General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is the moron-in-chief's Achilles' heel?
I figure that we can't wait for Mueller and the GOP could maintain control after the 2018 mid-terms so there has to be a way to make The Donald go incredibly nuts in full view while cameras are rolling. Only if he has a complete and full blown mental melt down will they invoke the 25th. Someone who is non partisan needs to purposely do or say something that will do the job instantly in a well documented way. What could instigate a severe mental collapse?
True Dough
(17,306 posts)a medium-rare steak?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)Just hoping for something massive, and public. That'll do it like you suggest.
enough
(13,259 posts)the Republican primary election. It always seems to be just around the next corner. But it does not happen.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)just not on camera
raccoon
(31,111 posts)In front of the camera so he won't have a meltdown there.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)blaze
(6,362 posts)UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)before they take over like Russia) and everything t-rump touches turns to shit, oh the rigging, I think Dems have a chance.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)That is actually why we are where we are right now in this country. So as you can see, provoking him in that way is actually very dangerous. But if he were defied in a way and was unable to do anything about it, that impotent rage might make him implode. But like I said, it is a very dangerous kind of thing and I wouldn't seriously consider doing anything like that. We're talking about a deranged man who has enormous power. I wouldn't fuck with that.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)First list all of his business failures and lawsuits. Then come in with the whammy, a professional who puts his IQ at 95 and falling.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)And the least desirable date on Earth
tavernier
(12,392 posts)And the inference that little hands mean other small body parts. Drives him nuts.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Just keep hitting him on all his sore spots.
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)and someone immediately gets a recording either of him contradicting himself or the truth of whatever he lied about, and plays it in front of him moments later.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)to press him on a sensitive topic. He has several buttons that might be pushed. His net worth (or lack of it), Russian interference in the 2016 election, his seeming obsession with his daughter, Ivanka, the Pee Pee tapes, and anything to do with his record as a business man. So the scenario goes something like this: Journalist asks touchy question on sensitive topic. tRump bristles and starts to reply. Journalist interrupts tRump to probe further. tRump starts to seethe and starts to answer again, only to be interrupted AGAIN. The rest of the people in the room roar with laughter. At this point, tRump completely loses it, starts throwing things and screaming obscenities. Cameras roll and catch every.single.moment. And the rest of the room applauds vigorously for their fellow journalist and the camera crew who caught the meltdown.
Yea. Thats How Id like to see it.
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)road and won't let them finish their question. He then does his Fake news speech and moves on.
So any question that would poke him into a blow up gets overtalked by Trump.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)I know pushing him to the limit would be very hard since he is a master of deflection and, if necessary, total bullying to keep the floor. But every now and then, I need to veer off into fantasy land
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)some reporters on the White House beat willing to be tougher than they are right now.
Where's Sam Donaldson when you need him?
He would be an asshole to Press sec's when he wasn't getting answers.
SarasotaDem
(217 posts)He's afraid of blood ...
Remember Carrie ?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)One of several words that infuriates him. And, never, never, never call him president.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)and post some really insane stuff at 3 am. How many people would believe it wasnt him?
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)I want him to have one single bat shit crazy episode where he practically foams at the mouth to such an extent that even Ivanka thinks he should be committed to a mental ward for life ASAP.
Have you ever seen the original MASH film? They antagonize the Frank character subtly until he lunges at Hawkeye in the mess tent and he is finally driven off in a straitjacket.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)and I hope it hurts.. bigly.
RandySF
(58,911 posts)He thinks his affairs, bankruptcies, draft dodging and election theft make him look smart. But there is something in his tax returns that he wants to hide above everything else.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)Historic NY
(37,451 posts)self-love.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)NotASurfer
(2,151 posts)Pathetic, sad, old, low-energy, brain-damaged, loser, dottering, I still dont know. But its the game he plays and once it sticks, hell obsess. Wouldnt take much for madness at than point.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I mentioned it here a month or two ago. If there were a particularly clever and damning nickname that stuck in public consciousness and was heard on the street all the time, and gleefully shouted out toward him, Trump would go on tilt.
It would have to be something so perfect that even rightwingers recognized the fit and didn't mind joking about it.
The current offerings like Dotard are so weak and incompetent I can't believe they withstand one full day.
Otherwise you need another damning tape or several of them. Those would be most helpful if Trump is heard belittling a specific group that he needs. For example, I don't doubt that at some point Trump has mocked rural people, or church goers, or military members, or Republicans. Heck, he's ripped everybody and he's nothing but a self obsessed opportunist. Those comments were made but unfortunately not captured, or captured by someone willing to share.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)he was anywhere, he would go crazy. He loves the word LOSER. It's one of the most basic insults he can toss.
This would be simple and quiet and could be seen from a distance.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)It would be damaging but the degree depends on the context and frequency. If he blurted out the word once or twice in frustration his base would recognize the same tendency among themselves so Trump wouldn't suffer fully and eventually be forgiven. That may sound outlandish but it's where his GOP base stands in 2017.
If he raged in demeaning terms not against an individual but blacks as a whole, then he can't recover.
I suspect he's done it both ways, and more than once. But Trump is a life long liar and cheat so he knows who to surround himself with. He also applies threats and fear. Those Apprentice colleagues or producers or whomever aren't going to risk his wrath so the material remains cloaked. Likewise the people who know all the Russian details aren't going to cave. Unlike Nixon, Trump has had 50 years to work on deceit and concealment.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Trust me. Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, and their "family values role model" has massive, degenerate MOMMY issues, as do so many of the submissive wankers who blasphemously worship him as their republican "god emperor." I shit you not. Many republicans actually speak of Old Bones Spurs (R) that way. Super sick.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)Maybe if someone was able to mess up his hair to see his scalp. That could set him off but the poor person who has the guts to do it would end up in jail.