Regarding Trump's rage at Milley, it's darkly amusing that he chose Milley for the job as a way of spiting Matthis. It's appalling that he was proud to declare it as a basis for selecting a chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Trump is constantly displaying his pathology -- and MAGAs see nothing wrong at all.
Regarding Trump's rage at Milley, it's darkly amusing that he chose Milley for the job as a way of spiting Matthis. It's appalling that he was proud to declare it as a basis for selecting a chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Trump is constantly displaying his pathology -- and MAGAs see nothing wrong at all.
Many people in the White House saw his pathology and were alarmed -- and did whatever they could to restrain the maniac. Here's a little passage from Miles Taylor's book - from the excerpt in Vanity Fair. He's discussing the Doomsday Book, i.e., the secret guide to what the president can do in a dire emergency:
"A former White House lawyer familiar with the situation confirmed that Trump was in the dark. The president didn’t have full knowledge of his emergency authorities, and no one who was “in the know” wanted to brief him. If Trump had been made aware of the full extent of the powers he possessed, the person said, the result would have been catastrophic."
Some Trump loyalists wanted Christina Bobb to have access to the Doomsday Book. The responsible adults said heck no.
We should be grateful to the people who strove to prevent the lunatic from driving the country over a cliff -- instead of reflexively saying "They wouldn't have stuck around if they were decent people."
And we should be alarmed that MAGA apologists believe that the only problem with the Trump administration was that he didn't have completely unbridled power, and that the most important qualification for a public official is absolute loyalty to Trump or whomever they would accept as a replacement.
Regarding Trump's rage at Milley, it's darkly amusing that he chose Milley for the job as a way of spiting Matthis. It's appalling that he was proud to declare it as a basis for selecting a chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Trump is constantly displaying his pathology -- and MAGAs see nothing wrong at all.
Many people in the White House saw his pathology and were alarmed -- and did whatever they could to restrain the maniac. Here's a little passage from Miles Taylor's book - from the excerpt in Vanity Fair. He's discussing the Doomsday Book, i.e., the secret guide to what the president can do in a dire emergency:
"A former White House lawyer familiar with the situation confirmed that Trump was in the dark. The president didn’t have full knowledge of his emergency authorities, and no one who was “in the know” wanted to brief him. If Trump had been made aware of the full extent of the powers he possessed, the person said, the result would have been catastrophic."
Some Trump loyalists wanted Christina Bobb to have access to the Doomsday Book. The responsible adults said heck no.
We should be grateful to the people who strove to prevent the lunatic from driving the country over a cliff -- instead of reflexively saying "They wouldn't have stuck around if they were decent people."
And we should be alarmed that MAGA apologists believe that the only problem with the Trump administration was that he didn't have completely unbridled power, and that the most important qualification for a public official is absolute loyalty to Trump or whomever they would accept as a replacement.