Quote:Trump’s Weary Defenders Face Fresh Worries
Mr. Trump’s allies have begun to wonder if his need for self-expression, often on social media, will exceed his instinct for self-preservation, with disastrous results both for the president and for a party whose fate is now tightly tied to his.
“The tweets make it much more difficult for us as we try to build a case against these leakers,” said Representative Peter T. King, a New York Republican who sits on the Intelligence Committee. “We always have to be answering questions about the tweets — it puts us on defense all the time when we could be
building a case for the president.”
NYT
I agree with Elizabeth Drew - I don't think Trump wants to be where he is and I think he's getting increasingly unhappy with his situation. What part of his behaviors is just reactive (because of his personality) and what part might be unconsciously self-destructive (to somehow get him out of his unpleasant circumstance) - who the hell knows.
But Dems or Dem supporters will make a serious mistake if they hope that Trump's removal will do the trick for them in terms of policy or even in terms of honesty in governance and civic sanity. His removal, however that happens,
will be an improvement, certainly, but the much deeper and more intractable problem is the modern GOP.
