Blogus Interruptus

I'm breaking into the daily flow of Vox Populi to ask you to watch the video below. I don't do this lightly; the clip is from the CNN program "Unfiltered," and it discloses some unusually troubling aspects of Donald Trump's behavior. Even if you've seen it elsewhere, please watch it again.

This isn't just another Trump-bashing tape. It includes a succinct and cogent discussion of how Trump controls his followers and the moral and ethical trap that many of them find themselves in as a result. 

Earlier this month Trump was sent into a rampage by seeing an ad critical of his policies run by the Lincoln Project, a conservative Republican PAC that opposes his re-election.

In response he tweeted a broadside of insults and ad hominem attacks at Lincoln Project leaders. The words he uses are neither shocking nor unexpected, just his predictable limited monosyllabic vocabulary in full flow. What is troubling is the tone: sixth-grade bullyspeak. It is incoherent, rambling, and disconnected.

This is the man who is charged with preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution. One must ask if this rambling jibberjabber is all he can do to defend himself, how can he possibly stand up for the Constitution? If he can't muster words will he turn to weapons?

If the Twitter texts are not legible on your monitor, I have provided links to transcripts at the end of this post. The clip is about 11 minutes long. Sorry for the ad at the beginning.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/05/06/lincoln-project-trump-coronavirus-ad-se-cupp-intvu-vpx.cnn

If after viewing the video you have concerns about the stability of the president and/or his ability to conduct the affairs of his office, I urge you to contact your congressional representatives and share those concerns. Here are links to their contact information:

https://www.house.gov/

https://www.senate.gov/


--- Richard Brown, 5/11/20


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