Mudline September 19, 2019

September 19, 2019

..............................<p>........................Trump on Comey: "Crooked cop."....Comey on Trump: "Narcissism is not leadership."....Ted Cruz: "Gun control doesn't work. Look at Chicago."....Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in response: "Sixty percent of illegal firearms recovered in Chicago come from outside it -- mostly from states dominated by coward Republicans like you who refuse to enact commonsense gun legislation. Keep our name out of your mouth."....GOP challenger Joe Walsh on Trump immigration policy: "Absolute incompetence."....Trump on CNN host Chris Cuomo: "A total out-of-control animal."....former Defense Secretary James Mattis on Trump: "Limited cognitive ability...Generally dubious character."....Trump on Puerto Rico: "One of the most corrupt places on Earth."....Juan Cole on Trump: "Surely the most scandal-ridden presidency in history."....ocean-crossing teen activist Greta Thunberg on Trump: "My message to him is just to listen to the science, and he obviously doesn't do that."....former WH communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Trump: "It's like a hostage crisis inside the [White House]. They absolutely hate the guy's guts, but they're scared out of their minds...He's completely unhinged...Melting down like a nuclear reactor."....Trump: "I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."....Frank Bruni on voters: "What many of them want is release from the incessant drumbeat of that infernal syllable: Trump, Trump, Trump. They'd like a new mini-series with a different cast."....Marianne Williamson on Trump: "We have a little bit of a mad King George in charge of this country right now."....Trump on GOP rivals Mark Sanford, Joe Walsh, and William Weld: "Can you believe it? I'm at 94% in the Republican party, and have Three Stooges running against me."....Jennifer Rubin: "When he's not lying, Trump sounds crazy."....China Institute for WTO Studies director Tu Xinquan: "We used to have expectations for Trump...Now it seems his degree of rationality is far below our expectations. Constantly changing...We have no expectations now and don't expect him to make the right responses and decisions."....former U.S. diplomat Jeff Moon on Trump: "An undisciplined, tactical thinker who deals with issues and events one-by-one and is guided by no fixed principles or long-term strategic vision."....Trump on NYT columnist Bret Stephens: "Lightweight...Loser."....Esquire's Jack Holmes on Trump: "Is quite adept at convincing himself of something as he makes it up with the intent of convincing others."....CNN's Jim Sciutto on Trump remarks at G-7: "A parade of lies."....Rolling Stone bureau chief Andy Kroll: "Because nothing says free markets and liberal democracy quite like a head of state ordering private businesses to follow his orders."....former federal prosecutor William Weld: "Using a serious meeting of world leaders to promote his golf resort is just the latest in many failures to distinguish between Trump World and the real world."....toy company president Jay Foreman: "We are on Mr. Trump's Wild Ride. Never have we experienced such an unhinged practice of governance. It's out of control and outrageous."....Andrew Sullivan on Trump: "It's not only that he will never get better, but it is certain that he will get worse. There has never been a malignant narcissist in power whose pathology improved, or even remained stable. They always deteriorate, and often rapidly, as they become drunk on (what they see as) now unlimited power and adulation."....Trump on head of Federal Reserve: "My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?"....WaPo's Greg Sargent: "Jacob Levy and Jack Balkin have demonstrated that Trump's lying has crossed over into a form of autocratic disinformation and propaganda that is deliberately designed to render shared agreement on facts and reasoned deliberation impossible."....Trump: "The LameStream Media has gone totally CRAZY! They write whatever they want, seldom have sources (even though they say they do), never do 'fact checking' anymore...They are now beyond Fake, they are Corrupt."....Trump: "The Mueller Report showed No Collusion, No Obstruction!"........................</p>