The Atlantic

“Presidents often lose control over their agenda, or the policy process, or pieces of legislation. Sometimes, they even lose control of their party. But Donald Trump seems to have lost control over the one thing every person, and especially those with immense power, should always maintain control over: himself,” Tom Nichols argues. theatln.tc/mXs9ekBj

On Thursday ”the president called for the arrest and execution of elected American officials for the crime—as he sees it—of fidelity to the Constitution,” Nichols continues. The outbursts “were likely triggered by Trump’s panic over the release of files about his former friend, the dead sex offender Jeffery Epstein.”

“No one should treat this new phase in the president’s aggression against democracy as just another episode in the Trump reality show,” Nichols argues.

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@TSUNAMI-MAMI

Has he ever had control of himself???

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@Mobuto25

With no adult supervision, Congress relinquishing their authority and the Supreme Court acting as a rubber stamp to his worse instincts, this is not going get any better until he is gone.

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@sheribee831

Trump is a hollow man incapable of empathy or integrity. The fact that the American system has not been able to keep this monster from tearing down democracy in the USA will be the undoing of America.

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@IsothermeMusic

Losing? He is the picture of erratic disposition.

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@posterestantejames

Losing control? That's impossible because the presupposition is that he had self control in the first place.

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@TatersUnited

Nothing he did this week seemed out of the ordinary to me. These are the exact kinds of outbursts he’s been having for the past 10 years. No one will ever hold him accountable. All we can do it cross our fingers that the 2026 and 2028 elections are fair and we can get literally anyone else in power.

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@denniss9718

Trump is a lunatic grifter.

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@Uncommonsenses

The man is a firehouse of chaos, I hardly see how a change of a few PSI of chaos coming out of the hose constitutes news.

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@lynwill9946

He never had control. I knew it would be temporary. They’re all imploding. Racism is costly to this country. The people that supported Trump and wanted to harm “others” are only harming themselves. They can’t blame it on minorities. They’re burning down the countries themselves and their own people within it.

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@billbarany3664

A cornered wannabe dictator is very dangerous. Let’s encourage his self destruction and suggest his crony oligarchs join his dying cause with all the money they have. Recall, remove from office, impeach and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

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@NP-ui3tr

Fantastic piece, Mr Nichols I’m going to read it again now

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@JimGahar

He's gone nuts, and is dragging his whole trailer park along.

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@marieiscanadian

What agenda? At best, Trump only reacts when confronted and the answer is always coming in two weeks. I'm still waiting for his agenda for Covid ... last I heard he had a "concept of a plan".

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@JosephDunleavy

This mental patient needs to be committed. Unfortunately Ronald Reagan and the republican party closed all the institutions and defunded mental health in this country.

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@TEPO--

25th AMENDMENT.

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@robynp79

He was spitting tonsil stones a week ago..i didn't even know what that was! Trump is so gross!!!

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@caliguy1260

Trump’s dementia is getting worse.

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@sonidosonpachuco

I THINK MR. TRUMP HAS AULTIMERS. HIS MEMORY HAS AFFECTED HIS JOB AS OUR PRESIDENT. I ACTUALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. HE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ASAP OR WE ALL R IN SO MUCH tTROUBLE . 😢

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@deepashtray5605

When did he ever have self control? Serious question.

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@heybamanba1

When I see that golden eagle perched behind the Orange Menace, I’m reminded that eagles are garbage eaters.

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