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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA laundry list of why rats in the Republican party might, eventually, jump from Trump's sinking ship
Here is why you can expect the Republican Party to abandon Trump more and more as the months go by
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/here-is-why-you-can-expect-the-republican-party-to-abandon-trump-more-and-more-as-the-months-go-by/
The opposition to Trump has been based on many factors. A leading issue has been the belief that Trump and his campaign colluded with the Russians during the Presidential campaign of 2016, and there is widespread alarm at the bromance that seems clearly to exist between Trump and Vladimir Putin. The danger to our national security, and the pro Russian leanings of so many Trump advisers and campaign staff, is against Republican tradition, which has strongly, been anti Russian since the rise of the Soviet Union a century ago, It still remains now with the Russian Federation. Many in the GOP hold deeply suspicious views of Putin, a former officer in the KGB Secret Police.
Another major issue is that Trump has displayed antagonism and hostility toward the Republican Party leadership; an outsider, he basically ran against the party and its heritage and is openly hostile to the Republican establishment. His reckless assault on manners and his disrespectful behavior toward John McCain, Paul Ryan, every Republican opponent in the 2016 Presidential race, and former Presidents and their aides, has antagonized members of the GOP power structure. The conviction has grown that Trump wont listen to anyone, and that his bragging, egotistical, narcissistic, and misogynistic personality is undermining his presidency.
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Trumps horrible mistreatment of his staff and Cabinet has confounded the GOP. Why go after your own Attorney General in public? Hes even joked about firing Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. His constant need to be praised and honored by those who serve him, and to remind everyone of the fact that he is, in his own mind, the best President ever, except maybe for Abraham Lincoln, and that he should be on Mount Rushmore, antagonizes and exasperates many.
Trump loves pomp and circumstance too much, and is unable to control himself on Twitter, and has caused many conflicts with his wild accusations and taunting tweets. His behavior has caused many to wonder about his mental stability. Millions fear that he could provoke a nuclear war or declare martial law if and when a terrible terrorist incident occurs on American soil. The fact that Trump is a loose cannon unnerves the intelligence community, the diplomatic community, the government bureaucracy, and the international community. While praising Putin hes created uncertainty among our NATO and Asian allies. The fact that the news media assiduously is investigating and exposing wrongdoing has caused Trump to call them fake media, and to disparage the purpose of a free press in a democracy.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/here-is-why-you-can-expect-the-republican-party-to-abandon-trump-more-and-more-as-the-months-go-by/
The opposition to Trump has been based on many factors. A leading issue has been the belief that Trump and his campaign colluded with the Russians during the Presidential campaign of 2016, and there is widespread alarm at the bromance that seems clearly to exist between Trump and Vladimir Putin. The danger to our national security, and the pro Russian leanings of so many Trump advisers and campaign staff, is against Republican tradition, which has strongly, been anti Russian since the rise of the Soviet Union a century ago, It still remains now with the Russian Federation. Many in the GOP hold deeply suspicious views of Putin, a former officer in the KGB Secret Police.
Another major issue is that Trump has displayed antagonism and hostility toward the Republican Party leadership; an outsider, he basically ran against the party and its heritage and is openly hostile to the Republican establishment. His reckless assault on manners and his disrespectful behavior toward John McCain, Paul Ryan, every Republican opponent in the 2016 Presidential race, and former Presidents and their aides, has antagonized members of the GOP power structure. The conviction has grown that Trump wont listen to anyone, and that his bragging, egotistical, narcissistic, and misogynistic personality is undermining his presidency.
***
Trumps horrible mistreatment of his staff and Cabinet has confounded the GOP. Why go after your own Attorney General in public? Hes even joked about firing Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. His constant need to be praised and honored by those who serve him, and to remind everyone of the fact that he is, in his own mind, the best President ever, except maybe for Abraham Lincoln, and that he should be on Mount Rushmore, antagonizes and exasperates many.
Trump loves pomp and circumstance too much, and is unable to control himself on Twitter, and has caused many conflicts with his wild accusations and taunting tweets. His behavior has caused many to wonder about his mental stability. Millions fear that he could provoke a nuclear war or declare martial law if and when a terrible terrorist incident occurs on American soil. The fact that Trump is a loose cannon unnerves the intelligence community, the diplomatic community, the government bureaucracy, and the international community. While praising Putin hes created uncertainty among our NATO and Asian allies. The fact that the news media assiduously is investigating and exposing wrongdoing has caused Trump to call them fake media, and to disparage the purpose of a free press in a democracy.
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A laundry list of why rats in the Republican party might, eventually, jump from Trump's sinking ship (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2017
OP
Also, he's* making it obvious to everyone what being a republican is really all about
Achilleaze
Aug 2017
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Also, he's* making it obvious to everyone what being a republican is really all about
republicans won't stand for that.
* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. God, I hate the sight of his fat, ugly face!
Good article by the way! He's such a disaster!
Johonny
(21,633 posts)3. If his tax plan passes that ends both the mortgage deduction and state and local tax deduction
he'll lose a lot of rats. In deed he might lose entire counties in this country.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)4. Here will be the end all for many of these Rethugs.
When the Marshall's Service starts serving Subpoenas on Ryan and McConnell for using Russian Money for the 2016 Campaign.