At 6:38 this morning, Donald Trump finally has crossed over into full Mussolini.

[madaboutharry]

America is teetering on a precipice.

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Very dangerous & sick indeed

[PNW-Dem]

78. Trump issues correction

By "them", I meant "I'm". Sorry for any confusion.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

80. 👆🏾 nt

[FakeNoose]

84. It's pretty easy to spot the fake

I get that it's joke, and it's actually pretty funny.

I'm just pointing how easy it is to spot the fake because Trump would never have apologized.

[malaise]

2. Lock up this lunatic

for the sake of the planet

[Capperdan]

64. Exactly

Isn't there some provision in our Country's Constitution that allows maybe our military leaders the responsibility of arresting and confining a President who has proven to be a danger to civility?

[reACTIONary]

81. No, of course not, but...

.... there is provision for congess to remove him from office. It's called impeachment .

The military is under civilian poltical control and that control is excersized principly through the office of the presidency, as comander in chief. It would be a fundimental perversion of the Constitution for the military to do as you suggest.

[eggplant]

88. Um, no. That would be called a coup d'etat.

[Capperdan]

93. Uh OK

Thank you

[kentuck]

3. "We will start building our own cars!"

We will call it the Folks Wagon...

[madaboutharry]

5. Trump wishes he had a time machine

so he can go back in time to 1939 Berlin and hang out with the like minded.

[honest.abe]

4. Mr Mueller please do something.

We are quickly running out of time.

[edhopper]

8. Muller can't stop him

Only Congress can.

[honest.abe]

13. Yes, but It must start with Mueller and it must be significant enough to force them to act.

I know he wants to be completely thorough and have everything perfectly in place to make sure but we are nearing a potential major crisis. He needs to act very soon or it may not matter.

[edhopper]

15. I don't think this current Congress will act

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if Muller had a tape of Trump strangling a hooker in front of Putin.

Only the Nov. election can save us.

[honest.abe]

17. Depends how serious the charges are and how they are verified.

We dont need them all, just enough to get a 2/3 vote assuming the House also votes for impeachment. i think that is possible if the report is conclusive enough of illegal activity.

[edhopper]

23. I don't see the GOP acting

No matter what.
2/3 ? We would never get 50% of them to go against Trump.

[honest.abe]

35. You may be right but...

Here is the scenario I hope that works out:

-- Mueller report and a bunch of indictments come out before labor day.
-- Its so serious that media is all over it even Fox.
-- Polls drop like a rock for all Republicans running for office in Nov.
-- GOP then feels they have no choice but to impeach.

[StuckInTexas]

39. Wishful thinking

You're failing to account for their voters. The republican fascists' polls will never drop below their baseline, because the republican base is made up of the some of the most absolutely vile excuses for human beings modern civilization has ever seen. There could be a tape of trump murdering a hooker in front of putin while saying he wants to commit genocide and as long as it made "libruls" angry, his poll numbers may actually increase.

The good news is, the GOP base is 40%, so we still have the numbers. Voting our way out is quite literally the only way we have out of this.

[northoftheborder]

42. There are vast numbers of religious Repub. people who believe

that this pile of glop in the WH is the Anti-Christ; or that he was sent from God; it is the "end times". Their reps are NOT going to ever impeach him. He will never just resign. I am not feeling hopeful. At this point I am thinking he gets away with it. Maybe he's voted out, eventually, but not before tearing this country up into a boiling mass of revolution. We may take the House this election, but the Senate is questionable, and it would take a big majority there to remove him. Sorry to be so down, but I can take just so much "hope".

Mueller is not coming out with his report any time soon, I think, at least not before Nov..

[catbyte]

62. If there are "vast numbers" of Republican Christians who despise Traitor Tot, why does he

still enjoy an 84% approval rating among Republicans?

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/01/trumps-approval-ratings-so-far-are-unusually-stable-and-deeply-partisan/

[at140]

79. Unfortunately you may be right

Best odds for this Mussolini like creature to go away are:
Has a massive heart attack
Has fast growing blastoma tumor in the brain
Drops out in 2020 race due to lousy polling
Voters wake up and he loses in 2020.

[edhopper]

68. Republicans are only

25% to #30% of voters, and Trump has 80%-90% support from them.
So we can win without any of his base. It's the independents we need to win over.

[barbtries]

72. also that base is shrinking.

the percentages of republicans supporting him never seems to change but the actual numbers of republicans is going down. if we can hold on til November and GOTV, well let's just say I can recall wanting something more only one time in my life.

[honest.abe]

74. So if that the case we will never be able to impeach Trump even after Nov elections.

We will always need a large number of R's in the Senate to legally remove him from office.

[edhopper]

77. That's the size of it.

to expect 15 or more Repukes to vote for impeachment is wishful thinking.
their base is completely in for Trump, Voting against him and the lose in the Primary.

[honest.abe]

85. I sincerely hope you are wrong.

I dont think we can survive until 2020 with this lunatic in the WH. Also if he makes to 2020 he might just make it to 2024.

[edhopper]

89. I am with you

I am just pessimistic about what will happen.

[honest.abe]

92. Its happening..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210967823

[barbtries]

71. not this house.

this house would impeach Hillary for burping but Trump? nothing will bring them to it. they're traitors to the country and have abandoned any pretext of caring about the constitution.

[kentuck]

37. I believe he wants to wait until after election to see what the people say...

...what's the big deal about crawling thru broken glass just to vote?

[honest.abe]

75. I think that's too risky. We could have Russian manipulation again, then we are seriously screwed.

I think part of Mueller's responsibility is to make recommendations that will help to stop election interference by Russians or any foreign entity. He needs to do that before Nov or else it may be too late.

[LakeArenal]

59. All the more reason for Mueller to announce something.

We should know who, allegedly, is in on trump treason before we vote.

[Texin]

58. Congress had enough RIGHT NOW on the idiot. They know what he did and is doing.

They're fucking IN on it too. It suits their collective purpose. They don't give a flying fuck about the U.S. Constitution or representative democracy, except insofar at it accretes to the benefit of their constituents, namely themselves, and the 1%ers they esteem and hope to be a part of one day.

[barbtries]

73. no shit.

he took office already committing impeachable crimes.

[olegramps]

48. People have to come to the realization that the Republicans will not act to save the nation.

Fifty years of continuous brainwashing by radical hate radio and FOX has so blinded these people to the truth that they are unable to think rationally. Their mind set is very simple. Democrats are liberal immoral people and un-Americans. They are the soul of America and the guardians of our nation against the evil liberals. As it stands, unless some event can dramatically bring about a return to reason, our nation is in serious jeopardy. The major and most important institution is the free press and if it is silenced then the road to an imperial presidency, such as exists in Russia and China, will become a reality.


People have warned that the Republican Party has been pursuing a fascist agenda for over forty years. Many on this board, including myself, have been met with denials that it was an exaggeration and it can't happen here. The fact is the it is happening and there is very little that can be done to stop the insane propaganda that drowns out the voices of reason. Any constructive criticism is summarily dismissed as a conspiracy to hide the truth from the real Americans. Our Republic and the grand experiment of self government is in jeopardy. At the present time there is one slim hope and that is that Democrats prevail in 2018 or we will see Trump reelected in 2020.

[Progressive Jones]

54. Mueller certainly CAN stop Trump.

No, mueller may not be able to take action to remove him immediately, but ordering him into court would bring attention and public out cry for his removal. If he's actually committed crimes, I think it's time to arrest him drag it all out into the light.

[edhopper]

69. The President

can only be tried by Congress.

[Vinca]

6. This character is seriously mentally ill.

If he was your father or grandfather wouldn't you be looking at care facilities? Republicans will forever be known as the "patriots" who chose party over country.

[Freethinker65]

7. Did Hope Hicks turn him down? Must have been a frustrating night for him

[dalton99a]

11. Unable to perform/unable to locate

[BlueJac]

9. Coming from a madman...

this man is sick!

[Bob Loblaw]

10. Sounds like

he's getting ready to bomb someone. Mexico, Iran, or LaBron.

Who is it that's dangerous and sick?

[Scarsdale]

12. I read about his

comments on Mark Sandford, and thought it was a headline from "The Onion" He said "He likes flamingo dancers, and hikes the Tallahassee Trail" SERIOUSLY? He needs a padded cell, obviously. I read that those people at his rallies are paid, then have to use the vouchers for merchandise at the venue, advertising guess who??

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Tweeting about himself again, I see.

[malaise]

21. Classic projection

His lies are the truth

[LiberalLovinLug]

86. Yup he's right. Fake News is the enemy of the people

And he's the only one benefiting from it.

[mnmoderatedem]

16. evidence that the problem is not so much trump but his base

they actually eat this shit up and want more.

[Progressive Jones]

43. Yes, the problem is Trump's base.

Trump is temporary. We'll be stuck with him until the end of this term at the very latest. He won't be re-elected. He won't be allowed to be re-elected, under any circumstances. The kind of people who worship him are here until they die. They are a stain and stench that will be hard to remove.

[maddiemom]

66. Don't you WISH?

[gopiscrap]

94. welcome to DU

[Cosmocat]

90. I have been saying/posting this

Since tge POS came down the escalator.

[TubbersUK]

18. With a dollop of Goebbels ?

According to whom:

Germany’s newspapers were “messengers of decay” and harmful to the “beliefs, customs and national pride of good Germans.”

The German press had to become “a piano, so to speak, in the hands of the government.”

[kentuck]

38. Lugenpresse..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_press

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Can we PLEASE "Twenty-Five" 45 NOW ??????

He is fuckingly INSANE.

[peekaloo]

20. Mob boss declares war! Time to "take to the mattresses".

the pee stained mattresses.

[Achilleaze]

22. republican comrade Dirty Donny* is degenerating

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[rtracey]

24. well

we all know what happened to Mussolini

[gordianot]

25. We are witnessing spontaneous combustion on a slow burn.

I imagine the screams in the big White House asylum are terrifying. My uncle was a baker in a State mental institution in the early 1960’s before the widespread use of medication. I know what it sounds like.

[avebury]

26. Now would be a good about time for moives theaters across the country

to run the movie Judgment At Nuremberg.

MSM and Cable Channels need to run documentaries on the end of WWII, the Nuremberg Trials and what happened to those who followed Hitler.

Judges need to be reminded that those who did Hitler's bidding were put on trial. Rethugs in Congress need to be minded that they might one day be subject to an American Nuremberg type of trial.

The Trump cult need to know that we out number them. If the International Community ever got involved on our side, it is possible that there might some day be a 21st Century version of the American Nuremberg trials.

I am personally anti-death penalty but I believe that I could get on board with judicial convictions followed by public executions if that is what it took to deal with the Trump cult and Rethug book lickers.

The time has come to put the fear of God into anybody that follows Trump that there will be consequences and mercy will not apply.

[oberliner]

27. At his rally last night, he listed the Fox News people that he liked

Very clearly aligned himself with them, referred to Fox News and his campaign as "we" repeatedly.

[Delmette2.0]

28. Come on, just fake a stroke and go away!!

[Generic Brad]

29. He's trying to get ahead of a major news story

This tweet indicates to me that sometime yesterday he caught wind of or was asked to comment on a pending story about him that will be extremely damaging. By smearing the media with a broad brush, he is trying to proactively delegitimize them in advance of the story running.

He assumes we will think less of him, but he is wrong. There is no way most of could think less of him any more than we do now.

[jcgoldie]

30. fascist mussolini meets...

...grammar of a five year old.

[mucifer]

31. He is probably inspiring future murderers. That's just lovely.

It must be so scary to be an investigative journalist right now.

[Lonestarblue]

32. How many journalists will now be shot or killed?

Trump in effect just declared war against journalists. At least some of his rabid followers are just crazy enough to go shoot some journalists because the president said this is war and they’re following his wishes. This behavior is deliberately inciting violence. His mental state is obviously declining, and no rational persons could possibly claim that this is normal behavior. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress will do nothing, even though the 25th Amendment is there for a purpose like this.

[True Dough]

33. Classic projection

"They purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause War!"

This is all about him.

[elleng]

47. Exactly, you beat me to it.

[duforsure]

34. He's gotten psychotic

[sinkingfeeling]

36. No, sweetie, that's you!

[zentrum]

40. The Passive Repug

...Party is finally revealed as the repulsive, greedy, cruel democracy-hating slugs it has been since at least 1992.

[Jim__]

41. "They are very dangerous & sick!"

Yes, of course, they are. Why they are not like us at all!

Please tell us all abut them, Donnie. Unite us against them!

[dembotoz]

44. when i see trump babble about enemy of the people i think of ibsens play....too true

[GoCubsGo]

45. Well, if that is the case, may he meet the same fate as Mussolini.

[heaven05]

50. true this

[elleng]

46. 'purposely cause great division & distrust. They can also cause War!

They are very dangerous & sick!'


Projection MUCH?

[heaven05]

49. projecting again don the con?

storm: :

[JDC]

51. He just successfully took over the News cycle for the week

[riversedge]

52. Past time for any grownups in the WH and Congress to get him out of office. way past time.

[Farmergene]

53. Delusional feedback

... When you live the lies you are trying to make everyone else believe, and the "news" loops it back to you in 3 part harmony with solos and harmony..

He'll probably blow a gasket. The Doctors will say 'aneurysm' and he'll spend the rest if his life in a hospital

[C_U_L8R]

55. That would be the upside down Mussolini

which may come for the whole rotten bunch, when justice prevails

[leanforward]

56. IT IS time for the 25th or Impeachment!

Listening to and watching MSNBC, other sources, and my lifes experience. With today's tweet, he's gone over the divide.

The enemy of the People is pRezident dRumpf.

Leave the press alone. OUR Society is based on Freedom of the Press to help guide me and others in the conduct and/or performance of our duly elected leaders.

[amlehn]

57. This is bad

I work in tech for a company that owns several newspapers. The largest one is in my building. We recently got an email that security procedures have changed and visitors are no longer able to come in without being checked. As in like even family. We have security officers that check the grounds around the clock as a lot of our reporters have unusual hours and tech will not let them work from home. I'm thinking I probably need to get a different job. But I like what I do!!!

[The Liberal Lion]

60. IMHO

America was teetering on the precipice when the boneheaded right wing electorate decided that that orange moron would be the person best to represent the GOP as it's standard bearer and elected that whole ass as their nominee. We fell into it when good people accepted the notion that challenging trump's election as a fraud was just "sore-loserism" and that we "should just give him a chance" with the utterance "how bad can it get". We now know that trump got assistance from putin, many of us believe that actual vote totals were changed, many gave trump and chance, and now it's terrible and getting worse. Despite this we still have a good number on the left failing to recognize our current situation and still willing to find some sort of middle ground with this disease infecting our country and spreading rapidly around the world. What kind of situation are we in? We are in a civil war and there can be no compromise with evil. Our democracy isn't in danger, our democracy has collapsed. No my friend, we have already fallen into the precipice, and with this only two choices are left: fight or submit. Both choices require a sacrifice. Should one choose to fight, one will have to sacrifice their comfort, should one choose to submit one will have to sacrifice their morality. As for me, I'll keep my morality.

[smirkymonkey]

61. HE is the one who is dangerous and sick.

He is purposely causing great division and distrust. He is also the one who is going to get us into a war if he is not removed asap.

He needs to go by any means possible.

[world wide wally]

63. Projection, projection, projection

[maddiemom]

65. Hello? Dangerous and sick?

No major public figure has ever been given Donald Trump's increasingly mad leeway. Vlad Putin is beginning to look more sane on the world stage. This is becoming truly beyond the current McConnell Republican pettiness. If I were to survive a nuclear blast tomorrow.Please, Mr. Putin! Lock Trump up!

[RainCaster]

67. When will Twitter ban this asshole for all his divisive shit?

[BSdetect]

70. His projecting about "war" is a real worry.

What is this idiot not capable of?

[Demovictory9]

76. wow

[workinclasszero]

83. Trump is a fascist traitor

He wants to overthrow democracy in the USA for his master Putin.

His cultists are pulling off their masks as well and showing their allegiance to Russia over the USA.

I hope their is still time to save this country but it’s gonna be a real close thing.

[TryLogic]

87. The war he is talking about is a civil war, in the USA. That is what he is seeking to instigate.

[Ferrets are Cool]

91. The repugs in charge are all chickenshits for not removing this monster

today. (or beginning the process in earnest). This fucker is causing the loss of everything we hold dear in America.

[workinclasszero]

95. The traitor president wipes his fat ass with the constitution again

No surprise.

I thought the news media was going to band together against this fascist ba**ard?

They better get on the stick before Shitler outlaws all but Fox & Friends.

[Ilsa]

96. August 5th? nt