Trump Is Pretty Much in Hiding

[MineralMan]

No visit to American WWI soldiers graves with other allied leaders. No visit to Arlington Cemetery. No trip to the Asian summit. No public appearances.

Either there is some sort of health issue going on or he knows that something is about to drop from the Mueller investigation. Those are the two options I'm thinking about.

He did travel to France and did make a couple of appearances there, although he skipped out on hob-nobbing with the other leaders most of the time. And there was that long, angry press conference before the trip. So, I'm thinking it's not a serious health issue.

That leaves the Mueller thing on the table. Has he been notified of potential terrible news from that front? That would be my guess. That would explain his testiness in that press conference and his almost incognito status in France. He knows something and also knows that he's not going to be able to keep his nasty emotions in check right now.

Trump has received bad news, I think, about some imminent announcement. He's holed up because there's not much else he can do. What will happen when that news drops? Who can say?

Of course, I'm just taking a guess here. What do I know?

[Peacetrain]

1. There is something amiss.. and being peeved is not going to cut it for him this time..

[Farmer-Rick]

36. He is going insane and will soon be acting out his most cherished desires.

He will order Pence to the White House, run naked thru the halls while swinging a broad sword and murder his VP. The Supremes will claim a sitting president can not be prosecuted for murder. And Malaria will be ordered to service all male judges on the court while Donald gets peed on by Ivanka.

Welcome to Jerry Springer in the white house version. It can only go down hill from here.

[Perseus]

63. Very funny, but

could happen...with this administration, everything is possible. You just left out that while trump was running naked with the sword, the republicans in congress and senate were cheering from the sidelines, Paul Ryan and McConnell dressed in beautiful cheerleader outfits, pomp-poms on hands, jumped in joy...don't forget his cheering crowd.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Either bone-spurs are acting up in wet weather....

... or the whole crime family is falling apart.

[erlewyne]

64. Bone Spurs has Morals ... we all do, you cannot shake them.

Can you imagine being inflamed with bone spurs and have
to make a speech at a veterans cemetery? I could not
do it, I was able to serve.

[barbtries]

113. respectfully disagree.

trump has no morals.

[Harker]

138. Yes.

Avoiding further embarrassment isn't a sign of morality.

[LiberalLovinLug]

100. lol. His bone-spurs are acting up

I would have liked him to try that one!

[Wounded Bear]

3. You may be right...

it seems the usual things aren't working for him. The Whitaker appointment is blowing up in his face, the Kavan-R appointment may have helped hold the Senate, but it didn't play well in the House races.

He always thinks he's the smartest man in the room and that he can win any confrontation. Since it has always worked, or seemed to work for him, he doesn't know how to deal with losing. I just hope that the 'something desperate' he may be planning doesn't get too many people killed.

[DallasNE]

92. He Has Had To Deal With Losing

Most of his life. 5 bankruptcies attest to that.

[Stonepounder]

97. That's not losing, that's winning.

Borrow a bunch of money, grab a bunch of investors, build a crappy building, or run a money laundering casino, then declare bankruptcy, stiff all your investors and creditors, and walk away with all the money you have 'lost' (as in hidden).

Rinse and repeat.

[barbtries]

114. exactly

for trump bankruptcy is an essential part of his business plan.

[malaise]

4. The vile MAGAcretin just got a

'pussy whipping' in the mid-terms.
Between that and the coming indictments, he should just resign and head to Moscow.
Either that or he ends up in prison, poverty or both.

[watoos]

47. He's in between a rock and a hard place,

He should have resigned right after he was elected. If he resigns he is going to get subpoenaed and indicted in front of the whole world. If he resigns he won't be able to pardon his crime family.

IMO, he is totally, as the French say it, fucked.

Imagine a Narcissist in hiding. He's like a druggie waiting for his fix or an alcoholic waiting for a drink. He is going to have a nervous breakdown. He maybe can come up with some made up medical condition like bone spurs to make everyone feel sorry for him and let him ride off into the sunset, NOT.

[malaise]

65. Yes

The word is fucked

[pandr32]

60. I completely agree

He really doesn't like any of the leaders that were at the ceremonies in France, anyway--except Putin. He never takes notes, properly receives briefings, or shows any interest. He pushes to the front of the line showing that he really believes he is superior to them and you are right--despite his tweets pretending he did well he did not. The midterms did not go his way and pressure against him is building at home and abroad. His fragile ego can't handle it.

His usefulness to Putin may have mostly passed already. Putin has other irons in the fire and tRumpy has a big mouth. Perhaps he could live in luxury in Moscow, but if I were him I would avoid open windows and helicopters--maybe that's why he didn't take the helicopter in France.

[malaise]

67. Putin spotted a clueless vain idiot

And the rest is current history.
History will not be kind to the vile MAGAcretin.

[OhZone]

5. I've seen a lot of posts about Con twitter feeds going dark -

Is that part of it?

:/

[MineralMan]

12. Yes, they are quieter than usual. That, too, is interesting.

[bearsfootball516]

6. I think it's also possible that now with midterms over, he just doesn't care.

He's too lazy to do it, he'd rather sit in the White House and watch TV.

[ooky]

18. This.

[Achilleaze]

7. Dirty Donny*s skanking-out at the taxpayer-funded Man Cave for illegitimate KGOP republicans

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[MineralMan]

13. That looks like one of the rooms at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, CA.

They have a Cave Room.

[barbtries]

20. my family stayed there as a child.

we were in the Swiss Chalet IIRC. They had big cats and buffalo on the property at the time.

[MineralMan]

27. Yes. I lived in that area for 35 years.

The Madonna Inn is one of those places everyone who came to town had to go. However, I don't know anyone who ever actually spend a night there.

[barbtries]

31. now you do!

i was all of 11 at the time, but my brother has lived in Morro Bay since the 1980s. i wonder if you know him.

[MineralMan]

35. Likely not. I lived in Los Osos, across the bay

from 1969-2004. After graduating from Cal Poly there, I couldn't find any good reason to leave, until my father-in-law had a stroke in Minnesota. So my wife and I packed up and moved here to help however we could.

[Capperdan]

125. I've lived here in MB for 40 years

I might know him. Love it here, also a Cal Poly Alum

[barbtries]

135. Capperdan

I would not be surprised at all if you did. I remember visiting him back in the 80s or early 90s and we're driving around and he knew everyone!

[OMGWTF]

84. I LOVE the Madonna Inn.

[Raven]

8. You know a lot and I think you are right.

There is no explaining him or Pence not going over the bridge yesterday to Arlington. I understand Trump pretty well but how do you explain Pence?

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Yes - Pence as a backup yet also being a no-show was a fucking disgrace!

How can you have a foreign official from a country that has recently been denegrated by the current administration, be the one to lay a wreath at the tomb of OUR Unknowns!

[MyOwnPeace]

103. BUT.............

FRANCE was there!!!!

How F**KIN' crazy is that!?!?!

Remember in the campaign when IQ45 said that the world was going to "respect" the US again?

WHAT A HORSE'S ASS!!!!!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

116. Opposite world

[MineralMan]

16. Yes. That was very, very odd, indeed.

It's one of those Presidential "must appear" situations. That neither of them showed up is a big deal.

Same for the cemetery in France. 100th Anniversary of the Armistice, and Trump was there, but didn't show. Nobody missed noticing that. It's inexplicable, really.

[MyOwnPeace]

104. Again.........

this was the "man" that campaigned on "Making America Great Again" and bringing back respect.

My blood boils at the audacity of these cretins...............

[malaise]

29. Pence is terrified of letting Don the Con think

he wants that top job as badly as he does so he would not dare go.
I'm loving the palace intrigue.

[watoos]

49. Someone said Pence was out of the country? Or out of town?

[Johnny2X2X]

9. this is about his parade

He wanted a military parade this week so he could honor himself. The military said no, so this is his way of pouting and letting them know hes not happy he didn't get his parade.

This is exactly what is happening.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. No... this is worst than that.

[C Moon]

70. I'd forgotten about that. Good point.

[Johnny2X2X]

71. 100% about that parade

I hope someone in the media puts that together, because given how petty Trump is, there's a 100% chance this is about not getting his parade.

[FakeNoose]

77. Actually it wasn't the military that cancelled, they were going to do it

... but the Mayor of Washington DC told the White House that the cost would be up in the millions for all the overtime pay for the police/fire/EMS workers. Also for the cost of repaving the streets that would be ruined by heavy tanks and weapons. The city streets were never engineered for military parades, but of course Trump didn't take that into account.

So he threw a hissy fit and cancelled the parade himself. That happened back in June I think. Just as well too.

[C Moon]

102. +1

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Yup. He cleared his schedule.

He usually dismisses "outside" people for any concern but am wondering if it is Jr? Jr. is still doing an occasional tweet this morning though.

[ginnyinWI]

11. I think he's in a general sulk over the midterms. n/t

[MineralMan]

17. A Major Depression, perhaps, might cause that kind of reaction.

But not just sulking.

[MoonRiver]

74. That's my guess.

[MineralMan]

76. I'm not sure. He is still managing to Tweet nonsense today.

He insulted France this morning.

[MoonRiver]

91. Twitter is his security blanket.

He's pretty much non-functional in every other way.

[barbtries]

19. i imagine him in his room,

3 TVs blasting FOX and whatever other channels he switches to and from. he's got his Coke and his junk food and hasn't bothered to take his spray tan, get his hair done, or even dress in clothes. he's pouting. when someone ventures into the room they are treated with a tantrum. if someone says Mr President you should really get ready to pay respects at Arlington, or do any single presidential thing, he crosses his arms and says, "DON'T WANNA!" he may kick and scream, and he will certainly be heaping abuse on whoever is in the room at the time. because you know he never did a single thing wrong in his entire fucking fucked up life of crime. so why should he be looking at years in prison, or being run out of town on a rail?? not his fault. not his fault.

i think he is falling apart.

[kimbutgar]

25. I can picture that exactly

He is losing it big time and is having a nervous breakdown.

[watoos]

51. Bingo.

I posted this before, but with no proof, it was reported that one of the reasons his divorce with Ivana was sealed was because it stated he had a nervous breakdown.

[True Blue American]

78. I would hate to be in that WH

Right now. Getting rid of Kirsten, Kelly and how many others? Bloodbath before the

[barbtries]

112. i think he's lopping heads off

to distract from his loss in the election and most of all, #Russia
he is one sick puppy. about to find out for the first time in his life what it means to lose. he's failed so many times but was always bailed out, now he finds himself in the top office in the land and that's gonna be a greater fall than any he ever imagined previously. and it's real.

i don't really see a why for Nielsen - she's done every despicable thing Miller could cook up, jailing children, corralling people in tent cities, stealing children from their parents. So it seems to boil down to I need another distraction from the real news.

[True Blue American]

115. Trump blames Kristan

For the failure, which would be funny if it were not so tragic of his Immigration failure.

Trump is lashing out. No one has seen him since he left France,unless they showed him getting off the lane. He looked down right haggard.

[barbtries]

118. that may be

no matter how clear it is to anybody else that he made his own bed, he'll never accept the blame. anyhow, no big loss imo, she's a horror show. as will be whoever he replaces her with no doubt.

[SweetieD]

21. It is just laziness. And he is probably bored.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Disagree on one point: his long, angry press conference might be a symptom ...

... that he has serious health issues. Brain health issues.

[jaysunb]

37. I agree

I've seen this behavior in friends when they begin that long journey into night that is dementia and or alzhiemers.

[Bob Loblaw]

59. Tertiary cranial rectal inversion

Easily diagnosed.

[erronis]

69. Is there a cure? It sounds horrible. I may know some people with it

but I've lost touch because of this malady.

I used to see frothing at the mouth, bulging veins, bloodshot eyes. Constipation seems to be prevalent. For some reason it hits caucasians and males most frequently. Some report heightened symptoms when viewing some patterns on the T.V. - perhaps related to brain waves (or lack thereof.)

[NBachers]

109. Aggravated by brainal hemorrhoids.

[mitch96]

132. I thought it might be Fecal Encephalopathy

AKA... shit for brains..
m

[True Blue American]

80. So have I

Many times. It starts slow, then accelerates

[lunatica]

23. It may be more on a gut level reaction

He thinks he looks like a loser right now. He is so out of touch with things that are not FoxNews that the Blue Wave caught him by surprise and he wasn’t prepared for it.

The day after the election, as usual, he held the press conference to speak to his base. Unfortunately the questions he was being asked surprised and enraged him because he’s forgotten that his base’s reaction to his every word is not the way the rest of the country reacts. So he held the press conference to show him verbally strut around claiming a personal victory. To his surprise the reporters didn’t roar in Pavlovian response or cower in trembling surrender or turn the other cheek.

This enraged him. Reporters were asking incredibly pointed questions which he could only reply to with insults and obvious rage. So, if everyone would notice, he went on a full frontal attack thinking that would intimidate the reporters. But the reporters all kept their professional cool and kept pressing him. He was losing the confrontation because too many of the reporters were asking the hard questions. His only out was to throw a fit, which he did.

Trump sees the world as his personal foe who he conquers both in a financial level and personal level. It’s blatantly apparent in his signature handshake, and his every word.

This is how Trump reacts when he knows the world sees him losing. By his own reconning he is seen as a Loser. So he does the only thing left to him. He rages, and walks away from the podium and personally insults every journalist who asks pointed questions about his actions, words and deeds. He goes into his High Huff mode. His High Dudgeon.

His unvarnished resentment at Macron and the rest of the the European leaders was primarily based on his perception that he looks like a Loser, and is basically being treated like one by people who he believes should be bowing to him. Who should be shaking in their boots at his power instead of ignoring him. Another ego blow which he knows his base is watching. So he does another one of his deflecting things. He smiles broadly, knowing all the cameras will catch it, at Putin. He is desperate to look like a winner, no matter what.

This is probably typical Narcissist behavior. If he can’t control everything with a victorious smirk then he will control it with a volcanic fit of rage. If anyone doesn’t believe this just ask the close family members of Narcissists.

[CentralMass]

48. +1

[Corktown]

61. And Now ...

+ 2

[3catwoman3]

79. "He thinks he looks like a loser."

He doesn’t just LOOK like a loser - he IS a loser.

[srobertss]

101. That fits, but...

Why was Jim Acosta put in the front, like they were preparing for a fight? But that could still fit into this narrative. He believed Acosta would be the only one standing up to him and was surprised by multiple challenges.

[lunatica]

139. The White House press are seated by hierarchy

The senior reporters who have been there the longest sit in the front. There are a more rules for the other reporters but it’s probably pretty complicated. It’s been that way for decades. And it makes sense.

[DesertRat]

24. He should be working, but he's watching tv and tweeting.

Most people with a job don't have the time to tweet throughout the work day. This morning he's bashing Macron's "approval rating" on Twitter.

[grantcart]

26. Thinking the same thing

Also if Kelly goes He will be in big trouble just coordinating papers and schedule.

[MineralMan]

30. I think he's planning to dump Kelly,

which would be a huge mistake. Of course, I think Kelly should have resigned in France this weekend. Right after returning from the WWI Cemetery. He didn't, though. Apparently he's lost whatever spine he may have once had.

[grantcart]

40. Kelly must be livid about the dishonor in Paris

His whole justification is to keep Trump in the boundaries of traditional Presidential action and now he is pissing on Kelly's heroes.

Watching Mrs. Obama's book coming out with tens of millions and wide spread adulation must also be giving him the idea that he could cash out for $5-10 million.

[MineralMan]

41. Livid he may be, but he is not acting on that.

He missed a stellar opportunity to rebuke Trump with an immediate resignation and an explanation of why he resigned. He did not take the opportunity, and now the time for it has passed. Instead, he will wait to be dismissed by Trump, which will offer no chance to make a strong statement.

Letting Trump dishonor fallen WWI soldiers without comment was a weak move on Kelly's part. Perhaps he just doesn't care any longer. That happens.

[bsiebs]

52. Perhaps Kelly's barrel has finally emptied... nt

[grantcart]

54. Maybe he is taking immediate action

There wasn't even a WH announcement on Vets Day

MSNBC is talking about Kelly's "immediate departure"

[MineralMan]

55. Well, that's true, and shockingly so.

No proclamation for Veterans day? That's unheard of. I can't even imagine such a lapse of judgment.

[Nasruddin]

57. Misguided loyalty and sense of duty

Kelly has already shown (imo) that he is in a position far above his level of
competency or innate ability. It's an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Of course you'd have to be Rasputin to be a successful Chief of Staff for this president.

[lindysalsagal]

28. He might be finished playing potus....

Maybe it's not fun, anymore.....

[MineralMan]

32. That's true, no doubt. But, will he take the final step of resigning?

One can only hope.

[lindysalsagal]

124. If he refuses to leave his room and attend to presidential duties, will the house impeach?

Because this is how I always assumed it would all fall down.

[Adrahil]

33. Please be Don Jr being indicted!!!! NT

[MineralMan]

44. That would surely set him off.

I don't know if Mueller would do that right now, though. I'd rather see Kushner indicted and perp-walked, frankly. That would piss off Ivanka, for sure, and lead to a bigger family crisis than Don, Jr. I doubt that Trump actually likes Don, Jr. anyhow, very much. But Ivanka? Oh, he likes her a lot. Always has. The real question, of course, is whether Ivanka likes Kushner. That's not so clear.

[Hekate]

96. Absolutely right. Kablooey on the family dynamics. nt

[Tanuki]

34. He didn't have any problem jetting from one red state to the next and giving long speeches

up until last week's election. Now that the election's over, he doesn't see any percentage in putting himself out in the least. He is simply a foul excuse for a human being with no sense of decency or responsibility and no allegiance to anything but his own whims.

[MineralMan]

38. Yes, I'm sure he's all butt-hurt from the election.

I think it's more than that, though. I believe the writing is on the wall for him, in a Biblical sense. He is finished as an effective President, and the Democrats in the House aren't going to have the kind of sham investigations the Republicans did.

He knows. He also may have heard about more unsettling news to come shortly, which I think is the real reason he's hiding out. Once such news gets delivered, though, watch for explosive behavior from him.

[DFW]

39. Well, just wait for the rain to let up some.

McDonald's isn't going to set up in the White House commissary just for his benefit. He has to come out some time.

[MineralMan]

42. There's a MacDonalds right across the street from the White House

grounds. He just sends an aide to get his Big Macs.

[catbyte]

43. Does he have any Nuremberg-Lite hatefests scheduled? If not, I'm betting he's

pouting over not getting his Stalin-Lite military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue combined with the crushing realization that he got utterly obliterated on November 6th and what that will mean to him. He is also most likely realizing that he fucked up royally by canning the Evil Elf and appointing a hack who is now looking into whether or not to recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.

He's a petty, miserable, bitter, spiteful old man who's isolated himself from everybody and everything other than the sycophants in the White House and the ass kissers at TRUMPRAVDA, er, Fox.

Pathetic.

[MineralMan]

46. Things are not going Trump's way right now. Not at all.

His little house of cards is teetering ominously, I think. One strong puff of air and it all comes down.

[yonder]

58. As somebody said in a post yesterday, that I'm now unabashedly stealing:

"He's ass-holed himself into a corner".

[louis c]

45. Good Guess. I Agree

[Rocky888]

50. I agree 100%

[Texin]

53. MM, I think the "bad news" he received with the Blue Wave shellacking he received last Tuesday.

I think he's so focused on trying prevent the vote count in Florida from going forward or being scrutinized there, along with elsewhere, that he can't focus on anything else yet. Though, I do believe the Mueller investigation is right up there, a top of mind thing for him. I don't think he's ill. Well, to put a finer point on it, he's no sicker than he ever has been.

[MineralMan]

56. Well, he keeps getting bad news from that for sure.

With Kyrsten Sinema winning Flake's Senate seat in Arizona, of all places, it's not looking good for Republicans.

I suspect there are plenty of Republicans in Congress who are not very happy with the man right now.

[Grammy23]

62. MM, I think you are on the right track. This is not your garden variety sit and sulk.

But there are so many things in play here it is difficult to draw a fully accurate conclusion other than the combination is taking its toll. A man with his psychological issues has a breaking point. Coupled with his physical issues, he is a walking time bomb. There is only so long they can keep this from the public. We’ve had two + years to observe tRump and what we’ve seen for a week is just not the norm for him or any recent President. This cannot go on much longer without someone cracking, leaking, resigning or squalling to the media. I am rather hoping we get to see the Orange Menace escorted out of the White House to a padded cell or a locked penal facility where we will be done with the likes of him. Forever.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

107. K&R. Good summary, Grammy. n/t

..........

[gordianot]

66. Just curious did Pence go to Arlington or is he also hiding?

Back in the days of the old Soviet Union the absence of a key actor on the stage was a serious sign noted by Intelligence operatives. Who is in favor and who is out? Trump’s sorting inhale is increasing when he appears. There may well be a shit storm coming.

[MineralMan]

68. No, he didn't show up at Arlington, either.

I'm not sure what that portends, frankly. I have no idea what he's doing right now.

Perhaps he's preparing to be sworn in?

[gordianot]

75. Heat on Pence is most likely to come from Flynn.

Every time they put off Flynn’s sentencing I figure is another day Pence is not drug into Trump’s mess.

[libdem4life]

140. Pence has his own mess. Referred by Manafort...and major scandals in Indiana he left behind

or so I read. My only question is ... What will Mother say? Just kidding.

My sense is that once the lynch pin is pulled, a whole host of Rethugs are going down...and/or to prison. It's infected the entire party including the RNC. Think rats deserting the sinking ship. The party used-to-be faithful is getting nervous and support is bleeding to the generic Democrats. I think it's currently 67%. That will put fear in any House member and any other election prior to 2020.

[Gothmog]

72. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Maine-i-acs]

73. Manafort, Cohen, Corsi all singing or soon to.

Roger Stone indicted next
-Then Don Jr.
-Jared close behind.

They are circling closer and Trump needs an exit strategy which is not manifesting itself. Usually he could lawyer up, countersue, settle out of court etc. and never accept blame. But now:

-Guiliani is a useless tool.
-No lawyer worth his salt will represent him
-No compliant House to cherry pick the investigation pathway.
-Senate will not provide as much cover as the House did.
-He is a public official and can hide much less than he used to. he did not get this going in, because public service is foreign to him.

[stevil]

134. Nailed it.

See how he deals with the press.

[Grasswire2]

81. He did meet with Putin in France.

So there's that.

Putin may have reamed him out for failing.

He may have to worry about Russian assassins.

[MineralMan]

83. Yes. We have no information about how that went.

[MineralMan]

82. VP Pence is in Japan, with meetings today, then Singapore Tomorrow

If Trump is exiting, it can't be until Pence is back in DC. So, it's possible that Trump is incognito until Pence is in town and available. I don't know, but that could be what's going on.


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[FakeNoose]

87. Maybe Kelly has resigned (?) and Trump is laying low while Pence is in Asia

It seems like a lot of things are coming to a head here. There's been no word on Kelly for several days, maybe he resigned and he's keeping a low profile until an announcement is made. I can only guess that might be the reason.

I love your suggestion that Trump may be planning to resign himself, but I'm not holding my breath.

[MineralMan]

89. I have no idea. I'm just speculating from what's going on today.

Trump is wildly Tweeting insults at France. He's Nuts.

[FakeNoose]

90. Another recent thread says Kelly may be out already - either fired or resigned

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11423182

[MineralMan]

99. I saw that, but no official announcement has been made.

The day is young, yet, though.

[TommyCelt]

98. I simply can't imagine this trump's resignation...

...or even his going quietly when he gets trounced in 2020 if he makes it that far; I do not believe there will be a peaceful transition of power whenever/however this trump goes, but that's another post.

His ego will simply not allow it, and he doesn't have a fall guy to blame the failure on.

[mastermind]

85. he's not hiding

he's just doing what he does best, eating cheese burgers in his room while watching fox news.

[MineralMan]

86. Yeah, maybe...

[dalton99a]

88. Probably in the Fuhrerbunker

[workinclasszero]

93. The blue wave has Dump and his party running scared

I think they actually believed their own BS about a "red wave" cementing their treasonous regime in place after the midterms.

[George II]

94. I'm sure some of that is the case but he was still tweeting "normally" (for him) early this morning.

[colorado_ufo]

95. One more thing: Putin.

Did he actually meet with him in France? Are the Russian sanctions still in place? Is he hiding out of fear of Putin?

[lastlib]

105. The third possibility you didn't mention:

He's a COLOSSAL ASSHOLE.

"Once carried through the currents,
and being swept away,
The king is in the closet,
He's hiding from today;
And though he owns all fortunes,
this room is where he'll stay,
And his world is filled with darkness,
Turning gray."
--Kansas, Closet Chronicle

[k8conant]

106. He's sick of winning, so he stopped doing it!

[LanternWaste]

108. He seems to be out and about, huffing and puffing as much as he was last week.

I haven't seen a noticeable drop-off of his already-limited number of public appearances.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

110. Does anyone remember....

The fairy tale story of a US President that...

* was intelligent, articulate and respected presidential norms and practices, including honoring veterans and those suffering from tragedy?

* worked a full day every day doing his job as it should be done, then had dinner with his family and then family time, and then worked in his office until the wee hours almost every single day while in office?

Seems so long ago.........

[11 Bravo]

111. He's pouting. Being scorned and mocked by damned near ...

every democratic world leader on the planet can make a pretend tough guy feel downright petulant.

[NNadir]

117. His "health issue" is that he's mad as a hatter.

He's lost whatever mind he may have had, which is not to imply he ever had one.

[Vinca]

119. I wonder if he or his revolting children have been notified they're targets by Mueller.

[MineralMan]

120. I have no idea. My connections are non-existent.

[MBS]

121. I agree that something odd seems to be going on.

Odd even for this administration.
The "rain" explanation for cancellation not only of the French cemetery visit but also even of the Arlington ceremony (there was no rain until evening, Arlington cemetery is less than 3 miles from White House) is bogus on both counts.
Plus: coupled with nothing on his public agenda -

Then- just now- Melania calling for firing of a deputy National Security Advisor??! WTF?

Weird stuff all around

[MineralMan]

122. Yup. Strange Doings on Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Gothmog]

123. Trump has retreated into "a cocoon of bitterness and resentment,"

Link to tweet

[NCjack]

126. Maybe he just received a telegram from a paramour:

"You are 3 months behind on child support payments for our baby son. I have contacted a very famous attorney (u no who) to collect. See you in court."

[Hoyt]

127. The election may have sunk in, but hope you are right.

[D23MIURG23]

128. The bad news could just be the midterm loss.

I think he is genuinely stunned that his idiot rallies and race baiting caravan bullshit didn't swing the election to his favor. He lost big, and probably doesn't have any plan for how to deal with a congress that isn't actively running interference for him.

It sucks when reality bursts your bullshit bubble.

[underpants]

129. As I've posted elsewhere- Al Franken covered this in a book

Al Franken's "Why Not Me?" Not really a good book but really close

This really reminds me of Al Franken's "Why Not Me?"
It's actually not a very good book but the story sounds eerily similar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Not_Me%3F_(novel)

The Presidency
The Void, a book supposedly written by Bob Woodward, describes Franken's brief and turbulent tenure at the White House. After Franken makes a bizarre inauguration speech apologizing for slavery, the resulting backlash sends Franken into depression. Franken's aides give him anti-depressant drugs, but this causes Franken to display strange behavior. Franken has himself cloned, punches Nelson Mandela in the stomach during a state meeting, and hatches a dangerous plan to assassinate Saddam Hussein by flying to Iraq and hitting him with a plaque that reads, "World's Greatest Grandpa." Congress forms a committee to investigate Franken's mood swings, which leads to the unraveling of his administration. After his diary is publicized, Franken is forced to resign.

[SubjectTrip]

130. I think he's sick

All those pointless rallies before the midterms probably did a number on him

[NastyRiffraff]

131. Apparently he's raging at the WH staff

And they're all avoiding him.

All his life he's bullied people, yelling at them and firing them when he doesn't get his way, or he screws up and blames them. I wonder what would happen if he tries a temper tantrum on Bob Mueller?

[duforsure]

133. He's looks sick and depressed

But probably looking at a lot of things to put out to water down the upcoming bad news cycle that'll be really damaging to him and many others. He does this, says something outlandish to take away the news from damaging stories on him,and does things like firing people to distract attention away from bad news for him. I also think he looks sick.

[JohnnyRingo]

136. Actually, he might be exhausted.

He's been going full steam on the road for weeks, then a trip to Europe.

I'm not covering for him, but even Aerosmith gets fatigued on the road. Trump isn't in nearly as good shape as your typical 70 year old drug addled rock star, so it could be he's hunkered down recovering.

[True Blue American]

137. Reports are that Trump has been brooding for days

Ever since the election. It was clear during his PC that he was agitated and angry. He tried to pretend he was having fun, lying about winning.

But then that all exploded with Jim Acosta. He walked away from the Podium, had to physically pull himself together twice.

Trump knows his charade is over. Mocked by everyone, no one to stand by him. He has alienated every one. Now a pathetic creature, his rage, anger and frsustration now control him.