C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
- Apr 28, 2011
- 77,339
- 37,368
“Many voters who took a chance on the real estate mogul and reality TV star hoped he would grow more mature and centered when confronted with the august surroundings of the White House and immensity of the job. But instead of improving in office, Trump is regressing. The office has not changed Trump. Trump has changed the office.
[…]
He trusts his beliefs more than facts. So many secrets, so many plots, so many shards of gossip swirl in his head, there seems to be no room for reality.
Everyone is tiptoeing around the mad king in his gilded, sparse court. His lieges make fools of themselves trying to justify or interpret his transcendentally nutty tweets and willfully ignorant comments.
[…]
Trump’s aversion to veracity is exacerbated by his inner circle of sycophants and conspiracists. As far as Trump is concerned, his budget and health care plan are going great, when everyone else in Washington is averting their eyes.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/trump-working-class-zero.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
This is critical.
This isn’t solely about opposing a president because he’s wrong on the issues, as in fact Trump is.
This is about an individual who is utterly incompetent and has no business being president, who, as a consequence of that incompetence and being detached from reality, could very well facilitate a disastrous event, separate and apart from being wrong on the issues.
[…]
He trusts his beliefs more than facts. So many secrets, so many plots, so many shards of gossip swirl in his head, there seems to be no room for reality.
Everyone is tiptoeing around the mad king in his gilded, sparse court. His lieges make fools of themselves trying to justify or interpret his transcendentally nutty tweets and willfully ignorant comments.
[…]
Trump’s aversion to veracity is exacerbated by his inner circle of sycophants and conspiracists. As far as Trump is concerned, his budget and health care plan are going great, when everyone else in Washington is averting their eyes.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/sunday/trump-working-class-zero.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
This is critical.
This isn’t solely about opposing a president because he’s wrong on the issues, as in fact Trump is.
This is about an individual who is utterly incompetent and has no business being president, who, as a consequence of that incompetence and being detached from reality, could very well facilitate a disastrous event, separate and apart from being wrong on the issues.