Tag: Trumpathology
Trump Negotiates Like a Hostage Taker
“Across an array of domestic and foreign challenges, Trump’s go-to move has become to create what amounts to a political hostage situation. He’s either terminating, or threatening to terminate, a series of domestic and international policies adopted by earlier administrations — and insisting that others grant him concessions to change his mind.”
— Ron Brownstein
Out of Frustration, Trump Inflicts Pain
“It is a tactic borne of frustration and dissatisfaction. Its impact has been to overload the circuits of government — from Capitol Hill to the White House to the Pentagon to the State Department and beyond. In the face of his own unhappiness, the president is trying to raise the pain level wherever he can.”
— Dan Balz
The Great Inventor
As if we needed more proof that Trump’s a fruitcake,
Each new example just gives us a sick headache.
But he’s nothing if not relentless,
Though he’s increasingly senseless,
And now he’d have us believe he invented the word “fake.”
Most See Trump as a Bully
53%
A new Fox News poll finds that 53% of those surveyed think President Trump is a “bully” while 43% say he’s “unstable.” Fewer voters, about one-third, assign the clearly positive terms “competent” (35%), “strong leader” (35%), and “problem solver” (32%).
Trump Tongue-Tied by Tragedy
“One of the difficult but primary duties of the modern presidency is to speak for the nation in times of tragedy. A space shuttle explodes. An elementary school is attacked. The twin towers come down in a heap of ash and twisted steel. It falls to the president to express something of the nation’s soul — grief for the lost, sympathy for the suffering, moral clarity in the midst of confusion, confidence in the unknowable purposes of God. … Not every president does this equally well. But none have been incapable. Until Donald Trump.”
— Michael Gerson
Coast Guard Head Expresses Support for Transgender Troops
“We have made an investment in you and you have made an investment in the Coast Guard, and I will not break faith.”
— U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft, pledging he “will not break faith” with transgender personnel, “marking the strongest rebuttal yet by a leader of the armed forces to President Trump’s declaration that he wants to ban all transgender troops,” Politico reports.
Trump Redefines ‘Presidential’
“With the exception of the late, great Abraham Lincoln, I can be more presidential than any president that’s ever held this office.”
— President Trump, quoted by Fox News.
The Twit of Twitter
Trump continues to ignore efforts to muzzle him,
Taking to Twitter to vilify and rail against Muslims.
If his given name was John
And his surname wasn’t Khan,
Do you think Trump would have insulted the mayor of London?
