REDIAL

"but that was a pretty good summary of the canuck opinion."

Which is probably the opinion of every other western leader who is watching this nutcase spiral out of control.

TONY

" Mr. Trudeau said: "We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States."

He should be happy he's not in our shoes.

As long as Trump is still in office I feel like the U.S. is sitting on a keg of dynamite.

RSTY

I'm not so much thinking about the "global balance" at the moment. Atlas doesn't shrug easily.

Instability in Trump's administration is starting to look more like a San Andreas Fault.

Trump is so unstable my concern is whether or not the Pentagon would follow the orders of a perpetual child should he order them to fire on U.S. citizens.

Trump is a very desperate man.

REVDARKO

It depends. He can't even get our allies to attend a meeting. Seems they have some reservations about Trump's stability.

YODA

The problem with Dictators is that they don't thrive well in a democracy. It's that pesky Constitution that causes all the trouble. It needs to be more Dictator-friendly and less people-friendly. So yes, it's under review by the Trump administration for that new Imperial Presidency he's been working on.

SNOOFY

"What is Trump doing to fix?"

He hasn't stopped breaking it yet. He still has another 154 days to put the country in full blown depression . . . or WWIII.

I wondered who the fat guy in army fatigues was. I didn't recognize him in camouflage. When did generals start looking like the Pillsbury Doughboy?

The good feelings that Obama inspires in this nation is amazing. I'm going to write him a letter and tell him so. I miss him so much. I miss the sound of his voice. I miss the confidence he inspires. I miss his leadership, his intelligence and his humor. I miss not having him in our lives.

ABORTED @ #2

"He's gonna he gone real fast.
You don't go against the Orange Fuhrer and still have a job."

He was never going to fit in Trump's new dictatorship anyway. I could see that "You gotta be kidding me" look on his face.

The $64,000 question has always been "What's wrong with Trump?"

True he's a coward but the answer is much more simple than that.

Trump is a Dictator.

Dictators don't fare well in a Democracy. (as we can see for ourselves)

One of them has to go ~~ which is a decision America will have to make on November 3rd.

""Someone threw something at us..".

I think it was a bottle of water 'cause they looked thirsty. ~~ LOL

There's no way this isn't going to show up in the "Don't Re-Elect Trump" campaign.

154 days to November 3rd!

The only concern Trump has about emoluments is there aren't enough of them. But he's working on it.

This is music to Trump's ears and the reason why Trump was making those unreasonable demands. Now the RNC is free to hold the convention at Doral and they have the backing of Florida Governor DeSantis who is drooling for a spot in Trump's crime syndicate . . . and maybe even sidekick to Pompeo in 2024.

Give it up, Guys. 2016 is over.

I don't think we should read too much into this.

Trump was angry because the word leaked out that he'd been shuffled off to the bunker along with the women and children. It's not the first time a president has been moved to the bunker for safety reasons.

Trump, however, (fragile as he is) saw it as an affront to his masculinity, which is already non-existent. Plus he's been called a bone-spur coward like forever.

Granted this hastily arranged "personal appearance" (like most of his phony put up jobs) convinced nobody of anything, least of all any genuine sincerity. For a "showman" that performance was awful. A cardboard cutout would have looked better.

CBOB

"So think about this for a minute in the context of America. Does anyone really believe a show of force in every city in America is the way to go? How much more cracking down will do the trick to make people "calm down" and "stop being mad" about injustice and inequality?
#68 | POSTED BY CBOB

It doesn't have to be "every city." As Dictator he only has to make one or two cities a gruesome example of what will happen to the others.

BTW, he's been taking lessons from Russia and Saudi Arabia.

That doesn't make people calm down. It just makes them shut up about it.

But I do agree with you. America would be a hard nut to crack. Just not impossible.

Trump went to the bunker . . . with the women and children.

AU

I don't call that a fair comparison.

And also, didn't you notice how many were wearing those cheapo blue things. All they had was a false sense of security in a big crowd like that with people screaming all around them. The louder the voice the stronger the spittle.

AU

I didn't see anybody in those crowds give a damn about COVID-19 either.

IMO, they were killing themselves and who knows how many others.

RIGHT/TRITE

"Yep... Trumplethinskin grasping at straws... sad.

Well he "grasped" the Bible yesterday and lost the evangelical vote he thought he had in the bag. The Scriptures clearly say "NO PHOTO-OPS. "

But the dummy had to do it anyway.

Yesterday I watch a local protest march here in Ft. Lauderdale and they were blocking a major thoroughfare that is commonly used by emergency vehicles, forcing ambulances and firetrucks to GPS a longer more circuitous route to where they were called to go.

Maybe somebody could explain to me how that solves a social injustice problem.

AU

I see the pattern. And I certainly don't mean to say that there's not a certain amount of injustice in the justice system, mostly directed toward black people. But then I see who is committing all the looting, not to mention the wanton destruction of property, and I have to wonder . . . where is the justice for those victims.

We've watched so many cities burned, so many people die, so much meaningless destruction . . . and the system never changes.

It just seems that there's a better way.

I have a hard time sympathizing with the the injustice claimed by black people when I see who is doing all the looting and property destruction.

I watched a black kid about 13-14 years old caught on camera randomly smashing car windows with a crowbar. What kind of justice was he seeking?

Erasing Obama is how Trump plans to re-writ history to be all about him.

Of course, he could be right. When history writes about the uprising in America it could be all about him ~~ "Trump The Incompetent" and a failed administration.

TFD @ #23

"Does he not even see the irony of his own words?:

1) Trump is a narcissist.

1a) ~ He can't see anything except the effect this is having on his re~election.

2) Trump is a sociopath.

2a) ~~ He can't feel anything but his own pain.

3) Trump is an arrested adult (a spoiled brat).

3a ~~ He doesn't recognize anything but his own entitlements.

The less you expect of Trump the less disappointed you'll be. If anybody thinks the country deserves better, they know how to make it happen on November 3rd.