Senior Republican adviser says something is deeply wrong with Donald Trump

[workinclasszero]

Senior Republican adviser says something is ‘deeply wrong’ with Donald Trump
Comments follow what adviser described as ‘the most bizarre press conference in history’
Rachael Revesz New York @RachaelRevesz 4 hours ago

A senior Republican adviser said there is something “deeply wrong” about President Donald Trump after watching his first solo press conference in office.

"Something is deeply wrong with our president and the country is in danger," wrote Gabriel Schoenfeld, former adviser to Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign, in an op-ed for New York Daily News.

"The danger will only be averted when the Republican leadership in Congress publicly acknowledges what they and the rest of the entire world already know: America's president is not wearing any clothes."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-republican-adviser-something-deeply-wrong-quote-a7585511.html

[Vinca]

1. Wow. Talk about stating the obvious. Water is wet and the sky is blue.

[Soxfan58]

15. Better than

Water is dry, sky is green like congressional repugs.

[Cha]

30. +1 like mcturtle

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Did he just notice that *now*?

Guess he wasn't paying attention for the last year or so.

[workinclasszero]

6. IKR?

Republicans are a little slow on the uptake.

I think all the republican farmers/construction/landscaping owners who employee undocumented workers are getting nervous about 45's deportation force plans.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Slow especially slow if they smell power or are power drunk the way they are now. . . nt

[workinclasszero]

24. Totally

They think Dumpf will deliver their predatory capitalist nightmare.

They don't want to impeach him until their dreams of destroying social security, health care for the poor, food assistance etc.

Plus set up their theocracy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. The theocracy is Pence's province. But tRump may allow tax-free churches political power. . . nt

[malaise]

28. My exact thought

[C_U_L8R]

3. No shit Sherlock

Trump is the unfittiest.

[RKP5637]

4. The lame Republican leadership in Congress believes in republicans first and last comes the country

and the world. They likely won't touch him, as the country descends into disasters ... party first, country last. We've seen that in history and NO lessons learned.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Pence famously said he was Christian first, Conservative 2nd, Republican 3rd. No USA

He made no mention of USA when he gave that list.

If his actions are any guide, then I believe his list.

[RKP5637]

13. I have no difficulty believing that, Pence and his ilk will cast aside ANY that do not ascribe

to their belief structures. They don't give a damn about the US or the majority of the citizens. They function as a cult, and a bizarre one at that and highly dangerous to the survival of the US democracy.

[dalton99a]

5. They're not going to lift a damn finger.

[haele]

7. Not just Drumpf, but the whole structure of the GOP.

That's what happens when you try to run Government like a Corporation. Corporations need Government to create a legal regulatory framework for them. If USA-Corp is attempting to regulate other corporations - and still make a profit for it's BoD and "shareholders", all we end up with as a nation is corruption, as USA-Corp becomes the monopoly in charge of everything.

Haele

[Beausoleil]

9. Running the Government like a business

is just as illogical as running a business like a democracy.

No CEO would ever allow his business to be run like that, so we shouldn't settle for a CEO in charge of our democracy.

[Samantha]

19. That is exactly correct

I have been wanting to write a piece about this for some time, but just couldn't make it happen.

The framers of our Constitution never envisioned our government should be run like a business. It has the responsibility of holding our United States together, providing for the national defense, defending the Country should it be attacked with the army it has standing, coming to the rescue of states when they encounter a catastrophic event from which they cannot recover without Federal assistance, for instance, NY after 9/11 and the NO flooding, and collecting taxes. Simple but critical things such as that.

Because of these responsibilities, Uncle Sam is not required to keep a balanced budget. After all, who can predict when a huge problem will materialize out of the blue, one that that threatens the citizens if Federal aid does not jump in and go to work.

Then there is also the issue that many Republicans have said for decades they wanted to shrink the Federal Government to a size small enough it could be washed down the bathtub drain. Looks like to me they have gotten started on that longstanding goal.

Sam

[crazylikafox]

8. k&r

[Sunlei]

11. Trump killed that group of babies, woman,seal6 & wounded scores100? & he knows he's responsible.

IMO shit like that eats on his soul. Trumps afraid to even phone call those countries. Trumps even afraid to meet up with our Military's Families of the killed and wounded. Not even a breakfast meeting for our military Families where he gives up ONE AM of his favorite stupid fox-lies & f(R)iends tv show.

I think Republicans have no one elected or competent for the job to manage that part of the world like SOS Kelly/SOS Clinton. Our progress erodes before our eyes and we'll never recover longer this sham is allowed to continue.

[Ilsa]

22. I don't think any of those deaths afflict him,

even the Seal team member.

[Sunlei]

23. A big fat FAILURE. He is 100% responsible & so are Republicans who didn't stop that idiot Admin.

His NO EXPERIENCE brother-in-law and the 'retired' Russian spy-General were part of the six dumb asses who approved 100% the mission and slaughter of 30 innocents including a 4 month old baby.

[Ilsa]

25. Agreed. Total failure.

Reckless assault against civilians. It would bother almost anyone else, but not him.

[Texin]

14. I actually do believe it's dawning on a lot of folks

that Trumplethinskin wasn't just sayin' things he promised to do; that not all of his statements and grandiose campaign proclamations weren't just the words of someone hyperbolizing for his alt-right, wingnut base. After actually seeing this guy yesterday in a 77 minute demented Twitter-style rant I think it made everyone who isn't on crack or tweaking finally getting it through their thick skulls that this guy is as fundamentally unfit psychologically, emotionally, intellectually and morally as he was characterized. I think a lot of people actually had that crashing train wreck land in their collective laps yesterday. For those of us who knew the characterizations weren't just hyperinflated campaign rhetoric, this was no surprise, yet it evoked about as much terror as I felt as child every time I heard a distant ambulance siren and started worrying that the nukes would soon be flying.

[Stuart G]

16. a prediction has come true.....take a look

This so called Republican, said it in a Daily News op ed, today..to the world....
______________________________________________________________________

But....On Feb 14...this was said right here in the Democratic Underground...

"Who is going to tell the emperor that he is not wearing any clothes.."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028649916...

[ailsagirl]

17. Better late than ever

[murielm99]

18. So who did he vote for?

And why couldn't he figure this out before the election, like the rest of us?

[Stuart G]

21. We know that he voted for Trump...as all the Republicans did..

They hated Hillary, more than they cared about this country.
.Their hate put all of us in this awful place..

[logosoco]

20. I am not really sure if I do want some Repubs. to stand up.

I think maybe they all deserve to go down with their clown.

[guillaumeb]

26. What a horrible image.

Trump is a useful distraction for Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell as they dismantle the social safety net.

[workinclasszero]

27. Yup. They will watch Trump and Putin

Destroy this country if they think they can get him to kill the social safety net and give the money to the 1%.