The President of the United States is a fucking moron.

Trump is an uneducated moron. He doesn't like to read because it hurts his brain. He prefers watching TV all day.

Another interesting fact: His advisers are morons.

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A comment someone wrote at the New York Times:

With all that is going on, the most important thing is missing. Introspection. Why has this happened?

Please, do not talk about "deplorables" and "idiots." That is how this happened. Trump was elected as a direct consequence of a pedantic president who sought to "fundamentally transform" an America that most people thought was pretty good. Obama and those way to his left communicated the message that success is to be punished, bad behavior should be blamed on society, and that people with conservative beliefs have no place in the USA.

Please, stop the rhetoric that Krugman uses. These are not "not normal times." This is democracy at work. Meet in the middle and tolerate people who disagree with you rather than vilifying them. Perhaps a good person would be elected who represents us all (ie a Romney, or a Biden), rather than another polarizer.

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New York Times editorial: Donald Trump and His Team of Morons.

Paul Krugman

Nobody left besides those with no reputation to lose.

Opinion Jan. 14, 2019

There have been many policy disasters over the course of U.S. history. It’s hard, however, to think of a calamity as gratuitous, an error as unforced, as the current federal shutdown.

Nor can I think of another disaster as thoroughly personal, as completely owned by one man. When Donald Trump told Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, “I will be the one to shut it down,” he was being completely accurate — although he went on to promise that “I’m not going to blame you for it,” which was a lie.

Still, no man is an island, although Trump comes closer than most. You can’t fully make sense of his policy pratfalls without acknowledging the extraordinary quality of the people with whom he has surrounded himself. And by “extraordinary,” of course, I mean extraordinarily low quality. Lincoln had a team of rivals; Trump has a team of morons.

If this sounds too harsh, consider recent economic pronouncements by two members of his administration. Predictably, these pronouncements involve bad economics; that’s pretty much a given. What’s striking, instead, is the inability of either man to stay on script; they can’t even get their right-wing mendacity right.

First up is Kevin Hassett, chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, who was asked about the plight of federal workers who aren’t being paid. You don’t have to be a public relations expert to know that you’re supposed to express some sympathy, whether you feel it or not. After all, there are multiple news reports about transportation security workers turning to food banks, the Coast Guard suggesting its employees hold garage sales, and so on.

So the right response involves expressing concern about those workers but placing the blame on Democrats who don’t want to stop brown-skinned rapists, or something like that. But no: Hassett declared that it’s all good, that the workers are actually “better off,” because they’re getting time off without having to use any of their vacation days.

Then consider what Sean Hannity had to say about taxing the rich. What’s that? You say that Hannity isn’t a member of the Trump administration? But surely he is in every sense that matters. In fact, Fox News isn’t just state TV, its hosts clearly have better access to the president, more input into his decisions, than any of the so-called experts at places like the State Department or the Department of Defense.

Anyway, Hannity declared that raising taxes on the wealthy would damage the economy, because “rich people won’t be buying boats that they like recreationally,” and “they’re not going to be taking expensive vacations anymore.”

Um, that’s not the answer a conservative is supposed to give. You’re supposed to insist that low taxes on the rich give them an incentive to work really really hard, not make it easier for them to take lavish vacations. You’re supposed to declare that low taxes will induce them to save and spend money building businesses, not help them afford to buy new yachts.

Even if your real reason for favoring low taxes is that they let your wealthy friends engage in even more high living, you’re not supposed to say that out loud.

Again, the point isn’t that people in Trump’s circle don’t care about ordinary American families, and also talk nonsense — that’s only to be expected. What’s amazing is that they’re so out of it that they don’t know either how to pretend to care about the middle class, or what nonsense to spout in order to sustain that pretense.

So what’s wrong with Trump’s people? Why can’t they serve up even some fake populism?

There are, I think, two answers, one generic to modern conservatism, one specific to Trump.

On the generic point: To be a modern conservative is to spend your life inside what amounts to a cult, barely exposed to outside ideas or even ways of speaking. Inside that cult, contempt for ordinary working Americans is widespread — remember Eric Cantor, the then-House majority leader, celebrating Labor Day by praising business owners. So is worship of wealth. And it can be hard for cult members to remember that you don’t talk that way to outsiders.

Then there’s the Trump effect. Normally working for the president of the United States is a career booster, something that looks good on your résumé. Trump’s presidency, however, is so chaotic, corrupt and potentially compromised by his foreign entanglements that anyone associated with him gets tainted — which is why after only two years he has already left a trail of broken men and wrecked reputations in his wake.

So who is willing to serve him at this point? Only those with no reputation to lose, generally because they’re pretty bad at what they do. There are, no doubt, conservatives smart and self-controlled enough to lie plausibly, or at least preserve some deniability, and defend Trump’s policies without making fools of themselves. But those people have gone into hiding.

A year ago I pointed out that the Trump administration was turning into government by the worst and the dumbest. Since then, however, things have gotten even worse and even dumber. And we haven’t hit bottom yet.

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Another excellent comment:

Trump doesn't hire people based on ability. He hires them based upon a desire for abject loyalty. Trump is an autocrat. He is a dictator wannabe. As such, he needs to surround himself with people who are essentially his loyal lap dogs.

Take Mike Pence for example. He has so totally debased himself by kissing up to Trump that he has reduced himself to a mere shell of a man. There is nothing left but a caricature of a leader. He's reduced himself to being a cardboard cutout that Trump places behind himself when he gives speeches.

Take Sarah Sanders. Not only has she likewise debased herself by lying for Trump to the point of outrageousness, I believe she truly believes the lies she spouts. She has lowered herself into the muck a Trumpist fantasy. She has become a component of the fantasy, with her bible in hand.

Now Trump has been cornered. He is desperate. Fox News has thrown down the gauntlet. He must build that wall or else they will turn on him.

The investigations into Trump are coming to a head. The FBI is peering over his shoulder. Meeting notes are vanishing. Co-conspirators are spilling their guts and testifying against him.

In this environment, the autocrat will only surround himself with total sycophants for self preservation. Trump is circling the wagons.

So yes, Trump is going to continue to hire and appoint even more incompetent people as his level of desperation increases. And it will increase.

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A blog about President Fucktard Trump:

https://www.rimaregas.com/2019/01/01/things-trump-did-while-you-werent-looking-2019/