2seaoat wrote:It is being reported that the FBI director thought that after President Trump argued that President Obama had wire tapped him, that the director had questioned his sanity. I think that should be the central focus. President Trump is not concerned with the law, the constitution, or any conflict of interest. I thought most of this Russian thing was hyperbole, but President Trump's clumsy attempt to remove the director and forestall investigations tells me he was an active participant, and that impeachment may be the least of his problems as these investigations move forward.
Yep. Trump is loonietoons. A lot of the country is still in denial about it, because it seems so absurd, but the guy is completely nucking futz.
He's gotten away with it for years because it didn't matter that much then. If his mania caused a disaster, then he'd just go bankrupt again, and it wouldn't matter much to anybody but him. But now this squirrelbait has been given the whole country to play with, and his lunacy is starting to matter.
Trump is a perfect storm of foul-up. He got malignant narcissistic personality disorder like few have ever seen, there's likely some sociopathia in there, too, and he was raised by an authoritarian father who was so hard on his kids that Trump's brother, Fred Jr., drank himself to death around age 40. Why did Trump's dad browbeat Fred Jr. so hard? Because he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot, instead of the "killer" his dad demanded. So, his dad encouraged his brothers to scorn him and ask, "What's the difference between what you do and being a bus driver?"
You take somebody who's already crazy, get them raised by a complete jerk, and then put them in a position where nobody in his orbit ever dares say "no" to him (Trump has no real friends, just employees and sycophants) and you end up with a monster. He lies all the time because he's always gotten away with it his whole life. Nobody's ever questioned it before. All he ever hears is praise. The few times he hasn't, he's made the person into an enemy for life. That's why he still attacks Rosie O'Donal all the time -- he can't let an insult go.
Now that he's actually answerable to people and isn't getting the blanket approval he craves, he's losing control, and his insanity's becoming more evident. He's surprised that he's not just getting away with things the way he used to. There's also the possibility that senile dementia is creeping in, which would only make a bad situation worse.
When it comes time to impeach him, they'll have their pick of reasons. Financial corruption, collusion with enemy governments, or just because he's mentally unstable and unfit to lead. And Republicans, eager to get this mess off their plate and look like they have some integrity, will probably join in the impeachment process. Then they can get Pence... who's a mess of a whole different kind (theocratic), but who'll at least seem sane and reasonable by comparison. They'll try to use him as a re-set button.
Really, I think they're just letting Trump run out his leash and wear the country out more, so when Crazy Donnie's ratings get low enough, the populace will accept Pastor Pence as a more refreshing alternative. They're letting Trump's voters watch the circus act so they can feel they got their money's worth out of it, and then they'll spring the trap door, cancel The Donald Trump Comedy Hour, and start praising themselves for being "the party with enough integrity to take out one of their own when he proves incompetent." There's a lot of marketing in politics. They'll want to brand themselves as Real Serious Grown-Ups so it'll seem okay when Pence starts legislating based on Deuteronomy or whatever.
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