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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongress member predicts that Trump's "out of office before the midterms"
POST FROM ROBERT REICH'S FACEBOOK PAGE:
This morning I phoned my friend, a former Republican member of Congress.
Me: What's going on? Seems like the White House is imploding, and Republicans are going down with the ship.
Him (chuckling): Were officially a banana republic.
Me: Seriously, what are you hearing from your former colleagues on the Hill?
Him: Theyre convinced Trump is out of his gourd.
Me: So what are they going to do about it?
Him: Remember what I told you at the start of this circus? They planned to use Trumps antics for cover, to get done what they most wanted big tax cuts, rollbacks of regulations, especially financial. Theyd work with Pence behind the scenes and forget the crazy uncle in the attic.
Me: Yeah.
Him: Well, Im hearing a different story now. Stuff with Sessions is pissing them off. And now Trump's hired that horses ass Scaramucci -- a communications director who talks dirty on CNN! Plus Trumps numbers are in freefall. They think hes gonna hurt them in 18 and 20.
Me: So whats the plan?
Him: They want him outa there.
Me: Really? Impeachment?
Him: Doubt it, unless Mueller comes up with a smoking gun.
Me: Or if he fires Mueller.
Him: Not gonna happen.
Me: So how do they get him out?
Him: Put someone else up in 20. Lots of maneuvering already. Pence, obviously. Cruz thinks he has a shot.
Me: But that wont help them in the midterms. Whats the plan before then?
Him: Lots think hes fritzing out.
Me: Fritzing out?
Him: Going totally bananas. Paranoia. You want to know why he fired Priebus, wants Sessions out, and is now gunning for Tillerson?
Me: He wants to shake things up?
Him (chuckling): No. The way I hear it, he thinks theyve been plotting against him.
Me: What do you mean?
Him: Twenty-fifth amendment! Read it! A Cabinet can get rid of a president whos nuts. Trump thinks theyve been preparing a palace coup. So one by one, hes firing them.
Me: I find it hard to believe theyre plotting against him.
Him: Of course not! Its ludicrous. Sessions is a loyal lapdog. Tillerson doesn't know where the bathroom is. Thats my point. Trump is fritzing out. Having manic delusions. Hes actually going nuts.
Me: And?
Him: Well, its downright dangerous.
Me: Yeah, but that still doesnt tell me what Republicans are planning to do about it.
Him: Look. How long do you think it will be before everyone in Washington knows hes flipping out? I dont mean just weird. I mean really off his rocker.
Me: I dont know.
Him: No all that long.
Me: So what are you telling me?
Him: They dont have to plot against him. It will be obvious to everyone that hes got to go. Thats where the twenty-fifth amendment really does comes in.
Me: So you think
Him: Who knows? But hes losing it fast. My betting is hes out of office before the midterms. And Pence is president.
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Congress member predicts that Trump's "out of office before the midterms" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2017
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nmgaucho
(527 posts)1. Sounds plausible to me
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. A "Former Congress Member" is not a "Congress Member". n/t
former9thward
(31,684 posts)4. But it sounds so much more insider when it's "Congress Member".
July
(4,750 posts)3. Two thoughts:
(1) Paranoia is often a feature of dementia in the elderly. I've seen it more than once in relatives. And yes, Trump is old enough to be considered elderly.
(2) I enjoyed the blast from the past in "Trump is out of his gourd."