The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore.
It would be comforting, on some level, to believe that Trump is simply lying, that he is trying to convince us of what he knows to be untrue. It is scarier to believe that Trump is delusional, that he has persuaded himself that Democrats have said things they’ve never said, that his base has strengthened when it has actually weakened, that it’s really his opponents under investigation for collusion, that his campaign has been cleared of wrongdoing when the circumstantial case for collusion has only grown stronger.
He is not just notably uninformed but also notably difficult to inform — his attention span is thin, he hears what he wants to hear, he wanders off topic, he has trouble following complex arguments. Trump has trouble following his briefings or even correctly repeating what he has heard.
"I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore.
It would be comforting, on some level, to believe that Trump is simply lying, that he is trying to convince us of what he knows to be untrue. It is scarier to believe that Trump is delusional, that he has persuaded himself that Democrats have said things they’ve never said, that his base has strengthened when it has actually weakened, that it’s really his opponents under investigation for collusion, that his campaign has been cleared of wrongdoing when the circumstantial case for collusion has only grown stronger.
He is not just notably uninformed but also notably difficult to inform — his attention span is thin, he hears what he wants to hear, he wanders off topic, he has trouble following complex arguments. Trump has trouble following his briefings or even correctly repeating what he has heard.
Also this.
Trump’s New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline
I don’t care whether Michael Schmidt was tough enough. We’ve got bigger problems.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Oh, come on, you can't really believe that. Are you a cartoon character?
I just read his most recent interview... he's a fucking moron.
Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Oh, come on, you can't really believe that. Are you a cartoon character?
I just read his most recent interview... he's a fucking moron.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
How many of his supporters know where Iran is?
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Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
How many of his supporters know where Iran is?
How many think Iran is Iraq?
Wanna depress yourself? Read the replies to Poopy Pants' tweets. As much as BS and others try to dignify the base... the reality is too blatant to ignore.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Oh, come on, you can't really believe that. Are you a cartoon character?
I just read his most recent interview... he's a fucking moron.
A senile "fucking moron"
An immature, petulant, spoiled, narcissistic fucking moron
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Wtf does that have to do with the decision by this terrible administration to get rid of this advisory council on HIV , Iran or Israel have nothing to do with this issue not everything is about Israel ..
jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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Many conservatives have decided that the best way to deal with Trump’s personality is to pretend it doesn’t matter. CreditZach Gibson for The New York Times
Tax cuts. Deregulation. More for the military; less for the United Nations. The Islamic State crushed in its heartland. Assad hit with cruise missiles. Troops to Afghanistan. Arms for Ukraine. A tougher approach to North Korea. Jerusalem recognized as Israel’s capital. The Iran deal decertified. Title IX kangaroo courts on campus condemned. Yes to Keystone. No to Paris. Wall Street roaring and consumer confidence high.
And, of course, Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. What, for a conservative, is there to dislike about this policy record as the Trump administration rounds out its first year in office?
That’s the question I keep hearing from old friends on the right who voted with misgiving for Donald Trump last year and now find reasons to like him. I admit it gives me pause. I agree with every one of the policy decisions mentioned above. But I still wish Hillary Clinton were president.
How does that make sense? Can I still call myself conservative?
The answer depends on your definition. Here’s one I’ve always liked: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society,” said the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. To which he added: “The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”
Conservatives used to believe in their truth. Want to “solve” poverty? All the welfare dollars in the world won’t help if two-parent families aren’t intact. Want to foster democracy abroad? It’s going to be rough going if too many voters reject the foundational concept of minority rights.
This is the fatal mistake of conservatives who’ve decided the best way to deal with Trump’s personality — the lying, narcissism, bullying, bigotry, crassness, name calling, ignorance, paranoia, incompetence and pettiness — is to pretend it doesn’t matter. “Character Doesn’t Count” has become a de facto G.O.P. motto. “Virtue Doesn’t Matter” might be another.
But character does count, and virtue does matter, and Trump’s shortcomings prove it daily.
Maybe you think the Russia investigation is much ado about nothing. Yet Trump brought it on himself every step of the way, from firing James Comey after the former F.B.I. director wouldn’t swear fealty, to (potentially) admitting to obstruction of justice with that tweet about Mike Flynn’s firing. Or maybe you regret the failure to repeal Obamacare. But that had something to do with the grotesque insults Trump lobbed at John McCain, the man whose “nay” vote sank repeal.
Look at every other administration embarrassment (Scaramucci) or failure (the wall, and Mexico paying for it) or disgrace (the Charlottesville equivocation). Responsibility invariably lies with the president’s intemperance and dishonesty. That puts Republican control of Congress in play. It also risks permanently alienating a millennial generation for which the G.O.P. will forever be the party of the child-molesting sore loser and the president who endorsed him.
Now look at the culture of governance. Trump demands testimonials from his cabinet, servility from Republican politicians and worship from conservative media. To serve in this White House isn’t to be elevated to public service. It’s to be debased into toadyism, which probably explains the record-setting staff turnover of 34 percent, according to an analysis from the Brookings Institution.
In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches or town halls, we have Trump’s demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN. In place of a president who defends the honor and integrity of his own officers and agencies, we have one who humiliates his attorney general, denigrates the F.B.I. and compares our intelligence agencies to the Gestapo.
Trump is normalizing all this; he is, to borrow another Moynihan phrase, “defining deviancy down.” A president who supposedly wants to put a wall between the U.S. and Latin America has imported a style of politics reminiscent of the cults of Juan Perón and Hugo Chávez.
Conservatives may suppose that they can pocket policy gains from a Trump administration while the stain of his person will eventually wash away. But as a (pro-Trump) friend wrote me the other day, “presidents empower cultures.” Trump is empowering a conservative political culture that celebrates everything that patriotic Americans should fear: the cult of strength, open disdain for truthfulness, violent contempt for the Fourth Estate, hostility toward high culture and other types of “elitism,” a penchant for conspiracy theories and, most dangerously, white-identity politics.
This won’t end with Trump. It may have only begun with him. And Trump’s supporters may wind up proving both sides of Moynihan’s contention: not just that culture is what matters most, but that politics can still change it — in this case, much for the worse.
Many will probably disagree with the below article, but I found it to be one of the more interesting ones of recent that explains the divided mindset this country is stuck in.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
How many of his supporters know where Iran is?
I do. Many of us do. We thought Obama’s response in 2009 was a massive missed opportunity and one of the most shameful moments in your countries history. While many of us think Trump is a piece of shit we recognize that instinctually he is right and would be on the side of the people of Iran as opposed to handing billions to it’s oppressors. Of the two terrible candidates he is everyday proving to be the one with more potential upside.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
Oh, come on, you can't really believe that. Are you a cartoon character?
I just read his most recent interview... he's a fucking moron.
Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council - The Washington Post https://apple.news/AvJTC7zv4RwWDr7JPZyIKyg another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
He’s such a fucking piece of shit human. He clearly only cares about money and himself. It’s amazing that there is even one person left supporting this fucking asshole.
Trump’s statement on Iran is better then anything Obama said in 2009. That’s why the “fucking asshole” still gets support.
How many of his supporters know where Iran is?
I do. Many of us do. We thought Obama’s response in 2009 was a massive missed opportunity and one of the most shameful moments in your countries history. While many of us think Trump is a piece of shit we recognize that instinctually he is right and would be on the side of the people of Iran as opposed to handing billions to it’s oppressors. Of the two terrible candidates he is everyday proving to be the one with more potential upside.
Who are the “We” that you speak of? Apartheid staters?
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Didnt someone on here recently say they were totally against handouts?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-post-office-gives-amazon-special-delivery-1499987531
Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump’s New York Times interview is a scary read
The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore.It would be comforting, on some level, to believe that Trump is simply lying, that he is trying to convince us of what he knows to be untrue. It is scarier to believe that Trump is delusional, that he has persuaded himself that Democrats have said things they’ve never said, that his base has strengthened when it has actually weakened, that it’s really his opponents under investigation for collusion, that his campaign has been cleared of wrongdoing when the circumstantial case for collusion has only grown stronger.
He is not just notably uninformed but also notably difficult to inform — his attention span is thin, he hears what he wants to hear, he wanders off topic, he has trouble following complex arguments. Trump has trouble following his briefings or even correctly repeating what he has heard.
Trump’s New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline
I don’t care whether Michael Schmidt was tough enough. We’ve got bigger problems.http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a14516912/donald-trump-new-york-times-michael-schmidt/
another dirt bag move by this terrible human being I wish I could kick him in his teeth ughhh I hate this human , please please choke on your steak for the New yr ..
i saw king ralph
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Are you a cartoon character?
I just read his most recent interview... he's a fucking moron.
How many think Iran is Iraq?
Wanna depress yourself? Read the replies to Poopy Pants' tweets. As much as BS and others try to dignify the base... the reality is too blatant to ignore.
Why I’m Still a NeverTrumper
Tax cuts. Deregulation. More for the military; less for the United Nations. The Islamic State crushed in its heartland. Assad hit with cruise missiles. Troops to Afghanistan. Arms for Ukraine. A tougher approach to North Korea. Jerusalem recognized as Israel’s capital. The Iran deal decertified. Title IX kangaroo courts on campus condemned. Yes to Keystone. No to Paris. Wall Street roaring and consumer confidence high.
And, of course, Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. What, for a conservative, is there to dislike about this policy record as the Trump administration rounds out its first year in office?
That’s the question I keep hearing from old friends on the right who voted with misgiving for Donald Trump last year and now find reasons to like him. I admit it gives me pause. I agree with every one of the policy decisions mentioned above. But I still wish Hillary Clinton were president.
How does that make sense? Can I still call myself conservative?
The answer depends on your definition. Here’s one I’ve always liked: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society,” said the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. To which he added: “The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”
Conservatives used to believe in their truth. Want to “solve” poverty? All the welfare dollars in the world won’t help if two-parent families aren’t intact. Want to foster democracy abroad? It’s going to be rough going if too many voters reject the foundational concept of minority rights.
This is the fatal mistake of conservatives who’ve decided the best way to deal with Trump’s personality — the lying, narcissism, bullying, bigotry, crassness, name calling, ignorance, paranoia, incompetence and pettiness — is to pretend it doesn’t matter. “Character Doesn’t Count” has become a de facto G.O.P. motto. “Virtue Doesn’t Matter” might be another.
But character does count, and virtue does matter, and Trump’s shortcomings prove it daily.
Maybe you think the Russia investigation is much ado about nothing. Yet Trump brought it on himself every step of the way, from firing James Comey after the former F.B.I. director wouldn’t swear fealty, to (potentially) admitting to obstruction of justice with that tweet about Mike Flynn’s firing. Or maybe you regret the failure to repeal Obamacare. But that had something to do with the grotesque insults Trump lobbed at John McCain, the man whose “nay” vote sank repeal.
Look at every other administration embarrassment (Scaramucci) or failure (the wall, and Mexico paying for it) or disgrace (the Charlottesville equivocation). Responsibility invariably lies with the president’s intemperance and dishonesty. That puts Republican control of Congress in play. It also risks permanently alienating a millennial generation for which the G.O.P. will forever be the party of the child-molesting sore loser and the president who endorsed him.
Now look at the culture of governance. Trump demands testimonials from his cabinet, servility from Republican politicians and worship from conservative media. To serve in this White House isn’t to be elevated to public service. It’s to be debased into toadyism, which probably explains the record-setting staff turnover of 34 percent, according to an analysis from the Brookings Institution.
In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches or town halls, we have Trump’s demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting between the administration and the press, we have a president who fantasizes on Twitter about physically assaulting CNN. In place of a president who defends the honor and integrity of his own officers and agencies, we have one who humiliates his attorney general, denigrates the F.B.I. and compares our intelligence agencies to the Gestapo.
Trump is normalizing all this; he is, to borrow another Moynihan phrase, “defining deviancy down.” A president who supposedly wants to put a wall between the U.S. and Latin America has imported a style of politics reminiscent of the cults of Juan Perón and Hugo Chávez.
Conservatives may suppose that they can pocket policy gains from a Trump administration while the stain of his person will eventually wash away. But as a (pro-Trump) friend wrote me the other day, “presidents empower cultures.” Trump is empowering a conservative political culture that celebrates everything that patriotic Americans should fear: the cult of strength, open disdain for truthfulness, violent contempt for the Fourth Estate, hostility toward high culture and other types of “elitism,” a penchant for conspiracy theories and, most dangerously, white-identity politics.
This won’t end with Trump. It may have only begun with him. And Trump’s supporters may wind up proving both sides of Moynihan’s contention: not just that culture is what matters most, but that politics can still change it — in this case, much for the worse.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-red-blue-and-broke-all-over-america
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