AIBU to think Trump appears increasingly unhinged?

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Are you concerned that Trump has totally lost his marbles?

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

I’ve little to no sympathy. All this because the Americans didn’t want a woman as President.

Kamala not looking like a bad option now.

Never said he would win. What I said was that the American constitution doesn’t allow for an early election which is needed to remove Trump and Vance. They will remain until 2028 which is when the next election is and by then it’ll be too late

Another concern for me is the fact that (hopefully) the mid terms will result in a changed Senate majority, and he will go hell for leather (more than now) to destroy everything and everyone in his path while he still can, before possible impeachment.

Got us by the short and curlies either way it looks to me.

I like looking at the news in the afternoon to see what he's come up with on waking up. As my partner says a lackey says "good morning Mr Trump, what did you dream of last night?" To which the reply is Greenland/Venezuela/Ukraine/Iran (insert any other country and mental idea). The man is mad and dangerous. World peace my arse he's been inflaming anything that pops up in his head.

But the amazing thing is that 50% of Americans support him and think he’s wonderful ….
The mind boggles!

It is basically accepting that his base vote are paying more to fill their tank, and then blaming Iran "Come on man, fucking do the sensible thing so I can drive around for cheap" that is how joe average thinks and talks, the problem is it is not how the leadership in Iran thinks, for them the sensible thing is U.S bases out of the ME for good, this is their moment to put maximum pressure on that goal.

He’d just ignore them anyway and sack whichever doctor gave him the bad news

I'm beyond appalled at Americans. Why the fuck aren't we hearing from Obama, Clinton, Bush, etc. ? Why aren't people saying stop this madness?

Yes!

I'm American, degree educated and I guess part of the 'liberal elite' and no, this isn't remotely normal political behaviour, and sanewashing and normalising it as @KeepPumping did is bizarre. Just as 'grab'em by the pussy' was just lads being lads. No, it wasn't. It was a sexual assaulter confessing to sexual assault.

He's not a blowhard or a bit hapless. He's dangerous, insane, narcissistic, reckless and unbelievably stupid. And that's if we're being kind.

He's always been like this. I've long given up thinking 'surely this time...'

Because this has never worked. He wants outrage from the 'establishment', he gets off on it and his base love it. What could Obama say that would change anything?

It's actually 30% and rapidly dwindling (thankfully).

The UK got itself by the short and curlies years ago when large numbers of the public decided to join a cheap debt Ponzi scheme, people seeing their finances hammered now because of global credit markets really only have themselves to blame.

He’s been saying this for the past couple of weeks. I think [he’s realised?] he’s seriously out of his depth.

Theres no doubt the Iranian regime is/was horrific. Doesn’t mean there can’t be 2 horrific regimes going at each other. Trump is insane. If you think he’s really doing this for “the people” rather than to make millions of bucks out of the war, you’re mad too.

His sons own and invest in companies given no-competition contracts by the Pentagon just days before the war kicked off.

Thank you, I just hope the ‘sane’ 70% can find a voice that counts and get rid of this maniac before he destroys us all.

I think the language often masks how different the UK and the US really are. The US is a country that accepts that mass school shooting are just one of those things that happen when you send your kids off in the morning. In that context if doesn't seem that surprising that the average American doesn't see a problem in destroying civilian infrastructure,.

Just when you think it can get no worse...it does.

All of this, well said.

You and me both! But I say this as a lifelong Democrat, the party needs to step up and figure out a way to break through to people with a message that's more than 'Not Trump.'

@Dragonflytamer

I think the language often masks how different the UK and the US really are. The US is a country that accepts that mass school shooting are just one of those things that happen when you send your kids off in the morning. In that context if doesn't seem that surprising that the average American doesn't see a problem in destroying civilian infrastructure,.

I'm not sure I'm convinced of that. As a dual US/UK citizen, I think those of us who are switched on in both countries see a huge problem with it, but I'm not convinced the Reform cheerleaders would be any more uncomfortable with it than the MAGAs.

I really want to hear less about America being the leader of the free world now. They never were and never will be.

Sadly, unlike the madder Roman Emperors, there is noone trotting along the corridors of the palace, gladius drawn, when the Praetorian Guard have had enough of that brand of 'leadership'. A second term for him was always going to be more disastrous (for everyone else) than the first.

I kind of favour all the former Presidents and Veeps still living speaking out very strongly together with all the military officers they can muster, it won't influence him of course but it would be something on the world stage. King Charles should not be going, and should say why. Would he retaliate? Probably, but frankly at the moment we're running around trying to pacify someone with a total absence of plot and he needs to be cut off, not soothed, because he's a not overbright narcissistic sociopath and can't hold a thought that isn't about his 'greatness' in his head for 30 seconds.

Awful situation.

Also I think Vance would be better, though still bad. He would likely to focus on the US and leave the rest of us alone.

The problem with using the 25th Amendment to remove a President who is mentally or physically incapable but will not willingly step down is that it requires the sitting Vice President to initiate it. In the situation we're in now where the support of the individual President is more cult-like than rational, it's likely that the public reaction to this would destroy the political career of whoever did it. Vance is increasingly disagreeing with Trump, and has increasingly become a target of Trump's wrath, but I'd be surprised if he's strong enough to do this. If he did, it would be the first time this process has ever been used.

(This was also part of the blowback around Kamala Harris, from people who wanted Biden removed from office due to mental incapacity and opponents who claimed that her apparent belief that Biden was not fit for an election campaign and another four year term automatically meant that he was not fit to finish out his first term and therefore she was remiss and inconsistent in not officially calling for his removal).

Congress could also potentially impeach Trump and, if successful, remove him if they could demonstrate that he knows he is incapable but still refuses to step down but they would need to win a 2/3 majority vote in both houses to do so.