The President of the United States lied about a hurricane forecast

[malaise]

and then committed a crime to cover up the lie.

Think about the level of depravity that took. Hurricanes are life and death events - not vanity projects for assholes with big egos.

This has to be stopped. This has gone way too far. This is not trivial - it is frightening.

[Fullduplexxx]

1. From someone's post 18 U.S. Code 2074. False weather reports "Whoever knowingly issues or publishe

18 U.S. Code  2074. False weather reports

“Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. 

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)” 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2074

[Eugene]

25. Rachel Maddow showed this law in her opening segment.

She also noted that Trump's China lies to move the market violated securities laws.

[at140]

27. Very important reason to impeach! nt

[FiveGoodMen]

47. If only laws meant ... anything

[bdamomma]

34. One suggestion

throw his ass in prison. He is a vile POS. Falsifying weather info???? WTF.

[erronis]

11. Yes - we need to keep the real stuff in perspective. But he/they are trying to distort reality

I pity anyone who can't/doesn't get their news from a variety of sources and make some intelligent analyses on their own.

Oh, wait...

[Dave Starsky]

3. He committed a laughably stupid and obvious crime.

The kind of crime you hear about on those podcasts that deal with dumb criminals and the stupid things they do.

Like guys who call the cops to complain that $10,000 in cocaine was just stolen from them.

Or people who break into stores with full burglary tools, etc., not realizing that the store is still open, full of customers, and the police station is right next door.

This was even more ridiculous and inept than that.

[malaise]

5. Great post

The fool doesn't even realize that every weather person on the planet is laughing at his ignorant ass. He has no expertise on matters hurricanes. models or projections and should have STFU. The more he talks the worse it gets.

[bdamomma]

35. That

hole he is digging is getting bigger. Stupid ass he is.

[Tanuki]

24. It's the type of thing you read about in the Florida Man blog!

[spanone]

4. it shows his complete disregard for the law

Fuck MF45

[malaise]

6. True but it also shows that he thinks he's an expert at everything

He knows not one fuck about matters hurricanes.

[Lonestarblue]

20. He doesn't know the law, and has decided it does not apply to him anyway.

His constant paranoia, anger, mental confusion, and worry that he is losing control of the economy and some of his voters (the independents) are taking a toll. If he’s in the beginning stages of dementia, his anger, his incessant repetition of every crazy thought, his sing-song speech pattern and inability to remember words are all symptomatic. Now I’m wondering whether his advisers/family insisted that he cancel his trip and send Pence because they were worried about his mental condition and that he might publicly show that he is becoming irrational.

[lpbk2713]

7. Trump defines pathological liar.

It's like breathing out and breathing in to him.

[malaise]

8. You know what's worse is that he digs in

and comes up with worse lies - presenting this map is a crime - it is fake.
The irony is that the cast majority of models on the map circulated by Florida water were not included in NOAA's map on the same day.

Let the fool dig in.

[HipChick]

9. It's a pity his brain

is not as sharp as a sharpie...so there is no one in the West Wing to tell him this is a bad idea

His lies will get folks killed...

[malaise]

10. There are no words for this one

He just keeps digging deeper.

[bdamomma]

37. Stephen Miller

is a another catalyst.

[Bob Loblaw]

13. I sincerely believe he was hoping

to have presided over the greatest hurricane in history, that's why he wasn't aware that a Cat 5 even existed. I would almost wager that he'll claim some sort of credit for causing Dorian to miss Alabama. Probably due to his constant monitoring between "gimme" 20 foot putts.

[NewJeffCT]

50. It's the 4th Category 5 hurricane

since he took office. He's on record several times previously saying similar "nobody ever heard of a hurricane this big before"

[littlemissmartypants]

14. America, meet your president with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist...

Definition
The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is a diagnostic tool used to rate a person's psychopathic or antisocial tendencies. People who are psychopathic prey ruthlessly on others using charm, deceit, violence or other methods that allow them to get [away] with [what] they want. The symptoms of psychopathy include: lack of a conscience or sense of guilt, lack of empathy, egocentricity, pathological lying, repeated violations of social norms, disregard for the law, shallow emotions, and a history of victimizing others.

Originally designed to assess people accused or convicted of crimes, the PCL-R consists of a 20-item symptom rating scale that allows qualified examiners to compare a subject's degree of psychopathy with that of a prototypical psychopath. It is accepted by many in the field as the best method for determining the presence and extent of psychopathy in a person.

The Hare checklist is still used to diagnose members of the original population for which it was developed— adult males in prisons, criminal psychiatric hospitals, and awaiting psychiatric evaluations or trial in other correctional and detention facilities. Recent experience suggests that the PCL-R may also be used effectively to diagnose sex offenders as well as female and adolescent offenders.

Read more: http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-Psychopathy-Checklist.html#ixzz5ybatqWyG

Emphasis mine.

Much more at the link.

http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-Psychopathy-Checklist.html

Thank you for sharing this, malaise. ❤

[malaise]

15. That's him

Thanks for your great post

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. Second that, great post. 👍🏾

[pansypoo53219]

16. no lie. juststupid wrong and saving face. more stupid.

[yaesu]

17. House Dems, is there any question about impeachment yet? nt

[durablend]

18. Too divisive, sorry.

[maveric]

19. And CBS Nightly News hasn't said a word about it.

Halfway through.

[malaise]

28. ABC has very good coverage

It was second after the Dorian updates and scenes from the Bahamas

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Rachel Maddow led with this, they're still discussing Trump's hurricane lies now

She said falsifying official maps like he did could result in fines or 90 days in prison or both!

[malaise]

29. I'd pay to see them LOCK HIM UP!!

He's really sick

[Rhiannon12866]

31. 90 days in jail would be a wonderful break for this country!

[Beringia]

23. His own little sandbox

[malaise]

33. Justice is coming

Watch the ride

[Stuart G]

42. I agree with you malaise, ..."Justice is coming" maybe a little slow, but on the way.

It won't be stopped. This train is longer and stronger than any other in history. It got Nixon, Al Capone, and it will get Donald Trump. A little slow, but on its way. If anything gets in its way, it will knock it down, and then run it over.

[MasonDreams]

30. This IS trivial. If no bullets killing humans, If no abuse of humans in cages, If no nuclear

Catastrophe, If no eviction notice from planet Earth; Then relax it is a silly comedy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. correction: Putin's president lied and tried to cover it up

That animated pile of cat shit ain't my President, nor has it ever acted like the President of the United States. ( Does that even exist anymore? )

[guillaumeb]

36. If Trump's brain was as big as his ego...............eom

[VOX]

38. Trump is like the gun problem: every day/week brings another outrage...

but the way things are rigged, nothing will be done to eliminate the problem. And as sure as there’ll be more marketplace massacres with military-style weapons, Trump will continue to lie, steal, cheat and break laws in plain sight.

And with all the insanity and lawlessness on display, I don’t feel particularly confident that the 2020 election will be free and fair.

Common sense has left the building.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. #impeachyesterday

[Retrograde]

40. A normal person would have said something like

"I make a mistake, I had been up all night tracking the storm - not to mention worrying about the economy and the Middle East and whatever a president is supposed to be concerned about. I screwed up I'm sorry. Now, going forward, I'm working with the governors of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina" etc., etc.

And it would be laughed over and quickly forgotten. But this guy...

[raccoon]

44. If the Dotard apologized, the world would end. Nt

[JHB]

45. One more Trump crime. Really. See what Al Roker dug up...

Link to tweet

[malaise]

46. It's time to

LOCK HIM UP! This is dangerous madness

[bdamomma]

48. you know

he couldn't STFU and he hates being upstaged by another catastrophic event. It's all about him, he must have been having withdrawal symptoms of not being in the news.

fucking stupid ass.

[malaise]

49. You're so right

He makes up his own reality regardless of who gets hurt in the process.

[YOHABLO]

51. Do we expect anything less of Trump? He lies all the time, every day. I'm not shocked.