General Michael Hayden goes farther than I've heard him go before on "Morning Joe"

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Direct quote, answering Mika's question, "Why is he doing this?"

"...If you're asking me why, he's trying to detract attention from what was a very, very bad news cycle, and let me go very very dark on you, Mika, all right? the President of the United States put his reputation, the reputation of his predecessor, and the reputation of this nation at risk to get at least a 'draw' out of the next 24 hour news."

Stunned silence.

We are in deep shit. The last 45 days have been one self-inflicted crisis/clusterfuck after another. What will happen when some nation decides to "test" us? I am scared. Really, really scared and Republicans are just dicking around. GODDAMN IT, OUR NATION IS AT RISK AND NONE OF THOSE COWARDLY ASSHOLES SEEM TO CARE!!!

[superpatriotman]

1. Don't worry

As soon as they're done taking apart America they'll get right on it.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Nations are already testing us

North Korea launched missiles the other day.. any response from Team Trump, or are they too busy getting tossed off of Air Force 1 because of Jeff Sessions?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. One thing I did hear about that early this morning

was it was supposedly because we are over there engaging in (annual) military exercises with S. Korea (which started March 1st) -

https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1102331/us-south-korea-launch-annual-foal-eagle-exercise

[PearliePoo2]

4. Yes, we're in deep shit. North Korea, in an "in your face" move, fired off more missiles this am.

Mika said that these are the actions of an 'authoritarian' and that this President is "unhinged".
Yup, she called him "unhinged".

[ananda]

16. Also fake and failed.

Joe and Mika were good this morning.

All three guests were on target about Trump's
lies and shady business dealings.

[ananda]

17. CNN on the other hand ..

.. was horrible.

CNN is now on my avoid list.

[Miles Archer]

34. He'll tweet that Kim is "Sad" and then long stick goes boom.

Let's hope he pushes things too far and is removed BEFORE he pisses off anyone outside of the U.S.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

44. I wonder if Mika has been talking to Daddy...

... you know, that guy with the same last name she has.

[tavalon]

54. I'm beginning to get a grudging respect for Mika the Mouse

I think she may have found a backbone and isn't afraid to use it.

[Ilsa]

5. What will happen, you ask? Something like a major

Terrorist attack, designed to look like it was committed by a radical fundamentalist islamic group, but likely conducted by Putin. He's done it before. Then we'll be expected to fall in line behind a mentally ill, authoritarian president who is supported by bigots in Congress who want to remake the US govt top to bottom.

[stillcool]

28. Vegas should have been..

taking bets on how soon that would happen. I believe he will do anything to save his false ego.

[Granny M]

6. I'm scared, too.

This is a very sick man. And the people who have the power to end this madness now, are putting their party, agenda and power ahead of the country. They are just rolling the dice, chancing that they have enough time to get more of what they want.

[Delmette2.0]

7. +1000.

[WiffenPoof]

15. Exactly!

[manicraven]

47. Absolute truth and so incredibly frustrating!

[Texin]

48. That it exactly!

As much as they want tax cuts, the goal that is topmost in their list of priorities is creating a voting environment, rules and gerrymandering that will guarantee a White apartheid in America for the next century that guarantee perpetual reThug rule. Everything else is just gravy and they can dick around for as long as they want to achieve the lesser-tier priorities. They need that first Supreme judge installed first and they'll stall as long as they think they can, and then they'll flush this orange pile of shit down the toilet.

[thbobby]

8. North Korea

North Korea may be taking advantage of the idiot drowning in his own ... I am kind of out of ways to describe ClusterTrump. But my point is North Korea is a little. I am also scared. The idiot may see a war as a way to deflect from his .. Again I have no way to describe Trump. An existential threat to humanity is an understatement. Would he use war to hide his failure? Bush did. This shit is just an extension of what GOP has become.

[niyad]

33. welcome to du

[BSdetect]

9. Malignant narcissism and POTUS do not mix well.

He must be removed along with those nasty aholes.

The GOP is complicit in all this mess.

[Adrahil]

10. And he has not always been friendly to Obama or Clinton. NT

[Scarsdale]

12. GOP

They are in this along with tRump. McConnell KNEW about the Russian intervention long before the election. He should be charged as a traitor, along with many, many others in that "only for the rich" party. McCain and Graham should take a stand, for ONCE put the country ahead of their own bank accounts, and TELL THE TRUTH. McCain does not have to worry about a re election, he is too old.

[tblue37]

37. AND he married a huge bank account, so he doesn't need to worry about that, either. nt

[tallahasseedem]

11. K&R

Scary, indeed.

[Scarsdale]

13. Dear GOD

We have a lunatic in charge, with a nude "model" for first lady!! How disgusting is that? No respect from other countries. We have hit the very bottom of a slime pit. tRump is lining his pockets, charging for rooms at his golden whore houses. He has spent more taxpayer money in weeks than President Obama spent in a YEAR, and nobody seems to give a damn. We are royally SCREWED. Thanks, gop. Is tRump complying with Putin because of $$$$ or because of pee-pee tapes? Whatever, Vlad is laughing his rear end off at the stupid voters in the US.

[mopinko]

40. there is no bottom. right now

i think the stain on this country is such that only hanging this whole gang from the washington monument on the 4th of july will even begin to wash it away.

[WiffenPoof]

14. When I heard Hayden...

...make that statement, and then there was dead silence,i was hoping that someone would ask him to repeat what he said.

[DK504]

22. Those idiots

just got bitched slapped by the truth and they couldn't think up a lie fast enough to defend Cheeto Penis and his illegal actions.

When confronted by the truth their little pea sized lizaed brain seizes up and they can only look like deer caught in headlights.

[WiffenPoof]

26. Must be the case...

I mean the silence went on long enough that it became truly awkward. Cringe-wright....truly cringe-worthy.

[CrispyQ]

39. One could hope that they were considering their complicity in this clusterfuck,

but were too ashamed to admit it on camera.

Oh wait. That would take integrity and character.

[vlyons]

18. Ya know what I'm scared and pissed about?

That fool Trump wants to defund our NOAA weather satellites! Our weather SATELLITES!!! Think about that. Think about how very important weather forecasting is to farmers and ranchers, business, transportation, ocean shipping, navy and coast guard, air force, airlines, private pilots, recreation and tourism business, hurricane tracking, severe storm, tornado, and flood alerts, city planning and preparation for snow and sleet, planning for military manuevers. Is this not the height of stupidity? All to deny collecting info on climate change. What could possibly go wrong?

[bigbrother05]

21. But NOAA data can be used by science!

Everyone knows that the data is true, but the science is fake!

[Ilsa]

29. I guess he wants each state to launch their own satellites,

you know, local level stuff, preferably privatized. (No sarcasm for the privatization part of the remark.)

[vlyons]

30. or use the Russian satellites

[NewRedDawn]

32. No

is paymaster Pootie Poot. has him covered.He will let us know the weather forecast.

[dchill]

41. RUSSIA wants our weather satellites shut down.

Nothing to do with science.

[erpowers]

19. They Already Have Tested The Nation

Russia and North Korea have repeatedly tested the United States. Russia has buzzed American ships on multiple occasions. North Korea has launched multiple missiles.

[keithbvadu2]

20. "when some nation decides to "test" us?"

Has Trump responded to the episode where the Russian jet(s) buzzed our destroyer?

Didn't Trump's bff Putin deny it happened?

[ffr]

23. Build the wall, dude!

[dlk]

24. Republicans Are Not Fit to Govern

It appears our entire country is coming unraveled and make no mistake, the Republicans are responsible. They are not fit to govern. The time for complacency has long past and we all need to take whatever (non-violent) action is necessary to remove them from office. None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines any longer. They have been dismantling our democracy for the past 40 years and are well on their way to getting the job done. Bannon has been very open and straightforward about the goal of completely dismantling our government. Why this isn't high treason is a very good question. It is not an understatement to say this is a major crisis of epic proportion.

As Paul Krugman likes to say, "thanks, Comey."

[ffr]

25. Phock Morning Joe.

They're feeding on the ratings boost they knew would come from promoting dRumpf.

[Ligyron]

27. Right.

After Dump's speech they were so lovey dovey about how presidential-like he read his lines. Such tone! This was IT all right, he pivoted. A whole new Trump and we would now all be treated to normalcy.

Today it's like someone gave them a whole new script. Not without good reason, mind you - but still..

[roamer65]

31. We are very close to a military coup d'etat.

They will go into the office and give him one chance to resign. One chance.

[PearliePoo2]

38. Do you think this will happen? Who will do it? Mattis leading the way?

One chance and then what? One chance or else? Or else what?
I'm cynical of ANY person that signed on with this administration, knowing that this blotus has so many screws loose.
God knows, SOMEBODY has to step up. We need a real PATRIOT right now.

[roamer65]

45. Yes, the military takes an oath to defend the Constitution.

Eventually they will honor that oath.

[Solly Mack]

35. All about the ratings because that's where Trump's brain lives

Manufacture drama, outrage so people will tune in to your reality show.

Unfortunately, it's all about the destruction of the government for his advisers.

So while Trump goes off the deep end, Bannon, Miller, Conway, and the GOP are fucking the people over royally and turning America into something it was never intended to be.

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. Spot on

Ratings are the only thing that matters to him. He has constantly harped about how even bad publicity is still publicity on his show The Apprentice. He purposely picked antagonists like Omarosa to cause drama and have people talking.

So if even one day goes by and he is not in the news for yet another crazy order, or tweet, or accusation, in his mind that day was unproductive. Get used to folks.

Every . Single . Day
for (hopefully not) four years.

[Solly Mack]

49. Yep. All Trump all the time or he lashes out.

I've had Trump fatigue since the second he announced he was running.

[LiberalLovinLug]

51. I think we all have that fatigue

If you were like me, I was just gritting my teeth by the time September, October, I was physically ill from hearing Trump Trump Trump 24/7 for two years. And I was saying to myself, "hang in there only another month or two and I won't have to hear about him ever again (ok maybe not never, but at least if he'd lost he'd be shrinking back into his tower licking his wounds for awhile, as we all assumed he would have been the LOSER).

The fact that it is STILL Trump Trump Trump 24/7...and will not change for 4 years...is...I still have not come to terms with that. Every day I wake up, turn on the news, and find out what Donald has tweeted at 2am that night. Then read and listen to the reactions he wants to generate in the all day news cycle. I want to be kept informed, and so I must sacrifice my sanity by having to listen to that name every day.

[Solly Mack]

52. That sounds very familiar.

[rtracey]

36. pssssh

Don't fall for the bullshit Mika and Joe are concerned about trump... They were not concerned when they were visiting his shitstained ass in his tower of Babel in New York. They weren't concerned when they were caught on camera saying they were giving him softball questions, or when they were just destroying Clinton and Sanders with their arrogant, bullshit retoric.... Now they are the Huntley and Brinkley of MSNBC.?...fuck them

[catbyte]

43. This wasn't Mika & Joe. I know very well what they did to facilitate this clusterfuck. I am quoting

the ex-Director of the CIA.

There's a difference.

[rtracey]

58. not really

Not really, they are just airing it for the ratings.... I understand many in this administration know for a fact that this is a fucked up Mussolini regime. Mika and Joe are trump supporters.....period....

[catbyte]

59. whatever

[Fast Walker 52]

42. priorities, people!!!!

the rich need their damn tax cuts and corporations need regulations cut! Everything else needs to wait for that.

[Cha]

50. The gd gop would rather go down with trump than stand up for

our country.

Don't ever let it be said that they "love America".. ghouliani I'm lookin' at you, mf

[tavalon]

55. And they will go down with their false leader

So be it. May it be before we have some false flag or true flag disaster here in the U.S.

[Cha]

56. Amen!

[tiredtoo]

53. "None of those cowardly assholes seem to care!!!"

They don't care because while Trump is getting all the attention, they are quietly screwing America.

[Honeycombe8]

57. Damn. nt