According to Scarborough, a foreign policy expert who briefed Trump told him that the Republican nominee repeatedly asked him about our country’s reluctance to use nuclear weapons.
“Three times he asked about the use of nuclear weapons,” Scarborough said. “Three times he asked, at one point, ‘If we have them, why can’t we use them?’ That’s one of the reasons he doesn’t have foreign policy experts around.”
Scarborough then asked his guest, former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden, about whether there were any ways to stop Trump from ordering a nuclear strike if he were elected president.
“The system is designed for speed and decisiveness,” Hayden replied. “It’s not designed to debate the decision.” If hearing that does not make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up you might want to check your pulse.
In other, possible less troubling, Trump news:
That was followed up by this:longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal."— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016
In a New York Post article some inside of his campaign are taking notice of his mental state:A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize." https://t.co/nvioNcjMCJ— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 3, 2016
“I did not think he’d be great in a general election, and thought there’d be episodes of paranoia/irrationality, but this is surprising for me,” one Trump operative told The Post.
“Trump is getting nuttier and nuttier,” the person added.
Good, so it appears that the Trump campaign is coming apart at the seams. That should keep him away from the nuclear codes.
There is also a devastating new article from Newsweek, that strips away a lot of Trump's mythology.
Ouch!
In fact in response to the possibility that Trump might simply take his ball and go home, the Republicans are scrambling to find a replacement for him on the ballot.
So all in all it appears that finally everybody is noticing what should have been obvious from the start, Donald Trump should NEVER be allowed any where near the Oval Office.
I am not sure why the Republicans could not figure that out before nominating him, but better late than never I guess.
I was so hoping he could hold it together until September. The closer to the election, the less time they have to prepare someone new to step in. I have noticed this week that some of the more fervent Trumpsters I am acquainted with have become much quieter and have been focusing a lot on horse rescue and kitten memes.
ReplyDeleteLol, Olivia! I've noticed the same.
DeleteWish that were the case in my circle. The tRump-tarts are becoming more unhinged by the hour, just like their beloved Cheeto Jesus.
DeleteYeah. It would be nice if that heart attack happened much closer to October.
DeleteSeems to me that, given the primaries, the convention had no choice but to nominate him or face a backlash from "we the people." What an absolute mess he's made of tings, but I have to admit I'm enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteI have no sympathy for them at all.
DeleteThey brought this all on themselves.
They created the 'baggers and then invited them in.
John McCain was allowed to choose Sarah Palin without any proper vetting whatsoever.
They have doubled down on their asinine positions repeatedly, like the obstruction in the Senate.
They could have taken Trump out before he became the nominee. They could have narrowed the field way earlier and then put the full power and money of the GOP behind that one candidate. The trouble being....look at the field they had.
Nope. They brought this on themselves.
They get to lie in that bed and we get to watch them toss and turn. Sorta like political porn.
He is the candidate because people like Joe Scarborough cheered him on until he said something trump didn't like the he dropped him. Joe is now acting innocent and outraged. There is still a lot of people who are still FANS (that's what he calls them not supporters like any other politician) I don't think Hillary should give up one inch she needs to fight like she is behind. By the way "I'm with her"
ReplyDeleteEveryone in the mainstream media promoted Trump throughout the entire primary season. While not one member to this season's GOP Klown Kar was worthy of a presidential nomination, the media attached itself to Trump like glue to a piece of paper and has never let go. Does the media cover Hillary Clinton's campaign appearances? No. Does the media trip over its own tripods and wires to get close enough to Trump? Of course. And then the media wonders how we ended up with a Donald Trump running for president. Donald Duck would have made a better candidate.
DeleteBeaglemom
Trump's tagline used to be "You're fired." Now I guess he wants it to be "You're incinerated."
ReplyDeleteIn answer to a question from a Canadian friend, I looked up Donald's parents on Wikipedia. There is even a myth regarding his mother that she met Fred Trump at a party while on a visit to the US from her native Scotland. Truth is that she arrived as an immigrant in the early 1930s with $50. and described herself as a "domestic." Her address in 1935 was at the Trump home, probably as a servant. She married Fred Trump in 1936. A very rags-to-riches story that has been reworked to hide her humble beginnings.
ReplyDeleteTrump has lied about everything, always and will never change.
HOW PREGNANT WAS SHE WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED?
DeleteOf course, this could be false, but:
Delete"Mary Anne and Fred were married in January, 1936, and Mary Anne Trump gave birth to her first child, now Judge Maryanne Barry, on April 5, 1937."
http://www.thenational.scot/news/the-mysterious-mary-trump-the-full-untold-story-of-how-a-young-scotswoman-escaped-to-new-york-and-raised-a-us-presidential-candidate.17824
Anchor Baby, saw photos of his mom and can see where the hairdo comes from, a less sytylized version of Magenta from Rocky Horror Picture Show
DeleteJosh Marshall has this to say about the process of replacing tRump: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/it-doesn-t-get-easier
ReplyDeleteGOP leaders want to help reset Trump's campaign so he can win. They may be able to make him appear fit to campaign and win but there's nothing anyone can do to make him fit to govern. He is unqualified, unfit, and insane. The GOP needs to put country first and withdraw their support of his candidacy.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, they can't make him appear fit to campaign, which would mean dropping the hate rhetoric and insane plans, lack of plans and fliip flops. His adoring "fans" would no longer support him. He said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue with no repercussions - likely, but stop being a blowhard bully, that will turn them off so fast. And then who will be left to support him - those who have already rejected T,Rump ain't coming back- they can't unsee the man behind the curtain.
DeleteThey can't.
DeleteBut they can undermine him so he loses. Like withdrawing all financial support, providing "staff" that work against him, etc.
The question is, will they if they think they can win? This is the party of win at any cost. They would rather have a Republican in the White House even if it is Trump, even if it means the destruction of America and possibly the world. I think there are still those in the leadership that think they can control him.
The GOP conceived, birthed, and nurtured this monster, the Moral Majority turned Tea Party. Divisive rhetoric faned the flames of the Sagebrush Rebellion until it became an inferno scorching the fabric of our nation.
ReplyDeleteI've lived through it all: Saint Ronnie, the war-mongering Cheney Bush administration, MaCain's desperate ploy to win by putting Sarah on the National stage, the 2012 take-over of the Congress, and now Donald Trump.
What's left of the GOP "establishment" cannot put this evil genie back in the bottle. I cannot predict a worse outcome for America than a Donald presidency.
Now, logically "finding a replacement" should mean promoting the VP candidate over Trump. After all, Pence is supposed to be the one person capable of taking over as president when Trump gets 5150ed. (EYE ROLL)
ReplyDeleteI think the same. Pence should be the one. After all the Great Orange Savior picked him.
DeleteA crazy person picked Pence. I'm not so sure that is a logical replacement.
DeleteWill it be Paul Ryan? Is that why he's walking such a fine line between disgust and endorsement?
DeleteYes it will be Paul Ryan.
DeleteIf by some idiocy Trump wins or steaks election, Drumpf and Pence will be killed and Paul Ryan will be pres as third in line.
When I saw this story today I immediately thought of this:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/3CdKuLRmg8k
The scary thing is seeing how he is using his most powerful weapon currently (the news cycle), I wonder just how critical a tweet has to be for him to fire off a nuke or two...
The Newsweek piece is a good read. It should have been put out there much earlier.
ReplyDeleteWe all judge people by initial clues and hints that are not proof but that we come to rely on, because the proof follows, and experience shows us if our hunches are good. Mine are usually good, and I knew Trump was a fraud from the first time I heard him, and I bet that is true for MANY of us. So now in the last few weeks we have good write-ups appearing in the MSM, but they should have happened so much earlier.
It's like the full story of the Palin fake pregnancy hoax: the MSM is not doing its job to put those facts out. But no surprise there, based on who owns the MSM. And who panders to them. Steve Schmidt, I mean you, who surely knows everything. Saving it for your book, are you?
Very sad to have these truth-telling articles coming out only now. So much time and attention have been wasted.
(Could someone explain how Newsweek is publishing again? I thought they went broke some years ago and were sold for $1 (yes, one dollar) to someone.)
Frankly, I couldn't think of a better chaotic republican scenario from which democrats now benefit just before the election. Life is good. Pass the popcorn.
DeleteI mean, I really think Jeb Bush COULD have been elected. We dodged a bullet because Trump is killing the GOP.
Yes, it now looks like Trump will lose, so I agree with you. But what if he were to win? They thought Hitler was a similar goofball, they laughed at his ridiculousness, until they did not.
DeleteMy Dad used to subscribe to Newsweek. He occasionally will get it again with mileage points.
DeleteBusiness men read Newsweek. Republicans read Newsweek.
It isn't Vanity Fair. Newsweek is a respected rag. And that article can do a bit of damage.
I wonder when Donald's next rantweet this time aimed at Newsweek will hit the fanternet?
I guess tonight's rant-tweets will be directed at Newsweek rather than CNN.
DeleteTrump just can't stay focused.
But at some point he's going to circle back to the Khans. He just can't resist poking that stick.
$1? Sounds like the movie, "Trading places", the two old racist republican stock traders who cheat, betting $1 (one who thinks a homeless, scam artist black man couldn't do the job as a trader, the other who said he could, but then again any trained monkey could do the job...)
DeleteSarah has an opportunity to step up and be all she can be for the GOP.
ReplyDeleteSenior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senior-gop-officials-exploring-options-trump-drops/story?id=41089609
Scenes I'd like to see. That would be ALL they need if they aren't a big enough laughing stock already!
DeleteThe GOP is desperate, but they would be bat shit crazy to pick Palin again.
DeleteLOL.
DeleteLike Pence will choose her for his running mate if he moves up a notch?
Nope. It will probably be Chris Christie since they seem to hate Jeb!
In 1963 space aliens traveled back in time and met with Pierre Boulle and told him the future of earth. Boulle then wrote the book "Planet of the Apes" which became a movie in 1968.
ReplyDeleteThe aliens did not remember the name of the President that started total nuclear war on the planet in 2019.
The movie was not fiction. Vote for Trump and your great, great, great, great grandchildren will be hunted for sport by armed apes.
Your vote may change this outcome.
Funny Trump has stopped threatening lawsuits.
ReplyDeleteBetween his tantrums and attacks on anyone and everyone several times a day he hasn't had the time.
DeleteTo ask THREE times in an hour, tells me is an adult spoiled child used to getting his own way . That or he is suffering from delusions of grandeur/worse case of narcissism.
ReplyDeleteIf someone asks, in all seriousness, "why don't we just nuke em?" one's first thought would be "where oh where do I even start?" -- the level of ignorance the person answering would have to address is so staggering.
DeleteI'm sure no one at that briefing wanted to take Trump aside and tell him what a normal person would answer to that qu, nor would Trump hold still for such an answer -- nor (according to the NYer piece quoting Trump's ghostwriter) does Trump have the attention span to grasp any reasonable answer, no matter how concise.
an adult with good moral convictions would never have to ask this question of another because that adult would have his/her own answer:
Deletenever.
Adults with good moral convictions seem to be in regrettably short supply.
DeleteOr he couldn't focus long enough to remember the answer.
DeleteHe will continue to be the hero for the KKK, white supremacists, misogynists, closet racists, etc, including the Bundy style militias.
ReplyDeleteMay they all crash and burn along with him.
Yes, good riddance to bad rubbish!
DeleteYes, they'll be complaining about how the election was stolen from Trump in the same breath they rant about the Civil War. Both affronts will never die.
DeleteI'm keeping my fingers crossed that Trump doesn't drop out!
ReplyDeleteOtherwise there could conceivably be time for the GOP to nominate Carson, Kacich or whoever. Repubs would be so relieved to have Trump out that they would rush in droves to elect ANYONE on the right but him to beat Hillary.
Maybe that was a part of the strategery all along?
DeleteIf Trump is on the ballot, he has a chance of winning. I'd rather increase the chance Hillary loses to a sane candidate than risk a Trump presidency.
DeleteThey would likely move Pence up and then install another VP. My guess would be Christie.
DeleteSo you'd have a PC ticket.
I'm wondering why Sarah Palin, who claims to love and support our military personnel, has been silent on Trump's trashing of the Gold Star family? Why won't she speak out against Trump's horrible verbal abuse if this grieving AMERICAN Muslim family? Why has Sarah Palin stood back and not stood up for John McCain when Trump trashed McCain's service? Or just yesterday when Trump said McCain hasn't done anything for veterans??? Palin's silence over these two incidents speaks volumes. About her.
ReplyDeleteBecause they're Muslims.
DeleteAnd he's Trump.
She's still hoping for that cabinet appointment.
What a week for Trump, and it's only Wednesday...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trumps-taj-mahal-atlantic-city-announces-its-closing
they are blaming the unions - or a casino can't be profitable without low wage workers. what kind of a business is that anyway? we need businesses that can be profitable AND provide good living wages. THAT would be a business acumen worth listening to.
DeleteYes, too bad we can't grow cotton any more: no slaves working for free makes it sooooo hard.
DeleteToo bad we cant have huge labor-intensive gardens around each McMansion: those landscape workers aren't willing to work for almost free anymore, like they did in England before WW I. Oh boo hooo.
Too bad Trump can't make a profit off of people working for almost free for him. Such a tragedy for the Trump class. Even when he stiffs them, or has them working w/o OSHA-required protections, it's soooo hard for a Trump to make a buck.
Try explaining trump in sign language. Its impossible.
ReplyDeleteGlad I work with primary grade deaf kids. They don't get into deep political discussions and I won't have to deal with any of that for another month!
DeleteThere isn't a sign for cacapoopoo?
DeleteNothing is wrong with Trump. It's everybody else who is wrong. And all those people saying things about him like "intervention", "unfit", "mental health" & accusing him of bad behavior are actually making him only look insane.
ReplyDeleteThe pressure is on and Trump isn't going to give in. He completely believes the lies he tells himself. It's his defense mechanism and he has no control over it.
The very last thing he wants to feel like is a piece of meat in one of his pageants. You don't win. You lose.
Or like a contestant on the apprentice about to be told "You're fired!"
That would be the most painful thing in the world to him right now. The humiliation of losing the biggest reality show he's ever created in life starring him.
What he is really stupid about is that, like Sarah Palin, he believes he knows best, takes no one's advice and that learning is for everyone else. Look where it got her - nowhere and in a position worse than before having lost all total respect of the public.
Too bad. Pass the popcorn as the GOPbagger party implodes.
a narcissist is basically out of control in the fervent pursuit of attention - any attention, even to their own detriment. they do not differentiate and thus we perceive them as whack-a-doo.
DeleteAfter Trump's speech today, people on TV were asking why he went back to talking about Megyn Kelly, etc. And, I noticed, he spent a heck of a lot of time on Scotland and his son, Eric. Why must he talk baout these things? As we know, he just talks about whatever and obsess over slights, they ask, and one reason why is that he simply has nothing to say on issues that goes beyond a glance at some talking point notes his people have him bring out on stage with him. He glances at the paper and introduces a topic, but then he's done--he has nothing to add. We hear it asked why he doesn't take advantage of certain topics in the news that will be bad for Hillary. He simply can't lengthen a discussion on these. He can talk forever about the personal stuff that he obsesses over, but when he's handed talking points about such things as the Iran hostages and Hillary's four pinocchios from Washpo, all he can do is mention these,then he moves on. He has no capacity to analyze things while on stage and to add info that he has accumulated from reading on his own. Nothing can be fleshed out. He will be horrible in the debates. My only concern is that the moderators won't keep him under control and they'll let him keep interrupting Hillary and talking over her like he talks over everybody.
ReplyDeletehe will go total showboat ass-clown in the debates and his base will love it. the rest of us will need adult beverages and give money to hillary.
DeleteI keep wondering why Trump's appearances keep getting so much television coverage. I don't think that there is any national television coverage of Hillary Clinton's appearances. I know the written media ignores her except to complain that she addresses real issues in her speeches.
DeleteBeaglemom
What makes you think he'll even participate in the debates?
DeleteIf the GOP forces him to, he'll just pull a Sarah Palin and talk about whatever the hell he feels like. And he'll use his "excuse me"s to interrupt Hillary and prevent her from saying anything. The moderators are going to shit their pants trying to control him. They should bring air horns.
Sarah, everyone watched you kissing Trump's ass. Why aren't you speakin' up defendin' him huh?
ReplyDeleteIf you're waiting again to see which way the wind blows before you flip flop again, well too late honey!. You cashed in all your chips so you can kiss that cabinet position bye bye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lJZiqZaGA. Yes, they are!
ReplyDeleteThe media is just catching on to this? Too bad they treated Trump like a joke at the beginning, instead of taking him seriously.
ReplyDeleteThose moronic talking heads are just as much to blame as the Republicans; they continue to treat Trump supporters like they are some national movement representing the majority of voters. Instead they are a loud, crude, ignorant, bigoted group of teabaggers still angry that Pres. Obama is in the W.H.
Now that he is turning into the train wreck we all predicted, those whimpy Rethugs are blaming it on Hillary and want a do over.
I say, keep the crazy man and crush him and his movement in November. Heaven knows who Reeces Pieces might come up with as an alternative, those Republicans jumping ship for Hillary might not be so willing with another candidate.
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Caught On Tape: The Stunning Unfiltered Hate of Donald Trump Supporters
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/03/cumulative-hate-trump-supporters-pattern-history.html
Trump is old enough to remember the Cuba Missile crisis first hand, maybe he thought it was all about importing cigars.
ReplyDeleteBut he didn't pay any attention to it (remember only major network TV then?) He was playing baseball and chasing ass. and Skipping the draft with a "heel spur"
DeleteI don’t understand why the Republicans are so concerned about Trump? He isn’t any crazier or less qualified than he was a few months ago. His supporters aren’t anymore rabid than during the primaries. They were all gun ho, backing the sociopath that was going to win the White House.
ReplyDeleteNow that it is becoming clear he his going to lose big time, that the majority of the citizens of the USA are sane and even republicans are going to vote for Hillary, they have decided he isn’t fit for office.
Well I hope Trump tells them to go to hell. They deserve all the humiliation he brings their way each day.
It's like watching that movie Valkery with Tom Cruise where they tried to take down Hitler. Don't mean to laugh but really, none of the Republicans knew this guy was batshit crazy? How is that? No one could see that Palin was nuts? I mean if you can't tell crazy, then that's saying something about you, right? That you are crazy too?
ReplyDeleteTrump has talked about nuclear weapons before, wondering out loud in his rambling speech why we just don't nuc the bad guys. The word is deterrent.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know if he understands the gravity of nuclear weapons enough to take it seriously. He didn’t know what the nuclear triad was, which is something I think most high-schoolers are at least somewhat aware of. It’s a red flag."This guy is, by all accounts, a lunatic. What impact does that have on strategic command? What impact does it have on deterrence? What impact does it have on national security? " answer to somebody who is by all accounts mentally unstable as commander in chief is very disconcerting. It’s disconcerting for the country"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/08/a_former_nuclear_missile_officer_on_why_trump_is_unfit_to_handle_the_nuclear.html
And worse, an ignorant lunatic.
DeleteHis ghostwriter said "v short attention span." V short. So he would be unable to grasp the points you make. In the New Yorker article.
DeleteEmperor Trump looking for kamikaze conservative with pilots license.
ReplyDeleteBwahahahahahaha!
DeleteOT: Like>
ReplyDeletehttp://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/08/03/3804896/unitarian-universalist-solar-panels-religious-liberty/
Oh goodies!! The ReTHUGS lose either way. And lose BIG , YUGE even.
ReplyDeleteA) Run T.Rump -they've knowingly put up a lunatic as in likely certifiably insane ignoramus.The y lose and lose big as more of the Republicans with an iota of sanity, brains and education won't vote for him. Some are leaving the GOP.
B) pull him or he quits, and they lose the insane, racist, misogynist, bigoted, low education low info voters who will forever be screamign about establishment ReTHUGS -- they won't vote for any "replacement candidate , if Ronnie Raygun himself arose to run. And THEY will leave the GOP. Likely after a few go all militia.
Either way the GOP will be decimated or dead as a party!!!!!!! Thanks, Donnie!
OT: I like ties ;-)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-trump-ties-denver-226633
Trump will not quit. He's going to continue bringing up the "rigged" election. Knowing how easy our electronic voting machines can be hacked I'll think it's rigged if he wins!!! But unless he drops dead, he'll stick it out because he's yuuuuuge and everyone loves him! Ugh.
ReplyDeleteMeg Whitman and other republicans are distancing themselves and voting Hillary. Trump was a useful tool in the beginning, but the GOP HAD to know from jump street this man is unstable and unfit, now he's everyone's problem, you can't unpush those code buttons, and "the shows" won't tell him how to get out of it.
ReplyDeleteGOTV folks!
The Daily Banter has an interesting article 'http://thedailybanter.com/2016/08/even-sarah-palin-has-gone-quiet-about-donald-trump/'
ReplyDeleteI concur with the Commander in Chief to be, Donald Trump.
ReplyDeleteOnce Mr. Trump is sworn in as POTUS, those nuclear bombs are his to do with what he wants to use them for. Just don't interfere with his personal businesses he conducts in his Oval Office if you get my drift.
So if he's turned down for personal business loans, will he nuke Switzerland?
DeleteThe Republican's are saying all is well within their party. They are planning an intervention to get Trump back into line. Good luck boyz.
ReplyDeleteSmall handed Con job:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-handprint-size_us_57a23518e4b0104052a0cf68?section=&
IS THIS GUY A DRUNK? A PALIN?
ReplyDeleteThe Trump intervention
Key Republicans close to Donald Trump’s orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate … Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus, former Republican New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among the Trump endorsers hoping to talk the real estate mogul into a dramatic reset of his campaign in the coming days, sources tell NBC News. — NBCNews.com
Reince Priebus rushes into a room full of gold-and-white folding chairs with “TRUMP” written on them in large letters. Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani are already there.
Priebus: He’s coming.
Gingrich: Are we ready?
Priebus: We have to be. This must stop. The last 48 hours have been so bad that not only does everyone agree they have been bad, but, when asked to cite an example of why, everyone cites something different. If this were just the week Donald had kept up his attacks on a Gold Star family, or just the week he had refused to endorse Paul Ryan, or just the week he had said Ivanka should quit her job if she were sexually harassed, it would be one thing. But this is the week he has done ALL OF THESE THINGS. And picked a fight with a baby.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/08/03/the-trump-intervention/
Republicans planning Trump 'intervention' after rocky week | Fox ...
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Influential Republican allies of Donald Trump are trying to arrange an “intervention”
Intervention sounds like help for anybody who is out of control and intoxicated and arrested for beating his wife, daughter, pregnant girlfriend or any other woman. Is that what's going on here?
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