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MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:41 PM Dec 2018

There's Nobody Left to Tell Trump He's Crazy.

Nobody. Mnuchin's golfing in Baja California. He's not capable of telling Trump anything, anyhow.

There's no Chief of Staff. No Defense Secretary. The Acting Attorney General has no clue. Trump's running unfettered by any reasonable advice right now. He's operation on his own addled instincts and complete lack of knowledge.

Doesn't look good. Not good at all. He has surrounded himself with toadies and when someone leaves, he just leaves the position open or moves some Deputy up to avoid having nobody who wants the jobs.

Trump is about to implode on himself. Stand well back!

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There's Nobody Left to Tell Trump He's Crazy. (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2018 OP
IF we survive until the next Congress convenes... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2018 #1
I hope so, but I have a "believe it when it happens" mentality. bearsfootball516 Dec 2018 #2
I Hope There's Video! Dave in VA Dec 2018 #3
It would probably look like what happens when you drop a large pumpkin The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #4
Hehe! Dave in VA Dec 2018 #6
We always leave our Halloween pumpkin out on the porch. MineralMan Dec 2018 #9
Nice imagery UpInArms Dec 2018 #22
That's very nice of you to say. MineralMan Dec 2018 #38
Brilliant Bob Loblaw Dec 2018 #24
Thanks! You're too kind. MineralMan Dec 2018 #37
add the fungus and it's complete Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #44
Found the video! central scrutinizer Dec 2018 #45
Well, the traitor does still have support, in LOTS of places...hint hint Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #5
Same here orangecrush Dec 2018 #17
Let's just hope it does not end with this! RKP5637 Dec 2018 #7
Here is what we know, he will start a war to kill MILLIONS to deflect DOJ from his trail Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #34
Or on drugs duforsure Dec 2018 #8
Not only to tell him he's crazy.............. MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #10
There's us and C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #11
Unless someone on Fox News tells him, he'll never hear it. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12
I just can't understand how FirstLight Dec 2018 #15
... because they are all cut from the same piece of cloth. tRump just vocalizes and does RKP5637 Dec 2018 #41
It's frightening. Ohiogal Dec 2018 #13
Yes, it is. Indeed! MineralMan Dec 2018 #14
This is just a hunch spinbaby Dec 2018 #16
His heart may implode on him first. GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #18
I agree duforsure Dec 2018 #26
He says he takes nothing, does not drink, but he often looks medicated to me. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #42
If he doesn't nuke someone in the next few days I'll be shocked. redstatebluegirl Dec 2018 #19
One original left. Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #20
Does Kellyanne count? BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #29
Yes, but she does it very rapidly... SeattleVet Dec 2018 #32
telling a crazy person that they are crazy does no good. Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #21
I wouldn't mind doing it, though. Harker Dec 2018 #23
Craziness in WH marieo1 Dec 2018 #25
Yes, there are 60 to 65 percent of American here to tell him he's crazy. And we need to. LBM20 Dec 2018 #27
No. We need to VOTE! MineralMan Dec 2018 #28
And tell everyone you know to vote. And tell them to tell everyone THEY know, and so forth. TSheehan Dec 2018 #31
Treating mental illness requires a plan that generally involves patient input as well as an dameatball Dec 2018 #30
Drumptageddon. kairos12 Dec 2018 #33
"No Chief of Staff"? red dog 1 Dec 2018 #35
Probably told him that he's got his mind right. Harker Dec 2018 #36
Enter Nancy "The Sandman" Pelosi on Jan. 3 Blue Owl Dec 2018 #39
Sure, but I was referring to trump's people. MineralMan Dec 2018 #40
Maybe he will consult with Sarah Palin! ... better yet, Michele Bachmann. RKP5637 Dec 2018 #43

bearsfootball516

(6,373 posts)
2. I hope so, but I have a "believe it when it happens" mentality.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:43 PM
Dec 2018

People have bee saying Trump is about to collapse since June 2015. Hasn't happened yet. I still think the earliest he leaves the Oval Office is January 2021.

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
9. We always leave our Halloween pumpkin out on the porch.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:52 PM
Dec 2018

The squirrels gnaw a hole in its side, and then go inside and get the pumpkin seeds. How they know there are edible seeds in there, I don't know. If you open the front door slowly, a squirrel will stick its head out of the hole and look at you warily. Once all the seeds are gone, the squirrels abandon the pumpkin and it slowly collapses on itself, finally going flat and drying out.

The squirrels are in Trump's head right now, feasting on the nuggets that pass for his brains. Soon, they'll leave and his head will collapse in on itself and shrivel up. Can't wait!

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,249 posts)
44. add the fungus and it's complete
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:50 PM
Dec 2018

In my climate, pumpkins sprout fuzzy fungus on their way to collapse. That stuff on Trump's head could easily be an indicator of the decay within.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
5. Well, the traitor does still have support, in LOTS of places...hint hint
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:47 PM
Dec 2018

I swear to GOD if i go to this board ONE more fucking time and see threads dedicated to why rump is doing the right thing on Syria I will lose my fucking god damn liberal democratic voter mind

WHERE can LIBERALS

oh fuck it, never mind

orangecrush

(19,409 posts)
17. Same here
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:07 PM
Dec 2018

He is going to send his co conspirator Erik Prince go into Syria and start a real shitstorm, with tidy profits for both.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
34. Here is what we know, he will start a war to kill MILLIONS to deflect DOJ from his trail
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:45 PM
Dec 2018

and the GOP will go along.

Time to ask ourselves what are we willing to do to protect the MILLIONS he is about to kill?

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
10. Not only to tell him he's crazy..............
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:53 PM
Dec 2018

but to begin the process of using the 25th amendment to clean house. THAT is why he wants toadies there!

C_U_L8R

(44,987 posts)
11. There's us and
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:53 PM
Dec 2018

well, the whole rest of the world. Fuck the idiotic inner circle and the red-topped magats

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
12. Unless someone on Fox News tells him, he'll never hear it.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 04:54 PM
Dec 2018

And nobody on Fox News is going to tell him. They're all wackadoos themselves.

FirstLight

(13,355 posts)
15. I just can't understand how
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:03 PM
Dec 2018

so many people who are in places of actual fucking power have lost their damn minds and think it's ok to stand by complicit as he breaks down the very fabric of Govt...the same Govt these asshats are supposed to have been elected to serve...
I'm just galled, flabberghasted, etc...

RKP5637

(67,086 posts)
41. ... because they are all cut from the same piece of cloth. tRump just vocalizes and does
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 10:09 PM
Dec 2018

what they think. They are perfectly OK with it.

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)
16. This is just a hunch
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:04 PM
Dec 2018

But with the level of crazy we’ve seen lately and with the orange one unsupervised in the White House, I have a feeling that tomorrow will someday be known as something like the “Christmas Eve Massacre.”

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
18. His heart may implode on him first.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:14 PM
Dec 2018

Between the junk food, the Diet Coke-guzzling, the sedentary lifestyle, all the stress and anger, and the Adderall, of which I suspect he is massively hopped up on, I think his body is going to implode before everything else does. If he makes it to the end of the week, without some sort of cardiovascular event, I'll be surprised.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
19. If he doesn't nuke someone in the next few days I'll be shocked.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 05:52 PM
Dec 2018

He is totally off the rails right now. I noticed Melania flew back to DC. I wonder if they called her to try and calm his worthless ass down. She is an employee on call of course.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
32. Yes, but she does it very rapidly...
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:25 PM
Dec 2018

and intersperses the actual numbers with a huge series of additional batshit-crazy statements in a refute-defying Gish Gallop, like she always does.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
25. Craziness in WH
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 06:44 PM
Dec 2018

It can't happen soon enough as far as I'm concerned!! I wish we could get rid of the whole damn lot of 'them'!! All sane people know DJT is crazier than a lunatic!! Apparently, the WH is filled with people just as crazy. It is so sad for our country.

dameatball

(7,394 posts)
30. Treating mental illness requires a plan that generally involves patient input as well as an
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:01 PM
Dec 2018

over riding ( in this case adult in the room) figure who monitors the agreed upon plan and outlines the consequences that will follow if the plan is not followed. Some modifications are always included when it becomes necessary, even if it has to be authorized by family members. With Trump we have none of that. His plan is his own at this point and he forces out anyone that tries to override him or control his erratic behavior. It is now at the open ended stage where there is no one to challenge or temper his downward spiral. His "Better Angels" are Fox news nut jobs.

At this point the 25th is out of the question, unless something entirely devastating happens. Impeachment? There may be a small chance of Congress doing its job, but at this point who really believes that?

Mueller may be able to thread the needle and deliver the goods that will cause the downfall. But even that is not certain.


Same with VA and SDNY.


Those things will all take time.


Poeple really do need to look at their financial situations. Excess debt. Access to healthcare. I am not generally an alarmist and have had some faith that the "adults in the room" would steer us around the reefs. I no longer believe that. 2019 may be a year that will define us.

I happen to believe that we will whether the storm as we have always done. But to believe that the storm will not hit is naive.


red dog 1

(27,771 posts)
35. "No Chief of Staff"?
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 07:54 PM
Dec 2018

I thought he "appointed Mick Mulvaney, his budget director, to be the new acting chief of staff last weekend after a protracted and chaotic search to replace John Kelly."

"Trump's new chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says he talked with president about calling him 'terrible human being'."
[Yahoo News, Dec. 23, 2018]

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