Sensing Defeat, Trump Cries 'Witch Hunt' - by Rick Wilson

[DonViejo]

A princeling who’s literally lived in a golden tower for most of his adult life is not good with stress. And there’s a lot of stress on him now, and much more coming.

Rick Wilson
11.28.18 5:11 AM ET

Donald Trump is having a very bad week to go on top of his bad month, bad year, and bad presidency, and it’s showing with every manic tweet and every unhinged statement. As easy as it is to view Trump’s tweetstorms as the rantings of a lavishly paranoid man who’s just discovered the myriad joys of cocaine, his doubling down on absurd “witch hunt” whining is, as always, a tell. As he ratchets up the volume well past 11, you know he feels the heat rising.

For two years, Donald Trump had fun amidst the mess. He reveled in stage-managing a reality-television version of an executive branch staffed by weak-willed and morally vacant appointees selected more for their ass-kissing skills than for any remote talent in governing or even any talent at all. He consumed every ounce of scenery, and his every desire, whim, and impulse were carried out by White House minions unable to say no. Republican Members of Congress may as well have sported “Property of Donald Trump” forehead tattoos.

During those halcyon days, the power of the Republican House was used to obstruct justice, block the Mueller probe into Russia’s pro-Trump efforts, and to attack the intelligence community in order to protect Team Putin. They were a blocking force against investigations into his taxes, finances, and his administration's misdeeds. Trump has never displayed even the most cursory interest in governing or leadership, but he loves the roar of the crowd, the high-fructose smell of the MAGA set jammed into arenas, his long-running pissing match with the media, and trolling the known universe on Twitter. A supine House was his shield.

Donald Trump, a princeling who was raised in luxury, never held accountable for any of his countless personal and business betrayals and failures, and who literally lived in a golden tower for most of his life, is not good with stress. His rage-tweeting shows us that he knows he can’t juggle all the crises steaming toward him, that he knows his astounding power to distort reality for his followers won’t shield him from the political, legal, and personal perils closing in on him.

Playtime is over, and Donald doesn't like it.

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[malaise]

1. Now he's accusing Hillary of treason when he is the treasonous scumbag

He projects way too much.
Lock him up!

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Absolutely! nt

[malaise]

3. Here it is

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211482935

[SWBTATTReg]

6. I saw this earlier. Disgusting as usual. I ignore this piece of crap president who is a ...

disgusting person and human being. Thanks for posting and stay warm!

[watoos]

11. I didn't take me long to figure Trump out.

He does do projection a lot. When he accuses someone else of something, he is the one who is guilty.

He has been lying so much lately that when he says something most likely the opposite is true.

I'm 71 and I remember when Groucho Marx said, "who are going to believe, me, or your lying eyes.

I still think that Trump may have a nervous breakdown. Nice article just written by Rick Wilson. Play time is over for Trump.

[maddiemom]

20. Your first line perfectly expresses the key to Trump.

It's been obvious since the Republican primary. If he makes an accusation about a rival or perceived enemy, that's a sure bet he's guilty of the same. I'm beginning to think that he truly believes that everyone else is as reprehensible as he is and is acting as he would act.

[OnDoutside]

4. It's accurate to say that the midterms were his Stalingrad. Next is the long slow retreat.

[Botany]

7. And Mueller is General Zhukov to Trump's Hitler

Trump knows he is guilty and w/every tweet, statement, and action you can see
his panic. This latest round with Manafort, Corsi, Stone, and Assange puts the
Russians working to rig our elections right into the middle of Trump's campaign
and Trump knows that.

[watoos]

12. I've noticed he has cut back on his,

"No Collusion No Collusion." Now he is just flat out attacking Mueller. Trump does make me laugh with his talking point that Dems are conspiring against him when most of the people involved in the investigation are Republicans.

[FakeNoose]

23. "No collusion" has morphed into "collusion isn't against the law"

I think Rudy G. had something to do with that.

[OnDoutside]

14. We'll know when he hits peak insanity when he starts tweeting

about non existent attorney generals... !

[Botany]

25. Trump is already @ that point now.

Link to tweet

Trump was mentored by and hired Joe McCarthy's lawyer, Roy Cohen.

[Harker]

10. Scorched earth time.

He'll be tearing up railroad tracks and dynamiting bridges all the way to the bunker.

[OnDoutside]

15. 100% agree.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Wilson has a flair for words

I hope it all does converge on Trump at once

[watoos]

13. I can't remember who it was,

but he was on TV debating with a Repug. Don't get Rick Wilson mad, he flat out went berserk on that Repug, tore him a new asshole, it was a sight to behold. He is usually reserved, very biting with his words, but reserved, not that time.

[JHB]

31. Wilson is a Republican, or was and will be again...

...as soon as they try to pretend Trump never happened, if he has made a fig leaf departure from the party.

Enjoy his Don-bashing, but never forget he's one of the people who cultivated what is now Trump's base.

He's a pip, but not a friend.

[DeminPennswoods]

17. A cleaner version of The Rude Pundit

nt

[Kurt V.]

18. Decent article but don't care for wilson at all

[Raster]

8. Delicious!

Pain—political, economic, and legal pain—is coming to Donald Trump, and he's earned every bit of it. Go long on popcorn stocks.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I am longing to see a spectacular, very public meltdown.

I want his cult to see him for who he really is.

[watoos]

16. I think of the old Western movies when I think of Trump.

I picture him as the travelling snake oil salesman.

Think about it. We don't force Trump to release his tax returns, a man who can't get a loan from a U.S. bank. I think about just that fact and can only shake my head.

What really upset me about Trump happened early in his campaign when he looked at a 10 year old girl and said, I will be dating her in 10 years. I mean what kind of person looks at a 10 year old with sexual thoughts, and people voted for that piece of trash.

[maddiemom]

28. One of those old westerns, "Trackdown,"...

actually HAD a snake oil villain named Trump. He wanted to build a wall to "protect" the town.

[CatWoman]

19. a million kicks

[jalan48]

21. "...weak-willed and morally vacant appointees selected more for their ass-kissing skills

than for any remote talent in governing or even and talent at all."

A great way to describe Trump & Co. Repeat often.

[Paladin]

22. The Trump Shit Show can't end soon enough to suit me.

Nice writing by Rick Wilson.

[FakeNoose]

24. I recently read Wilson's book and found it entertaining

Normally I don't waste time on GOP authors, but this was quite good!

[tanyev]

27. Agreed. I'm reading it right now and it is the most satisfying anti-Trump book I have read so far.

Rick did feel compelled to do some gratuitous Democrat bashing, but the vast majority of the book is a spectacular smack down of Trump and all the people who continue to support him.

[Moostache]

30. I love the fact he uses the images of his hands on the cover...

One of the many, many things I find so utterly grating about the Shit-Gibbon in general is the constant hand gestures he uses and especially the rotation of them on his right arm.

There is the "index finger point" as shown above, then there is the "index finger-thumb circle / OK-symbol", then there is my personal favorite the "index finger half-bent in" (in an attempt to make the other 3 fingers appear longer and his hand larger).

Any man so insecure about the size of his hands (and really what he believes that impression would make or lead others to think about him) is truly pathetic and ensnared in a hellish existence from which there is no respite or relief available. Suffer 2-scoops...suffer!!!

[dhill926]

26. "he loves the roar of the crowd, the high-fructose smell of the MAGA set jammed into arenas"

wow....that's some good writing right there. He'll no doubt turn on any Democrat in the White House, but for now, I'm enjoying the shit out of him tearing up trump...

[yonder]

29. You beat me to it. That one line stood out for me as well.

Though conservative, Rick Wilson is a fine writer.

[Cha]

32. "Go long on popcorn stocks."

Interesting piece!