At this point the Whistlerblower is as important as the Security Guard at Watergate.

[edhopper]

He was just the ignition light for a larger conspiracy. His identity, and even his original memo no longer matter.
We have moved well beyond him.
But Trump's obsession shows both his vindictive nature and his complete lack of a grasp on what is mounting against him.

[jberryhill]

1. Good analogy

[sop]

2. Trump's complete fixation on the whistleblower is just more evidence of his psychosis

Of course it makes no sense to focus on the security guard who discovered the Watergate burglars (actually we can thank Forrest Gump for that), or the whistleblower who first brought attention to Trump's Ukraine/Biden scheme. But, then, nothing Trump does or says makes much sense anyway.

[edhopper]

3. It does in a demented way

to his addled mind, if he can expose and somehow discredit the whistleblower. Everything after doesn't count.
It's the way he thinks only people who support him are unbiased and credible.

[kentuck]

4. Right! If he can discredit the messenger, he can discredit the message.

That seems to be the way he thinks?

[Brother Buzz]

5. Frank Wells wasn't the whistelblower, it was Forrest Gump

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. He's sort of Alexander Butterfield -

one of the few people who knew Nixon had a secret taping system and who finally spilled the beans during the Watergate hearings. Chances are Nixon wouldn't have wound up on the verge of impeachment and conviction if it hadn't been for Butterfield's testimony.

[edhopper]

7. True

but that is more like when we discover that the "Phone Call" was taped.

[SterlingPound]

8. i agree with that take