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NewsCenter28

(1,837 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:51 PM Oct 2020

OMG! He is having an epic meltdown and demanding Barr arrest Clinton and Obama immediately

Problem is Barr is only too happy to oblige this lunatic.

Donald Trump mounted an overnight Twitter blitz demanding to jail his political enemies and call out allies he says are failing to arrest his rivals swiftly enough.

Trump twice amplified supporters’ criticisms of Attorney General William Barr, including one featuring a meme calling on him to “arrest somebody!” He wondered aloud why his rivals, like President Barack Obama, Democratic nominee Joe Biden and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton hadn’t been imprisoned for launching a “coup” against his administration.

“Where are all of the arrests?” Trump said, after several dozen tweets on the subject over the past 24 hours. “Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? Long term sentences would have started two years ago. Shameful!”

By early afternoon, Trump was letting loose his frustrations in an all-caps missive that seemed aimed at nobody in particular.

“DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS (IN HISTORY)!!! BIDEN, OBAMA AND CROOKED HILLARY LED THIS TREASONOUS PLOT!!! BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN - GOT CAUGHT!!!” Trump tweeted.


What is our response when Barr and Trump start locking up our leaders?

view online:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/07/trump-demands-barr-arrest-foes-427389

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OMG! He is having an epic meltdown and demanding Barr arrest Clinton and Obama immediately (Original Post) NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 OP
told ya Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #1
You sure did! NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #2
not going to happen... agingdem Oct 2020 #33
Amen Joinfortmill Oct 2020 #133
It's not going to happen. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #10
I predicted Joe or his son or high profile Democrats...I hope I am wrong. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #12
They might release Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #16
Dont you just love the folks who immediately just dismiss it out of hand! Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #123
I don't know who you're referring to Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #128
NOT YOU, i usually say that when i post, NOT YOU Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #129
No hard feelings:) Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #132
Most people don't believe a word that comes out of the orange buffoon's mouth. cwydro Oct 2020 #135
Please. cwydro Oct 2020 #79
don't forget the lawn chair... agingdem Oct 2020 #100
Imagine The Scene At Next Week's Debate COL Mustard Oct 2020 #121
+1 CentralMass Oct 2020 #54
I heard Susan Collins said "he learned his lesson, he got covid". ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #122
Time for an intervention Walleye Oct 2020 #3
We burn DC to the ground if that happens. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #4
THIS. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #35
yup gopiscrap Oct 2020 #38
yup gopiscrap Oct 2020 #44
Yep. cilla4progress Oct 2020 #55
I think you'll be surprised at how many of us Rural_Progressive Oct 2020 #68
My husband made sure he can take a few days off Bettie Oct 2020 #88
Small town Minnesota here PutGramaOnThePhone Oct 2020 #115
Wow, it is literally the Mad King from Game of Thrones moose65 Oct 2020 #126
damn straight. then the real revolution begins TeamPooka Oct 2020 #103
Please, I don't want to have to say how stupid that is. Sabotage the mechanisms helping fight COVID? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #106
If they arrest Obama and Clinton then it is storm the Bastille time SoonerPride Oct 2020 #109
Wrong Bastille, duh. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #112
He's gone from mimicking Mussolini DBoon Oct 2020 #5
Hitler went nuts in his final days. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #27
Well, Trump knows where the basement is. Dem2theMax Oct 2020 #67
Adolf was a major tweaker, like many of his soldiers . . . hatrack Oct 2020 #107
Stalin got rid of all potential rivals in the early 30s, and followed Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #89
yes the "Doctors Plot" is what I had in mind DBoon Oct 2020 #163
A couple of weeks ago, some "insiders" on Twitter... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #6
KnR Hekate Oct 2020 #7
Barr isn't giong to arrest Clinton and Obama. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #8
Steroid 'dream' elleng Oct 2020 #15
That, too. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #19
Wet Steroid Dream COL Mustard Oct 2020 #124
Frankly, I wouldn't count on that... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #18
Not happening. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #21
Agreed. Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #28
They want to re-create 10/28/16 NewsCenter28 Oct 2020 #31
nonsense. drray23 Oct 2020 #45
+1. Nonsense. And you are right. LizBeth Oct 2020 #51
What about Biden? Renew Deal Oct 2020 #31
Man, those steroids are really something. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #9
He's going to drag a lot of Reptilicans down with his ship. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #30
YAAAAAYYYYYYYYY! n/t bdtrppr6 Oct 2020 #53
Reptilicans. I like that. Nt raccoon Oct 2020 #95
Even worse than the last 4 years! triron Oct 2020 #119
Scary how many here seem to take him seriously. cwydro Oct 2020 #136
I wonder why he felt the need to put IN HISTORY in parentheses. Siwsan Oct 2020 #11
You're funny. I like you. Trump vs sentence structure. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #22
I do my best!! Siwsan Oct 2020 #24
I like you both! yardwork Oct 2020 #57
Thanks YW. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #60
I like that! YW at your service! yardwork Oct 2020 #61
Trump is crazy Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #13
The evidence of collusion against Trump is overwhelming Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #14
Is Barr at work or sick? lostnfound Oct 2020 #17
Not sure. They can round up our Democratic leaders Baitball Blogger Oct 2020 #23
That was my thought. Biden better not do that debate live. C Moon Oct 2020 #144
The meds are interfering with his usually outstanding grammatical choices. BKDem Oct 2020 #20
Excellent! ZZenith Oct 2020 #36
Gave me a belly laugh. Thank you! Dem2theMax Oct 2020 #70
He thinks grammer is his grampa's wife dameatball Oct 2020 #120
Even the imaginary plot against him ... CatMor Oct 2020 #25
When and how will the steroids be withdrawn? kskiska Oct 2020 #26
Wondering the same about steroid withdrawal. BarbD Oct 2020 #92
Clearly way past time to invoke the 25th vlyons Oct 2020 #29
I think that's Pence's job isn't it? He has to call the meeting FakeNoose Oct 2020 #74
It is, and that's why nothing will be done unless Rump starts shooting up the WH Nay Oct 2020 #97
he's killed thousands already. barbtries Oct 2020 #138
Batshit. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2020 #34
Anybody with the way he's raging, think he's going to call Kamala the N word or a hoe? maryellen99 Oct 2020 #37
I think he's trying to get one of his Q-Anon supporters to go after Biden, Hillary, and Obama. LaMouffette Oct 2020 #39
Your post title needs a change at the end (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #43
Thanks! Ha! See how terrified I am? LaMouffette Oct 2020 #52
Don't be terrified. Stay calm and vote! yardwork Oct 2020 #58
+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Oct 2020 #65
I was thinking about that crazy dude who attempted to send bombs. Forgot his name so much insanity Akacia Oct 2020 #125
Exactly! LaMouffette Oct 2020 #166
B-movie villain loses his shit and starts screaming at everyone at the end jcgoldie Oct 2020 #40
Project Much, COVID SUPER SPREADER? Cha Oct 2020 #41
Get the f'n straight-jacket already, will you????? Guilded Lilly Oct 2020 #42
exactly. Time to invoke the 25th amendment immediately & get him to the nutter house. onetexan Oct 2020 #47
Wait, what about Executive immunity or kacekwl Oct 2020 #46
He is absolutely crazy... Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #48
More likely he'll be transported to the Walter Reed psych ward! MoonRiver Oct 2020 #49
It's never going to happen. Sympthsical Oct 2020 #50
Like watching a train wreck I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #154
No one's ever seen a derailed train speed up before Sympthsical Oct 2020 #160
The train had jumped the track in the front I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #161
This is his October surprise. It's all he's got. yardwork Oct 2020 #56
This man is a lunatic. honest.abe Oct 2020 #59
The 'good news' here, is trump criticizing barr twice empedocles Oct 2020 #62
That last one is in response to a tweet by "Girl Bot" from 2018. nolabear Oct 2020 #63
The scene from Wonder Women when Ludendorff inhales the CentralMass Oct 2020 #64
But where is Barr? Somewhere plotting the arrests? OregonBlue Oct 2020 #66
Barr is in quarantine Todd79 Oct 2020 #162
That doesn't mean he isn't plotting. OregonBlue Oct 2020 #164
His doctors just said he was showing no symptoms. llmart Oct 2020 #69
They must have him on a very high dose luvtheGWN Oct 2020 #90
Here ya go. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #108
LOL llmart Oct 2020 #153
did they say he didn't have symptoms, barbtries Oct 2020 #140
He's projecting again. What Trump is really saying is, "I NEED TO BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY!!" mtnsnake Oct 2020 #71
This is like bad Vaudeville. crickets Oct 2020 #72
Donald tRump VA_Jill Oct 2020 #73
Good luck finding a judge to issue an arrest warrant Takket Oct 2020 #75
A straight Lunatic has the codes to nuclear Roc2020 Oct 2020 #76
If they actually try to go there, surround them with phalanxes of people Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #77
With all the drugs that he has been taking and their side effects, avebury Oct 2020 #78
take his dang phone away .PLEASE. oh by the way. wont happen . on what charges fool? AllaN01Bear Oct 2020 #80
Could a law be devised to control the autonomy of doctors treating the President? Especially.. LAS14 Oct 2020 #81
Good lord! Remove Trump from the White House A.S.A.P.!...! Illumination Oct 2020 #82
He's gone full Dexamethasone, jb5150 Oct 2020 #83
William Shatner interprets Donald Trump Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #84
Not gonna happen so don't worry about it Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #85
Somebody needs to take his phone away from him. avebury Oct 2020 #86
Roid rage much? The Genealogist Oct 2020 #87
It's strong with this one Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #91
If his hands weren't so tiny, I'd be afraid he'd injure someone The Genealogist Oct 2020 #96
He's coming off the roids..... lindysalsagal Oct 2020 #93
Herr Trump is a QAnon fan! Person of Interest Oct 2020 #94
I think Barr is hiding from the madman...and probably has the virus too... Sancho Oct 2020 #98
It's a matter for the psychiatric hospital bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #99
PROJECTION! HE'S USING THE OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE HIS OWN RIVALS. nt wiggs Oct 2020 #101
Sounds like he's having a Nixon episode. japple Oct 2020 #102
He's only had nearly 4 years to get it done! But he doesn't know how because there is nothing there. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #104
Time to give Benedict Donald some Cocoa Puffs. generalbetrayus Oct 2020 #105
today's impeachable outrage. nt wiggs Oct 2020 #110
Trump seems to be deteriorating rapidly. PatrickforO Oct 2020 #111
When he sees what steroids do to his genitalia he may launch against China. Marcuse Oct 2020 #113
You win the internets! orangecrush Oct 2020 #117
He Hasn't seen Them In Years, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #167
He's projecting this onto them because... duforsure Oct 2020 #114
The full explanation of his DESPERATION... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #116
+1 orangecrush Oct 2020 #118
Words of wisdom, my friend. UserNotFound Oct 2020 #137
I'm guessing the press is ignoring him ? mucifer Oct 2020 #127
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2020 #130
Another side effect of massive doses of Steroids. Delusions. Paranoid Delusions. Captain Zero Oct 2020 #131
ai yi yi barbtries Oct 2020 #134
The 25th Amendment has failed us ThoughtCriminal Oct 2020 #139
That may be the next chapter of this saga. C Moon Oct 2020 #148
Most of the current members homegirl Oct 2020 #152
Well somebody is but I'll bet it ain't Trump. Ligyron Oct 2020 #159
Hopefully homegirl Oct 2020 #169
You know what I'm missing in this whole opera? BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #141
I hope Chump's doctor knows how many Adderall prescriptions he's written FakeNoose Oct 2020 #146
I have never believed that Chump doesn't drink. He may not drink in public, but in private? LuckyLib Oct 2020 #157
I think he's laying the groundwork dflprincess Oct 2020 #142
Please folks do no attribute this to COVID-19 or his medication. gordianot Oct 2020 #143
This. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #145
I really don't want to laugh at anyone who is mentally deficient. lpbk2713 Oct 2020 #147
The real treason is every day the 25th amendment is not invoked jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #149
THAT's when the shooting starts. world wide wally Oct 2020 #150
It's a scam FormerOstrich Oct 2020 #151
That happens and it's instant civil war. And, and, and the end of this country forever. warmfeet Oct 2020 #155
All the republicans I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #158
Barr so deserves this wryter2000 Oct 2020 #156
Trump and Barr will not lock up our leaders. Progressive dog Oct 2020 #165
I Am Inclined To Agree, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #168

agingdem

(8,849 posts)
33. not going to happen...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:06 PM
Oct 2020

he's a covid infected cornered rat...and he's on mega doses of meds...the raging paranoia is coming from the steroid...and who knows what that cocktail of experimental crap is doing to his dung heap infested brain...and btw..where's Barr?...quarantined with covid symptoms?...from what I understand Chris Christie isn't doing too well and considering Barr and Christie share a body type I suspect there a ventilator in Barr's not so distant future...G-d, are you listening???

Turin_C3PO

(16,385 posts)
10. It's not going to happen.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:57 PM
Oct 2020

Biden won’t be arrested. Trump’s having a psychotic break. Grab the popcorn!

Turin_C3PO

(16,385 posts)
16. They might release
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Oct 2020

some manufactured dirt on Hunter or Hillary but I seriously doubt it would go anywhere. Trump’s desperate now.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)
123. Dont you just love the folks who immediately just dismiss it out of hand!
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:48 PM
Oct 2020

Almost as if they dont support our guy.

Turin_C3PO

(16,385 posts)
128. I don't know who you're referring to
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:58 PM
Oct 2020

but if you're implying that I don't support Biden, you're completely full of it. I've been donating my time and money to ensure a blue tsunami next month.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)
129. NOT YOU, i usually say that when i post, NOT YOU
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:00 PM
Oct 2020

i almost always include that but forgot this time

Now let me do something trump will never do nor will that group I talk about either

I apologize.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
135. Most people don't believe a word that comes out of the orange buffoon's mouth.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:03 PM
Oct 2020

Accusing people here of not supporting “our guy” is a bit over the top.

agingdem

(8,849 posts)
100. don't forget the lawn chair...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:18 PM
Oct 2020

watching that depraved sociopath descend into madness...kind of fun...

COL Mustard

(8,218 posts)
121. Imagine The Scene At Next Week's Debate
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:46 PM
Oct 2020

DJT orders his Secret Service detail to arrest Biden. What great theater!!!

ResistantAmerican17

(4,188 posts)
122. I heard Susan Collins said "he learned his lesson, he got covid".
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:46 PM
Oct 2020

Bbbbwwwwaaaaa of course she didn’t!!!

Rural_Progressive

(1,107 posts)
68. I think you'll be surprised at how many of us
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:50 PM
Oct 2020

from small town, rural America will be right there with you.

Bettie

(19,704 posts)
88. My husband made sure he can take a few days off
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:06 PM
Oct 2020

with short notice and says to be ready to go. He has a few people to pick up along the way.

PutGramaOnThePhone

(236 posts)
115. Small town Minnesota here
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:38 PM
Oct 2020

I’ve talked with my brother about us being ready to head to DC if the election is stolen. If arrests like this start, I don’t see myself staying here. I’ll be with ya. However, as far as this country has fallen, I still don’t see the arrests happening.

How sad it is that the words in trump’s “ARREST THEM ALL” tweet are what should only be heard by a few doctors, nurses, and orderlies, on this side of the locked door of a psych ward; not ‘broadcast” from the White House.

moose65

(3,454 posts)
126. Wow, it is literally the Mad King from Game of Thrones
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:57 PM
Oct 2020

The Mad King said “Burn them all,” and Trump says “Arrest them all.”

Of course, the Mad King was killed right after he said that 😳

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
106. Please, I don't want to have to say how stupid that is. Sabotage the mechanisms helping fight COVID?
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:29 PM
Oct 2020

Burn all the institutions Obama, Carter, RBG, and John Lewis fought for?

Nuts.

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
67. Well, Trump knows where the basement is.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:50 PM
Oct 2020

Crossing my fingers. Crossing my toes, crossing my knees, my eyes, anything I can cross.

hatrack

(64,887 posts)
107. Adolf was a major tweaker, like many of his soldiers . . .
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:30 PM
Oct 2020

So too Donald J. Shitstain, though "Sieg Vile!" would probably be a better salutation for the West Wing.

Crunchy Frog

(28,280 posts)
89. Stalin got rid of all potential rivals in the early 30s, and followed
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:08 PM
Oct 2020

with wave after wave of purging and mass arrests, pretty much indiscriminately, for the next two decades of his life and rule.

In his final days he concocted a conspiracy that Jewish doctors were trying to kill him, and started yet another round. Fortunately he died soon after, and his successors called it off.

It really characterized his entire time in power, apart from the earliest years when he was consolidating behind the scenes.

DBoon

(24,983 posts)
163. yes the "Doctors Plot" is what I had in mind
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 09:08 PM
Oct 2020

Trump has gone from being power-mad to just plain mad.

regnaD kciN

(27,639 posts)
6. A couple of weeks ago, some "insiders" on Twitter...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Oct 2020

...claimed the WaPo was investigating just such a planned “October Surprise.” Since then, I think other events overtook any coverage. But I’m not all all convinced it won’t happen – and Trump’s tweets suggest he knows about it as well.

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
8. Barr isn't giong to arrest Clinton and Obama.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Oct 2020

This is nothing but another Trump pipe dream. We should probably stop giving them attention.

regnaD kciN

(27,639 posts)
18. Frankly, I wouldn't count on that...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Oct 2020

See my reply above. It sounds like this has been a plan in the works by this administration as a last-ditch move to sway the election, even before this.

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
21. Not happening.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:01 PM
Oct 2020

Biden is going to win by double digits. The election will be called election night and no one will take anything Trump says about the election after that point seriously.

The constant doom and gloom posting around here based on Trump's fever dreams has grown beyond tiresome.

Turin_C3PO

(16,385 posts)
28. Agreed.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:04 PM
Oct 2020

Trump’s administration is not competent enough to pull off a coup. He’s not playing 3D chess.

drray23

(8,757 posts)
45. nonsense.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:17 PM
Oct 2020

Clinton, Obama, Biden all have secret service protection. Nobody is going to walk up to them and try to arrest them. Its just Trump being delirious and feeding his base with hatred.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. Man, those steroids are really something.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:56 PM
Oct 2020

He is completely off the rails. Time for the 25th. Lock HIM UP!

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
11. I wonder why he felt the need to put IN HISTORY in parentheses.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 04:57 PM
Oct 2020

And, wouldn't it make more sense if he had finger screamed 'BIDEN GOT CAUGHT - SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO RUN!!!' Seems to me to flow much smoother.

Mr. Ected

(9,714 posts)
14. The evidence of collusion against Trump is overwhelming
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:00 PM
Oct 2020

And when the shit is finally able to hit the fan without manipulation of the system, it'll be Donald Trump, a Man for All Treasons, being frog-marched to federal prison.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
25. Even the imaginary plot against him ...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:03 PM
Oct 2020

has to be the BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS (IN HISTORY). Everything with him is biggest, best in the history of the world. If my father was acting like that me and my family would have intervened long ago.

BarbD

(1,433 posts)
92. Wondering the same about steroid withdrawal.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:12 PM
Oct 2020

Or, as you say, keep him on perpetual low doses.

FakeNoose

(41,632 posts)
74. I think that's Pence's job isn't it? He has to call the meeting
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:54 PM
Oct 2020

If they invoke the 25th Amendment and declare Chump unable to carry out his office, then Pence becomes interim POTUS, and Madame Speaker Pelosi moves up to #2.

However I think it has to be a super majority vote, am I right? It has to be more than 51% to unseat him. It doesn't seem likely that would happen because they've all kissed the ring.


Nay

(12,051 posts)
97. It is, and that's why nothing will be done unless Rump starts shooting up the WH
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:14 PM
Oct 2020

and kills someone. And maybe not even then.

barbtries

(31,308 posts)
138. he's killed thousands already.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:07 PM
Oct 2020

nothing has been done. now he's apparently suffering a psychotic break in public and still nothing is done. if it wasn't actually happening it would fail as fiction.

LaMouffette

(2,640 posts)
39. I think he's trying to get one of his Q-Anon supporters to go after Biden, Hillary, and Obama.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:13 PM
Oct 2020

This is scary as hell! The desperation in those all-caps tweets sounds like an urgent plea to his supporters to take action. I am terrified that one or more of them will do something violent, just like the guy that shot up the D.C. pizza place because he believed Hillary was running a pedophile ring out of its basement.

Although Trump is saying (in writing) that he wants Biden, Hillary, and Obama simply to be arrested, I think he is hoping that his "army" hears a dog-whistled call to arms.

I'm so sick of this shit! I agree with the other poster in this thread: It's 25th Amendment time.

LaMouffette

(2,640 posts)
52. Thanks! Ha! See how terrified I am?
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:23 PM
Oct 2020

At least I didn't type "Biden, Hillary, and Covfefe"!

Whew. What crazy times. I think I need to take a deep breath and go for a long walk to enjoy the beautiful fall weather out there today! This, too, will pass, one way or another.

Akacia

(651 posts)
125. I was thinking about that crazy dude who attempted to send bombs. Forgot his name so much insanity
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:51 PM
Oct 2020

happened in the last few years, hard to keep it all straight.

LaMouffette

(2,640 posts)
166. Exactly!
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:27 AM
Oct 2020

And what about the Russian operatives and white supremacist provocateurs who will amplify Trump's roided-out messaging to further encourage the unhinged to act out?

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
40. B-movie villain loses his shit and starts screaming at everyone at the end
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:14 PM
Oct 2020

“Arrest them theyre getting away! No not me THEM! WAHHHHH!”

Buckeyeblue

(6,352 posts)
48. He is absolutely crazy...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:19 PM
Oct 2020

No other president has ever been this psychotic. Not even Nixon. And he was the craziest until Trump brought back crazy.

He needs to resign. Effective last Friday. He can no longer be president. It's too dangerous.

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)
50. It's never going to happen.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:22 PM
Oct 2020

He’s mentally unstable.

Even off Barr attempted it (he won’t), Trump would lose by numbers we haven’t seen in a generation. He may already be going that route.

The man’s done and he’s flailing. The meds are intensifying it. I wish people would stop reacting to it in exactly the way he wants.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,369 posts)
154. Like watching a train wreck
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:48 PM
Oct 2020

Hard to look away..

Btw saw an actual train wreck. Thankfully nobody was hurt,it was a slow moving cargo train . It was weird I just stood on the bridge above the track watching as each car would move up the track hit the turned over car in front of it with a huge BOOM and it tipped over off the track,as the next car behind it moved up and..BOOM.

I think that same morbid rubbernecking kind of fascination with this train wreck trump is why people are watching the crazy asshole tweets get crazier and crazier they are waiting to hear the boom when trump keels over..

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)
160. No one's ever seen a derailed train speed up before
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

So this is certainly novel, I’ll give it that.

I was nervous as hell in 2016. I knew there was no minor chance we could lose. When it happened, I thought, “That seems about right.” This time? Nah, he’s done. Now it’s about limiting the damage he can do before he’s gone or he croaks. That makes me nervous.

(I’m glad no one was injured!)

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,369 posts)
161. The train had jumped the track in the front
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:33 PM
Oct 2020

The other cars were still drifting down the sloped track banging and falling over as they drifted down Eventually the banging and tipping of the cars stopped. But like 6 or 7 cars that were drifting down just ran into the other tipped cars and fell over too.

The train was not moving it was half crashed on a downhill slope when I saw it.

I hope it makes sense now.

 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
59. This man is a lunatic.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:37 PM
Oct 2020

This is becoming a serious national security problem. Someone needs to do something.

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
63. That last one is in response to a tweet by "Girl Bot" from 2018.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:41 PM
Oct 2020

I mean...does he just scroll around or use search terms or how the hell does he even see Girl Bot? And is he telling HER to do something?

Hey guys...the president’s coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs.

😳

CentralMass

(16,971 posts)
64. The scene from Wonder Women when Ludendorff inhales the
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:43 PM
Oct 2020

the gas developed by Dr Poison giving him metahuman powers.

llmart

(17,617 posts)
69. His doctors just said he was showing no symptoms.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:51 PM
Oct 2020

Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I think the steroid cocktails have pushed him over the edge.

Where's that "Old Man Yells At Clouds" cartoon when we need it?

luvtheGWN

(1,343 posts)
90. They must have him on a very high dose
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:08 PM
Oct 2020

of dexamethasone, which is why 1. he's not having a fever, and 2. he's demonstrating a great deal more megalomania than usual.

Of course, if he's snorting adderall, that just probably doubles the effects of the steroid.

His doctors should lose their licence, but then again, they're all military and must obey his orders. Spineless creatures they are -- they would be able to defend their case if only they would do the right thing and treat him correctly.

barbtries

(31,308 posts)
140. did they say he didn't have symptoms,
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:10 PM
Oct 2020

or he denied having any symptoms? cause there's a big difference there.

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
71. He's projecting again. What Trump is really saying is, "I NEED TO BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY!!"
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:53 PM
Oct 2020

crickets

(26,168 posts)
72. This is like bad Vaudeville.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:53 PM
Oct 2020

If only he were on a Vaudeville stage -- we could get out the hook.

VA_Jill

(14,371 posts)
73. Donald tRump
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:54 PM
Oct 2020

is having full-blown steroid psychosis. I've seen it before. Something awful is going to happen if his doctors don't do something...but everyone is afraid of him. This is f**king scary.

Roc2020

(1,787 posts)
76. A straight Lunatic has the codes to nuclear
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:56 PM
Oct 2020

weapons. Is anyone else really really really....really concerned about this like I am? Trump mind is oatmeal right now!

Crunchy Frog

(28,280 posts)
77. If they actually try to go there, surround them with phalanxes of people
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:56 PM
Oct 2020

that they will have to shoot to get through. See how a majority of Americans like seeing an American Tiananmen Square.

This will mark the beginning of a hot civil war in this country. No holds barred at that point. Better get your gun ready if you've got them, learn how to make IEDs andothermakeshiftweapons, hope to get at least some of the military on our side.

avebury

(11,196 posts)
78. With all the drugs that he has been taking and their side effects,
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:56 PM
Oct 2020

Trump will come across as bat shit crazy and ready for the looney bin.

Yeah I know, crazier then he normally is.

LAS14

(15,506 posts)
81. Could a law be devised to control the autonomy of doctors treating the President? Especially..
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 05:58 PM
Oct 2020

... when the normal practice is to use military doctors when he's the commander in chief. I've tried to get my head around this. What's to prevent him from just ordering doctors to prescribe more steroids?

Bradshaw3

(7,964 posts)
85. Not gonna happen so don't worry about it
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:03 PM
Oct 2020

It's like Hitler moving around imaginary divisions at the end of WWII with his generals nodding agreement while knowing he was nuts.

I don't know where people think drumpf gets some superpower to do whatever he wants. He has been rebuked many times and it's obvious even to the repubs he is going down. The military has said they won't interfere in the election, Roberts and other courts has bucked him and I guarantee you the Secret Service isn't going to help him. He's going to lose, he's going to leave office and Obama and Clinton will be celebrating on Nov. 3 wherever they choose, but it won't be prison.

The Genealogist

(4,739 posts)
96. If his hands weren't so tiny, I'd be afraid he'd injure someone
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:14 PM
Oct 2020

Physically, I mean, of course. He's caused massive suffering in other ways.

bucolic_frolic

(55,136 posts)
99. It's a matter for the psychiatric hospital
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:15 PM
Oct 2020

Paranoid rants are usually some guy holed up in his or his girlfriend's house and threatening harm to himself or others. I don't see much difference. Threats to enemies, against the public or "the system", demands that are beyond crazy. And naming potential accomplices. Local authorities usually have jurisdiction.

japple

(10,459 posts)
102. Sounds like he's having a Nixon episode.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:22 PM
Oct 2020

Wonder if he's roaming around the WH in his drawers cursing at the portraits of past presidents?

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
104. He's only had nearly 4 years to get it done! But he doesn't know how because there is nothing there.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:26 PM
Oct 2020

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
167. He Hasn't seen Them In Years, Sir
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:30 AM
Oct 2020

Poor little things are tucked away beneath the belly's apron.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
114. He's projecting this onto them because...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:37 PM
Oct 2020

He knows that's what he's going to be facing soon. He's used this tactic many times before. He's also mentally ill, and his health is declining now, and he knows he's about to suffer an embarrassing historic loss.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
116. The full explanation of his DESPERATION...
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:40 PM
Oct 2020

... will all be revealed eventually, and it's surely related to various kinds of fraud beyond his taxes.

The orange Covid-blob does not want to ever leave the WH. The legal immunity is too appealing.

UserNotFound

(114 posts)
137. Words of wisdom, my friend.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:06 PM
Oct 2020

And there's no telling what sort of sanitation protocols are gonna be necessary for the White House to be safe enough to be occupied by decent human beings....

Captain Zero

(8,905 posts)
131. Another side effect of massive doses of Steroids. Delusions. Paranoid Delusions.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:00 PM
Oct 2020

If he is already trying to get off of the steroids it is too much for his psyche with every thing else on his plate.
They need to start some psych meds.

barbtries

(31,308 posts)
134. ai yi yi
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:02 PM
Oct 2020

he's either in withdrawal or roid raging or overmedicated or mixing up his covid meds with his normal meds or WTF.

where is Barr? he might be sick. that'd be a shame eh.

trump would definitely be perfectly fine with imprisoning his political enemies on made up charges, the only question is if Barr far gone enough to go along and do it for him.

my response? Protest, protest, protest. no justice no peace. to hell with covid in that case. which incidentally is my plan if trump steals the election in November. I don't wanna die from covid and have taken extreme measures for months so i don't, but that would be a bridge too far.

what would your response be?

ThoughtCriminal

(14,721 posts)
139. The 25th Amendment has failed us
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:09 PM
Oct 2020

Because there is nothing but cowards left at the WH and GOP leadership.

Even the worst of them know he is completely insane and out of control, but continue to pretend that this is okay and normal.

I am not interested in their excuses after Trump is gone, they are disqualified for even the least important jobs on the planet.

C Moon

(13,643 posts)
148. That may be the next chapter of this saga.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:25 PM
Oct 2020

Maybe they want to wait and see how Pence does in the debate tonight. Then Friday 25th Trump. Doubtful, but anything is possible at this point.

homegirl

(1,965 posts)
152. Most of the current members
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:37 PM
Oct 2020

of Trump's Cabinet are "acting." They have not been examined and approved by the Senate or the House. So, in fact there is no legal cabinet to act on Article 4 of the 25th Amendment. Trump is a wily fox!


Ligyron

(8,006 posts)
159. Well somebody is but I'll bet it ain't Trump.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:24 PM
Oct 2020

That guy doesn't know shit about anything except his desires.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,217 posts)
141. You know what I'm missing in this whole opera?
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:16 PM
Oct 2020

Alcohol! I'd do a lot of things, savoury or not...or pay a decent sum of money to see Drumpf started drinking. But not a sip of sherry in the evening.

The amount of consumption that Steve Bannon seems to achieve, for one.

Intoxication Level: Bert Kreischer

FakeNoose

(41,632 posts)
146. I hope Chump's doctor knows how many Adderall prescriptions he's written
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:23 PM
Oct 2020

That would give us a big clue. Alcohol will not come in to play for Chump, even though it probably has for most of us.


LuckyLib

(7,052 posts)
157. I have never believed that Chump doesn't drink. He may not drink in public, but in private?
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:00 PM
Oct 2020

He lies about everything. Why should this be different?

dflprincess

(29,341 posts)
142. I think he's laying the groundwork
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:17 PM
Oct 2020

for a not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect defense.

gordianot

(15,772 posts)
143. Please folks do no attribute this to COVID-19 or his medication.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:21 PM
Oct 2020

This is who Trump has been all along. So far this is big talk but people need to listen. Old men just do not care and Trump is an old scared Psychopath who cares only for himself.

lpbk2713

(43,273 posts)
147. I really don't want to laugh at anyone who is mentally deficient.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:25 PM
Oct 2020


But damn, he makes it very difficult to keep from doing so.

FormerOstrich

(2,889 posts)
151. It's a scam
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:34 PM
Oct 2020

He wants a wave of people saying (rightfully so) that you can't lock up your political enemies. He wants the outrage.

Then when they try to lock him up (rightfully so) the thing will turn around and use your words as justification of how he is persucuted.

He did the same thing in 2016 when he would make statements about voter fraud and rigged elections. We were outraged. Our systems were safe. So when it was stolen/hacked he could point out about it wasn't because of those defending the systems about how safe they are.

Keeping the outrage alive.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
155. That happens and it's instant civil war. And, and, and the end of this country forever.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 07:50 PM
Oct 2020
He wants to burn our country to the ground. I am of the opinion that we should not let him do that.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,369 posts)
158. All the republicans
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:03 PM
Oct 2020

Want to shrink and drown the government (establisment)in a bathtub. Republican policies and votes have gone twords this goal

Progressive dog

(7,602 posts)
165. Trump and Barr will not lock up our leaders.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 10:52 AM
Oct 2020

That requires the civil servants, who actually have to make these arrests, to disobey their oaths to the Constitution and spit in the faces of the American people. It is not going to happen and those who do participate will be the ones who are locked up. Vote them out and he'll be gone.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
168. I Am Inclined To Agree, Sir
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:32 AM
Oct 2020

It would be amusing to press him on just what statute was violated....

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