Atlantic - The Problem With 'Containing' Donald Trump

[TomCADem]

Given that it is an open secret that the only reason why we are not in a real war with Korea or a trade war with allies is because Trump is being "managed" by folks dragging their feet, shouldn't the 25th Amendment be used or just impeach him? Yes, it is disruptive, but how can it be more disruptive then a war or the situation we have now?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/corker-trump/542409/

Good news: The people containing the commander-in-chief have to a considerable extent succeeded. The United States has not launched a preemptive attack on North Korea, abandoned Estonia to the Russians, canceled NAFTA, or started a trade war with China—each and every one of those outcomes a seemingly live possibility if you heeded Trump’s own words.

Bad news: The national-security services are apparently coping with Donald Trump in ways that circumvent the president’s constitutional role as commander-in-chief. One example spotlights the ways Trump’s orders are shirked by his nominal subordinates. Trump tweeted in July that the “United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.” The actual policy set forth in executive orders in August will be very different: It leaves discretion to the secretary of defense to determine whether “military readiness” will be assisted or impaired by allowing transgender soldiers to continue their service.

We’ve seen the president issue threats of imminent military action—only to be contradicted by cabinet officers and military staff assuring potential adversaries that the United States will not initiate the use of force that the president had threatened to initiate.

The military and intelligence agencies are learning new habits of disregard for presidential statements and even orders that those agencies deem ignorant or reckless. By and large, those agencies’ judgments are vastly to be preferred to the president’s—but that does not make these habits any less dangerous.

[madaboutharry]

1. David From has written a chilling article.

The United States does not have a functioning president and as a result does not have a properly functioning government. Donald Trump is unfit to serve in every possible way. He is immoral and he is intellectually and psychotically incapable of carrying out the duties of the president. Every day that passes in which the 25 Amendment is not invoked to remove him from office is a day that the republicans in power bring dishonor to our democracy.