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A 1000 Cuts -- revisted

Several months ago I wrote that the ending (effective rather than legal) would be the results of a 1,000 cuts; none of the issue serious in themselves, but together they would kill Trump's presidency.  Clearly, Trump is a loud mouth that cannot stay away from Twitter -- to say that his inauguration crowd were larger than that of Obama -- well in fact destroying his first ever news cycle with that (in fact this lasted almost a week), was telling.

What I could not (no one could) predict is that 99% of the cuts were self inflicted!  You may be a racist idiot but you still understand that equating neo-nazi and far right fascist organization with anti-fascist organization is not the same kettle of fish!  Yet, in Trump's mind those who want to exclude people based on ethnicity have the same moral rights that those who preach inclusion.

Even if you are a racist (and there is little doubt now that Trump is just that) as a politician you know what can and cannot be said -- granted that Trump falls outside the usual boundaries, still it shows something else, a complete inability to understand the world outside of his own experience and views -- trump is probably a sociopath.

So here we are 8 months into Trump's mandate as President, and his agenda (whatever that was) is now dead.  He has zero power, and very little support among the political class.  I suspect that the Republicans are craven enough to "forget" the sins of Trump, the same way the were able to forget that 9./11 occurred under Bush (not Clinton or Obama).

You knew the wheels are coming off, when Steve Bannon (now ex-White House employee) made two interviews where he basically said Trump's views were full of shit, that the whole Korea thing was BS and a distraction.  The question now for Trump and his Chief of Staff is how to replace those who will be leaving the ship?  Because that's the next step -- the creation of three "counsels"  finance, manufacturing and arts -- and their "passing" over the past 24 hours says  a lot about the pressure on people to disassociate from Trump and his administration.

Replacing communication direct (3 already in 8 months) will be difficult, but many WH aids will suddenly look for new pasture -- getting away from the craziness; those who remain will be tagged as racist or worse yet idiots who cannot get a gig elsewhere.  Again this could all blow away, but the departure of Bannon is certain that have graver consequences for Trump, because its unlikely that Bannon will stay silent (rumours are that he was the #1 administration leaker!).

Anyway, the 1,000 cuts are destroying Trump's "agenda" now even the Democrats will not want to work with him.  He stands alone, islolated and probably feels that the GOP finally got its man, never ever understanding that he's the main reason that things are not working out

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