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malaise

(269,158 posts)
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:36 AM Jan 2019

The Con is finished

The rift between him and the intelligence community cannot be healed.
After what he did to government workers from Christmas to last week Friday, he has lost all but the out and out racists and anti-government militia clowns.

Adios asshole.

ITTMF!

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The Con is finished (Original Post) malaise Jan 2019 OP
Until the leaders of the Congressional #Republicans condemn Trump for his stupidity, he will riversedge Jan 2019 #1
The Con's tweet on the intelligence folks - Their, Their!!!!! malaise Jan 2019 #4
Insulting his own Intel chiefs mcar Jan 2019 #11
Where does he get his cilla4progress Jan 2019 #20
short fat drugged up guy in the chair, hannioty, that skinny woman blond alien, fox, dobbs,,,,, pangaia Jan 2019 #25
Bolton is feeding him bullshit! n/t ewagner Jan 2019 #26
Sicario Movies...fever swamp drivel...the parade of assclowns around him...(n/t) Moostache Jan 2019 #27
He is only pursuing the neo-cons determined invasion of Iran with the appointment of Bolton. olegramps Jan 2019 #22
Shut up and get with the melody,... magicarpet Jan 2019 #31
True but Kushner is Bibi's tool malaise Jan 2019 #37
Yes sweetheart,... Washington DC has been reduced to a trDump ... magicarpet Jan 2019 #81
I tweeted back... B Stieg Jan 2019 #42
My high school English teacher would have scratched it in red malaise Jan 2019 #44
+1. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #14
..... Kingofalldems Jan 2019 #2
trump's wall charade spanone Jan 2019 #5
+1 MontanaMama Jan 2019 #29
Priceless enid602 Jan 2019 #30
Really? MontanaMama Jan 2019 #32
LOL malaise Jan 2019 #68
Could not agree more. Zoonart Jan 2019 #3
The end is coming malaise Jan 2019 #6
I knew you would talk me off the ledge. Zoonart Jan 2019 #7
It should not have been allowed to go on this long. Grammy23 Jan 2019 #79
Obama is not without his own blemishes. tazkcmo Feb 2019 #83
I'm so relieved you included the sarcasm comment! Grammy23 Feb 2019 #84
Good Point... ewagner Jan 2019 #28
A normal person, if they disagreed with their experts, would sit down with Raven Jan 2019 #8
He's a fucking lunatic malaise Jan 2019 #9
I'd stay on if I was in their shoes... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2019 #17
Frankly, the Inelligence community need to disable Air Force One so he can't travel. Period. Texin Jan 2019 #34
Treasonous son of a bitches... magicarpet Jan 2019 #82
Oh no....I would stay on and somehow the news media sdfernando Jan 2019 #23
I'm hoping that his "presidency" is in its death throes NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #10
This is when he's the most dangerous. A narcissist of this magnitude would nuke the universe Texin Jan 2019 #35
Jeebus, watoos Jan 2019 #38
Never underestimate the stupid Perseus Jan 2019 #12
.... TommyCelt Jan 2019 #56
It'll end soon in a whimper. I think it'll just plain collapse in a few months. marble falls Jan 2019 #13
Yes, but will it collapse on our side or Putin's side? n/t woodsprite Jan 2019 #18
It won't go Putin, he really has no particular love for Cheeto. Putin is an intellegence agent ... marble falls Jan 2019 #67
He's still in office. cwydro Jan 2019 #15
He probably hasn't lost the Russians either. n/t woodsprite Jan 2019 #16
Can't happen soon enough to suit me. (nt) Paladin Jan 2019 #19
Get rid of the orange blob!! marieo1 Jan 2019 #21
Putin is still his bro, tho..... lastlib Jan 2019 #24
Ah, the weekly "Donald Trump Is Finished!" thread. Aristus Jan 2019 #33
weekly? scarytomcat Jan 2019 #69
Depends on how far gone the country is Loge23 Jan 2019 #36
Question... littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #59
Whoops Loge23 Jan 2019 #66
Honestly, I don't believe that Trump is stupid. watoos Jan 2019 #39
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Jan 2019 #40
ITTMFA Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #41
The Impeachment Argument has been hashed and rehashed littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #60
and all that rehashing is based on Bill Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #63
. littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #65
I hope it is soon. gademocrat7 Jan 2019 #43
I don't think so JustAnotherGen Jan 2019 #45
Not true NJCher Jan 2019 #80
Early on in his term one Intel official was quoted as saying.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2019 #46
Again? How many times has he been finished? DavidDvorkin Jan 2019 #47
I can't even imagine what a day would be like that will be different than any Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2019 #53
You see a dozen of threads on DU every day, "Trump is done' "Trump will resign soon", etc... bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #58
You would think but it doesn't seem to have any effect Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2019 #64
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #48
Icing on cake - His son and SIL will go first. If there is a god, Ivanka first !! Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2019 #49
Not even close. maxsolomon Jan 2019 #50
Someone says this every damn week. Tipperary Jan 2019 #51
I will believe it when I see his fat ass waving goodbye from the helicopter. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #52
follow Pelosi's lead disndat Jan 2019 #54
From you lips. . . matt819 Jan 2019 #55
Is he still in the White House? bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #57
Bingo. nt littlemissmartypants Jan 2019 #61
He is- oh good, sarisataka Jan 2019 #62
Failed President Walking lunatica Jan 2019 #70
Add this malaise Jan 2019 #71
Yep he's toast. Pepsidog Jan 2019 #72
Love the post but really intrigued by the little bug. Pepsidog Jan 2019 #73
Been seeing the same headline for almost two years. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #74
The Con is FAR from finished! Poiuyt Jan 2019 #75
wash, rinse, repeat Kurt V. Jan 2019 #76
We got him? We did?!!!! Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2019 #77
Trump then Pence then McConnell PufPuf23 Jan 2019 #78

riversedge

(70,304 posts)
1. Until the leaders of the Congressional #Republicans condemn Trump for his stupidity, he will
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:40 AM
Jan 2019

continue on with his cyberbullying and lying and disgusting comments

malaise

(269,158 posts)
4. The Con's tweet on the intelligence folks - Their, Their!!!!!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:46 AM
Jan 2019
"The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond. Since ending the terrible Iran Nuclear Deal, they are MUCH different, but.... They are testing Rockets (last week) and more, and are coming very close to the edge. There economy is now crashing, which is the only thing holding them back. Be careful of Iran. Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!"


He's a fucking moron.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
22. He is only pursuing the neo-cons determined invasion of Iran with the appointment of Bolton.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:34 AM
Jan 2019

Every action he has taken from rescinding the nuclear agreement to additional sanctions has been to strengthen the excuse to fulfill the PNAC neo-cons policies.

magicarpet

(14,173 posts)
31. Shut up and get with the melody,...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:12 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:20 AM - Edit history (1)

Onward [Judeo]Christian Soldiers,
Marching off to war,

With the Cross of [Some fake rendition of ] .... Jesus,
Going on before.....

°It grows on you,.. if you allow....



magicarpet

(14,173 posts)
81. Yes sweetheart,... Washington DC has been reduced to a trDump ...
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 09:33 AM
Jan 2019

Bodago of gambling and other actions of in your face corruption and how you say,.. Behaviors of ill repute. (trDump Family Casino and Whorehouses.)

Great grand pappy trDump was the architect of this fascistic, selfish, and gluttony of greed behavior,.. the son and the next son and the next son and daughter after that climbed deeper and deeper into the sewer and muck. Then the racists and American Fascists put this Nazi Kkk-klan in what has reluctantly become the white trash White House.

Be assured, the Dems will be overwhelmingly re-elected to clean up this fucking mess and right the ship of state,.. as has been done numerous times in the past.

Thank God Almighty some Americans remain awoke and coherent and are determined to restore our American Democracy that the Nazis seek to obliterate and decimate and cheat and rob us of passing to our heirs.

The secret being: Working together and in unison will get this job done.
Goodness supersedes and ultimately TRUMPs EVIL.

Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
Soldier on ! There is work that remains be done.

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
42. I tweeted back...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:29 PM
Jan 2019

there = direction
they're = they are
their = possession

This is the exact same comment I give to my freshman second language writers!
He's ignorant and has no desire to change.

enid602

(8,652 posts)
30. Priceless
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:10 PM
Jan 2019

i like the protestors who carried signs that say ‘Christiana for Roger Stone.’ Priceless.

malaise

(269,158 posts)
68. LOL
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:34 PM
Jan 2019

The intelligence agencies and the media are preparing all for the fall.

ReThug rats are already bailing.

Zoonart

(11,879 posts)
3. Could not agree more.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:46 AM
Jan 2019

and for extra MF45GFY points, Russia outs his meeting yesterday to prove they can and are blackmaiingl him.

I seriously can't believe he is still in the oval. The KGOP really thinks they can drag this sack of shit over the finish line in 2020? REALLY?

Here's the thing, Mal... why are they not more worried?

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
79. It should not have been allowed to go on this long.
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 12:27 AM
Jan 2019

I hope when Mueller issues his report, that every single person who has had anything to do with keeping him in office this long is exposed as the traitors they are. So much damage has been inflicted upon this country. This latest round of insulting our intelligence officials is just ridiculous. Can anyone imagine what would have happened if Barack Obama had done such a thing? He would not have spent another night in the White House.

tRump cannot be evicted from the White House soon enough and he needs to take all the rest of his traitorous family with him! Don’t let the screen door hit your ample ass.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
83. Obama is not without his own blemishes.
Fri Feb 8, 2019, 07:03 AM
Feb 2019

There was that Terrorist Fist Bump with Michelle and who can forget the disgrace of that TAN suit!!!!! OMG!!!!!















Sarcasm

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
84. I'm so relieved you included the sarcasm comment!
Fri Feb 8, 2019, 10:52 AM
Feb 2019

I was about to refer you to another group located elsewhere on the inter-tubes. 😂😂😂

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
28. Good Point...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:06 PM
Jan 2019

Putin is not happy about Bolton's meddling in his playground in Venezuela...released info on the meeting to "fire a shot across (Trump's ) bow...

Now remember this...Iran is a Russian client state...what do you think Putin will do about Bolton's sabre rattling regarding Iran?


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Raven

(13,900 posts)
8. A normal person, if they disagreed with their experts, would sit down with
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:50 AM
Jan 2019

them in private and hash it out. If I were one of those 3 professionals and was told by that asshole on twitter to go back to school, I would have a really hard time staying on.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,779 posts)
17. I'd stay on if I was in their shoes...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:11 AM
Jan 2019

I’d sit him down with my compatriots and read him the riot act. I would insist on other witnesses being present and be recorded.
Then... working with the other IC people would actively and transparently work to bring him down.

Texin

(2,597 posts)
34. Frankly, the Inelligence community need to disable Air Force One so he can't travel. Period.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:13 PM
Jan 2019

They need to keep the jet permanently grounded and, while they're at it, they need to disable The Beast so that he can't go anywhere. As long as his fat, lumpy ass is occupying the chair behind The Resolute Desk, he's a danger to humanity (what there is left of it at least), but if he can't go anywhere, he's less a threat. They ought to do the same thing to Bolton's (and McConnell's) transportation. Oh, and for good measure, they need to monitor all incoming and outgoing phone calls and other communication. This contagion needs to be contained.

magicarpet

(14,173 posts)
82. Treasonous son of a bitches...
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:15 AM
Jan 2019

here is a hollow point projectile to the brain before the next crack of dawn.

If only justice was so swift, but we refrain from the extra-judicial of the banana republic inclined to go junta - for a valid reasons, considerations, and cause.

Only as if,.. then....

The Fascists, the Nazis and the treasonous bastards would quickly slither back under the rocks from which they came. Then real Americans could get back to the job of adjusting and tweaking our experiment called Democracy so it works as promised and intended to the benefit of the citizenry and CommonWealth of our society and all those who stand under that umbrella and seek protection from the various storms life occasionally offers.

Some people think America is a village,... others believe it should be gleefully reduced to a den of vipers who rejoice their Hyper Capitalistic Fascistic tendencies without any restraint or oversight or controls. The latter can never be trusted to do the right thing,... EVER.

With this knowledge,..conduct yourselves accordingly.....

sdfernando

(4,941 posts)
23. Oh no....I would stay on and somehow the news media
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:45 AM
Jan 2019

would be getting all sorts of leaked intel on the orange pustule...very embarrassing stuff, and lots of illegal stuff....even recorded conversations...him and his whole family....but I wouldn't have a clue as the where it was coming from or who leaked it all.....no, not a clue!

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
10. I'm hoping that his "presidency" is in its death throes
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:52 AM
Jan 2019

but, I'm also hoping that he doesn't cause permanent damage as he's flailing about

Texin

(2,597 posts)
35. This is when he's the most dangerous. A narcissist of this magnitude would nuke the universe
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:16 PM
Jan 2019

in order to preserve his self-delusion. And he can (if some weirdo in the military allows him to).

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
12. Never underestimate the stupid
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:58 AM
Jan 2019

The stupid followers of the orange buffoon are deaf, and blind...stupidity is the biggest danger to democracy.

marble falls

(57,233 posts)
67. It won't go Putin, he really has no particular love for Cheeto. Putin is an intellegence agent ...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:15 PM
Jan 2019

handling an asset. He has no more connection to the asset than a lab technician has for a white rat.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
21. Get rid of the orange blob!!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:19 AM
Jan 2019

I hope so.........I have never been so disgusted with a human being in my life.

lastlib

(23,287 posts)
24. Putin is still his bro, tho.....
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:46 AM
Jan 2019

And, like a good big brother, he will help Individual 1 get re-elected.

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
36. Depends on how far gone the country is
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:17 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)

I continue to vacillate between optimism - that sanity will prevail, and pessimism - that we're too far gone.
The polls seem to suggest that the former, but there's still that 35%-40% out there - and they are totally dug into their hopelessly inane beliefs.
I have to believe that honorable men and women of the FBI, CIA, and other NatSec agencies are appalled by this administration in general and by the ignorant, incurious #IPOTUS specifically. But what to do? They can only hope to persuade enough Representatives and Senators to act; otherwise, we have a coup and we don't - or shouldn't - do coups.
But here's where I digress - there's still that 35%-40% of Americans who don't support the democratic process, who are in favor coups as long as they are in agreement with their own narrow-mindedness and racist beliefs, and who are too ignorant to get past their own fantasy of what the world should look like. For many of them, the "world" begins and ends with the USA.
As much as I hold on to hope that this nightmare soon shall pass, I am also aware that the beast may not be able to controlled and that we may indeed be past the point of no return.








littlemissmartypants

(22,805 posts)
59. Question...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:37 PM
Jan 2019
I have to believe that honorable men and women of the FBI, CIA, and other NatSec agencies are not appalled by this administration in general and by the ignorant, incurious #IPOTUS specifically.


Are you sure you don't mean ARE instead of ARE NOT?
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
39. Honestly, I don't believe that Trump is stupid.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:27 PM
Jan 2019

With that said, he is certainly mentally ill and whatever kind of mental illness he has, whether it be senility or that his syphilis is spreading, he has issues.

littlemissmartypants

(22,805 posts)
60. The Impeachment Argument has been hashed and rehashed
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:14 PM
Jan 2019

Here by several individuals who are much smarter than I am about such and the general consensus is that impeachment AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN, not without the Senate. So until that changes and Dems gain control of the Senate, I wouldn't hold my breath or keep my fingers crossed for impeachment.

It is a dead issue at this point.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,424 posts)
63. and all that rehashing is based on Bill
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:33 PM
Jan 2019

This is not the Bill Clinton impeachment. It is closer to the Nixon impeachment, but even that did not have as much known criminal activity as we have in public view now.

Impeachment is not a dead issue. It is a Constitutional duty. There has never been as dangerous an occupant of the White House as Trump. The fact that there are some in the Senate who are likely as compromised as Trump does not argue in favor of avoiding impeachment, it rather argues that impeachment is even more imperative. Waiting for the Senate to convict before impeachment is foolish.



JustAnotherGen

(31,898 posts)
45. I don't think so
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jan 2019

I think we better hold on until Q2 or Q3 of next year. No shit is gonna hit the fan this year.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,377 posts)
46. Early on in his term one Intel official was quoted as saying....
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:54 PM
Jan 2019

"He's going to die in jail"

Meaning, they had had enough of him within a month or so of the inauguration. Plenty of people at the top levels of the Intel Community have known what they were dealing with for a very long time. A con man and a criminal that a quirk in our electoral system allowed to ascend to the presidency.

They know he is a danger to this country. And they don't forget very easily.

My father was CIA. Those people are, to perhaps use an overworked term, Patriots. They do what they do to enhance and further the American way of life because they believe strongly in it.

They also don't fuck around.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
53. I can't even imagine what a day would be like that will be different than any
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jan 2019

other day. Bad stuff, 1-2 day uproar, back to forgetting about it.

Say, tomorrow, a report comes out:
TRUMP ARRANGED W/RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE ELECTION, WE HAVE TAPES, WE HAVE THE WIRE TRANSFER PROOF, WE HAVE 10 PEOPLE WHO CORROBORATE.

Can't even imagine - would the world stop? would congress take immediate action? would the repukes agree to kick him out? would they go to WH and escort him out?

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
58. You see a dozen of threads on DU every day, "Trump is done' "Trump will resign soon", etc...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:29 PM
Jan 2019

You'd think people would figure it out at some point.

Response to malaise (Original post)

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
52. I will believe it when I see his fat ass waving goodbye from the helicopter.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jan 2019

He seems to be the teflon don for some reason.

disndat

(1,887 posts)
54. follow Pelosi's lead
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:19 PM
Jan 2019

No impeachment without the Senate, besides, Trump would be easier to defeat 2020 than any other Republican. and think of Pence as Pres. pro temp.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
55. From you lips. . .
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:25 PM
Jan 2019

Sorry, malaise. He's not finished. From grabbing their pussies to 8,000 lies in office, he has not been finished. Also, he has so much more to destroy.

We have been in uncharted territory for two years. We are entering, on warp speed, into black hole territory. The only thing that will finish him, and this regime, will be indictments for far more than "process" crimes, for him and Pence.

As for this latest contretemps, I commented in another post that the leaders of the intelligence community should resign. Today. Together. With a strong statement of why the IC is right and trump is wrong. And then walk out the door.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
70. Failed President Walking
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 08:24 PM
Jan 2019

It’s just a matter of time before he leaves. Put a fork in him. Though he’ll fart in our general direction before the door slams him in the ass.

keithbvadu2

(36,912 posts)
74. Been seeing the same headline for almost two years.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 09:46 PM
Jan 2019

Been seeing the same headline for almost two years.

Dotard is still there.

Poiuyt

(18,130 posts)
75. The Con is FAR from finished!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 10:07 PM
Jan 2019

I just saw that Cory Gardner was already endorsing Trump for 2020. Republicans are not going to toss him aside.

That said, they might go against him if impeachment hearings show overwhelming evidence of serious impeachable crimes.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
77. We got him? We did?!!!!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:45 PM
Jan 2019

Yes!!!!!
https://m.





Wait.... We didn't? He's still there? And we'll still be playing this be playing this clip through 2020?!!

PufPuf23

(8,839 posts)
78. Trump then Pence then McConnell
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 11:54 PM
Jan 2019

This crap has to be stopped.

Anything from that troika of weasels is regressively stupid in the moment and causes real long term problems. Frankly I think they are just that stupid and mean-spirited.

At some point best ASAP, there will come top a point where the AHs will lose support within the GOP House and Senate, for individual self-protection.

Much worse than Nixon. Plus stupider and more selfish than ideology driven.

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