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workinclasszero

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Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:07 AM Oct 2017

Trump is coming unraveled and Republicans know it: Robert Reich [View all]

Trump is coming unraveled — and Republicans know it: Robert Reich
Robert Reich, AlterNet ROBERT REICH, ALTERNET
14 OCT 2017 AT 06:29 ET

Corker’s interview was followed by a report from Gabriel Sherman of Vanity Fair, who wrote that the situation has gotten so out of control that Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis have discussed ways to stop Trump should he order a nuclear attack.

I phoned an old friend, a Republican former member of Congress who keeps up with what’s going on. I scribbled notes as he talked:

He: Impeachment. 25th amendment.

Me: You think Republicans would go that far?

He: Not yet. Here’s the thing. They really want to get this tax bill through. That’s all they have going for them. They don’t want to face voters in ’18 or ’20 without something to show for it. They’re just praying Trump doesn’t do something really, really stupid before the tax bill.

Me: Like a nuclear war?

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-is-coming-unraveled-and-republicans-know-it-robert-reich/
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