Scarborough: Trump may not be the most stable guy in the world...

[pinboy3niner]

...but checks and balances will stop him from going crazy and going nuke.

[liberal N proud]

1. They have to lie to themselves to be able to stomach this monster

[uponit7771]

2. We thought that about the last stupid ass rethugs voted into office

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I'm judicious with the Hitler comparisons, really I am

but thinking that is precisely the exact same mistake the German industrial aristocracy made in the early 1930s.

[pinboy3niner]

4. The only difference is that Trump has no coherent political philosophy. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Yeah, he's probably more like Mussolini- more about vanity than any ideology

Il Douche.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, Americans humans just like Germans... there has to be some parallels here in thinking that tRump

... can't destroy our world like Hitler destroyed theirs

[jberryhill]

6. Going nuclear is where the president has sole authority

There are no checks on that.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Thus the multiple WTFs

[Vinca]

8. Checks and balances? Like a military coup?

[pinboy3niner]

9. That is something we never want to see here

Trump will be stopped the democratic way--by the election process.

[Vinca]

11. This is the first time in my long life I can imagine it happening here.

[Ilsa]

12. Not According To Gen. Hayden (Ret.)

Hayden said implimenting nuclear is designed to be a rapid response, not a long, contemplative procedure.

He also reminded Joe and Mika of the absolute deference the military has and must have for civilian leadership. He clearly stated that he and some other security people are worried about a crisis between military and Trump if he's president.

Then Joe commented that a national security advisor to trump said that trump asked him three times in one meeting about using nuclear weapons, and why we shouldn't use them if we have them.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. words cannot express the JOY I feel this morning.

the handwringing

the almost tears from Mika

I can't begin to convey the happiness I feel at this moment

is this what it was like when the whigs went to hell?

it's too early to tell, but they've gotten to the point they actually discussed the story of Clinton planting the seed in trumps mind to destroy the repub party.

god, if that's true, it's without doubt the greatest stroke of political genius in history. they are without a clue as to where to proceed.

and the delicious irony is that he could be brought down by an ISIS plant, right? right, Roger Stone? that Nixon tattoo starting to burn a hole in your back, yet? nothing to the burn you're going to feel when you meet him downstairs in a few years, or sooner.

[Blue Owl]

14. Bounced checks and overbalances never stopped Trump before...

n/t

[jmowreader]

15. Not sure I like the idea of that

The only "check and balance" that's going to keep Il Duce Arancione from nuking anyone he feels like is if the Third Infantry from Fort Myer marches down Constitution Avenue and caps his ass. We ain't had a coup in this country yet and we don't need to start.

And I don't know about y'all, but if you've got your choice of a nice, normal, reasonably rational person and a psychopathic nut, why in fuck would you vote for the nut?

[Demsrule86]

16. It is the president's decision. There are no checks and balances and this liar Scarborough knows. nt