Let us also not forget that he once again violated the emoluments clause of the constitution - for years he tried to get his brand name recognized in China, but couldn’t. Then he becomes the President elect and vows to end the one China policy that is extremely important to China. Then the Chinese finally grant him…

My deep concern is that Trump (or at least his team) knows this recursive tendency and exploits it to distract his supporters and casual observers from the real issue — his Russian entanglements. I think his press conference last week, the declaration of War Against the Media, the fights over “voter fraud” and crowd…

Agreed. Otherwise absolutely no teacher or pediatrician would be out of prison. Pedophiles seek out these professions, but the profession doesn’t make you suddenly sexually desire children.

I don’t have a solution but tbh while I don’t see the merits of banning gymnastics I have zero problem with the concept of banning the type of gymnastic training for young girls described in this article.

I don’t remember proposing a solution. I just said this didn’t surprise me.

I disagree with this, you don’t just turn into a pedophile by spending time around kids, that’s not how that works. He probably sought out the job because he’s a pedophile.

Ugh. So kids are both isolated from family and social support and put on a pedestal at a very young age for their amazing physical abilities. They are placed in an aggressively competitive environment where their peers are all vying for top spot. Their coaches have an inordinate amount of power over every aspect of…

I fully admitted that my perception was colored by my discomfort of the way the (usually MUCH older, usually male) coaches interact with their (young, female) charges in public. Butt patting abounds, and it makes me uncomfortable 100% of the time.

There are plenty of men who are fully capable of coaching young girls in extremely positive ways and comparatively very few who will abuse their position, but of course they are the ones that become public examples and so effect a perception bias.

Don’t give him that much credit. The Republicans don’t need Trump’s base whipped up. They are there, by his side, and always going to be there. His incompetence does not matter to them, his nastiness does not matter to them, his ineffectiveness does not matter to them. To the 30-35% of Americans (maybe) who make up…

You get my star but I disagree with your last two paragraphs. This was a total meltdown: the dude is a complete disaster zone and shoots from the hip with little to no planning. His sole drive is to make himself look powerful and to get people to love him. The rally is a way to accomplish that, and yes, perhaps to…

He’s perfectly capable of being nefarious and stupid at the same time.

I really think Pence may be innocent of the Russian shit. Not because he’s patriotic or anything, but just because he really isnt in the inner circle. Trump almost didn’t choose him and feels he was forced on him. You know he doesn’t like how stuck-up he is. (I doubt Pence does locker room “pussygrab” talk.)

There’s important news happening every day (especially since the inauguration). There’d be better topics to cover no matter what day he scheduled his presser, and there will always be people looking into the larger meaning of all of it. Please don’t be one of them. Believe the NYT when he says he was fed up with…

I’m with you — I think there’s an outside shot he declares that he’s “fixed” everything, made America great again, etc. after the mid-terms and decides to retire.

Like when Nixon “resigned”, you won’t have Tricky Dicky to kick around anymore. Am a strong believer in karma. The Donald will do himself in with no one’s help.

i think (hope?) the GOP will realize he’s killing their brand and get impeachment papers going before the midterm elections get into full swing. i’m betting sometime before july 31, 2018.

I’m with you: an external force isn’t going to end this. Rather, his ticker is going to explode or he strokes out. You cannot go at this pace for months, let alone years. He already carries, what, 100 extra pounds? Sad!

Its not some giant conspiracy its just conmanship. GOP congress critters are backing off. He just lost two appointments, one via being fired/resigning (depending on who you believe) and one that withdrew his name. Its a massive ego blow. The cracks in the GOP wall are weakening.

This is meant to rile up the base to…

I think you’re giving him way too much credit here for his intelligence. Sure, his strategy of riling up the base is very valid, but he’s only doing it because it’s his comfort zone. Everything else we have seen and heard from him during his presidency has been utter nonsense and devoid of rational thought and…