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However, his current supporters are comprised of two groups: 1) fucking assholes and 2) fucking idiots. And there's obviously some overlap.

I'm pretty sure that Venn Diagram is just a circle

No, sadly. I know a couple of Trump supporters well. Neither of them are stupid, they're just selfish, greedy fucks who don't seem to mind casual racism or sexual assault.

The fact that they are adults and don't see that this makes them infinitely abhorrent human beings = totally fucking stupid.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

They won't ask him to resign, they already know the answer.

^ this.

I think a lot depends on whether Ivanka speaks out about what happened when she was a child.

Is that based on anything? It's quite an insinuation ... or a weird 'joke'?

the man has a demonstrably unhealthy relationship with his daughter.

I have a demonstrably unhealthy relationship with salt & vinegar kettle chips.

..... it doesn't mean I sexually abuse my lunch.

good to know. have you ever said on camera that you'd like to date your daughter?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-creepiest-most-unsettling-comments-a-roundup-a7353876.html

I read that on publication. It just sounds like the weird old man he is, fucking with the press as he does. No peado.

I don't think it would be all that suprising; the man is king of the narcissists, everyone is below him. it would make a sick kind of sense that he had an sexual obsession with his own offspring.

That article doesn't mention that after Nixon got rid of the special counsel, attorney general and deputy and it was promptly ruled illegal, it took 9 months and a 'smoking gun' tape for impeachment and Nixon resigning.

To save anyone looking it up on Wikpedia like I did, Nixon asked the AG, then the DAG to fire the special counsel, both resigned in protest. The head of Justice Dept acting as AG then carried out the order.

Oh and of course Nixon was promptly pardoned.

Point is, the Republicans weren’t sitting around staring at the floor. Do you expect, if Trump followed the same path in firing Mueller, that the Current day Republicans would stop him, or that there would be consequences that ended in impeachment?

The position of her right hand.

The position of her left hand

That was really meant only as a depressing observation of how long it took even in the Nixon case, which surprised me when I read it. I suppose a key point was that Nixon was ultimately rational, public as well as political opinion was overwhelming, and he was persuaded to backtrack and appoint a replacement special counsel. We don't know what would have happened if not.

An orange dressed as the man from Del Monte. How very meta.

Impeachment means basically nothing. The real end would be to convict him of charges and then remove him from office (or hope that he resigns, as was the case with Nixon).

This might happen, but only if Trump is elected for a second term.

I don't think he can face charges in office. I think indictment is issued (openly or secretly - which is itself nice leverage) then charges are faced once out of office.

The Reps will be only too quick to ditch him as soon as the right time comes. He's not one of their guys and now he's trashing their reputation and tearing them to bits. They force him out and they can bring in a 'proper' Washington Republican in Pence, with someone a bit less extreme as Veep. Trump won them an election they would never have won otherwise, but he's outlived his usefulness.

Pence would be scary shit

Pence, to me, looks like the type that hides their nastiness behind the Bible. Deploy special religion shield!

He’s definitely a case of thou doth protest too much...

Robert Mercer the billionaire Republican + Trump mega donor, Breitbart and Cambridge Analytica investor, has announced resignation from hedge fund, sales of those assets and withdrawing support from Bannon and Milo.

Nothing to see here. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/robert-mercer-quits-hedge-fund-sells-breitbart-stake.html