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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Low Will Trump Go? The president is unabashed, unapologetic and out of control.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-united-states.html?quality=90&auto=webp
The wonder of the Trump administration the jaw-dropping, brain-exploding phantasmagoria of it is that it doesnt bury its rottenness under layers of counterfeit virtue or use a honeyed voice to mask the vinegar inside. The rottenness is out in the open. The sourness is right there on the surface for all to see.
Its at the presidents rallies, where he plays a bigot for laughs, a bully for applause.
Its in the ballrooms and beds at Mar-a-Loco, where he mingles official government business with free marketing for his gilded club.
Its in the transcript of his phone call with the president of Ukraine, for whom the quid, the pro and the Biden-ravaging quo couldnt have been clearer.
Its at the microphone in the White House briefing room, where his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, showed up on Thursday, announced that President Trump would host the next G7 meeting at one of his own golf resorts, and conceded that, yes, aid to Ukraine had been tied to that countrys indulgence of the presidents political obsessions.
Get over it, Mulvaney told the assembled journalists.
Elections have consequences, he also said.
Allow me to translate: American voters gave Trump the presidency, so its his to use and abuse as he wants.
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How Low Will Trump Go? The president is unabashed, unapologetic and out of control. (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Oct 2019
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Joe941
(2,848 posts)1. There is no limit.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)2. The horror of it all is ...
so many Americans still accept and love what he does.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)3. The lowest refuse to leave the White House and ignore Court decisions.
Murder and incarceration of political opponents are possible.
doc03
(35,386 posts)4. Trump's aragance and stupidity knows no bounds. nt
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. There is no bottom for Trump.
The sooner we get rid of him the better.