The Trump Presidency Is Over

[douglas9]

When, in January 2016, I wrote that despite being a lifelong Republican who worked in the previous three GOP administrations, I would never vote for Donald Trump, even though his administration would align much more with my policy views than a Hillary Clinton presidency would, a lot of my Republican friends were befuddled. How could I not vote for a person who checked far more of my policy boxes than his opponent?

What I explained then, and what I have said many times since, is that Trump is fundamentally unfit—intellectually, morally, temperamentally, and psychologically—for office. For me, that is the paramount consideration in electing a president, in part because at some point it’s reasonable to expect that a president will face an unexpected crisis—and at that point, the president’s judgment and discernment, his character and leadership ability, will really matter.

David Frum: The worst outcome

“Mr. Trump has no desire to acquaint himself with most issues, let alone master them” is how I put it four years ago. “No major presidential candidate has ever been quite as disdainful of knowledge, as indifferent to facts, as untroubled by his benightedness.” I added this:

Mr. Trump’s virulent combination of ignorance, emotional instability, demagogy, solipsism and vindictiveness would do more than result in a failed presidency; it could very well lead to national catastrophe. The prospect of Donald Trump as commander in chief should send a chill down the spine of every American.

It took until the second half of Trump’s first term, but the crisis has arrived in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s hard to name a president who has been as overwhelmed by a crisis as the coronavirus has overwhelmed Donald Trump.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/peter-wehner-trump-presidency-over/607969/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. But we're still stuck with him for another 10 months

assuming he didn't get the virus, of course.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Wouldn't surprise me if delegation of RepubliCons told tRump he is killing the down ballot

I think he would only resign if a massive tsunami were staring him in the face.

It's like a guy resigning a game of chess rather than admit both his rooks were captured for no compensation.

[RussBLib]

2. Trump has truly displayed his pathetic personality for all to see

We have to hope that enough Trumpers finally see the light and see this guy for the amateur game-show host he is, AND GOTV!

[stopdiggin]

3. point here, is that this character

(or glaring LACK) was self evident long before the man stepped in to office.
He is a self inflicted wound. If you left your kids with supervision that you knew was substandard and totally inadequate .. you would feel responsibility and shame when they came to harm ... America, you have done this to yourself!

[QED]

4. And I think now he's even more dangerous.

Unhinged....what can he cook up now with his daddy Vlad?

[Aristus]

6. There are still months ahead for the corpse of his administration to smell worse than it

already does.

[wiggs]

7. Hope his base will look at all the other scandals in a new light, realizing they are

not hoaxes, not just his 'style' of governing, not dem partisanship, not fake news. He has been a narcissistic con man his whole life and most of us know this...more eyes may be opened now.

In more ways than one, he has been exposed.

[wiggs]

8. All of Fed government has been infected by a virulent strain of narcissism, and although

many saw the symptoms early it is amazing how long it has taken the country to fully process what the 2016 election has resulted in.

Something like this, or worse, was inevitable.

everything trump touches dies is not just a title of a book.