Read the CIA Transcript with live blog - Press missing scariest part - the man is crazy !

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/i-live-blog-my-reading-of-transcript-of.html

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And Reince, and my whole group. Reince. You know Reince? They don’t care about Reince.

He knows this isn't a good topic! Why is he telling the CIA about Reince Preibus? They don’t care about Reince. Ah, what the hell? It's a thing to talk about and he hasn't talked long enough yet.

He’s like, this political guy that turned out to be a superstar, right? We don’t have to talk about Reince. But, we did. We had just such a tremendous, tremendous success. So when I’m interviewing all of these candidates that Reince and his whole group is putting in front, it went very, very quickly, and in this case went so quickly. Because I would see six or seven or eight for secretary of agriculture, who we just named the other day.

Suddenly, it's not about Reince anymore. It's about agriculture. He's telling the CIA about the Secretary of Agriculture!

Sunny [sic] Perdue. Former Governor of Georgia. Fantastic guy. But I’d see six, seven, eight people for a certain position. Everybody wanted it.

It's like he's talking in his sleep, babbling impressionistic memories of the last few weeks. Maybe this will get to why Flynn Pompeo* is great. Hang on.

But I met Mike Pompeo, and he was the only guy I met. I didn’t want to meet anybody else. I said “cancel everybody else”. Cancel. Now he was approved, essentially. But they’re doing a little political games with me.

"They" are the Democrats in the Senate, I assume. But this is what I mean about babbling. There's a positive side to this: He gives us the feeling that we are now inside his head, seeing his thoughts. But there's something almost insane about the assumption we know what the references are. Pronouns without antecedents? A disembodied "they" is playing games with him. He makes it so easy for his antagonists to cry: Paranoid!

You know, he was one of the three.

The three? The three what? I have to try to construct a thought that he thought that I was not privy too, despite the feeling of being inside his brain.

[Hoyt]

1. Even the Scarboroughs were trashing Trump this morning.

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[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. :) like your "ScarboroughS" reference. Are there any in the press who are still

defending him? besides Fox? Woodward seems on the Trump train to me. Starting to
see Bernstein looking at him with disdain.

[Justice]

17. I love the Scarboroughs reference!

[Hoyt]

24. Seriously, Mrs. Scarborough was really ticked at Trump's weekend performance.

Mr. Scarborough was leaning over in pain just thinking about the next 4 years. It was really funny to watch.

[Hamlette]

40. Problem is, Joe kept saying, they can't do it again (have a bad weekend like that)

He should have said "they have a lot to do to patch this up, if they ever can". What's with giving them another chance?

But, agreed, they were pissed. They couldn't decide what was the worst. Even Halprin (right wing nut case that he is) wasn't having it. The debate was whether the CIA speech or Spicer's press conference were the worst.

Ha, ha. Gotta love it.

[Vinca]

2. The whole CIA appearance was pretty nuts.

According to someone who would know, only the first 3 rows of chairs were CIA people and the rest were the Trump peanut gallery people who apparently are paid to trail him around and clap and cheer. Agents would turn in their seats to see who was clapping. It occurred to me this morning that Trump reminds me of the late Rob Ford without the compassion and common sense.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. That's interesting about the audience - makes sense now because at one point, thought I heard

him say "they" referring to the CIA and I thought - why is he saying "they" when he is talking to "they"?

From July 2016 - Mathew Iglesius take on NY Times Trump interview
Donald Trump's New York Times interview reveals a dangerously lazy mind at work
http://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12245562/donald-trump-new-york-times-interview-full-transcript

The problem with Trump is not just the specific things he says but the casual way in which he says them and the comical “logic” that ties them together. Most of all, it’s the repetition — the fact that it keeps happening without Trump showing any capacity for growth or any interest in doing the work that would make him better at answering questions. For better or worse, Trump is now the GOP nominee and there are hundreds of professional Republican Party politicians and operatives around the country who would gladly help him become a sharper, better-informed candidate.

It doesn’t happen because he can’t be bothered. It’s terrifying.

[Justice]

18. late Rob Ford without the compassion and common sense - brilliant.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Trump has clearly lost his mind.

This is a bunch of rambling mush.
Please good journalists, put a bright light
on this critical and dangerous sickness
that Trump exhibits. There's no denying.
Aim your cameras and microphones in
the right direction, behind the curtain.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Exactly. And, the press is way too focused on the crowd envy topic. Bet none of them have actually

read the transcript

[get the red out]

11. Wouldn't it be a shame

I think the press harbors the delusion that it would be a terrible shame if the President of the United States was not mentally competent to serve, I think that leads them to denial and pretending like he is just fine (with some quirks). Who besides me thinks Ronald Reagan showed signs of Alzheimer's by his second term? My parents sure did since my Grandmother was suffering from that horrible disease at the same time.

[unblock]

27. it was obvious, and it was also obvious that his handlers knew.

and were keeping him from view as much as possible. and when he did show, he didn't take questions.

[enough]

21. What the hell must those CIA people have thought? NT

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. How about that insane reference to how smart his academic uncle is

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Kick

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. The three what? All Three! The USA has elected Lee Mercer

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="lee+mercer"+"all+three"&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Great reference MV !

SNIP...."the people who contribute to this site have a strong fondness for spectacular failures, and displays of complete insanity. And if Mr. Mercer is elected President, I can guarantee it will be the most spectacular and insane failure in the history of this great nation.

Hell, I don’t even think the guy could get through making one single speech in public. I wouldn’t trust him with running the cash register at a Waffle House, let alone the entire country. "

[dalton99a]

12. Yes, those three!

[get the red out]

10. My 80 year old mother

Has some dementia, yet she speaks more clearly than he does.

Seriously!

[TrekLuver]

13. He did his campaign rant to the CIA....the CIA knows this guy is an asshole.

[rgbecker]

14. See it for yourself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Hmmm. Another lie. Mike Pompeo graduated "essentially first in his class at Harvard".

[catbyte]

28. Seriously, WTF does "ESSENTIALLY" first in his class at Harvard mean?

OMFG. I hope that all the dupes who voted for that Orange Horror (except for his core 30% of bigots & nutballs) are becoming as appalled as us sane people.

[lillypaddle]

15. OMFG - help us!

Bat shit crazy doesn't begin to describe.

[KittyWampus]

16. Cable News is beginning to call him "Unhinged". Trump is going full-on Nixon.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Ha. I can picture him. at 3 am, roaming around the WH, talking to pictures on the wall -

perhaps getting someone to blow up a picture of a crowded section of the inaugural crowd.

It is amazing how he doesn't even take the time to figure out what the CIA does...You would think a sane person who is now president would at least take 5 minutes to read a summary of some sort. Are there no experts/teachers?

[bdamomma]

22. whose him

tRump?

Cable news is saying is tRump is unhinged?

[KittyWampus]

23. Yup, David Corn used the word. I think. Don't hold me to that. But at least 2 people

said something to that effect and one person outright said unhinged.

[forgotmylogin]

25. Is he picking a cabinet or doing a dinner-theater production of A CHORUS LINE?

"Cancel everyone else! I've found the one!"

[hollowdweller]

37. He's replaying Apprentice with the cabinet

It's like Reagan quoting old movies as fact

[otohara]

26. K&R

[C_U_L8R]

29. Freakin' cheeto salad

what a mess.

[yallerdawg]

30. Time Magazine

...I’ve been on for 15 times this year.

I don’t think that’s a record, Mike, that they can ever be broken, do you agree with that? What do you think?

Considering this is a weekly publication - and we are now on Week 4 of the year - this is a record that can never be broken. Since it is completely in your head.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. unbelieveable. How can we exist if our leader is consumed with his own achievements? consumed

to the nth degree. And he doesn't even have a clue that he is doing it, it seems, which is scarier. Surely someone would say Stop being a braggart? It's like a movie with a crazy, stupid dictator

[Bayard]

31. Reagan made more sense

After he had Alzheimer's. I am so embarrassed for our country.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. What he's got is so 100% different than Alzheimer's. Trump has no knowledge to "unremember" - his

main issue - zero interest in learning/knowledge - despite his trying to tell us how smart he is.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

35. Possibly bipolar 2 (in hypomanic phase) IMO

They jump around from topic to topic, participate in "risky/reckless" behavior (sexual and financial) grandiosity, thinking everything that is "peachy" when it isn't. And of course, his secondary diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Anyone who has been bankrupt as many times as he has you can pretty much figure they have bipolar disorder. He deals with his depressive phases by doing coke - thus the sniffing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Interesting. Very interesting. Can't help thinking about his doctor stressing he was

healthy "physically" (intimating mentally was in question).

Why do you say this ? "Anyone who has been bankrupt as many times as he has you can pretty much figure they have bipolar disorder."

There has got to be an explanation for his wacky, incoherent behavior on Sun and his seemingly normal behavior on Monday. Sure, absolutely, we all get exhausted, but tired and fuzzy and cranky is one thing, changing personality 100% to where our whole focus is our own being and how the way the world sees us is another.

[Ilsa]

38. The up and down, rational vs irrational

Reminds me of someone not sleeping, paranoid, at times hypomanic, sometimes manic, but on a bipolar spectrum with delusions of persecution.

Clearly, emotionally unstable day to day.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. SURELY people around him and our leaders and the press MUST realize this. Are they just

thinking they can control him? Is the press just trying to maintain order and normalcy so as not to scare the public??

That might (stress might) be ok - but it's those nuke codes that scare the shit out of me. Surely all of the above have worried about that? Like maybe they told Pence - find a way, any way, to get him to delegate that all to you.