Trump was angry and unglued when he started a trade war, officials say

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — With global markets shaken by President Donald Trump's surprise decision to impose strict tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president went into battle mode on Friday: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win," he wrote on Twitter.

But the public show of confidence belies the fact that Trump's policy maneuver, which may ultimately harm U.S. companies and American consumers, was announced without any internal review by government lawyers or his own staff, according to a review of an internal White House document.

According to two officials, Trump's decision to launch a potential trade war was born out of anger at other simmering issues and the result of a broken internal process that has failed to deliver him consensus views that represent the best advice of his team.

On Wednesday evening, the president became "unglued," in the words of one official familiar with the president's state of mind.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-was-angry-unglued-when-he-started-trade-war-officials-n852641

[murielm99]

1. Let's not have him come unglued

and start a nuclear war. I am so tired of his angry, insane whims and tantrums.

[George II]

2. Angry and unglued so he caused the stock market to plunge? Scary.

[MFM008]

3. He's never been glued

Although super glued to a falling safe or something would be good.

[a kennedy]

9. and that hair....hes just had to have glued that mess.

[redstatebluegirl]

4. Imagine if he decided to use the nuke codes.

He does not care about this country one bit, just himself.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. But a woman is too emotional to be trusted with running the country.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. +100!

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Trade wars can be just as destructive as a 'hot war' in terms of lost productivity.

Why oh why did anyone vote for this clown? I bet you even the people who lose their jobs in steel sectors won't put 2:2 together about who is at fault.

Coal miners still haven't figured it out.

[Maven]

8. "Trade wars are easy to win" he says, as if he has oodles of experience winning trade wars

What a fucking moron.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. I guess we can be thankful that it was only a TRADE war...this time.

He'll just usher in a huge recession, instead of irradiate half the globe.

C'mon, Bob Mueller. The world needs you.

[jmowreader]

11. "Angry and unglued" is Trump's default state

[sinkingfeeling]

12. And he'll be angry and unglued about something when he starts a nuclear WWIII.

[honest.abe]

13. Do Republicans not see the incredible danger this man poses to the country and to the world?

The lunatic in the WH needs to be taken down... and soon.

[Corgigal]

14. Film it.

Let us all see with our own eyes how nutty this guy is. Stop printing, start the visuals.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

15. Icahn sold stock a few days earlier...

... "Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports."

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-ichan-steel-imports-cf7deb8beaf0/

[mpcamb]

16. Icahn is one of trump's frequent late night calls. This is insider trading.

Wish there was someone out there with what it takes to bring charges.

[kwassa]

17. We'll have to get him some Krazy Glue.

The only thing that can fix krazy.