Donald Trump Becoming Increasingly Isolated, Reminiscent Of The Final Days Of Richard Nixon

People are becoming increasingly unwilling to associate with Donald Trump in any way in light of his refusal to take a stand against white supremacists and neo-Nazis. So far eighteen charities have pulled out of events at Mar-a-Lago this year, with the current list here. This includes five more charities which have withdrawn in the past day. The Palm Beach Post reports:

On Friday, Susan G. Komen, the world’s largest nonprofit in the fight against breast cancer, the International Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Autism Association of Palm Beach County, and Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee Groves announced they would not hold their events at Trump’s Palm Beach club during the winter fundraising season.

Those announcements came a day after the Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society and the American Friends of Magen David Adom, an organization supporting Israel disaster relief programs, said they would seek alternative venues. The Cleveland Clinic plans to hold its Feb. 23 ball at The Breakers in Palm Beach.

The International Red Cross announcement, in particular, marks the end of an era. Mar-a-Lago’s original owner, Marjorie Merriweather Post, hosted the IRC’s first ball there and Trump has been a frequent chairman of the event. And Big Dog Rescue, which counts Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump as a gala co-chair, decided Friday to move its fundraiser only a day after it reiterated its intention to stick with Mar-a-Lago.

Earlier this week Trump was forced to disband his business advisory groups as CEO’s began to withdraw. He has come under criticism from many members of his own party who fear he might have damaged the Republican party for years to come, leading to speculation that he might be only six votes away from removal from office if impeached and this goes to the Senate. One member of his Evangelical Advisory Board has stepped down over “a deepening conflict in values.”

Donald and Melania Trump also announced today that they will  not be attending this year’s Kennedy Center Honors after several of those being honored stated they would skip the event. Yesterday the members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced they were resigning in a letter critical of Donald Trump:

“Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions …” the letter stated. “Supremacy, discrimination, and vitriol are not American values. Your values are not American values. We must be better than this. We are better than this. If this is not clear to you, then we call on you to resign your office, too.”

We have not seen a president this isolated since Richard Nixon in the final days before his resignation. This makes me wonder if we are getting close to seeing Donald Trump talking to the pictures  of former presidents on the White House walls as Richard Nixon did. Or perhaps his often irrational middle of the night Tweets are the modern day equivalent.