3 reasons you should be terrified about Trump's latest rant - Robert Reich

[DonViejo]

TUESDAY, MAR 7, 2017 04:58 AM EST

3 reasons you should be terrified about Trump’s latest rant

Folks, we’ve got a huge problem on our hands

ROBERT REICH

Early Saturday morning, March 4, the 45th president of the United States alleged in a series of tweets that former president Barack Obama orchestrated a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap Trump’s phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election. Trump concluded that the former president is a “Bad (or sick) guy!”

Sunday morning, Trump called for a congressional investigation.

Trump cited no evidence for his accusation.

Folks, we’ve got a huge problem on our hands. Either:

1. Trump is more nuts than we suspected – a true delusional paranoid. Trump’s outburst was triggered by commentary in the “alt-right” publication, Breitbart News, on Friday, which reported an assertion made Thursday night by right-wing talk-radio host Mark Levin suggesting Obama and his administration used “police state” tactics last fall to monitor the Trump team’s dealings with Russian operatives.

If this was the case, we’ve got a president willing to put the prestige and power of his office behind baseless claims emanating from well-known right-wing purveyors of lies.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/07/3-reasons-you-should-be-terrified-about-trumps-latest-rant/

[livetohike]

1. I want someone to tell us how to end this nightmare.

I call my Senators and Rep. almost daily. We cannot wait until the midterms. They all need to wake up now!

[Nitram]

2. I beg to differ. This is no more terrifying than numerous tweets and random statements

the president has made over the last two years. We found out long ago that he is a liar, a con and a hopelessly narcissistic individual. Everyone who voted for him should have their voting privileges revoked.