Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   ''Mr President, what are you thankful for today?'' Date:   11/23/2018 4:22:11 PM

Absolutely not. First of all I have a difficult time hating anyone and I am sad that you seem to find it so easy.  You choose to attack inconsequential chaff and ignore the wheat that is our nation's positive progress others have pointed out in this thread

I saw President Trump on an extended phone call with a deployed Naval Officer yesterday, asking the officer's opinion about things like electromagnetic catapults on a carrier as compared to the traditional steam ones, and asking about deployment times and other subjects near and dear to our military.  He followed that with quite a long series of unscripted questions and answers from the media, something that Obama would be stumbling over so badly he would probably pee his pants.  Trump is building the military where Obama was doing his level best to dismantle it.  I didn't like that one bit but it didn't make me hate Obama.  As to Trump, i don't like his mannerisms, his petty bickering, unbridled ego, unpresidential use of Twitter and all that but you can damn well bet that if the Dems choose a nominee from the current list of apparent front runners I will be at the head of the line to vote for Trump in November 2020.  

And as to any elevated fear that he is unhinged and likely to start throwing nukes in a hissy fit, you very badly misjudge him and his ability to do just that.  As long as we have military men of strong conviction and incredible intelligence and presence like John Hyten in charge of our nuclear forces there will be little to no chance that such a thing could happen.  Hyten already told a Trump if he gave an illegal order (say, to nuke Lichtenstein) in a way that is far out of line with the threat the two of them "would have to sit down and talk about it" before Hyten would release the nukes.  Hyten, Commander of Strategic Command, has all of the strategic nuclear forces under his command.  By the way, Trump neither challenged no fired him for saying that, so maybe he isn't so unhinged after all.

So, arch, rant away but do so knowing that some of us really don't care about the chaff as long as the wheat goes into the basket.