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Apparently all the top people and agencies already know it. It makes me feel a little bit safer! Video at link:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340398-watergate-reporter-we-are-in-a-malignant-presidency?rnd=1498951311
"Legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein called the Trump administration a "malignant presidency" on Saturday, and suggested that the wrongdoings committed by the White House were unprecedented.
Speaking on CNN, Bernstein warned that the Trump administration is "not functioning."
"We are in the midst of a malignant presidency," Bernstein said. "That malignancy is known to the military leaders of the country, it's known to the Republican leadership in Congress who recognize it, and it's known to the intelligence community."
"The presidency of Donald Trump is not functioning," he continued. "It's really not functioning because the character and capabilities of this president are called into grave question in a way that those that know him are raising serious concerns about."
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)"known to the Republican leadership in Congress who recognize it", but who won't even consider doing anything about it until all of the tax cuts for the wealthy are in place...
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)Carl is absolutely correct.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I still can't believe that pillock is president.
leftinalabama
(30 posts)I'm new here so be easy on me. How do you Rec a thread? This article deserves it
HoosierDebbie
(291 posts)leftinalabama
(30 posts)HoosierDebbie
calimary
(81,238 posts)This Carl Bernstein item has so much irony to it - "a malignant presidency." He covered it the first time we heard this kind of metaphor. John Dean coined it: "I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and if the cancer was not removed that the president himself would be killed by it. I also told him that it was important that this cancer be removed immediately because it was growing more deadly every day
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http://www.iancfriedman.com/?p=555
calimary
(81,238 posts)Glad you're here! All you have to do is hang out for awhile and you'll settle right in. Took me awhile, too, when I first found my way here.
Most of us don't bite!
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)Trump a great disservice as well in getting him nominated and into the WH.
longship
(40,416 posts)Carl really lays it down!