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Le président ne va pas bien: les énième rappels de l'état mental de Trump et des conséquences

Par SE CUPP

NOUVELLES QUOTIDIENNES DE NEW YORK |

05 MAI 2020 | 14 H 24

Quelque chose ne va pas. (JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Chaque parent a prudemment confronté la question hypothétique: que feriez-vous si vous soupçonniez que votre enfant ne se sentait pas bien?

Pas physiquement, mais émotionnellement mal ou mentalement instable? Imaginez que votre adolescent, par exemple, ait crié des injures humiliantes aux filles de sa classe, les a harcelées et les a appelées par des noms.

Et qu'il avait secrètement utilisé ses comptes de médias sociaux pour faire des diatribes tard dans la nuit contre des ennemis présumés, attaquer leur apparence, et encore, les appeler des noms dans des messages sans fin, bouillonnants et décousus.

Ou qu'il avait été de plus en plus vulnérable à des théories du complot bizarres et autrement invraisemblables, et qu'il les diffusait spontanément à quiconque voulait les écouter.

Vraisemblablement, vous seriez très, très inquiet. Ce ne sont pas des comportements normaux, ni des signes d'une personne bien ajustée, saine et heureuse. Ce sont plutôt des signes d'une personne qui a perdu la capacité de gérer ses émotions.

S'il s'agissait de votre enfant, vous interviendriez le plus rapidement possible, en lui procurant l'aide dont il avait clairement besoin.

Likewise, if this were your friend, you might suggest they see a therapist to work through some of their anger issues. If this were your coworker, you’d probably alert someone in human resources.

And what if this were the president of the United States?

Not only are these behaviors the norm for President Trump, but they seem to have worsened at one of the most precarious and critical times for our country, as we face a global pandemic that has killed nearly 70,000 Americans.

Less than two weeks after unimaginably suggesting injecting disinfectants might help kill off the coronavirus, the past few days have seen him spiral out of control, proving utterly incapable of staying focused on the biggest crisis a president can face. Instead, he has:

· Spread unfounded conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, about former President Barack Obama and about an MSNBC cable-news host;

· Made statements that can only be described as delusional, like comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, inventing a non-existent letter of apology from Joe Biden, and spewing non-science about his favorite drug, hydroxychloroquine;

· Attacked two female reporters for doing their jobs, lamenting that they didn’t behave like “Donna Reed,” an actress synonymous with the gender role-abiding, kitchen-dwelling 1950s housewife she played on television more than 60 years ago;

· Attacked another female cable-news host, calling her a “3rd rate lapdog”;

· And in the middle of the night on Tuesday, at 12:45 a.m., gone on a 234-word rant on Twitter, complaining about an ad released by a Republican anti-Trump group whose leaders include George Conway, husband of his staffer Kellyanne, in which he used words like “deranged loser of a husband,” and “Moonface” to describe him.

It’s a frightening commentary on the slow normalization of this completely abnormal behavior that we can greet the undeniable deterioration of the president of the United States with mere shrugs. And the only concerns from his inner circle seem not to be about the mental instability itself, but the political ramifications of it being exposed in daily press briefings.

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“Advisers have argued...they could be alienating some viewers, including senior citizens worried about their health,” an Associated Press report says, and, “Officials at Trump’s reelection campaign have also noted a slip in Trump’s support in some battleground states and have expressed concerns that the briefings, which often contain inaccurate information, may be playing a role.”

The giant orange elephant in the room isn’t that Trump’s impaired judgment might cost him the election; it’s that it may well have already cost American lives.

Waiting until November to get Trump out of harm’s way is the only real option we have. The Constitution’s 25th Amendment, designed to remove a president who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,” is inarguably applicable but politically impossible.

So, like worried parents, we’ll just wait anxiously, hope the worst doesn’t happen and that there’s a light at the end of this very dark tunnel. Until then, who knows what our very sick president will do next?

secuppdailynews@yahoo.com

S.E. Cupp

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S.E. Cupp doesn’t easily fit into the pre-defined description of a typical conservative columnist. The author of “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal media’s Attack on Christianity” and co-author “Why You’re Wrong About the Right,” she mixes hard-nosed analysis with pop-culture awareness in ways that sometimes seem incongruous with the Right’s company-line opinions. Readers who are tired of the black-or-white stridency of Cupp’s peers find her practical, open brand of conservatism refreshing. A true maverick, Cupp is one of the few conservative atheists who gets a seat at the table. Perhaps it’s because of the intellectual rigor and respect for first principles she brings to her work. Cupp’s writing credits reflect her unconventional convictions. She is a columnist at the New York Daily News and a contributor to CNN and Field & Stream Magazine. She has been published in the Washington Post, the Detroit Free Press, The American Spectator, Politico, the Daily Caller, Slate, Maxim, NASCAR.com, Sports Illustrated, Human Events, FoxNews.com, CNN.com and elsewhere. She was a consultant on the HBO program “The Newsroom” for two seasons. Cupp has appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” “The View,” “Fox & Friends,” “Hannity,” “The Glenn Beck Program,” “The Mike Huckabee Show,” “The Daily Show,” “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “Morning Joe” and others. A former professional ballet dancer, she graduated from Cornell University with a degree in art history in 2000 and holds a master’s degree from NYU. She was born in Carlsbad, Calif., and raised in Andover, Mass.

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