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Trump’s authoritarian instincts have been checked by his incompetence. November 6, 2017 7:02 pm BuckGalaxy

This is a frightening article. America’s only hope for optimism is based on Trump’s utter lack of the intellectual and emotional capacity to be president. Such a horrible statement about us as a nation.

America’s pathetic autocrat.

Trump’s instincts remain chilling. Ten months in the job have not eased his yearning to wield the autocrat’s iron authority; instead, they have magnified his frustration, his sense of persecution. That’s the bad news. The good news, such as it is, is that Trump’s 10 months on the job have revealed that he lacks the focus, the persistence, the strategic sense, to become the strongman he dreams of being. We have elected an authoritarian, but an apparently incompetent one. That is the bit of luck on which we are gambling our political system.

  • That's a mistake the GOP won't make a second time. by hank 2017-11-06 19:08:14

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