Trump got extra angry Sunday night. Uncheered by Mother’s Day, the president launched into a sequence of rage tweets that included the line: “The FBI has no leadership.” Trump has fired one FBI director, James Comey, for looking into the Russia matter. He fired an acting director, Andrew McCabe, for the same apparent reason. Apparently, he is now gunning for the present director, Chris Wray.This is such a weird situation - and the irony runs deep. The American Right that so dislikes identity politics when it leads to claims of victimhood won't call out a President whose own victimhood status is based on narcissism.
Why is Trump angry? Trump disjointedly tweeted over linked messages: “The Director is protecting the same gang…..that tried to……..overthrow the President through an illegal coup. (Recommended by previous DOJ) @TomFitton @JudicialWatch”
Trump wants the FBI to endorse his own theory of victimhood—and it won’t. Worse, the FBI was embedded in the Mueller investigation. The FBI received, and still holds, whatever information the investigation gathered about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, including potential answers to the all-important question: Why? Why was Vladimir Putin so eager to help Trump into the presidency? Why did Russia care so much, and run such risks for him?
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Endorsement of victimhood sought
David Frum's piece in The Atlantic about how Trump is getting angry with the FBI - again! - is good reading:
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David Frum is a conservative Jew quisling. This is ridiculous. The non-Likudnik side of Hebe-town have been gunning for Trump. Thats more than clear. I can see that and I don't even have a television in the house. Having a TV in the house is like having a Jew in your living room.
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