I never thought I could give such a notion serious consideration, even when Bush was president, and I thought him to be a right asshole. But Trump? -- Especially if I were a journalist working for CNN or the New York Times I might start worrying; Trump surely has "people" who are capable of doing bad things to people for the right price (but of course his hit men should get the money up front). If he gets desperate enough I wouldn't put it past him. And would Bill Barr even allow the suspicious death of a Trump critic to be investigated? How far down the rabbit hole are we?

It has in Russia, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia, though. Trump just praised China, too, for the Tienanmen Square massacre. "China showed strength," he said.

I am very concerned, to tell you the truth, about his being enamored of tyrannous national leaders. What he admires, he might decide to emulate.

His small finger is just itching to press that nuclear button so he can flex those inferior muscles. I'm surprised he isn't having a nuclear weapon in his self serving spectacle.

That would really tickle his li'l mushroom.

a possible extensive plan for the destruction of American democracy. [Wapo citing Pentagon warnings].

A plan paying traitortrump, under the table, billions for his 'best efforts'; to wreck US alliances around the world, trample US law and important customs, undermine US intelligence services, wage huge cyberwarfare invasions, provide secret intelligence information from spy agencies around the world, etc. Like never seen before.

traitortrump to be paid billions, control of whatever he can - all this heavily enforced by blackmail exposure; [limited attacks against trump by putin in Russia media and trolls everywhere, to remind trump of his vulnerability. Additionally, whatever putin does to trump in their face to face meetings, that leave trump obviously looking like a beaten 4 year old].

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But Trump reacts like a 3 month old puppy when he's around tyrannical leaders. He rolls over on his back and pisses himself.

I'm not sure how capable Trump is of thinking seriously about the future. Or thinking seriously about anything, really. He seems to be living in the moment more and more. I have watched my mother and my late mother-in-law as their Alzheimer's dementia took their reasoning minds away.

It all looks pretty familiar to me, really.

a colleague's super reason man father had Alzheimer's and the father went all ivanka feelings [and $] over one daughter.

However, trump's 'feelings' have been consistent and persistent. Dating at least to early November 2016 with his 'rigged election' claims to provide a platform to ignore trump unfavorable election results - he has consistently acted as much as possible, as a dictator. And, we know he has had ample help from putin - and perhaps much more that 'we' don't know about.