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https://www.salon.com/2017/10/12/trump-is-falling-apart-and-nobody-knows-what-to-do-about-it/Trump is falling apart, and nobody knows what to do about it
A cry for help is coming from the White House. Even Trumps inner circle say hes unstable; the danger is growing
Heather Digby Parton
10.12.20178:12 AM
From the moment Donald Trump went down that golden escalator back in June of 2015 to announce his candidacy, people have been predicting that his improbable foray into politics was on the verge of imploding. There were a dozen disqualifying moments during the campaign, and since he's been president, we've careened from one disaster to another, each time wondering if he's going to survive. The smart money says he does, because he always has.
Having said that, there's a shift taking place in Washington. It may just be the realization setting in that the man we saw on the campaign trail was the real, authentic Donald Trump and he's not going to change. There are too many reports coming from inside the administration on Capitol Hill expressing concern at his behavior to write this off as just another Trump storm that will soon pass. There are alarms going off all over Washington, and it feels different this time.
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For the most part, elected GOP officials remain craven, cowering before the throne and hoping to get their precious tax cuts passed and their right-wing judges seated before Trump hits the nuclear button. But even Trump's close friends are worried enough that they are going public, and dozens of others are speaking to reporters off the record.
There's a cry for help coming from inside the house -- the White House. Everyone can hear it, but nobody can figure out how to disarm the crazy man who's holding the country hostage. He has no intention of surrendering.
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)cilla4progress
(24,733 posts)give him the facade of normalcy.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)it scared me even more since this was pretty much unprecedented behavior and only verified that there is a shit storm happening as he was speaking and we are all in serious danger. I haven't felt this much doom and gloom in a very long time. The GOP greedy bastards are going to allow it to continue to happen and when (not if) everything explodes they most likely will deny everything and/or blame Obama, Hillary and the Dems.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)who is to blame don't we?
Blood on their hands especially Ryan and McConnell. This has got to stop now.
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Which, as one should know is a tried and true military tactic.
Wishful thinking perhaps...
I want to think it is the beginning of the new "Battle of the bulge".
(That massive orange belly, OMG!)
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)If not, than someone needs to carve one but no one would want to eat it.
Kaleva
(36,301 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,058 posts)and he receives more and more criticism. He will become more aggressive, more inappropriate.
More dangerous.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can't say it. But I know what to do about it.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)It must be done to save us and the country. When it happens there will be dancing in the streets, not KKK nuts with weapons (they will be hiding since their "fearless leader" will be gone).
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is by far the most dangerous man on the planet. We can't let him do this. It is one man against humanity. I'm sorry, but he just isn't that important.
"Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!" - Donald Trump
Sick, sick person. We can't go on like this much longer. I can't wait until the day when I can dance on his grave.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)the same page, Smirky and Bigman. This is our country, OUR COUNTRY.
Protect from foreign and domestic............
JHan
(10,173 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)what I'm thinking........oh hi Agent Mike. Again, he is a threat to himself and others. This will not pass, an intervention is in order. He is just a weak little man.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)of reality as he acquires a totally dissociative personality. I do hope there is an educated watch on him monitoring his behavior in the WH, etc. This is not a well man in the least. He's dangerous as hell, hard to tell what might happen when/if he totally breaks with reality.
DemocraticSocialist8
(396 posts)and he seems just as unstable as he appeared to be when he entered office. I don't see this meteoric change in his demeanor. I think people who wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and give him a chance are just realizing that he really is the evil creature the Left said he was. That's all I think it is. The saber-rattling with North Korea is mental and no sane President would be doing what he's doing. Again though, people who were honest about who Trump was knew it could get this bad. It's always the damn apologists who are being proven wrong because they don't want to acknowledge how bad and morally corrupt some Americans are.
cilla4progress
(24,733 posts)What people in Germany, Italy, Russia thought as their dictators took over and brainwashed them.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:00 AM - Edit history (1)
He's always been a bully and an overall lowlife. A POS with money. Why would he change at 71????
William Safire was correct when he wrote that we are a nation of nitwits.
cilla4progress
(24,733 posts)that a NY real estate conman would look out for him???
Well they are about to find out ...
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)And that cry for help is America.
Those folks in the WH are beyond help - not beyond solving - but certainly beyond help.