'Pelosi Says Trump Is 'Disassociated From Reality,' Democrats Discussing 25th Amendment Options

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'Pelosi says Trump is 'disassociated from reality,' Democrats are discussing 25th Amendment options.' By Joan McCarter, Daily Kos, Oct. 8, 2020.



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a lot to say Thursday morning about the erratic back and forth from Donald Trump on coronavirus relief negotiations, on his health, and on his fitness to serve right now, in this crisis. "He walked away from what we were trying to do to put money in the pockets of the American people, food on the table, rent so they are not evicted," Pelosi said. "He walked away from our heroes. He said to those health-care workers, police and fire, teachers, teachers, teachers, transportation, sanitation, food workers and the rest, we do not care. You do not matter. This is appalling."

Then she refers to Trump calling himself a "perfect physical specimen" in a Thursday morning interview on Fox."His disassociation from reality would be funny if it weren't so deadly," she said. Asked by a reporter "do you think it is time to invoke the 25th amendment?" Pelosi responded, "I will talk to you about it tomorrow. […] But you take me back to my point. Mr. President, when was the last time you had a negative test before you tested positive? Why is the White House not telling the country? That important fact about how this spread and made a hotspot of the White House."

She blasted Trump for blaming a Gold Star family for his COVID-19 infection. "Can you believe that he would say such a thing?"

Pelosi also was interviewed by Bloomberg Thursday morning to discuss the status of the negotiations. She reiterated that "We are not leaving the table. This has to happen," and said she believes that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin still has the authority to negotiate the deal, but that Trump is in an "altered state right now" because of his infection and treatment. "There are those who say when you are on steroids or have COVID-19, there may be some impairment of judgment," she said.

Trump could and should invoke the 25th Amendment, handing power over to Vice President Pence until he recovers from COVID-19. The amendment specifies that "Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President." The problem is, Trump thinks he's cured...

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1. "..a perfect physical specimen."

That is language straight out of nazism's aryan playbook.

When he was most recently in Minnesota he spoke of all the "great genes" the people at his rally had, people with Nordic ancestry.

I don't know how many more times we need for Trump to tell us he is a follower of nazism before we finally believe him.

[soothsayer]

2. and young!

[Newest Reality]

3. Oh, boy, the oranges are great!

To me, it is not that he is suddenly disassociated from "reality", it's just that the delusions he usually is associated with are now collapsing and shifting into some very dangerous territory for all of us, even more so than before.

Without the supports he has managed to strong arm in the past and in light of the potential for his Achilles's heel to be stabbed, (having everyone find out just how much of faker, phony, loser he really is) this is where he becomes more desperate than ever.

And the thing is, it seems he may have unconsciously set himself up for this gigantic downfall. Why? Well, if you are the person in the most prominent and powerful position in the World, with all the resources you could ever want to accomplish things and you fail completely at it, that's really the BIGGEST LOSER IN THE WORLD in Trump's distorted, narcissistic mirror. In that sense, he may be a sucker succumbing to his own con.

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4. GOOD!!!

Thank you!