The United States has weathered the storm with incompetent presidents before. No matter what side of the political aisle one stands on, Woodrow Wilson was completely incompetent in his second term with his wife acting as the de facto president though few people acknowledged it at the time and Ronald Reagan was in the early stages of his later announcement of Alzheimer's during much of his tenure in office. We have also endured and persevered through incompetent presidents who either lacked the education or the interest in leading that the office requires. We have even had several presidents who acted as place holders for those who engineered their electoral triumphs in order to take charge of the office.
But despite a reasonable background in American history and a personal interest in how the country has grown, I can't find an example of a mentally ill president before Donald Trump. While his supporters continue to cheer on his acts in the last six weeks, his true self always comes through in the infamous tweets for which there is no filter. That's the real Trump at 3 am. He doesn't even have a wife there to tell him to stop although I doubt he listens to Melania. Even his own minions in the Congress are now backing off from Trump's claims that he was subject to phone "tapp (s)" ordered by Obama. I doubt that means they will begin the process of impeachment, but it does signal an entirely different path going forward.
I normally don't chime in on political subjects, but you are very right. He is so self centered. It is all about him. I honestly don't think his wife really wants to be involved with his actions. He will box himself into a corner and do more questionable things such as this wiretapping and his mental health will be questioned. He is leading the country into civil and international war with his unfortunate Twitter account. I guess pray with all of us the truth comes to light very soon. Chris
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