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onetexan

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Tue Sep 5, 2017, 12:30 PM Sep 2017

Aide says Trump is insane [View all]



[link:https://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/67912|

Posting here in case no one else has poste. Scary but i say let the idiot go full-on insane so Repugs will have no choice but to oust him.
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Those who know or watch President Donald Trump closely fear he is “coming apart” under the strain of his failed presidency and often aborted actions. “He’s grasping to achieve something, anything, to prove he’s up to the job,” says a longtime business associate of Trump. “He’s coming apart at the seams.”

Joseph Nye, Harvard professor and author of “Is the American Century Over?” says that, under Trump, “the reputation of the United States has diminished.” Nye adds that being a “reality host” does not give him a “global perspective” that one needs as president.
“This is not going to end well for this administration,” a former FBI official says. “Trump is out of control and what he does goes against core American values.”

White House aides talk in whispers about Trump’s temper tantrums that have become routine. He unleashes strings of obscenities, threatens to fire everyone and too often issues more ominous threats that include violence. “He yells at people, saying he will ‘kick their ass’ or even kill them,” says one, who said she fears for her safety if her name is used. “I think our president is insane!”
A media report that questions one of Trump’s actions can bring on a shouting attack against anyone nearby. Trump, she says, reduces staff members to tears and says some have quit because they can no longer stand being around him.

Secret Service agents joke that they should use the label “Madman” to identify Trump in radio conversations. Others joke about jumping in front of the president to “take a bullet” to protect him. “I might be taking a bullet fired from a fellow agent.”
Trump, they say, threatens to fire all of his secret service detail and replace them with “bodyguards I know and trust.”
That causes the agents to shake their heads because Trump has, in the past, hired personal guards with violent criminal records.
“The president has no sense of duty, not understanding of what it takes to be the leader of a nation,” says a former aide. “To him, the only things that matter are serving his ego and fattening his wallet.”
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Aide says Trump is insane [View all] onetexan Sep 2017 OP
Scary,the beging of the end. Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #1
Scary Goonch Sep 2017 #3
Looks more llike Biggee Rat Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #7
It's a Hannibal Lecter reference. (Silence of the Lambs) gvstn Sep 2017 #9
Capitol Hill Blue is having slowdowns (dont use https). Unsurprising given how inflammatory. FreepFryer Sep 2017 #2
Yes i'm aware, but here's a couple from WaPo & NYMag back in January onetexan Sep 2017 #5
Do either of those pieces describe such joking about fragging? Not OK. (n/t) FreepFryer Sep 2017 #6
Agree entirely, strictly a trash article. NOT OK. Hortensis Sep 2017 #27
howdy from Tx! onetexan Sep 2017 #39
Boy, isn't that last too true. Hortensis Sep 2017 #42
He's doing whatever rich people want so that when he's not in office they will blueinredohio Sep 2017 #4
seriously, tell us something we have not known for nearly two years now. niyad Sep 2017 #8
yeah...but Iowa_Prog Sep 2017 #10
I think our president is insane! Yeah, file that under "no shit Shirley" file. DK504 Sep 2017 #11
We need video of trump's insane temper tantrums. Plenty of threats and vile language. Paladin Sep 2017 #12
If so many in his admin know all this, when is someone going to cell phone-video his ass... brush Sep 2017 #29
The sooner the better. (nt) Paladin Sep 2017 #38
This has a familiar ring - Guy in Germany had his own close guard packman Sep 2017 #13
sure does doesn't it onetexan Sep 2017 #15
the end came not with a bang but a tweet. nt Javaman Sep 2017 #14
He'd have, sadly, plenty of volunteers LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #16
I wish I could state what would surely be the OBVIOUS under most other circumstances: maddiemom Sep 2017 #34
lets push him to the brink samnsara Sep 2017 #17
That's what I thought all along-"serving his ego and fattening his wallet"........ VaBchTgerLily Sep 2017 #18
Some time ago he even admitted he could "get rich being president." maddiemom Sep 2017 #35
K&R vkkv Sep 2017 #19
This is a questionable source but... Ligyron Sep 2017 #20
Agree, but why are they taking so long? southerncrone Sep 2017 #26
They want Ginsburg's seat. n/t MrModerate Sep 2017 #30
i suspect that as well onetexan Sep 2017 #40
Nothing like running for POTUS as your first public, elective office! maddiemom Sep 2017 #21
This actually isn't news. bitterross Sep 2017 #22
you're right it's not. We've known this even before he ran for POTUS onetexan Sep 2017 #25
Oh, to again get that Reichwing email about the Secret Service.... Grins Sep 2017 #23
That is the shit they forward... Duppers Sep 2017 #24
Sadly, even from an unreliable source, this is completely DeminPennswoods Sep 2017 #28
The Praetorian guards getting ready to kill Caligula ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #31
But Hillary Clinton had EMAILS!!! MarianJack Sep 2017 #32
And Benghazi JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #41
OOOPS,... MarianJack Sep 2017 #43
The killing part I believe. Butterflylady Sep 2017 #33
So the personal bodyguards he prefers and trusts from the Enoki33 Sep 2017 #36
And yet, it's not zentrum Sep 2017 #37
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