The 'adults' in the White House trying to save America from Trump are just as dangerous as he is

[BeckyDem]

Trump is the worst thing to happen to the US since the Civil War, but miscalculating his strengths and weaknesses is not the way to deal with him

Patrick Cockburn

1 day ago

Before his election as president it was understandable that Donald Trump’s critics should have vastly underestimated his ability as a politician. It is much less excusable – and self-destructive to effective opposition to Trump – that they should go on underestimating him almost two years after his victory.

Every week there are more revelations showing the Trump administration to be chaotic, incompetent and corrupt. The latest are the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times in which one of his own senior officials’ claims to be working against him and Bob Woodward’s book portraying the White House as a sort of human zoo.

The media gleefully reports these bombshells in the hope that they will finally sink, or at least inflict serious damage, on the Good Ship Trump. This has been the pattern since he announced his presidential candidacy, but it never happens. Political commentators, overwhelmingly anti-Trump, express bafflement at his survival but, such is their loathing and contempt for him that they do not see that they are dealing with an exceptionally skilled politician.

His abilities may be instinctive or drawn from his vast experience as a showman on television. Priority goes to dominating the news agenda regardless of whether the publicity is good or bad. Day after day, hostile news outlets like The New York Times and CNN lead on stories about Trump to the exclusion of all else.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-white-house-us-administration-media-new-york-times-a8537816.html

[stopbush]

1. Another "tRump is teflon" bullshit article.

The walls are closing in. It matters not what the talking heads do or don’t do. What matters is what Mueller does.

And equating tRump’s boorish, childish behavior with being an adept politician is like saying what a great medical mind is displayed when a person with stage 4 cancer calls their doctor names and avers they aren't sick at all.

[BeckyDem]

2. No one stopped Bush get a second term.

Learn from history, the stakes are high and its bullshit to presume anything. Prepare to fight him, not depend solely on Mueller.

[brush]

3. I agree. trump is not skilled. Lucky is my take. The same media the OP talks about...

publishing piece after piece to bring him down also published piece after piece to publicize and help his campaign during the 2016 election campaign—for ratings.

A bumbling fool who creates chaos wherever he goes is who he is. Anyone who has followed his business career with its many bankruptcies knows it. He was so bad at business that US banks would no longer lend him money and he was forced to turn to the Russians, who btw, just happened to extend his luck by helping him get elected.

Skilled? Hell no.

Owes Putin and arm and a leg? Hell yeah.

And Mueller, with Manafort's cooperation just got closer to putting an end to trump's luck.

[keithbvadu2]

4. If his staff can take docuents off his desk so he cannot sign them, then they can insert documents t

If his staff can take documents off his desk so he cannot sign them, then they can insert documents for him to sign.