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Jon Meacham: Trump's Temperament Is A National Security Issue | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
I can only imagine what the response would have been from fox, and right-wing nutters if President Obama had said ” as president, I have total authority.”😲
Conservative evangelicals would have been in church with their eyes rolled back in their heads, speaking in tongues, and spinning rattlesnakes in each hand. Hannity and Lou Dobbs would have both stripped naked, bolting out of fox studios, and ending up running around time square in circles waving their hands in the air while making siren sounds with their mouths.
IF OBAMA COULD COME BACK FOR THE 200 DAYS LEFT, 🇺🇸 WOULD STAND A CHANCE ON A STRONG”COMEBACK” IJS.
Gosh david , thats not Obamas style . He would write a Presidential Order in private and sign it into law , bypassing Congress . He did that 78 times , MORON .
@stephen heath no , he’s actually a human snake in the grass .
@Mark Edly actually many white guys voted for Obama . We didn’t start hating him until he slashed Military Spending , gave AR weapons to the drug cartels , signed off on Uranium shares going to Russia , refusing defensive weapons for Ukraine , gave Billions to Iran , etc , etc , etc , .
@Richard Sokolis you’re already blind , so what’s the difference ?
The most supremely unqualified person to hold the office in my lifetime. I’m in my mid-50’s
@mark Coates https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-russia-hoax-was-never-a-hoax-an-encouraging-bipartisan-report-confirms-it/2020/04/22/351ee5e2-84c3-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html
@Trump IS the HOAX they don’t make them any stupider than you. That’s right all the info is out there. You should spend some time looking things up if you did you wouldn’t be a democrap. And i don’t mean to see what fake news CNN and msnbc say. Look up the truth. Only stupid people watch fake news CNN and msnbc. What are you going to do when you find out they have been lying to you ?
I bet you have a hard time just figuring out what to wear in the morning..
@mark Coates Russian troll’s all sound like a broken record.
@Trump IS the HOAXthe Democratic dumbasses think they know what’s going on in our country but they don’t have a clue.
They have been brainwashed and they are brain dead. What are you going to do when you find out they have been lying to you?
I never cared about the government until I watched the oversight hearings on Benghazi. If you haven’t watched that maybe you should. You can use it for a character reference
@Trump IS the HOAX everything you believe was told to you by fake news CNN and msnbc and all the other ones ..
Do you believe the Obama administration spied on Trump?
You think Biden and Ukraine was ok ?
You think it was ok for Biden’s kid to receive 1.5 billion from China ?
Remember Helsinki Charlottesville and Now Covid 19. Vote out ALL REPUBLICANS.
#voteouttheturdnov3rd
@Francyne Lane Please do….this Canuck couldn’t handle another term with this complete imbesile in charge🤮
Don’t forget the Muslim bans (at least 3) and the neo Holocaust (refugee families torn apart and thrown in cages).
You better know it, ya better believe it to. For “all things ARE possible to them that believe”.
I just don’t think that americans “believe” HE must go. They’re just THAT stupid…just that hate filled. It’s the “tool” used to win him the presidency in the 1st place. They are in agreement with and JUST AS NARCISSISTIC as he is. A sorry “lot” they are!!
@Francyne Lane
I hope so but…”never underestimate the STUPIDITY of the american public!” Our history clearly shows the truthfulness of that statement.
or as Melania would say, be best or be ventilated.
It’s not a temperament problem it’s a sanity problem. You have a man in The WH who thinks he is in charge if reality. In other words a lunatic.
Yep! Now tell the world what they’ve already known from the beginning. It’s the 1/3rd american citizens that need re-educating up and down the board.
@C C
Now THAT’S what’s needed here.💯✔✔✔💯
@long nose A panel of MH Professionals w/ R. Painter Atty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meoGnqsnhCw
He needs a psychological evaluation FOR REAL. He’s old enough to have dementia. They get defensive and argumentative in the early stages you know.
@Evelyn Brown
Lol…200 psychiatrist wrote Congress in Jan 2017 shortly after Trump’s inauguration about his “mental condition”: NARCISSISM! Most americans, because of their own ignorance and stigma’s about mental disorders didn’t accept nor believe it. Too bad most americans choose to believe lay persons INSTEAD of trained experts in the field.
But as the old saying goes…”never underestimate the stupidity of the american public!!” FACT!!
Its embarrassing to have our Child King throw fits in public.
I’d like to call him instead the Supreme Leader Trump of the United States of America in the fashion of his good buddy Kim.
So true baby man
@Keoki Ciervo
Lol…well that’s why I couched it as “better be”. But I’ll qualify my earlier post by stating this…”never underestimate the stupidity of the american people!” Lol…coin toss!
Sick
WHAT MESS WILL LEAVE THE NEXT DEMOCRAT WITH?
ALL Communists/ Socialists regimes are TOTALITARIAN, including US Democratic/ Socialist Party and their Propaganda branch Fake News Media .
* Bill Clinton left Office with terrorists in the US taking classes to fly airplanes ready to hit on 911.
* Clinton signed bad NAFTA, APTA and AIFTA trade agreements, selling out America to China, Mexico, India and other countries, forcing America on welfare while enriching themselves.
* Bill Clinton and Imam Obama flooded America with hundreds of millions of Muslims. This set up Islamization of America and JIHAD against Christians, Jews and traditional Americans.
* Dems pushing Islam in America. Muslims won’t assimilate, many of them are terrorist sympathizers and even home grown TERRORISTS!
* Hillary promoted “Reset Button with Russia”, she sold 20% of the US uranium to Russia and pocketed $150 million in bribes from Russia. – Betrayal and Collusion.
* OBAMACARE raised insurance premiums, hospital fees and drugs cost 200%-300%. Dems created a problem and later they are fighting to fix same problem they have created.
* Joe Biden used his position to extort Millions of dollars from pro- Russian Ukraine and China to enrich his son Hunter Biden. – Extortion.
* Total 46 people, Bill and Hillary Clinton associates including 11 bodyguards, died under mysterious circumstances.
* During eight years of Obama administration, 35 high-level Russian spies operated in US.
* Obama left presidency with $20 Trillion of “unpatriotic” debt.
* By the executive order Imam Obama SMUGGLED to IRAN $1.5 Billion and hundreds of Billions to a different Islamic regimes to embrace JIHAD around the world. – Betrayal.
* Dems /Communists hate America, hate capitalism, hate freedom. Obama attacked small businesses: ” You did not build it”.
* Socialists want to destroy America, while enriching themselves. – Why would they want to change or fix that???
“I have total authority” coupled with “I take no responsibility” is a rather problematical combination.
@T Electronix It ends in “at all” so neither one of you got it right.
@Trump IS the HOAX I didn’t claim that my quote was the complete sentence, sweetheart.
Paul Martin Where are the bread lines ? Trump has numerous times addressed the the issues of how much sadness, difficulty,misery the Coronavirus has caused. You are a liar and fraud.
WHAT MESS WILL LEAVE THE NEXT DEMOCRAT WITH?
ALL Communists/ Socialists regimes are TOTALITARIAN, including US Democratic/ Socialist Party and their Propaganda branch Fake News Media .
* Bill Clinton left Office with terrorists in the US taking classes to fly airplanes ready to hit on 911.
* Clinton signed bad NAFTA, APTA and AIFTA trade agreements, selling out America to China, Mexico, India and other countries, forcing America on welfare while enriching themselves.
* Bill Clinton and Imam Obama flooded America with hundreds of millions of Muslims. This set up Islamization of America and JIHAD against Christians, Jews and traditional Americans.
* Dems pushing Islam in America. Muslims won’t assimilate, many of them are terrorist sympathizers and even home grown TERRORISTS!
* Hillary promoted “Reset Button with Russia”, she sold 20% of the US uranium to Russia and pocketed $150 million in bribes from Russia. – Betrayal and Collusion.
* OBAMACARE raised insurance premiums, hospital fees and drugs cost 200%-300%. Dems created a problem and later they are fighting to fix same problem they have created.
* Joe Biden used his position to extort Millions of dollars from pro- Russian Ukraine and China to enrich his son Hunter Biden. – Extortion.
* Total 46 people, Bill and Hillary Clinton associates including 11 bodyguards, died under mysterious circumstances.
* During eight years of Obama administration, 35 high-level Russian spies operated in US.
* Obama left presidency with $20 Trillion of “unpatriotic” debt.
* By the executive order Imam Obama SMUGGLED to IRAN $1.5 Billion and hundreds of Billions to a different Islamic regimes to embrace JIHAD around the world. – Betrayal.
* Dems /Communists hate America, hate capitalism, hate freedom. Obama attacked small businesses: ” You did not build it”.
* Socialists want to destroy America, while enriching themselves. – Why would they want to change or fix that???
@Lucky Man Oh…..buddy.
You really need to get outside for a bit, if you can.
You know…. get off the internet, clear your head of your conspiracy-hype.
He thinks he is a king, what’s that about? Delusional and dangerous 2 things you don’t want in a president. I hope he leaves soon he is unfit
@Christine Wright
Lol…yea, at “the appointed time.” Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
@Mavel Valencia
Lol…agreed.
@Christine Wright
“Hard to accept…?” Hardly. Look at the Bible’s definition of anti-christ then one can EASILY SEE how Trump fits that bill. Just on his constant, consistent, incessant lies EVERY DAY. Every time he dares to open his mouth. “That” alone brands him as such. Let alone all his other shenanigans.
@Christine Wright mean while Trump 2020
According to history,kings quarantined their subjects in time of outbreak? To find solutions for their kingdom not crumble.
A mostly awake middle-school civics class student knows more about United States government than the 45th president.
M💀R💀N💀-VIRUS-45=🏴☠️
@Russian Bot We’re all losers with Dotard Donnie at the helm of the tRumptanic.
👌😂they sure do!!
I’m pretty sure I know more about the US government than Drumpf, and I’m a european factory worker who has never crossed the atlantic.
@Dead End Other than where to get Adderall, spray tan, and hair coloring, I’d be willing to bet you know more about almost any subject.
Trump has been a national security risk from the get go, thus he became a international security risk 👎🇩🇪
Haywood Jablowme and so are you
Wow, I bask in the presence of greatness! Someone who knows more than those who worked on the
Mueller Report, someone who knows more than the investigators in
Congress. I would rise to honor you but I cannot..there can be only one God in my life and y o u are not He.
@j welsh He got there the old fashioned way..he ran for office.
Sharon Stromley yep I agree with the one God because I only have one true God in my life.
*@Christiane Montazer*
Please watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmnYnYX4soI
I think President Trump does a great job comparing to other countries with the same situation. However, some of stupid American liberals ignore his warning during Feb-March:
1. Stupid liberal Nancy Pelosi and Democrat Governors called American come to and enjoy China Town during the China virus outbreak in US.
2: People flocked back from Wuhan to US before Wuhan locked out and travel banned issued.
3. People still took the trip to Europe after President Trump banned China travel.
4. Then, people flocked back US from EU when President issued the ban on Europe travel.
5. People still went to cruise ships after Diamond Princess (10+ cruise ships)
6. People still enjoyed Spring Break beach parties (Florida, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Beach…).
7. After Presidential Guideline imposed, I still saw New York enjoyed their daily lives regardless their well being and the well being of the others.
8. The media mobs intentionally have covered up the virus outbreak in China during December – January until President Trump issued the travel ban from China.
9. There is 99% people go to ICU with ventilator never come out alive. Democrat Governor Cuomo knows that and has asked President Trump for 40,000 ventilators for the purpose of killing people legally. That is why the number of death daily in New York exponentially higher than anywhere else in the world.
*Conclusion:*
Add all those together gives U.S. the situation of the virus outbreak as of today and now media mob infecting American people with their Anti-American and Anti-Trump propaganda daily for their evil agenda. No surprise!!!
A “very stable” sociopath.
@Jason Sapp jason you are a Sap.
I would take into consideration all the negative things that have been said about Trump and the Republicans if it weren’t for one simple fact. This speaks volumes about the opposition, Biden? Hahahaha that’s the best you got to go against The real American Hulk Hogan! If you can’t see a body slam coming, God help you!
@alan4sure see my last comment? Is that better cause it’s what’s going to happen!
@Jason Sapp ok. I won’t hold my breathe though.
@alan4sure why not? It keeps me from smelling your bulls#$7.
Covid 19 is an absolute truth/reality …. 45* is an absolute walking disaster. What could possibly go wrong (already has gone wrong and will continue to go wrong until he’s gone in 2021)!
While we’re at it…please, PLEASE don’t forget to VOTE OUT ALL REPUBLICANS WHEREVER THEY ARE HOLDING OFFICE…AT ALL LEVELS. They’ve MORE THAN PROVEN THEMSELVES to be the “true real enemy” of Americans! The traitorous enablers of this child president #45!!!
We are having a civil war: trump vs the United States
@Luis Boqcas
Lol…actually your analysis is over simplification. What I gave was “the basis” for everything leading to Trump’s presidential win. And “the war” leading through his whole presidency. Face these facts. The things you brought up ARE the elements(mitigating particles) of those facts. That’s all. Let’s not hide behind guilty ridden mindsets.
Actions taken..public words spoken clearly tell the tale of truths I’ve stated.
@Arthur Anderson Any analysis that fit an youtube comment will be a simplification and i should had started by clearly stating that the factors contributing for trump election are numerous and although some are more important than other I would not consider that one takes clear precedent over other. The reason why my comment is focused in a culture affecting a segment of the population that is deeply anti-liberal and found in anti-liberalism the glue that brings them together is because that culture already incorporates various factors (including race equality, LGBT rights, PC, safe spaces and other BS to depict liberals). These are part of his base, but not “the base” or all that voted for him. There are other factors impacting other people that are his base and there are a lot of people that voted for him just because he has an R before is name.
In respect to your comment, I disagree that race was the “basis” for everything leading him to the election win, although is a contributor. My personal opinion, the most important factor was changes in the economy that downgraded the icome per capita and status of people from middle or lower middle class, many of them linked to economic activities which margins declined significantly, like manufacturing. These people that tradicionally voted as a majority for a democrat 25 years ago starting moving to vote, more and more republican candidates and part of the reason for that is because during decades democrats did not had a message for them that they trusted, therefore a significant percentage moved to the grievances they had and embraced the anti-liberal culture I mentioned above.
I am not trying to mitigate nothing, I think they are wrong because no policy instituted by republican candidates actually help them solve the underlying economic problem, and honestly I find quite cruel that messages of hope for dying industries are being sent to them that may impact the professional carreer decisions of their children that could be much worse than their parents. I was just flagging that race and race stereotypes is just a factor in a much more complex process that took them to be part of trump’s base. Right wing media, for instances, is a much bigger factor, and they play race, but they play more the full anti-liberal culture factor than race individually. Again, my honest opinion, I do not aspire to know the truth.
And sanity
You mean Trump and his mindless followers vs the United States.
WHAT MESS WILL LEAVE THE NEXT DEMOCRAT WITH?
ALL Communists/ Socialists regimes are TOTALITARIAN, including US Democratic/ Socialist Party and their Propaganda branch Fake News Media .
* Bill Clinton left Office with terrorists in the US taking classes to fly airplanes ready to hit on 911.
* Clinton signed bad NAFTA, APTA and AIFTA trade agreements, selling out America to China, Mexico, India and other countries, forcing America on welfare while enriching themselves.
* Bill Clinton and Imam Obama flooded America with hundreds of millions of Muslims. This set up Islamization of America and JIHAD against Christians, Jews and traditional Americans.
* Dems pushing Islam in America. Muslims won’t assimilate, many of them are terrorist sympathizers and even home grown TERRORISTS!
* Hillary promoted “Reset Button with Russia”, she sold 20% of the US uranium to Russia and pocketed $150 million in bribes from Russia. – Betrayal and Collusion.
* OBAMACARE raised insurance premiums, hospital fees and drugs cost 200%-300%. Dems created a problem and later they are fighting to fix same problem they have created.
* Joe Biden used his position to extort Millions of dollars from pro- Russian Ukraine and China to enrich his son Hunter Biden. – Extortion.
* Total 46 people, Bill and Hillary Clinton associates including 11 bodyguards, died under mysterious circumstances.
* During eight years of Obama administration, 35 high-level Russian spies operated in US.
* Obama left presidency with $20 Trillion of “unpatriotic” debt.
* By the executive order Imam Obama SMUGGLED to IRAN $1.5 Billion and hundreds of Billions to a different Islamic regimes to embrace JIHAD around the world. – Betrayal.
* Dems /Communists hate America, hate capitalism, hate freedom. Obama attacked small businesses: ” You did not build it”.
* Socialists want to destroy America, while enriching themselves. – Why would they want to change or fix that???
Since when does a “cheerleader” have total authority? When you say you’re a cheerleader, you’re on the sidelines baby.
@alan4sure Alan the only thing 4 sure is the Chit In your pants when President Trump wins again lol
@Paul Belardo you can’t spell plus you’re still delusional. Check your meds.
miss Toronto. Well said! Donald is nothing but a a cheerleader, energizing his club – his cult – with vulgar insults, name-callings, bragging and uncivilized behavior, applauding himself and pointing out to his admirers. His profoundly stupid, primitive cult doesn´t go to his crazy rallies for information, he has none, they are there to be confirmed that they are the victims of a “deep state” and fake news. Donald is a reflection of their own stupidity and ignorance.
Posted from Sweden
@John Swo indeed…..bwaaaaahaaaahaaa….😂🤣😁😊😅✌ ewwww, kinda imprinted in my brain now…
Kabooooom
Trump = narcissistic, misanthropic sociopath. Remember one thing, America: this man can push a button and end it all.
Its not much of a stretch to think that he may already have done so…
Don’t worry he wouldn’t know how to. “Mr president that’s the tv remote”!
@Mick Ritchie 😆 that’s encouraging.
stockholm17 Hi there stupidholm17.
WHAT MESS WILL LEAVE THE NEXT DEMOCRAT WITH?
ALL Communists/ Socialists regimes are TOTALITARIAN, including US Democratic/ Socialist Party and their Propaganda branch Fake News Media .
* Bill Clinton left Office with terrorists in the US taking classes to fly airplanes ready to hit on 911.
* Clinton signed bad NAFTA, APTA and AIFTA trade agreements, selling out America to China, Mexico, India and other countries, forcing America on welfare while enriching themselves.
* Bill Clinton and Imam Obama flooded America with hundreds of millions of Muslims. This set up Islamization of America and JIHAD against Christians, Jews and traditional Americans.
* Dems pushing Islam in America. Muslims won’t assimilate, many of them are terrorist sympathizers and even home grown TERRORISTS!
* Hillary promoted “Reset Button with Russia”, she sold 20% of the US uranium to Russia and pocketed $150 million in bribes from Russia. – Betrayal and Collusion.
* OBAMACARE raised insurance premiums, hospital fees and drugs cost 200%-300%. Dems created a problem and later they are fighting to fix same problem they have created.
* Joe Biden used his position to extort Millions of dollars from pro- Russian Ukraine and China to enrich his son Hunter Biden. – Extortion.
* Total 46 people, Bill and Hillary Clinton associates including 11 bodyguards, died under mysterious circumstances.
* During eight years of Obama administration, 35 high-level Russian spies operated in US.
* Obama left presidency with $20 Trillion of “unpatriotic” debt.
* By the executive order Imam Obama SMUGGLED to IRAN $1.5 Billion and hundreds of Billions to a different Islamic regimes to embrace JIHAD around the world. – Betrayal.
* Dems /Communists hate America, hate capitalism, hate freedom. Obama attacked small businesses: ” You did not build it”.
* Socialists want to destroy America, while enriching themselves. – Why would they want to change or fix that???
Never seen a more foolish incompetent person in my life. Never a leader, never will be!
Yet people want to die to please him. It does speak volume. They are of like manner
Maria Brown yeah that is beyond me well they all can huddle together and do as they wish amongst each other and leave us out that … one want to live … two have backbones, morals, respect for ourselves and others …
If we ever get out of this alive we should remove his name from the history books. He has kept us all terrified since he took office, ruined our collective health, economy and our inherent sense of justice and fairness. Why has he not been removed from office is beyond belief. Now, he is sending our ventilators to his BFF Putin. Treason. Our governors are begging for supplies. That is why he has been diverting them. Disgusting Human Being.
@T Mox Can you stop playing video games long enough to vote or contribute anything to our society?
@Maria Brown ~ No-one wants to die for anyone. Some folk believed in a dream, some still do. It doesn’t matter if their dream was the heart of darkness for others. We should never see our heroes in the light of day. They are rarely what we imagine they should be.
25th amendment EMERGENCY!
Pence is still nodding his empty head and staring from behind Trump like a fourteen year-old girl would at a teen mag pop star. Like Barr and Pompeo, Pence really believes God put Trump on Earth to be in the Oval Office. As long as they all let their superstitions about religion cloud their thinking about Trump, the Twenty-fifth Amendment will never be exercised. As far as I’m concerned, the cabinet not acting is a dereliction of the duty they swore to upon taking their oaths.
The Senate is as incompetent o r more so than trump.25th amendment for starters.
Here’s a hint: Trump does not misinterprets the Constitution per se. He finds it irrelevant.
No, he said it himself when trying to read the Constitution, it’s like a foreign language. He has the reading and Comprehension skills of a 3rd grader. If it was 5th grade we’d be in so much better shape..
Not just a potential national security issue. He’s a national disgrace.
Someone warned us about Trump’s temperament being all wrong for the job way back in 2016. Her name was Hillary Clinton and she was spot on in her assessment.
@Untrepid One And she was given the questions BEFORE a televised debate by the DNC. We all saw that before too. Are you a communist because that’s what it seems you’re supporting
That’s because Hillary knows Donald . Of all people, Howard Stern said the same thing.
Chris Perry Explain your definition of Communist? You’re just another person in the USA that seems to lack the definition of vocabulary.
@Peter T oh STFU. You should know what a communist state is. Well,u maybe not
The whole world tried to tell you lot that. And you went and elected him anyway.
During ww 2, and after, Dons father claimed the Trumps came from Karlstad, Sweden, instead of Karlstadt, Germany. Shameless Lies are a tradition in the Trump family.
Hans/
Trump family is now 4 generations of cowards & draftdodgers.