New questions about his temperament
CNN points out that it’s a little unfortunate that Trump appears to be getting crazier every day right now when North Korea is getting Better and Better and BETTER at lobbing nukes in our direction. Yeah, it is.
[T]he President of the United States is raising new questions about his temperament, his judgment and his understanding of the resonance of his global voice and the gravity of his role with a wild sequence of insults, inflammatory tweets and bizarre comments.
On Wednesday Trump caused outrage and sparked fears of violent reprisals against Americans and US interests overseas by retweeting graphic anti-Muslim videos by an extreme far right British hate group. Earlier this week he used a racial slur in front of Native American war heroes. He’s attacked global press freedom, after cozying up to autocrats on his recent Asia tour.
And now there are reports that the President has revived conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama’s birthplace and is suggesting an “Access Hollywood” video on which he was heard boasting sexually assaulting women, and for which he apologized last year, had been doctored.
In normal times, it would be a concern that the President is conducting himself in a manner so at odds with the decorum and propriety associated for over two centuries with the office he holds.
And in these times it’s fucking terrifying!
Yeah, we know.
Trump has always crushed convention and been ready to step on racial, cultural and behavioral taboos, evidenced in his response for instance to Charlottesville riots and willingness to exploit foreign terror attacks to push his immigration policies. In many ways his spurning of political correctness has been key to his appeal. But some close observers of the President say they believe he has become even more unmoored in recent weeks.
“Something is unleashed with him lately,” said New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who wrote about Trump’s return to Birther conspiracy theories in on Wednesday morning.
“I don’t know what is causing it, I don’t know how to describe it,” said Haberman, who is also a CNN contributor.
I’ll give it a shot. He’s a poisonous, terrible, malevolent human being, and he’s getting much worse.
I’m screaming “Danger, collapsing narcissist!” into the void. People have *no idea at all* how dangerous this psychiatric state is. I’m so scared.
This is the time when the narcissist kills his wife, shoots up a school, murders his coworkers in a gun spree, etc. But none has ever had his hand on the nuclear button.
Josh, your analysis is exactly right.
We are really doomed. Sorry about that.
“I don’t know what is causing it”
Hmm, could it be that no on likes him and Mueller’s homing in? Obviously the results of Mueller’s investigation will do absolutely nothing but Trump doesn’t necessarily realize that…
Yes — that, and the increasing internecine frictions within his “trusted” “cabinet”, and repeated signs of disregard and disrespect both at home and abroad, and exacerbated dementia, and a slowly (hey, give the man his due) growing realization he is simply not up to the job as dicktater of the world, no matter what the non-fake news keep mumbling soothingly at him. Cognitive filters only work so far.
Don Don, go eat worms already. Fuck the feedin’ pigeons, whatever.
See if that won’t bring out the cheering crowds.
@Josh #1
I’ve always insisted he’s a classic sociopath – which does carry a big component of narcissism. But I agree absolutely, he’s clearly decompensating, and this is a very dangerous thing to be happening.
I only hope that when (not if) he decides it’s time to nuke North Korea – and looking at his behaviour that insanity may not be far off – there’s someone clear sighted enough to bash him on the head and get him declared incompetent (in the clinical sense – he’s never been anything else in the general sense).
Alas, I don’t hold out much hope for that. Which means we have no idea what the world will look like in a year’s time. Or even what the US will look like.
Josh is absolutely on the money.
I’m terrified.