Marketwatch: Individual-1's wanna-be authoritarian act is stale, tired, and often painfully juvenile

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...Trump’s wanna-be authoritarian act is stale, tired, and often painfully juvenile

Trump’s transparency makes the actions to oppose him perfectly clear

Trump’s wanna-be authoritarian act is stale, tired, and often painfully juvenile — but it is also deadly serious



If I were the gambling type, I’d look for ways to place bets on President Donald Trump’s future.

Trump likes to pretend he is brash, unconventional, and always keeps others guessing. The reality is that he is utterly predictable.

For instance, I can confidently predict that Trump will once again try to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s attack on the 2016 election.
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Trump will keep trying to find ways to undermine, sabotage, and otherwise throw sand in the gears of Mueller’s investigation. This behavior represents a dangerous threat to the rule of law: Trump is trying to break free of limits on power by rejecting the notion that he can be subject to legitimate investigation, even as news seems to come daily about the walls closing in on him.

Trump’s wanna-be authoritarian act is stale, tired, and often painfully juvenile — but it is also deadly serious. Trump is not a fan of American constitutional democracy, to put it charitably. In fact, he is a direct, existential threat to the rule of law, checks and balances, and other fundamental principles underpinning our system of government. - Marketwatch

The cascade of negative press keeps rolling in.

[empedocles]

1. Would think that that trump's authoritarian act, and trump in general, even among

republicans, just get tiring, stale, stupid, and/or old.

[maxsolomon]

2. There will come a time when a percentage of the Trumpist horde will find his act stale.

Ratings will decline.

It only needs to be 10-15%. Once his approval drops below 30% and holds there, GOP knives will come out. It has to be safe.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I hope it happens in my lifetime...

which is only a few more years so they'd better step on it.

[BadGimp]

4. The comments section for that article is quite frightening.

eom

[smirkymonkey]

5. Quite frankly, he is a bore.

His shtick is wearing thin and nobody is entertained by it anymore. What people used to see as strength is now being seen as pitiful insecurity and weakness.