I would say a good bit of the country and the world thinks Trump is nuts! I'm very concerned about Trump's mental stability?!! The former secretary of labor reflects on a Washington more divided and fearful than ever. I spent much of this past week in Washington – talking with friends still in government, former colleagues, high-ranking Democrats, a few Republican pundits, and some members of Congress from both sides of the aisle. It was my first visit to our nation’s capital since Trump became president. My verdict: 1. Washington is more divided, angry, bewildered, and fearful – than I’ve ever seen it. 2. The angry divisions aren’t just Democrats versus Republicans. Rancor is also exploding inside the Republican Party. 3. Republicans (and their patrons in big business) no longer believe Trump will give them cover to do what they want to do. They’re becoming afraid Trump is genuinely nuts, and he’ll pull the party down with him. 4. Many Republicans are also angry at Paul Ryan, whose replacement bill for Obamacare is considered by almost everyone on Capitol Hill to be incredibly dumb. 5. I didn’t talk with anyone inside the White House, but several who have had dealings with it called it a cesspool of intrigue and fear. Apparently everyone working there hates and distrusts everyone else. 6. The Washington foreign policy establishment – both Republican and Democrat – is deeply worried about what’s happening to American foreign policy, and the worldwide perception of America being loony and rudderless. They think Trump is legitimizing far-right movements around the world. 7. Long-time civil servants are getting ready to bail. If they’re close to retirement they’re already halfway out the door. Many in their 30s and 40s are in panic mode. 8. Republican pundits think Bannon is even more unhinged than Trump, seeking to destroy democracy as we’ve known it. 9. Despite all this, no one I talked with thought a Trump impeachment likely, at least not anytime soon – unless there’s a smoking gun showing Trump’s involvement in Russia’s intrusion into the election. 10. Many people asked, bewilderedly, “how did this [Trump] happen?” When I suggest it had a lot to do with the 35-year-long decline of incomes of the bottom 60 percent; the growing sense, ever since the Wall Street bailout, that the game is rigged; and the utter failure of both Republicans and Democrats to reverse these trends – they gave me blank stares. By Robert B. Reich
If Trump ever learns how to do as he's told he's going to be fine. Obama made it 8 years surely Trump can match that. Of course Obama had the media on his side but Trump doesn't seem to give a flip about the media.
If Trump gets rid of the illegal aliens he will be considered the best President in American history.
The government doesn't like a president who is willing to change things so that they actually work as intended. The government was completely corrupt, so why not change it. Were we supposed to happily keep things the way they were. Trump has been a business man all his life, not a career politician. Just what we needed. The fact that he is shaking up Washington should be considered a good thing.
Trump has been an arrogant ****ing jerk with a loud mouth his entire life. For some reason people like you think that means he is anti establishment.
Loud mouth ****ing jerks make great business men. They know how to make things happen. Maybe that's what this country needed instead of a spineless pajama boy.
Let me get this right; Trump is doing the things he said he would do and that makes him nuts. Only in liberal la la land does that make sense. Reich is an insane liberal, even Bubba didn't like him. And he's a shrimp.
He's a lib, proof of any and all accusations is not required, merely wanting it to happen makes it factual.
No, they aren't afraid, they have many nut cases; Louie (goober) Gohmert Steve King Mike Lee Chuck Grassley Rand Paul Jim Imhofe Orrin (nut) Hatch Mo Brooks Marsha Blackburn Partial list. White coats for all of them.
Alot of the 'outrage' is, of course, phony and orchestrated hype - so tabloid can get a ratings boost shot in the arm, whether it's that sour puss Mika Brzezinski, who recently spent $1.6 million on a new home, (it pays to be an Elite member of the multi-millionaire class of Mockingbird press) Joe Scarborough, Larry O'Donell or Rachel Maddow, or any number of TV news anchors / hosts, Hollywood or music celebs scowling for the cameras after 2 months of the Trump Presidency. And then of course - after the show, they take off in their limos to their house in the Hamptons, their NY luxury suites or board a Lear Jet to dine in France. You damned ivory tower Liberals with your caviar, champagne baths, your mansions and mistresses, and your bi-coastal make-out orgies. ...
His opinion means a lot to Americans. He is a Democrat , a political hack , and a U.C. Berkley boy. No thanks , I'm going to go with Trump. He loves this country .
You mean trump has career establishment politicians on both sides of the isle freaking out? And that's a bad thing... how? Kinda one of the reasons why he WAS ****ING ELECTED!
Yes, exactly, THIS x 100! We sure didn't need to continue with the same ol' **** that was government before.
Trump IS nuts. The people still convinced that he is what America needs... ...are even more nuts. Happily, many of the people who supported him during the election process have come to their senses. I can only hope many more do before the real damage is done. This guy is not "making America great again"; he is not "draining the swamp." He is destroying us...further dividing us. And he has to brought under control before we reach the tipping point.
truth be told , the real danger is we are afraid liberals are going to whine until they cry themselves to sleep. rather than accept that America has voted for a President that has their interest in mind, and is going to make us great again.
No, they don't. They have a nasty habit of dishonest business practices, overhyping brand over product, fraudulent products, mistaking bluster for success, alienating talent, lying their asses off about their "accomplishments", losing boatloads of stakeholder money, being too egoist to make good judgements, and barrelling from one bankruptcy to the next. But yes, Trump is a perfect example of all of the above.
