Read Peter Wehner's warning about trump in the NY Times today -- "Declaration of Disruption."

[Akamai]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/opinion/trump-declaration-of-disruption.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fpeter-wehner&action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0

Peter Whener’s Opinion column today in the NY Times called “Declaration of Disruption” is excellent and sobering.

He closes with the following two paragraphs, but all of it is worth reading:

“We have as president the closest thing to a nihilist in our history — a man who believes in little or nothing, who has the impulse to burn down rather than to build up. When the president eventually faces a genuine crisis, his ignorance and inflammatory instincts will make everything worse.

“Republican voters and politicians rallied around Mr. Trump in 2016, believing he was anti-establishment when in fact he was anti-order. He turns out to be an institutional arsonist. It is an irony of American history that the Republican Party, which has historically valued order and institutions, has become the conduit of chaos.”

[PJMcK]

1. Terrific column

Thanks for posting the link, Akamai.

This sentence is from the end of the essay: &quot Trump) turns out to be an institutional arsonist."

[onlyadream]

2. His presidency is exhausting.

If he doesn't get kicked out, or resign, how are we going to get through all 4 year, possibly 8? I think I'd rather be in a coma.

[pangaia]

4. The country will be literally in flames before he is gone. That's my take.

And if and when he IS gotten rid of, it will be just as violent...

[Cosmocat]

14. People don't get it

Everyone who is so sure he will quit,the fact is, if we somehow get to that point, the only way he leaves is going to resemble the final scene in Scarface.

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. Yes, this is another good excerpt:

"As a result, the president is omnipresent, the subject of endless coast-to-coast conversations among family and friends, never far from our thoughts. As Andrew Sullivan has observed, “A free society means being free of those who rule over you — to do the things you care about, your passions, your pastimes, your loves — to exult in that blessed space where politics doesn’t intervene.”

Obama ran the government smoothly, ignored the insults, and we wouldn't hear from him for weeks at a time. Even GWB let us alone most of the time, he was vacationing on his ranch as much as he could get away with. Citizens need time to breath, to know that at least for a few days there is nothing new to be concerned about in regards to the federal government.

It is very exhausting. But that is what they want, to tire us out and give up. Its difficult but we have to resist just as hard as he and his minions push their agenda.

[Alice11111]

9. Is is exhausting...I think I need to stay away from news for

a few days, because it is so depressing, and it takes all my ime ro keep it straight.

Then that is one reason Nazi Germany happened...the people couldn't take it and they looked the other way.

[Plucketeer]

12. I've also come to the same conclusion

I was in denial at first, but I now realize this Oval Office Oaf has my "guts" in a knot. I can't NOT follow what's going on every day because I keep hoping for that news flash that says he's GONE from office! Hell, I dread Pence. I'm sad to say tho, that I'd feel much better with him in the White House. His God knows, I DO NOT want a theocracy. But more than that, I DO NOT WANT A MADMAN as President!

[Alice11111]

16. Completely agree. Plus, Pence will listen to has advisors.

He isnt likely to be elected, because if anyone could be the opposite of trump, it is pence, bland as white bread.. He is corrupt around the edges too, but ar this point, what's a little perjury compared to sitting off the bomb and destroying the world?

[Blue_Roses]

13. So true

I feel like I am constantly living in chaos, with no end in sight. It is exhausting!

[pangaia]

3. He IS a nihilist. And arsonist... this was the 'Russian" plan from the beginning...

Don't forget Alexander Dugin, et al.. right up to and through Bannon...

[pansypoo53219]

6. he is a FAKE president. A FAKE.

[Alice11111]

10. Yep! Yep!

[ananda]

7. It's good to remember that ..

.. it doesn't take intelligence or hard work to destroy things.

It does take intelligence and hard work to build and repair things.

[BadgerMom]

8. Money and power--

all the Republican care about.

[WestCoastDem42]

11. A MUST Read!!!

This one is really worth the time to read. It explains a lot about what is going on in our country and society writ large.

Highly recommended.

[certainot]

15. he's the talk radio president and can't do shit without the 1000 radio stations

that got him 'elected', that putin trollers piggybacked, that make excuses for him now.

the 1000 radio stations that dems and real americans ignore

[calimary]

17. So profound I read it aloud to my husband.

He kept nodding in agreement.

This is a GREAT piece. Excellent for a 4th of July op/ed.

[Achilleaze]

18. republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Casino, and his

cabal of russian-republican cronies, are a danger to all that is good.