UD‘s happy to see Obama saying some of what needs to be said about a president whose inner violence UD fully expects to explode outward at some point in the next week. Or perhaps later in the process. As you know if you read this blog regularly, UD has suggested that Trump may physically attack someone, or hurt himself, as the election winds down.
If, as seems likely, voters deliver a loss for Trump, the Twenty-fifth Amendment comes into … focus, as an essential support to the democratic electoral process … In the event that the President’s mental state leads him to try to circumvent the election result in order to stay in power, having Congress remove him via the Twenty-fifth Amendment as “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” would be as legitimate a function of constitutional democracy as can be imagined…
John Gartner, the Duty to Warn psychologist, told me that, if Trump loses the election, the period between November 3rd and Inauguration Day, on January 20th, is likely to be “the most dangerous moment” in his Presidency. “What does a malignant narcissistic person do when they’re enraged?” Gartner said. “They want to act out in an aggressive and sadistic way, to regain their sense of power.” He compared the voting public to “the abused spouse” who finally says to the abuser, “We’re going to leave you. We’re kicking you out of the house. Come January, we’re packing your bags. Well, what does he do then?” During that transition, it might be most important to have the Twenty-fifth Amendment at the ready.
In any case, why does Obama keep his extremely apt description of Trump private? Why should we hear secondhand that he is beneath contempt? Put it in your next speech, please.