David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker. is noted for his skill at capturing the essence of complex stories and laying it all out in exquisite prose. In this piece he takes on Trump’s latest rage and highlights the many examples of the incivility and boorishness he has showered upon European leaders, the press and Bob Mueller to name just a few. Some of his tweets in the last few days border on the incoherent as well as inane He appears to have lost all vestiges of equanimity. (This morning he appears to be a tad more self-contained.)
With all the evidence Remnick provides, it appears that the country is being led by an increasingly unstable man who perhaps for the first time in his adult life has run out of options to control the narrative. His story is getting darker and more bleak. And Mueller looms large in his rear view mirror.
He purportedly has spent the last three days in the White House huddling with his lawyers trying to answer Mueller’s written questions. He has had these questions for 2 weeks.. It is not a stretch to speculate that he simply is bereft of answers which will not be incriminating. He however has characterized the questions as “easy”.
And despite the intransigence of McConnell to move forward to protect Mueller, more and more Americans are catching on to the emotional drama that is being acted out in the White House. Like a stone in one’s shoe, Trump wants to extricate the aggravation Mueller presents. The choice of Whitaker is his latest telling attempt to get rid of the discomfiting investigation.
No matter. The Trump story is moving inexorably to a conclusion. And Americans have to bank on the soundness of the Constitution, the wisdom and integrity of our government leaders and judicial system to lead us out of this historic crisis.
Please check out the Remnick article. He is a joy to read.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-rages-and-the-case-for-optimism