CHARLES PIERCE: Trump's White House Has No Idea How to Handle This Mess

[Generic Other]

There is the simple fact that nobody in this White House seemed to know fck-all about how to handle this situation. It is also a problem for democracy to have the unelected bureaucrats of the intelligence community at war with an elected president, no matter what you think of the president* or how he got elected. Sooner or later, I fear, the military's going to get dragged into this fiasco and that will make things immeasurably worse.

It was more than simply time for Flynn to go. It's time for the country to know everything about the involvement of Russia in the 2016 presidential election, if only to clear the air so somebody can govern the country. It's time for a halt to the bombardment so we can all get the lay of the land again, if and when the smoke ever clears.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a53124/michael-flynn-russia-details/

[wiggs]

1. It may very well be that the Russia issue is now in the hands of the CIA and

GOP. Depending on how deep the Russia scandal is, the CIA and GOP may be calling the shots now. Not the WH.

[NCjack]

19. Plus, in the hands of the Russians. nt

[spanone]

2. trump knows....blame the leakers!

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[lark]

3. Well, drumpf,

if you continue to discuss classified information in public settings, yes, the public will know what you are doing, freaking traitorous idiot.

[iluvtennis]

4. + 1 the biggest idiot of them all nt

[RAFisher]

12. Wait that's real? I had to check Twitter. I thought that was parody.

I mean it sounds like he's admitting his adminstration is incompetent.

[Amaryllis]

17. To us that's obvious but not to him. "It's not my fault!"

[Caliman73]

14. Actually Trump, the problem is that you colluded with a foreign adversary.

See, the crime and cover up is actually worse than the idea that someone is providing information about the crime and cover up. The police do not arrest to the person that tipped them off to the crime, they typically arrest the criminal. While that may not be a 100% valid analogy, the point is that the problem is you, your corrupt and traitorous administration, and the fact that you sold out the interest of the United States to let Russia interfere with our elections so that they could reduce or rescind some of your debt to them.

[C Moon]

15. They must have a Democratic fall person for this.

Trump is talking about the leaks, and the house is talking about investigating the leaks.
Something fishy is going on.

[jayschool2013]

18. Oh, oh, oh

And don't forget the bad illegals voting for Hillary. Now that's news!!!

[FSogol]

5. Options: Run away, blame Obama or HRC, Lie, Lie some more, distract.

[QED]

10. I fear a distraction of epic proportions

Some kind of attack that would allow him to declare martial law.

[StarryNite]

13. Yes, wouldn't put it past them.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

6. Maybe 45 doesnt know what he's doing.... BUT STEVE BANNON DOES! Chaos is working for him nt

[randr]

7. We had all better be praying that the military is prepared to step in when twitler tries to take us

to war over some perceived insult from an imaginary enemy.

[DK504]

8. Just discussed this with Mom yesterday.

Will our military leaders refused to follow orders when he becomes so out of control that he needs to be hospitalized.

[3catwoman3]

11. Let's effing ...

...hope so!

[Hekate]

9. Not so much "step in" as "stand down" and refuse the fatal order, possibly

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Profound ignorance and willful disregard

for law, institutions, custom, legacy

When demented ego is in charge, what do you expect?