Hey, Trump voters: This fiasco is what you get when you "experiment" with the presidency

[DonViejo]

TUESDAY, MAR 7, 2017 05:00 AM EST

Hey, Trump voters: This fiasco is what you get when you “experiment” with the presidency

Roughly 62 million American voters decided we needed a Batman villain in the White House. Payback is coming

BOB CESCA

Columnist Michael Gerson has described President Donald Trump as living in “the eternal now.” In other words, Trump doesn’t really consider the past or the future in his decision-making, especially when it comes to his kneejerk blurtings, be they on Twitter or during a rally or whenever he’s within spitting distance of a microphone. Everything for Trump is about getting through the moment. Everything is a reaction to something he just watched on television.

Not surprisingly, “the eternal now” also rings true of the modern conservative movement which has, for many years now, abandoned integrity in favor of saying the exact opposite of whatever the opposition is saying, even if that means flagrantly contradicting previous conservative positions. For example, Obamacare was mostly a Republican plan, a proto-version of which was implemented in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney. But since it was passed by Obama, it must be killed. Or, naturally, the sudden affection for Russia and Vladimir Putin by Trump conservatives, even though so many of them are on record having previously criticized Putin’s strongman leadership. Call it “opposite day politics.”

Trump’s “eternal now” is also illustrated by the fact that he routinely and accidentally engages in perhaps the dumbest politics we’ve ever seen from a chief executive. Specifically, Trump has repeatedly verified the authenticity of leaks by screeching about the leaks being a violation of national security and classified information. Naturally, if the leaks were merely fabrications of the press or, as Trump claims, the Democratic Party, he’d say so. Instead, he’s stupidly confirmed the veracity of the leaks, despite his inexplicable claims that the “reporting is fake.”

Likewise, during his usual weekend excursion to Mar-a-Lago, Trump accused former President Obama of personally ordering wiretaps at Trump Tower. We’ll get into why he did this presently. But once again, Trump undermined his own case — stupidly and without any view of the long game. Last week, I suggested there was no “three-dimensional chess” happening in the Oval Office, and Trump’s weekend tweets vindicate that observation.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/07/hey-trump-voters-this-nightmare-is-what-you-get-when-you-experiment-with-the-presidency/

[LonePirate]

1. It's not just his voters. The BoBs, Greens and others are equally responsible.

[Sunlei]

4. Republicans are responsible for American tragedy to all Americas voters. No one likes to be scammed.

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This fiasco is what you get when you "experiment" with the presidency - Democratic Underground http://demu.gr/1016180197 via @demunderground

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[SharonAnn]

2. "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" movie comes to mind.

[Sunlei]

3. On March 20th, watch live the PUBLIC questions.So you don't have to listen to fox 'splaining' to you

You'll have to turn off republicans fox TV, I doubt R-TV will ever carry these live questions.

[Sunlei]

5. 12 hour twitter ban for sending this DU post to Donald lol. edit to add, please tweet this post.

He's a crazy man.

please tweet this DU post it seems to needle the crazy one.