I had breakfast recently with a friend who's a former Republican member of Congress. Here's what he said:
Him: Trump is no Republican. He’s just a big fat ego. Me: Then why didn’t you speak out against him during the campaign?
Him: You kidding? I was surrounded by Trump voters. I’d have been shot.
Me: So what now? What are your former Republican colleagues going to do?
Him (smirking): They’ll play along for a while.
Me: A while?
Him: They’ll get as much as they want – tax cuts galore, deregulation, military buildup, slash all those poverty programs, and then get to work on Social Security and Medicare – and blame him. And he’s such a fool he’ll want to take credit for everything.
Me: And then what?
Him (laughing): They like Pence.
Me: What do you mean?
Him: Pence is their guy. They all think Trump is out of his mind.
Me: So what?
Him: So the moment Trump does something really dumb – steps over the line – violates the law in a big stupid clumsy way … and you know he will ...
Me: They impeach him?
Him: You bet. They pull the trigger.
Warnos44 ago
love the name, op. The ultimate question is whether or not Trump is as dumb as so many like to say he is. I've seen enough to believe that he's not, but there's nothing like first-hand knowledge as opposed to reading from such great distances the going ons of the elite and political powers right.
pitenius ago
If Reich had a shred of a brain, he wouldn't have revealed the strategy. If this is true... People say a lot of shit. Someone could have said it, sure, but Reich didn't name a name, which makes it sound like wishful thinking. (If Pence was "their guy", where was he in the primaries?)
Letting "the fool" take credit for "tax cuts, deregulation, military buildup, slashed poverty programs, Social Security and Medicare"? It smells like 1938 -- "Let Hitler build his stupid Autobahn! No one will use it." This agenda could create an unstoppable monster, but, then again, the way these fucktards handled Trump in the primaries might suggest that this is the case.
Will Trump get impeached? Who knows? The ball's in his court and he's been put on notice.