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Germanys Der Spiegel newspaper is pulling no punches after covering Donald Trumps disastrous trip to Europe. In a brutal op-ed, they lay out the case that Donald Trump is simply "unfit to be President of the United States":
[Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States. He does not possess the requisite intellect and does not understand the significance of the office he holds nor the tasks associated with it. He doesn't read. He doesn't bother to peruse important files and intelligence reports and knows little about the issues that he has identified as his priorities. His decisions are capricious and they are delivered in the form of tyrannical decrees.
He is a man free of morals. As has been demonstrated hundreds of times, he is a liar, a racist and a cheat. I feel ashamed to use these words, as sharp and loud as they are. But if they apply to anyone, they apply to Trump. And one of the media's tasks is to continue telling things as they are: Trump has to be removed from the White House. Quickly. He is a danger to the world.]
They say Trump simply has to be removed and break down how the Americans can and should make it happen. Even they know Republicans are spineless and do not respect the rule of law:
[The first is Trump's resignation, which won't happen. The second is that Republicans in the House and Senate support impeachment, which would be justified by the president's proven obstruction of justice, but won't happen because of the Republicans' thirst for power, which they won't willingly give up. The third possible solution is the invocation of the 25th Amendment, which would require the cabinet to declare Trump unfit to discharge the powers of the presidency. That isn't particularly likely either. Fourth: The Democrats get ready to fight and win back majorities in the House and Senate in midterm elections, which are 18 months away, before they then pursue option two, impeachment. Fifth: the international community wakes up and finds a way to circumvent the White House and free itself of its dependence on the U.S. Unlike the preceding four options, the fifth doesn't directly solve the Trump problem, but it is nevertheless necessary - and possible.]
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/26/1666273/-German-newspaper-rips-Trump-calling-him-unfit-and-a-danger-to-the-world
leftstreet
(36,106 posts)Ouch
triron
(21,995 posts)malaise
(268,913 posts)Rec
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Dailykos is behind in their reading.
Sorry, got called away... didn't mean to be so snarky. I hope a few more saw it today.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)But without congress help it won't happen so maybe they're gonna have to help us
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I thought bush was an embarrassment.
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Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)blue-wave
(4,351 posts)will really get Donald's goat! I saw a clip (wish I could find it) in which he expresses pride in having German heritage. Twitter burning up in 3, 2, 1.....
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)It would explain a lot.....
Hair Furor indeed....
DFW
(54,341 posts)My wife and I caught it when the news was on (several German channels are available from our hotel here in Croatia). The channel we were watching was not a commercial cable channel, but one of the two government-financed channels.
For a government-sponsored TV channel to read an editorial saying the leader of ANY country, let alone the USA, is unfit to lead--that is something I have never seen here, not even about Idi Amin or Saddam Hussein. My wife's mouth just went agape, as her country's government-sponsored media NEVER takes an extreme position that openly.
A friend of ours was station chief for Western German News Radio in Moscow for 5 years. I can't wait to get his reaction when we get home later today. Our flight to Düsseldorf leaves at 9:25 this morning (it is now 6 AM) and takes a little over 2 hours.
mdillen
(29 posts)Don't holdback tell us what you really think.