Dan Rather compares Trump to "a caged animal pacing and baring its fangs"

[Miles Archer]

https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10159724584700716

Have you ever seen a caged animal pacing and baring its fangs? It is an unsettling sight as any movement or meeting of the eyes can induce a blood-curdling roar and you are left to wonder if those bars are strong enough to protect you from the wrath of nature.

This image has been in my mind of late as I watch what seems to be the encircling forces ensnaring President Trump. There is the Mueller investigation, of which we can only mostly infer on what is known but seems to be honing in on people and actions very close to the President, if not already at his footstep. And then there is the sexual harassment tidal wave that Trump was able to ride out during the campaign but has returned with magnified force.

As is his nature, Mr. Trump is lashing out - most recently at Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand who called on him to resign. The President's tweet said the Senator "would do anything for" campaign donations. This is disgusting and sexist rhetoric. It is so far below the standards of human decency that no civil person should condone it, let alone normalize it.

But unlike a caged animal there are very few bars between President Trump and the fate of our republic. What there is are our institutions, some of which like the courts and the press have largely held. Others of which, like a Congress full of Republican apologists, have not - up to this point.

But I think that what we are seeing here is fear, a deep fear of a world closing in. After all fear is what an animal in a cage really is feeling. The opposition to President Trump is emboldened. It is clear that Democrats who are positioning themselves for a run at the Oval Office in 2020 - like Senator Gillibrand - feel that their path lies through calling out Mr. Trump, especially on his sexual harassment allegations. Meanwhile Mueller keeps digging, and digging.

I believe in the decency of the vast majority of the American people. I believe that most know this is not normal, not normal at all. I believe that most know we have been and should be better than this.

There is a showdown in Alabama tonight. It is impossible to tell what will happen. But whatever the outcome, the Republican Party has become the Party of Trump. And they will have to wear that mantle in front of the American electorate likely for years to come.

[samnsara]

1. well good then im gonna keep poking sticks thru the bars

[smirkymonkey]

6. I agree. I think the only person that can take out Trump is Trump. And the best way to do that

is to just poke at him and needle him relentlessly. He won't be able to keep up with it all because you know he can't let anything slide. The faster we throw things at him, the more crazed he will get and eventually it will do him in. He is teetering on the edge now. I think we need to throw everything we have at him and watch him implode.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Poke the Bear please.

Keep it Rather.

[RKP5637]

3. Something like this caged ass!

[Freedomofspeech]

4. Thanks...this picture will cause nightmares for me tonight!

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. A caged chimpanzee throwing feces at everything that moves. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Thank you ! (GMTA, and all that)

Of course, Anus Orange is more commonly compared to an Orang Utang, but neither one of our simian relatives really deserves it.