Something you may have heard once or twice over the course of the last few months is that Donald Trump is facing impeachment on charges he abused the power of the presidency and obstructed Congress. Something you may also have picked up on is that he is not taking the whole thing very well, a shocking turn of events given that he typically takes slights, perceived or otherwise, in total stride. The president has raged against the impeachment inquiry as a politically motivated “witch hunt,” claimed on a near hourly basis that he’s the victim of “harassment,” called for Rep. Adam Schiff to be questioned for high treason, and suggested the U.S. execute the whistle-blower’s sources like “in the old days.” Most recently he decided, the day before the House holds its momentous vote, to send a completely unhinged letter to Nancy Pelosi filled with dozens of falsehoods, characteristically deranged capitalization, insults, historic self-pity, and incredible claims like the one about how he’s been treated worse than “those accused in the Salem Witch Trials.” It’s the sort of document that itself makes the case that Trump is unfit for office, but which his staff, in all its infinite wisdom, apparently decided to let him put on White House letterhead and release for the world to see.
The highlights:
Trump, doing a weird Blanche DuBois voice, pretends to be an expert in Constitutional law despite strong evidence he’s never actually read the Constitution:
He suggests that the founding fathers, i.e. the people who wanted to prevent a ruler with unchecked power, would be horrified to learn that Pelosi and company aren’t letting him govern like an emperor or a North Korean dictator:
He—a man who’s been married three times, cheating on the first wife with the second, and the third wife (allegedly!) with a porn star—claims Pelosi has insulted the religious community, and been really mean, to boot: