasnt even walking or forming words when watergate went down

In your opinion, who is smarter? Nixon or Trump?

[leftieNanner]

14. Nixon was way smarter

He was sneaky and evil, but he wasn't stupid.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Nixon, definitely.

He had at least enough sense to keep most of his worst instincts and behaviors out of the public eye. He was both more clever and strategic and more controlled, and he understood the machinery of government well enough to perform competently the ordinary work of the presidency. There was no sense at all of his administration spinning out of control until the Saturday Night Massacre.

[leftieNanner]

13. Augiedog

May I ask what the three stripes are for in your avatar? I'm guessing it's military rank. I was driving behind a car the other day who had the same sign on their car window.

thanks.

[skydive forever]

17. He served in Vietnam

[leftieNanner]

18. Thank you

I should know that. I am from that era - when the lottery wasn't referring to winning money, but whether your had a high number birthday or a low number.

I heard on NPR the other day that until and unless we reinstate the draft, we will be in constant war somewhere in the world. It's just too lucrative for the MIC.

[ornotna]

19. Vietnam service ribbon

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal

[trueblue2007]

15. We are seeing a deranged LITTLE MAN in the throes of knowing his world is crashing down on him.

[BigmanPigman]

22. I am hoping for a major stroke every time I turn on the TV.

That or a massive heart attack. I would pray for that but I am an atheist. Omarosa's book has a page that says he had some sort of health issue that required his doctor one day. My fingers are crossed I will hear this news ASAP...Liberation Day!

I heard of Reagan getting shot while a freshman in art school. We young Dems celebrated in the halls. That celebration would be nothing compared to the moron being "unable to perform his duties" any longer.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11003202

[Perseus]

25. The weed is hard to die

and trump is human weed...you spray it, and you do again, and still stands...there is something about evil people that seem to last longer than they deserve, they really are like weeds.

[BigmanPigman]

26. Yup. And if you try to kill it with weed killer

like Roumdup you end up getting hurt instead...look at Brennan, etc.

[CrispyQ]

43. The stress has got to be doing a huge number on him.

He's never had stress like this in his life! He's overweight, he doesn't exercise, his diet sucks, he has shit coming at him from every direction, & for the first time ever, he's being challenged. He must be pissed off every second of every day. Every morning I hope this will be the day that he dies & the earlier the better.

[2naSalit]

30. So when

do those guys in the white coats move in on him with the nets?

[womanofthehills]

33. The "dog" comment was the final straw for 2 Republicans I know

Finally, some of the hard core Trumpies are thinking his mind has gone around the bend. They told me it wasn't presidential. Ya think??

[kimbutgar]

35. He is thrashing In the throes that he is caught and thinks the ways that worked as a private

Businessman is the same as the presidency. He is sadly mistaken and he needs to be taken down ASAP. It can’t happen soon enough.

[ananda]

36. I'm picturing him as a Macbeth type gone completely paranoid.

Tie him to a stake and let the bear out of the cage ....

[wendyb]

38. He is already there

He is Macbeth.

[elmac]

37. we are seing an unchecked dictator

and nothing will change until some real blowback happens. Time for progressives to get mean and dirty, fuck up as many fascists as possible. Do not go along with any fascist legislation, shut the government down, do whatever it takes.

[honest.abe]

40. Indeed.

I think more and more people are realizing this on both sides. This would be a good time for Mueller to release his report and bring down the indictments hammer. That might be enough to convince the Repubs in Congress to do the right thing.

[Racerdog1]

41. Last days

Orange fuck tard is in his last days. Trying to destroy people like Brennan can be harmful to your health.

[Enoki33]

42. Do not underestimate what dotard is capable of doing, or his

ability to. We are in fact dealing with someone who has as his closest advisor Vladimir Putin, and we all know his history and the goon power he wields in geopolitics. We know what has kept Putin in power, and that dotard has steadfastly refused to secure our democratic system of voting. Without a legitimate election and Democratic control of Congress there will be no checks on his despotic ambitions or his goal of negating the Russia investigation. Sure he is becoming increasingly frantic, and therefore more likely to make a mistake that his Republican accomplices will be impossible to overlook. That is my hope until the blue tsunami materializes.