Does this week seem different to you that it feels like Twitler is finally going down?

[kimbutgar]

I remember the summer of 1974 when Nixon resigned. This week for the first time I am beginning to believe Twitler is either going to be removed, resign or our government will collapse under the GOP. The bombshells are hitting fast this week.

[Trust Buster]

1. Yes, the stunning release of info to the New York Times is telling me that the intelligence

Community has determined that Don the Con has become too much of a threat to this country. The floodgates of suppressed info will open now.

[Garrett78]

23. It doesn't seem like the NY Times story has had any impact.

[Saboburns]

36. Incredible isn't it

And I now see today where Donald has invited Vladimir Putin to be lavished upon here in the United States of America.

It's jarring to witness how quickly our Beloved Republic has fallen.

[gordianot]

2. I too remember those days.

Sorry but I am convinced we are living thorough a perpetual continuing shit show without end.

[whathehell]

3. Yes..

I hesitate to say so, due to the presence of many naysayers here, but I do feel like this may be the beginning of the end.-- Fingers Very Tightly Crossed.

[Saguaro]

4. I agree. This one feels different.

It's now become public that Trump knew about Putin's election interference two weeks before the inauguration, which puts his vehement denials about it -- and actions to subvert any investigations -- in a much different light. Big time obstruction of justice, to say the least. Media outlets, government officials, and ex-military and intelligence officers are liberally using the word "treason". And we have to remember: everything that we have just found out, Mueller knew long ago. His report will be the final nail, so to speak.

I do think that the end is nigh for Trump and his cronies. Have faith that our institutions are stronger than this tyrant.

[dalton99a]

5. Definitely an inflection point

[SweetieD]

6. Not really. Republicans are still in protection mode.

[D23MIURG23]

11. IMO you've identified the key issue.

Nothing changes until the reps lose their jobs. Or at least until they are afraid their appeasement will cost them their jobs.

[CanonRay]

7. No, not really

I submit the 91% approval from his base. Rank and file elected members of the All Russia People's Party are scared shitless.

[Mad-in-Mo]

8. It actually feels scarier to me.

I do not feel comfortable with the future at all. I don't trust a single Republican.

[RandomAccess]

17. That's more or less where I am

This is SO explosively dangerous right now.

[Mad-in-Mo]

19. And the RW talking heads thumping for Civil War

don't do a lot to ease my mind. The Right is so heavily armed, they scare the hell out of me. I can envision shootings over democratic candidate bumper stickers and yard signs.

[2naSalit]

33. +1

[peggysue2]

9. I agree

The ground has shifted in the past couple days. All sorts of ugly stuff bubbling up around the Trumpster and his enablers.

[oberliner]

10. No, not really

It seems like the same as the million other times people said "surely Trump is going down now".

[GoCubsGo]

12. Nope.

As long as his party continues to sit back and let him run roughshod over our country and its constitution, nothing will happen. The only way this shitbag will go down is if his own body finally revolts, or if one of the rubes they convinced to arm themselves to the teeth realizes how fucked over they are, and acts on it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. No.

If him and his movement are to be defeated it will be at the ballot box.

[peekaloo]

14. We're going to need a bigger toilet to flush this turd.

[ScratchCat]

15. Yes, this is different

this time. He stood on the world stage shoulder to shoulder with the world's enemy and sided with him against his own country. Further, the response since, including the nonsense about McPhaul, sealed his fate. Most Republicans who are not Trump Cultists have mostly concluded "his actions make no sense; something must be up or he's completely incompetent". The people behind the scenes have decided he can't be President anymore - this has been obvious since yesterday and now person after person are saying he can't be trusted anymore. Look for further indictments next week. This is wrapping up.

[Wednesdays]

16. No.

Who are the 67 senators who will vote to convict?

[Downtown Hound]

18. He's not going down yet...and I stress yet

But I do believe it will happen eventually. But I do see this week as a turning point, because from this point on, Trumpanzees are always going to be playing defense. And it's only going to get harder for them as time goes on. And eventually, we will get into the end zone.

[Recursion]

20. Not yet, but I agree he's lost the initiative

But the fireworks in his last couple of weeks are going to make this week seem positively boring

[OnDoutside]

21. It really seems things are speeding up, or at least there is more and more stuff coming out every

day, on top of what Trump is doing.

I feel more confident that the forces of good will win, but then I thought Hillary would win too.....

Edit : We NEED VIDEO/AUDIO to break through. It nearly worked with the pussygate tape.

[USALiberal]

22. People have said it for months. What means do you think causes him to go down?? nt

[kimbutgar]

24. That more repukes are speaking out

And daytime cnn and msnbc are more critical than usual. Plus you are starting to hear people being concerned about him embarrassing the US on NATO and horrified by his appearance on Helsinki.

Hubby works with a Twitler supporter who now says he doesn’t want to talk about Twitler anymore. This guy was a big cheerleader and is slowly beginning to crack as the realization he did collide with His puppet master Putin.

[Garrett78]

25. My best hope is that we overcome election shenanigans and defeat him in 2020.

Assuming we are still having elections.

We'll never have enough votes for impeachment, and I doubt very seriously that Trump will resign.

[lapfog_1]

26. No...

I'll believe he is going down when he is either led out of the White House in handcuffs or announces his resignation

[unblock]

27. honestly i'd be baffled if this brought him down because really it's not news.

there was nothing about this meeting that wasn't widely out there two years ago, really.

hillary called him a russian puppet in the debates, and his response was a panicky, projecting "no puppet! no puppet! you're the puppet!", which should have been taken as a giant red flag as something an innocent person would never, ever say.


really the only difference was a bit of body language and tone. but substantively, no real news.

[VOX]

28. Concerned about potential violence, as there is now much greater tension, volatility and instability

The lines are being drawn harder and sharper, with white-nationalist-types threatening violence against Democrats, Jews, people of color, etc.

One can feel the tension building, everywhere. My neighborhood message board -- which is for "neighbor-things," like lost pets, or handyman referrals and the like. Last night it boiled over with the customary ignition supplied by a Trumpist ranting about "build the wall." A shit-storm ensued between NEIGHBORS.

I am very concerned that a horrible incident (or more) is making its way toward reality. The serious Trump-backers are fucking INSANE and cannot be reasoned with. Take that and factor in their obsession with firearms, and you've got a highly volatile mix.

I'm not a sky-is-falling type, but things are looking very grim for any resolution. And leadership? REAL leadership? It doesn't exist, the country has been allowed to slip off its moorings and is adrift.

[Saboburns]

38. As I sit here seeing it all happen in real-time

The truth is that every day that goes by I find myself almost welcoming the violence that is coming.

I get no pleasure from admitting it, no pride of ego, and I won't broadcast it.

But it's how I feel.

[JenniferJuniper]

29. No. He continues to get away with

anything he does.

[jcgoldie]

30. NO

The poll posted above says 40 % of the country approves of his sucking off Putin. Thats pretty much equal to his overall approval number... ie Helsinki didnt move the needle anymore than kidnapping children did.

[PufPuf23]

31. I wish Trump was on his way out but not optimistic.

Then also there is the problem of Pence taking over as POTUS.

Pence may be more "effective" and would have more support by the worst of the evangelicals.

Nixon caught me by surprise. Not sure if the USA as a nation is capable of what happened with Watergate and the subsequent resignation by Nixon. Today's GOP is more interested in gaining and retaining power than good governing or improving the lives of a majority of Americans.

[Golden Raisin]

32. No. And I lived through Watergate too.

This week DID feel like a crescendo of activity and negative energy occurred, with multiple, outrageous, nightmarish, sh*itstorm stories, each competing in horribleness, all swirling in close succession (Helsinki, Butina, the NY Times story confirming Trump knew all along, McFaul, and on and on). But the bottomline is when you wake up each morning from the 24/7 Trump nightmare, he's still in power. Complicit Republicans still putting Party over Country.

[Awsi Dooger]

34. Absolutely not

Big picture overwhelms day to day trivia. This week has been a tease to the gullible day-to-day types because virtually every day has contained something extra outrageous, even by Trump standards.

This is still an incumbent who will seek re-election in 2020 and have an excellent chance.

If you visit the places where right wingers post they aren't bothered at all. The oft repeated theme is something like this, "When will the left learn that we don't care what Trump says? We care what he does."

[Comatose Sphagetti]

35. No

nt

[AJT]

37. Not in the least.

Same as it ever was.