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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:41 AM Nov 2016

Morning Joe predicts a full blown meltdown if Trump keeps appointing crazy people

BRAD REED
18 NOV 2016 AT 07:38 ET

While Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough has been regularly defending Donald Trump ever since his election last week, he has expressed fear about some of Trump’s top appointees so far.

On Friday, Scarborough said that Trump desperately needs to appoint someone like Mitt Romney as Secretary of State to balance out the frightening array of hotheads that will be on his staff such as chief strategist Steve Bannon, National Security Adviser pick Michael Flynn, and reported Attorney General pick Jeff Sessions.

In fact, Scarborough said that if Trump doesn’t start choosing more moderate people for these key positions, the consequences would be immediate and dire.

“If you’re going to get a couple loyalists that have said some crackpot things in the past, you better have some steady hands at state, at defense, and at treasury or this goes into a full blown meltdown,” he said. “And listen to them or this goes into a full blown meltdown a bad as Bill Clinton’s in 1993 when he took office.”

more + video:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/watch-morning-joe-predicts-a-full-blown-meltdown-if-trump-keeps-appointing-crazy-people/

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Scarborough's just pissed because he and Mika haven't been selected for any positions (yet).

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Morning Joe predicts a full blown meltdown if Trump keeps appointing crazy people (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP
I see us in a full blown war within a year. Historic NY Nov 2016 #1
Very likely!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #3
and by then Medicare and SS will have been privatized DURHAM D Nov 2016 #7
And it will be Nuclear too :( maryellen99 Nov 2016 #9
yep... we are so so so fucked Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #19
This is why I'm going all out for the holidays and am not staying home New Years eve maryellen99 Nov 2016 #23
I think they will time going to war with Iran for the biggest political benefit Purrfessor Nov 2016 #10
What if he gets mad before then? eShirl Nov 2016 #15
That's always a possibility. Purrfessor Nov 2016 #28
And then cagefreesoylentgreen Nov 2016 #16
That's their playbook move. Purrfessor Nov 2016 #27
1, uponit7771 Nov 2016 #11
A Year? HA! kebob Nov 2016 #21
Civil. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2016 #26
Dead Intern Joe can't take responsibility for anything, can he? nt MrScorpio Nov 2016 #2
Hey Joe, does it ever occur to you that like Trump ... GeorgeGist Nov 2016 #4
I never liked Romney but if he were smart he would run away from this crowd. hrmjustin Nov 2016 #5
They may be crazy but... kentuck Nov 2016 #6
what joe, he hasn't offered you a position? sour grapes? after all your hard work to get him elected spanone Nov 2016 #8
America is cilla4progress Nov 2016 #12
this a**** heaven05 Nov 2016 #13
Fuck you, Scarborough. You brain-dead, enabling, piece of shit. Paladin Nov 2016 #14
what did they expect. barbtries Nov 2016 #17
Yes, indeed. narnian60 Nov 2016 #25
interesting how dead intern Joe wove the Clinton name into his statements NoMoreRepugs Nov 2016 #18
we are so far freaking past anything the Clinton WH ever did, it's not even funny Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #20
Buyer's remorse! rainy Nov 2016 #22
WHY do people listen to this Trump sucking asshole? Skittles Nov 2016 #24

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
23. This is why I'm going all out for the holidays and am not staying home New Years eve
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 02:03 PM
Nov 2016

I have a bad feeling these are going to be the last ones

Purrfessor

(1,188 posts)
10. I think they will time going to war with Iran for the biggest political benefit
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 12:01 PM
Nov 2016

that being the case I look for it to happen either late in the third year or early in the fourth year of the Trump administration.

16. And then
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:16 PM
Nov 2016

My worst nightmare is the GOP pulls another "you don't want to change horses in midstream" schtick like the did in 2004, and helped usher in Dubya's second term.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
5. I never liked Romney but if he were smart he would run away from this crowd.
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:46 AM
Nov 2016

It is not going to end well.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
6. They may be crazy but...
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:46 AM
Nov 2016

He is building a protective wall around himself. He doesn't need bright people - he needs loyal people.

spanone

(135,861 posts)
8. what joe, he hasn't offered you a position? sour grapes? after all your hard work to get him elected
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:54 AM
Nov 2016

Paladin

(28,271 posts)
14. Fuck you, Scarborough. You brain-dead, enabling, piece of shit.
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:03 PM
Nov 2016

I got your "steady hands." Right here......

NoMoreRepugs

(9,454 posts)
18. interesting how dead intern Joe wove the Clinton name into his statements
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:33 PM
Nov 2016

being the douche bag he is he has to maintain the false equivalency meme to the end

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