ALL THE TIME THEY WERE PLAYING, THE QUEEN NEVER LEFT OFF QUARRELLING WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS

ALL THE TIME THEY WERE PLAYING THE QUEEN NEVER LEFT OFF QUARRELLING WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS:  Donald Trump projects like mad.  When he attacks and insults his political enemies, he invariably accuses them of his own sins, of which he has an inexhaustible supply.

And now, as Robert Mueller closes in on the Trump crime family, the godfather escalates his rhetoric.  At one of his never-ending string of campaign rallies yesterday, Trump used the word “treason” to describe congressional Democrats.  How did these vile traitors betray their country?  By refusing to applaud his State of the Union speech, like a bunch of Benedict Arnolds.  Off with their heads!

Oh, and guess who else is in legal trouble.  Robert Mueller, that’s who.  NBC reports that Trump has told his friends that he wants Jeff Sessions to prosecute Mueller.  Not just fire him, not just disband his investigation, but try to put him in jail.  NBC was uncertain as to what charges Sessions might bring against the Special Counsel.  Perhaps he failed to applaud the State of the Union message.   Off with his head!

There are those who believe that this is a grand strategy on Trump’s part.  He knows what he’s doing, they argue, and could behave differently if he chose.  I disagree.  He’s always been a narcissist, and now his cognitive capacity is diminished.  He’s become a 71 year old child, a mean little kid who wants what he wants, and wants it now.

The people who know better are Trump's enablers in the Grand Oligarch Party.  I used to wonder how long Republicans would put up with Donald Trump.  Now I know:  as long as they can get away with it.