He is so "unpresidential".

[kentuck]

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There are no inspiring speeches that make our spirits soar with dreams of a more peaceful world for our children.

Instead of speeches that would bring us together, there are speeches that drive us further apart. This is not good. His crude and revengeful remarks do nothing to bring the sides together. Perhaps he feels no need to do that? Perhaps, neither do his supporters?

He doesn't understand the gravity of his words. That makes him a very dangerous player on the world stage.

If not pathological, he is at best, an habitual liar. He distorts reality. He creates "stories" for his followers, such as the "millions" of illegal voters that voted for Hillary that makes him a "landslide winner".

There are so many ways that he is "unpresidential". He is negligent toward our national security, as witnessed by his refusal to attend the presidential "intelligence briefings" - that are offered each day by our intelligence agencies.

He has ignored the deadlines that are coming up before him, with regards to his conflicts of interests. He expects the Republican majorities to change the rules just for him? He refuses to be transparent in the least. He shows no federal tax returns. He refuses to make public any information about his overseas businesses, in places like Russia and China.

And he expects the electoral college to give him their votes? He cannot blatantly disobey our Constitution and expect everyone to follow along.

[Fast Walker 52]

1. he is the most awful president-elect of the modern age

I don't hate him, so much as he simply repulses me.

I feel like my brain is being raped to hear him speak, and I can't even imagine what women or minorities feel listening to him. Anyone with any sense of humanity or empathy should be repulsed by him.

[kentuck]

2. Likewise.

I can no longer listen to his caustic crowing. I turn him off. He is no president of mine. I do not say that lightly.

[Fast Walker 52]

6. I don't see how I could ever respect him

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. We are two nations on the same soil.

We don't like them and they don't like us. There is never anything to be gained from illusion or delusion.

[Fast Walker 52]

5. unfortunately there's no clean boundary, for breaking us apart, except maybe the west coast states

but in most states, the cities are decent and humane, and rural areas are crazyville Trumpland.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. The West Coast and East Coast States.

I pity the nations in the middle and those locked in states populated by Deplorables.

[Fast Walker 52]

8. I live in Indiana, and am surrounded by them

and mostly you would never know it!

A lot of people I know, I just don't WANT to know if they voted for him.

I do know some people at work that voted for him, that I liked, and I just can't look at them the same way anymore.

[LittleGirl]

27. Yup, that's why I had to leave

my home state. Too many of them knuckle draggers for me.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Don't kid yourself...

there are a ton of red counties in the west coast states. Politically the cities like Seattle, Portland, SF and LA dominate because of population, but the rural areas in "blue" states are just as red as fucking Kansas. In the mid-west/central part of the country, the rural areas are being de-populated, slowly but surely, but in many cases people are not moving to cities in their own states. They're moving to the coast.

[Fast Walker 52]

23. True... but for now the cities are large enough to easily outnumber the red areas there

[whathehell]

24. Yes, and very "non-coastal" Minnesota, Illinois, and New Mexico remain Blue.

Just sayin'.

[raccoon]

4. Excellent post, especially this:

Instead of speeches that would bring us together, there are speeches that drive us further apart.

He was as divisive as he could possibly be before the election. Now he and other Republicans talk about working together?
Give me a break!

[global1]

9. That's Right - The Anti-Trump & The Trump Repugs Will Work Together....

case in point - Mitt Romney groveling, Ryan & McConnell rallying around him - to name a few.

Interesting to see how fast this Party that was supposed to disappear - came together
after they learned they won the 'trifecta'.

[cilla4progress]

10. Trying to desperately find some sort of upside in all this

And truthfully coming up empty handed, I will say for any doubters, whether they be foreign or domestic, the contrast with Obama is going to be stark, manifest, and painful. Not that I would have wanted it to go this way, but some in this country are going to get a big dose of their own medicine and it ain't going to be pretty. Another way of saying be careful what you wish for.

[kentuck]

15. We have no option but to oppose him at every turn.

That is our duty. That is our responsibility. We cannot support such a negative message for America. We have no choice.

[cilla4progress]

18. 100%

agree!

Part of that is making sure people know who he is. Americans have short memories. Pussy-grabbing, the disabled, women, immigrants - don't let him sweep these under the carpet.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Are you all seeing it now? He's the anti-President.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028310667

[uponit7771]

12. Donald Putin is the Whites Only potus

[underpants]

13. It's a wrestling act

Big event comes to town, people go to scream and yell, clear cut good vs. bad (he plays both parts,l(, throw in a little violence during the campaign, he does a Rick Flair "I'm the man!!!" with some The Rock insult stuff (the crowd eats it up even if it's about them), and his family plays a role too (different than how Vince McMahon portrays his family).

Wrestling always sells. Boxing has dipped badly in the age of perfect for TV Mixed Martial Arts but wrestling survives.

[kentuck]

17. Right on!

[Vinca]

14. He's a reality show star and this is just another reality show to him.

[colsohlibgal]

16. It Is Just Scary

We are turning the Oval Office and the nuclear codes over to a person with the maturity of a delinquent teen. Scarier too that otherwise good people voted for him. I imagine buyer's remorse is already starting with a few of them.

[disillusioned73]

19. Agreed..

for the most part..

"If not pathological, he is at best, an habitual liar. He distorts reality. He creates "stories" for his followers, such as the "millions" of illegal voters that voted for Hillary that makes him a "landslide winner". "

He is a sociopath & an liar of epic proportion, but I don't think he creates these "stories".. living here in the Alabama part of PA I can tell you with unwavering certainty that he gets this sh*t from the echo chamber that is the right.. chain emails, hate radio & faux entertainment - I am hearing the same exact stuff from Trump that I have been hearing from the un-witted deplorables for years... it is scary to hear it from a president elect though - very scary..

[alarimer]

21. I think those that voted for him like that, though.

They are tired of being talked down to (as they see it) and they don't buy the high-flying bullshit, which they see as lying. Sometimes it is, frankly. But of course Trump was lying through his ass too.

Dreams and hope don't get you anywhere when you can't find a decent job.

[kentuck]

22. We have been in much worse financial straits in the past...

and did not resort to such base impulses and reactions? Why is this time different? I think the economic argument has been over-stated, to a large degree. The majority of Trump supporters were above average in income. They chose to swim in the sewer.

[wisteria]

25. I want to cry when I see what our great nation and the Presidency are about to become.

He has reduced the office to a reality program, and a joke.

[Skittles]

30. he and his ridiculous supporters

it is sickening beyond belief

[lark]

26. He does expect them to go along, absolutely.

Spoiled little rich idiot has been able to bribe, steal or threaten his way out of every single situation and because he's rich, comes out on top. Even when he pays fines, they aren't nearly what he would have paid if the contracted rates were included. He's raped, cheated, destroyed documents, defrauded millions and gets away with it. Why wouldn't he expect the same, because he definitely expects to be president and was willing to create a civil war to get it.

[LittleGirl]

28. You know

our unemployment rate is pretty stable right now. Our insured rate is rather good, it's not great but it's good and can be improved. The rest of the world views America as a decent place. How much will that change?

the stock market, well, don't even go there.

and 'hope' has been high.

I wonder in 3 yrs how bad it's going to be. I wonder how many people are going to be unemployed. How many are going to be uninsured. How many living on the streets because the 1% has it ALL.

I really worry about our citizens. I worry about the incarceration rate of dissenters.

I don't see anything in our future but 'blackness and darkness and hatred'.

[Skittles]

29. he is pathetic

and the people who voted for him?