Can you imagine being a grown man, having been elected president, possessing more wealth than most could spend in a lifetime, and still being so deeply and desperately insecure that flubbing a word forces you into a panicky tap dance?

Said the President, “I look at it, and I think, did it have to be 40 days and 40 nights? I could have negotiated a deal to avoid all that. But Noah’s great, doing a great job in terms of two animals, and people are increasingly recognizing him.”

It is remarkable to think of the effort to which FDR and his staff went to limit public awareness of his entirely harmless disability, while Trump’s battle with emerging depression, creeping dementia, and narcissistic personality disorder are an open secret on hourly display.

Trump thinks nothing of selling out his supporters in this way because he’s practically offended that the press would ask anyone else to speak for him. Trump thinks if anyone purports to predict his plans or assess his thinking, they are diminishing his prerogative and challenging his power.

What Rubio should have said: “I don’t think it’s a regime change move. At least it wasn’t as of last night. But to be honest we hadn’t even planned on doing it until he gave the go order, so I’m not exactly sure what his aim was. Ask me again tomorrow. Or ask Bibi, maybe he knows.”

You’re right. Trump demands his operatives produce apprehensions and deportations at scale. They can’t afford to prioritize “bad guys.” To produce numbers, they need to focus on those they can find and can’t pass up any opportunity to deport. The “good guys” with technical slip-ups are first to go.

Hey @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org‬, if Trump hangs onto the Qatari jet after 1/20/29, wouldn't he be subject to 18 USC 641? After all, the only Const'l way to accept the gift is on behalf of the USA, and once his term ends, he can be prosecuted for exercising dominion over federal property.

Anytime you concede that a certain group of people is not entitled to due process, you’re just selecting the name they will apply to you when they decide they don’t want you around anymore.

Piling up bogus claims of his evildoing is part of the power play. Trump tells us that if we resist his abuse of power, even a judicial exoneration won’t save us; he’ll just have MAGA cult members locked and loaded to exact their own private “justice.”

This could be the first time in American history that a president's resignation would kick off a market rally, because it would actually increase political stability.