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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:56 AM Feb 2017

He 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 Trump’s “mood has careened between surprise and anger as he’s 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 it’s 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.


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He doesnt like this sh*t: Trump reportedly hates his job and his staff after less than a month (Original Post) demmiblue Feb 2017 OP
And yet Obama True Dough Feb 2017 #1
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #91
President Barack Hussein Obama heaven05 Feb 2017 #100
Fuckface Von Pussygrabber knows nothing about anything, according to his Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #154
I miss our True President every single day. spiderpig Feb 2017 #155
Obama didnt take office expecting to be king. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #167
Trump was not expecting to be king either rpannier Feb 2017 #239
I am convinced because #ComradeTrump doesn't read Capn Sunshine Feb 2017 #207
You may very well be right about that True Dough Feb 2017 #220
I hope Obama is tweeting his fun vacation photos at 45! forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #215
Trump is a chump. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #2
You could randomly pick someone out of the phone book and they'd do a better job. alarimer Feb 2017 #26
Since his entire cabinet are people who are AGAINST... Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #235
I just said to my daughter that I thought I could do beveeheart Feb 2017 #97
I might qualify. I've read the Constitution and I've worked for a living. sarge43 Feb 2017 #114
I tried to start a Union here in Florida. I had people actually ask what is a Union? classykaren Feb 2017 #205
Yeah, I know. sarge43 Feb 2017 #212
That is what is really missing in our schools Civics classes. classykaren Feb 2017 #204
So how's that a "business man" DK504 Feb 2017 #123
Big Dump's only knowledge of civics is buying off building inspectors Kolesar Feb 2017 #130
Oh, yes. ChazInAz Feb 2017 #142
Didn't Napoleon miss one battle because he had dysentery? eom lol Kolesar Feb 2017 #158
What I read is that he was ineffective at Waterloo because of . . . hatrack Feb 2017 #219
Hemorrhoids are what I heard. diane in sf Feb 2017 #221
He never wanted to be President. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #171
Sounds like he is drowning, so safeinOhio Feb 2017 #3
LOL! kwassa Feb 2017 #12
The BIGGEST! Daemonaquila Feb 2017 #27
YUGE Rollo Feb 2017 #83
Oh that's mean. johnp3907 Feb 2017 #51
Trump-branded water? spiderpig Feb 2017 #159
Water from Flint, MI. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #179
Don't give Ivanka any ideas, Auntie! spiderpig Feb 2017 #183
Or she might give to all of us. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #186
I think a big Rosie ODonnell Rock, playing the white supremacist Bannon PatrickforO Feb 2017 #62
Oh yes! I hope it's her playing Bannon and portrays Bannon manipulating NCjack Feb 2017 #98
Yes! The damn thing zentrum Feb 2017 #143
Seriously, that might be what sends him over the edge. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #175
A bigly rock. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #122
It's shows, stupid.. we hate you Cha Feb 2017 #4
I think that makes him crazy. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2017 #24
Wait no - cilla4progress Feb 2017 #104
There are ways, but they are extremely illegal. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #202
Tired of winning already? Zoonart Feb 2017 #5
so much winning Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #110
Another promise kept. DTs did say we'd have so much winning we'd get tired of winning... Hekate Feb 2017 #113
I think everyone just misunderstood; he was trying to say "whining" - n/t anarch Feb 2017 #151
That too Hekate Feb 2017 #157
Looser than what? louis-t Feb 2017 #127
HAHAHAHAHA Zoonart Feb 2017 #129
Just resign then. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #6
At his age Freddie Feb 2017 #13
Ex-presidents get huge yearly "stipends." MoonRiver Feb 2017 #22
Least surprising story of the month. Given this daughterfucker has never held a real job. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2017 #7
Donald and Ivanka? keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #90
. Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2017 #131
"Daughterfucker" I love it! maddiemom Feb 2017 #117
As I started typing motherf.... I went: "Hey wait a minute.....". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2017 #132
Ha 47of74 Feb 2017 #211
He imagined that the Presidency would make him the unquestioned top-dog of everything. DetlefK Feb 2017 #8
Any job in government is stressful Caliman73 Feb 2017 #118
We all knew how badly he would suck as President. He can't sit there and watch himself on TV all day livetohike Feb 2017 #9
Here is the Politico write-up: demmiblue Feb 2017 #10
That photo! That Photo. eom LittleGirl Feb 2017 #57
Checks and Balances. The reason why America hasn't had a dictator. nt Blue_true Feb 2017 #58
Most elementary school students NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #64
*sings* I'm just a bill.. yes I'm only a bill.. Amimnoch Feb 2017 #107
Thanks- was going to post this REAL story Ripstory stole from snooper2 Feb 2017 #75
He didn't realize . . . peggysue2 Feb 2017 #96
That's why the acting AG refused to defend it. It's indefensible bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #121
Presidenting is hard work! AnnieBW Feb 2017 #102
Hey, Don. There's an easy solution to this problem. Vinca Feb 2017 #11
Aw... the poor sot. He's not getting to be King yet! Eyeball_Kid Feb 2017 #14
Utterly predictable. (nt) Paladin Feb 2017 #15
Well, he's never had a real job before, let alone MineralMan Feb 2017 #16
I believe the actual quote was IdiotsforPalin Feb 2017 #23
I corrected his awful grammar. MineralMan Feb 2017 #25
Tee hee! fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #168
Exactly! AFAIK he's never been someone else's employee before. Dale Neiburg Feb 2017 #38
Yeah, This RobinA Feb 2017 #144
He really didn't want the actual job BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #17
As Howard Stern said a week or so ago "He's miserable" underpants Feb 2017 #85
Irony abounds BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #95
stern has some great insight on donnie. unblock Feb 2017 #112
Trump Is The One RobinA Feb 2017 #145
I would very much prefer to have Stern as president... anarch Feb 2017 #153
I bet he would actually enjoy an impeachment loyalsister Feb 2017 #244
He will resign and Takket Feb 2017 #18
#45 should draft a new letter of resignation ... and stick to it. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #19
Look at that signature. murielm99 Feb 2017 #152
Well, since he can't read, it will be possible to shove another document, one of resignation, in Doitnow Feb 2017 #209
Ooh, now... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #217
HaHaHa! StarryNite Feb 2017 #243
Why is it that the GOP Leadership finds this work too "hard"? Deb Feb 2017 #20
Because it requires intelligence and a heart, logosoco Feb 2017 #48
Daddy's money get the red out Feb 2017 #49
It is hard. Lucky Luciano Feb 2017 #59
Because the world is complicated - hell, reality is complicated . . . hatrack Feb 2017 #69
And because The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #115
Well, That And RobinA Feb 2017 #147
You have to answer to America . . . not "the shareholders". HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #21
tRump doesn't have shareholders; he has creditors (Russian oligarchs?); he is a debtor. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #32
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Feb 2017 #43
maybe not---he's giving Russians something---money laundering services wordpix Feb 2017 #166
He never answered to shareholders exboyfil Feb 2017 #40
None of his businesses are public, so he doesn't really have to answer The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #194
He was involved in at least one corporation exboyfil Feb 2017 #195
Let's factor in here too that he is doing maybe 20% of the job underpants Feb 2017 #55
It will take weeks to fumigate the place tavernier Feb 2017 #63
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #93
Speaking of Mark Burnett, klook Feb 2017 #189
You mean we're not great yet? alarimer Feb 2017 #28
Fucking loser malaise Feb 2017 #29
Suck it Trump mindfulNJ Feb 2017 #30
I hope it's beingg televised when his head explodes. Nitram Feb 2017 #44
As pretty much everybody predicted Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #31
yep... and did he once think about actually doing something DECENT???? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #109
+1 AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #238
He never wanted the job in the first place. All he wanted was the attention from running. Arkansas Granny Feb 2017 #33
He doesn't have the discipline. It is as simple as that. Trust Buster Feb 2017 #34
He never thought he would actually WIN. Now he doesnt know what to do. nt 7962 Feb 2017 #35
Sad. truebluegreen Feb 2017 #36
Imagine his voice saying it. It's mocking, sarcastic, cruel, in ways an emoji can't convey. Hekate Feb 2017 #149
No class. randome Feb 2017 #37
priveleged white man hard. mercuryblues Feb 2017 #39
He lacks stamina to be president. sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #41
ROFLMAO!!!! Nitram Feb 2017 #42
Low energy loser! SunSeeker Feb 2017 #45
No law says you can't resign DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #46
Given the multiple bankruptcies, it's just as well he can't run it that way muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #47
Presidenting is hard, the Orange psycho is finding out. nt Blue_true Feb 2017 #50
You mean to tell me that running a nation is difficult?! retrowire Feb 2017 #52
We can break this guy IronLionZion Feb 2017 #53
To what end? Jim Lane Feb 2017 #196
Conservative is easier to deal with than crazy IronLionZion Feb 2017 #200
45 hates democracy. That is patently obvious. onecaliberal Feb 2017 #54
Caveat Emptor! And I mean that *literally*! He bought it (or they bought him) Roland99 Feb 2017 #56
Dear Mr. tRump, not to add more pressure and stress to you as apparently you're frazzled, but manicraven Feb 2017 #60
Could have told him this treestar Feb 2017 #61
He thought he was elected to be a dictator not a president. SamKnause Feb 2017 #65
+1000 Fla Dem Feb 2017 #70
Suck it up, Choir Boy! hamsterjill Feb 2017 #66
Be careful what you ask for... MrScorpio Feb 2017 #67
Looks like President Baby Hands ended up being the one who lacks the stamina to be president Lanius Feb 2017 #68
I've Been Predicting RobinA Feb 2017 #162
Many of us saw this coming BainsBane Feb 2017 #71
Has Trump ever really worked a day in his life? vlyons Feb 2017 #72
As Gail Collins observed, mobeau69 Feb 2017 #86
Trump is use to having a cushy boss position and if something goes wrong he blames UCmeNdc Feb 2017 #73
May he pull a Palin. dae Feb 2017 #74
Hey donnie, make us all proud. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #76
Trump's incompetent? Gee, who'd a thunk it! - n/t Jim__ Feb 2017 #77
Not the electorial college apparently.... LakeArenal Feb 2017 #88
This leaky Whitehouse must be making him furious SHRED Feb 2017 #78
And downstream, the State and Defense Departments leak stuff to forestall his attacks Kolesar Feb 2017 #133
Pullout Quote neeksgeek Feb 2017 #79
You can blame tens of millions of American idiots Mr. Ected Feb 2017 #80
He actually thought it was a reality show. Butterflylady Feb 2017 #81
We don't like him, either. He should not have run for office, and his supporters are inane. LS_Editor Feb 2017 #82
Deluded idiot got the ultimate job. Let's help him conclude that he should resign. nt NCjack Feb 2017 #84
Don't let up. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #89
Oh my goodness, that is really violent............ Jim Beard Feb 2017 #99
It's okay donnie... sheshe2 Feb 2017 #87
Tough shit, crybaby snowflake. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #92
Trump--The gift that keeps on giving randr Feb 2017 #94
I mean cilla4progress Feb 2017 #101
He could do the right thing and resign. Initech Feb 2017 #103
I'm surprised it's taken this long Nwgirl503 Feb 2017 #105
Champagne on the house when he gives up or is ejected! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #106
No one could have predicted, blah blah blah Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #108
Of course he doesn't. After 70 years of being Mr. Big Shot & nobody ever telling him "no", catbyte Feb 2017 #111
I am ROFLMAO. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #116
LOL. Yeah, that's a problem. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #191
Poor tired rump. Maybe he needs a vacation. notdarkyet Feb 2017 #119
Or a dirt nap. GreenEyedLefty Feb 2017 #201
A dirt nap... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #218
we are now witness to short attention span kabuki theater of the stupid. Javaman Feb 2017 #120
He's never understood how the government works NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #124
Trump never really wanted the JOB of POTUS; he just wanted to stick it to Obama--the black man mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #125
Much like Caligula elmac Feb 2017 #126
And he already appointed his horse to the NSC underpants Feb 2017 #135
and Caligulas nickname was little boots elmac Feb 2017 #136
Welcome to reality Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #128
This is what we need to tell any conservative who equates being a CEO with being president Caliman73 Feb 2017 #134
Been saying this myself for a while, though not with your detail... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #141
No it is not. Caliman73 Feb 2017 #146
He doesn't have the "STAMINA".. lol JHan Feb 2017 #137
LOL onetexan Feb 2017 #161
Assuming this is true awesomerwb Feb 2017 #138
Spectacular Thread! northoftheborder Feb 2017 #139
Well we don't like this shit either. milestogo Feb 2017 #140
I could size up a crowd, tell them what they want to hear, and make them love me Miles Archer Feb 2017 #148
Good I hope he's just a miserable and he is making all of us. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #150
Caught between Schadenfreude and terror here. This is exactly what we predicted based on... Hekate Feb 2017 #156
And that's actually Good News!!!!! KPN Feb 2017 #160
I also hate his job--at least, I hate the job he's doing. If he's miserable, he's earned it fishwax Feb 2017 #163
Well let US relieve you of your burdens. democratisphere Feb 2017 #164
poor widdle Trumpy looks like he's crying in the pic---priceless wordpix Feb 2017 #165
Did he think it was going to be fun? MountCleaners Feb 2017 #169
You've only scratched the surface shithead. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #170
Dumpster thought he could rule like Hitler workinclasszero Feb 2017 #172
Amazing he didn't realize what the job was. Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #173
Remember Rick Perry exboyfil Feb 2017 #197
Unfit! Mickju Feb 2017 #174
Just shows how intellectually lazy he is. Not to study and learn what a job is - what the Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2017 #176
Good... DemKittyNC Feb 2017 #177
Oh, no... mindem Feb 2017 #178
A lot of people, including me, didn't think he really wanted this job. LisaM Feb 2017 #180
Poor little orange little baby...Let's drive him crazy...n/t asuhornets Feb 2017 #181
I had predicted this. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2017 #182
He'll be happier going back to bossing everyone who works for him. I hope Doitnow Feb 2017 #184
I hate your staff & how you are doing your job too. nt irisblue Feb 2017 #185
What a friggen snowflake! llmart Feb 2017 #187
He looks like a lab rat in this pic JDC Feb 2017 #188
Caption - "Constipation: Our Nation's Silent Killer" klook Feb 2017 #190
The psychopath got his first real job Progressive dog Feb 2017 #192
Isn't quite as fabulous as he thought it would be, is it? ailsagirl Feb 2017 #193
Well, we do not like him or his shit either. TNNurse Feb 2017 #198
Meanwhile ICE Jackboots are busily terrorizing communities. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #199
I read on another post they're following school buses. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #206
if the intention is to terrorize, they're succeeding. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #213
The 'shock and awe' plan is not going well. wildeyed Feb 2017 #203
He owes so many people and 'entities' that he can't resign. Get ready though. YOHABLO Feb 2017 #208
Awwwwwwww. What a delicate flower. 47of74 Feb 2017 #210
The very first thought that I had when... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #214
I expected this would happen even before he took office. He was born into luxury, given napi21 Feb 2017 #216
Maybe THAT explains why he always looks to be painfully constipated! Siwsan Feb 2017 #222
Nah, that isnt caused by stress its just that blockage of a head he has shoved up his ass cstanleytech Feb 2017 #225
That makes MUCH more sense Siwsan Feb 2017 #227
I can believe this as I suspect he thought that the President secretly had unlimited powers cstanleytech Feb 2017 #223
I've got a great solution! Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2017 #224
Hell Bush jr would be a better president and I honestly thought the Repugnants could cstanleytech Feb 2017 #226
I can see how the zentrum Feb 2017 #228
Resign. Eom uppityperson Feb 2017 #229
The damned fool thought he would get elected President, Volaris Feb 2017 #230
It shows... Mike Nelson Feb 2017 #231
Cue the itty bitty violin... calimary Feb 2017 #232
"he threw his hair in the ring" More_Cowbell Feb 2017 #233
Maybe like his best Buddy, Sarah Palin yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #234
Heh heh. POTUS ain't as easy as it looks, right, Donnie? DinahMoeHum Feb 2017 #236
Well, this is what happens when someone just wants to be the Max Headroom of Presidents. 4lbs Feb 2017 #237
Power with a few Turbineguy Feb 2017 #240
his view out the window bora13 Feb 2017 #241
This should be part of our goal: cab67 Feb 2017 #242
Just saw this......and this could be incredibly good news. Stuart G Feb 2017 #245
But DownriverDem Feb 2017 #247
Would love to know DownriverDem Feb 2017 #246

True Dough

(17,099 posts)
1. And yet Obama
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:00 AM
Feb 2017

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)
100. President Barack Hussein Obama
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:02 PM
Feb 2017

WAS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this snowflake ain't shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Never will be

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
154. Fuckface Von Pussygrabber knows nothing about anything, according to his
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

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)
155. I miss our True President every single day.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

An eternal inspiration. A disgusting buffoon like Orange will never tarnish his legacy.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
239. Trump was not expecting to be king either
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 10:16 AM
Feb 2017

He was expecting

Party Secretary
Premier
or
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)
207. I am convinced because #ComradeTrump doesn't read
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 08:53 PM
Feb 2017

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)
220. You may very well be right about that
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:05 PM
Feb 2017

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)
215. I hope Obama is tweeting his fun vacation photos at 45!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:59 PM
Feb 2017

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)
2. Trump is a chump.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:01 AM
Feb 2017

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)
26. You could randomly pick someone out of the phone book and they'd do a better job.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:22 AM
Feb 2017

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)
235. Since his entire cabinet are people who are AGAINST...
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 06:28 AM
Feb 2017

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)
97. I just said to my daughter that I thought I could do
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:57 AM
Feb 2017

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)
114. I might qualify. I've read the Constitution and I've worked for a living.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:21 PM
Feb 2017

Ya know, reality based.

sarge43

(28,939 posts)
212. Yeah, I know.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:25 PM
Feb 2017

If we don't have a knowledge of history, no way we can understand current events and deal with them. The past is prologue.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
123. So how's that a "business man"
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:40 PM
Feb 2017

shoudlbe able to run the governemnt. HAha...He may not last the year, wouldn't that be a shame.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
130. Big Dump's only knowledge of civics is buying off building inspectors
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:51 PM
Feb 2017

... 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)
142. Oh, yes.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:16 PM
Feb 2017

Irritable bowel syndrome would be amusing. But for real, poetic justice nothing beats C-diff. He deserves it.

hatrack

(59,446 posts)
219. What I read is that he was ineffective at Waterloo because of . . .
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:05 PM
Feb 2017

Hemorrhoids!

History is indeed stranger than fiction.

Dulcinea

(6,510 posts)
171. He never wanted to be President.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:24 PM
Feb 2017

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.

PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
62. I think a big Rosie ODonnell Rock, playing the white supremacist Bannon
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:17 AM
Feb 2017

on SNL. That would be good because Rosie would create lots of ripples.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
98. Oh yes! I hope it's her playing Bannon and portrays Bannon manipulating
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:57 AM
Feb 2017

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.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
175. Seriously, that might be what sends him over the edge.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:47 PM
Feb 2017

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.

cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
104. Wait no -
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:08 PM
Feb 2017

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?!

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
113. Another promise kept. DTs did say we'd have so much winning we'd get tired of winning...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:21 PM
Feb 2017

...and here we are. We're sick of it and he's sick of it.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
13. At his age
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:09 AM
Feb 2017

He doesn't have to worry about insurance or COBRA like the real world! Let him collect unemployment.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
22. Ex-presidents get huge yearly "stipends."
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:17 AM
Feb 2017

That could be the entire reason he ran in the first place.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
8. He imagined that the Presidency would make him the unquestioned top-dog of everything.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:06 AM
Feb 2017

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)
118. Any job in government is stressful
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:26 PM
Feb 2017

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)
9. We all knew how badly he would suck as President. He can't sit there and watch himself on TV all day
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:06 AM
Feb 2017

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)
10. Here is the Politico write-up:
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:07 AM
Feb 2017


Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he’s growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy.

In interviews, nearly two dozen people who’ve spent time with Trump in the three weeks since his inauguration said that his mood has careened between surprise and anger as he’s 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 administration’s 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

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
64. Most elementary school students
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:21 AM
Feb 2017

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.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
96. He didn't realize . . .
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:56 AM
Feb 2017

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)
121. That's why the acting AG refused to defend it. It's indefensible
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:35 PM
Feb 2017

They really aren't bad lawyers as much as it's a really bad EO.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
14. Aw... the poor sot. He's not getting to be King yet!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:10 AM
Feb 2017

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.

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
16. Well, he's never had a real job before, let alone
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:12 AM
Feb 2017

one that is 24/7. As GWB so poignantly said, "Being President is hard..."

Dale Neiburg

(694 posts)
38. Exactly! AFAIK he's never been someone else's employee before.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:39 AM
Feb 2017

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)
144. Yeah, This
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:27 PM
Feb 2017

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)
17. He really didn't want the actual job
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:14 AM
Feb 2017

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)
85. As Howard Stern said a week or so ago "He's miserable"
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:43 AM
Feb 2017

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)
95. Irony abounds
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:55 AM
Feb 2017

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)
112. stern has some great insight on donnie.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:21 PM
Feb 2017

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)
145. Trump Is The One
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:31 PM
Feb 2017

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)
153. I would very much prefer to have Stern as president...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:45 PM
Feb 2017

then again I could say the same thing about nearly any other celebrity. (nearly...)

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
244. I bet he would actually enjoy an impeachment
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 04:34 AM
Feb 2017

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)
18. He will resign and
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:15 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
209. Well, since he can't read, it will be possible to shove another document, one of resignation, in
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:05 PM
Feb 2017

front of him and he'd sign it.

get the red out

(13,459 posts)
49. Daddy's money
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:53 AM
Feb 2017

They both got everything handed to them because of who their fathers were, I'm not surprised the work was too "hard".

hatrack

(59,446 posts)
69. Because the world is complicated - hell, reality is complicated . . .
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:25 AM
Feb 2017

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)
115. And because
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:22 PM
Feb 2017

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)
147. Well, That And
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:36 PM
Feb 2017

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)
21. You have to answer to America . . . not "the shareholders".
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:17 AM
Feb 2017

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.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
40. He never answered to shareholders
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:42 AM
Feb 2017

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)
194. None of his businesses are public, so he doesn't really have to answer
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 05:56 PM
Feb 2017

to shareholders other than maybe his children.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
195. He was involved in at least one corporation
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:10 PM
Feb 2017

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. Trump’s lagged, posting huge losses year after year. Stock and bondholders lost more than $1.5 billion.

underpants

(182,285 posts)
55. Let's factor in here too that he is doing maybe 20% of the job
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:58 AM
Feb 2017

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.

klook

(12,134 posts)
189. Speaking of Mark Burnett,
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 04:06 PM
Feb 2017

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.

mindfulNJ

(2,363 posts)
30. Suck it Trump
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:28 AM
Feb 2017

It would be really enjoyable to watch him implode if he wasn't taking us all with him. He is just gross.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
31. As pretty much everybody predicted
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:32 AM
Feb 2017

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)
109. yep... and did he once think about actually doing something DECENT????
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:17 PM
Feb 2017

I mean what a freaking fuckwit.

Arkansas Granny

(31,484 posts)
33. He never wanted the job in the first place. All he wanted was the attention from running.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:38 AM
Feb 2017

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.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
36. Sad.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:39 AM
Feb 2017

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)
149. Imagine his voice saying it. It's mocking, sarcastic, cruel, in ways an emoji can't convey.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:40 PM
Feb 2017

"Oh, look at the fake tears because I fired you. You claim you can't support your kids? Saaaad."

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
37. No class.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:39 AM
Feb 2017

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[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.
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mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
39. priveleged white man hard.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:40 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
42. ROFLMAO!!!!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:45 AM
Feb 2017

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...

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
46. No law says you can't resign
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:49 AM
Feb 2017

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)
47. Given the multiple bankruptcies, it's just as well he can't run it that way
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:50 AM
Feb 2017

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.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
52. You mean to tell me that running a nation is difficult?!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:55 AM
Feb 2017

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)
53. We can break this guy
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:56 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
56. Caveat Emptor! And I mean that *literally*! He bought it (or they bought him)
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:59 AM
Feb 2017

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)
60. Dear Mr. tRump, not to add more pressure and stress to you as apparently you're frazzled, but
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:08 AM
Feb 2017

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)
61. Could have told him this
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:13 AM
Feb 2017

The bigly-ess tragedy for all is that he decided to make running or POTUS his vanity project.

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
65. He thought he was elected to be a dictator not a president.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:21 AM
Feb 2017

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 !!!

Lanius

(599 posts)
68. Looks like President Baby Hands ended up being the one who lacks the stamina to be president
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:24 AM
Feb 2017

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)
162. I've Been Predicting
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:54 PM
Feb 2017

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)
71. Many of us saw this coming
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:28 AM
Feb 2017

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)
72. Has Trump ever really worked a day in his life?
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:32 AM
Feb 2017

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?

UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
73. Trump is use to having a cushy boss position and if something goes wrong he blames
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:34 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
133. And downstream, the State and Defense Departments leak stuff to forestall his attacks
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:55 PM
Feb 2017

Cue Fitz and the Tantrums: "Out of my League"

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
79. Pullout Quote
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:39 AM
Feb 2017

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)
80. You can blame tens of millions of American idiots
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:39 AM
Feb 2017

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.

mobeau69

(11,079 posts)
89. Don't let up.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:50 AM
Feb 2017

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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)
99. Oh my goodness, that is really violent............
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:58 AM
Feb 2017

I support it. It is the only way we can save ourselves. I don't care about him, just ust!

randr

(12,408 posts)
94. Trump--The gift that keeps on giving
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:55 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
103. He could do the right thing and resign.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:07 PM
Feb 2017

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)
105. I'm surprised it's taken this long
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:09 PM
Feb 2017

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.

catbyte

(34,175 posts)
111. Of course he doesn't. After 70 years of being Mr. Big Shot & nobody ever telling him "no",
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:19 PM
Feb 2017

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)
116. I am ROFLMAO.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:22 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Javaman

(62,444 posts)
120. we are now witness to short attention span kabuki theater of the stupid.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:35 PM
Feb 2017

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)
124. He's never understood how the government works
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:41 PM
Feb 2017

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)
125. Trump never really wanted the JOB of POTUS; he just wanted to stick it to Obama--the black man
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:42 PM
Feb 2017

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)
126. Much like Caligula
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:45 PM
Feb 2017

Emperor tRump would say " Would that the people of the US had but one neck, I would slit it

underpants

(182,285 posts)
135. And he already appointed his horse to the NSC
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:00 PM
Feb 2017

Actually his horse (Bannon) tricked him into appointing him. Sad.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
136. and Caligulas nickname was little boots
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:03 PM
Feb 2017

Trump's nickname little hands

I now believe in reincarnation

Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)
128. Welcome to reality
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:48 PM
Feb 2017

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)
134. This is what we need to tell any conservative who equates being a CEO with being president
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 12:58 PM
Feb 2017

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)
141. Been saying this myself for a while, though not with your detail...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:13 PM
Feb 2017

Businessmen tend to make shitty presidents. It just isn't the same thing.

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
146. No it is not.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:33 PM
Feb 2017

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.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
161. LOL
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:53 PM
Feb 2017

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)
138. Assuming this is true
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:08 PM
Feb 2017

Whatever money him and his family stand to make while president will easily offset any dislike he has for the job.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
148. I could size up a crowd, tell them what they want to hear, and make them love me
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:38 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
156. Caught between Schadenfreude and terror here. This is exactly what we predicted based on...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

...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.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
164. Well let US relieve you of your burdens.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:03 PM
Feb 2017

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.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
169. Did he think it was going to be fun?
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:18 PM
Feb 2017

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)
170. You've only scratched the surface shithead.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:22 PM
Feb 2017



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)
172. Dumpster thought he could rule like Hitler
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:28 PM
Feb 2017

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)
173. Amazing he didn't realize what the job was.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:36 PM
Feb 2017

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)
197. Remember Rick Perry
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:14 PM
Feb 2017

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.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
176. Just shows how intellectually lazy he is. Not to study and learn what a job is - what the
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:48 PM
Feb 2017

environment will be like, how the government works is not only lazy but incredibly abnormal and dangerous.

mindem

(1,580 posts)
178. Oh, no...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:52 PM
Feb 2017

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)
180. A lot of people, including me, didn't think he really wanted this job.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:55 PM
Feb 2017

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.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
184. He'll be happier going back to bossing everyone who works for him. I hope
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 03:11 PM
Feb 2017

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.

llmart

(15,503 posts)
187. What a friggen snowflake!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 03:45 PM
Feb 2017

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

Progressive dog

(6,863 posts)
192. The psychopath got his first real job
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 05:50 PM
Feb 2017

and is an immediate failure. I hope the door hits him on his way out.

ailsagirl

(22,842 posts)
193. Isn't quite as fabulous as he thought it would be, is it?
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 05:53 PM
Feb 2017

Aw... blotus is disillusioned

Like, huge surprise

TNNurse

(6,911 posts)
198. Well, we do not like him or his shit either.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:28 PM
Feb 2017

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)
199. Meanwhile ICE Jackboots are busily terrorizing communities.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:45 PM
Feb 2017

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."

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,998 posts)
213. if the intention is to terrorize, they're succeeding.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:33 PM
Feb 2017

There are way too many racists in law enforcement in the age of an authoritarian asshole who stokes racisism.

wildeyed

(11,240 posts)
203. The 'shock and awe' plan is not going well.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 07:50 PM
Feb 2017

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)
208. He owes so many people and 'entities' that he can't resign. Get ready though.
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 08:57 PM
Feb 2017

I think he owes the Russian Oligarchs big money that have been keeping Trump enterprises afloat. That was the deal.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
214. The very first thought that I had when...
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:44 PM
Feb 2017

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...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)
216. I expected this would happen even before he took office. He was born into luxury, given
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:15 PM
Feb 2017

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!

cstanleytech

(26,087 posts)
225. Nah, that isnt caused by stress its just that blockage of a head he has shoved up his ass
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:16 PM
Feb 2017

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.

cstanleytech

(26,087 posts)
223. I can believe this as I suspect he thought that the President secretly had unlimited powers
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:14 PM
Feb 2017

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)
224. I've got a great solution!
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:16 PM
Feb 2017

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)
226. Hell Bush jr would be a better president and I honestly thought the Repugnants could
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:18 PM
Feb 2017

never elect someone worse than he was.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
228. I can see how the
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 11:45 PM
Feb 2017

...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.

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
230. The damned fool thought he would get elected President,
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:09 AM
Feb 2017

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)
231. It shows...
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 04:22 AM
Feb 2017

...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)
232. Cue the itty bitty violin...
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 04:40 AM
Feb 2017


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)
233. "he threw his hair in the ring"
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:26 AM
Feb 2017

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.

Turbineguy

(37,213 posts)
240. Power with a few
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 05:21 PM
Feb 2017

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.

cab67

(2,963 posts)
242. This should be part of our goal:
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 07:11 PM
Feb 2017

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)
245. Just saw this......and this could be incredibly good news.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 11:51 AM
Feb 2017

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)
246. Would love to know
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:29 AM
Feb 2017

Do you know anyone who voted 3rd party, for Trump or not at all who regret their vote?

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