All correct, except that last sentence. If we can keep them busy investigating aliens, impossible wiretapping schemes, hooker-assassins etc, the actual real-life shit we're in won't get so deep. Yeah, Russia will probably double its geographic size in the meanwhile, but who cares? Certainly not the republican congress. It's more important to chase down every single right-wing loony fantasy to make sure it's not real.
I agree that they are wasting precious time and resources on stupid shit, and this keeps them from enacting actual policy that would hurt a lot of people. But I really do think we are in deep shit. It's unfortunate, but we liberals are too busy resisting Trump by pushing his racism and misogyny as an issue. I think this is a mistake. Our main issue should be his utter incompetence and governing. This man is a disaster. Look at how the entire white house is in an obvious state of disarray. All of this from very minor setbacks to his goals. Even with the entire congress behind him, in his 6 weeks he has enacted few real policies. Mostly just pulling back legislation to let companies pollute the environment. The State Department has gone dark. Our intelligence services hate him and is not providing all it's findings to the president. The Republicans, in an effort to hold onto power, are overlooking complete incompetence and a very possible Russian intrusion into our governmental processes. With the Donald and his sycophants not divesting themselves financially or providing financial information to the public, corruption seems to be running rampant. Multiple lawsuits are already pending against this administration. The Justice department head has recused himself, but so far we haven't been able to verify this, so justice itself is suspect in this administration. What happens when a real crisis rears it's ugly head?
The leadership of our country will be slow to respond, and most likely blind to the scope and severity of any situation, It will not be acting on reliable information, and is likely to provide a knee jerk reaction resulting in worsening of the the issue. North Korea is acting up and nuclear weapons are on the table here. Russia is getting more brave by the day, sensing how bogged down in a swamp of bullshit we are. Our allies are dumbfounded and confused, unable to trust that our president will keep his word, provide truthful information, or can be trusted with sensitive data. The military itself is in a difficult situation, awaiting orders from a commander and chief that may be against the Geneva conventions, putting them in a situation where for the first time our civilian government may be told "NO" by our military. The sad truth is that our military currently is the voice of reason in this white house right now. We are a clumsy, blind, and stupid giant, waiting to be provoked.
The Republicans cannot control this child in a man's body, despite Priebus literally running from meeting to meeting in the white house in an attempt to find leakers and provide damage control. Bannon can influence him, but also cannot control him, and has a dangerous world view, thinking an all out war between the West and Middle East is inevitable, while simultaneously relishing the dismantling of our government - the very instrument that would control our military and policies during wartime. Some of the most influential people to the president are literally conspiracy website producers, such as Bannon from Breitbart, and Alex Fucking Jones. Unrest at home continues to increase, providing further distractions to this president, as the rich get tax breaks, and the current fight between Republicans itself right now is over repealing and replacing our health care system. The conflict is over the number of those that will be uninsured. Will it be a whole lot, or a shitload? These people are STILL (despite all available evidence over several decades) pushing the zombie economic idea that tax breaks will stimulate the economy. They want to enact the policies of Kansas over the entire country, despite the miserable failure that Kansas has become. Between their disdain for the poor and their lack of any respect for people who aren't white, minorities will be doubly effected by these policies, causing further unrest within our borders and demonstrations, some of which will most likely turn into riots and over reaction by our militarized police forces. How will our justice department react to this with a complete bigot at the helm?
It's butt fucking ugly. It's dangerous, and a lot of people are going to suffer. In my opinion our only hope is to get a competent independent investigator and see what kind of fire is providing the tremendous smoke being put out by this administration regarding Russia. Simply handing everything over to Pence won't solve this problem either. We'll still be stuck with a hopelessly incompetent and ignorant cabinet and government, that will now seek to enact theocratic policies with renewed vigor. The head of this snake needs to be chopped off and soon. All of this in less than TWO MONTHS. Can we even survive waiting for two years to kick these fuck nuts out?
To my mind the most repugnant in all this isn't even Trump. Trump is what he is, and that was obvious even before the election. This will not change. What is the most sleazy are these Republicans. They're literally willing to sit and watch as our country plunges into chaos because they're in power. What happened to America first? It's obviously party, dogma and ideology first, and 90 percent of Republicans are willing to walk lock step off of this cliff. Most of those with any smarts or integrity are gone. Pathetic. I had very little respect for the current Republican party for the last decade, but now? Ugh.
