View from the Left: Will Trump self destruct before he takes America down with him?

One of the most stunning features of Donald Trump's presidency has been his complete and utter inability to anticipate the consequences of his actions more than about 30 seconds beyond the immediate gratification he gets from taking them.

Everyone in the world but Trump seemed to realize that his presidency had taken a very precarious turn the moment he fired former FBI director James Comey—press secretary Sean Spicer was hiding in the White House bushes, for god's sake. And yet, there Trump was in the Oval Office with the Russians the very next day bragging that the pressure had really been “taken off.”

Of course, Trump’s decision to oust Comey triggered the appointment of special counsel Bob Mueller, which immediately escalated the profile of the investigation. But we also learned this week that Comey’s dismissal led to a reversal on the one point Trump has been totally obsessed with: his own exoneration.

Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.

Ever since the Russia investigation began, Trump has proven to be singularly focused on separating himself from his campaign—it may have done something wrong, but he didn’t. And he has persistently pestered investigators like Comey to publicize the fact that he personally wasn’t under scrutiny.

Well, now he is. And more than likely the fact that we even know this information is also the result Trump’s stunning lack of impulse control.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/17/1672560/-View-from-the-Left-Will-Trump-self-destruct-before-he-takes-America-down-with-him