Have I ever mentioned that our already-unstable First Felon is likely to get crazier by the day as the pressure of multiple investigations, and exposures of wrongdoing, steadily increases? I think so.
Now, he is likening the whistleblower to a spy and fondly recalling how spies used to be dealt with.
President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was “close to a spy” and that “in the old days,” spies were dealt with differently.
The remark stunned people in the audience, according to a person briefed on what took place, who had notes of what the president said. [ … ]
Mr. Trump repeatedly referred to the whistle-blower and condemned the news media reporting on the complaint as “crooked.”
For those of you who don’t know, spies were once executed. Nathan Hale was hanged by the British, for instance, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair by the U.S.
These remarks were made to federal employees in the Executive Branch who are involved in international affairs, by the way, so a case can be made that it’s a crude warning to not interfere with whatever decadent behavior he indulges.