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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe doesnt like this sh*t: Trump reportedly hates his job and his staff after less than a month
Source: Rawstory
After just three weeks on the job, President Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated with the realities of trying to run the U.S. government the way he manages his family-owned business.
Politico interviewed nearly two dozen people who have spent time with the former real estate developer and reality TV star since his inauguration and they said Trumps mood has careened between surprise and anger as hes faced the predictable realities of governing, according to the report.
The interviews paint a picture of a powder-keg of a workplace where job duties are unclear, morale among some is low, factionalism is rampant and exhaustion is running high, Politico reported. Two visitors to the White House last week said they were struck by how tired the staff looks.
Trump would like to shake up his White House staff less than a month into the job but knows its too soon, the website reported, and aides joke that the president would like to spend even more time golfing at his Mar-A-Lago resort.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/he-doesnt-like-this-sht-trump-reportedly-hates-his-job-and-his-staff-after-less-than-a-month/
True Dough
(17,099 posts)endured 8 years of it, most of it in far more trying conditions due to holding a minority government, and did it with class and dignity.
I'm sure Drumpf is just so used to issuing a decree as the head of his company and that's the end of the story. It's wonderful that he's getting a taste of checks and balances now, making him unable to run the country based entirely on executive orders (something he criticized Obama for doing).
heaven05
(18,124 posts)WAS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this snowflake ain't shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Never will be
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)biographer.
Cant read or write. Has no idea about real estate, golf courses, hotels. He hires people who know some stuff, then he lies and steals and so on.
Voting for him makes you the dumbest person alive.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)An eternal inspiration. A disgusting buffoon like Orange will never tarnish his legacy.
Amaryllis
(9,523 posts)rpannier
(24,304 posts)He was expecting
Party Secretary
Premier
or
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)not just books, but any memos from WH staff, procedure manuals advisories , daily briefings, that #ComradeTrump 's ideas of procedure were gleaned from watching TV.
He's frustrated to learn the truth varies substantially from TV shows.
True Dough
(17,099 posts)His lack of reading may also help explain his VERY limited vocabulary (emphasis on the very because he uses that adverb all the time).
forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)I knew 45 was in for a rude awakening, not having any on the job experience of governing nor holding elected office previously.
This isn't fun for him, and he doesn't like pressure and hard work. He liked it better when he was in charge of his company and could summon a juice box from one of his servants with the mere flick of his tiny hand.
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)He's an amateur who's never governed a thing before.
ANYBODY could do a better job than this pompous ass.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)Maybe that's how we should select our candidates. Call up people, ask them if they are registered to vote and eligible to run and them throw a bunch of random people in. I'm sure they could not be worse than Trump.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)the very Departments they are supposed to be in charge of, you literally could choose some random Joe out of the phone book and they would most assuredly do a better job.
beveeheart
(1,364 posts)a better job than he is doing. And my only qualification is having been a judge in a mock trial in my 9th grade civics class. Well that and reading DU for years!
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Ya know, reality based.
classykaren
(769 posts)sarge43
(28,939 posts)If we don't have a knowledge of history, no way we can understand current events and deal with them. The past is prologue.
classykaren
(769 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)shoudlbe able to run the governemnt. HAha...He may not last the year, wouldn't that be a shame.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)... To get his golf courses opened on schedule.
I'd rather see him get a stress related intestinal problem than a stroke or a coronary so he suffers more.
ChazInAz
(2,536 posts)Irritable bowel syndrome would be amusing. But for real, poetic justice nothing beats C-diff. He deserves it.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)hatrack
(59,446 posts)Hemorrhoids!
History is indeed stranger than fiction.
diane in sf
(3,904 posts)Dulcinea
(6,510 posts)And it's worse than he ever imagined. He can't run the country like his family business, where his word was law.
Apparently he flunked junior high civics where his teacher talked about the separation of powers.
safeinOhio
(32,532 posts)lets toss him a big rock.
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)The BEST rock!
THE MOST LUXURIOUS ROCK EVER!
johnp3907
(3,723 posts)I say we give him a glass of water.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)with Trump-branded vodka?
(Oh, that's right...he doesn't drink)
greatauntoftriplets
(175,700 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,700 posts)PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)on SNL. That would be good because Rosie would create lots of ripples.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Alex Baldwin as the doddering fool #45. Looking forward to SNL episode that rivals Mellissa playing SpiceBoy. It could infuriate "Pres." Trump to the extent that he fires #45 (i.e., resigns, due to mental illness).
The 45 Administration is a virtual gold mine for comics. Actually, it is the only gift from #45.
zentrum
(9,865 posts).....writes itself!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He completely freaked out about the Melissa McCarthy skit, bitched about it for days, was angry at Spicer for being seen as "weak"
and for being bested by a WOMAN!.
Spicer had 2 jobs..Dir. of Communications and Press secretary. Now he is being demoted to Press Sec. only, while they look for a Comm. Dir.
Trump cannot bear to lose or being seen as a loser, cannot bear to be laughed at. SNL is our strongest weapon right now.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He hates us, because we don't love him.
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)EVERYONE hates you! I bet your MOTHER hated you!
1
Part of me wants him around long enough to make his life an even worse hell on earth. Part of me wants him impeached yesterday to save the Republic. I wonder if there is any way to get rid of his entire administration. Pence, cabinet and all?!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,752 posts)And cannot be discussed.
Zoonart
(11,750 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:49 PM - Edit history (1)
LOOOOOOOOSER!
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)we're exhausted by the winning
Hekate
(90,202 posts)...and here we are. We're sick of it and he's sick of it.
anarch
(6,535 posts)Hekate
(90,202 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)Zoonart
(11,750 posts)Than the screws in 45s head! Got me.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Lots of people don't like their jobs, and there is an easy way out.
Freddie
(9,232 posts)He doesn't have to worry about insurance or COBRA like the real world! Let him collect unemployment.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)That could be the entire reason he ran in the first place.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)on second thought.
.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)So much more apropos in this case than the common term
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Now he finds out that his powers have limits.
That this job is actually complicated, hard and stressfull.
That he cannot "walk away" from problems just as he used to do as a developer.
That comedy and criticism punch upwards. And one cannot punch higher than the POTUS.
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)The whole purpose of a decent, functioning government is to attempt to meet the needs of as many people as possible. That is what they call it public service. They do not call working in the private sector public service, because the goals are inherently different.
livetohike
(22,084 posts)He actually has to do something! He isn't used to people telling him that either and he is finding out that governing is different from being the autocrat he envisioned. Hope he resigns this weekend.
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that hes growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy.
In interviews, nearly two dozen people whove spent time with Trump in the three weeks since his inauguration said that his mood has careened between surprise and anger as hes faced the predictable realities of governing, from congressional delays over his cabinet nominations and legal fights holding up his aggressive initiatives to staff in-fighting and leaks.
The administrations rocky opening days have been a setback for a president who, as a billionaire businessman, sold himself to voters as being uniquely qualified to fix what ailed the nation. Yet it has become apparent, say those close to the president, most of whom requested anonymity to describe the inner workings of the White House, that the transition from overseeing a family business to running the country has been tough on him.
Trump often asks simple questions about policies, proposals and personnel. And, when discussions get bogged down in details, the president has been known to quickly change the subject to "seem in control at all times," one senior government official said or direct questions about details to his chief strategist Steve Bannon, his son-in-law Jared Kushner or House Speaker Paul Ryan. Trump has privately expressed disbelief over the ability of judges, bureaucrats or lawmakers to delay or even stop him from filling positions and implementing policies.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/donald-trump-challenges-governing-presidency-234879
LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)know that the president is not a king. When I was a kid, we had Schoolhouse Rock to teach us that, not to mention our teachers.
Seems like Trump expected something different.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)he had that messy Constitution to contend with or that the other two branches of government were equal to the Executive branch.
This underscores the folly of putting an ignoramus in charge, someone who is all bluster without the requisite knowledge or experience of governance. The Man Who Would Be King is discovering the limitations and pressures of the job.
Boo Hoo.
Something else that struck me with all the brouhaha over the travel/Muslim ban. Trump, despite all his crowing, does not have an A-team working for him. What was exposed in the decision last night was how sloppy the EO turned out to be and how unprepared the legal team was to defend it.
Here's hoping the pressure continues to mount on this arrogant fool.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)They really aren't bad lawyers as much as it's a really bad EO.
AnnieBW
(10,350 posts)He could have asked Dim Son about that.
Vinca
(50,172 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)What's absolutely unforgivable is that Trump risks the well being of a nation of over 300 million just so he can play, "Ain't I great!" His entire campaign and the election was a waste of our time and energy as a nation. Now he's pouting because he has to WORK, when all he wanted to do is sit in a gold gilded chair and point his finger at his subordinates to get things done. Three hundred million people are now under this asshole's thumb and he never wanted the job to begin with. He only wanted the title. What a prick.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)one that is 24/7. As GWB so poignantly said, "Being President is hard..."
IdiotsforPalin
(168 posts)"Presidenting is hard"
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,616 posts)Dale Neiburg
(694 posts)He's always been the boss, meaning that he could say, "I'm the greatest. I'm doing a terrific job," and there was no one to contradict him.
Now if he says, "I'm the greatest. I'm doing a terrific job," and the American people tell him, "You suck!"...well, he sucks. His own opinion of his performance is irrelevant.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)He's never had to perform, he's never had to do anything he didn't want to do, he's never lived anywhere but in TrumpWorld where he was the King, or at least the Prince. He's never had to do anything that wasn't done his way. He's really quite stunted when it comes to functioning in the adult world, and that's not even counting his mental health issues.
BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)And his Party wasn't prepared to govern with him as President. They would have much rather have tormented and weakened HRC for four years then get behind a more palatable nominee in 2020. Sad.
underpants
(182,285 posts)Stern said that he never thought Trump wanted the job, he just wanted to squeeze some more money out of NBC.
Trump loves the social life including hobknobbing with celebrities. He is now locked in to the White House and Hollywood is both verboten to him (supporter backlash) and Hollywood wants nothing to do with him.
Not that Stern is all knowing but I think he nailed it on this one.
BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)Trump got to this miserable place because millions of people he wouldn't be caught dead with in public either thought he was the shit or realized he was just as cruel at heart as they are. The phrase, "God writes straight with crooked lines," comes to mind. It's almost comforting, until you realize all the damage he's still capable of doing.
unblock
(51,975 posts)after all, donnie is the "shock jock" presidency. his campaign worked as well as it did for much the same reason as howard's career -- even people who hated him couldn't stop listening because they were dying to find out what outrageous thing he'd say next.
aside from that, they both know quite a bit about self-promotion, and donnie's been on stern's show a few times.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)public person who can make Stern look mature. Plus, as much as I can't stand the guy, Stern has more self-awareness in his little finger than Trump will ever have.
anarch
(6,535 posts)then again I could say the same thing about nearly any other celebrity. (nearly...)
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)He could spend weeks, or even months with all eyes on him. And be sought after for interviews by all media outlets. He could have fun filled days of being the source of national or even international anxiety.
Takket
(21,425 posts)Blame the corrupt media and democratic lawmakers for ruining the true voice of the people. He will quit but try and make himself look like a martyr in the process. If he does quit we cannot let him go quietly. The resistance must oppose every dollar he makes and spends. I want his empire to collapse around him.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)murielm99
(30,657 posts)All spikes. He wants to impale people on all those spikes.
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)front of him and he'd sign it.
3catwoman3
(23,820 posts)...there is a BRILLIANT idea. Freaking brilliant!!!
StarryNite
(9,366 posts)Yes! Do It Now!
Deb
(3,742 posts)First bush, now trump. Pathetic.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)something most Republicans are lacking.
get the red out
(13,459 posts)They both got everything handed to them because of who their fathers were, I'm not surprised the work was too "hard".
Lucky Luciano
(11,242 posts)Which is why only the best should do the job.
hatrack
(59,446 posts)And conservatives - at least the ones I've known - don't do "complicated".
Black and white, good and evil, USAUSAUSA, and all the answers are either in the Buy-bull or Atlas Shrugged.
If you go through life accordingly, and then bump into glittering, hard-edged, razor-sharp reality, it's unpleasant at any age.
This is particularly true when you're a 70-year-old man-baby, separated from reality by money and arrogance your entire life.
Some conservatives adjust accordingly, most don't.
The Sand Reckoner
(194 posts)the Republicans have no interest in actually governing. They're just there to drain the public coffers and impose Christian Sharia law on America.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)all the damn READING you have to do. Pages and pages, single spaced. The last two Repub presidents have not demonstrated a lot of ability in that regard.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Different skill-set entirely . . . one that Orange Lincoln Rockwell is woefully unprepared for.
A cabinet loaded with fellow CEOs and wealthy people . . . many of them ALSO unprepared for what governing entails . . . were never going to do what is right for the non-wealthy, the employees, the customers, the poor, the working moms, the retirees, children, etc. etc. etc. It's mostly because they never had to WORRY about such nonsense in the business world.
This is why I never want to hear some yokel know-nothing fuck proselytize about how "Americur needs t'be run like uh bizness" because some equally know-nothing dumbass on Faux or deadbreitbart.com told him so.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,790 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)exboyfil
(17,857 posts)unlike Hyman Roth he does not make money for his partners. He is Mo Greene skimming off the top.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)to shareholders other than maybe his children.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)He did well. The other owners not so well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/nyregion/donald-trump-atlantic-city.html?_r=0
After narrowly escaping financial ruin in the early 1990s by delaying payments on his debts, Mr. Trump avoided a second potential crisis by taking his casinos public and shifting the risk to stockholders.
And he never was able to draw in enough gamblers to support all of the borrowing. During a decade when other casinos here thrived, Mr. Trumps lagged, posting huge losses year after year. Stock and bondholders lost more than $1.5 billion.
underpants
(182,285 posts)He is mostly a photo-op POTUS. There is an office just off the Oval where most POTUS's do their actual work. The Oval tends to be for some meetings but mostly for less functional activities and, frankly, intimidating people. I've read several accounts of fierce proponents having the wind taken out of their sails upon entering the Oval. It sounds like Trump just sits in there all day to establish that he's the boss.
Anyone whose taken any new position, especially in a new industry (story of my life), closed their door and starts pouring through the paperwork. If in a position of authority/supervision you do a meet-n-greet letting everyone know you are there. Then it's back to the office. Read read read organize organize organize. Meet with people to get insight and what roles everyone has. THEN come out with your plan and communicate to the staff around you. Trump appears to have done exactly the opposite including not having a staff. The "Beachhead teams" Pence spoke about were complete BS.
His whole career has been a world swirling around him and his petulant decisions. Of late, since Mark Burnett basically saved him, these are really deciding on window dressings menus and staff uniforms not massive construction or acquisitions.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)once he's gone. Worse than bed bugs and scabies.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)he's also creator/writer of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, which seems more appropriate for the imbecile-in-chief now.
And, by the way, when are those incriminating Apprentice tapes coming out? That might help, although at this point they might not be enough to do him in.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)Presidentin' is hard, dude.
malaise
(267,846 posts)Can't even fix himself
mindfulNJ
(2,363 posts)It would be really enjoyable to watch him implode if he wasn't taking us all with him. He is just gross.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)Like a scene in "Scanners."
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Once the adulation and softball interviews and rallies and inaugural parties stopped, he was going to be in a world of shit
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)I mean what a freaking fuckwit.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,484 posts)He never expected to win, but once he started, his ego wouldn't let him drop out.
I would like to thank all those patriotic Americans who voted for him and stuck us with this sham President till at least 2020 (or impeachment, when we'll get saddled with Pence), and I hope they all get just what they deserve. It's a shame that all of us will have to suffer for their poor judgement.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)eta: Does he say that 'cause he doesn't know how to use smilies/emojis? or is it to lend more gravitas to the statement.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)"Oh, look at the fake tears because I fired you. You claim you can't support your kids? Saaaad."
randome
(34,845 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:22 PM - Edit history (1)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]{45's} scorecard:
Muslim ban = failed. Yemen raid = failed. Approval ratings = failed.
Mexican wall = failed. Economic utopia = failed. Grade point average = 0.[/center][/font][hr]
mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)There he is saying the job is so hard, it's tough. What would he have done if Obama left him the same economy that Bush left him? I mean, he would have to actually do something other than sign executive orders.
Obama left him with an economy that has vastly improved, the housing market doing well, the unemployment rate below 5%.The republicans are in power of all 3 houses, they are doing trumps bidding. He is getting all his wish list for all his appointments. No filibusters and certainly not any meaningful pushback from the media. Seriously, he is calling this hard?
Obama had a crashing economy, republicans filibustered, obstructed and lied about everything for 8 years. Yet he somehow managed to do his job without whining about it being hard.
sinkingfeeling
(51,281 posts)Nitram
(22,671 posts)The HDAD con-man clown is already frustrated and bored. God, I hope they keep the nuclear codes out of reach. Of course, he's never read the manual, so he probably has no idea how to launch a nuclear attack. For all we know, they've built a fake briefcase with a fake red button for him to push. It's just a matter of time folks. Dump has neither the stamina nor the attention span to survive this job. Obama tried to warn him...
SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)He can quit, or more likely, he'll just hand governing over to Pence and be a figurehead getting all the glory of presidentin' and none of the work.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,161 posts)The government institutions are managing to keep it alive, despite his best efforts.
If you had to bring in a businessman to run a superpower, it would be best if it were someone from a long-established multinational. Tillerson would no doubt be more competent as president than Trump.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)I thought it was multiple choice answers and shit!
*Throws his democracy 3 video game out the window*
(No but seriously that game is pretty damn accurate and it's VERY hard to keep everyone happy in the nation)
IronLionZion
(45,269 posts)keep protesting, keep mocking him, keep resisting until he can't take it anymore and quits.
Normally I would not encourage someone to have a mental health breakdown but this time it's important for America to replace him with someone who is at least competent.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)There's a strong case to be made that Pence would do more harm than Trump.
IronLionZion
(45,269 posts)onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)and now he owns it.
Suck it, Der Twitler! Now buck up and do your fucking job and make America great again!
or something....
manicraven
(901 posts)we're eagerly awaiting the return of millions of our manufacturing jobs, the fabulous infrastructure from coast to coast that's to include even modernization of our airports and schools, for that amazing health insurance plan that you said we'd ALL be getting and that it would be inexpensive and vastly superior to Obamacare, for those improvements in our social safety net and for reduced drug prices, and we're waiting for you to eliminate ISIS with that top secret plan of yours. We know you have a very good brain - the best brain - and are a savvy negotiator, too, so please hurry and deliver on your promises. We're waiting!
treestar
(82,383 posts)The bigly-ess tragedy for all is that he decided to make running or POTUS his vanity project.
SamKnause
(13,043 posts)He thought being president would be like running his 'empire'.
He didn't realize that he wouldn't have complete control.
The Republicans are doing their very best to give him complete control.
They always put party and power over country.
Fuck Trump !!!
Fuck Republicans !!!
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)You ain't seen nothing yet! We The People are only getting started!
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)You just might get it.
FDT.
Lanius
(599 posts)I wonder if he ends up having a breakdown and resigning in a year or two, saying everyone from the new media to his own party is against him.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)an eventual psychotic break once in office since about three days after the election. I don't think we will necessarily know it, however, because they will hide it. I think the key will be when we don't actually see him live anymore and what is attributed to him starts sounding rational. I'm still convinced Ivanka and Kushner are sane and will be the string pullers when he finally falls off the ledge on which he has been teetering. Can't quite figure what they will do with Bansputin, whom I don't imagine has a huge constituency, those types rarely do.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)because it was obvious during the campaign that he knew nothing about what the job entailed. He doesn't even understand basic civics.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)I suspect that he's always delegated the planning and execution of everything, while he stands on the side line and criticizes those doing the real work. When things work out, he takes all the credit. When things go sour, it's always someone else's fault.
Worst president ever. Incompetent, wrong headed, malignant narcissist, stupid, low social skills, antagonistic, vengeful, petty, liar.
'
Did I leave anything out?
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)he's everything your mother told you not to be.
UCmeNdc
(9,589 posts)the person underneath him. The problem with being president is the buck stops here. He cannot say it is his underlings' fault because he is responsible for his underling's conduct.
dae
(3,396 posts)mobeau69
(11,079 posts)Drink a bottle of bleach. Thanks in advance.
P.S. We all hate you.
Jim__
(14,045 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Good!
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Cue Fitz and the Tantrums: "Out of my League"
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Hopefully 45 won't turn the USA into a nation with
'a climate where people are very careful who they talk to.'
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Who seemed to think that our country needed to be governed in the same manner as a business should be run.
Not only were they quite obviously wrong, but they picked the wrong damned businessman to boot.
Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)Surprise!!! It's real life, not pretend.
LS_Editor
(893 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)mobeau69
(11,079 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2017, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)
When you got him on the ground go for the jugular then rip his heart out. Evil is hard to destroy.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)I support it. It is the only way we can save ourselves. I don't care about him, just ust!
sheshe2
(83,356 posts)we hate you more.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)You should have thought about that before you took the job, dipshit.
randr
(12,408 posts)In spite of all my fears the one thing I have begun to understand is that the man if going to be hisself no matter what. That is sure to continue is nose dive into oblivion.
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)Who is surprised.
Initech
(99,915 posts)He failed the American people and pissed off most of the world, and alienated most of our key allies in just 20 days. Resigning would be the most presidential thing he's done.
Nwgirl503
(406 posts)He's used to waltzing in, dropping a few words, mingling and photo ops, and then back out the door to do whatever it is he does. He's not used to having people dog his every word, every move, every breath. And he's not used to actually making decisions or leading. He's always had tons of paid people doing that for him. He's never run his businesses except to be a figure head. He's in way over his head and as par the course, he has no idea and is too ego-maniacal to admit it.
Pride comes before a fall.
I'll be over here waiting patiently for him to fall.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)for now
then
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)catbyte
(34,175 posts)About a billion people around the world are telling that orange asshole "HELL, NO" every damn day, and his delicate little ego can't take it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,281 posts)Many of us humble DUers predicted this a long time ago. He's an egomaniac who wanted to be president because he was tired of just being Mr. Big; he wanted to be Mr. Biggest (maybe because a real president needled him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and how dare he??). The dog who likes to chase cars finally caught one, and now what?
One thing is pretty obvious - he wasn't paying attention in whatever class he had in middle school that explains how the US government works.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)3catwoman3
(23,820 posts)...sounds good.
Javaman
(62,444 posts)this is going to be a long 4 years (hopefully a lot less) for us, but certainly for the orange menace.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)or that as President, he's subject to the checks and balances that are the heart of our democracy. It's not so much that he disagrees with those concepts, it's that he thinks they're irrelevant. Nobody's ever truly told him, in a way that it sticks, that just because he wants something it means he must get it. He's been a spoiled brat all his life, and he still is.
mnhtnbb
(31,322 posts)who made fun of him at the Correspondent's dinner--that Trump was his equal.
The sooner he resigns or is removed from office, the better. Unfortunately, Pence will not really be an improvement
in terms of policy and fu*king the country. Pence may at least not insult allies or go rogue throwing nukes at some country
because of something they do he doesn't like.
I should hope--if we survive the Trump/Pence regime--that we as a country will learn something in terms of vetting candidates
for POTUS. There needs to be more required of candidates than reaching a certain age and being a natural born citizen.
elmac
(4,642 posts)Emperor tRump would say " Would that the people of the US had but one neck, I would slit it
underpants
(182,285 posts)Actually his horse (Bannon) tricked him into appointing him. Sad.
elmac
(4,642 posts)Trump's nickname little hands
I now believe in reincarnation
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)Not the scripted one where you anticipated getting everything you want and everything done your way. This is not a business. You are not in control of everything. That is an illusion. Especially women and minorities, we March against you. And that so-called ban that was not a ban but really was a ban, that ruling is the judicial branch at work checking your ass. Even a George W. Bush appointee disagreed with you along the way. Foreign countries, you want them to fall in line, good luck with that. China is not having it. You don't want to follow procedure, you pay for it. So you continue to piss and moan, poor clueless Donald, the fight is just getting started.
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)There are some parallels between business administration and public administration and the study of public administration being the younger of the two, takes a good deal of the research from business administration analyzes it, and uses the parts that fit within the parameters of the subject (mostly leadership, quality control, and some organizational dynamics information). The two fields however, are fundamentally different because the aims of administering a business are fundamentally different from the aims of administering a government agency or a public trust agency.
For all of those people who want the country run like a business, the answer is to look back at the track records of presidents who came from the private business sector, those would be Herbert Hoover, Andrew Johnson, George W Bush, and Warren Harding. Jimmy Carter was a successful farmer and Harry Truman ran his own business too, but he was not a good businessman and went into politics to earn a living. Carter I would say, is a bit of an outlier. His presidency was not a great success, but it wasn't a failure either. I would say that what sets Carter a bit apart from some of the other good for business/bad for government crowd was that Carter had experience in the military and as a religious person (in the actual mold of Christian service) he did public service and was not a CEO president.
The United States is not a business. The business of the United States is not business. Business is necessary for the economy but the economy is supposed to be about the well being of the people of the country not solely for the purpose of making some people incredibly rich.
Government is complex because people have differing and sometimes opposing needs. The people come together and appoint representatives to try to make policy that will meet those needs and balance the costs and benefits to all.
A CEO of a for profit business does not do any of the things mentioned above. They are about making money. Not that every for profit CEO is a monster or greedy, unethical person; but the goal of businesses is to make money and however that happens, whether through cutting employees, cutting corners on production, competing with other businesses to put them out of business, etc... They use every tool at their disposal, and they play at the boundaries of the law and ethics to stay ahead of the competition.
Trump is the culmination of the idea of the CEO president and we are seeing the effects, not even a month into his term. He wants to be in charge like a CEO but he is not CEO he is a public servant and there are rules, and laws, and a whole philosophy about governing in a constitutional democratic form of government that he does not understand or accept.
Wounded Bear
(58,442 posts)Businessmen tend to make shitty presidents. It just isn't the same thing.
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)I got a degree in public administration and so it is instilled in me just how fundamentally different the two are regardless of sharing some components of thought.
I would never advocate this ... EVER, but it has occurred to me from time to time in moments of frustration, that only people who have experience or education in public administration, should be in office. Of course that would ruin democracy. It just gets very frustrating when you hear people talking about issues and you think, "How would that look in policy?" "Who are the constituents being served? Hurt?" "Has there been any cost benefit analysis?" All you get are platitudes, and often lies from conservatives, especially when they talk about policies that were already in effect decades ago or further back, and failed miserably.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Isn't that why he has Pence so Pence can "take care of everything" as Alec Baldwin mentioned in his SNL skit? Oh i forgot, he has Bannon.
awesomerwb
(139 posts)Whatever money him and his family stand to make while president will easily offset any dislike he has for the job.
northoftheborder
(7,566 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)So let Hillary be president.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I've been a speaker at Chamber of Commerce meetings, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, you name it.
I have the ability to stand in front of a crowd, read the room, know what they like, what they don't like, I do not manipulate the room. But I also steer clear of what I know won't play well, and I only make promises I know I can deliver.
I have had much success with this. Some of my best clients were the result of individuals walking up to me after my talk and asking me to take a look at their existing Website, or build a new one.
Problem is that Trump did those rallies, primarily to receive instant gratification and adulation, and became addicted to that. Once he stepped into the machine, everything changed, and his staffers are undermining him with leaks, because they know they are working for a prick, and after over 35 years in the private sector before starting my own business, it is a guarantee that employees will screw over a boss they don't like at every available opportunity, and they do this with stealth, and they are never caught, because the are of "one mind," and often smarter than the boss who thinks he is in control of it all.
He deserves 100% of what he is feeling because he is the creator of it all. If he didn't know shit and treated his staffers with respect, they would cover for him. But career politicians, especially Republicans, see their own futures on the line as well. That's why people like Priebus and Ryan are so non-committal when asked about Trump's remarks. They know they can't screw him publicly, so they simply let him hang himself with his own rope.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Hekate
(90,202 posts)...everything known about the Trojan Horse's psychology. Or psychopathology.
The Mad King and his courtiers have never had anything to do with a democracy and had no clue about the USA's co-equal branches of government and how it is really really NOT like running a business.
The Mad King needs to go back to his Golden Tower asap. I don't care if he leaves in a huff, a limosine, or a paddy wagon. I just want him gone.
KPN
(15,587 posts)fishwax
(29,146 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Have your resignation drawn up for the entire administration, confess the election was rigged in conjunction with Putin and that HRC is the rightful President of the USA. Simple.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)get out of office, a-hole
MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)I'm finding this "administration" (it's not legitimate, in my view, it's an anti-government administration - Washington is not a toy) increasingly disturbing to the point that I don't even comment that much anymore about it.
lpbk2713
(42,697 posts)It's going to be a long four years for him as well as for us.
Assuming he lasts four years. And I have my doubts.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Now that the idiot found out different the special little snowflake is unhappy. Aw...poor man baby
Just quit then jerk!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Did he not realize what the job would entail? Most politically minded people have a sense of what the job requires, I think. Your time is not your own, your days are scheduled by others, the press criticizes you daily, other politicians criticize you daily, vacations are criticized, the cost of everything you do is scrutinized because it's on the taxpayer's dime, your spouse is lonely, you get calls around the clock, there are emergencies all over the world that you need to know about or take action on, you have to deal with the complex economy, and so on.
This is a man who has not really worked much of his life (in the sense that most people work). His time has been his own, the cost didn't matter since he was rich and paying for it (tax deductible, too! If he paid taxes, which he doesn't), can take off any time he likes and go golfing or to his other houses, living in grand style in gilded mansions.
I've noticed he has aged already, and it's only been 3 weeks. He's pretty old, too.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)Ben Carson, Betsy De Vos.
A lot of that going around.
He better get into figurehead mode soon, or he is going to stroke out. No public interaction unless it is carefully choreographed, but I don't think he can psychologically do that.
If we have some type of disaster that will be difficult to pawn onto someone else, he is going to crack like an egg.
Mickju
(1,794 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)environment will be like, how the government works is not only lazy but incredibly abnormal and dangerous.
DemKittyNC
(743 posts)Quit! Take your retarded, racist, cabal with you also on the way out the door.
mindem
(1,580 posts)does poor widdle donnie pissy pants have a sad on. Poor widdle donnie is all sad. Those nasty peoples won't play fair and let poor widdle donnie be king.
LisaM
(27,762 posts)I'm not glad he got the opportunity to prove me right, though. Contrast that he was running against possibly the most-qualified person ever, too.
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,700 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)he realizes he will have lost face big time. A business man can not run the government like a business. He isn't the boss. WE THE PEOPLE are the boss.
irisblue
(32,829 posts)llmart
(15,503 posts)Only three weeks on the job and boo fricken hoo - he doesn't like it because he can't boss people around and make them do what he wants them to do.
I have a tiny violin for his tiny hands
JDC
(10,084 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)Progressive dog
(6,863 posts)and is an immediate failure. I hope the door hits him on his way out.
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)Aw... blotus is disillusioned
Like, huge surprise
TNNurse
(6,911 posts)If he were not so ignorant and unaware of others, he might have understood he was not fit for the job.
He will get no sympathy or support from me.
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,998 posts)100 in Socal today.
"This is California.
Attorneys are on it but we should be calling Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra.
At least 100 people have been picked up and detained by ICE today in Southern CA. Lawyers are posted up downtown. If you have any names, birthdays, info of those that have been picked up, please contact Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
If yourself or anyone you know has recently been detained by ICE (immigration customs enforcement) please contact CHIRLA at 1-888-624-4752.
From Rapid Response Network: "Please pass this information to your networks. We have been receiving information of ICE raids happening in Van Nuys, Downey, San Bernardino, Santa Paula. We have confirmed the following information:
- ICE is going to people's homes.
- People targeted have existing orders of deportation, old removal orders.
- Those involved in the sweep have no prior criminal convictions."
Jerry Brown's office: (916) 445-2841
Gavin Newsom's office: (916) 445-8994
Xavier Becerra's office: (213) 897-2000
AG's consumer complaint office: (916) 322-3360 (choose 1 for English, wait until end of message and press 0 to talk to a live representative)
PLEASE copy and paste to share."
lpbk2713
(42,697 posts)The hate is getting fanatical.
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,998 posts)There are way too many racists in law enforcement in the age of an authoritarian asshole who stokes racisism.
wildeyed
(11,240 posts)They tried to roll out so much so early and without proper staff or preparation The ones who hate government always get their asses handed to them. They disrespect people who make a career of public services and assume that it is an easy thing to do. And then it isn't. Sucks to be him.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)I think he owes the Russian Oligarchs big money that have been keeping Trump enterprises afloat. That was the deal.
47of74
(18,470 posts)3catwoman3
(23,820 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:27 PM - Edit history (1)
...he threw his hair in the ring was that the had ZERO interest in the job. Absolutely ZERO. ZIP. ZILCH. NADA. All he wanted was the glory of the title.
What's that old saw? Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
napi21
(45,806 posts)mostly anything he wanted while growing up. He never worked for anyone other than his Father, so he was always the boss thus always got his own way. As he has said, Id say do it and they say YES SIR! To find himself in a position where people who he believes to be inept can control HIS actions is unthinkable!
I wonder how long it will be before he flat out calls it quits? I don't think a long time. It will begin to affect his health and he sill HAVE to back away. I bet the Pence is drooling at the thought! How lucky could a guy like hi get? He was set lose his governor election, and now he just MIGHT be top dog!
I want to see the Con gone, but I'm sure not looking forward to Prez Pence!
Siwsan
(26,178 posts)Stress can do that to you.
cstanleytech
(26,087 posts)that is causing the constipation.
I would recommend some fiber if it would help loosen it up so as to prevent brain damage due to a lack of oxygen but sadly its to late for that.
Siwsan
(26,178 posts)I think that I was 'under-thinking' the situation.
cstanleytech
(26,087 posts)which has never been the case.
Yes, its an important position and it comes with alot of power but it does have limits and one of those limits is it does not grant you the powers of a king where your every proclamation is law.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,725 posts)Give Hillary Clinton a call. She'd be happy to do the job either replacing one of your worthless appointees/vice president with A title or without. In fact you could keep the title of president and just do the ceremonial stuff and she would do the real work. Everyone could politely referred to you as president not her. All of us Who can't stand you now would be very kind to you if you did this. And you could golf all day long if you wanted
cstanleytech
(26,087 posts)never elect someone worse than he was.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...staff would hate their jobs. But where is the evidence that he hates his?
I think he enjoys creating tumult, viewing clicks, outrage and being able to raise an eyebrow and terrify some poor refugee. He loves the fame. The entire world is talking about him constantly and he loves that.
Bannon is doing all the heavy lifting.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Volaris
(10,260 posts)and then get to do the job of the Queen of England. I honestly think he thought he was applying for the job of Head of State ONLY...A figurehead to entertain foreign dignitaries and keep up National Morale, and someone else (Pence, Prebius, Bannon) would actually run his Government for him. Now, it's entirely possible to actually approach the Presidency this way, but to pull it off you would have to be a hell of a lot more governmentally savvy then His Orangeness would be after a thousand lifetimes worth of Epic Fails....let me put this another way: George W Bush very nearly pulled this off, as Cheney ran most of the Government and Jr did mostly nothing right of his own volition.
That's how much better George was at this job than Trump is. AND THAT'S FUCKING TERRIFYING.
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)...he is the President who needs a vacation, but can't because he's too controlling, suspicious, and all the work stuff will eat away at him anywhere.
calimary
(80,700 posts)Maybe there's a silver lining to all this. MAYBE.
It'd be nice to see all those people who constantly yammer on about how the government needs to be run like a business shamed, told to go to the corner, face the wall, and shut up.
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)Ha!
I never thought he wanted the job. I believe Howard Stern. But if he really didn't, he should have said something before the Electoral College voted. I believe he committed treason by conspiring with the Russians to win the election. And then he was too beholden to Russia to back out.
I think the GOP knows that no other Republican could have been elected, so they are biding their time.
It makes me crazy that the country that I love has been taken over by the 1%. I always knew they were a powerful force, but I never imagined they'd actually be in charge.
yuiyoshida
(41,765 posts)He will resign.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)n/t
4lbs
(6,756 posts)Turbineguy
(37,213 posts)dingleberries.
In my time on ships we used to see this sort of thing with 1st Officers who would be Captain and 1st Assistant Engineers who would be Chief Engineer.
It would seem that Mr. Obama did not have any illusions which is why he smiled so much. He made the bad parts better whereas trump makes the better parts bad.
bora13
(860 posts)a virtual dark wasteland on fire in his mind.
cab67
(2,963 posts)to have Trump leave office under such a dark cloud of disgrace that his portrait is never displayed in the White House. It would besmirch the walls.
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)The details of this job, will get worse...and worse.........and then..
he will quit, resign...etc...or crack up and have to resign......
He is that kind of idiot...he will find some way to quit the job he hates..and will go back to being who he was........................but.........................that is impossible............
DownriverDem
(6,207 posts)Pence is a radical religious RWNJ repub. He is not going to be better from my perspective.
DownriverDem
(6,207 posts)Do you know anyone who voted 3rd party, for Trump or not at all who regret their vote?