I was thinking something similar along these lines after watching the news conference:

First of all, Donald Trump has a personality disorder.  There is absolutely no question he's a narcissist.  He needs to be loved by everyone and he will create an alternative reality if the facts don't point in that direction.  He needs to do that for himself as a narcissist cannot tolerate criticism.  A narcissist will then try to sell his reality to everyone.

But, even more disturbing and a concern for us now should be that we may have installed someone who is mentally unstable as President of the United States.  I don't know if that has ever happened before in our nation's history.  Sure, Ronald Reagan began to show signs of dementia and then Alzheimer's later on in his presidency, but he surrounded himself with competent people even if some us didn't agree with a specific policy.

What may be more dangerous and disturbing in the coming months (hopefully not years) are the people he has surrounded himself with as they more than likely will become more powerful in this administration as Trump continues down this path of mental instability.

I only hope that more and more people wearing the R-Tribe team jersey will wake up and admit there may be something seriously wrong and dangerous about this man, not as a common person living among us, but as the leader of a nation.

Donald Trump lives in a reality that doesn't exist.  He's so self-absorbed in his own perception of his greatness it's becoming quite distrubing and dangerous.
 

Last edited by Just Fred (2/17/2017 8:00 am)

Here is what John Cassidy at The New Yorker wrote :

Four weeks into its first term, the Obama Administration had already passed the biggest economic stimulus since the Great Depression and a sweeping fair-pay act. It had also announced a troop surge in Afghanistan. By comparison, Trump has achieved virtually nothing, except scaring the bejesus out of the world. [...] When he walked out of the room, some of his aides appeared to be delighted. Rush Limbaugh, another Palm Beach resident who has made his career by going loco on the mainstream media, was busy hailing what he had just seen. In parts of Trumpland, then, this was seen as a big win. Practically everywhere else, the reaction was: Wow! He really is a nut.

Bottomline for me:  After enduring that so-called 'news conference' leads me to believe there is going to be an emotional and/or mental meltdown sometime down the road.

I found it interesting that the only news outlet that Trump praised in his rambling diatribe was Fox & Friends. Seriously, Fox & Friends as a viable news source . . . You've got to be kidding !

Steve Doofus, Brian Kantread, and the current bubble headed bleach blond news reader spouting the party line with total disregard to factual information is Trump's favorite news show !

That is a further indication of Donald's narcissism and need to feed his own ego. The dimwits on Fox & Friends are more than willing to sacrifice their own reporting integrity to defend Trump's error ridden administration for a couple of phone calls to the giddy threesome on their morning show. Their adulation for Trump, regardless of his idiotic chaotic, and misguided administration feeds the sideshow barker's need for bolstering his ego.

At least one person at Fox 'news' hit the nail on the head concerning Trump's ridiculous 'news conference' yesterday and that was Shepard Smith. You can read about his reaction here:

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/journalists-react-president-trump-crazy-press-conference-233852174.html

Last edited by Rongone (2/17/2017 9:47 am)

Goose wrote:

I think that, on the domestic front, Trump is going to become a zombie president. He will go around to campaign rallies, bathe in the adulation of his extremist fans, while he does his little act.. And The Congress will try to get what they want passed, and tell the idiot in chief to sign it.

In foreign affairs, we face a period of extreme danger from a Manchurian Candidate.

It is certainly looking that way unless he can figure out how to change his tune. I don't see that happening. He likes to think of himself as a uniter, but he is anything but. I am guessing that is just him. It is unfortunate that we even have this type of personality at the top spot. It will do no good for out country. 

In terms of Congress getting things done, it will still be a bit of a struggle there even with GOP dominance. The House GOP will float a lot of very right leaning propositions and because of how districts are carved out will likely not face the same blowback as Senators. State senators in most cases live in middle America (ie most states have a pretty equal mix) so they have to be much more careful of the ENTIRE population (which is a GOOD thiing IMHO). 

As Rongone has said over and over, it WILL be an interesting 4 years. Prepare for anything is the way I look at it. 

 

Last edited by tennyson (2/17/2017 12:59 pm)