The New York Times's David Sanger sanewashes Trump's impeachably insane Easter threat against Iran as "unusually vivid"

@aaron.rupar

If you want to see some weapons grade (pun not intended but I will leave it) sane washing this interview on the "moderate" bulwark network had my jaw on the floor.

There is something creepy about the calm, smart and sane (sounding) people talking about US foreign policy as if it isn't outrageous.

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Trump Broke U.S. Foreign Policy—Now What? (w/ Juan Gonzalez) | How to Fix It

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@futurebird @aaron.rupar I honestly think part of this is almost a defense mechanism. These commentators are knee-deep in all the reasons to panic, and they just don't want to be in that mental state, so they imagine that Trump, however much they hate him, knows what he's doing.

@thomasjwebb @aaron.rupar

This kind of inability to recognize a crisis, a violation of the social order, a crime is what has us in this mess.

It's every person who thought "well he won't run again no need to put him in prison that's so extreme and makes me feel bad"

Some of it really felt like "but you know, maybe the trains will run on time soon" to me.

@futurebird @thomasjwebb @aaron.rupar

Not sure I follow. Every person with any power to put him in prison was hammering home win after win to put him quite firmly into prison. It was like clockwork.

@todymotmot @futurebird @thomasjwebb @aaron.rupar

not so, EVERY person w. any power did NOT act to put him in prison, the judge in charge of his criminal case undid all their hard work

he was convicted of 34 counts of criminal fraud BEFORE the election, the judge could have & should have instantly remanded him to jail to await sentencing for his crimes, ending his campaign

there is no world in which a man convicted of multiple counts of fraud should be free to run for high office