“What would happen if the president of the U.S.A. went stark-raving mad?” Back by popular demand, The New York Times calls the 1965 bestselling political thriller by the author of Seven Days in May, “A little too plausible for comfort.”
How can one man convince the highest powers in Washington that the President of the United States is dangerously unstable—before it’s too late?
Senator Jim MacVeagh is proud to serve his country—and his president, Mark Hollenbach, who has a near-spotless reputation as the vibrant, charismatic leader of MacVeagh’s party and the nation. When Hollenbach begins taking MacVeagh into his confidence, the young senator knows that his star is on the rise.
But then Hollenbach starts summoning MacVeagh in the middle of the night to Camp David. There, the president sits in the dark and rants about his enemies, unfurling insane theories about all the people he says are conspiring against him. They would do anything, President Hollenbach tells the stunned senator, to stop him from setting in motion the grand, unprecedented plans he has to make America a great world power once again.
MacVeagh comes away from these meetings increasingly convinced that the man he once admired has lost his mind. But what can he do? Who can he tell?
Sound sort of familiar?
December 12, 2025
I'm reminded that as the Third Reich crumbled around him, Hitler concluded that the German people just weren't worthy of him.
And then there's this:
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
Machinegun Lips Leavitt's statement is a dog that doesn't hunt. At this point, it's clear that there's something going on. The constant bruising on the hand suggest pretty strongly that Trump is frequently getting a picc line to his hand. He's getting IVs, probably, but for what?
He also recently had an MRI, and speaks of getting cognitive tests. Somebody is monitoring him pretty closely medically, and Trump himself doesn't seem to know fully why.
Rep. Thomas Massie's wife passed away, and he's remarried.
Trump hates Massie as Massie is not a toady sycophant. In that vein, he's posted:
This from a guy whose been "married" four times and has cheated on at least three out of the four of his wives, admits that he screwed around, literally, earlier, and who hung around with kiddy diddlers.
What a vile disgusting human being Donald Trump is.
Massie's first wife died a little over a year ago. They'd been married some 30 years. His second wife is somebody he's known since 2016 who has worked for Sen. Rand Paul. FWIW, marriages in that time frame are pretty common for people in Massie's situation. Theodore Roosevelt, for instance, remarried about two years after the death of his first wife, and when he did marry, it was to somebody he had known for quite some time.
Trump, on the other hand. . .
November 17, 2025
Q: Your voice sounds rough. Are you feeling alright?
TRUMP: I was shouting at people because they were stupid about something having to do with trade and a country. I blew my stack at these people
Q: Well it sounds like there's a follow up there--
TRUMP: What? I thought you said there was a polyp. I don't want to hear that!
November 18, 2025
Trump had a confrontation with Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs yesterday on Air Force One in which he once again demonstrated he has dementia
Jennifer Jacobs: “If there’s nothing incriminating in the Epstein files why not…?”
Trump: “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
Trump's clearing being kept in office by the NatCons as he's unintentionally running cover for them. This can only go on so long.
Also, while it didn't at first occur to me, as its so weird, this strikes me as quite misogynistic. Calling a woman "piggy" is really vile, but it does serve to illustrate Trump's history with women, really. Going into their dressing rooms, according to one of Epstein's former girlfriends, groping her in front of Epstein, etc.
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There are times I look at him and I see my grandfather. I see that same look of confusion. I see that he does not always seem to be oriented to time and place. His short-term memory seems to be deteriorating. . . [Trump's] lifelong struggles with impulse control are also “deteriorating as well."
Trump had a full blown late night Thanksgiving meltdown.
He's now openly, and obviously, completely unstable.
This wasn't the only example of this. He also called a reporter stupid for pointing out that assailant who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington D.C. had received asylum from the Trump Administration.
There can be little doubt at this point that Trump is no longer control of himself, and probably only partially in control of the nation. NatCons behind the administration are likely largely in control, but not fully, which is in part which makes Trump doubly dangerous. A NatCon coup is basically going on while Trump retains enough authority to be legitimately dangerous.
Having allowed this to go on so long we're now in the situation where it's actually becoming increasingly difficult for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. By pretending that Trump is not deranged, the bar has been set so high that Trump's supporters will not be able to tell what he actually did that caused him to be removed. We are, therefore, really gambling now. We're gambling that his actions don't cause a war, and that the war doesn't see the use of weapons that have largely become unthinkable in modern times. We're gambling that force isn't used against American citizens. And we're gambling that Trump's disregard for the law doesn't set in on a permanent institutional basis.
60 percent of the people who constantly use the phrase “Trump derangement syndrome” and 98% of those who use it as an all-explanatory theory for any inconvenient arguments or facts, suffer from pro-Trump
Derangement syndrome. Forget the terminology. If you think any information that make you doubt yourself is crazy, you are in a bubble.
Regarding that deline, the New York Times ran a recent article with this headline.
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
The article notes that Trump has reduced his workload 39%.
Also of note, those close to Trump are begging to openly admit that they're stressed and fatigued. Poor old Mike Johnson has complained about not having a vacation in two years (yeah, well, suck it up, buttercup, I haven't had one for at least twice that long). Loyal sycophant Karoline Leavitt complained openly about stress recently.
The question now is where all this leads. Those who can invoke the 25th Amendment may simply have waited too long and now need Trump to do something that anyone would regard as fully insane. . . with the question being what that would be.
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Trump is clearly vindictive and unhinged. This will set the stage up for wiping out his executive orders, and perhaps reign back in the excessive use of executive orders.
November 30, 2025
Reporter: Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They can release it. It was perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: What were they looking at?
Trump: For what? Releasing?
Reporter: no, what part of your body was the MRI looking at
Trump: I have no idea. It’s just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.
Uh huh. . .
First of all, I heard Walz's remarks, and he's right. They don't give MRI's for sport. They had some brain thing they were looking into.
And they tell the patient the result. . . if they're functioning and able to understand it.
And as for cognitive tests, the entire nation gets a dose of bat shit demented from Trump weekly.
December 3, 2025
Not a sign of dementia, but rather of age, Trump is having a hard time staying awake during daytime events.
No doubt this problem is made worse by his staying up late into the night to post rage tweets.
December 8, 2025
President Trump is upset because pardoned Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat.
Trump, who pardoned him, is accusing him of disloyalty.
Cont:
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
Trump's dementia is clearly accelerating, as his weird speech to assembled senior military officers demonstrated.
In response to the speeches assertion that cities like Chicago should be used as training grounds, Gov. JB Pritzker called for Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.
I've been saying that for months.
The Atlantic noted:
The president talked at length, and his comments should have confirmed to even the most sympathetic observer that he is, as the kids say, not okay. Several of Hegseth’s people said in advance of the senior-officer conclave that its goal was to energize America’s top military leaders and get them to focus on Hegseth’s vision for a new Department of War. But the generals and admirals should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
Trump seemed quieter and more confused than usual; he is not accustomed to audiences who do not clap and react to obvious applause lines. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” he said at the outset. (Hegseth had the same awkward problem earlier, waiting for laughs and applause that never came.) The president announced his participation only days ago, and he certainly seemed unprepared.
I've also been stating that he's not okay.
It's now becoming undeniable even where it had been ignored. Donald Trump is not okay.
October 2, 2025
A growing momentum on Trump's insanity.
This is huge.
In this clip, an off mike Speaker of the House Mike Johnson basically admits that Trump is "unwell", and only defends it by saying that some Democrats are as well.
He doesn't defined Trump's insanity, and he claims not to have seen the speech to the Military.
There's growing momentum now for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. It's openly being called for, and here one of Trump's closest allies doesn't try to defend his sanity at all.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He is unwell.
MIKE JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
DEAN: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
MIKE JOHNSON: I didn't see it
DEAN: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a president who is unwell.
Things like this have a way of happening suddenly. Since Trump's very publized speech to the senior officers, there has been a lot of public commentary on his being "unwell" and now senior politicians are saying so openly. Some are Democrats who aren't afraid of saying it, even though they've been reluctant to up until now, such as Madelene Dean.
Dean: “Is it racist? You put a sombrero on a Black man who’s the leader of the House. You don’t see that as racist? We need you desperately to lead,”
Johnson: “I’m working on it. And personally, it’s not my style. I love you and I respect you, OK?”
Dean: “That’s why I’m talking to you".
We covered this quite a while back, but the 25th Amendment requires the vice president, together with a "majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide", to issue a written declaration that the president is unable to discharge his duties. So who all has to buy in on that? The majority of the cabinet, but just a simple majority.
Who all is in the cabinet?
Secretary of StateMarco Rubio
Secretary of the TreasuryScott Bessent
Secretary of DefensePete Hegseth
Attorney GeneralPam Bondi
Secretary of the InteriorDoug Burgum
Secretary of AgricultureBrooke Rollins
Secretary of CommerceHoward Lutnick
Secretary of LaborLori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary of Health and Human ServicesRobert F. Kennedy Jr.
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentScott Turner
Secretary of TransportationSean Duffy
Secretary of EnergyChris Wright
Secretary of EducationLinda McMahon
Secretary of Veterans AffairsDoug Collins
Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem
Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyLee Zeldin
Director of the Office of Management and BudgetRussell Vought
Director of National IntelligenceTulsi Gabbard
Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyJohn Ratcliffe
United States Trade RepresentativeJamieson Greer
Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationKelly Loeffler
Chief of StaffSusie Wiles
Okay, let's make some reasonable assumptions.
Getting J.D. Vance on board only really requires that a majority of the cabinet go along. I suspect Vance would be pretty willing to stab Trump in the back if it elevates him to the Oval Office, and as I've said here all along, the NatCons have been planning on this development since day one.
So who might go along? Keep in mind that there are a whopping 22 cabinet officers (an absurd amount). In order to invoke the 25th Amendment, 12 would need to be willing to vote that Trump is bonkers.
Let's put them in "probable" (red), no way (blue) and unknown categories (orange) and see where that takes us, keeping in mind that unknown, is unknown to me. Others might have a pretty good idea of how everyone is likely to go.
1. Secretary of StateMarco Rubio. Rubio would definitely remove Trump and is undoubtedly willing to save his own career rather than be hitched to a mentally declining unpopular President.
2. Secretary of the TreasuryScott Bessent. Bessent might seem like a surprise here, but he's been clearly uncomfortable saying the stupidest stuff and would likely like to be relieved of that burden.
1. Secretary of DefensePete Hegseth. Hegseth is hitched to Trump's wagon, and knows it. The only way he might consider otherwise is an open threat/promise that if he goes along, he keeps his job (the NatCons probably like him), but if he doesn't, when this gets worse, he'll be sent packing before his work is done.
3. Attorney GeneralPam Bondi. This probably seems like a surprise too, but recently Trump's been forcing Bondi into clearly unethical and stupid positions. She's pretty smart, and would likely vote to save herself.
4. Secretary of the InteriorDoug Burgum. Burgum's role in the administration is a self serving marriage of convenience. He'd hitch his wagon to any Republican President.
2. Secretary of AgricultureBrooke Rollins. I don't know much about Rollins and probably should put her in orange, but she served Texas Governor Perry, which speaks for itself.
3. Secretary of CommerceHoward Lutnick. Lutnick has come across as a complete Trump toady and likely knows that if Trump falls, he's going to be sent packing.
1. Secretary of LaborLori Chavez-DeRemer. Chavez-DeRemer has really flown under the wire, but she seems pretty sharp. She's Hispanic, and her father was a Teamster. I suspect that she'd lean towards removal as she's drawn little attention and would continue to draw little attention in a new administration.
4. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesRobert F. Kennedy Jr.. This one speaks for itself.
2. Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentScott Turner. Turner's an unknown. His political career has been tied to Trump, but whether he's so loyal that he'll go down with Trump is another question.
3. Secretary of TransportationSean DuffyNo idea whatsoever, but I suspect he would not go along.
5. Secretary of EnergyChris WrightWright's weltanschauung in his department is too aligned with Trump for him to go along.
6. Secretary of EducationLinda McMahonSpeaks for itself.
5. Secretary of Veterans AffairsDoug CollinsCollins served as an active duty and reserve chaplain. He's very conservative, but I suspect that military officers have his ear.
6. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem. Noem is from the far right, but she's savvy and she's not going to go down with the Trump ship.
7. Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyLee Zeldin. Zeldin is a Trump ally. He won't vote to remove Trump.
7. Director of the Office of Management and BudgetRussell Vought. Vought is a far right NatCon and pretty smart, which puts him in the cynical camp. Trump's only a vehicle for the NatCons, and he'll be willing to change lines if it means it keeps the NatCons in control under a NatCon Vance. Indeed, his participation would nearly guaranty that it would.
8. Director of National IntelligenceTulsi Gabbard. Gabbard has a demonstrated independent streak and has been in both political parties. She'll act to advance and save herself.
4. Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyJohn Ratcliffe. Quite unknown, but I suspect would lean towards removal.
5. United States Trade RepresentativeJamieson Greer. Unknown, but would likely lean towards removal.
6. Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationKelly Loeffler. Unknown, but would likely lean towards removal.
7. Chief of StaffSusie WilesProbably loyal to Trump.
So, if my math and ponderings are correct, which they may very well not be, things are probably nearly tied, in knowns, right now. I figure there are 8 out of the needed 12 who would remove Trump, if four more signed on.
Of the unknowns, there are seven. Of the diehard Trump loyalist, seven. I figure five of the unknowns, one more than needed, would likely go for removal, but that's a pretty thin margin. Some on the fence would likely want a greater margin.
You can bet these conversations are going on right now, however. They are openly going on now in Congress.
October 5, 2025
Don is using the budget shutdown to cozy up to Project 2025, making his removal less likely as the NatCons will get what the want from the document under the cover of the budget shutdown. Russell Vought, for example, can now be moved to the no removal column.
It was a crafty move on somebody's part.
October 15, 2025
I'd love to go to Argentina. I'd like to be like Biden. I'd like to go to the beach. My legs are not quite as thin as his. My legs are slightly heavier…My body is a little bit larger than his. I'm not sure it would be appreciated on the beach.
Donald Trump.
October 20, 2025
The destruction of the facade of the East Wing of the White House began today in anticipation of the construction of a ballroom that will never get built.
Construction of the gaudy structure will advance until the 25th Amendment or advanced old age remove Trump from office, at which point the East Wing will have to be repaired on the taxpayers dime. Worst case scenario is that Trump somehow managed to babble through a full term, which would be a disaster for the nation, after which the structure will be taken down and a new East Wing built.
October 21, 2025
So I just wanna say, thank you all. Uh, simply, behind me, so, is a knockout panel. This panel, the next time you come here, will be opened up and gone. No – uh, no problem with any of the surrounding areas. These, this room will be fixed. This will be like a cocktail – the whole floor will be cocktails or pre-briefings or whatever it may be, lots of different things. So the entire floor. So you come in, the entire floor sets up. We didn’t have to do any of that. Usually, you have to do that. You need different rooms to go along with a ballroom.
Donald Trump.
October 22, 2025
Trump now claims the justice department owes him $230M dollars.
He's clearly insane.
October 24, 2025
October 24, 2025
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Oh yeah. . .that's clearly the reaction a totally stable secure genius would have . . .
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
And with that petulant temper tantrum, we'll close out this edition.
October 30, 2025
The United States, with a demented child in the Oval Office, is going to resume the testing of nuclear weapons.
Trump is clearly, to use the legal standard, "a danger to himself or others".
Trump was clearly clueless and walked right when the Japanese Prime Minister stopped to review the honor guard, leaving her to have to catch up. People guided Trump around like a demented elderly person. . . which of course he is.
And the saluting.
Ronald Reagan started saluting at U.S troops. It's moronic. It was then, and it still is. Trump's a civilian, he shouldn't be saluting anyone.
November 4, 2025
Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao without knowing who he was.
This from the guy who complains about autopens.
November 5, 2025
You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID. But for voting they want no voter ID. It's only for one reason: because they cheat.
I don't have to show an ID at the grocery store or the gas station. And I don't believe Trump ever goes to the grocery store or the gas station.
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1300% lower than last year. We love the creamed corn. I don’t know who came up with that. Bob Corn, or maybe Jack Cream. Hey look, a woman from Saudi Arabia!
Trump on creamed corn.
I don't know if they care about that in Saudi Arabia, but here it means a lot. We got the princess here from Saudi Arabia. She's got a lot of cash.
Trump on the cost of a Thanksgiving meal.
November 7, 2025
Our energy costs are way down. Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down. And the press does not report it… Thanksgiving meals 25% down. So I don't want to hear about the affordability.
