Really misses not being president

[struggle4progress]

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 11:16 AM ET, Fri April 28, 2017

... "I loved my previous life, I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," Trump told Reuters. "I actually, this is more work than my previous life. I thought it would be easier."

Then, later: "I do miss my old life. This -- I like to work. But this is actually more work."

... all presidents express .. some level of longing for the life they left behind or the life they will return to. But that usually happens after, say, seven or eight years in the White House. Not after 99 days ...

Trump's old life was .. easier ... He starred in a reality TV show ... Now ... He has to confront problems .. in which he can't just .. make a decision and move on ...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/donald-trump-100-days/

Whoa! This is so cool! I miss him not being president, too!

[treestar]

1. Why he ever decided to run

That was a fateful decision for us all. And you can bet it was undertaken very trivially

[geek tragedy]

2. He and Hillary each got the outcome the other wanted.

She wanted to be president, he wanted to win the popularity contest (popularity vote) but be excused from any responsibilities of governing.

[treestar]

6. exactly

he wanted to be doing Trump TV now.

[pangaia]

3. ""I actually, this is more work than my previous life.."

Is he kidding?

He doesn't do anything now except sign stuff and shit on people, then go to florida to play golf and lay around getting fatter.

Dumb, lazy fuck...

[MurderMittenLiberal]

4. This is brutal

Why can't this nightmare be over

[maxsolomon]

5. it probably would be easier

if you hadn't crassly insulted your way into office and colluded with russia to commit crimes. you've made an permanent enemy of every democrat and a fair number of republicans.

you reap what you sow. resign now.

[DFW]

7. Only if he takes Pence with him

Pence is what the Republicans wanted all along, but never could have elected. I'll bet Republican leaders and financiers are more anxious for Trump to resign than we are, as long as Pence sticks around to take over, and provide the obedient stooge they wanted all along.

[maxsolomon]

8. Pence would be Gerald Ford without the charm

He's got the personality of a Mortician. He's eminently beatable.

[DFW]

9. My dad knew Ford well, I had met him, too. No comparison

Ford, while not the brightest star in the constellation, was a genuinely nice guy, who had his heart in the right place (just not his head). Pence is downright evil, and will look to accelerate Trump's destructive inclinations, only with much more skill and personal knowledge of how Congress works. I'm quite sure Pence is beatable. It's the damage he'll do in the meantime that worries me.