“Most of the folks in the military are there voluntarily, they’re career, they’re not just there for during the term of one president. They have a good sense that they’ve dedicated themselves to a certain life and the president seems to be suggesting that, outside anything else, they’ve been fooled. It can’t help but shake the military’s judgement about his judgment” —National security expert Gary Schmitt, on Trump’s retweeting the QAnon conspiracy theory that bin Laden’s death was faked.
“This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials’ lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow Americans. It needs to stop.” —Tweet by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, on Trump’s rally cry of “Lock her up,” reminiscent of the same chant about Hillary Clinton four years ago.
“Every single time the President does this at a rally, the violent rhetoric towards (Gov. Whitmer) escalates on social media. It has to stop. It just has to.” —Tweet by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Deputy Digital Director Tori Saylor.
“The most powerful man in the world came after our family. But what happened to us can happen to anyone.” —Rachel Vindman, wife of Iraq war veteran Col. Alexander Vindman, in new Lincoln Project ad.
“Suburban women, will you please like me? Please. Please.” —Donald Trump, begging for the women’s vote to come back to him in 2020. [It’s a little late for that, chump.]
“I thought, ‘Oh, what’s the worst that could happen?’ I do feel guilty.” —Ohio suburban real estate agent Kate Rabinovitch, on her decision to vote for Donald Trump in 2016.
NOT A TRUMP QUOTE, but it should be (with apologies to Cavin & Hobbes):
“Of course, most everybody cheats some time or other. People always bend the rules if they think they can get away with it. Then again, that doesn’t justify my cheating. It just seems wrong to cheat on an ethics test.”
Louisiana Voice 
After his defeat in November, the baffling buffoon’s insulting ways, incompetence, chaos, and criminality before and during his term as president will face serious consequences. This story from CNN – The legal reckoning awaiting Donald Trump if he loses the election, illustrates the problems he potentially faces ahead.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/trump-election-legal-reckoning/index.html
A recent New York Times article points to a glimmer of hope – that Republicans MAY be starting to distance themselves from their leader. If just ONE, Graham or McConnell, falls I can see the possibility of a big turnaround in that party, particularly in the Senate, since they all but 2 (Sasse and Romney) firmly hitched their wagons to his star and nothing is as important to them than their individual interests and power. I can say, with no hesitation, that I would vote for neither of our Senators for anything ever again even if they tried to be chameleons like Cruz and a few others. They have betrayed the trust of at least 40% of their constituents and they deserve no further chances at anything.
thanks Mr. Winham. Schmitt’s statement is wrong. The military knew well before Trump got elected everything repeat everything about Trump’s judgment. Our senators and our Congressmen are complicit in selling the soul of America and I do not see any big turnaround in the GOP. Money will always talk and that is all that matters to our representatives. Trump is a lying, inept, egomaniac and is clearly a threat to our National Security. And this was before Covid. ron thompson