Never Call a Counter Puncher "Crazy"

[oasis]

Or they will call you a "Showboating grand stander".

Trump characterized Comey as a "showboater" and "grand stander" in his interview today. Trump has never used that terminology to describe Comey before, so you gotta believe it's because he read recent reports of Comey calling him "crazy".

Trump couldn't help but take the bait, now he's in even deeper doo doo with the rank and file FBI.

And Trump is supposed to be so goddam smart.

[chillfactor]

1. the orange one..

really is damn crazy and he keeps digging himself deeper and deeper into a hole.

[oasis]

2. I imagine Trump's face turned from orange to cherry red after he

found out what Comey really thought of him.

You can almost hear Trump at the beginning his rant, "And to think, that backstabber was so nice to me at dinner".

[WinkyDink]

4. The imaginary dinner.

[oasis]

5. But...but.. Trump insisted it was the dinner w/Comey when he first

found out he wasn't under investigation. Could he be lying about something so important?

[WinkyDink]

9. No dinner. No statements from Comey. Total fabrication. Mark these words.

[Phoenix61]

3. He disrespected the wall at the CIA

He has pissed off the FBI. Macron probably isn't too happy with him after his support of Le Pen. Merkel can't help but think he's a sexist moron. Mexico definitely isn't happy with him. The Dutch are busy digging into his finances. The Chinese are not going to appreciate all the negative press around the visa kerfuffle. Eventually the sheer mass will bring him down. Money people don't like the instability he is creating. It's bad for business.

[oasis]

6. Trump will be making a faster exit than we thought. nt

[saidsimplesimon]

7. Thanks oasis

I have spent a wee bit of time today looking for reputable conservative sources to prove your point. Here is one that confirms there are dark and stormy waters ahead for cheeto. The entire article was worth the time. I am sharing her closing argument.

Kori Schake claims to be a “Never Trump” Republican and states she stands by it.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/10/the-bonfire-of-donald-trumps-vanities-intl-implications-of-fbi-james-comey-firing/

With the reckless, fishy sacking of James Comey, President Trump’s domestic behavior has become more than an embarrassment — it’s an international liability.

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The Bonfire of Donald Trump’s Vanities
Kori Schake, Foreign Policy Magazine Wed, May 10
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First, it incurs an opportunity cost of much that might otherwise be accomplished — worthwhile policy initiatives undertaken, explaining decisions about the war in Afghanistan, or building support for the economic analysis undergirding the president’s budget. Our national attention will continue to be consumed by bonfires of the president’s vanity. It’s sucking the air out of so many important issues we should be carefully considering, like how to knit together our North Korea policy with the dovish bent of the newly elected president of South Korea, or whether sending additional forces to Afghanistan are a continuation of existing strategy or harbinger of a new direction in that 16-year war.
….snip
Second, it makes more difficult support from democratic allies for the President’s initiatives. President Trump’s behavior looks more like autocratic Turkey or Russia than it does the Netherlands or Estonia; that drives up the domestic cost to allied governments for agreeing to our requests. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s invitation to former President Barack Obama to speak at the Brandenburg Gate just before the NATO summit (at which Trump will be attending) is a taste of things to come. It will make European and North American leaders, our closest friends and steadiest partners, hesitate to associate themselves with the new president of the United States. Germany’s Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron are already being championed as the new leaders of the free world; our president will need their support more than they will need his.

[oasis]

8. Trump is sacrificing American democracy upon the altar of his vanity.

That's about the size of it.