It chills me each day that even after the Capitol Hill breach, the Republican party is still unwilling to break ties with this all-about-himself ex-President. There is a sense that this chapter of history is not over yet. The lessons to learn are not yet addressed.
A thoughtful, wise and well-written comment. No, it is not over yet. A significant portion of the American people want to serve a dictator, thinking that they will carry on with their lives in normal fashion while the dictator purges their enemies.
we could've picked just about anyone off the street and that person would've been more conscientious than trump. that person would've at least revered the office. that person would've made themselves a better person, understanding the vast power of the office.
Like a heroin addict, he has become addicted to being relevant. I remember that he's nice Mary talked about this and she forewarned us months before the election that if he lost, He would not Take it well and that he would not accept the results! Further, she informed that it would get exponentially worse... And here we are!
I'm Irish. Enda Kenny is considered the least intelligent Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Ireland has had in approx 100 years. Kenny is an intellectual titan compared to Trump. I remember Mary Trump's warnings about her uncle after November's election. I also remember Trump's sister Maryanne speaking candidly about Donald with Mary. I also remember the mixture of mockery and contempt that many prime ministers (Canada, Australia, etc.) and European leaders discussed Trump with. It's one of the world's least closely guarded secrets as to Trump's limitations and defects. The man was unfit for office and should never have been elected in the 2016 electon (let alone get so many votes last year). The American public have to take a good deal of blame.
Yeah!!..correct...remember BILL MAHER had this idea about a year ago....and Michael Moore also was afraid something could happen...and this can happen again...INCREDIBLW
Trump was desperate to keep the shield of the "presidency" to keep his crimes cloaked. Now they will all be disclosed. The fact Barrack was arrested is a clear indicator Trump's indictment is imminent. Expect the worst behavior imaginable to be exposed. The shame of this demon being in the Oval Office will reverberate for generations to come.
Honestly… I thought thenGOP chose him for popularity reason not for political knowledge and others would run the country for him. Boy was I wrong! 4 years of anxiety and I am not even American! Sad.
There are giant "Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Trump" signs plastered on neighbor vacation houses on my street in July in 2021. Last year they flew F**k Your Feelings Trump flags. I am buying both Stable Genius and I Alone, and when I'm done reading them I will discreetly mail them to these neighbors. It's the best way I can think of to exercise my passive aggressive pledge to fight division when we are indivisible.
I know it's none of my business, but I have a feeling that people like that won't read them. Those signs are so offensive, I have a neighbor who did that. I wish that he would have been jailed with his thugs for January 6th. ♥️♥️🇱🇷
@@derrytaylor7417 was he at the capital the 6th or u just wish he had been so he could have been arrested? If he was he may still be arrested at some point.
Well said. Trump has never expressed one word of sympathy for any of the families of the five people killed on Jan 6, nor for the over 100 police officers seriously injured that day. How callous of him.
I'm calling his bluff. he wont. all about the grift. in 4 yrs, he will have milked his cult base for every penny, and will be living comfortably.... hopefully in jail
@@chellefell1331 , I'm sure you are right about the Grift. I'm just tired of the threat of him running again. I don't even want to imagine that fiasco.
The man was an evil prophet of himself. He was all he said he'd end in his inaugural address. I'm almost tempted to call him that thing I think he is. The backlash would be brutal. Let's just say there's a very special place for him somewhere.
I know exactly what you were implying and you are absolutely correct! He is that evil thing, he does have that special place and we all know where that is.
Excellent interview...The story of disgraceful and despicable Don the Con. It says as much about Don the Con, as it says about the despicable characters supporting him.
Classic trait of narcissism. Deflection. (Edit) or Projection. Like how you know a spouse is cheating when they accuse you of it without a shred of evidence.
*Because the mind is a mirror reflecting what is within one's own mind. And he's too intellectually bankrupt and ignorant to know such, and/or navigate through the minefield of his own toxic mind!*
@@Genjo_N_Mojave, that makes a lot of sense. It's almost like a baser instinct, and since he sees no need to self-correct, this is what we have to suffer through.
Got both books 📚. Their titles are smart and revealing. After I finish my current project these are two of the books that are a must read. They are two of the best reporters that I trust. There lies Integrity!🍷📚📚
I think the problem is that voters who only watch Fox News, never actually hear what really happened. I think these stories need to get more widespread publicity on social media.
I pre-ordered the book, I Alone Can Fix It, yesterday. This is a discussion of what Trump showed of himself to his closest aides and members of his administration. In the end, only the neediest men remained loyal to Trump. It seems to me that Trump only feels a certain zest for his life when he has captured one’s entire attention and speaks of his grievances, as completely truthful, and with great passion and excitement. He appears to be a sick twist.
Gee, can you say Malignant Narcissist? Why are you surprised? By any of it? Of any of the people involved? You guys are still all too nice, too pleasant. You all seem to be part of the problem that is Donald Trump....
I wish the Dems came out with ads as hard-hitting as those from Steve Schmidt & other ex-Repubs. Meet fire-w/-fire, not aww, you're not telling the truth.
I have to agree. What was really telling to me was last week when the authors were on Morning Joe, they said that trump was happy to meet with them so he could get his story out. Happy to see Carol and Phillip picking up the slack from the Twitter ban. 😒
@@txnmia8613 Yes, exactly. Here are two Pulitzer prizewinning reporters who meet with their completely veracity-free, self-serving subject on his turf, under his framing so that he can tell them his "side" of the story that they already know is a lie in order to give their book some faux authenticity and stamp of "fairness". We already know Trump's "side" thru his action and lies. It the worst kind of complicit bullshit from journalists. If you read the book and listen to their interviews they gave almost no push-back to Trump about his lies. Listen for yourself. Why??? They are afraid that they might lose "access". First, that manipulation is SOP for all powerful people. History shows you don't need "access" to do factual, accurate reportage about Trump or any other "insider".
@AwakeAmericanow. As Ed McMahon would have said "You are correct, sir!" Or mam....That's basically the thesis of Thomas Frank's "Listen, Liberal!": That the DNC's practices and policies since the 1970s, successive GOP and Democratic regimes and, finally, Obama and his administration basically set the table for Trump's emergence in 2016. Frankly, I don't even think that this is controversial....
For the preparation of their book, Don The Con grave a really crazy audio interview with both Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker. He is totally delusional with all his lies.
Great interview. What gets in is the entire trump cabinet knew what a danger this clown was and stood by silent. Esper and Miley had every opportunity to get trump out of office and failed.
Hey, any trump fans out there? Write a book now! what is the ONE BOOK have you written? There are so many anti trump books now, THE ONLY BOOK you'll write may buy you a free lunch from your idol.
The title of the Rump supporters book would be named, "Trump lies and we love it!: I believe they love his showtime ratings of being an idiot and they think it's supposed to be cool.
They had to talk to over 140 people to come to the obvious conclusion that all Trump cares about is himself? REALLY? I could've saved them a ton of time and energy on that one.
To have a ridiculous; truly mentally and emotionally sick person like Dastard Donald as the president, was beyond a nightmare - the effects continue. The disturbing situations which remain are the admiration; devotion and confounding loyalty to such a dangerous lunatic of a man. It's madness. This must stop. The gaping wounds need fixing; and lots of time of peace and sanity to heal.
Congratulations for the excellent interview made to Carol Leonning and Philip Rucker regarding their new book, Î Alone Can Fix It^, about Donald Trump`s Catastrophic final year 2020, and the dangerous he was putting to The United Stares.
@Robby I know there’s a lot more people willing to stage a coup than I thought. I’m not underestimating the power of stupid people in large numbers anymore.
Excellent discussion I doubt He'll run again cos even though he wants to in the depths of his evil heart he knows He'll lose, and his ego 😉 can't handle it trumps a narcissist.
@@uglyewok6715 I hope you do know the whole book was a recorded interview with orange man...All his words were recorded for this book and the idiot agreed to it. So please button it up because it's making you sound just as weak and stupid as Rump.
I feel sorry for these people immersing themselves in the tawdry, boring subject of Trump. But they get to call him "The President" (present tense) a lot, which hurts the country far more than their predictable "analysis" helps it.
Agree...He should be called Don the Con....or just call him Trump. The very act of using the word 'president' in the same sentence with Don the Con, is an insult to America.
Not to the Americans that voted for him. They all get the title regardless of their actions in office. The dignity of the office remains despite the recipient of its rituals falling on one so morally vacant.
@Ride Nelson He absolutely did. He didn't win the popular vote in 2016 either. He was never widely popular (fancy that, people generally dislike people who smear them in an attempt to whip up their base) Thinking Trump won because he is popular among Republicans is akin to thinking everybody loves school pizza because it is popular at your high school. If you broadened your friend group even a little, you would realize that so many people hate this guy, not just people on the left, but anyone with moderation or morals.
@@rachelk4805 dems smear the Republicans and their voters all the time, for years now. Biden is a million times worse than Trump. Way more racist, sexist, currupt, selfish, and stupid than Trump could ever be . You ain't black, Rachel
@John Roberts the right talks about Hunter because they can and cause you currupt leftists won't. But he definitely isn't on right wing media headlines every couple stories they do, like Trump is with the left.
Their mothers should have thrown the 2 "YOU ARE WRONG/NO YOU ARE WRONG" commentors into their bedrooms as children. Obviously, they are reliving their childhood.😜👶👶
It chills me each day that even after the Capitol Hill breach, the Republican party is still unwilling to break ties with this all-about-himself ex-President. There is a sense that this chapter of history is not over yet. The lessons to learn are not yet addressed.
A thoughtful, wise and well-written comment. No, it is not over yet. A significant portion of the American people want to serve a dictator, thinking that they will carry on with their lives in normal fashion while the dictator purges their enemies.
Trump keeps telling them that HE LOVES THEM VERY MUCH and before that nobody ever uttered such sweet nothings to them, perhaps?
There is no accountability, and I feel that’s the point
@@ilianamarisolromero7816 That is true and is one of the main points.
we could've picked just about anyone off the street and that person would've been more conscientious than trump. that person would've at least revered the office. that person would've made themselves a better person, understanding the vast power of the office.
As criminal & horrific as I thought it was, being able to peek behind the White House curtains revealed it was much worse than I thought.
Yet people still want Trump as their president. Why?
Like a heroin addict, he has become addicted to being relevant. I remember that he's nice Mary talked about this and she forewarned us months before the election that if he lost, He would not Take it well and that he would not accept the results! Further, she informed that it would get exponentially worse... And here we are!
Sounds like every demoRAT I hear on TV
I'm Irish. Enda Kenny is considered the least intelligent Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Ireland has had in approx 100 years. Kenny is an intellectual titan compared to Trump. I remember Mary Trump's warnings about her uncle after November's election. I also remember Trump's sister Maryanne speaking candidly about Donald with Mary. I also remember the mixture of mockery and contempt that many prime ministers (Canada, Australia, etc.) and European leaders discussed Trump with. It's one of the world's least closely guarded secrets as to Trump's limitations and defects. The man was unfit for office and should never have been elected in the 2016 electon (let alone get so many votes last year). The American public have to take a good deal of blame.
@@uglyewok6715 do you HATE the OP?
Yeah!!..correct...remember BILL MAHER had this idea about a year ago....and Michael Moore also was afraid something could happen...and this can happen again...INCREDIBLW
The Capitol was being attacked and the mad ORANGE king was gleefully watching HIS insurrection on TV. OMG how EVIL.
I’m reading this book and it is fabulous! These two did their homework!!
Thank you for your hard work on this. It confirmed what I thought was happening at the time.
Rucker: "...it just speaks to trump's determination..."
That was his desperation, not determination.
He’s determined to be desperate!
Seriously though it can be both ofc
Trump was desperate to keep the shield of the "presidency" to keep his crimes cloaked. Now they will all be disclosed. The fact Barrack was arrested is a clear indicator Trump's indictment is imminent. Expect the worst behavior imaginable to be exposed. The shame of this demon being in the Oval Office will reverberate for generations to come.
“A lack of intellectual curiosity”….that’s putting it mildly😆
half of this wouldnt have been possible if there were term limits in Congress.
A large minority of Americans elected him. What does it say about us?
Try majority.. were number in the MILLIONS… now go cry
Stupid is as Stupid does!
Honestly… I thought thenGOP chose him for popularity reason not for political knowledge and others would run the country for him. Boy was I wrong! 4 years of anxiety and I am not even American! Sad.
There are giant "Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Trump" signs plastered on neighbor vacation houses on my street in July in 2021. Last year they flew F**k Your Feelings Trump flags. I am buying both Stable Genius and I Alone, and when I'm done reading them I will discreetly mail them to these neighbors. It's the best way I can think of to exercise my passive aggressive pledge to fight division when we are indivisible.
I know it's none of my business, but I have a feeling that people like that won't read them. Those signs are so offensive, I have a neighbor who did that. I wish that he would have been jailed with his thugs for January 6th. ♥️♥️🇱🇷
@@derrytaylor7417 was he at the capital the 6th or u just wish he had been so he could have been arrested? If he was he may still be arrested at some point.
He says he wants to run again in 2024. What's he going to do if he loses again, blow up the world ?
Well said. Trump has never expressed one word of sympathy for any of the families of the five people killed on Jan 6, nor for the over 100 police officers seriously injured that day. How callous of him.
If he could...im sure he would...fortunately, he no longer has the codes.
No, just say he never loses, thats enough for his favorite brainwashed herd to do that job for him
I'm calling his bluff. he wont. all about the grift. in 4 yrs, he will have milked his cult base for every penny, and will be living comfortably....
hopefully in jail
@@chellefell1331 , I'm sure you are right about the Grift. I'm just tired of the threat of him running again. I don't even want to imagine that fiasco.
The man was an evil prophet of himself. He was all he said he'd end in his inaugural address. I'm almost tempted to call him that thing I think he is. The backlash would be brutal. Let's just say there's a very special place for him somewhere.
I know exactly what you were implying and you are absolutely correct! He is that evil thing, he does have that special place and we all know where that is.
YES! JAIL!!!
Excellent interview...The story of disgraceful and despicable Don the Con. It says as much about Don the Con, as it says about the despicable characters supporting him.
Why is every insult -45 throws out, he describes himself to a "T?"
Classic trait of narcissism. Deflection. (Edit) or Projection. Like how you know a spouse is cheating when they accuse you of it without a shred of evidence.
*Because the mind is a mirror reflecting what is within one's own mind. And he's too intellectually bankrupt and ignorant to know such, and/or navigate through the minefield of his own toxic mind!*
@@Genjo_N_Mojave, that makes a lot of sense. It's almost like a baser instinct, and since he sees no need to self-correct, this is what we have to suffer through.
Got both books 📚. Their titles are smart and revealing. After I finish my current project these are two of the books that are a must read. They are two of the best reporters that I trust. There lies Integrity!🍷📚📚
I think the problem is that voters who only watch Fox News, never actually hear what really happened. I think these stories need to get more widespread publicity on social media.
I pre-ordered the book, I Alone Can Fix It, yesterday. This is a discussion of what Trump showed of himself to his closest aides and members of his administration. In the end, only the neediest men remained loyal to Trump. It seems to me that Trump only feels a certain zest for his life when he has captured one’s entire attention and speaks of his grievances, as completely truthful, and with great passion and excitement. He appears to be a sick twist.
Loved A Very Stable Genius! Can’t wait until payday to buy the new one.
It is worth every penny!
Gee, can you say Malignant Narcissist? Why are you surprised? By any of it? Of any of the people involved? You guys are still all too nice, too pleasant. You all seem to be part of the problem that is Donald Trump....
I wish the Dems came out with ads as hard-hitting as those from Steve Schmidt & other ex-Repubs. Meet fire-w/-fire, not aww, you're not telling the truth.
Definitely some truth there. Accountability is justice.
I have to agree. What was really telling to me was last week when the authors were on Morning Joe, they said that trump was happy to meet with them so he could get his story out. Happy to see Carol and Phillip picking up the slack from the Twitter ban. 😒
@@txnmia8613 Yes, exactly. Here are two Pulitzer prizewinning reporters who meet with their completely veracity-free, self-serving subject on his turf, under his framing so that he can tell them his "side" of the story that they already know is a lie in order to give their book some faux authenticity and stamp of "fairness". We already know Trump's "side" thru his action and lies. It the worst kind of complicit bullshit from journalists. If you read the book and listen to their interviews they gave almost no push-back to Trump about his lies. Listen for yourself. Why??? They are afraid that they might lose "access". First, that manipulation is SOP for all powerful people. History shows you don't need "access" to do factual, accurate reportage about Trump or any other "insider".
@AwakeAmericanow. As Ed McMahon would have said "You are correct, sir!" Or mam....That's basically the thesis of Thomas Frank's "Listen, Liberal!": That the DNC's practices and policies since the 1970s, successive GOP and Democratic regimes and, finally, Obama and his administration basically set the table for Trump's emergence in 2016. Frankly, I don't even think that this is controversial....
Reading your book now. Hard to put it down! Well done!
For the preparation of their book, Don The Con grave a really crazy audio interview with both Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker. He is totally delusional with all his lies.
What a great interview❗
I don’t believe he’s going to run, u believe he’s going to tease his base that he’s gonna run to keep their money ciming
Can’t wait to read this book!
In as much I CAN'T STAND tRump, I just bought the book, tRump behaves like no other president ever has. He is dangerous.
Amazing discussion
Thanks wapo keep up the great work
lmao!
We need a perp walk weekly! Who's head will it be this week? For the love of gawd clean up the filth.
Trump needs to run from bubba when he's in jail
I like that conduit work above Carol's head. Nice work. Interesting place.
Hey Brian, yeah i noticed the older type architecture of what looked like fire doors? any thoughts, maybe converted warehouse?
Great interview.
What gets in is the entire trump cabinet knew what a danger this clown was and stood by silent. Esper and Miley had every opportunity to get trump out of office and failed.
Gen. Mark Milley graduated from Princeton University.
Hey, any trump fans out there? Write a book now! what is the ONE BOOK have you written? There are so many anti trump books now, THE ONLY BOOK you'll write may buy you a free lunch from your idol.
Or maybe an invitation to Mar-a-Lago to perpetuate his alternate reality! He loves those who idolize him.
The title of the Rump supporters book would be named, "Trump lies and we love it!: I believe they love his showtime ratings of being an idiot and they think it's supposed to be cool.
They had to talk to over 140 people to come to the obvious conclusion that all Trump cares about is himself? REALLY? I could've saved them a ton of time and energy on that one.
Speaks to Trumps determination, or the depth of his mental pathology, gleeful at the violence and unrest on his behalf.
We should never forget that the Donald J. Trump Jan. 6th riot was the cause of five (5) deaths - not many tak about those deaths.
The term behind a strong man is a stronger woman does not apply
To have a ridiculous; truly mentally and emotionally sick person like Dastard Donald as the president, was beyond a nightmare - the effects continue. The disturbing situations which remain are the admiration; devotion and confounding loyalty to such a dangerous lunatic of a man. It's madness. This must stop. The gaping wounds need fixing; and lots of time of peace and sanity to heal.
Congratulations for the excellent interview made to Carol Leonning and Philip Rucker regarding their new book, Î Alone Can Fix It^, about Donald Trump`s Catastrophic final year 2020, and the dangerous he was putting to The United Stares.
I say let him run again. I don't think he can win.
You’d be surprised...The fact that he received more votes for his reelection than his first presidential run is insane.
@@sigma682 But there has been a lot of turbulent water under the bridge since then, and it's still raining.
@Robby I know there’s a lot more people willing to stage a coup than I thought. I’m not underestimating the power of stupid people in large numbers anymore.
Think again
@@uglyewok6715 Stop embarrassing yourself.
You can not rule on impulse!!!
You can still occupy office for a period on that basis.
Definite buy
Excellent discussion I doubt He'll run again cos even though he wants to in the depths of his evil heart he knows He'll lose, and his ego 😉 can't handle it trumps a narcissist.
What is so new about about the subject matter that we don't already know???
It’s documented so that anyone who want to read it can. Maybe everyone else other than you? It’s a book…why must it fit your criteria?
It's dangerous to assume you already know all there is to know.
@@ninagray4441 I never assume anything
@@ninagray4441 All I am saying is they are trying to make money on a book by rehashing the same garbage. Who cares.
@Mary Purcell I guess for those who are ignorant and who do not follow current events. Here it's just another money grab.
LOCK HIM UP!!!
LOCK HIM UP!!!
LOCK HIM UP!!!
Trumpy living rent free in wapo brains.
Is Carol Leonnig on a submarine?
Best comment ever…still laughing
You better get ready to fix a cell up in supermax 🙄🥴🤞🤞🙏💯👁️👁️))..
For Potato head and his crack using son?
@@uglyewok6715 I hope you do know the whole book was a recorded interview with orange man...All his words were recorded for this book and the idiot agreed to it. So please button it up because it's making you sound just as weak and stupid as Rump.
I feel sorry for these people immersing themselves in the tawdry, boring subject of Trump. But they get to call him "The President" (present tense) a lot, which hurts the country far more than their predictable "analysis" helps it.
Agree...He should be called Don the Con....or just call him Trump. The very act of using the word 'president' in the same sentence with Don the Con, is an insult to America.
Not to the Americans that voted for him. They all get the title regardless of their actions in office. The dignity of the office remains despite the recipient of its rituals falling on one so morally vacant.
Please get over Donald Trump. He lost. Move on with your life
You lefties and your media are the ones that can't stop talking about the man!!
Except Trump doesn’t seem to know he lost. Nor do Republican elected officials.
@Ride Nelson He absolutely did. He didn't win the popular vote in 2016 either. He was never widely popular (fancy that, people generally dislike people who smear them in an attempt to whip up their base) Thinking Trump won because he is popular among Republicans is akin to thinking everybody loves school pizza because it is popular at your high school. If you broadened your friend group even a little, you would realize that so many people hate this guy, not just people on the left, but anyone with moderation or morals.
@@rachelk4805 dems smear the Republicans and their voters all the time, for years now. Biden is a million times worse than Trump. Way more racist, sexist, currupt, selfish, and stupid than Trump could ever be . You ain't black, Rachel
@John Roberts the right talks about Hunter because they can and cause you currupt leftists won't. But he definitely isn't on right wing media headlines every couple stories they do, like Trump is with the left.
Terrible audio
Can YOU interview those officers who removed the barriers, open the doors, high-five and took selfies with the guests of the event?
lets be honest, if youve been bullied by your father your whole life, how can Ivanka stand up to her dad.
Oh my god
He likes to sit in the middle of the lobby because HE LOVES ATTENTION. He’s a corpulent man with a child’s mind.
Unbelievable!
Trump is like a dog going back for his vomit time and time again
I cannot wait for Kelly Ann Conway to write her book. I will be the first one in line to purchase a copy.
Why? She doesn’t seem like she’s be critical of her deranged ex-boss.
I am old enough to remember when the Washington Post was a respectable news source, can you imagine?
The Washington Post IS a respectable news source.
@@rachelk4805 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sure they are. I hear they are held in highest regard in China and Russia.
@John Roberts It cant be lies if I'm right. So your wrong.
@John Roberts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love how often the left is wrong, they never get it right.
Their mothers should have thrown the 2 "YOU ARE WRONG/NO YOU ARE WRONG" commentors into their bedrooms as children.
Obviously, they are reliving their childhood.😜👶👶
He's a very sick and damaged barely human being
Lol nice views.
These people, especially Jonathan Karl, have ZERO credibility.
Bahahahahaha
They are both well respected and award winning journalists. Your comment has no merit.
@@mrmoto66 what a load
@@keithwyman6861 how? facts?