January 21 2026, 08:15 
A Democratic senator became visibly frantic and frustrated with gay CNN host Anderson Cooper, who didn’t seem able to understand that many people believe that the president is losing his mind.
“He’s leading us down a road that could take us to a war that would permanently, just, destroy us as a country right now,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said. “Right now, there are people that are aligning themselves… Think about this, they’re aligning themselves against the United States, they’re trying to figure out whether they can be better friends with Russia or China versus us, the country that created NATO.”
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“How does this end well? It does not. And it’s all because this man is being petty and he’s putting himself above the country,” Gallego added.
“Well, it seems like European leaders’ strategy so far has been to basically try to de-escalate, reason with the president, and find some kind of an off-ramp,” Cooper responded. “Do you think there is an off-ramp?”
“No,” Gallego replied. “And I’ve been very clear. He is a madman. He is insane. He’s only thinking about himself.”
“You really think he’s insane?” Cooper asked incredulously.
“Yes!” Gallego blurted out, exasperated. “I’m sorry, where are we at this moment where we don’t understand what’s happening in this country?”
“The man is threatening war against a NATO ally. We all think this is rational, right? Let’s accept what’s happening here. He is not rational right now. He is destroying our world reputation or potentially our economic opportunity or economic might and power around the world because he is being petty,” Gallego added.
“None of this is rational. Everyone needs to stop pretending this is rational,” Gallego told Cooper.
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