LittleRaven wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:09 pm
Worffan101 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:39 pmI don't know what "gorilla channel" is, but soft coup is a strong word to use.
It is, but I honestly don't know what else to call something like this.
It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. We fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.
The result is a two-track presidency.
Don't get me wrong. I'm pretty sure that these 'adults in the room' are smarter and better informed than Trump ever is. I would almost certainly have voted for any of them given the chance, at least if the alternative were Trump.
But I didn't vote for them. More importantly, neither did anyone else. And while every President has to delegate certain responsibilities, I can't recall another incident where delegates would outright claim they were operating in opposition to their own President.
--I would call it "a small man desperate to prove that he's not evil for working with Cheeto Hitler and managing only to prove that he's a scumbag willing to sell his soul for attention".
--I would've voted for them ONLY if the ONLY alternative was Trump or an OG Nazi--like, inner-circle, Hitler, Himmler, or Heydrich level psychopath. The idiot who wrote this letter is a scared little old man failing to protect his one remaining nut, and has sold his soul besides.
--Yeah, if you're appointed by the President and are customarily expected to leave with him, then you do his bidding. You can tell him "That's illegal" or "That would destroy our military's morale" or "that would piss off a very large number of very heavily-armed Marines who are trans or have trans siblings, and if you think that pissing those guys off is a good idea I invite you to say that to Max Uriarte's face" or "No, Donald, nuking North Korea is probably the worst idea you could possibly have right now", and you can make like Mattis and drag your heels complying with the blatantly moronic crap and make the entire US military spend an hour every Saturday being reminded that they're legally obligated to disobey illegal orders, but openly stating (even anonymously) that you're working against the POTUS like this is one step too far.
Don't get me wrong, I want that loathsome orange sack of shit toothless until he's kicked out of office as much as the next guy, but there are certain norms of government and the author of that article has proved that he, like McConnel and Trump, is more than happy to violate those norms and endanger national stability.
