Or is he on the verge of becoming unhinged? Did he just make up the whole thing? Did he completely misunderstand something he'd been told? Did he read this on some fringe web site, or some other "alternative fact" media outlet? Was this classified information that he just blurted out recklessly? No one knows what he's referring to, including the Swedish government. And then we got a look into the bizarre reality of his mind when he started talking about the terrible recent events in Sweden. After yet another bad week in which his entanglement with Russia flared into a more serious issue, his badly flawed Labor Secretary nominee had to drop out, his National Security Advisor resigned (and the first choice to replace him basically threw the offer back into Trump's face), and there was that Twilight-Zone worthy press conference, the bewildered President had to stage a rally for his supporters so that he could heal his psychic wounds. I think Senator McCain has it right, and I'm glad he put the fears of a lot of people into words.Īfter about a month in office, Trump's mental constitution appears fragile at best. It could happen here, changing the United states from a democracy to a dictatorship. While it's possible the courts would block any serious changes, the censoring of the press has happened in other countries. Maybe the way some of the leaders Trump seems to admire (Putin, Erdogan) deal with their own opposition journalists is a telling sign. It's easy to see how he and sympathetic Republicans in Congress might begin to chip away at First Amendment rights by changing libel laws.
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What's worst about this is that he seems to be moving in a direction of eventually taking action against a free press. That's the double standard of power, I guess. Isn't it funny how Trump was happy with the press's reporting of the DNC and Clinton leaks before the election, but now that he's in power, leaks are terrible. A properly functioning press is the enemy of those who would abuse the power with which they've been entrusted. It's normal, if not expected, that those in power attack the press. He's now off on his horse about how the press is the enemy of the American people. (Apparently in his mind black reporters can do that with the Congressional Black Caucus because they're all, well, black.) He doesn't seem to be able to listen to questions (case in point, the one involving anti-Semitism) without the voices in his head taking over. The recent lowlights include an other-worldly press conference in which he demonstrates his inability to grasp how many Electoral College votes he got and the fact that reporters aren't a part of government and can't set up meetings. President Trump continues in his attempt to convince the nation that he's in need of psychiatric help. Even though PHD2's polar alignment utility is slick and gives good results, I can see how much easier (and probably better) PoleMaster would make getting a good PA. I would really like to take some very long light frames this year in Nebraska, and this would help. It's definitely on my to-buy list ($300 from OPT). I also got a demonstration of PoleMaster, a hardware/software tandem that makes getting an excellent polar alignment easy, fast, and actually fun (well, compared to drift aligning, anyway). Next time I'm going to use it to tackle the mystery dithering! It's a joy to use, and despite its power it keeps things easy to use. One of the best things of the night was using BackyardEOS for the first time. This wasn't deep enough to get even a hint of the fainter, bluer tail.