Why the f**k is everyone so afraid of Donald Trump?

[smirkymonkey]

He's a moron. He is one man. He can only sue so many people at a time. Surely there are plenty of intelligent, powerful people out there who could put him in his place. So why don't they?

He is not THAT powerful! Why do so many people think that he is? I just don't get it. The man is an absolute buffoon. Is there nobody in this nation that has the balls to stand up to him?

I am sooooo frustrated!

[Angry Dragon]

1. Look at his cabinet, look at the Supreme court, just wait and see

[Megahurtz]

116. His cabinet is scary

and Trump is taking orders from all of them.

[malaise]

2. Only crumbseekers are afraid

I'm waiting to see who jumps ship first or they will go down with him

[uponit7771]

3. The M$M relate to him... More like him work in M$M than not

[RKP5637]

61. M$M would cozy up to Hitler for $$$$$$$'s! n/t

[Initech]

100. Les Moonves would say Hitler is good for ratings!

[BigDemVoter]

4. Yeah, noticed that.

I can't figure it out. . . "Trump Threatens Senate" re Tillerson. . . . ? I don't get it.

As much as I can't stand John McCain, I think McCain hates tRump as much as I do.

[wiggs]

5. Radiation poisoning. They probably already miss Obama. nt

[GusBob]

6. Why are the Russians so afraid of Hillary Clinton?

How come it takes the Russians to stop her?

The GOP is a bunch of wimps

[dhol82]

10. The Russians are not afraid of Hillary

They are terrified by Hillary!
Trump is a controllable chump.
Hillary is a leader.

[MBS]

15. " " " n/t.

[ailsagirl]

18. Yep-- drumpf is a puppet

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

21. I've broken through to various Russian trolls, and what a majority of them say is that

"Putin says we'll go to war if Hillary wins"

[byronius]

68. The National Enquirer headlines screamed that the week before the election.

'Putin will use Doomsday Bomb if Hillary wins', or some shite like that.

[bdamomma]

24. Hillary stood

up to Putin

Maybe he just doesn't like powerful women and got that freaking puppet one oligarch relates to another.

I can't understand the Congress this not a ho hum event another country had their hand in our election. There are so many guilty parties here.



Merkel is next I wouldn't mess with Merkel.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. Trump is a controllable chump.

Indeed

[C Moon]

65. plus1000

[awoke_in_2003]

134. They aren't afraid of her

They want disputed Arctic territory for oil. Their economy is oil driven. She and her cabinet would likely not peacefully cede that land. TRump and Tillerson might. They don't want to go toe to to with us just like we don't want to with them.

[AgadorSparticus]

144. Because she is loved throughout the world.

[dhol82]

7. Don't even think it's so much Trump.

The problem is that all the components of our governmental control are now in the hands of the republicans. Trump is just a cog in that wheel.
I seriously doubt that the oligarchy that has just been proposed for the cabinet are all trump thoughts. We have Pence and Ryan and the Kochs involved in the choosing. That is the horrific end of the story.

[duffyduff]

67. Not every Republican is like them. They aren't going to pass shit.

They will be shot down every single time they tamper with the New Deal, the Great Society, and so forth.

They will lose seats in 2018, 2020, and so on down the line if they pull this shit.

They talk a good game, but they won't do it.

[dhol82]

86. Let's hope you are right.

[CanonRay]

105. IF we have fair, free elections in 2018 and 2020

which I think is seriously in doubt. Look at the voting restrictions put on in the last four years. And now the Kremlin has a secret passage into the White House. Will our votes ever count again????

[briv1016]

124. They will likely pass 50 state voter ID and end all early voting in the first 100 days.

Combined with "authorize poll watchers" they will have protected themselves enough to "pull this shit."

ETA: Not to mention a movement to "modernize" voting and eliminate paper ballets.

[LaydeeBug]

141. They aren't going to lose elections anymore. They will be *close* but they'll win

That's why exposing their treason is so important.

[metroins]

8. GOP owns legislative, executive and soon judicial

Trump gets to set the tone and sign the laws.

The GOP also owns most states....

We are in trouble.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

12. My thought is that Trump antics will provide the diversion while Pence & congress proceed to

rob the candystore with little pushback from the public or media.


Sort of like those crime shows where one guy creates a ruckus to distract the store clerk, while the other guys rob the merchandise.

[metroins]

13. Exactly how I see it. Nt

[duffyduff]

66. Nope. You have it backwards.

Trump is a diversion while Putin solidifies his power throughout eastern Europe and even Asia. THAT is why Putin pushed for Trump--he KNEW this guy is unstable, a total idiot, and weak beyond belief.

Putin is another Hitler or Stalin.

The GOP isn't going to pass shit. The public will NEVER allow them to destroy Medicare, ACA, Social Security, national parks, and so on down the line. I guess you don't understand the party has no intention of doing that anyway because they know they would be DEAD as a party. Besides, Trump is going to be a full-time job to try to control.

[metroins]

83. The public elected Trump

You can quote majority vote if you want but the Rs will just villanize it as California and New York Democrats.

The public was dumb enough to elect Trump, they are dumb enough to let his policies through.

There's congressional reps as dumb as Issa, Chavetz and Blackburn on his side.

[raccoon]

89. Interesting theory. You may have something there. nt

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

91. Agree re Putin, but if you dont think Rs wont take the opportunity to ram thru every piece of

extremist radical pre-written think tank legislation they possibly can- I think youre kinda naïve and don't have a full grasp on just how this time, this election is different... how much things have changed in the last few months. Not saying it cant be fought with massive popular uprisng, but yall cant just sit back and assume they wont try it, or we're doomed.

[Miles Archer]

103. The GOP WOULD be dead as a party if they gutted Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid...

,,,the only thing that isn't clear is why they have been banging that drum non-stop since the election.

They are looking at a "simple majority" vote with Medicare / Medicaid, but can't pull that little stunt on SS.

I don't care how stupid or delusional the average Trump voter is...if those programs are cut, they'll feel it, and the reaction probably will not be that Trump is making America great again.

What exactly can "the public" do about any of this? They're not going to vote on it. If Ryan and Co. exhaust every backdoor way to slip these things through, what exactly is the public's recourse?

[JimBeard]

111. They changed it with Reagan and screwed the "NOTCH" babies.

They can and will do it because they can.

[Miles Archer]

123. My head exploded earlier today

I've been saying this for months on DU...Ryan has an agenda, Trump is nothing more to him than a rubber stamp for that agenda.

Then, earlier today, I saw an article on either Huffington Post or Raw Story...not sure which...that was discussing how Ryan distanced himself from Trump during the election and now they're blowing soft wet kisses across the room at each other, and the author concluded that Ryan has an agenda, Trump is nothing more to him than a rubber stamp for that agenda.

And I'm thinking "Where the HELL were you back in JUNE when I was saying the SAME DAMNED THING?"

And the worst part is that I am still one of the most vocal people here on Ryan and his little "stealth Presidency." We need a hell of a lot more people making noise about that SOB.

[JimBeard]

136. Miles, most just go by the news of the Day. Intergrate present and past

actions so they have more meaning when they are passed along.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

143. "Dead," how??? Do you have any idea what radical single party govt in combination with

an obviously effective propaganda machine plus lets throw in some serious political repression of dissidents (that would be you and I Miles) is capable of? You dont think that is well within the realm of possibility? If so - you havent been paying attention.

IMHO the most shocking thing is not that far rw extremists like DT & Ryan exist.... they always have ....but that so many of yall are willing to suspend disbelief and either a) vote for them or b) discount the reality of the threat that they represent.

Editted to add - just saw your other post (Miles) indicating that you recognize Ryan & privatization (aka pillaging) agenda as a threat so not sure why you think they wouldnt actually follow thru.

[Miles Archer]

147. I'm 100% convinced he's going to follow through...this is his "moment."

I have no idea how the Republican party is going to deal with the fallout, how they are going to spin the death of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and more.

Add tax cuts for the 1% that may result in tax increases on the middle class to finance them and I don't know how the public is going to react.

Maybe they'll be convinced that it's all necessary to "make America great again."

[CrispyQ]

122. Agreed.

Pence/McConnell /Ryan will let Trump play king in his penthouse, while they shred the safety net, obliterate our rights, sell off our Commons for pennies, and put themselves in permanent power. It will take decades to undo the damage, if we can.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

9. Im not afraid of HIM per se -theres always been Hitler wanna-bes - its him in combination so many

enablers including most of the mainstream Repubs who are quite happy to sell their souls and media which STILL is not doing enough fact based reporting - that's whats so scary.

[smirkymonkey]

117. It's just that I feel like they are getting NO resistance from other powerful people who oppose them

It's like everyone else has decided to roll over and play dead when this guy is just brimming over with corruption. I just can't understand why other powerful politicians, journalists, lawyers, businesspeople, etc. don't push back.

[CentralMass]

11. Were there other emails that he could use as "leverage" ?

I hate to think that way but this situation smells very badly.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. His temperament.

I don't trust him with the nuclear football at all, and the military is better trained to follow the launch orders quickly rather than question them. The main "safeguard" is that the Secretary of Defense is expected to confirm the order, but that ultimately gets overlooked if there's no answer.

It blows my mind how many people believe that there's plenty of other people in government who will prevent it. That's not in the protocol!

I'm more likely to NOT fear other things that are more frequently mentioned, such as Trump placing people in internment camps or deporting millions of people. It's not like he only needs a code and that will happen within a few minutes!

[MBS]

17. His temperament combined with his ignorance and lack of interest in information.

. .. Plus a cabinet and staff chosen not because of qualifications and competence, but because they are supporters and sycophants. Thus, he has an empty brain and no interest in filling it; and there is no one competent to teach him or inform him (at least none that he will listen to), or restrain him.

A scary combination.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. I agree.

You're correct that he's got no interest in filling his brain. Contradictory facts makes him angry according to biographers. Who's going to convince him that a nuclear attack isn't necessary if that's what pops in his head?

Tony Schwartz...
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

When challenged about the facts, Schwartz says, Trump would often double down, repeat himself, and grow belligerent.

Others...
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/donald-trump-2016-campaign-biography-psychology-history-barrett-hurt-dantiono-blair-obrien-213835

Blair: Whenever I went to interview him, I always felt like a failure, because he would never say anything. It would just be blather. He would say how great he was, and then I would then get more blather. And that is how he talks on the campaign trail. People always ask me, “Is that how he really is?”

Hurt: Yeah, that’s how he really is.

O’Brien: When you hold his feet to the fire on a fact pattern, he does not handle it well.You saw this a little bit in one of the debates, when the Fox host started putting slides up on him. He melted. He actually looked like he was melting.

[MBS]

88. Wow.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

114. Yeah, duh. Loads of info on him was out there. The RW idiots

who elected him see this sort of belligerent bully as a "real man," a hero even.

[smirkymonkey]

27. There are enough of us to crush him. Why don't we?

It's like everyone is just cowering before this idiot. It's "The Emperor's New Clothes" all over again. I don't get it. There are so many people with so much more power and intelligence. Why can't they stop him?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. Maybe that will happen?

I would hope that someone close to him takes the necessary action if he puts humanity at risk of annihilation.

And they're not mostly focused on their own well-being as portrayed here :

[RKP5637]

62. We lack leadership! We have none in TPTB really calling out TRUMP!!! So, we have millions and

millions in the US with no discernible action plan as the US sinks. These are NOT normal times, but are being treated as such. A coup has occurred, and for the most part it's ho hum, and the media is complacent if not even complicit. And more and more hate radio and misinformation rule the US.

[smirkymonkey]

119. That's EXACTLY it! We lack leadership. Donald Trump is a paper tiger.

We don't just go after him, we go after the media, the other corrupt surrogates and politicians that have enabled him. The whole stinking pile.

[RKP5637]

126. I'm so afraid we're living through the last chapter of US history, that it will morph into something

new. I often wonder how many in the US have even studied world history.

[maryellen99]

49. Exactly! Nt

[MADem]

70. When the SECDEF is a lunatic, too, you've got trouble. nt

[MFM008]

16. He is an ass

Suckling maggot.

[smirkymonkey]

30. Yes he is!

[BlueStater]

20. "He's a moron."

That's precisely WHY I'm afraid of him. He's an idiotic, totally unqualified man-baby who has no business whatsoever doing a job where millions of people's lives are on the line.

[smirkymonkey]

41. So he should be able to be outsmarted, right?

It's not like we are talking about a mastermind here.

[pipi_k]

106. But even a moron

can be crafty and manipulative.

Oh, he may be a moron in some ways, but in other ways, he's a master of manipulation.

[Generic Brad]

135. He's a moron with a mean streak

His vindictiveness has become predictable and will become downright dangerous after he is sworn in.

[tinrobot]

22. We're trapped on a bus driven by a six year old towards a cliff.

I'm not afraid of six year olds.

But I am afraid of the consequences that this particular six year old could create.

The six year old signs bills into law, appints government officials, and has control of the military. We can't take that power away easily.

[smirkymonkey]

39. He doesn't have it yet.

And it is not unprecedented that a military has never turned on it's leader.

[RKP5637]

63. Fortunately, until replaced, we do have a superb military that will do what's right if push

comes to shove.

[Calculating]

23. Not afraid of him

We're afraid of the fact that the whole government is in republican control, and he'll be able to do whatever he wants with few checks and balances. We're afraid of him appointing another few Scalia types to the SCOTUS. We're afraid of what his cabinet of mental patients will do to our country.

[babylonsister]

25. He is all they've got.

And he 'won'.

I would like to know how the republicans personally feel about dt. Aren't they concerned? How could anyone paying attention not be aghast at this.

[bdamomma]

31. yea he's all they got

and I would call them every single day they are a bunch of hypocrites, esp. McConnell and Ryan Filthy men.

[smirkymonkey]

120. I think it's only a matter of time before the infighting starts. They think they have a puppet, but

I don't think he's going to be so easy to control and the GOP establishment is not going to take it lying down.

[Bud359]

26. No one is afraid of Trump, but

Trump is not a moron, and while he is a buffoon, he's definitely a man with a lot of personal resources. Slander and libel need to be avoided. Truthful accusations are permitted by law

[smirkymonkey]

36. His resources are not endless.

However his intelligence is extremely limited. There are better minds out there. Surely they can outsmart him.

[Crunchy Frog]

142. Yes. People like Vladimir Putin who can use him as a front

Behind which to enact their agendas.

[hatrack]

53. Resources? Like $713 million in bank debt that we know of? $2 billion in RE debt?

"Slander and libel need to be avoided"?

"Permitted by law"?

Go back under your bridge.

[guillaumeb]

28. Who will tell the Emperor that he is naked? eom

[smirkymonkey]

34. We will.

Someone has to. It's so effing obvious.

[guillaumeb]

42. Even to the Emperor I suspect. eom

[thegoose]

29. It's not him, it's the sheer hell he will allow to be released

He's Putin's bitch, he's loading up his cabinet with billlionaires and the military complex, his people hate the climate, gays, America, everything...

All he cares about is paying off his Master Pooty and allowing his pals to rape the treasury. Oh, and if a foreign power deigns to insult him, he's got a helluva a lot more than Twitter to punch his tiny orange fingers with.

Look at the Repuke establishment bending over and groveling! This is not normal. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. Something is going on.

[smirkymonkey]

32. No, it's not normal.

Something is terribly wrong. Terribly wrong.

[bdamomma]

35. welcome to DU

yea something is definitely going on. I think one of the many countries tRump is involved with will screw him bad. He owes money. Why doesn't he show his tax returns???? Just venting

[panader0]

33. "put 'em up."

[Martin Eden]

37. A moron wielding great power is very dangerous

and his cabinet appointments will do great harm

[MrScorpio]

40. Because it's not that hard to create a system in any country

Where you can jail dissidents for crimes against the state.

[smirkymonkey]

43. He's not president yet.

And if we can see it coming then we should be able to do something about it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

44. Yep. That was the key to Hitler's power, for example.

It wasn't the disarmament of Germans like gun nuts claim. It was the removal of free speech that made it a crime to speak against Hitler or the Nazis.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

75. The general ban is a myth. Gun ownership expanded for civilians who were loyal.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

76. I should have guessed.

Even if it wasn't a myth, are we supposed to think the German military wouldn't quickly kill Germans with firearms who opposed their Fuhrer? They were compelled to follow Hitler and the Nazis under threat of death too.

EDIT: It sometimes amazes me how some laws written on pieces of paper can be so powerful.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

79. Ever seen one of these?

This is their fantasy.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

80. Not that specifically, but I've seen similar crap.

Keeping with the Nazi Germany theme, their big enemy was communism. Not that most liberals in this country are even remotely communist, but several RW'ers in this country treat them as the same.

It doesn't necessarily involve racism either (although it often does). Many of them have simply bought the conservative argument that people EARN their wealth and the government has no right to seize and redistribute it to "lazy people." I've heard plenty of Republican co-workers complain about their white cousins who "lives off the government by faking a back injury" and the like. Okay, fine. That sort of thing happens sometimes.

It gets dangerous when that type of thinking extends to a blind faith in capitalism/markets and the notion that all people of great wealth "deserved" it when many of them are psychopaths who are better rewarded for the manipulation of others instead of real contributions to society.

Limbaugh and others have done a tremendous job of averting their eyes away from business practices and more toward the government, mostly by arguing on personal terms -- "Do you think that YOUR hard earned money should be given away to others who didn't earn it?!"

[Spitfire of ATJ]

84. I've heard the types that say they vote Republican "because I believe in working for a living"....

They are convinced Democrats are the party of welfare.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

85. Yep, and it never seems to cross their minds that...

... it would take someone making minimum wage (in Ohio) about 590,000 years working full-time to earn the same amount of money as Trump's purported wealth. That's assuming they took no weeks off and they didn't spend any of it.

They make comments like "at least Trump EARNED his money and employed thousands of people" without considering that Trump mostly benefited from the labor of others. (Not to mention his unethical behavior, like stiffing contractors.)

It's a very authoritarian perspective that uplifts the true "takers" in our economy while also diminishing the contributions of the exploited.

[DinahMoeHum]

45. If I had the wings of an eagle. . .

. . .and I had the ass of a crow,
I'd fly over Donald Trump's tower,
and shit on the bastard below.



(Thank you, soccer hooligans from both sides of the pond)

[DUgosh]

47. Because! It's so simple.

He has all of the Republican senators, and congressmans email. He can bring anyone of them down anytime he chooses - and they know it.

[Dan]

48. Comrade dTrump

is a piece of work, aside from being a POS.

[kimbutgar]

50. Because he is a crazy deranged mf'er who has no business being president.

[still_one]

51. Here is the problem monkey, the house and senate are in republican control

They are that powerful

[smirkymonkey]

94. But even THEY know he's dangerous and completely bat-shit

crazy. He will destroy the republican party forever. Do they really want complete destruction of everything they know?

[gordianot]

52. Make no mistake you can disappear and suffer untold calamities.

On a large scale wipe out life on the planet and still be granted a luxurious bunker. All Trump has to do is take the oath of office. He is king for life in post apocalyptic America.

[Blue_Roses]

137. Taking the oath of office doesn't make him king

Ask Nixon. No president is above the law. Yes, it may take time and thorough investigations to prove it, but it is doable. Sad part about it is how WE-- the American people--have to suffer through it too.

[Locut0s]

54. Of him personally? Lol of course not. But he's a child with his fingers on the nuke codes...

And of course it's THAT that we all fear, among many other things. That and the cabinet of deplorables that he has chosen each of whom will likely do untold damage.

[smirkymonkey]

95. I can understand being afraid of him in that he an absolute destructive force, what I wanted to know

is why people in POWER are so afraid to go up against him. Why do so many rich and powerful people who oppose him seem to be rolling over and going along with it when they don't want what he is offering?

[zentrum]

55. Because that buffoon

……has a Republican majority in both houses of congress.

He will nominate racist, Pro-Citizens United monsters to the Court.

His VP is a vile man who has the extra danger of looking reasonable.

This gives him control of all three branches of government.

His cabinet is made of oligarchs, warmongers, corporate criminals and climate deniers.

He is a banal genius at marketing and media control and thus——what we're afraid of is what the entire Republican system will do to us in the first one hundred days after inauguration.

I think it plays into the media narrative to ask why are we so afraid of a single personality? We aren't. It's the army of vipers behind him. One says "Trump" just for shorthand—it's the Alt-right and all the damn rest of it.

[napi21]

56. Call him what you wish, I think the congress critters are afraid of him because,

he was able to eliminate 16-17 opponents in the Primary with only words. or SOME insane reason people listen to him and believe him. They're afraid he'll turn their constituents against them and they'll lose reelection (the most important thing to them!)

[liberal N proud]

57. He is vindictive and gained the power to act on his it

He has no problems punishing those who cross him.

[bucolic_frolic]

58. Money talks

and those with lots of it know how to fight with it.

[pipi_k]

107. That right there

is my biggest fear of him.

His money and what he can/could do with it.

Money = Power

Most of the time, anyway.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

59. I've got someone...

[SalviaBlue]

72. If only...

[RKP5637]

60. None have the guts to look him in the face and say FUCK YOU! What a gutless bunch!!! n/t

[duffyduff]

64. I am convinced the Democratic Party is holding their collective fire because they KNOW

he will self-destruct. It will be to their benefit if the EC votes him in, as I expect.

Then it will be on the GOP to have to run on this when they had a chance to pick somebody else long before the GE.

[smirkymonkey]

99. I really hope you are right.

Trump is too weak to handle so much power and responsibility. I don't see how he can possibly NOT self-destruct.

[rusty fender]

108. More dry powder!

Dems sure have a lot of it stored up

[Raine1967]

69. I think you are confusing AFRAID with abject Rejection. and and to get a little deeper:

people are afraid with the direction this country will go with him as president.

People have a real reason to be concerned. you asked:

Surely there are plenty of intelligent, powerful people out there who could put him in his place. So why don't they?

They aren't. They are not putting him in his place.

He's the President Elect,

Calling him a moron is easy, but who he is selecting as cabinet members should concern us all. he's NOT one man, he is the leader of our nation.

He really does have power, he is the next president of the USA. Don't dismiss his ability to abuse the power.

I hope you get it, I hope you understand why we are scared

and,

being scared is FAR different than being afraid.

[AlexSFCA]

71. seriously?

The issue is that we lost senate. If we'd retain majority in the senate, then yes, trump would be far less scary and democrats would have colossal power providing checks and balances. I probably wouldn't even beon DU. He is powerless towards democrats but he has demonstrated his power over GOP.

The only saving grace for now is that 60 votes is required to overcome filibuster for supreme court justices (for now) so democrats can stall confirmation so we will continue to have 8 justices for the foreseeable future. This would be great because Kennedy often sides with us. None of the justices on trump's list should be anywhere near SC. On the other hand, trump will be able to appoint a large number of federal judges...

The biggest issue with trump is creating a new financial bubble from new tax cuts for the rich and financial deregultion; an increased risk of attack on American soil; trade wars which may lead to another recession. Long term damage - dismantling of EPA (clean air/water); dismantling ACA - forget about single payer system ever in this country;

[turbinetree]

73. I am not afraid of him , he's a ass****

and needs to treated like a serial predator.

He's Not my president

[world wide wally]

74. My only explanation for that is it goes to show that money can do anything.

[spanone]

77. he's the most powerful bully in the world.

add to that he's a moron and that's pretty scary.

#10

[meadowlander]

78. He's a narcissistic blowhard

and the fact that he is so transparently out of his depth means that he can be easily manipulated by people who mean real harm to our country (like Putin) or who are hell bent on enriching the 1% at the expense of everyone else (like the Koch brothers) or who want to hand a blank check to multinational corporations to pillage the environment and undermine labour rights.

I'm more afraid of the blank check congress which is full of craven greedheads who will run circles around Trump, but I'm also afraid that Trump will spark non-stop international incidents because of his ignorance and complete lack of tact.

[jg10003]

81. A moron with the nuclear codes is very frightening

[Hamlette]

82. Because that baffoon won when we all thought he was a joke.

He f**king won the office of President of the United States while I was thinking he was a joke.

I don't know why he fooled so many people but he might keep doing it. And screw up everything like he did Atlantic City.

[DFW]

87. It's not Trump

It's the cabal of evil characters he has brought on board with him. He doesn't know how to run a country, and at age 70, he isn't about to start learning. However, his picks for State, Defense, Energy, Education, Chief of Staff, etc etc etc are chilling. It's the people who bought the Trump presidency and sold the country to get it that we need to be afraid of.

Tillerson in bed with Putin, Comey in bed with whomever paid him off for his actions, Perry heading the department of Oops, THIS is what we need to be scared of. Republican Senators like Rand Paul, McCain, Graham, Collins, Alexander, Corker--all of whom are smart and aware enough to know what dire straits we are heading for with Trump's appointees, and Pence guiding his every policy--when NONE of them act for the good of the country, and vote what McTurtle tells them to: THAT is what we need to be afraid of.

I'm not afraid of one buffoon. I AM afraid of what that buffoon's moneyed puppeteers have in mind for us. I AM afraid of what will happen when Paul, McCain, Graham, Collins, Corker and Alexander bury their consciences and common sense, and let evil and incompetence rule the United States for four years.

[wishstar]

90. People who cross him have received death threats, real-life harassment by strangers

The reality of such a pathological ego-maniac having so much political and financial power is incredibly chilling.

He is vindictive with retaliation by his lawyers and verbal assaults by his hirelings, but also his critical remarks are enough to cause acting out by his rabid followers, not just with social media and email threats but in person. (Megyn Kelly experienced enough to have bodyguards when she took her kids to DisneyWorld. She had to meet with him to beg him to call off the dogs, and now seems to be softening her remarks to placate him)

As the reality and depth of the Putin bromance sinks in, that must be giving some high profile politicians reason to pause and worry about serious threats not only to their political futures but to their physical well-being if they are perceived as threats to Trumps domination.

[Willie Pep]

118. This is the scariest thing about Trump.

Some of his followers are dangerous and insane and they seem to follow him as if he were some cult leader. This is very worrisome. Trump communicates directly to his followers via social media and seems to know how to set them off like a pack of attack dogs.

[n2doc]

92. 1200 appointees in the Exec branch alone.

That's why.

[Vinca]

93. He's batshit crazy and could end the world as we know it.

When you have to hope the military would step in and protect you from the POTUS, that's reason to be afraid.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

96. Putting a mentally unstable individual in a position of ultimate power usually does not end well.

There's a thick book on history of powerful, mentally unstable morons causing massive suffering.

[smirkymonkey]

101. The thing is, we can see it coming this time. We don't have to let it play out to

it's ultimate tragic end. There are too many people in power NOW that are just rolling over passively and not fighting this hard enough. That is what I can't understand.

[GoCubsGo]

97. SMGDH.

A "moron" who will soon have the country's nuclear codes, in spite of the fact that he is mentally unstable, and is a puppet of a Russian dictator. What's to fear there?

, indeed.

SMGDH.

[workinclasszero]

98. Why the f**k is everyone so afraid of Herr Hitler?

FTFY

Forget all the horrible, terrible things that demagogue con man Trump will do in every other area and just focus on this one fact.

This fucking idiot will have his pu**y grabbing finger on the nuclear war button 24/7/365 starting January 20, 2017.

Here are some words of wisdom that drooled out of the mouth of Der Fuehrer about using nuclear weapons a while back:

9 terrifying things Donald Trump has publicly said about nuclear weapons
https://thinkprogress.org/9-terrifying-things-donald-trump-has-publicly-said-about-nuclear-weapons-99f6290bc32a#.40w8gsv4w

1. Trump said he might use nuclear weapons and questioned why we would make them if we wouldn't use them

Not to mention the domestic terror he and the republican Senate/House/SCOTUS are about to unleash on this country starting next month.

Be afraid, be very afraid!

[Motley13]

102. HE WILL HAVE THE NUCLEAR CODES

[Fast Walker 52]

113. yep, that's a good reason to be afraid.

[RKP5637]

104. Oh, but the little fuck sitting on the curb waving his little flag with the stupid Trump hat on

will be well taken care of. FFS, their stupidity is appalling. Now, they are taking the entire country down with this gangster who will run this country like a failed casino.

[haele]

109. Because he's been a front man for the Mob?

There are some really despicable people who have made a shitload of tax-free US money off this moron, and they have an serious investment in keeping him in front of their operations. Plus, he's a useful tool to global developers. And he makes the few Media empires billions in clickbait, so it's also in their interests to keep him powerful.

And of course, bullies and faux patriots love him; he's everything they think want to be. King of the World, man, king of the his own little bubble of reality.

I'd almost feel a modicum of pity for Trump's chronic unhappiness and self doubt perched up on that high pedestal, where he gets everything he thinks he wants, but it's worth absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. Almost. But even then, that would be due to the fact that deep in my own dark heart, I've got a soft spot and feeling of mercy for the human condition - even if narcissists and cowards like the dRumputin have pretty much decided and sealed their own fates over the years.

Haele

[Jake Stern]

110. Concerning being sued by Trump

The reason many people fear a Trump lawsuit is that his army of lawyers simply string out the process out as long as it takes for you to deplete your resources and give up the battle. Fighting Trump in court has resulted in bankruptcies and businesses closing.

I would be intimidated too if Donald Trump threatened to sue.

[Fast Walker 52]

112. only because he will soon be the most powerful man in the world-- DUH

and fuck the GOP assholes who brought him here.

[LanternWaste]

115. An undisciplined mind holding both racist and sexist views

An undisciplined mind holding both racist and sexist views, myopic in regards to international relations, holding little regard for anyone other than himself, petulant and punitive in reaction to even the smallest of criticisms who holds little regard for rule of law with a red button in front of him that could destroy the planet in an office that shelters, protects and cocoons him from any one individual.

I'd ask why isn't everyone of good-will and rational thought not afraid of him.

[Parker DeWitt]

121. Actually, he IS that powerful

There is an awful lot of damage he can do and an awful lot of people he can hurt and doesn't need the Congress or the courts to do it. Don't kid yourself.

[0rganism]

125. maybe because he's a vindictive dickweed who's just been handed an unbelievable amount of power?

just "putin" it out there

[louis-t]

127. Only a matter of time, my friend

until his 'novelty' wears off. And don't any of you let the trumpkins get away with "Hillary would have been worse". You know it's coming.

[colsohlibgal]

128. Lots Of Reasons

He has the mental maturity of a petulant 13 year old. He is loading up his cabinet with the worst of the worst.

They have both houses of congress. How about the Supreme Court? That is a big deal, the balance of power is at stake. The right sat on Obama's pick, no wild eyed liberal, for a year. If we go ahead and let them have one named by Trump Heaven help us. I hope we don't, we just show video of Mitch McChinless saying they would never ever confirm a pick of Obama. Or I hope Obama slips Garland in on a recess appointment, the exploding heads of the right would be a bonus.

if Trump impeaches himself? We then get an Evangelical far right creep.

Unless tens of millions wake up and find their brain, enough folks to over come Crosscheck, Citizens United, gerrymandering, etc., we are in for a long, long, dark night.

I just don't see a good way forward.

[briv1016]

129. In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts mind there are few.

I'm particularly worried that Donald will see one of these "possibilities" as a nuclear strike. Add to that the likelihood of a climate disaster and the lose of all social safety nets, and you start to get the picture.

[underthematrix]

130. Greed combined with no moral compass

[Bettie]

131. Because he will sign anything Ryan/McConnell etc

put in front of his ugly orange face. He will be their cover for all the horrible things they do.

He will plunder our nation for his own profit and no one will stop him because....well, he'll sign whatever they tell him to.

He gives people permission to be their very worst selves. He encourages racism, sexism, homophobia, and pretty much every negative trait that exists. Since he became the R candidate, the people who choose hate of various flavors have been emboldened, they believe that anything they say or do is OK, because Twittler.

I fear him because of what his very existence allows others to do under cover of all the press coverage he gets.

[JHB]

132. "Bush cranked up to 11" doesn't concern you?

[Bill USA]

133. pssst, check about any book on U.S. Government or recent history and find out what the PResident of

the United States has the authority to do. Here's a little hint: the office of the President of the United States, since WWII has been called the most powerful person on Earth.

[JimBeard]

138. We can not go after go after Trump directly but we can go after his supporters locally.

I was doing that before the election. Just as soon as I know they are going political, I raise my voice immediately and respond in a loud aggressive tone. All politics is local.

[Crunchy Frog]

139. He's an autocrat with virtually no checks on his power,

And no internal moral compass or ethical restraints.

Hitler was a buffoon too...until he wasn't.

[milestogo]

140. Are you seriously asking what there is to fear?

It's not the man, its the office he will hold. We're putting the nuclear codes in the hands of someone who is vengeful and petty and who doesn't bother getting intelligence briefings. Anyone who isn't afraid is in serious denial.

[smirkymonkey]

145. I started another post. I think this one was misunderstood. We have every reason to fear him.

The point I was trying to make is why are people in POWER afraid of him. There are people that could go up against him and don't. Those are the people I am questioning. The people of the US have every reason to fear him. He is the most horrifying person to ever come in to power in this country.

[milestogo]

146. Thanks for clarifying.