"The president is self-destructing," an official said.

[Miles Archer]

A wave of optimism reportedly swept the White House after the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, reports Vanity Fair. But that feeling was short lived.

According to the magazine, insiders say Trump has been frustrated by the current news cycle. After a week in which one of his supporters sent packages containing pipe bombs to his critics—and a virulent anti-Semite murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh—the president appears to be alarmed at the prospect of Democrats sweeping Congress.

“The president is self-destructing,” an official said.

If the expected blue wave does materialize, that likely means Trump administration officials will be buried in investigations. That, in turn, is making some officials likely to leave the White House, Vanity Fair reports. “There’s going to be a lot of departures,” a former West Wing official told the magazine.

White House officials have suggested the president give an address emphasizing unity.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/president-self-destructing-news-cycle-threatens-generate-blue-wave-report/

[Agschmid]

1. He's been self destructing for 3+ years.

Longest countdown sequence ever...

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Took the words right out of my mouth!

[meow2u3]

21. Only 3 years?

He's been self-destructing since he was misbegotten!

[Agschmid]

22. Accurate.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I heard there would be a mass exodus of his staff

since they fear the House doing real investigations but can't his staff still get subpoenaed even if they no longer work there?

[shanny]

28. Sure.

[The Genealogist]

3. He only seems to have three modes

Lie and hate to gin up his deplorable base to fluff his ego

Golf

Unhinged anger

[Golden Raisin]

30. You omitted pussy-grabbing.

[PJMcK]

34. I think that falls under "anger" (n/t)

[Wellstone ruled]

4. No Shit,can not happen fast enough for most of us.

Get the nets boys,going to need them. That or a tranquilizer dart on a stick.

[Control-Z]

5. That's a joke, right?

White House officials have suggested the president give an address emphasizing unity.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Unity?! No way. He doesn't have it in him.

His default mode is divide and blame. They can give him pretty words on the teleprompter sometimes, that’s about it.

[RKP5637]

10. He's a sociopath, he has no idea what feeling unity means. n/t

[Dorian Gray]

33. In Tump's mind

Unity is everybody doing what he wants, when he wants it, all the time.

[bronxiteforever]

7. He is who he always was. An inherited wealth, bully, racist child.

The real story is that a major party backed him and gave him a blank check. But like all of his business deals that check will bounce.

Everything he touches he destroys, let’s hope the next stop on the carnage train is the GOP.

[Blue Owl]

8. He didn't check himself -- now he'll wreck himself

n/t

[Mystery sage]

29. Love this post.

[Vogon_Glory]

9. The only way I see Dump leaving the White House before

His term expires is if he has an aneurism or a fatal heart attack or if he’s so incapacitated that the 25th Amendment will HAVE to be invoked.

In which case I don’t see Mike Pence getting elected President in his own right. Gerry Ford did try for at least some unity and reconciliation; Pence has many of the same strands as Dump.

[RKP5637]

11. Pence, same as tRump, just a different book cover. n/t

[Chellee]

14. Pence's political instincts

tell him it's okay to write discrimination into the Indiana state constitution. Remember how well that worked out? He never understood why the entire country was outraged. He looked like a deer caught in headlights, muttering, "but, religious freedom." His instincts tell him that after 11 Jews have been murdered in their synagogue he should invite a Jews for Jesus minister to pray for Republicans to win. He will not need help crashing and burning. He had to join Trump's campaign because no legitimate campaign would take him after vetting him. He looks good on paper, not so much up close.

[Corgigal]

12. I'm no math genius, but

Trump=president=jail.

Seriously, everyone knows this, plus the Russians.

[3catwoman3]

13. What I wouldn't give to see him go up...

...in a puff of smoke like the little “Your mission, should you decide to accept it” tapes from the Mission Impossible TV series.

[demtenjeep]

16. I want the fucker to stroke out so "bigly" that the only thing left working his his eyes and brain

and he has to watch his daughter/wife change his shitty diapers but can't do anything

[Snarkoleptic]

18. I wonder if he's already had a series of mini-strokes.

For his age, he doesn't seem to have his shit wired tight.
I've seen older interviews where he could string together several sentences, which is a feat now out of his grasp, even with a teleprompter.

[demtenjeep]

23. I think he is suffering from dementia or Alzheimers

just like his daddy.

Wish it would speed up his demise

[beaglelover]

25. From your lips to gods ear!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Not fast enough.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Not fast enough.

[lindysalsagal]

20. You know, stress is bad for blood pressure, and heart disease

It would be awful if he had to leave office due to permanent hospitalization.....you know...

[EffieBlack]

24. How many times do we have to hear this?

Every three or four days, someone reports the "inside scoop" that Trump is falling apart.

{yawn}

[Ilsa]

26. Please proceed, Donald. nt

[ecstatic]

27. trump should give a unity address? I guess they're as delusional

as trump is. You've got to be f*cking kidding me!

[Progressive Jones]

31. I only want Trump to leave due to criminal indictments, or the 2020 race.

I want that useless prick to live through 2 years of being castrated by the Democratic majority in Congress.
Every time he opens his mouth the wrong way, he needs to be humiliated immediately, in real time.
It must become unbearable to be Donald Trump.

[Raine]

32. We've been hearing that for years

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.