For once, I'd like someone who just met with Trump would come down to the awaiting press....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

...and describe him as being the shallow, narcissistic, deranged lunatic we all know him to be and as someone who has absolutely no intention on following whatever advice they attempted to impart on him.

Over the past few weeks, there's been a litany of notable people--some of whom could be described as respectable or principled or professional or dignified--who have been received by the Madman in his golden palace atop Trump Tower, and they've managed to dance around the issue and attempt to paint Trump as receptive to their ideas or express a desire that he has our collective best interests in mind. I'm thinking of people like Al Gore, or Bill Gates, or Jim Brown or Ray Lewis, or even Mitt Romney to some extent.

I understand they might not want to admit to the fact that we're dealing with a President-Elect who is not right in the head and is not guided by our best interests as a country but rather to whatever means of self-enrichment and self-empowerment he can squeeze out of us. That's not something that is comforting. But it is the truth.

And the truth needs to be told.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. couldn't agree more

Or is he just handing out checks for a million dollars as they leave?

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. You say "shallow, narcissistic, deranged lunatic " as if those are bad things.

You see a very large swath of the American electorate find those to be endearing qualities.

[jonno99]

3. Yes. It is disconcerting & baffling. On a side note, I wonder if it is possible to check Trump's

midichlorian count?

[Charles Bukowski]

4. Don't forget "profoundly ignorant" and "moronic".

Those are actually his scariest qualities.

[matt819]

5. I've been thinking the same thing

What is it with these people?

Did Trump spend the meeting laying out blackmail info?

[TrekLuver]

6. Oh well he's quite the charmer in person apparently. A totally different guy than the raving

contradicting lunatic that we love to hate. He is such a two faced bastard. Also I really think people are going to be scared to take him on...he will have all the Fed Agencies (or what's left of them when his cabinet gets through) at his disposal.

There is only one agency that knows the full scope of Trashpot's conflicts and that is the IRS.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I think he's one of the rare breed of people whose public persona is more true than his private one.

His deeds and actions that he broadcasts to the world speak more to him than any empty gesture behind closed doors.

Take, for example, meeting with Al Gore, and then promptly appointing an EPA hating climate change denier to head the EPA.

He's a psychopath.

[TrekLuver]

8. His "convictions" are very fragile. He plays to whomever is in front of him....that is just

the worst kind. He's a frikkin manipulator and a bad one at that.

[NewJeffCT]

9. China didn't pull many punches the other day

In a Monday editorial, the Global Times said of Trump: "He is ignorant as a child in terms of foreign policy," and the editorial ruled out negotiations on the "one China" issue.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/china-trump-one-china-reaction/index.html

[humbled_opinion]

10. Bamboozeler in Chief. n/t

[zonkers]

11. How great would it have been if Bill Gates just flat out said "That fucker is bat shit crazy."

[seaglass]

12. I would like just ONE PERSON to say out loud :No, I'm not interested in meeting with you. n/t

[world wide wally]

13. What if they said, " y'know, he was once probably a trim, fit guy with a sense of humor.

But now, he's just the picture of a fat, rich, pasty, soft white man with a lot of money. No way I could work for him even if I wanted to"