But he's also a fuck-up.

While he's waiting for the Senate trial, he's screw up again.

I hate it.

She doesn't play games but he thinks she does. The most illustrious example was him release the "transcript". He whirled in his empty head that that would end the investigations.

He could say the exact same thing about Santa Claus and they would not care. He knows that casting these kind of aspersions will irritate sensible people and distract and dismay them. His base is the actual target.

She's only started to really mess with his head in the last year.

I was about to point out the timeline -- glad you beat me to it.

Trump is more unhinged now than ever.

It all ties in with the importance of the "Blue Wave" of 2018. That election gave power to the Dems in the House and allowed the the power and rights to call "BULLSHIT!" on IQ45 and his gang of thieves.

We now see Speaker Pelosi deftly handling the powers vested unto her and leading the House and public to see what a disaster IQ45 has been and showing how to start getting Democracy back into our country.

When you talk with his supporters, one of the things they love about iPOTUS is that he doesn't take any guff, and they see his Twitter rants as a daily reminder of that perceived strength. It's like each tweet or attack on his enemies on television or at his rallies -- of which there seem to be an unlimited number (both enemies and rallies) -- is a shot of adrenaline to the base, and like adrenaline, each dose feels great. If you think of adrenaline as being a drug with powerful effects, his supporters become addicted to it. Trump is the ultimate pusher.*

In the real world, such actions are considered a sign of a mental disorder. But we disregard them at our peril; they are designed to solidify the support of his base. Where Democrats would be satisfied with 50% of Democrats and Independents showing up at the polls and voting for Democratic candidates, I would be surprised if Trump doesn't get 100% of his supporters showing up to vote for him. Anger is a powerful motivator, and Trump has positioned himself at the focal point of that rage.


* I think this has something to do with the vociferous attacks we get from our Trump-supporting family members during the holidays. To them, defending Trump is a fight-or-flight situation, and they feed off of each other to ensure a huge fight with the attacker (us). The surge of the adrenaline they get with each insult to our beliefs and values is more powerful than any drug or alcohol they could ingest. I bet if you set up a hidden camera you'd find the relatives would be exhausted as they came off their adrenaline high after you left.

The way I deal with my Trump-loving sister-in-law is to sit in absolute silence when she begins her rant (she has political Tourette Syndrome), keeping my expression neutral, or maybe you would have with a confused child (it took a while to learn how to do this -- I like the adrenaline surge from a good fight as much as the next person, hence becoming a lawyer). After 30 seconds or so she'll get a puzzled look on her face and after a moment she'll return to normal conversation. When I first met her I told her my relationship with her was more important than being "right" in any political argument, however, she should know that my political views were 180 degrees from hers, so she should not take my silence as agreement. This has worked for more than 15 years, and we still have a good relationship.

BTW, this has left me the energy to discuss my political thoughts with those whose views haven't solidified yet, like my sister, who is now a committed Democrat.

But having to make an emergency trip to Walter Reed shows that Nancy knows how to deal with him.