Donald Trump has been having a meltdown about former FBI Director Robert Mueller pretty much ever since the special counsel was appointed on May 17. On Twitter he has been fulminating that he is a victim of “the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people!” Behind the scenes, the Associated Press reports, he is “yelling at television sets in the White House carrying coverage and insisting he is the target of a conspiracy to discredit — and potentially end — his presidency.” So irate has Trump become that he reportedly gave serious thought to firing Mueller when his investigation has hardly begun — and may still do so despite all of the advice he is receiving to the contrary.
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Comparing Donald Trump to Richard Nixon is unfair — to Nixon
Watergate was about a domestic political break-in. Kremlingate is far darker and more consequential.
Kremlingate, the scandal involving the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia, has already led to the firing of the FBI director, the appointment of a special counsel and hints that the president may fire the special counsel, too. Naturally this has prompted comparisons to Watergate. But the comparison is unfair — to Richard Nixon.
Read more...Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President
“You know, I’m like a smart person.” Uh huh.
I'm starting to suspect that Donald Trump may not have been right when he said, “You know, I’m like a smart person.” The evidence continues to mount that he is far from smart — so far, in fact, that he may not be capable of carrying out his duties as president.
Read more...‘Total and Complete Vindication’? No Way.
There are reams of evidence pointing toward Trump's collusion and obstruction — and we don’t even know what James Comey said in closed session.
There are reams of evidence pointing toward Trump's collusion and obstruction — and we don’t even know what James Comey said in closed session.
Read more...Trump May Rue His Middle Finger to Europe
From pulling out of Paris to upbraiding London’s mayor, the American president seems happy to make enemies across the pond.
From pulling out of Paris to upbraiding London’s mayor, the American president seems happy to make enemies across the pond.
Read more...Why did Trump withdraw from Paris? To appease his base
Why did President Trump decide to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate agreement? It is, after all, a nonbinding accord dependent on voluntary commitments to reduce greenhouse emissions. President Obama pledged fairly aggressive action by the U.S., including significant reductions in emissions from power plants that run on fossil fuels. But it would be easy to undo his proposed cutbacks without leaving the Paris agreement. In fact Trump has already done that. In March, he signed an executive order “aimed,” in CNBC’s words, “at rolling back a number of Obama-era climate policies.”
Read more...From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of the Body Slam
Donald Trump has so thoroughly co-opted the Republican Party that it has given up everything it used to stand for.
Donald Trump has so thoroughly co-opted the Republican Party that it has given up everything it used to stand for.
Read more...The Seth Rich ‘Scandal’ Shows That Fox News Is Morally Bankrupt
The network I once respected as a necessary antidote to liberal media now peddles craven lies and Russian disinformation.
The network I once respected as a necessary antidote to liberal media now peddles craven lies and Russian disinformation.
Read more...Republicans need to screw up their courage and tell Trump to go
If Donald Trump is forced to leave office early — a prospect that is no longer as unimaginable as it once was — May 9-16 will become known as the seven days that shook the world. It is almost hard to remember now the media hoopla that accompanied Trump’s 100th day in office on April 29. Many pundits, myself included, wrote that Trump was normalizing. The past seven days have been anything but normal; indeed, they constitute the most bizarre week of the U.S. presidency since the dark days of Watergate.
Read more...Republicans Need to Abandon the Trump Ship ASAP
America’s national security demands it.
The political world is now buzzing over the Washington Post’s blockbuster report on Monday night that Trump divulged code-word secrets — in other words, some of the most highly classified information that the U.S. government possesses — to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador during an Oval Office meeting. Yes, that’s important. But don’t lose sight of the firing of James Comey, which is, on balance, an even bigger scandal.
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