Eugene Robinson: The tweeting of a crackpot

[babylonsister]

Eugene Robinson: The tweeting of a crackpot
By Eugene Robinson | The Washington Post
· Published: 14 hours ago


Washington • Of all the crackpots on social media, is any more untethered to reality than the president of the United States?

Seriously, there are tinfoil-hatted lunatics yelling on street corners who make more sense than President Trump’s increasingly loopy Twitter feed. Think about it: Most mornings, and some evenings as well, the most powerful man in the world rants and raves like someone you’d urgently tell the gate agent about if you were waiting to board the same airplane. This is not normal. This is alarming.

I know, there's a school of thought that says Trump's tweets are nothing but weapons of mass distraction and should be ignored. But if you want to know the administration's policy on just about anything, what other reliable source is there? Surely not press secretary Sarah Sanders and the other White House mouthpieces, whose main job is to invent "evidence" to back up Trump's misstatements, distortions and pants-on-fire lies.

And surely not Trump’s own high-level appointees. After Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told Congress this week that North Korea is unlikely ever to give up its nuclear weapons, Trump tweeted that there is a “decent chance of Denuclearization ... Progress being made — big difference.” After CIA chief Gina Haspel said that Iran is abiding by the terms of the nuclear deal that Trump renounced, the president used a tweet to slap her down: “The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! ... Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!”

Take a moment to absorb how crazy this is. The informed assessments of Trump's intelligence chiefs disagree with Trump's uninformed or misinformed prejudgments — so he attacks and belittles his own handpicked team.

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[dalton99a]

1. We are ruled by a crazy asshole.

A criminal asshole

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Well done, Eugene!

Trump roasted and toasted.

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Good read

I recommend going to the link for the full piece.

Thanx for posting.

[calimary]

7. Yes it is. Just finished. Worth it!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

4. Fuck prez Wallnutto...

Insane is too cute a word.

[uponit7771]

5. "someone you'd urgently tell the gate agent about if you were waiting to board the same airplane"

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Dumb Donald is demented

[GoCubsGo]

8. "This is not normal. This is alarming."

But, not anywhere near alarming as the fact that our Congress, Supreme Court, and his own advisers allowing this shit to go on unchecked FOR TWO FUCKING YEARS!!!!!!

[world wide wally]

9. Certifiable

[Sinistrous]

10. stumpy's gainsaying the full set of intellgence chiefs

is proof that it is time to initiate the Article 25 process.

No excuses. No delays. The cabinet must act -- NOW!