Saturday, February 16, 2019

He's Nuts


National Emergencies are supposed to be solemn affairs. But Donald Trump's announcement of a national emergency was a stream of consciousness hodge podge from a dangerously deluded mind. Dana Milbank writes:

With the nation watching, Trump instead delivered a bizarre, 47-minute variant of his campaign speech.
He boasted about the economy, military spending and the stock markets (“we have all the records”), and he applauded the Chinese president’s pledge to execute people who deal fentanyl (“one of the things I’m most excited about in our trade deal”). He said Japan’s prime minister had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. He declared Ann Coulter “off the reservation” but praised his favorite Fox News hosts and celebrated Rush Limbaugh’s endurance (“try speaking for three hours without taking calls”).
Further, Trump reported on his “great relationship” with the dictator of North Korea (which, Trump reported, is found “right smack in the middle” of South Korea, China and Russia), and he declared the “eradication of the caliphate” in Syria (his top general in the region begs to differ). He introduced his new attorney general, disparaged the Democrats’ “con game,” criticized retired House speaker Paul Ryan, invoked campaign promises, recited the “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan and pronounced his reelection prospects excellent. He pinged from regulations to Britain to MS-13 to “monstrous caravans” to an apocryphal story about women gagged with duct tape.
Oh, and he also mentioned his emergency declaration — specifically, that it isn’t necessary. “I didn’t need to do this,” he said in response to a question from NBC’s Peter Alexander. It’s just that the emergency declaration lets him build a border wall “faster.” He acknowledged that “I don’t know what to do with all the money” Congress gave him for border security, and he said that even if he only gets an amount closer to the $1.35 billion Congress authorized for barriers, “it’s going to build a lot of wall.”

This is a man who is completely unmoored from anything that looks like reality. The case for invoking the 25th Amendment is staring Americans in the face.

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6 comments:

John B. said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgJPmOUmDU

J MacDuff (Weatherguy) said...

They have not used it yet. Why would they change? They must be mentally challenged to not see that Dump is Bat shit crazy.

Owen Gray said...

I love the movie and I love that clip, John. Norman Jewison knew who his southern neighbours were.

Owen Gray said...

They suffer from the same disease, Mac.

e.a.f. said...

It ought to push some of those Cabinet ministers and Senators in the direction, but nothing is going to happen. the Republicans like it just this way. With any luck they won't have to face an election in 2020 and he and they will be in their positions for life. I have no hope for the U.S.A. it is a nation in decline and will not recover.

Owen Gray said...

It certainly is a nation in decline, e.a.f. And, at the moment, things look pretty hopeless.