BTRTN: Welcome to Syco-Fantasy Island
Born to Run the Numbers on the fact that Trump is hell-bent on replacing all those experienced "human guardrails' with toadies, yes-men, and sycophants:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/11/btrtn-welcome-to-syco-fantasy-island.html
Excerpts:"Some men are born sycophants, some men become sycophants, and some men have the mantle of sycophant thrust upon them.What they all seem to have in common, however, is that they all are Republicans, and they all work for Donald Trump...
"Finally, there is group of individuals in the White House who we hesitate to slap such a pejorative upon: the alleged 'adults in the room' who have the experience in government, intelligence, and the military to act as “guardrails” to contain this President and serve as a check on his wildest impulses...
"It is this group of people who represent one of the more fascinating ethical dramas to emerge from this White House. We sleep better knowing that the White House still has a few competent, experienced individuals who understand our government, the separation of powers, the vital importance of vigorously exerting moral leadership on the world stage, and the limitations and dangers of military intervention. But at what point, exactly, does their involvement in the Trump White House and their apparent public endorsement of many of his positions render them complicit?
"How perfect it is that a cheesy tv series from the 1970s seemed to grasp lessons in morality more firmly than the losers in Trump's toady farm. At least Ricardo Montalbán knew that when your fantasies become real, the outcome is rarely what you hoped it would be.As for the rest of us? Once that last guardrail is gone, we will all be living on Donald Trump's Sycophantasy Island, where the fantasies of sycophants all come true."
