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Jim Acosta CNN says the WH found out about Bolton firing FROM THE TWEET!! (Original Post) Grasswire2 Sep 2019 OP
"This administration is running like a fine-tuned machine." dalton99a Sep 2019 #1
..if you think gravel in the gears is a good thing." TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #3
A tweeter said Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #4
😆 underpants Sep 2019 #7
How about two tin cans and a long string? calimary Sep 2019 #31
Mpre like a well oiled dildo SlogginThroughIt Sep 2019 #36
A shredder, perhaps? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #15
... trusty elf Sep 2019 #16
A Metaphor for the Trump Administration Red Pest Sep 2019 #23
That is exactly like my head feels since he was elected. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #30
How tRump reacted when Bolton sassed him. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #37
More like a Rube Goldburg machine The Genealogist Sep 2019 #26
The Atlantic: Trump Is Not Well Botany Sep 2019 #2
Get the hook! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2019 #9
That was an excellent article karin_sj Sep 2019 #20
Please pass it around. Botany Sep 2019 #29
There is an extremely informative article of his symptoms dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #32
Stable genius is stable. 11 Bravo Sep 2019 #5
K&R UTUSN Sep 2019 #6
From the first day of trump admin I've known that tweeting is NO WAY to run a government, elleng Sep 2019 #8
Isn't running the country via Twitter a violation of Twitter TOS? torius Sep 2019 #10
Apparently Twitter does not give a shit about..... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #24
Trump got him confused with Michael Bolton and thought he was banging Melania. Tanuki Sep 2019 #11
Don't worry, Jared Kushner NewJeffCT Sep 2019 #12
If only we could laugh....we cannot ashredux Sep 2019 #14
Naw, he's on the outs with Jared these days. Saviolo Sep 2019 #17
An unmitigated clusterfuck. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2019 #13
This could be funny if it were not so damn appalling. Tipperary Sep 2019 #18
"No chaos, no chaos... You'e the chaos" world wide wally Sep 2019 #19
Chaos or BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #28
I wish Trump would use the Cone of Silence world wide wally Sep 2019 #33
You and me both!!! BumRushDaShow Sep 2019 #35
Wow. What a shitshow. nt SunSeeker Sep 2019 #22
Exactly what I was going to say. smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #34
I expect at least some the Trump rejects to turn on him. gordianot Sep 2019 #25
I haven't seen either of those first two images in the Tweet thread before. OnlinePoker Sep 2019 #27

calimary

(81,210 posts)
31. How about two tin cans and a long string?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 04:13 PM
Sep 2019

Even an old flip phone is more advanced than the sinking trump ship-of-“state”.

 

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
36. Mpre like a well oiled dildo
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 07:19 PM
Sep 2019

Everyone is completely fucked. I said it before and I will say it again for those of us that knew that shit was going to go bad this is just more of the same. More the sheep that have had their eyes closed it is going to be an extremely painful wake up call for them.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
26. More like a Rube Goldburg machine
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 03:35 PM
Sep 2019

Government by social media is unacceptable. But we have the Repukes in charge of the Senate, so outside of a Susan Collins feigned shock and dismay medicine show, we can expect crickets.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
2. The Atlantic: Trump Is Not Well
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 12:59 PM
Sep 2019

Trump Is Not Well
Accepting the reality about the president’s disordered personality is important—even essential.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/donald-trump-not-well/597640/

During the 2016 campaign, I received a phone call from an influential political journalist and author, who was soliciting my thoughts on Donald Trump. Trump’s rise in the Republican Party was still something of a shock, and he wanted to know the things I felt he should keep in mind as he went about the task of covering Trump.

At the top of my list: Talk to psychologists and psychiatrists about the state of Trump’s mental health, since I considered that to be the most important thing when it came to understanding him. It was Trump’s Rosetta stone.

I wasn’t shy about making the same case publicly. During a July 14, 2016, appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, for example, I responded to a pro-Trump caller who was upset that I opposed Trump despite my having been a Republican for my entire adult life and having served in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations and the George W. Bush White House.

Botany

(70,489 posts)
29. Please pass it around.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 03:58 PM
Sep 2019

Especially to your Congress critters and even more so if they are Republicans.

The man is bat crap crazy. Harry Truman wants me to buy Greenland.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
32. There is an extremely informative article of his symptoms
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 04:32 PM
Sep 2019

Quite detailed, it describes the behaviors as related to the specific various symptoms.

The example of his firing people without bothering to inform his staff has to do with his inability to even think about what other people need to know. People don't exist for him unless he needs something from them at the moment, otherwise he literally does not think about them.
Except for those who piss him off/threaten his self image, then he focuses on destroying them.
That's what all the hostile tweets are about, correcting, in his mind, a reality problem.
"Reality is not something existing objectively, outside of the narcissist’s mind, but is only his mind’s reflection, good and/or bad, depending on whether it meets or thwarts his need for adulation."

When Trump said his net worth depends on how he feels from moment to moment, he was speaking the truth.

He is a lot crazier than most people realize.

anyhow, worth the read:
https://medium.com/@Elamika/there-is-something-about-donny-f65348003aba

elleng

(130,864 posts)
8. From the first day of trump admin I've known that tweeting is NO WAY to run a government,
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 01:07 PM
Sep 2019

and I hope NO President uses twitter for such.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
21. Apparently Twitter does not give a shit about.....
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 02:31 PM
Sep 2019

users demeaning entire nations, cultures and races of people.

After all, their stock has more than doubled since mid-2017.......

All government communications should be in writing only (and no Sharpies) and employees should be allowed to use social media only for personal use, IMO.

KY (old hard-ass)........

Response to torius (Reply #10)

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
11. Trump got him confused with Michael Bolton and thought he was banging Melania.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 01:11 PM
Sep 2019

Or was it Marla Maples? It's hard to keep them all straight at this point.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,449 posts)
13. An unmitigated clusterfuck.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 01:19 PM
Sep 2019

As much as I hated past Republican
ladministration's and their godawful policies, at least there was a semblance of rational processes being followed.

Democrats need to start the impeachment investigation yesterday and look at everything this administration has done to subvert the Constitution and the rule of law. Don't care if the Republican Senate majority refuses to convict, the American voter can reward them for their cowardice.

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
25. I expect at least some the Trump rejects to turn on him.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 03:28 PM
Sep 2019

Even with a POS like Bolton it should help his resume to run into Trump.

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts)
27. I haven't seen either of those first two images in the Tweet thread before.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 03:36 PM
Sep 2019

The exploding baby Trump is great.

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