Wouldn't Trump be far more dangerous were he to master the urge to run his mouth?

Yes, I think the best friend of those who oppose him is his Twitter account. There we see who he really is.

I’m not so sure. For those that support him, his candor is one of his assets. His initial reaction is not polished or poll tested and like most of us his initial reaction often an overreaction. I suppose if he were to more politically savvy, he may eventually become as beloved to the left as Bush was. Those that hate him will never change. Anything he says is only proof of why they hate him. Frankly I find it rather refreshing to hear an actual response rather than the typical 20 minute politically correct, poll tested, speech writer approved, speech that says nothing.

If he stops tweeting, he won’t win over anyone from the left so what’s the point.

@Jaxk That may be Trump’s appeal but wouldn’t it be better if a politician rose above the run of the mill rather than sank so far below it.

@Jaxk the point is that it his mouth which insures he will be hounded relentlessly and the machinery of government utilized to render him ineffective. The right may have dreamed of this sort of fate for Obama or Clinton, but the left never had it so easy. Can you name a single item in Trump’s basket of woes that would not be either absent or below the crisis threshold had the orange man held his tongue?

@flutherother he is not politician, he just bullies and cries when things don’t go his way. Like firing Comey, or his “Muslim ban ”(his words in December 2015 on a tweet). When losing a position he pouts.

@Jaxk, if it were candor, that would be one thing. When it’s lies expressed in the manner of candor, the better to deceive, it’s another. I think it’s that seeming candor that has seduced so many. Unfortunately he really does not seem to distinguish between truth and falsehood at all.

Trump has a remarkable ability to transform both facts and opinions inside his head. Somehow he processes them into something else, something extreme—as if he had no midrange on any continuum. Everything is a superlative: the biggest, the worst, the best, the most important, the most unfair. And then he candidly expresses his warped perception in language that sounds like Truth to a lot of people but that bears no relation to any objective reality.

I admire your appetite for the truth, and I’m sorry to see that you and so many others who want things done right are being misled by simple language and harsh delivery into thinking that only truth can be expressed that way. If it really were truth, I think most of us would get behind it. Delusion wears candor as a disguise.

Beautifully stated.

He must be driving his handlers to exasperation. How many times do you think he has heard from his advisors one or another version of “if you just shut up, you’ll probably get away with it”?

The premise wrong.
How can he be regarded as dangerous?
Nothing on his agenda has seen the light of day.

Hang on a second, @josie

Mr. President has stated over and over (and over) that he has already accomplished MORE THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY !!

Didn’t you observe all of the (certainly-accurate and sincere) high-praise from his cabinet this week ??

So it MUST be true. I mean, only a sociopathic, narcissistic, highly-imbalanced, inauthentic lunatic (and his cabinet) would make statements like that if they weren’t TRUE…....

Am I right….??

@PullMyFinger I think he is using positive thinking. He knows the truth. ~I hope. Also he is manipulating the gullable citizens who support, and cheer him on. He night might have a grab for more power when he gets a critical mass of supporters.

Yeah, that ultra-patriotic, we-are-the-superior ‘Master Race’ tactic worked really well (temporarily) for somebody else, back in the 1930s who was cheered-on in much the same way by gullible citizens.

Let’s see…..who the hell was that, again…..??......I can never remember…....

He wouldn’t be Trump if he weren’t running his mouth. He might be (gasp)_ presidential….

But it is too much to think that he even has the capacity to change.

If only he had the capacity to change that ridiculous thing on his head…

@PullMyFinger On the Simpsons, Trump’s hair occasionally becomes a dog and turns around.

HA HA…..I’ve been a little neglectful in keeping up with ‘The Simpsons’ recently.

Maybe it’s time for me to get back on board….