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There's an old cliche we all

ocean-kat — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 02:05:10 +0000

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There's an old cliche we all know: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I've never believed that to be true. Power allows a person to more fully manifest who they are how ever much they have good or evil attributes. As Doc Cleveland pointed out he will get worse as the stress or the burdens of office will cause a person to reach for the behaviors most intrinsic to their nature. No Trump will not change, except to more fully manifest the man he has been all his life. He won't be humble faced with the responsibility of the power he holds. He won't even acknowledge the awesome responsibility of the office. He'll make no effort to inform himself about the decisions he'll need to make. He won't even acknowledge that he needs to inform himself before he makes a decision. He'll always respond with braggadocio and bellicosity in word and deed. And that's the thing most of us are afraid of the next four years.

Trump has no credibility when

rmrd0000 — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 14:58:03 +0000

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Trump has no credibility when it comes to issues of race. His political push towards the Presidency began with . birtherism. His first speech labeled Mexicans "rapists". Steve Bannon is a senior advisor. Jeff Sessions is AG. Sessions supports voter suppression, limiting immigration (including legal immigration), and making affirmative action for white people. No one in their right mind expects anything of significance from the DOJ in the Charlottesville investigation. The state of Virginia will have to spearhead the legal case. The problem is that Trump is able to assemble a cast of enablers.

I agree with all you say, but

Doctor Cleveland — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 04:32:17 +0000

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I agree with all you say, but it's even worse. The office will make this man worse. Every President of my lifetime has not grown wiser in office. I was born under Richard Nixon.

Trump's character is so weak that it could not even bear up under the burden of being extremely rich and shielded from all consequences. Even when he was coddled and sheltered by his wealth, he could not take it, and the mere pressure of being alive twisted him into grotesque public behavior.

Now he's under the enormous, crushing pressure of the Presidency, and the even worse pressure FEMA Presidency going badly. Even a person of strong and solid character might buckle under that pressure. And Trump can't sit in his Fifth Avenue penthouse without being symptomatic.

He is going to get worse. So much worse.