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He is worse now because his dementia is worseHe is a "JC" who lived for decades, in an echo chamber filled with yes-men who feed his every delusion. I don't think he has ever had a real look at the world, outside of his bubble. I have told the story before, of the President of Radio Shack, in 88-89 insisting he "knew everything", when store mangers tried to tell him that RS' pricing was wildly uncompetitive. Get used to it. I expect him to be President for life.
Bill Barr, again. Feb 2020, after Trump survived the first impeachment, for trying to extort Ukraine.
A President So Unhinged That Even Bill Barr Says He’s Out of Control
Attorney General William Barr broke with Trump over the President’s public demand that the Justice Department change its recommended prison sentence for Stone, Trump’s friend and adviser, who was convicted of lying to Congress and of other offenses that came out in the Mueller investigation. Barr denied overruling his own prosecutors in response to the President and agreed that Stone’s sentence should be reduced, but then he let loose on Trump, anyway. Trump’s tweets, Barr said, “make it impossible for me to do my job.” What’s more, he added, in a swipe at the President, “I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody.”
In his post-impeachment rage, Trump wanted vengeance, and he wanted us to know it. There was no one inside his Administration to stop him. A month ago, Congress had at least the theoretical power to do something about his overreaching. Today, thanks to the Senate’s very clear vote, it does not. So, although the President himself is unchanged, the context around him is very much altered. In the history of the Trump Presidency, there will be a before impeachment and an after. It’s too late for lessons learned, and it’s most definitely too late for Bill Barr to complain about the President’s tweets. The constraints are gone. The leverage is lost. One ABC News interview with a single Cabinet official is not going to restore it. Trump, unhinged and unleashed, may actually turn out to be everything we feared.newyorker.com - Donald trump a president so unhinged that even bill barr says hes out of controlSteve
