A 'pressure cooker': Trump's frustration and fury rupture alliances, threaten agenda

[highplainsdem]

Source: WaPo

Frustrated by his Cabinet and angry that he has not received enough credit for his handling of three successive hurricanes, President Trump is now lashing out, rupturing alliances and imperiling his legislative agenda, numerous White House officials and outside advisers said Monday.

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One Trump confidant likened the president to a whistling teapot, saying that when he does not blow off steam he can turn into a pressure cooker and explode. “I think we are in pressure cooker territory,” said this person, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.

This portrait of the president increasingly isolated in the capital city is based on interviews with 18 White House officials, outside advisers and other Trump associates.

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Trump also made it known to several people that he wished to have a rally in North Carolina over the weekend and not just hold a fundraiser — but he ultimately only flew down for the fundraiser, spending just two hours on the ground in Greensboro. Trump complained that he wished he had gotten back out in front of the rowdy crowds he loves, these people said.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-pressure-cooker-trumps-frustration-and-fury-rupture-alliances-threaten-agenda/2017/10/09/41115744-ad0d-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

[yuiyoshida]

1. I would love to see

punches thrown by Republican Senators at Republican Senators in Congress, in session. It would really show how low we have fallen...and we have fallen, that low.

[Javaman]

2. give it time. nt

[Skittles]

8. OMG yuiyoshida

BRING IT ON!

[yuiyoshida]

9. We have seen it in other countries...

Who will be the first Republican ass to throw out the first punch?

[Iliyah]

11. Oh hell, why not throw in the house gopers. They are pissed at gop senators.

Dems in congress sit on the sidelines eating popcorn. Kinda funny when you think about it, well at least for me. Unfortunately we live in dangerous times with a madman in the WH and with his purity posse at the helm.

sad

[yuiyoshida]

13. I joke about the punches, but many of

These idiots carry their own weapons with them...its a wonder more aren't shot by angry
House of Representatives who have had enough...

[BigmanPigman]

14. Don't they do that in other countries' parliaments sometimes?

[yuiyoshida]

15. Yes, I have seen it, but I forget which countries..

I think one was also in the Philippines...

[byronius]

16. Not impossible at this point. I hadn't thought of it, though. Thanks for that heads-up.

[Chasstev365]

3. Time to invoke the 25th Amendment before he kills us all!

[IronLionZion]

4. Keep pissing him off

until he breaks. Sooner is better. The damage would be better contained. It is so great thinking of him just sitting there in the white house seething with rage. He knows he's in over his head and can't deal with it. Pressure!

If you can't take the heat, resign you loser!

[Cary]

5. He is not in good shape

Stress can't be good for him.

[They_Live]

18. He should order another diet coke

and an extra large taco bowl.

[IronLionZion]

19. And two scoops on his chocolate cream pie

[riversedge]

23. His butt is too big already!

[IronLionZion]

24. He's the perfect mascot for his demographic of Americans

fat, stupid, and hateful

[Kablooie]

6. We keep hearing about his monumental tirades but we never get to see one.

He's always calm and controlled, in a reality show kind of way, when he appears on TV.

When will someone capture one of his actual eruptions on video so we can see who this guy really is?

[Irish_Dem]

7. Interesting quote: We have been watching the slow-motion breakup of the Republican Party

and Trump is doing what he can to speed it up,” said Patrick Caddell, a veteran pollster who has worked with Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist who now runs Breitbart News, a conservative website.

I also like the quote by Melania responding to Ivana, saying Ivana's comments were “attention seeking and self-serving noise.” Melanie describes her husband here to a tee.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. He was deranged before he took the job

And the job is making him more deranged. Every day measurably worse than the last. A few more months (weeks?) and I don't think that he will be able to function in a way most people, even his allies, would recognize as even remotely sane.

But then, his real base is probably not much better. Whan was the last time you had something that resembled a rational discussion about anything political with a Trump supporter?

[GusBob]

12. I'm a little teapot, short and stout

Here is my handle here is my spout
When I get all steamed up hear me shout
tip me over and pour me out

[The_jackalope]

17. Down this road lies

Down this road lies the mental breakdown and psychological rupture that will probably mark the turning point of this presidency. With Trump inarguably out of touch with reality, and support among Congress, Cabinet and senior WH staff dropping, Congress will be forced to pull a 25th. A movement for it could form virtually overnight, if the rupture appears in public - which is very likely.

I see this outcome as inevitable. If he's unraveling as fast as WaPo appears to think, the break will probably happen before Mueller and Schneiderman can get any more than a few initial indictments out. Those early indictments, especially if they include Manafort and/or Flynn, would probably unbuckle Trump completely.

At this point I'm betting that Trump's sanity and his presidency won't last beyond the third indictment.

[murielm99]

20. Let's hope we last beyond the third indictment.

He could blow up the world. Seriously.

[The_jackalope]

21. I know. These are big nail-biting times. nt

[pbmus]

22. The orange shitgeyser is trying very hard to emulate his hero...