Wilson also writes the following before get goes on to addressing just what casual presidential accusations of treason means to the country:
Monday's simpering, prissy, self-indulgent performance in Ohio was just another raree-show with our Kentucky Fried Nero fiddling while the stock market burned. Then came the moment where he broke another seal, and cracked another seam in the foundation of our Republic…. That was when Trump, in his typical sneering, sniggling, purse-lipped way said of the Democrats watching his State of the Union speech: “They were like death. And un-American. Un-American. Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”
Even for Trump, on an endless quest to define American decency down, this was a new low. His followers and Congressional cheering section will love it, of course. A few Republicans in Congress may furrow a brow or intone some anodyne statement like, "I wouldn't have put it that way, but..." ….. Trump lacks the mental capacity to see where this very slippery slope leads, but the political arsonists around him do. With that, prepare to reap the whirlwind. CONTINUED
And then there’s this from another writer of not too shabby rhetoric Heather “Digby” Parton —
“Axios also reported Monday that Trump's lawyers have "approved the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate the FBI and Justice Department's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign." I'm not sure why their "approval" would be sought or required, but there you have it. As wacky as that is, it's nothing compared to this nugget reported by Howard Fineman at NBC: “
Trump is even talking to friends about the possibility of asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider prosecuting Mueller and his team. "Here's how it would work: 'We're sorry, Mr. Mueller, you won't be able to run the federal grand jury today because he has to go testify to another federal grand jury,'" said one Trump adviser.
“Basically, they are building a case that Hillary Clinton, along with top leadership of the Department of Justice, the FBI and the State Department, colluded with the Russian government -- and all of them, along with special counsel Mueller, should be locked up. That sounds extreme. But consider what the president said on Monday about Democratic members of Congress who didn't applaud him at the State of the Union address last week:”
They were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, "treasonous." I mean, yeah, I guess. Why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean, they certainly didn't seem to love our country that much.
“With a leader like that, is it such a stretch to believe that his Attorney General might actually appoint special counsels to investigate the FBI and the State Department to ferret out the Democratic traitors? Would we really be that shocked to see them try to prosecute Hillary Clinton or Bob Mueller? I'm afraid it's getting easier to believe every day.”
“Dolt-like Trump,” the commentary went on, “should know that his backbone would be broken, to say nothing of a ‘bloody nose,’ and the empire of America would go to hell and the short history of the U.S. would end forever, the moment he destroys even a single blade of grass on this land.”
The U.S. and the world must “urgently detain Trump … in the isolated hospital of psychopaths,” it said.
The commentary also served up a personal insult of the U.S. president, who grappled with a number of reported scandals during his campaign and after his election.
“No matter how desperately Trump may try to defame the dignified and just system in the DPRK with the worst invectives, he cannot deodorize the nasty smell from his dirty body woven with frauds, sexual abuses and all other crimes nor keep the U.S. from rushing to the final destruction,” the commentary said.
What Kim says isn’t as important as the fact that his words are being read by those in Japan and other Asian countries where people must be growing uneasy with the continued demonstrations that Trump is unlike any American president they have ever seen. If they aren’t worried yet, they will be soon because there’s no sign Trump will change except for the worse as the pressure from the Mueller probe increases and it dawns on him that his presidency is in jeopardy.
Readers here on Daily Kos understand that Trump is unstable, whether we want to get into the weeds with making an actual psychiatric diagnosis or not. Psychiatric diagnosticians willing to go public say he’s a malignant narcissist. Others eschew diagnosis preferring to explain how his behavior demonstrates dangerous instability. His latest unfiltered accusation stated with smirking delight has to be taken seriously as yet one more proof as to how maliciously unhinged he is. He isn’t merely a narcissistic bullying braggart. At the risk of being repetitious:
* About Rick Wilson:
Rick Wilson is a Republican political strategist and media consultant based in Florida who has produced television for governors, U.S. Senate candidates, super PACs, and corporations.[1] He has written in The Daily Beast, Politico, The New York Daily News, The Federalist, The Independent Journal Review, and Ricochet.
Wilson became well known during the 2016 United States presidential election for his denunciations of Donald Trump and supporters of Trump. Examples include asking Ann Coulter via Twitter if Trump "pays more for anal", and on MSNBC referring to Trump's alt-right supporters as "childless single men who masturbate to anime". Wikipedia