I’m not sure how long they worked together on America’s Got Talent but I’m guessing Howard likely saw/heard/suspected that it was far from a healthy situation.

The mom-daughter legal team taking on Trump and his wonderful buddies at Fox may have something to do with this sudden seemingly random lashing out...mere days after his pandering comments about Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Sade obsession too? His Aaliyah back tat and obsession (that would otherwise be stalkerish!) doesn’t seem like a tribute, it’s almost a disrespectful abuse of an artist who died tragically, linking himself to her...

Yes, Kushner’s arrogance is way past confidence and similar to Trump’s “I am the only one”. I actually know a woman with that kind of delusional arrogance whose career is really a complete con.

YES he does. Ivanka married her father basically. Fairly common when your male role model is a con...you are blind to it.

The ex allegedly cheated on him.

The dead weight phenomenon! I swear it’s an old instinct to protect from predators “nope, this one’s too heavy to carry, I’ll just find something else to eat”. When they want to be picked up they can be light as a feather.

The fact that Trump thinks these weird rallies will keep people’s attention span for 4 or 8 years is cause for concern.

The Times got it right, no mixed metaphor. This article has it right as “lapdog” in the initial overview but in the Thursday summary it’s laptop.

Hm, seeing the discipline as a positive is an interesting way to look at it that I hadn’t considered. I saw narrow focus, relentless pursuit, and aside from the wealth an otherwise empty life - he had riches, but not richness where it mattered/human connection, and all that he hadn’t appreciated in his former life…

I’d rest easy and continue to enjoy Hamill. That woman is apparently known by several aliases and was previously charged with filing a false police report as a hoax to win back an ex. Wtf  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/26/missing.baby.hoax/

I totally buy that Angelina is a mom and happy in that role. I don’t get that feeling from him. I think it was a role he played, a jacket he wore, for a time. And posturing that he wants custody is part of that image - which is not fair for the kids. Just leave them with the parent who relishes being a caregiver.

YES. This is totally the impression I get - like dressing in black & being with Angelina made him “deep”...his hip hairstyle & Gwyneth made him alt-cool, time with Jen was his tanned golden-boy star period. and just hanging with Juliette, period, made him counter-culture. I don’t get the feeling there’s any there,…

I actually think he may not realize how twitter & the internets work by leaving records - I mean, he has staff print out online news for him to read, so....

In addition to the co-dependent relationship, there’s also the narcissistic tendencies & related drama, tantrums and abuse. None of that is healthy for her or her children.  

McCain is the only one who has maintained that commonsense point - ‘tell us why you believe this, and then we’ll investigate’. That is how normal things work in the normal world, general evidence that a crime occurred prompts an investigation. I cannot believe how little traction that aspect has had.

In old photos he has the same pale complexion of his younger son...really pale, just like that hand. It’s interesting to wonder at what point after the age of 40 a male decides he does not like his skin color... There are so many aspects to self-hatred in this one - sometimes karma is along for the ride the entire…

And even then some bleeding-hearts will ignore the dementia/alcohol connection, feeling he deserves the compassion we extend to those non-POS afflicted with dementia/Alzheimer’s. ‘Confabulation’ - the production of fabricated memories by those with alcohol-related dementia- is disturbing enough, I can’t imagine what…

It’s not just an attitude, I’ve seen quotes of almost those exact words from Bannon - there is no doubt this is what’s going on. It’s chilling and I don’t know how the GOP can continue to merrily turn a blind eye.

Oh I know the snl skit pre-dates that photo by several years - but that vibe is so strong with that look on Brokaw’s face!