Writing is on the Wall - Trump is going down - as GOP now eats its own

[laserhaas]

Just FYI - a series of articles (Other than the McCain thingys) - on the GOP rank & file turning on the Donald.

The die is cast and Trump's end looms large. Though we are doomed to still have a GOP in the WH (succession line is Pence, then Ryan, then Hatch - or anyone 'planted' - should one such resign and be replaced); it will be a great relief to see the Orange Klan - gone.

Link to Turley's blog, with all the takes on the doom and gloom of Der Donald Drumph

https://jonathanturley.org/2017/07/17/familial-ties-and-political-triage-the-russian-meeting-highlights-the-true-cost-of-nepotism/#more-120817


Here are some other items of the GOP turning on Trump

DEM Congressman Lieu - on the SWAMP Act
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029331828


The HILL reporting on WH staff running amok from the chaos
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342130-the-memo-team-trump-frustrated-by-russia-cloud


RNC Chair R. Romney - on the issue that Trump wanting taxpayers to foot the legal bills - might be illegal
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/kfile-rnc-chair-trump-legal-fees/index.html

Republican calling for Trump to remove his family from the WH

https://www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/texas-republican-bill-flores-calls-on-trump-to-remove-his-children-from-white-house/

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[awesomerwb1]

1. I wouldn't be so confident....

Don't think we've reached the breaking point yet. Cheeto and company have a few more lives left.

[laserhaas]

2. Au contraire' - me thinks Der Donald wants to tuck tale and run - because he doesn't like scrutiny

or negative airs.

The line of succession is Pence, Ryan and then Orin (or anybody "planted" should one of those resign and be replaced).

GOP power centers don't want a Mormon in the WH (if they can help it); and Pence, Ryan may also be tainted.

It took 18 months to get Nixon to call it quits.

Trump has much more serious concerns than 8 minutes of missing tape;
and a lot less (narcissistic) tolerance for the prevailing negative winds.

[awesomerwb1]

5. Trump may want to be playing golf all day everyday

but he's not quitting anytime soon if he doesn't have to. The $$upside$$ is too big, plus we don't know what the Russians have on him. He may have no choice but to stay for now or until the Russians no longer need him.

Keep in mind in the Nixon days, we still had some decent republicans who put country before party which is obviously not the case right now.

I agree, Pence and Ryan are probably tainted as well.

[laserhaas]

8. Valid point. If Russia has him on the hook

They want to maximize value

If...but for no other reason...than to frk w U.S.

[tonyt53]

3. Actually, if Pence moves up, then he gets to appoint a new VP. Ryan remains in his current position

[laserhaas]

9. Agree...

Many possible scenarios

[Sanity Claws]

4. I agree but what form will the end take?

Impeachment?
25th Amendment?

Could something extra-Constitutional (outside the Constitution but not prohibited by the Constitution) happen? I wonder whether an attempt to do this will occur if DJT starts pardoning lots of folks involved in an obvious illegal conspiracy with Russia. The only way to prevent his pardoning the criminals and hindering investigations is to say he never was a legitimate president.

[laserhaas]

10. Resignation

With a protective deal...in place

[mac56]

12. I have said all along

that his price is $1 billion.

Once the RNC comes across with that... he's gone, daddy, gone.

[airmid]

6. The GOP will do nothing about this disaster of their own making.

Party before Country and Cash above all. That's their Party motto...

[Luciferous]

7. That's what I'm thinking. They won't get rid of him.

[laserhaas]

11. Very sad state of affairs

Just sayin....

[Hortensis]

13. Poll I saw says Rump dropped from 84% to 82% approval among pubs,

or perhaps it was 86 to 84. Whatever.

But we're well into the 2018 election cycle, and removal would dominate the rest of it. Remember, Trump's election was a REJECTION of the Republican leadership. His voters wanted him to save their government programs from their own party, and they don't want Democrats to do it.

Rump's kickable eventually, but not yet.