Trump Lackeys Know Their Boss Is Losing His Grip

The bully-in-chief keeps issuing taunts on Twitter that accuse former President Barack Obama of some unspecified grand conspiracy. In what may be more evidence of a deteriorating mental state, President Donald J. Trump has made up “Obamagate,” apparently to account for the incompetence and malfeasance of his own administration.

On Thursday, Trump tweeted out a call for his congressional lackeys to force President Obama “to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR … Do it, @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it.”

But even the lackeys seem to understand this is another example of the president’s inability to stop heaping damage upon himself. While White House aides have not been able to stop Trump from appearing at coronavirus “briefings,” where he dishes out dangerous advice, distorted data and downright lies, Republican senators are quite unlikely to try to subpoena Obama. That would bulldoze what remains of Trump’s re-election campaign. Continue reading.