"Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional presidential duties"

[bearsfootball516]

For weeks this fall, an ebullient President Trump traveled relentlessly to hold raise-the-rafters campaign rallies — sometimes three a day — in states where his presence was likely to help Republicans on the ballot.

But his mood apparently has changed as he has taken measure of the electoral backlash that voters delivered Nov. 6. With the certainty that the incoming Democratic House majority will go after his tax returns and investigate his actions, and the likelihood of additional indictments by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Trump has retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment, according to multiple administration sources.

Behind the scenes, they say, the president has lashed out at several aides, from junior press assistants to senior officials. “He’s furious,” said one administration official. “Most staffers are trying to avoid him.”

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, painted a picture of a brooding president “trying to decide who to blame” for Republicans’ election losses, even as he publicly and implausibly continues to claim victory.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-absent-20181113-story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter



This was so enjoyable to read. Another poster mentioned that after his furious campaigning in the final month, to see everything collapse and the blue wave wash over Washington, he probably feels like a loser.

[Achilleaze]

1. And we still have to pay this republican assclown?

Shit, he should be docked in pay. If he ain't goofing off at the golf course, or pissing on the military and veterans, or alienating America's friends, he his holed up watching TV and eating buckets of extra-crispy KFC.

He* is a compleat republican, and the perfect republican family-values role model. Deeeplorable.

* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-chief

[Ilsa]

2. He said he would donate his pay.

I think he did that only once.

If he won't work, he should be fired.

[bearsfootball516]

3. He's not even REMOTELY trying to act interested.

He had literally nothing on his schedule yesterday, and still couldn't make a 5 minute drive to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier??

[Le Gaucher]

4. Oh..poor baby .. Nobody loves it. Not even Melania.

[gratuitous]

5. Retreating from traditional duties?

How about "all" duties? And no, twittering isn't one of his duties.

[jcgoldie]

10. When did he ever perform any?

The only "duty" he ever performs is on his gold toilet as George Clooney would say.

[spanone]

6. Since Day 1.

[manor321]

7. This is exactly like Nixon as things closed in on him

[Maxheader]

9. The sign of dementia..

This is a big hit..his brain is deteriorating

[lindysalsagal]

11. Star Trek "Remember Me" episode where everyone disappears from the ship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Me_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

"Remember Me" is the 79th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the fifth episode of the fourth season.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D. This episode focuses on the ship's chief medical officer, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), who notices that her friends — and every trace of them — are vanishing around her.

Right from day one, I couldn't get this image out of my mind: He's so nuts, everyone will leave the white house and he'll be reduced to bossing around the cooks and the cleaning staff.

[KayF]

12. exhaustion from so much winning

[davekriss]

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

"a brooding president 'trying to decide who to blame' for Republicans’ election losses".

Exactly what one would expect from a malignant narcissist.

[tanyev]

14. A missing person that nobody misses at all.

[meow2u3]

15. Why won't he retreat from the Presidency itself?

He's too busy brooding, sulking, and farming off his job to aides to bother with performing Presidential duties, so why doesn't he just cut his losses and resign?

[Blue_true]

16. I hope the asshole fall to the floor and start chewing the rug, while barking like a puppy.

As long as he is kept from the nuclear football, I don't give a shit.