Jennifer Rubin: Trump's freaking out, and its only Tuesday

(and this is from the CONSERVATIVE WaPo columnist...)

If one measures President Trump’s emotional state by the number of early morning tweets, or the number of exclamation points and all-capitalized words, then he seems to be, well, losing it. New criticism on multiple fronts seems to have triggered his most recent meltdown.

Since the terrorist mayhem in London, Trump has been harshly condemned for attacking the mayor of London. He chose to double down with: “Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his ‘no reason to be alarmed’ statement. MSM is working hard to sell it!” He has been taunted for invoking the travel ban in the middle of a tragedy (that may or may not involve immigrants) — and giving away that it is a travel ban. (In his retort, he insisted on using “TRAVEL BAN” — all caps, a “tell” that he’s under stress.) And he has been blasted for the slow pace of his nominations, which leaves hundreds of positions unfilled and which courts danger if a disaster strikes in an area for whom he has not bothered to nominate anyone. (“Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors. They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS! Want approvals.” Again, with the all-capital letters?)

After laughable TV appearances, his flacks Sebastian Gorka and Kellyanne Conway were ridiculed for saying their boss’s words shouldn’t be a big deal. That argument didn’t work in the Muslim TRAVEL BAN (sorry, I couldn’t resist) litigation; it likely won’t pass the straight-face test with the majority of voters.

Trying to tease out Trump’s motivations or anticipate his blowups is a risky proposition. That said, he seems to be unusually volatile on an unusually wide array of issues. Might it be that he’s just a teensy bit nervous about former FBI director James B. Comey’s Thursday testimony? He has good reason to be.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/06/trumps-freaking-out-and-its-only-tuesday/