I notice John Kelly never showed up on stage despite being summoned by Trump.
Trump surrounding himself with generals...Let's take a look at a couple of these things. These are former military people and Republicans.
The entire Joint Chiefs of Staff condemned Trump's Charlottesville remarks.
Former Senator Gordon Humphrey:
...Trump is "impaired by a seriously sick psyche." (USA Today)
"I really question his ability to be — his fitness to be — in this office.”
“I also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it — maybe he is looking for a way out."
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
These guys' jobs require them to read people: superiors, subordinates, the enemy, foreign leaders. To study and to assess psyches. They hear what Trump says, they see how he acts. They see
"behavior and divisiveness and complete intellectual, moral and ethical void." (Clapper)
They know there is virtually NO check on his use of nuclear weapons:
"In a fit of pique he decides to do something about Kim Jong Un, there's actually very little to stop him. The whole system is built to ensure rapid response if necessary. So there's very little in the way of controls over exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty damn scary."
And they ask themselves,
"How much longer does the country have to...endure this nightmare?"
Are the generals getting ready to act?
-They're thinking about it.
Would they require a check-off before turning over the nuclear football to Trump?
-Yes, and they would have wooly precedent: Kissinger and Haig did it with Nixon.
Would they stage a coup d'etat?
-No.
Would they gather cabinet support to invole the 25th Amendment?
-Yes. And I bet they are.
Would the 25th Amendment work?
-No. If Trump appealed the written assessment of unfitness by his veep and a majority of his Cabinet, then two-thirds of Congress would have to approve removal.
-They're thinking about it.
Would they require a check-off before turning over the nuclear football to Trump?
-Yes, and they would have wooly precedent: Kissinger and Haig did it with Nixon.
Would they stage a coup d'etat?
-No.
Would they gather cabinet support to invole the 25th Amendment?
-Yes. And I bet they are.
Would the 25th Amendment work?
-No. If Trump appealed the written assessment of unfitness by his veep and a majority of his Cabinet, then two-thirds of Congress would have to approve removal.
