The sacrifices he talked about were his own

A guy with broad experience in intelligence comments on Trump’s visit to the CIA:

President Trump at the CIA was appalling.

The sacrifices he talked about were his own: mistreatment by the “dishonest” media; self-glorification (“Trust me, I’m like a smart person”); the size of his inaugural crowd (“It looked like a million, a million and a half people” on the Mall) (which isn’t true); his narcissistic boasting of being on the cover of Time magazine.

Unfocused, except on himself. Untruthful, except perhaps acknowledging where he was. And completely at sea as to why on earth he was there. Except to fish for compliments, and the kind of admiration he craves like an attention-starved child. And maybe to draw attention away from the massive Women’s March on Washington crowd dominating our nation’s capital.

In short he’s not doing well so far. Impeachment may happen sooner than we think.

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4 responses to “The sacrifices he talked about were his own”

  1. Blood Knight in Sour Armor Avatar
    Blood Knight in Sour Armor

    The only reason I don’t think he’ll be impeached (and convicted) is because nothing that makes sense has happened thus far…

  2. Sackbut Avatar

    Impeachment may happen sooner than we think.

    Robert Reich in a public comment on Facebook:

    I had breakfast recently with a friend who’s a former Republican member of Congress. Here’s what he said:

    Him: Trump is no Republican. He’s just a big fat ego.

    Me: Then why didn’t you speak out against him during the campaign?

    Him: You kidding? I was surrounded by Trump voters. I’d have been shot.

    Me: So what now? What are your former Republican colleagues going to do?

    Him (smirking): They’ll play along for a while.

    Me: A while?

    Him: They’ll get as much as they want – tax cuts galore, deregulation, military buildup, slash all those poverty programs, and then get to work on Social Security and Medicare – and blame him. And he’s such a fool he’ll want to take credit for everything.

    Me: And then what?

    Him (laughing): They like Pence.

    Me: What do you mean?

    Him: Pence is their guy. They all think Trump is out of his mind.

    Me: So what?

    Him: So the moment Trump does something really dumb – steps over the line – violates the law in a big stupid clumsy way … and you know he will …

    Me: They impeach him?

    Him: You bet. They pull the trigger.

  3. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    Yes, that sounds plausible.

  4. Holms Avatar

    How noble of them to express anonymous disapproval of him while they stand by and let him plunder America’s poorest! How brave of them to find their courage only after he has given them the things they want from him!