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Showing Original Post only (View all)Guys, I've got to say, I'm sort of terrified right now. [View all]
The man in line to be the 45th President of the United States spent yesterday retweeting:
a) a 16 year old with absolutely no sense of logical thought
b) someone who posts things like this:
#IslamIsADeathCult #IslamIsTheProblem #BanMuslimsNotGuns #BanSharia #IslamIsCancer
#Muslims did not come to America to be Americans! WAKEUP!
in order to justify his position that he somehow was the victim of voter fraud in an election that he won electorally.
He then attacks a media outlet and claims he won the election in a "landslide" despite the fact he received over 2 million less votes than his opponent.
Finally, he decides to attack the pressing issue of flag burning and says people who burn the flag ought to be imprisoned and stripped of their US Citizenship.
The man is an mentally incompetent lunatic, pure and simple. And we're supposed to trust this person with our country?
I know there are some people who claim he's doing this all to distract against other issues, that he's playing multi-dimensional chess, but....no. He's not. He's essentially chucking checker pieces at his opponent. That's as deep as he gets.
Forget politics for a moment. Forget policy. Throw that all out the window for the time being--we can come back to all that if Pence gets into power. Right now, this is a watershed moment in US history, and in a very bad, dark way.
I've never be someone to be an alarmist. I've always tried to maintain a calm, reasoned and rational outlook on things. After the Supreme Court issued its ruling in 2000, I was pissed. I predicted we'd go back to war with Iraq and I was proven right. And in 2004, I was flabbergasted that we would re-elect Bush. But throughout all of that, I could clearly see four years down the road, what our next plan would be for the next go-round. And God help me, but I'm not seeing that clearly for 2020. I can hope we're still basically functional, but that's no longer a given.
And that's absolutely terrifying.
The first few months of the Trump presidency will have its ups and downs but won't feel too out of sorts. The problem will be when he faces his first major crisis, and at some point he will face that major crisis whatever it is. How he reacts will be everything, and I can't trust him to react normally because he's not normal. Will he send us to war? Will he attempt to expand his own powers? Will he crack down on fundamental rights? Will he threaten to punish or imprison his opponents? I can't believe I'm imagining any of this happening, but the day after election day I woke up literally shaking for the first time in my life and there's got to be a reason for that.
We cannot depend on this man to lead us. He's not right in the head and I fear he's going to take the country to some very dark places before we can right this ship again.
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His "major crisis" will be a Reichstag Fire-type crisis of his own making...
First Speaker
Nov 2016
#2
Probably after a Trump property somewhere in the world gets vandalized or worse
WilliamPlanke
Nov 2016
#63
I predict, he will burn/bomb the white house, and blame it on ISIS. And that is the real reason
putitinD
Nov 2016
#134
I have a friend in high finance who told me Hitler did some very good things.
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2016
#27
Our only hope is for him to be impeached and I don't believe the Republicans
patricia92243
Nov 2016
#4
As long as Trump signs their Bills and doesn't blow up the Republican Party he can stay.
Dustlawyer
Nov 2016
#112
Listen, it's part of a strategy to disorient us and keep us distracted. Pay attention to the ACTIONS
KittyWampus
Nov 2016
#5
The GOP won't get away with it. All of their extreme proposals will be shot down.
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#14
There is nothing to distract us from right now except his cabinet picks
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#16
1, to put out the fire that causes more harm start a bigger fire that causes less harm and that's
uponit7771
Nov 2016
#85
The "deep state" does not exist. The President commands the National Security apparatus.
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#18
...which is probably why one of his first moves is a Bannon-designed "civil service reform"...
regnaD kciN
Nov 2016
#130
The day after Election Day, I felt compelled to listen to Leonard Cohen all day.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2016
#22
Only one recent president has been able to play multi-dimensional chess...
regnaD kciN
Nov 2016
#131
Exactly. I have not felt even remotely normal since the election. I fear for the planet, not just us
catbyte
Nov 2016
#40
Ole "baboon butt," our prez-elect, makes my heart skip beats and add new ones.
Dr. Mullion Blasto
Nov 2016
#67
Worse yet, he's not just retweeting people with the sentiments in section b) of the OP,
Tanuki
Nov 2016
#52
The tweets from his account aren't necessarily an indication of his thinking
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2016
#57
There was an article during the campaign saying they had candidate tweets ready to go
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2016
#72
It is absolutely terrifying. There seems to be no balancing mechanism in place.
NRaleighLiberal
Nov 2016
#64
This: "The people of this country really have not gotten what they have done." -nt
CrispyQ
Nov 2016
#79
And so ended the USA in its descent into Idiocracy as China recalled the debt because of
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#84
Make sure your passport is up-to-date if you're one of those minorities that Trump loves to hate.
MADem
Nov 2016
#102
I think it is smart to prepare for the worst, even as we hope for the best down the road.
MADem
Nov 2016
#113
My wife and I renewed ours on the Thursday (her first day off) after the election...
regnaD kciN
Nov 2016
#136
I hope I don't regret not paying the extra because I looked at the calendar, too.
mnhtnbb
Nov 2016
#152
I'm afraid you are right. People have tuned out because they cannot face what is to come.
lonestarnot
Nov 2016
#124
Why doesn't the electorate realize that the GOP is a racket? it is the money.
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2016
#125
We are about to embark on the most difficult journey, these next four years.
yuiyoshida
Nov 2016
#139