Death by a thousand cuts, II

Though the 24-hour news cycle in combination with the Internet has sped things up, anybody who recalls the Watergate scandal must be experiencing a disquieting sense of deja vu just now.

  • The daily drip-drip-drip of new information, which …

  • Contradicts what was said yesterday, and …

  • The fierce attacks against news outlets and critics, accompanied by …

  • An accelerating list of defections.

As I said immediately after the election and have said ever since, that was Trump’s high-water mark; now, the tide goes only … out.

Late last evening, the New York Times and Washington Post, followed by CNN, began reporting that there were regular contacts between Russian intelligence and the Trump campaign during 2016. There is only one sane understanding of it:

  • Donald Trump knowingly colluded with an enemy of the United States to defame and disrupt his opponent and win the election, and …

  • Assured Putin that the sanctions imposed by Obama would be lifted outright or not enforced.

There are still some dots that need connecting, but the outline is plain enough.

I don’t believe Trump will last. I suspect his vanity will insist upon the turmoil of impeachment and trial rather than a quick resignation, but I am quite certain that he will be forced from office.

Prepare for President Pence.

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