Some of Obama's foreign policy adventures did great harm to this country. One of the biggest problems with promoting impeachment is that Vice-President Pence is a much smarter, more dangerous potential leader.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:11 AM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Jochen, > > > > I tried a couple of weeks ago to get everybody worried about this and > nobody bit. Briefly, in the first few months Trump discovers that he > cannot do anything domestically because … alas …. of the constitution. He > then promotes riots in the streets followed by the “reluctant” imposition > of martial law. Or, he turns to foreign policy and gets into a lovers spat > with Putin and reaches for the football. > > > > The only comfort I have is that I knew people in 2008 and 2012 who were as > afraid of Obama as I am of Trump, and nothing bad happened. Well, nothing > bad happened because of Obama. > > > > The problem may be that it’s SO scary that we don’t know where to start. > There are demonstrations planned all over the country, locally this week, > and in Washington after the Inauguration. While these may prevent Trump > from doing anything legislatively, it surely does address the existential > crisis that lurks beyond these early frustrations. > > > > According to the Constitution, the present may be declared incompetent by > a majority of his senior administration … Cabinet, mostly I think. But > notice that he has stacked the cabinet with people who are, if anything, > loonier than he is, so I very much doubt that any of them would vote to > remove him. Maddis, perhaps, but that’s about it. > > > > Impeachment is a very real possibility, but it takes a lot of time, and a > crazy President has enormous power to make the country pay for trying. > > > > I have a few pro-Trumpers who reassure me that no rational man would take > the kinds of risks that I fear, that like all bullies he will back down > when he sees that his tantrums aren’t getting anywhere. But what if he’s > not a rational man? What then? > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jochen > Fromm > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2017 11:55 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] Is the new president mentally ill? > > > > I posted this on Google+, since we have a lot of psychologists here you > might be interested too? > > > > Psychologists, therapists and mental health professionals seem to be > fascinated and terrified alike by the new president who has not only become > a brand, but is nothing but a brand: > > 1. he seems to be a textbook case of a narcissistic personality disorder > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/is-donald- > trump-mentally_b_13693174.html > > 2. he was elected although he imitates the behavior of an massive Internet > troll > https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-embodied-mind/ > 201701/unified-theory-trump > > 3. he displays a total lack of honesty and truth-telling > http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ > > All DSM-5 criteria of a narcissistic personality disorder seem to be > fulfilled. Should we be worried? What do you think? He shows a clear need > for instant retaliation if someone criticizes him, which is obviously some > form a narcissistic rage. It is clearly more than a self-serving bias, and > such a deep personality disorder is not harmless at all. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-serving_bias > > The problem is he is in a position where he can pull the strings now, as > the commander in chief of the most powerful army. The US has about 2000 > nuclear weapons on high alert, and there is a soldier with the nuclear > football following the president at all times. What could go wrong? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football > > > > -Jochen > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2
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