How worried is Trump now?

[BainsBane]

30 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	He's shitting Cheeto-colored bricks
	3 (10%)
	He's clearing out his bank accounts and having his dacha prepared for an extended stay
	0 (0%)
	Not at all. He knows the GOP will protect him
	3 (10%)
	As a sociopath, he's incapable of feeling fear
	23 (77%)
	He might think about it after dinner
	0 (0%)
	Other: You decide and share below
	1 (3%)
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[Chasstev365]

1. Not Worried at All!

Mitch McConnell was in on it and Paul Ryan just wants Trump to make his draconian Ayn Rand ideas become reality.

[BainsBane]

3. I don't think McConnell was in on it

The sad thing is he doesn't need to be because they will circle the wagons regardless.

[2naSalit]

29. I think he was.

there was a decided change of tune from all those Congress critters after the nomination and I think they knew from that point on. I also think that Ryand and penis all knew way before November and were trying to cover up any possible trail way back then... like a house cat trying to cover a pile of elephant excrement.

[BainsBane]

31. I'm not prepared for that level of treason.

[yeoman6987]

11. I agree. If the senate and house were majority like Nixon had then

He'd be crapping himself. No way this will be watergate 2. Minimum investigation at best.

[Kingofalldems]

16. This is worse than Watergate yeoman6987. His rabid supporters are also traitors.

And they are all over the internet.

[BainsBane]

26. I think it's more that they believe only what they choose to

and dismiss anything critical of him.

[marylandblue]

2. He is the Alfred E. Neuman President

What, me worry?

[briv1016]

4. Sociopaths can perceive threats.

It's how they respond to the threat and what they're willing to do to neutralize it that in part makes them a sociopath.

[BainsBane]

5. How do their responses differ

from other people?

[briv1016]

6. They're ability to kill and torture without empathy.

If by some miracle Flynn is actually brought up on charges and tries to flip on Donald, he will turn up dead.

[Generic Brad]

14. That is what I expect to happen before the end of this coming weekend

I have been asserting since he won the election that he will give the order to kill Americans within 30 days of assuming office. With all the shit hitting the fan, he knows full well he is in danger of losing his position and my prediction remains right on schedule. So his next step is to attack us in hopes we turn to him for protection and admiration. We will forgive his transgressions if only he will keep us safe from the foreigners. At the very least we will be so worried for our own safety and security that he will be the last thing on our minds.

I expect a major fake terror attack to happen within the next five days. The attack and deaths will be real and authorized by him, but the blame will be deflected to people from the Moslem countries he wanted barred from the country. It will also neutralize the Republicans and thwart their attempt to relieve him of power. Their version of the Reichstag fire has been Putin/Bannon/Manafort/Flynn/Trump's plan all along, but the timetable will have to be sped up and sloppily executed. While we are in shock, he will become the full on authoritarian he was planning to be all along.

If he's going to be really mean spirited about this, he will order coordinated attacks/explosions on crowds protesting him in cities throughout the nation.

[briv1016]

19. He would never have the attack be against the protesters.

The prime suspect would be someone in the Alt-right militias. His attack with either be against the republicans/alt-right itself (attacked by the "enemy&quot or a school/public place with lots of photo ops of children.

[NightWatcher]

7. Too dumb to realize he should be worried.

[yeoman6987]

12. You think this is going anywhere? I don't. Screaming is about it

Maybe a half assed investigation by the republicans. Even if democratic politicians are on the investigative committees, their numbers won't allow conviction of anything but a strongly worded letter.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Your attempts at demeaning this treason are noted, yeoman6987.

All over DU tonight. Fail.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8650255

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8650288

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8650366

[Ms. Toad]

28. Seriously?

Opining that a Republican controlled congress might not take anything their fair-haired-boy did seriously is demeaning treason?

FTR that's the same kind of diatribe leveled at anyone who dared suggest that Clinton might not win received prior to the election.

It's not wrong to hope this is the beginning of the end - but it is also not unreasonable, given recent unbelievable history, to suspect that it won't be.

[Kingofalldems]

38. Do a search, that's my only response. Cumulative.

[Kingofalldems]

18. Treason.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028650445

[BainsBane]

21. Good answer

I should have thought of that one.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. As near as I can tell, he lives in a bubble that bears no relationship to actual reality.

It's too easy to ascribe mental illness to one's political opponents- and done too frequently, I've been guilty of it myself- but in this dude's case I genuinely think there's a combination of pathologies, malignant narcissism, etc etc.

Important to remember, that he's been a billionaire, what, most or all of his adult life? He was born already wildly rich? He's not like you or me or most people. When someone spends most of their life famous AND beyond wealthy, everything is distorted even for people with a solid mental health grounding. For people maybe inclined to be a bit off kilter to begin with- think Michael Jackson- the results get even weirder.

When you have someone whose personality traits delve into the negative or, as you say, sociopathic- combined with this total isolation from anything we mortals consider "reality", combined with being surrounded by people who ONLY tell you what you want to hear, etc. etc.

Short answer, I have no idea what is going on in that guy's head. I'm not sure anyone besides him, does.

[randome]

9. He isn't tweeting much so I'd say 'very'.

[BainsBane]

10. Good point

[Warren DeMontague]

13. I think they took his twit privileges away again.

I'm not kidding, either.

[BainsBane]

20. Who is they?

and why now if not before?

[Warren DeMontague]

22. They did it during the last days of the campaign, too, IIRC

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/donald-trumps-aides-have-revoked-his-twitter-privileges.html

And I don't know who "they" are. Maybe Kushner. Whoever can grab his phone and hide it from him, I suspect.

[BainsBane]

23. Could be.

His tweeting has been used against him in court a couple of times now.

What do you suppose is up with the Russian military stuff?

[Warren DeMontague]

32. The fuck if I know. Honestly I'm trying very hard to not get skeeved out by how way off the map this

all is. If for no other reason than, it simply won't help.

The good news is, I think there's a decent chance the system will work more or less the way it's supposed to and he'll be out of office before the end of the year.

That's the good news.

[BainsBane]

36. I hope so

But I wouldn't count on it.

[Warren DeMontague]

37. For sure not. I mean, I was 'counting on' that guy losing by a landslide.

We all see how that turned out.

[BainsBane]

43. He's tweeting again

Predictably blaming everyone but himself.

[BainsBane]

39. He's tweeting again

Blaming the media and Hillary.

[randome]

41. He's blaming the FBI & NSA for interfering in politics. I think that's telling.

That, to me, sounds like he's frightened of what's coming down.
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[NCTraveler]

15. He is angry.

He doesn't understand why his approval isn't 100%. I believe that to be true. He just doesn't get that the country isn't bowing before his greatness.

[taught_me_patience]

24. He's gotten away with so much shit for so long

That I'm pretty sure he feels like he'll weather this storm. The problem is that he has a horde of reporters and the FBI on his ass and the intelligence community is leaking like a sieve.

[BainsBane]

25. It sure is unraveling quickly.

I just hope the GOP can muster some principles and patriotism.

[taught_me_patience]

33. I think that once the GOP starts turning on him, he'll really start to get worried

I think the real fireworks will be if he decides to fight it by burning it all down. I'm sure he's got major dirt on some key GOP players!

[Ready4Change]

27. I think he's annoyed and angry, not understanding why he is opposed.

He's spoiled, having had things his way his entire life. But here he is finding himself opposed in ways he can't just brush aside or pay away. It's not something he's used to, and it is deeply disturbing to him.

Which makes his actions unreliable. Hes most likely to lash out, especially in public, and assuredly when provoked. His ego won't let him back down, so he will always escalate the situation in the nastiest way possible.

If he breaks down or cries, it will be in private, and his doubtless well paid physicians will reassemble him with glue and drugs.

This is not a sustainable situation. The longer he remains in office the deeper his final dive will be. If anyone, for whatever reason, loves him, it would be in his best to get him out of office ASAP.

[BainsBane]

30. Even absent the Russia problem

He's emotionally unsuited to the job of president because of the high degree of criticism any president is susceptible to. Then add a scandal of historic dimensions, I don't see how he can handle it. It is odd his twitter has gone silent.

[Kimchijeon]

34. 💩he's too stupid. 💩

He just doesn't know any better.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. Precisely...He's not worried because he's too stupid to realize the consequences of his actions.

[denbot]

35. He is reviewing the files Putin gave him on other GOP'ers

He is the ultimate suicide bomber. Cover for me, or I blow your party up!

[Laxman]

42. This Is A Man....

who has gone bankrupt multiple times and come out smelling like a rose. He spreads his fame acting like a caricature of a wealthy powerful business man without any real substance. He doesn't care about anything but himself and has lived a protected privileged life where adversity has never touched him. None of this bothers him-which makes him extremely dangerous to the rest of us.