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His predecessor <\/a>(and the American intel<\/a> community<\/a>) say he\u2019s dead wrong.<\/p>\n

Of course, Trump and the dunces who believe him say the usual stuff about \u201cfake news\u201d and call Obama and the American intel community liars and Trump is now putting the GOP-controlled Congress in a hilarious bind by insisting that they \u201cinvestigate\u201d his nutty, baseless claim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a sane world, all the Normals in the US and in Congress would simply say, \u201cThe President\u2019s sole basis for this insane claim is a piece written by bomb-throwing crank Mark Levin in Breitbart<\/a>. Let the President produce the evidence for his claim or shut his lying mouth.\u201d But, of course, in the post-truth madhouse of the Party of Trump, things are true or false based, not on evidence or reality, but on the word of the Dear Leader. So there are already millions of complete suckers demanding Congress \u201cinvestigate\u201d this idiocy.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here is reality for people who actually know how the government works: Trump either unintentionally announced to the world that there is enough evidence he is a Russian stooge that a FISA judge would grant a warrant for a wiretap, or he announced to the world that he is delusional enough for Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n

What will Congress do? I doubt they will do anything. But even the Congressional GOP, cynical as they are, have to realize that this crazy imbecile is a menace. Particularly since, as this circus goes on, he is gutting the State Department<\/a> in favor of super-cool military solutions where we \u201c win wars again<\/a>\u201d (meaning the incompetent chickenhawk who \u201c knows more than the generals<\/a>\u201d wants war)\u2013and all while North Korea is acting increasingly crazy<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It is imperative that this lying kook be driven from office ASAP.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"