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23. Here's the entire article

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 06:44 PM

Apr 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/unfit-to-command/558074/

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But other and larger military decisions loom ahead: Iran, Korea, Afghanistan, and conceivably even confrontations with China. The person nominally in charge is in no psychic state for his office. His condition is deteriorating—and with that personal deterioration, there also deteriorates America’s security and standing in the world

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"A President not in command of himself..seethes with rage and resentment for all the world to view" [View all] HipChick Apr 2018 OP

Exactly..scary times Demovictory9 Apr 2018 #1

Such behavior is known as nut case syndrome . Chickensoup Apr 2018 #2

He is a disaster of epic proportions. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #3

Oh, but "trump is the dove".. Cha Apr 2018 #4

Oh yeah, that's right and "Benghazi"! smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #5

and ... UpInArms Apr 2018 #6

It's a wonder they didn't accuse her of.... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #19

Yeah all the ugly LIES Cha Apr 2018 #7

The lies didn't bring us Trump. Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #10

Well no, not Nugent but certainly Steve Bannon or Paul Ryan FakeNoose Apr 2018 #22

Sarah Palin Scarsdale Apr 2018 #35

I can't believe the GOP would make that mistake FakeNoose Apr 2018 #37

If Trump is like this now, when Mueller has scarcely revealed more than a few procon Apr 2018 #8

and his over-sized jacket gets tighter every day. japple Apr 2018 #9

I was just going to say - that jacket looks uncomfortably tight. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #26

He is Scarsdale Apr 2018 #36

A seafood diet mercuryblues Apr 2018 #42

I would see that orange Scarsdale Apr 2018 #43

And the American people are his punching bag Takket Apr 2018 #11

K&R orangecrush Apr 2018 #12

Meanwhile the cabinet will not use the 25 amend BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #13

tRump has been systematically firing all those who might 25 him. Why Sessions & Pruitt remain. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #16

And Carson. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #18

Top Turd in America! BlueJac Apr 2018 #14

Decision making? He reverses himself all the time, most recently after Macron & he talked re Syria. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #15

I wish I could write half as well as David Frum. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #17

I wish the OP had the courtesy of crediting the writer & source. Thank you for doing so. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #20

Here's the entire article DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #23

Thanks. Good cogent read indeed. Short too. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #25

How does this saga end ? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #27

It ends like a Shakespearean tragedy for the tRumps; but ultimately a win for the USA system Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #28

"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad" DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #29

You're giving me visions.... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #34

He said (via Twitter)... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #21

"Even if hes offering to take you to church, you dont get into a car with a drunken driver.." DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #24

I like Frum's straightforward dialog and wit. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #30

True to a point. BlueWI Apr 2018 #32

Yes, I have very limited admiration for anyone that... KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #33

Tell us something we don't already know, Atlantic. Amaryllis Apr 2018 #31

Not fit to serve. Nuff said. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #38

Not even fit to serve someone that is. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #44

It's crazy, but you have to bring up someone as evil as Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #45

I Don't Care How Nice and Reasonable Frum Sounds Leith Apr 2018 #39

r'd poboy2 Apr 2018 #40

The man is a buffoon. Firestorm49 Apr 2018 #41