{"id":44383,"date":"2020-03-11T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44383"},"modified":"2020-03-11T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T02:14:28","slug":"trumps-paranoia-has-insiders-warning-that-hes-definitely-melting-down-over-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44383","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Paranoia Has Insiders Warning That &#8216;He&#8217;s Definitely Melting Down Over This&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nation has been mired in uncertainty for several weeks now due to the (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2020\/03\/11\/814474930\/coronavirus-covid-19-is-now-officially-a-pandemic-who-says\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">now official<\/a><\/strong>) COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Americans are worried about their health and the health of their loved ones. And the economy is in a tailspin that was triggered by the pandemic news. But one thing that has been confirmed during this crisis is that Donald Trump is the most ignorant, self-obsessed, ill-prepared, and insensitive leader this country has ever had.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-head-hands.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34610\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3376016235746481\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While most Americans are struggling to cope with the rush of bad news, Trump is struggling to lather himself with praise, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44364\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">diminish the risks<\/a><\/strong>, and cast blame on his numerous perceived enemies. His desperation is unmistakable as his outbursts become ever more incoherent.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday morning he fired off a flurry of panic-tweets that put these fears on display. In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1237813727409229824\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one tweet<\/a><\/strong> he bragged that <em>&#8220;America is the Greatest Country in the world,&#8221;<\/em> as if that sort of chest-thumping would frighten off the virus. In another <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1237813728558678026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he wrote<\/a><\/strong> that he&#8217;s working to <em>&#8220;create a vaccine,&#8221;<\/em> which in reality will take 12-18 months. In yet another, he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1237813081394348034\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">blamed<\/a><\/strong> the Democrats in Congress for politicizing the virus, which is pure projection. But perhaps the most bizarre and revealing of his tweets was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vanity Fair Magazine, which will soon be out of business, and their third rate Fake reporters, who make up sources which don\u2019t exist, wrote yet another phony &amp; boring hit piece. The facts are just the opposite. Our team is doing a great job with CoronaVirus!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1237745593876873217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Notice that Trump doesn&#8217;t bother explain what he&#8217;s whining about? He just unleashes his hostility and expects his glassy-eyed disciples to nod their heads in unison and agree. For the record, Trump is referring to this Vanity Fair article by Gabriel Sherman: <em>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2020\/03\/trump-germaphobe-in-chief-struggles-to-control-the-covid-19-story\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">He&#8217;s Definitely Melting Down Over This<\/a><\/strong>\u201d: Trump, Germaphobe in Chief, Struggles to Control the Covid-19 Story.<\/em>&#8221; The article cites several sources within the administration who express concerns about Trump&#8217;s faltering mental state. They worry that he is losing faith in his own team. For example, he just fired chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and replaced him with former Rep. Mark Meadows (who is now self-quarantined because he came in contact with someone who tested positive at CPAC).<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s psychosis prevents him from being able to deal with any situation wherein he doesn&#8217;t feel he is in control. And, of course, he cannot control a virus. So in public he resorts to frantic boasting and overt lies about how brilliant and effective he is. But in private he is said to be harboring acute paranoid fears. For example, Sherman&#8217;s sources tell him that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Stories about Trump\u2019s coronavirus fears have spread through the White House. Last week Trump told aides he\u2019s afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him on Air Force One, a person close to the administration told me. The source also said Trump has asked the Secret Service to set up a screening program and bar anyone who has a cough from the White House grounds. &#8216;He\u2019s definitely melting down over this,&#8217; the source said.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So Trump thinks journalists are plotting to assassinate him with a virus. It&#8217;s hard to convey just how insane that is. For one thing, couldn&#8217;t they have done that two years ago? Trump is coming undone. Even his attack on Vanity Fair is evidence of derangement. However, it&#8217;s derangement that he has suffered from for years. This isn&#8217;t the first time that Trump has predicted the death of Vanity Fair:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/120863548464316417\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oct 3, 2011<\/a>: Sadly, Vanity Fair is a rapidly dying magazine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/189405365220290560\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 9, 2012<\/a>: Vanity Fair Magazine, which used to be one of my favorites, is failing badly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/337928329703329792\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2013<\/a>: Read this &#038; you will understand why Vanity Fair is going down the tubes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/409889182895841280\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 8, 2013<\/a>: Vanity Fair Magazine won&#8217;t be around much longer, it&#8217;s really in bad shape!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/946401576381505536\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 28, 2017<\/a>: Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs.\n<\/ul>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not just Vanity Fair. Trump has predicted the end of the New York Times on 39 separate occasions (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1163238629730373632\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s one example<\/a><\/strong>). And then there&#8217;s this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1143831318951866368\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jun 26, 2019<\/a>: CNN is dead as a door nail (no credibility), and MSNBC is dying fast.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1205094831317553153\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 12, 2019<\/a>: Fake News like CNN &#038; MSNBC are dying.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1206012960285642753\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dec 14, 2019<\/a>: Both Commiecast MSNBC &#038; Fake News CNN are watching their Ratings TANK. &#8230;. Don\u2019t know why @FoxNews wants to be more like them? They\u2019ll all die together.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1222183788924502017\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 28, 2020<\/a>: So, what the hell has happened to @FoxNews. Only I know! &#8230; Watch, this will be the beginning of the end for Fox.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1232434103229640704\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 25, 2020<\/a>: CNN &#038; MSDNC are dying in the ratings!\n<\/ul>\n<p>At precisely the moment that America needs a steady hand guiding the course for the nation, we are stuck with a demonstrably demented character whose narcissism and paranoia are likely to result in far more misfortune than would otherwise be the case if a sane person were president. So for the time being the American people are going to have to rely on themselves and each other. Because the maniac occupying the White House is a basket case who can&#8217;t discern reality from the nightmares his mania manufactures. Good luck everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation has been mired in uncertainty for several weeks now due to the (now official) COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Americans are worried about their health and the health of their loved ones. And the economy is in a tailspin that was triggered by the pandemic news. But one thing that has been confirmed during this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,1200,16],"tags":[42,1397,554,33,1082,22,79,1398],"class_list":["post-44383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-wankery","tag-cnn","tag-coronavirus","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-gabriel-sherman","tag-msnbc","tag-new-york-times","tag-vanity-fair"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-head-hands.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bxR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44817,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44817","url_meta":{"origin":44383,"position":0},"title":"Science FICTION: Now Fox News Says Coronavirus &#8216;Was Not and Is Not a Pandemic&#8217;","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/13\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The United States is suffering through the slow torture of a painful unprecedented calamity. 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