DONALD TRUMP'S WEEK FROM HELL

…Trump is depressed and is feeling cornered

Trump’s lies are becoming more ridiculous and unhinged

Last week, the basics of Donald Trump’s world changed and it also was the beginning of a possible change in the attitude of what is going to happen in the November mid-terms.

To use the primary election parlance of calling it a “Super Tuesday”, at around 4.30pm, in two courtrooms, 200 miles apart, a pair of Trump associates delivered a one-two punch that stunned the White House and the nation, and it revived whispers of presidential  impeachment.

Yes, last week, within a single hour, there were the scandals of Trump’s former lawyer pleading guilty to 8 counts, two of which included the president, and of his former campaign manager being found guilty of 8 of 18 serious counts, and that specific Cohen plea effectively turned the president of the United States into an “unindicted co-conspirator in a federal crime”.

You may recall, that is what President Richard Nixon became during the Watergate scandal investigation.

Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, just made the whole thing worse when he was asked if the president would give his version of events in a testimony.  A testimony to the special counsel Robert Mueller, investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.  Giuliani immediately responded and warned, “that would be a potential presidential perjury trap,” and then he blurted out: “Truth isn’t truth!” whatever the hell that means….?

Meanwhile, back at the White House, Trump went on to make that day worse as he hosted an event to highlight some success stories of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.  He stated that a border patrol agent, who is Latino and “speaks perfect English”, and he was beckoned to the stage.  The president then went on to mis-stated the acronym for US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at least eight times by referring to it as “CBC”.  You know, CBC as in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

So far, and so Trumpian, this has all become fairly typical of this bizarre presidency.

Per Dan Balz in the Washington Post:  "No day during President Trump’s 19 months in office could prove as dangerous or debilitating as Tuesday.  Everything that happened in a pair of courtrooms hundreds of miles apart strengthened the hand of special counsel Robert S Mueller, while weakening that of the president of the United States.”

Cohen’s plea bargain statement could easily become exhibit A, if the “Blue Wave” happens and the Democrats win the House of Representatives in November, and then launch a campaign to impeach the president,  However, the Democrats today continue to play down such talk.  Also this is all happening as Michael Cohen’s lawyer has embarked on a media tour saying his client is “eager to sing like a canary for Robert Mueller”.

And the week from hell was far from done.

It was then announced that the Republican congressman, Duncan Hunter and his wife were indicted that same week on corruption charges.  Namely they had converted more than $250,000 in campaign money to pay for personal expenses, including dental work, fast food, golf outings and holidays and trips for their family and nearly a dozen relatives.

All this while the Republican Representative, Chris Collins, was also indicted on that same day for insider stock trading, as he put his re-election campaign on hold.

Both Hunter and Collins were two of the earliest GOP supporters of Donald Trump.

Yes, I would say that this was definitely Trump’s and the GOP’s “Week from Hell”!

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