Ms Rubin, per your statement "Once more, an unfounded accusation turns out to be a confession of Trump’s manifest ineptitude and instability" - I assert that DT's behavior is much worse then that. He's not just inept, he is actively and vigorously trying to destroy the hard-won position of the US, for his own corrupt and greedy benefit. He deserves to be imprisoned for his traitorous crimes. Thank you Ms Rubin for your valuable and insightful writing!
Completely agree. No outside force has ever done more damage to the U.S. No mole has ever compromised the U.S. as fully. It’s not just him. His enablers have signed on to destroy this country from the inside out. The question is how to stop them.
Absolutely correct, but we must not lose sight that he appointed many of these enablers, because this poor example of a human being simply cannot handle any criticism or questioning of his opinions on any level. He is psychologically damaged and bereft. What do you expect from a guy who was groomed by Roy Cohn, the designer of the Red Scare, and personal lawyer of Joe McCarthy and many mafiosi? That says it all. What is not understandable is what so many Americans cannot recognize these simple facts, but that is probably due to the only skill this jerk has: manipulation of the media, and the media buys right into it.
Well, we have found out what government by idiocracy would look like. As to motivation... I still think that tRump is/was being manipulated by Putin. It is not incompatible with his greed and ineptitude. We are neutered as far as Vlad is concerned and we will slide on down into an unrecognizable dictatorship which is intent on starving children and allowing the uninsured to die off in droves.
Putin has clearly been an influence, though there is plenty of behind-the-scenes direction right in this country. To name a few: Vought, Miller, McConnell, Graham, the (w)hole of the Federalist Society, and his chosen mouthpiece Leavitt. Complicit is a compliant Congress and Supreme Court.
The scumbag it's not the only one deserving imprisonment Techno, his whole family, most of the SCOTUS and good part of Congress and his cabinet. Before sending them to El Salvador they should be forced to return all the money the made during his regime to be applied to reduce the deficit tha is of such a concern to the "conservatives"
Putin may be the real power behind trump’s gilded throne, but I doubt he’d have that much power were trump not predisposed to destroying the country that he believes never adequately appreciated him. I think even trump realizes that he, like all of us, is mortal, and he wants to take the country down with him when he goes.
We are still participating in the Free World, but as the Fool and as an object lesson of kleptocracy and autocracy. We are become the monsters under the bed that small children fear.
Your last sentence is a cool image. I'd add that this "administration" (rather, gang of thugs and robbers) has become the monster under the bed that we, as small children of our republic, fear.
Participating? That just hugely shrunk. China is now refusing to do any trade in US Dollars, signaling the true collapse of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world. Humungous loss of power and prestige for the USA goes with that.
Add to that, his placing utterly incompetent sycophants in every position of power, including one in a previously non-existent position that wrecked havoc within the government, has immeasurably weakened our economy, social safety net, public services, and research capabilities for years to come.
Remember that the members of the Republican Senate helped him put those incompetent sycophants in power. Democrats need to emphasize the Senate's complicity.
I went to school with a former Dem party chair who I respect. I was a Dem official.
In Antedeluvian time as a lawyer I represented Republicans and many Republican politicians. I lived and survived periods when many elected officeholders switched parties. I knew members of Congress who were married to members of the opposite party. I know some Republican senators whose kids are Democrats. Whose parents remain Democrats. Whose donors include Democrats.
I hold out hope that the Big Beautiful budget is Trump's downfall. We don't need Republicans to convert...just need thm to see that Trump is entirely corrupt -- and nuts.
I've published the letter Rick Scott sent re Putin/Ukraine. In essence, he calls Trump a liar. The many speeches of people like Hawley, Rand Paul, Tom Tillis etc, people who opposue virtually everything I support -- but call out the Trump budget.
I've told you how 2 of 3 MAGAT House reps here were Dems, but switched due to Cuba policy -- and with pressure can switch back.
Why is the main stream media so deeply focused on Biden's dementia while totally ignoring Trump's severe mental decline happening in real time and in plain sight?
Journalistic ethics and direction fell apart when the term 'media' invaded the area previously held by the word 'news'. Clicks and profit replaced a lot of accuracy with more sound-bites than in-depth explanations that would better serve to inform us.
This morning's Contrarian essay is so absolutely observant and correct. It is increasingly impossible to maintain any respect for those who are continued supporters of Trump. No intelligent, caring, aware person could still be a MAGAt. I have long insisted that we are so similar to the 1850s. How could there be a compromise or "coming together" of slave holders and abolitionist. How is there any "coming together" with those who remain Trumpists? I don't know how good, decent, intelligent people can compromise their values. Are there enough people who are not truly hard core Trumpist MAGAts, but now realize, at least privately, how mistaken they were? Can they join in 8647?
I agree. And it’s looking more and more that SCOTUS is leaning toward giving Trump more power. I fear the time if there are no checks or balances because Congress AND the Supreme Court have GIVEN the monster a heavy hand to the balance of democracy.
My worst fears have not yet come to pass, and I pray they will not. We can still elect a competent strongman who cunningly carries out all the vengeance festering among the voting public. It's going to take consistently the best wisdom and action we can muster to avoid this future. And democracy will never be safe without that effort.
The Big Beautiful Bill may be Trump's Achilles Heel. Many dissenting Congressional Republicans are getting MSM face time. It's not just the budget -- the bill is full of MAGAT overreach -- attacks on judges -- empowering gun manufacturers, etc. Even Musk has attacked the bill.
Last night a panel of Judges of The United States Court of International Trade called out his "emergency" BS, and the markets are skyrocketing on the open.
Though an election is a long way off, we need to learn from our libertarian friends who have worked constantly for decades to get society to accept and promote Social Darwinism (see Robert Reich's post today). When voters elect someone like Trump, it is a clear sign that we have serious problems much deeper than Trump. Someone else could easily replace him.
Definitely, seize the moment! Hold elected officials to their duty! I admire those directly in the fight, like Jen and Norm and support them as much as I can. I am disgusted by the propaganda produced and spread by rich libertarians who can hire anyone they need to do their deceptive work to facilitate their absolute freedom to exploit. It won’t go away but will find other avenues to destroy democracy. We are only in this moment because we’ve grown complacent and allowed Big Money to dominate everything.
Too many people do not understand the tall tower of cards threating the financial system of the world. Derivatives of derivatives of derivatives of derivatives of derivatives which can collapse at any time. and is more and more likely. The USA is a large part of that legalized corruption.
I like Robert Reisch's substack post this morning. Many of the policies that appear to be a strategy of crushing the middle class and pushing the bottom tier into serfdom are well aligned with Social Darwinism from the late 1800s - the teachings of William Sumner. These were the prevalent values of the robber barons of the day. Those were the business practices when tRump's grandfather was alive, Frederick Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump
Thank you, Jen, for putting it all in such clear context. Your writing is always superb and I turn to you first every day. (Well, after Borowitz makes me laugh.)
When I put on my tinfoil hat, it occurs to me that, as addled and cruel we find him to be, his slimy handlers must be noticing too. No dummies, those.
His usefulness as an EO signature is drawing to a close, now that they've already used him to implement most of Project 2025 (we hope!!). It took them years to pinpoint our precise vulnerabilities, but only months for him to implement them in his blitzkrieg of stupidity and malice. He doesn't have to read anything. General Bone Spurs can play with his toy soldiers all he likes, while they do the dirty work. The more incompetent nincompoops he picks, the better.
As a psychologist, if I were eager to profit from all this, I could easily sell my ruminations to the press. Some already have. But I still think the Goldwater rule is valid - i.e, you cannot diagnose people without meeting them. Period. So I won't.
But I can speculate, based on 50 years of training and experience, that the guy is bat-shit crazy. I'm long out of the loop: is that a new DSM category?
So, here's what I think. His puppeteers must be getting increasingly embarrassed and disgusted by his words and behavior. Even now, I bet they are conferencing madly behind/beneath the scene figuring out how to get rid of him -- or at least disable him from doing any more damage.
The increasing flurry of successful legal actions, the gathering strength of the resistance - even the dawning, secret recognition of the MAGAs that they were thoroughly snookered - I don't think his handlers counted on all this.
Meanwhile, keep fighting. Do whatever you can. It's working!
I’m not sure the puppeteers are truly displeased with Donny Two Dolls. He is accomplishing what they (Stephen Millers of the backstage) want Two Dolls to do. And the more theater, drama, and chaos he creates, the more the MAGA fans eat it up. IMO, the puppeteers will keep pushing to accomplish ALL of Project 2025 as long as Donny is king. But, then what?
Then they get the hell out of Dodge. They have enough money to disappear.
Janet, for my own mental health, I prefer to stay somewhat hopeful. Living in Trump country as I do (NOT on purpose!) I do believe the MAGA people I encounter are beginning to become embarrassed by all the excess. For one thing, some of the Rump signs that have been flapping there for years are coming down and not being replaced.
We are not participating in the Free World under PINO's reality-show idea of leadership. His own warped view of what daily life is like for all of us, his total lack of moral values and intelligent policy, his disgraceful self-serving use of our government to enrich himself, his ignorance of how a global economy works, and his extreme narcissism make him totally unfit to sit in the WH and to represent us in the world.
All of us here long ago figured out that with Taco Brains, every accusation is, instead, a confession; every charge, an admission of guilt. His favorite topic is Joe Biden and how "dead" in the water we were under him, when it is so obvious that HE is the one propelling us to death as fast as his grubby, greedy little hands can get us there.
But I keep waiting for that AHA moment dawning on that dim-witted, easily conned base of fools who propelled him to the White House (again) --- 'oh, I get it, he just WANTED us to think he was strong, powerful, effective, strategic, brilliant, playing 5-dimensional chess, etc., but in REALITY...'
America used to be a country where phonies, carnival barkers and snake oil salesmen were recognized for what they were, despite their hoodwinks and shenanigans, even in small towns. I can't figure out whatever happened to that America.
The rise of interest in right-wing media, capitulation of mainstream media, deterioration of teaching civics in the public schools, and stagnation of wages contributed significantly to the lack of ability of many to think clearly.
This is so unhelpful, “Despite Biden showing his age, it was clear more often than not that he remained sharp and had a deep knowledge and understanding of both politics and the world. . .Trump, on the other hand, seems to know little, and he has grown increasingly incoherent and rambling, often wholly detached from reality.”
Two things are clear. One is that Biden was too old to run for a second term. Maybe he was often sharp and showed understanding. There were a lot of times that he wasn’t and didn’t. 60% sharp and capable means 40% of the time foggy and incapable. Far from good enough. Biden should have announced in the fall of 2023 that he was not running.
Two is that Trump is incoherent, incompetent, uninformed and unwise. Trump was never fit to be president, and he is even less fit today than in his first term.
These comparisons of Biden and Trump, and arguments about who is less unfit and less up to the job, do nothing for us. Biden should have declared himself a one term president and stepped aside before the primaries. And Republicans should never have elected Trump. It’s not an either/or, it’s a both.
Biden was also not out to bilk the country for his own personal gain. There was never a mention of emoluments clause or Hatch Act violation - because there were none.
Showing one's age is in no way comparable to the obvious mental collapse we're seeing in the sitting president, who was reelected despite his clear and accelerating dementia. This isn't about Biden. It's about Trump.
"But it has been building for weeks as Senate Republicans and Democrats alike have signed on to legislation that would impose sweeping sanctions on Moscow. The bill now has 80 cosponsors, more than enough to override a veto in that chamber"
Well then, let's get moving on this. Or, are Republicans afraid to proceed, dreading the wrath of Dear Leader?
Thank you, again, for offering clarity on our disaster of a President. As a nurse I also appreciate your blistering honesty about his mental state and how confused and out of touch with reality he seems. I'm so sick of hearing his behavior dismissed as "That's Trump being Trump." In the grand scheme of things, it's fine if a real estate developer is not all there upstairs. It is not at all fine if the President of the United States, or of any country, has the same problem.
Thanks. But I can't believe no one in Congress is shouting about this as well, and haven't tried to stop it. Over-the-top self-aggrandizement by an anti-veteran, cowardly draft-dodger. What are the generals thinking???
Ms Rubin, per your statement "Once more, an unfounded accusation turns out to be a confession of Trump’s manifest ineptitude and instability" - I assert that DT's behavior is much worse then that. He's not just inept, he is actively and vigorously trying to destroy the hard-won position of the US, for his own corrupt and greedy benefit. He deserves to be imprisoned for his traitorous crimes. Thank you Ms Rubin for your valuable and insightful writing!
Completely agree. No outside force has ever done more damage to the U.S. No mole has ever compromised the U.S. as fully. It’s not just him. His enablers have signed on to destroy this country from the inside out. The question is how to stop them.
Absolutely correct, but we must not lose sight that he appointed many of these enablers, because this poor example of a human being simply cannot handle any criticism or questioning of his opinions on any level. He is psychologically damaged and bereft. What do you expect from a guy who was groomed by Roy Cohn, the designer of the Red Scare, and personal lawyer of Joe McCarthy and many mafiosi? That says it all. What is not understandable is what so many Americans cannot recognize these simple facts, but that is probably due to the only skill this jerk has: manipulation of the media, and the media buys right into it.
Well, we have found out what government by idiocracy would look like. As to motivation... I still think that tRump is/was being manipulated by Putin. It is not incompatible with his greed and ineptitude. We are neutered as far as Vlad is concerned and we will slide on down into an unrecognizable dictatorship which is intent on starving children and allowing the uninsured to die off in droves.
Putin has clearly been an influence, though there is plenty of behind-the-scenes direction right in this country. To name a few: Vought, Miller, McConnell, Graham, the (w)hole of the Federalist Society, and his chosen mouthpiece Leavitt. Complicit is a compliant Congress and Supreme Court.
The scumbag it's not the only one deserving imprisonment Techno, his whole family, most of the SCOTUS and good part of Congress and his cabinet. Before sending them to El Salvador they should be forced to return all the money the made during his regime to be applied to reduce the deficit tha is of such a concern to the "conservatives"
Putin may be the real power behind trump’s gilded throne, but I doubt he’d have that much power were trump not predisposed to destroying the country that he believes never adequately appreciated him. I think even trump realizes that he, like all of us, is mortal, and he wants to take the country down with him when he goes.
Thank you for your comprehensive and concise summary of events that we are currently being challenged with.
Yes yes soooo right
We are still participating in the Free World, but as the Fool and as an object lesson of kleptocracy and autocracy. We are become the monsters under the bed that small children fear.
Your last sentence is a cool image. I'd add that this "administration" (rather, gang of thugs and robbers) has become the monster under the bed that we, as small children of our republic, fear.
Participating? That just hugely shrunk. China is now refusing to do any trade in US Dollars, signaling the true collapse of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world. Humungous loss of power and prestige for the USA goes with that.
Add to that, his placing utterly incompetent sycophants in every position of power, including one in a previously non-existent position that wrecked havoc within the government, has immeasurably weakened our economy, social safety net, public services, and research capabilities for years to come.
Remember that the members of the Republican Senate helped him put those incompetent sycophants in power. Democrats need to emphasize the Senate's complicity.
Got to give them an out.
Got to GET them out.
I've been supporting Jerry Weiss' suggestions for jujitsu. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/
I went to school with a former Dem party chair who I respect. I was a Dem official.
In Antedeluvian time as a lawyer I represented Republicans and many Republican politicians. I lived and survived periods when many elected officeholders switched parties. I knew members of Congress who were married to members of the opposite party. I know some Republican senators whose kids are Democrats. Whose parents remain Democrats. Whose donors include Democrats.
I hold out hope that the Big Beautiful budget is Trump's downfall. We don't need Republicans to convert...just need thm to see that Trump is entirely corrupt -- and nuts.
I've published the letter Rick Scott sent re Putin/Ukraine. In essence, he calls Trump a liar. The many speeches of people like Hawley, Rand Paul, Tom Tillis etc, people who opposue virtually everything I support -- but call out the Trump budget.
I've told you how 2 of 3 MAGAT House reps here were Dems, but switched due to Cuba policy -- and with pressure can switch back.
Why is the main stream media so deeply focused on Biden's dementia while totally ignoring Trump's severe mental decline happening in real time and in plain sight?
Something about the press, as well as half of America, having lost its way. As well as the 💵 of course. Always follow the money....
Journalistic ethics and direction fell apart when the term 'media' invaded the area previously held by the word 'news'. Clicks and profit replaced a lot of accuracy with more sound-bites than in-depth explanations that would better serve to inform us.
Because MSM is almost completely controlled by supplicating billionaires
Do you remember how long it took the legacy media --way back when--to even use the word "lie" to describe Trump's relentless mendacity?
1. The corporate media is like the old French nobility - they forget nothing but they learn absolutely nothing.
2. The cool thing is that US is no longer primus inter pares. The uncool thing is the position is open and China is interested.
This morning's Contrarian essay is so absolutely observant and correct. It is increasingly impossible to maintain any respect for those who are continued supporters of Trump. No intelligent, caring, aware person could still be a MAGAt. I have long insisted that we are so similar to the 1850s. How could there be a compromise or "coming together" of slave holders and abolitionist. How is there any "coming together" with those who remain Trumpists? I don't know how good, decent, intelligent people can compromise their values. Are there enough people who are not truly hard core Trumpist MAGAts, but now realize, at least privately, how mistaken they were? Can they join in 8647?
I agree. And it’s looking more and more that SCOTUS is leaning toward giving Trump more power. I fear the time if there are no checks or balances because Congress AND the Supreme Court have GIVEN the monster a heavy hand to the balance of democracy.
I am not a Christian but consider that some of the most ardent idiologues are converts. The whole idea is supposed to be do unto others.....
The vile sinful tax collector was on his way to Damascus when SHAZZAM. Epiphany.
We have the capacity to turn a lot of MAGATS....
The SCOTUS Dems have not challenged Thomas and Alito on bias, but they have the capacity to make them recuse. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/Code-of-Conduct-for-Justices_November_13_2023.pdf.
Make a record. Maybe it will intimidate the others.
To me, it looks like Justice Thomas has violated two of the codes of Judicial Conduct. Who enforces the violations? What are the consequences?
Probably up to the other justices.
Yes, we urgently need to prepare NOW... It took Lincoln 5 years - that's too long for us.
Our worst fears, and then some, have come to pass, thanks to Trump and his Maga cult.
My worst fears have not yet come to pass, and I pray they will not. We can still elect a competent strongman who cunningly carries out all the vengeance festering among the voting public. It's going to take consistently the best wisdom and action we can muster to avoid this future. And democracy will never be safe without that effort.
An election is a long way off.
The Big Beautiful Bill may be Trump's Achilles Heel. Many dissenting Congressional Republicans are getting MSM face time. It's not just the budget -- the bill is full of MAGAT overreach -- attacks on judges -- empowering gun manufacturers, etc. Even Musk has attacked the bill.
Last night a panel of Judges of The United States Court of International Trade called out his "emergency" BS, and the markets are skyrocketing on the open.
Though an election is a long way off, we need to learn from our libertarian friends who have worked constantly for decades to get society to accept and promote Social Darwinism (see Robert Reich's post today). When voters elect someone like Trump, it is a clear sign that we have serious problems much deeper than Trump. Someone else could easily replace him.
We need to seize the moment. Too much pontificating. Hold Congressional Republicans to their oaths of office.
BTW those libertarians, like the Koch brothers, Allan Greenspan, etc. are not our friends.
Even social Darwinists don't want to make Putin our ally. 26 senate Republicans and many Republican House reps voted to fund Ukraine.
Definitely, seize the moment! Hold elected officials to their duty! I admire those directly in the fight, like Jen and Norm and support them as much as I can. I am disgusted by the propaganda produced and spread by rich libertarians who can hire anyone they need to do their deceptive work to facilitate their absolute freedom to exploit. It won’t go away but will find other avenues to destroy democracy. We are only in this moment because we’ve grown complacent and allowed Big Money to dominate everything.
Too many people do not understand the tall tower of cards threating the financial system of the world. Derivatives of derivatives of derivatives of derivatives of derivatives which can collapse at any time. and is more and more likely. The USA is a large part of that legalized corruption.
Amen! And this year it has become far worse. And then there's climate change. Sounds like we better work together and be wise.
I like Robert Reisch's substack post this morning. Many of the policies that appear to be a strategy of crushing the middle class and pushing the bottom tier into serfdom are well aligned with Social Darwinism from the late 1800s - the teachings of William Sumner. These were the prevalent values of the robber barons of the day. Those were the business practices when tRump's grandfather was alive, Frederick Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump
Thank you, Jen, for putting it all in such clear context. Your writing is always superb and I turn to you first every day. (Well, after Borowitz makes me laugh.)
When I put on my tinfoil hat, it occurs to me that, as addled and cruel we find him to be, his slimy handlers must be noticing too. No dummies, those.
His usefulness as an EO signature is drawing to a close, now that they've already used him to implement most of Project 2025 (we hope!!). It took them years to pinpoint our precise vulnerabilities, but only months for him to implement them in his blitzkrieg of stupidity and malice. He doesn't have to read anything. General Bone Spurs can play with his toy soldiers all he likes, while they do the dirty work. The more incompetent nincompoops he picks, the better.
As a psychologist, if I were eager to profit from all this, I could easily sell my ruminations to the press. Some already have. But I still think the Goldwater rule is valid - i.e, you cannot diagnose people without meeting them. Period. So I won't.
But I can speculate, based on 50 years of training and experience, that the guy is bat-shit crazy. I'm long out of the loop: is that a new DSM category?
So, here's what I think. His puppeteers must be getting increasingly embarrassed and disgusted by his words and behavior. Even now, I bet they are conferencing madly behind/beneath the scene figuring out how to get rid of him -- or at least disable him from doing any more damage.
The increasing flurry of successful legal actions, the gathering strength of the resistance - even the dawning, secret recognition of the MAGAs that they were thoroughly snookered - I don't think his handlers counted on all this.
Meanwhile, keep fighting. Do whatever you can. It's working!
I’m not sure the puppeteers are truly displeased with Donny Two Dolls. He is accomplishing what they (Stephen Millers of the backstage) want Two Dolls to do. And the more theater, drama, and chaos he creates, the more the MAGA fans eat it up. IMO, the puppeteers will keep pushing to accomplish ALL of Project 2025 as long as Donny is king. But, then what?
Then they get the hell out of Dodge. They have enough money to disappear.
Janet, for my own mental health, I prefer to stay somewhat hopeful. Living in Trump country as I do (NOT on purpose!) I do believe the MAGA people I encounter are beginning to become embarrassed by all the excess. For one thing, some of the Rump signs that have been flapping there for years are coming down and not being replaced.
We are not participating in the Free World under PINO's reality-show idea of leadership. His own warped view of what daily life is like for all of us, his total lack of moral values and intelligent policy, his disgraceful self-serving use of our government to enrich himself, his ignorance of how a global economy works, and his extreme narcissism make him totally unfit to sit in the WH and to represent us in the world.
If tRump vetoes the Ukrainian bill and it gets an override, how will Congress get him to enact it? He will simply refuse to spend the allocated funds.
Then Susan Collins will be very concerned.
And no doubt Schumer will send a strongly worded letter
And will clutch her pearls.
All of us here long ago figured out that with Taco Brains, every accusation is, instead, a confession; every charge, an admission of guilt. His favorite topic is Joe Biden and how "dead" in the water we were under him, when it is so obvious that HE is the one propelling us to death as fast as his grubby, greedy little hands can get us there.
But I keep waiting for that AHA moment dawning on that dim-witted, easily conned base of fools who propelled him to the White House (again) --- 'oh, I get it, he just WANTED us to think he was strong, powerful, effective, strategic, brilliant, playing 5-dimensional chess, etc., but in REALITY...'
America used to be a country where phonies, carnival barkers and snake oil salesmen were recognized for what they were, despite their hoodwinks and shenanigans, even in small towns. I can't figure out whatever happened to that America.
The rise of interest in right-wing media, capitulation of mainstream media, deterioration of teaching civics in the public schools, and stagnation of wages contributed significantly to the lack of ability of many to think clearly.
wealth inequality is what happened
This is so unhelpful, “Despite Biden showing his age, it was clear more often than not that he remained sharp and had a deep knowledge and understanding of both politics and the world. . .Trump, on the other hand, seems to know little, and he has grown increasingly incoherent and rambling, often wholly detached from reality.”
Two things are clear. One is that Biden was too old to run for a second term. Maybe he was often sharp and showed understanding. There were a lot of times that he wasn’t and didn’t. 60% sharp and capable means 40% of the time foggy and incapable. Far from good enough. Biden should have announced in the fall of 2023 that he was not running.
Two is that Trump is incoherent, incompetent, uninformed and unwise. Trump was never fit to be president, and he is even less fit today than in his first term.
These comparisons of Biden and Trump, and arguments about who is less unfit and less up to the job, do nothing for us. Biden should have declared himself a one term president and stepped aside before the primaries. And Republicans should never have elected Trump. It’s not an either/or, it’s a both.
Biden, at least, appointed competent people.
Biden was also not out to bilk the country for his own personal gain. There was never a mention of emoluments clause or Hatch Act violation - because there were none.
Showing one's age is in no way comparable to the obvious mental collapse we're seeing in the sitting president, who was reelected despite his clear and accelerating dementia. This isn't about Biden. It's about Trump.
"But it has been building for weeks as Senate Republicans and Democrats alike have signed on to legislation that would impose sweeping sanctions on Moscow. The bill now has 80 cosponsors, more than enough to override a veto in that chamber"
Well then, let's get moving on this. Or, are Republicans afraid to proceed, dreading the wrath of Dear Leader?
Thank you, again, for offering clarity on our disaster of a President. As a nurse I also appreciate your blistering honesty about his mental state and how confused and out of touch with reality he seems. I'm so sick of hearing his behavior dismissed as "That's Trump being Trump." In the grand scheme of things, it's fine if a real estate developer is not all there upstairs. It is not at all fine if the President of the United States, or of any country, has the same problem.
Yes, if he were our patient we would call the Dr. ...
OFF TOPIC! IMPORTANT! On 14 June,Trump is having a parade, for many millions (100 mil ?).
Across the Nation, people are setting up local rallies, called KICK OUT THE CLOWNS, WOMEN'S MARCH. Register your presence. Participate.Bring friends.
https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/kick-out-the-clowns
There's also a nation-wide 'No Kings in America' protest that day. Participate in whatever way you can.
Thanks. But I can't believe no one in Congress is shouting about this as well, and haven't tried to stop it. Over-the-top self-aggrandizement by an anti-veteran, cowardly draft-dodger. What are the generals thinking???