A Danger to the World --- It's Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump

[Ilsa]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-is-a-menace-to-the-world-opinion-a-1148471.html

May 19, 2017
A Danger to the World
It's Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump

DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer

Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks associated with it. He doesn't read. He doesn't bother to peruse important files and intelligence reports and knows little about the issues that he has identified as his priorities. His decisions are capricious and they are delivered in the form of tyrannical decrees.

He is a man free of morals. As has been demonstrated hundreds of times, he is a liar, a racist and a cheat. I feel ashamed to use these words, as sharp and loud as they are. But if they apply to anyone, they apply to Trump. And one of the media's tasks is to continue telling things as they are: Trump has to be removed from the White House. Quickly. He is a danger to the world.

Trump is a miserable politician. He fired the FBI director simply because he could. James Comey had gotten under his skin with his investigation into Trump's confidants. Comey had also refused to swear loyalty and fealty to Trump and to abandon the investigation. He had to go.

Witnessing an American Tragedy

Trump is also a miserable boss. His people invent excuses for him and lie on his behalf because they have to, but then Trump wakes up and posts tweets that contradict what they have said. He doesn't care that his spokesman, his secretary of state and his national security adviser had just denied that the president had handed Russia (of all countries) sensitive intelligence gleaned from Israel (of all countries). Trump tweeted: Yes, yes, I did, because I can. I'm president after all.

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I don't remember seeing this editorial posted. I invite you to keep reading at the site.

[cwydro]

1. It was posted the other day.

But I hope everyone sees it.

[Madam45for2923]

2. Oh wow! So good! USA MSM needs to start saying this too!

[dhill926]

3. not mincing any words...

holy shit...

[3catwoman3]

4. Hit that nail...

...square on the head.

[mountain grammy]

5. Missed the first post so thanks for this

Our media better start saying the same.. now that violence against the press is no impediment to election, the situation could deteriorate quickly.

[Solly Mack]

6. It is time to get rid of Trump.

Well rid of him.

And his entire administration, for that matter.

[lambchopp59]

7. Problem is the trade from stupid and crazy to purposefully hateful

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/21/mike-pence-president-democrats-conservatives
Much as I agree, the orange clown must go, I'd prefer it be closer to when we can reign in a potential white christian nationalist hatemonger after the 2018 midterms.
There appear articles that lean both ways on this. But Pence really scares me. "I'm a Christ-Crunch cereal eater, a conservathumper and an Uglican, in that order." Okay, so I might have misquoted a bit, sue me.

[Amaryllis]

8. Wow. Read the whole article. First time I've seen this:

Check out the last sentence in the second paragraph:

"Nothing is as it should be in this White House. Everyone working there has been compromised multiple times and now they all despise each other - and everyone except for Trump despises Trump. Because of all that, after just 120 days of the Trump administration, we are witness to an American tragedy for which there are five theoretical solutions.

The first is Trump's resignation, which won't happen. The second is that Republicans in the House and Senate support impeachment, which would be justified by the president's proven obstruction of justice, but won't happen because of the Republicans' thirst for power, which they won't willingly give up. The third possible solution is the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which would require the cabinet to declare Trump unfit to discharge the powers of the presidency. That isn't particularly likely either. Fourth: The Democrats get ready to fight and win back majorities in the House and Senate in midterm elections, which are 18 months away, before they then pursue option two, impeachment. Fifth: the international community wakes up and finds a way to circumvent the White House and free itself of its dependence on the U.S. Unlike the preceding four options, the fifth doesn't directly solve the Trump problem, but it is nevertheless necessary - and possible.

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Not quite two weeks ago, a number of experts and politicians focused on foreign policy met in Washington at the invitation of the Munich Security Conference. It wasn't difficult to sense the atmosphere of chaos and agony that has descended upon the city.

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"In "Game of Thrones," the Mad King was murdered (and the child that later took his place was no better). In real life, an immature boy sits on the throne of the most important country in the world. He could, at any time, issue a catastrophic order that would immediately be carried out. That is why the parents cannot afford to take their eyes off him even for a second. They cannot succumb to exhaustion because he is so taxing. They ultimately have to send him to his room - and return power to the grownups."

[flibbitygiblets]

9. Is it too early to start planning the next Apology Tour?

For reals this time!

[Cha]

10. Mahalo, Ilsa.. it's brilliant

from Der Spiegel

[oberliner]

11. The German writer of this editorial has no idea how the United States works

"He could, at any time, issue a catastrophic order that would immediately be carried out."

Um, no.