Even Republicans are asking what is wrong with Trump

[marmar]

Even Republicans are asking what is wrong with Trump
The president's ineptitude over Minneapolis has some in the GOP saying he's "falling apart"

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published January 30, 2026 9:00AM (EST)


(Salon) President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of the year on Thursday looked like a remake of the movie “Freaks,” the 1932 horror film about a group of carnival sideshow performers. High government officials sang his praises, chanted their version of “one of us, one of us” and buried him in needless and irrelevant praise.

Later that afternoon, as Trump signed yet another executive order in the White House, the chanting was repeated. In neither case did the president entertain questions from the press — though we still have many after the recent killings of two American citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of federal officers. During the Cabinet meeting, Trump didn’t even allow Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem the opportunity to speak.

It is apparent we’ve reached the point of no return. Untethered by reality, the Trump circus can no longer surprise any of us. But it is a growing danger to all of us — and the Republicans know it.

....(snip)....

The craziness is accelerating as Trump and his regime continue to disintegrate before our eyes. On Jan. 28 the “totally independent FBI,” as he has routinely called it many times during the past year, searched a government building in Fulton County, Georgia, which has been at the center of the president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The FBI sought “a number of records” related to the election Trump lost — including all “physical ballots from the 2020 general election” in the county, according to a copy of the warrant viewed by the New York Times. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2026/01/30/even-republicans-are-asking-what-is-wrong-with-trump/

[LakeVermilion]

1. His heart is beating...

that is all.

[Dulcinea]

13. The lights are on but no one's home. nt

[tanyev]

2. He has ALWAYS been this way.

The only change is that there were people trying to rein him in during his first term. Now he’s surrounded by people egging him on.

[ShazzieB]

12. That and the dementia.

It's a deadly combination.

[sop]

3. Only when they're facing total electoral destruction do Republicans confront reality.

[dlk]

4. As long as their draconian Project 2025 is being implemented

Republicans couldn’t care less about Trump’s dysfunction, unless, of course, it comes back to bite them in the upcoming elections.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. They have a fix for that.

[riversedge]

5. ...There's even more: Trump renewed his threats against Iran, demanding that it enter nuclear talks or face potential at

.............There’s even more: Trump renewed his threats against Iran, demanding that it enter nuclear talks or face potential attack by an “armada” of U.S. warships. During the Cabinet meeting, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added, “They have all the options to make a deal. They should not pursue nuclear capabilities. We will be prepared to deliver whatever this President expects.”

But none of that compares to the absolute cartoonish insanity of the president sending off an email to supporters on Wednesday encouraging them to take a “Citizens Only Survey.” While Trump has backed down in Minneapolis, he admonished his supporters to respond to a survey unless, “Don’t tell me you’re an illegal alien?” Trump claimed it could not be true; he wanted the recipient to fill out the survey. The message ended with “Are you a proud American Citizen or does ICE need to come and track you down?”

He’s like a Bond villain without the witty repartee.

“That’s just nuts,” a Republican senator told me. “He’s falling apart.”


https://www.salon.com/2026/01/30/even-republicans-are-asking-what-is-wrong-with-trump/

[niyad]

6. And what the FUCK are they doing about it???

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Exactly!!! Fuck the lazy cowards.

🌞Good morning! ❤️

[niyad]

11. Good morning!

[Blue Owl]

7. trump is PUBLIC ENEMY #1

[FakeNoose]

10. Further down the Salon article in the OP link

Meanwhile, in response to the president’s declaration against guns, the National Rifle Association declared in a statement that “all law-abiding citizens have a right to keep and bear arms anywhere they have a legal right to be.” In fact, history shows that the Second Amendment was adopted to allow citizens to defend themselves against an abusive federal government — the very scenario that has been playing out in Minneapolis.

“I can’t believe I’m siding with the NRA,” more than one liberal Democrat has told me. And in the strange bedfellows political department, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called the Pretti shooting “very troubling” and said an investigation of the Department of Homeland Security is necessary. Two of his staffers also said that Trump’s statement “is not consistent with someone who supports the Second Amendment.”

- more at link -

Yes ... please DO investigate DHS immediately!