I’ve said before that when I can force myself to watch cable “news” I watch MSNBC. Some of it is hard to stomach – they allow individual 1 to manipulate them – but there are a few people who I like to watch – starting with Nicole Wallace (surprisingly, the former communications director for GW Bush), Chris Hayes (I believe formerly of “The Nation”), Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O’Donnell (who is likely my favorite). Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd often cause my stomach to rumble. Even on MSNBC I’m forced to stomach, speaking of it rumbling, way more of individual 1 than I believe I should have to in search of the “news.”

MSNBC did this same thing back in 2016 where they seemed to get mesmerized by individual 1 and gave him a HUGE amount of free advertising. It appears they’re going to do the same thing again. One of the people on MSNBC was explaining why people like Beto O’Rourke don’t seem to get coverage is because, “individual 1 (she used his actual name, I struggle to do so) sucks up all the oxygen in the room.” Well, while I agree that she’s correct, I believe it’s because the executives in charge of the outlet who are demanding the camera’s stay focused on our so-called president because that’s where they’re making a HUGE monetary haul. Personally, I’d much rather listen to what O’Rourke has to say and I believe it’s more important to our nation.

There are a bunch of democratic “hopefuls” who – for some reason – don’t get anywhere near the “air time” individual 1 got back in 2016. In fact, some of them don’t seem to get any air time. Apparently, MSNBC’s top executives (isn’t Chuck Todd in charge of politics?) are attempting to do the “weeding out” of the “lower tier” candidates for the voters. Many democratic leaning voters still don’t know much about many of the candidates. Personally, I hope the democratic base chooses a younger candidate – like O’Rourke, Harris, Bennett, Bullock, Booker, or someone else in their 40’s or 50’s. I believe ANY of these people would beat individual 1 HANDILY. if the economy tanks as it seems to be “teetering,” individual 1 might as well “throw in the towel” – in fact, I’ve written previously that if the economy tanks I believe republicans will abandon individual 1 and his white nationalist base.

In the meantime he’ll continue to dominate the news cycles, because that’s what he does – create crisis after crisis that cause the cable “news” outlets to focus their airtime on the next “norm” busted by our so-called president. A few nights ago MSNBC, in the small amount of time I watched, showed MORE absurd LIES individual 1 arrogantly threw at his doting audience at another “rally” – this one in New Hampshire. I watched for a moment or two and my first thought was why don’t the commentators call out the LIES in real time. For example, individual 1 isn’t in charge of the greatest economy in the history of this nation. (He didn’t even create the foundation of the present long term economic recovery) There undoubtedly WASN’T 17 THOUSAND people waiting outside the venue to get in – because pictures showed there were MANY empty seats INSIDE the venue WHILE he was speaking. He’s NOT bringing back industrial jobs to the heartland. And, I could go on………….. The list of LIES now is measured in the ten’s of thousands!

Robert Mueller wrote a LONG report in two volumes – the first volume focused on the COLLUSION (yes, COLLUSION) individual 1 and his campaign perpetrated to “win” (with less votes, by about 3 MILLION, than Ms. Clinton) the 2016 election – and, our “liberal media” COULD be “educating” the public on what is ACTUALLY in that volume of the report. They (our media) could, as Mueller did in Volume 2, explain why OBSTRUCTION of Justice is such a serious CRIME – to “we the people” because MOST Americans haven’t read either volume – and they could give the details – as Mueller did in painstaking fashion – how individual 1 credibly VIOLATED the LAW in at least 5 and maybe 10 cases of OBSTRUCTION of Justice. These are just a few examples off the top of my head on what our “liberal media” COULD do which would be aimed at helping “we the people” to understand the TRUTH about what individual 1 is doing to this nation.

And, as I’ve said many times, the DAMAGE could be monumental and lasting for at least a generation – because the rest of the world – save for Russia – is not going to give “we the people” a “pass” on the DAMAGE caused by our so-called president. This is because, economically, this DAMAGE could be international and severe. Lately there’s been increasing talk about RECESSION and, what many Americans don’t understand is, individual 1 could be causing a WORLD WIDE recession via his irrational policies, led by the issue of tariffs. He, himself, appears now to understand what lies just “beyond the horizon” but, as I’ve predicted since day 1, he has no clue how to deal with it.

For example, he will NEVER admit to a mistake – it’s not in his “DNA.” So, instead of admitting the tariffs levied on China, for example, if they cause a “slowdown” in China’s economy very likely WON’T be the “win” he’s talked about in his “trade war” which he said “is easy to win.” As various markets around the world inch toward RECESSION the idea the United States is immune, to me – and, as I’ve admitted many times here, I’m no economist – is absurd. He’s now blaming the Fed chair of “raising rates too quickly” and he’s attempting to BULLY the Fed into dropping rates by 100 basis points (1%). If the economy goes “South” I can picture individual 1’s solution being like the “dog chasing its tail.” But, this is no laughing matter, because just as President Obama helped prevent the previous republican “Great Recession” from becoming a “Great Depression,” it appears to me, individual 1’s incompetence could lead the world into the next “Great Depression.” (Trust me, I hope I’m wrong)

The good news is that President Obama handed off a very strong economic “ship of state” to individual 1 with very healthy “fundamentals.” That COULD cause any recession to be somewhat less severe, but keep in mind our present administration has ALREADY (in less than two years of them being “in charge”) pushed the annual deficit over $1 TRILLION with “no end in sight.” To me, that’s dangerous and VERY disappointing. I’ve pointed out many times here, while President Obama didn’t get the deficit down to ZERO, under his “watch” the deficit was cut by over 70% – from the $1.5 TRILLION per year he inherited from Bush/Cheney to around $400 BILLION when he left office. It didn’t take individual 1 long to push it back OVER the TRILLION amount – which, to me, was UNTHINKABLE just a few short years ago (until Bush/Cheney). What this indicates to me is this shines a light on his (and his republican sycophant’s) economic incompetence. (We’ve seen it over and over since the days of Reagan)

Many besides myself have pointed out how individual 1 squandered HUNDREDS of Millions of dollars bequeathed to him by his father – he was originally bailed out of his incompetence by “daddy,” and then, later on, by Russians connected to the Russian Mafiya. His casinos were FINED for allowing Russians to LAUNDER their money in the Casino and there have been other credible reports of him working with Russians to LAUNDER their money in Real Estate transactions. (And, we’re not talking about putting Russian rubles through his “magic” washing machine coming out in dollars on the other side.) My point is the only thing he has experience with is taking an inheritance (in this case Obama’s STRONG economic “ship of state”) and squandering it! (Like he did with his father’s money)

Not only is individual 1 threatening the U.S. AND world economies with his erratic behavior, as I’ve doggedly predicted. He’s DAMAGING America in ways most of us have no idea of what his underlings are doing to our traditional institutions and he’s DAMAGING America’s standing in the world in a way which will be incredibly difficult to reverse. The sad reality is that “we the people” – with the help of the Russians and a poorly thought out decision by the FBI and James Comey – “elected” individual 1 as our so-called president. No matter how we rationalize how he got into this position, people in the countries of our traditional allies have to be thinking, “If it happened with individual 1 it COULD happen again. This despite the likelihood individual 1 will be voted out of office in 2020.

While people like me have been lamenting for quite some time the hesitancy of the democrats to act in ways which are obvious in regard to impeachment. In regard to the aforementioned issues with the “DAMAGE” being caused here and potentially ABROAD, along with the devastating Mueller report, the lack of will to proceed aggressively on impeachment very understandably would be leaving questions in the minds of European leaders as to how reliable is the United States? And, the answer to that, likely, is NOT very reliable.

Clearly, the republican party has become, essentially, SILENT. No matter what individual 1 does or says is NEVER challenged by the republican leaders in the House and Senate. There are republicans who are beginning to speak out – but, they’re the ones who are on the “outside” looking in – from the standpoint of who can make a real difference. At the outset of his “administration” I predicted republicans would be quick to abandon him once they saw the DAMAGE he’s inflicting on OUR nation. However, they’ve been silent. And, the certainty republicans won’t back an impeachment has caused Nancy Pelosi to do what she did back in the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld TORTURE issue which is NO impeachment unless republicans agree. To the Europeans I’m sure this doesn’t look good at all.

Final Thought: As time gets closer to the 2020 election it is becoming clearer democrats are, just like individual 1, “running out the clock” – meaning, letting the election be the impeachment inquiry. Here’s an interesting thought. If the economy tanks – and as it becomes more clear individual 1 is doing NOTHING in regard to “running the government” while international issues continue to mount – what if it’s the republicans who decide they want impeachment? What if republicans decide this is the only way for THEM to get rid of individual 1? What if they decide their own future would be better with Mike Pense (or John Kasich, or someone else) at the top of their ticket and, therefore, they favor impeachment? Would even that cause democrats to act? The world is watching!!!!!