Trump Criticized as 'Disturbed' Man Who 'No One Trusts'

[DonViejo]

January 12, 2019 at 8:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman slammed Donald Trump in a CNN interview, calling him a “disturbed” president who lies so often that “no one trusts this man.”

Said Friedman: “If we face a crisis with a president who no one believes who’s surrounded by a C-team in a dysfunctional White House, then God save us.”

He added that the “core problem” is that “we have a president without shame who is backed by a party without spine that is supported by a network called Fox News without integrity. Fasten your seatbelt.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/12/trump-criticized-as-disturbed-man-who-no-one-trusts/

[FM123]

1. A president without shame backed by a party without spine supported by a network without integrity

Perfect summation!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. +1. . . . nt

[DBoon]

29. yes - Winston Churchill could not have said it better

[MyOwnPeace]

36. I agree..........

It could be the "Quote of the Year" - and it's only January!

[calimary]

30. Yep!

Cowards all around.

[malaise]

2. THIS - get thee to the greatest page

“we have a president without shame who is backed by a party without spine that is supported by a network called Fox News without integrity. Fasten your seatbelt.”

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. This!

[malaise]

41. Hey You1

Happy New Year!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. Malaise!!

Happy New Year to you too! 🥰

[bdamomma]

3. tRump

is doing some serious damage, he needs to be thrown out, and who are backing him should be arrested too.
He is full of hate and revenge.

Putin and him have got to go.

[GetRidOfThem]

10. he has to go!

We cannot make Putin go, but Agend Orange's expiry date has well passed a long time ago...

[Paladin]

4. Friedman gets paid big bucks to point out the obvious, like this. (nt)

[C_U_L8R]

5. The C Team

That’s a bit generous. It really is an idiot squad over there.

[spanone]

6. I saw that interview with Friedman last night. He trashed trump every way imaginable.

[GetRidOfThem]

11. Still, I don't think Friedman is a genius...

The World is Flat was a full of utopian optimism that I easily dismissed...

[cab67]

12. He does tend to notice the obvious one or two Friedman Units after the rest of us.

[GetRidOfThem]

17. "Friedman Units" - I love it!!! n/t

[OMGWTF]

25. "Friedman Units" was coined during GWB's Iraq misadventure

He kept saying "give it six months" to allow time for Bush and Cheney's fake war-for fun-and-profit to work.

[cab67]

27. IIRC, 1 Friedman Unit equals 6 months

He backed the invasion of Iraq. When things started to unravel, me kept asking critics to wait 6 months for things to improve.

[calimary]

31. That was SO INFURIATING!!!!

That STUPID-ass talking point: “let’s give it another six months, and then we’ll see.”

See WHAT? Exactly WHAT will we see? Besides more mangled bodies of our troops, either coming home in nice neat boxes or so permanently damaged (either physically or psychologically- or both!) that many of them are not able to cope, or return to a normal life.

That talking point used to just GRIND on me. “...another six months”? What number of “another six months” have we reached, now? How many more of these glib-sounding “another six months” blocks of time are we talking about, here?

And at what cost? How many widows are we creating? Or widowers? How many families will be disrupted, crippled by debt from medical bills, broken, or impoverished, and demoralized?

Nope! I don’t think all those “another six months” soothsaying paid off. Not at all!

[cab67]

32. This is why I have no use for Friedman.

He tends to hold off on saying something intelligent until his profound revelation is so blatantly obvious that only willful ignorance can block anyone from seeing it.

[MyOwnPeace]

37. DAMN, Cali!!!

Your laser eye can look at something and really cut to the meat of it all.

We are blessed to have you here keeping us focused on what is the truth!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. America isnt a corporation.

Thats why its run by a govt and not like a company.

[hatrack]

8. I never thought I'd say this, but . . .

God bless Thomas Friedman!

[KG]

9. I lulz'd - the mustache of understanding has spoken!

[SunSeeker]

13. K & R

[SunSeeker]

15. Good summation. nt

[erronis]

16. Hard to forget the inanities that Friedman spouted during W's GWOT

Also his support of the Saudi despot mbs.

[japple]

34. And wondering why it took him so long to voice his dissent? Admittedly, I don't subscribe to the NYT

nor do I watch tv, so I might be in the dark on this issue.

[MrScorpio]

18. The Boy Who Cried Wolf on a national scale

[keithbvadu2]

19. It's not an emergency if the declaration can be delayed.

[dchill]

21. Yeah, it's worse than that.

[PeeJ52]

22. 12 Tweets from Trump before Noon today... Tell me about disturbed!!!

He's gonna explode!!!!

[Pepsidog]

23. Fox,Fox, Fox! Trump will fall ONLY when Fox abandons him. the problem isn't Trump, it's FOX!!

Without Fox Trump is nothing! Dems should spend the next 2 years fighting Fox. Fox is the platform for Trump to spread his dishonesty. A coordinated and sustained attack against Fox and advertisers using social media and the few left wing outlets will force Fox to abandon Trump. Who will lead the charge? It’s a Fox problem. Fox must fall!!!

[LiberalBrooke]

43. Yes, when he loses Fox , he will lose his base.

However, Fox has so very much invested in the gop that I’m not at all sure they will turn on him.

[left-of-center2012]

24. "who is backed by ..."

[Kurt V.]

26. K&R

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Friedman has always been Captain Obvious, but I do like his characterization of Trump -

"a president without shame who is backed by a party without spine that is supported by a network called Fox News without integrity."

[pangaia]

33. Friedman is a right wing asshole.. always has been.

[Ferrets are Cool]

35. Repugs hate government...

so they have no problem with it being closed...as long as THEY keep getting paid.

[BobTheSubgenius]

40. I don't think "criticized" is the right word.

Under the circumstances of the last 3 years, I'd say "disturbed" and "untrustworthy" are about as complimentary as one can get.

[saidsimplesimon]

42. The "core problem" imo

area is media outlets and pundits who cover his BS 24/7. A seatbelt may not be adequate to insure survival of our Republic for 2 more years.

He added that the “core problem” is that “we have a president without shame who is backed by a party without spine that is supported by a network called Fox News without integrity. Fasten your seatbelt.”