With his unprovoked assault on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing the role of an unpredictable macho dictator. Even when it comes to life’s most serious decisions, everyone chooses to play a role and inhabit a persona. We can’t flinch.All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. But if we trade for it, give him some brokered settlement, we’ll be vulnerable to his return. 'Faith in the strength of our sacred institutions & founding principles is severely stretched.but they will hold. He continued to break down Trump's actions as an effort to 'leverage to trade for a safe exit.' president - some choice words were 'whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive' - and accused him of throwing 'a wicked pout fest & trying to give a tiny-hand middle finger to the whole country for pure spite, without a single thought for the dead & dying.' The 'American History X' actor wasn't above name-calling the 45th U.S. 'We cannot let this mobster bully the USA into a deal to save his ass by threatening our democracy. The 'Rounders' star, who's played in several poker tournaments, broke down Trump's 'flop,' and what he also considers to be the outgoing president's turn and river cards.

His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been called in court.' 'We’re seeing 1) a tactical delay of the transition to buy time for coverup & evidence suppression 2) above all, a desperate endgame which is to create enough chaos & anxiety about peaceful transfer of power, & fear of irreparable damage to the system, that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding. 'The core of it is that he knows he’s in deep, multi-dimensional legal jeopardy & this defines his every action,' he continued in the thread. 'I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘ make his base happy’ or ‘ laying the groundwork for his own network,' or that ‘chaos is what he loves,' Norton said in series of tweets Friday morning. He's also an active proponent of Democratic candidates in the decisive Georgia run-off elections to determine party majority in the U.S. Norton has been a vocal opponent of Trump and GOP leaders enabling him for quite some time.

'The Illusionist' star called Trump's actions a 'contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault' on the stability of the country and its institutions, and that's when he put it lightly.

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