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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      3. Case for calm: Trump is a BS artist & USA adversaries (including North Korea) see that, he doesn't know how to achieve ends he proclaims

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      4. Case for calm (con't): Trump has mostly offloaded foreign policy on "the generals"; Kelly has weeded out the extremists (Bannon, Gorka)

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      5. Case for calm (con't): to really push for big war you need Cheney liked command of process (which Trump lacks). So he's all bark, no bite

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      6. The case for calm has some plausibility but....

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      7. Even if we accept all the arguments for calmness, there are many,many ways things could spin out of control.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      8. Trump's empty bluster could embolden adversaries (ie Kim Jong-un) leading to instability & situation where the generals respond with war

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      9. Also: if Trump did want to use nukes, there's nothing and nobody that can stand in his way. He's a nuclear absolute monarch.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      10. So. How worried should we be? Not paralyzed with fear, but Trump being president does make things markedly more dangerous.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      11. As always, the only remedy is politics: organizing and protesting. That a Republican like Corker sees the danger is a good sign.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Richard Yeselson

      12. I think this is right and speaks to the limits of Corker's willingness to contain Trump:https://twitter.com/yeselson/status/917209307615236096 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Richard Yeselson @yeselson
      Because Corker told us what the GOP plan is: rely on Kelly and Mattis to prevent Trump from killing millions. He thinks that’s doing enough. https://twitter.com/brianbeutler/status/917202642631307264 …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Oct 2017

      13. There are proper constitutional remedies for Trump (impeachment, 25th amendment). But GOP congress won't use them now. Maybe never.

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        1. pdossantos‏ @p_dos_santos 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          They are more stable than the president, by and large, but not much more moral

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        1. W. Burlette Carter‏ @wddaughter 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet @SandyDarity

          GOP might come for Trump when they get a majority on the Supreme Court. That is what the election was about. That and fake polls.

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        2. Lori King‏ @1loriking 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Not as long as they can reward donors for years of payoffs

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        3. 𝘿𝙍𝙔 𝙊𝙊𝙉𝘿 𝙕𝙀𝙀𝙋 𝙕𝙄𝙂‏ @dryoondzeepzig 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @1loriking @HeerJeet

          the idea of "donors being rewarded" tilts the power structure in the wrong direction. outside of smaller city or town municipal.../1

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        1. Greg‏ @greg9799 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          25th amendment is proper course, but relies on @VP whose risk calculation concerns his future far more than the citizens he "represents."

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        1. Straight on 'till morning‏ @ibilln 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          No maybe about it. Ya got yer Corker. Ya got yer McCain. Maybe. That's it. Rest of 'em useless

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        2. Kris Pigna‏ @KrisPigna 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          That's why I'm more and more convinced the real danger isn't Trump -- it's GOP entirely. They'll chase their sunk cost in him into WWIII.

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        3. Kris Pigna‏ @KrisPigna 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @KrisPigna @HeerJeet

          One of our two major parties knows they elected a very dangerous idiot and will do nothing to stop him. How do we ever come back from that?

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        2. Lemon Slayer‏ @LemonSlayerUS 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Lemon Slayer Retweeted Lemon Slayer

          As much as I find your observations clear-headed & on the mark, I'd delete the reference to "maybe".https://twitter.com/LemonSlayerUS/status/916104187318079489 …

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          Lemon Slayer @LemonSlayerUS
          Current status of the GOP: 1. Base loves @realDonaldTrump 2. We can't lose base 3. Therefore, we jump off this cliff with pleasure & dread
          1 reply 4 retweets 17 likes
        3.  🦋Chloe  🌻 🇺🇦 🩸 🦷 🌊 🐝 🕊 💧 🗳‏ @ChloePolitiCat 8 Oct 2017
          Replying to @LemonSlayerUS @HeerJeet

          Base’s shrinking. Several true conservative friends (not Libertarians or evangelicals)are disgusted & angry w/ Repub Party—now Independent.

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