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Anonymous wrote:I am terrified that this is going to cause him to order something galactically stupid and refuse to be talked out of it just to spite the people around him that the op-ed writer claims have been working to rein him in. "I'll show you!" or something like that. He's dangerously paranoid, narcissistic, and idiotic and the walls are closing in on him. If I wake up tomorrow to see that he's ordered the Air Force to carpet bomb Frankfurt, I won't be surprised.

You are "terrified"? Good grief, take a Xanax.

I am actively terrified of this as well.

Me three.

You people are ridiculous.

No, Trump is ridiculous. Y’all elected a TV reality show host. This is what you get when he goes for ratings...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am terrified that this is going to cause him to order something galactically stupid and refuse to be talked out of it just to spite the people around him that the op-ed writer claims have been working to rein him in. "I'll show you!" or something like that. He's dangerously paranoid, narcissistic, and idiotic and the walls are closing in on him. If I wake up tomorrow to see that he's ordered the Air Force to carpet bomb Frankfurt, I won't be surprised.

You are "terrified"? Good grief, take a Xanax.

I am actively terrified of this as well.

Me three.

You people are ridiculous.

This will hurt Trump's support among the deplorables.

Part of Trump's appeal is his authoritative "strongman" image. The idea that his underlings are basically ignoring his commands and keeping him in his own private playpen undermines this.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else disturbed by the sight of a room full of law enforcement officers (sheriffs) cheering and clapping as the President railed against the New York Times and the media in general? I can’t find a clip but I saw it this afternoon on CNN. I think it was at around 5 pm

I saw it and it pissed me off to no end to see them clap and cheer while -45 lied about his success. They seemed to all be wearing star shaped badges which tells me they are sheriffs, not police. And they must come from shithole communities because to a person they were obese and north of 60 years old. There was only one black man in the room. Way to give the optic that law enforcement is a bunch of Trump loving fascists. I say this as a police officer who retired after 20 years. Every one I know hates Trump.

I think whoever wrote the Op Ed today did so because they are heavily featured in Woodward's book and they know their goose is cooked come Tuesday.

The book is only $18 on Amazon.

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Anonymous wrote:It's just a complicit rat jumping off the sinking Trump ship (while keeping his paycheck).

After the hype dies down (24hrs to Sunday shows at the latest) it'll leak that's it's some obscure nobody. Yawn.

Trump only hires the best people to leak and rat him out and then abandon their job.

I’m sure it’s Dan Coats. The focus on Russia, the respect for McCain/senate connection. Here’s an excerpt from WaPo from earlier this summer.

“‘That’s going to be special,” Coats said almost mockingly, to the laughter of the audience.

The comments this week underscore that Coats, as an in-house reality check on Trump regarding Russian interference, is increasingly at odds with Trump’s own feelings. The collision between the administration’s voice of reason and the volatile president has sparked speculation that Coats may not be long for the administration.”

Anonymous wrote:Probably just some opportunist swamp hack who can't wait to leak his or her own name for a CNN and book deal. It's all so tiresome.

Yup or someone who wants to distract from the Kavanaugh hearings. I bet it's Raj Shah.

Anonymous wrote:It's just a complicit rat jumping off the sinking Trump ship (while keeping his paycheck).

After the hype dies down (24hrs to Sunday shows at the latest) it'll leak that's it's some obscure nobody. Yawn.

Probably just some opportunist swamp hack who can't wait to leak his or her own name for a CNN and book deal. It's all so tiresome.

It's just a complicit rat jumping off the sinking Trump ship (while keeping his paycheck).

Anonymous wrote:The NYTimes and this whole stupid town as just been played. This is Psy-Ops at its best. Three months after his election I had intel friends telling me "We're gonna get him. Money laundering." NOTHING. Six months later they were telling me, "We're gonna get him. Collusion". NOTHING. Now they are trying to disrupt the Trump inner circle by pretending it is penetrated. I call BS. I know too many of the intel people and their capabilities. Never believed in a deep state before but I sure as hell do now.

It's not deep state but I agree that the NYTimes, the press and the public are getting played.

Who would write this? Letter writer claims (rightfully) that Trump is amoral and unhinged. Assume for a moment that we can take the letter at face value. What exactly does he/she hope to accomplish by writing this letter?
- Not assuring the public. Many are rightfully disturbed by the implications of this, IF TRUE.
- Pissing Trump off will cause him to make more terrible decisions that affect the entire country.

If the letter writer were really committed to mitigating Trump's BS, THIS LETTER WOULD NEVER APPEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.

What is the real intention of this letter? I can't say but we will find out soon. My best guess is fake letter drums up support from traditional Republicans with idea that someone is looking out for their interests WHILE also drumming up support from Billy Bob Meth Face by "proving" the existence of deep state.

This is PsyOps. But Qanon is real!

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Anonymous wrote:The twitterverse thinks it's Pence because he's the only one who has regularly used the uncommon word "lodestar." So that's possible. But I think it could be KellyAnne framing Pence because she's evil that way.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/09/05/donald-trump-searching-anonymous-new-york-times-essay-author/1206665002/

'Lodestar just seems like an unusual word to use in general, not to mention in an op-ed that's going to be widely read," he wrote. "It has this whiff of sanctimony. So I search for John Kelly and James Mattis ever having used the word 'lodestar'. Nothing."

Then he searched Pence and found a treasure trove of speeches of him using the word.

And wouldn't this be the first thing an effective PsyOps person would plant? An unusual word that lo and behold can - gasp - be tied to the VP.

BS. This is PsyOps. Get your heads out of your liberal a$$es and catch the clue bus. You've ALL been played.

You clearly didn't read the above post. My hypothesis is that it was KellyAnne framing Pence.

Yea - it's worse ^^^^

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Anonymous wrote:The twitterverse thinks it's Pence because he's the only one who has regularly used the uncommon word "lodestar." So that's possible. But I think it could be KellyAnne framing Pence because she's evil that way.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/09/05/donald-trump-searching-anonymous-new-york-times-essay-author/1206665002/

'Lodestar just seems like an unusual word to use in general, not to mention in an op-ed that's going to be widely read," he wrote. "It has this whiff of sanctimony. So I search for John Kelly and James Mattis ever having used the word 'lodestar'. Nothing."

Then he searched Pence and found a treasure trove of speeches of him using the word.

And wouldn't this be the first thing an effective PsyOps person would plant? An unusual word that lo and behold can - gasp - be tied to the VP.

BS. This is PsyOps. Get your heads out of your liberal a$$es and catch the clue bus. You've ALL been played.

Sheesh. Reality isn't like the spy books.