Presidents can only fake it for so long.

[MineralMan]

Trump is a faker. Always has been. But, when a President has no skills, no knowledge, and no will to learn, the faking soon leads to serious, serious errors. And those errors affect millions, if not billions of people. Unlike a musician who is able to fake harmoniously when he doesn't know the music, based on decades of experience, Trump has no faking skills. When he plays by ear, as he must, he is off-key.

This President has not acknowledged the deaths of Navy personnel. He has said nothing about terrorism from non-Islamic sources here in the United States and abroad. He has remained silent about congressional attempts to gut the healthcare safety net for millions of Americans. He knows nothing about international diplomacy and is pissing off leaders of our allies and adversaries alike.

Today, Russia has shut down a communications system in Syria that is designed to keep various forces from attacking each other. Our Air Force shot down a plane, rightly or wrongly. We failed to communicate about that, so now Russia is threatening to attack our planes in Syria. Their shutting down the communication lines is a bad omen. Trump, in his deliberate ignorance, has no tools with which to calm down that situation. The results could be very harmful.

Trump knows nothing. Trump learns nothing. Trump does nothing when he should do something and does things when he should not do things. We are led by a President who is a faker. He is not fit for the office. He is incompetent at governance. He should never have been elected. The pity is that he was elected. He was inaugurated. We have little we can do to correct that in a timely way.

Eventually, Trumps faking will mean that all of the notes in the tune that is being played are the wrong notes. The result will be cacophony. We are approaching that situation now. I'm at a loss to know what can be done.

I am worried.

[greymattermom]

1. Remember he's used to reality tv

when hours of taping is edited to produce a few minutes of a show. Now, everything is shown, including all those in between bits.

[MineralMan]

3. Yup. Reality is live all the time.

Trump's mic is always on. He always has the spotlight, too. Trouble is, he has no script, and is lousy at improvisation.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[Lucinda]

4. I have nothing to add to the discussion - I just am here for a second, but

I agree he is incapable of governing and is a danger to everyone.

[MineralMan]

5. Thanks for your reply!

[Lucinda]

7. Happy to kick...My mind is full of anger and profanity right now...I want every Rep

who enables this idiot out of office. Catching up with the news this morning has made me physically ill...that poor young woman beaten to death sent me over the edge. I need to go watch kitty videos for a while....

[Pachamama]

19. +1000

Same here Lucinda...except I am looking at baby bunny rabbit pix my teen daughter showed me...because I am sickened and livid at the enabling the GOP (and yes, some "Dems" - hello Joe Manchin) are doing to enable this traitorous man-baby....and listening to that scumbag Newt Gingrich after hearing about the teen girl beaten with a bat, made me come close to throwing something at the TV...

I did let out a primal scream however...helped a little...maybe need to go do some yoga and then look at more kitty videos and baby rabbits...

[CanonRay]

23. The ICE raid on the border aid station in Arizona was my personal line in the dirt

It really, really pissed me off. The meanness that this government exhibits is the antithesis of what being an American means.

[Eliot Rosewater]

32. I hope everybody becomes so ENRAGED that the entire GOP has to RUN

and hide to escape the SHAME we need to heap on them, peacefully and legally, that is.

No republican should be able to buy a cup of coffee, if they support Trump, without patriots yelling SHAME SHAME in their faces.

[lark]

33. Everyone, and I do mean all living persons are endangered by orange assface.

This doesn't just apply to Americans, but to the entire world! Drumpf and Putin have set out to destroy the world's order and to make Russia the pre-eminent world power. They want to turn America into a dictatorship (similar to Russia) and Drumpf intends to use that to make himself very rich. I think Putin will turn on Drumpf, once all sanctions have been removed and NATO gutted, but will stay BFF's (in drumpf's mind anyway) until that happens.

Drumpf is the permanent worst person in the world! # RESIST

[RKP5637]

6. In essence, a train wreck waiting to occur. My hunch, a full domino effect will occur ... and he

will just walk away. He does not care, he can't, and he can't help himself. He'll let it all fall apart and the GOP will rejoice, because he's doing their bidding by default with no direction needed.

[MineralMan]

9. Yes, that's my fear. While poor decisions by a President

can sometimes be ignored, there are many areas in which poor decisions can have huge consequences that are not simple to correct. This is Trump's most basic flaw. He acts and speaks without a solid background of knowledge and experience. He insults those who are our friends and lets things slip by when done by those who are our historical adversaries.

If a nation or leader flatters Donald Trump, he is pleased and rewards that behavior. If a nation or leader suggests a different course of action than Trump has rashly decided on, he is displeased and punishes that behavior. He acts on impulse rather than on serious analysis and consideration. He acts on instinct, but his instincts are faulty and destructive.

At some point, he will do something that is beyond ignoring and the repercussions will cause irreparable harm. It could happen at any time, and without warning, since Trump acts quickly, whether he is right or wrong.

[smirkymonkey]

8. He is a complete failure on every level.

He needs to be removed from office before his incompetence leads to a global disaster.

[MineralMan]

11. Things like removing Presidents move too slowly.

I can only hope that he does not do some rash thing that destroys all that has been built up. He is certainly capable of such a thing.

[RKP5637]

14. Plz see #13. Have we ever in the history of this nation experienced a president like this with all

the continued backing?

[smirkymonkey]

16. I know, unfortunately.

We can only hope he keeps on wolfing down the KFC and Big Macs and hope they do the job for us.

[MineralMan]

18. I wish harm on nobody. I just wish we could push Trump

out of the White House, and quickly.

[RKP5637]

13. I seriously wonder, has the US ever had someone like this, and with about 35% of the nation

still backing them? I can't recall anything like this in my time. I doubt the founders envisioned it, but then they thought probably that congress would be responsive and take action.

We're in such uncharted waters and congress is filled with many ineffective members. It doesn't matter, R, D, or I we're in a serious situation. Congress needs to take off their damn stupid political hats and figure out a course of swift action.

My fear is this country could fall apart swiftly under the right conditions and be left a seriously tattered nation. Also, as this ass continues, much of the world is turning away from the US considering it an unhealthy nation.

And on top of this we have endless 7x24 hate propaganda spewed by the typical outlets and sources twisting the minds of many.

[smirkymonkey]

15. It has gone beyond mere politics now. We are in a crisis

situation here and people need to grow up, act like adults and deal with the situation rationally. I'm afraid I don't have a lot of faith in the republicans, they will back this disaster until it blows up in their faces.

This country feels like a tinderbox to me and one tiny little match is all it will take to turn it in to a giant bonfire.

[MineralMan]

17. I agree. We need enough Republicans to recognize

this impending disaster and work with Democrats to repair things before it all collapses around us. Will that happen? I simply don't know.

[lark]

39. Sorry, that won't happen.

At least not in the current climate and with what's known publicly at this time.

Now if Russia released tapes of drumpf's collusion in the election, things would start changing and really quickly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. We've never had anyone quite like this.

There have been inept presidents who haven't been able to get anything done, like James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore. There have been presidents who turned a blind eye to internal corruption, like Warren G. Harding. There was Nixon, who was similar to Trump in a number of ways (all of them bad) but at least he staffed the executive branch, conducted the regular work of the presidency in a competent fashion, and didn't act like a right idiot on national television. Trump is Nixon with a lobotomy and too much Red Bull.

[RKP5637]

41. The continued support for him is astounding! n/t

[Mr. Ected]

10. And this is what happens when alternate reality causes Americans to vote

For a "businessman to change Washington" instead of understanding the vast difference between commercial and political leadership skills. They got what they wanted, and what they wanted is putting all of us in peril.

This is a direct offshoot of the entire tea party debacle, which would have preferred to stop government in its tracks rather than finessing solutions to complex problems.

I concur. I am worried as well.

[MineralMan]

12. It's impossible not to be worried, if you think at all.

Sadly, worry won't solve the problem, and most of us are in no position to work on a solution.

[Wounded Bear]

20. He's a salesman, and he has no faith in what he's selling...

[MineralMan]

21. He simply doesn't care whether he delivers value.

As long as you are buying what he's selling, he can make the deal and then wash his hands of it.

[mac56]

22. K & R

[pandr32]

24. You nailed it!

Worried right along with you!

[geek tragedy]

25. anyone with more than two brain cells in their head already knows what he is

and has known it for some time

[Still In Wisconsin]

26. It was/is only a matter of time until this President faces a true, acute international crisis...

Suppose next time the Russians send up Su-35's to oppose the F/A 18s. Suppose they shoot down said F-18s.

That now TRUMP? I shudder to think...

[MineralMan]

31. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

[Still In Wisconsin]

36. Oh, I am hoping. I'm hoping there are still enough people in Russia (and other places)

who realize that this kind of thing would be an unmitigated disaster for everyone.

[underpants]

27. .

Actually he did acknowledge their deaths. See Post #12 here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029219807

[MineralMan]

30. Thanks.

[SHRED]

40. This counts?

Something this important?

Any other President would hold a news conference in the Rose Garden. Or something besides a fucking tweet. He is disrespectful.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Well, I wanted to be wrong when I said a year ago, 18 months ago and 4 months ago

that if ANY republican is elected, ESPECIALLY someone this dumb and dangerous, we are likely to all die.

The bill preventing Trump from removing sanctions on Russia will tell Putin it may be time to cut his useful idiot loose and go back to the full on war, cyber and otherwise.

Trump didnt win the election, didnt win the EC. Everyday we allow this insanity to continue we get closer to possible annihilation of all life.

[Mountain Mule]

34. It's so much like Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine that it's spooky!

I doubt if Dumpf has the attention span or the intelligence to read that book, but his minions most certainly do. Leave the nation reeling from so many atrocities and then take advantage by assaulting our democracy under the guise of crisis control. Look at the way the public school system in NOLA was gutted to pay private contractors after Katrina.

I am worried, too.

[MineralMan]

35. Yes. That's a real risk.

While we're distracted, other things happen. Bad news.

[Sugar Smack]

37. Say it was a DOCTOR or a drunk airline pilot

It would be headline news. It would be a tragedy at the forefront for weeks. Then, the rest of us would get back to our normal concerns & the "reckless endangerers" would be punished. But that's SO 2016. And now we have a catastrophe in the White House.

[SHRED]

38. Insightful

And terrifying.

[trusty elf]

42. The musical analogy is a good one.

He is completely tone deaf, and is an absolutely wretched dancer! The "music" he is capable of making is a succession of jarring sounds.

In the musical vein I had an idea for a pic based on the story of Amphion, son of Zeus. It is told that Amphion played his lyre so divinely that the stones used to build the walls of Thebes put themselves into place.

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[lunatica]

43. I'm beginning to think his crazed obstruction regarding Russia's hacking is

because it's so bad and so extensive that he couldn't have won the election. There are rumors now emerging (note I said 'rumors') that actual voting was targeted in a handful of states.

Trump protested too loud and too long about how the Democrats want to change the election results. Maybe he knows something we don't know yet.

If we were to find out I think nothing would change. Tackling the electoral college is way too complicated. It would be like trying to excise a tumor only to find out it has tentacles deeply embedded in every aspect of the body. That the operation might kill the patient.

And from what I've seen we don't have the will to do anything like that.

[procon]

44. Just listen when he talks. Its 100% bullshit because he doesn't know anything.

He's always vague and uses simple, glowing, repetitive words (like "very, very good&quot and phrases that sound wonderful, but in reality he's not saying anything in particular. Perhaps unknowingly, Trump uses Glittering Generalities, a well know propaganda technique that encourages his audience to have an emotional response and strong positive feelings for him personally even though he never provides any details or explanation.

[mercuryblues]

45. When will he start faking being presidential

Trump has led us from 1 cluster fuck to another. I, for one, would welcome the respite of him at least faking being presidential. I would love for him to do something that doesn't screw over America for his personal gain.

[vkkv]

46. 100% correct.