Donald Trump wants to be a dictator ...

From the Guardian, here: Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. It’s not enough just to laugh at him - excerpt:

Why is anybody surprised? A group of American psychologists predicted his dysfunction well before the election. Nobody apparently was reading it.

From Psychology Today, here: A new book delves into the president’s mental health.

Posted Sep 28, 2017 (before the election)

When unabridged enthusiasm overrides serious thinking in elections then only disaster can happen. We thought the PotUS election was like a football game?

Well, enjoy the "score" ... !

 

And as far as the "score" is concerned, well, it helps that the Electoral College ripped up all the votes that DID NOT FAVOR TRUMP and cast their state's entire EC-vote for the supposed "majority winner". Despite the true-fact that, in terms of the national popular-vote, Donald Dork lost the election by a very healthy 2.1%!

Why not just pass a law saying that each state MUST CONVEY TO CONGRESS only the results of the election (in terms of its EC-votes) in proportion to the popular-vote.

You know, like every other Real Democracy on earth would do! We have been living this electoral fallacy for more than two-centuries. Enough is enough ... !

 

No one that matters takes the BLOTUS seriously anymore.

The Pentagon stopped his warmongering attempt with Iran and the rest of the world's leaders treat him like the bad odor that he is whenever he turns up. The GOP Congress is turning against him and are essentially treating him like a "useful idiot" that can sign bills in crayon for all they care.

 

<Rule 3> the US is not a Democracy, but a Democratic Republic. <Rule 3>

<Rule 3>

In terms of a dictator, let us know when Trump unleashes his NSA to spy on millions of Americans; when he murders a border agent in an attempt to unilaterally make a case to repeal the 2nd Amendment; when he weaponizes the IRS against American citizens who disagree with him; when he attempts to infiltrate and frame the campaign of a candidate of an opposing party; or when he lines up the intelligence community and that of our former allies against an American citizen. When he does any of the above, I will join the chorus saying he tried to transform the country into a Banana Republic/dictatorship. Until then, only one regime meets the description.

 

Well, he is running for reelection, and were he really such a pain-in-the-rectum then the GOP would show signs of proposing another candidate.

Why not? Let them repair their own mistakes!

But, that aint gonna happin. I'm not the least bit sure that the Replicants (will find and put up) anyone who is against him and from that party.

Nope, it just aint gonna happin ...

PS: BigMoney will go to the Right-candidate who has pre-election popularity as expressed by the surveys. And at present, he's doing just fine: 41% (See here.)

 

Why not? Let them repair their own mistakes!

But, that aint gonna happin. I'm not the least bit sure that the Replicants (will find and put up) anyone who is against him and from that party.

Nope, it just aint gonna happin. BigMoney will go to the Right-candidate who has pre-election popularity as expressed by the surveys. And at present, he's doing just fine: 41% (See here.)

PS: Which means this idiocy - that as long as the Economy is doing fine, then he'll get reelected! Unless the opponent Dem-guy is soooooo brilliant that the sun shines out of his arse!

 

The GOP is "riding a tiger" as the expression goes. They don't like where the BLOTUS is taking them but they dare not let go because otherwise the tiger will devour them. IOW's if they try to replace him with someone else his supporters will vent their anger on the party and that will doom their chances in 2020.

 

KEYWORD "MERIT-WORTHY"

From Wikipedia, here: Democratic republic

The above suits me just fine. What troubles me most nonetheless is NOT the definition, but the practiced electoral means. And with such heinously unfair voting manipulations like Gerrymandering and the Electoral College, we are far, far, far from any Real&MeritWorthy Democracy.

The pure and unadulterated popular-vote is the ONLY measure of a functional democracy whether also a republic or not. The fact that "states" have powers relating only to their territories is not any remarkable difference.

Here where I live is also a Constitutional Republic, and there a 13 states (which are in fact called "metropolitan regions"), but only one France.

And ditto presumably for you too ... !

 

That's the singularly most important deficiency of any two-party system. Because where there is "the muney" there is also the power to elect.

In France, an individual's donation to any given party is limited to $7500. In April of 2014, the Supreme Court STRUCK DOWN any corporate limites to political financial aide.

Which is about as asinine as decision as any supposedly democratic country can make - especially a country that spends the most time (of any nation on earth) watching TV...

 

Spot on. Nobody dare break ranks. It is kind of funny to watch repubs basically renounce their beliefs and play it safe. What a bunch of cowards.

 

And where was the dictatorship bit? All it's saying is Trump' administration was a mess but that's hardly surprising, he was elected because he wasn't a professional politician, he was the outsider sent in to shake up the establishment.
As for the 'mental health professionals' they must be feeling pretty stupid by now? Or do we live in Soviet Russia where anyone who questions the establishment is sent to an asylum?

 

It does not a "mental health professional" to diagnose that your BLOTUS is in his dotage. I am willing to bet that if in the debates he is asked to recite the words to the national anthem he won't be able to do it.

 

Actually he seems quite sharp, possibly because of his lack of drinking? Ronald Reagan on the other hand (or Joe Biden?). Maybe those mental health professionals can come up with a cure for TDS?

 

So you believed him when he was babbling about Revolutionary War "airfields"?

 

The dictatorship bit requires a tiny bit of thinking;
*Any elected official who THINKS he has or should have NO CONSTRAINTS is ipso-facto a "dictator".
*Which is what Donald Trump has thought of himself throughout his career.

The man is sick, sick, sick (in the head) and perhaps you don't want to admit it?

Or perhaps you do not understand the constraints that must be part of any effective democratic-republic towards delimiting both the responsibility and authority of elected officials. And as should be (but are not) stipulated in election laws!

Which is sooooo important a key-pillar of any democracy that they should be explicitly stated in an update to the present Constitution. Meaning all states must both vote and adhere to the laws. And this today - towards abolishing Gerrymandering and the heinous voter-manipulation of the Electoral College - is almost Mission Impossible!

The man who is your present Head of state has no understanding of boundaries. There are no limits for him - never have been (unless a court of law tells him whereupon he gets fearful of a jail-term). He is very likely suffering from acute narcissism as feared by numerous psychologists who have expressed themselves publicly.

Read about it here: Does Trump Suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

 

George Washington shut them all down! Too Costly!

(Didn't you know ... !?! ;^)

 

The heavy losses at the Battle of Baggage Claims must have been the reason for those shutdowns.

https://twitter.com/HelenKennedy/status/1146995197932441611/photo/1

 

nix

 

That gal in the middle pointing her finger is kinda hot.

 

This President makes too many cringeworthy statements. It’s one thing to elect a mountebank. Specious campaign rhetoric is SOP. However, there is no justification for such splenetic philippics against those who disagree with him.

 

Oh no that was hilarious, right up there with GW and Dan Quayle.

 

What? You think that dictators actually ADMIT that they are so? You need a lesson on how narcissism affects behaviour. The individual in question is a patent narcissist.

You evidently have no ability whatsoever to observe and understand aberrant psychological behaviour and when made known publicly by psychologists you refuse to admit it.

This guy's idiosyncratic behaviour was first noticed a long, long time ago. He's not changed one iota nor sought help because narcissism is not considered a public danger.

Here's some help from professionals as regards the matter:
*LEST WE FORGET THE HORRORS: A CATALOG OF TRUMP’S WORST CRUELTIES, COLLUSIONS, CORRUPTIONS, AND CRIME
*The Mind of Donald Trump

Both goodreads towards understanding the reasons why the Donald should not occupy the Oval Office ...

 

That Trump is a narcissist is pretty well accepted by all but his most zealous supporters that wouldn't know narcissism from a freight train. What's troubling, especially on the international stage, is that Trump gets more erratic every day.

From ego and narcissism to dictator is an easy step. I look for the courts to increasingly rein in Trump.

 

So much irrational whining from the left.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it.