Can we stop pretending Trump is fit to be president?

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By Paul Waldman

May 25, 2020 at 10:08 a.m. EDT

At various times over the past three and a half years, many of us have asked what would happen if President Trump truly went over the edge or if his behavior became so frightening that his unfitness for the most powerful position on Earth could no longer be denied.

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The truth is that Trump is not much more despicable of a human being than he has always been; it’s just that standard Trumpian behavior becomes more horrifying when it occurs during an ongoing national crisis. It is reality that changed around him, and he was incapable of responding to it.

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If you gave many Republicans in Washington truth serum, they’d say, “Of course he’s unfit to be president. Of course he’s corrupt, of course he’s incompetent, of course he’s the most dishonest person ever to step into the Oval Office. But I can live with that, because him being reelected means Republicans keep power, we get more conservative judges and we get all the policies we favor.”

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In the future, when we look back on this dark period, we should resist the temptation to focus solely on Trump himself. To do so would be to excuse those who know exactly what he is but pretend they can work to keep him in office and remain unsullied. They cannot, and their moral culpability becomes clearer every day.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/25/can-we-stop-pretending-trump-is-fit-be-president/

[Turbineguy]

1. He started out unfit.

He's gone downhill since.

[iluvtennis]

27. Indeed. As Hillary said during 2016 townhalls, rallies, and debates - he's UNFIT and UNQUALIFIED. nt

[Warpy]

29. I woke up the day after the election with one thought.

"We might not survive this."

It was followed by "why are all the crazy guys with the guns on his side?"

Followed by "This is a young country. Most countries have already been headed by madmen and have survived them. Maybe we will get through this. We will be different, though. We will need to be."

[Laelth]

2. Hear! Hear!

A well-written and rational editorial.



-Laelth

[J_William_Ryan]

3. Of course Trump supporters/Republicans/conservatives

know Trump is unfit to be president.

It’s the blind partisan right, the 11th Commandment, and the belief by Republicans that controlling the WH is their ‘birthright.’

[Me.]

4. Finally...No Excuses!

[SamKnause]

5. The media could have done that since day one.

They didn't.

They normalized the orange, anus mouth, buffoon.

They continued to do so during his impeachment.

They have pretended he was normal, until it was too late to stop him.

[EndlessWire]

9. I remember

in the first days that they talked a lot about him shaping up and becoming Presidential. But, after he discovered how powerful he became with this position, he flipped out. There was no chance after that.

[Polly Hennessey]

6. History will condemn the republican

party as responsible for this nightmare along with the 36 percent who are as stupid, hateful, and greedy as he is. Also, if I believed in hell I would be certain that there is a special place for Evangelicals and right-wing Catholics.

[uponit7771]

7. K&R, the M$M continues to report on him like he's not a lunatic, he is

[smirkymonkey]

8. Many of us never did.

Some of them will continue until their dying day.

[Blue_true]

10. He is unfit morally, and intellectually. I still can't wrap my head around such a clown winning the

presidency.

[niyad]

15. Don't forget how much help he had from voter suppression and the russians. He LOST the

Popular vote by three million.

[Harker]

26. Same here...

but he's the fifth in my lifetime I've viewed in that manner.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. I have NEVER

pretended that he was anything other than a Criminally Deranged Scumbag who should NEVER have been allowed near ANY public office.

[hay rick]

12. IMHO supporting the scumbag's policies is more repulsive than supporting the scumbag.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Let's also stop moaning that he cannot be beaten. . .

James Carville gave a great pep talk the other day,
how Trump is a ". . .massive fat failure. . ."
". . .the country does not. want. him. back. . ."
". . .he's got 41 percent of the country? Forget it, that's a losing number. . ."
". . .get over this mentality about 2016. . ."

etc.

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#newrostrong

[cayugafalls]

14. If the news media would get onboard and message simply the narrative could change.

When he lies, Call him a Liar. When he says Fake News, tell him he is a Fake President and a Liar.

Stay on message and he will fall so hard the hair helmet will crack.

Just my opinion.

[dalton99a]

16. Trump is not fit to clean Obama's toilet

or your toilet

[malchickiwick]

17. I've always said he is fit only to serve ...

... as Putin's fleshlight.

[Wounded Bear]

18. I never did...

[SledDriver]

19. Trump is mentally ill and unfit to serve as president

[johnthewoodworker]

20. The republican coup is well underway. There is no way cat grabber leaves office in November.

He will win, steal, delay, or negate the election. This is a guerrilla political war and conventional thinking will result in the unthinkable, a second term. Of course everyone should vote, contribute, etc. But if you think this group of deplorable's is going to let the DOJ fall into democratic, enemy hands, forget it. That would result in his criminal exposure. Republican's are in on this. In a normal political environment republicans would be sprinting away from this failure of a president. Hasn't happened.
So, you better be ready to grab your mask and head out to protest come November. Signing an online petition or composing an enraged tweet won't do it. I hope I'm wrong and will laugh at my paranoia in November, but things have grown increasingly bizarre and I don't see it ending.

[Paladin]

21. Don't ask me.

Direct that question to "Both Sides Do It" shitheads like Chuck Todd.

[Kaleva]

22. Nobody is forcing you to continue to pretend that Trump is fit to be presdient.

I think the great majority here believed him unfit well before the 2016 election.

[sarge43]

25. The majority of the voting public didn't think he was fit to be president. n/t

[Iggo]

23. You got a mouse in your pocket, Mr Waldman?

[JmAln]

24. Don't forget about all the "dark money" that's helping to get Trump re-elected.

Trump and many other politicians are bought and paid for by special interests. At this point, the average person has little influence on the policies being made that affect them. This is because of all the big money being poured into politics. This goes for Democrats as well as Republicans.

[Orrex]

28. Everyone who voted for him should be barred from voting in any election for 50 years

And that goes for the lurking fuckheads here from the various Konservative circle jerk cesspit forums. Go fuck yourselves, assholes!

[NNadir]

30. I don't think anyone here, other than right wing trolls, has ever thought he was fit.

Clearly he isn't.

[DENVERPOPS]

31. I would love

I would love for someone to publish the entire "Project New American Century" report so we can see how much of it they have accomplished since the RepubliCON power mongers and hierarchy published it in 1997.

[peggysue2]

32. Yes, it's Trump AND his odious enablers

Those enablers include most Republicans who have supported, turned a blind eye or rallied around the ignoramus. No excuses. The Republicans are no longer the 'loyal' opposition. They are willing to defend and support a criminal while throwing away our Democratic Republic for money and power. They support a cult. They are the enemy inside the tent.

Democratic voters know this. Some Republican voters know this. Never-Trumpers have not suddenly turned into nice little Democrats. No, they simply recognize the threat that Trump and the GOP have become to the very fabric of the country. Suburban women see this. Seniors are awakening to the fact and the AA community and other POC see Donald Trump for what he's always been: a fat, over-indulged bigot. Ask the immigrant community. I'm sure we'd all get an earful.

Donald Trump represents the worst instincts running through our multicultural, racial, religious, ethnic society: Whinerism, Victimology and Flat-Out Prejudice. Roll that up with a lust for power and money and a talent for propaganda and anything is possible. Human history is rich in the crimes of authoritarian piglets.

Donald Trump is the living embodiment of America's underbelly. It's not new but the Cult is in power at the moment.

Which is why said Cult must be crushed along with its twisted members.

Never forget, never forgive.

[BadGimp]

33. #GOPSurrender is REAL!

And it's effects have been devastating.