Trump’s Perpetual Victimhood Is the Most Troubling Part of His Presidency

We’re dealing with an utter, and complete man-baby in the White House. Of this, I have no doubt.

He does not take good counsel. He’s driven away more legal counsel than he’s probably hired in his lifetime. The reason for that has a lot to do with the fact that most lawyers like to get paid for their work, and Donald Trump’s history is that of someone who likes to leave creditors and small businesses holding the bag.

Also, it’s a career death sentence to represent a client who won’t listen and can ruin your career by sabotaging your case and making you look incompetent.

That’s why President Trump has been stuck with people like Rudy Giuliani, who has likely given away more than he’s helped, with attention seeking that rivals that of Trump’s.

Then there’s Trump’s unquenchable desire to play the victim.

I’ll never understand it, but for somebody whose fans celebrate as a real tough guy, he plays the victim exceptionally well.

Turning to the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, Team Trump was given what should be considered good news on Wednesday morning, when House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy commented that it was clear from recent classified meetings with FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that Donald Trump was not the subject of the investigation.

Trump and his loyalists have been pushing the narrative of an FBI “spy” within the Trump campaign.

In fact, there was no spy. An FBI informant, Stefan A. Halper, had contacted three Trump campaign aides, after it was discovered they’d interacted with Russians.

“Spying” is an espionage term and has nothing to do with what Halper did.

Regardless, today’s news was a win for Trump, but you wouldn’t know it, to hear the comments coming out of the White House.

“Clearly, there’s still cause for concern that still needs to be looked at,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.

Sanders was responding to Rep. Trey Gowdy’s (R-S.C.) comments that “the FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do” by having a confidential source speak with Trump campaign associates who were suspected of having contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.

Gowdy pointed out during that same interview that President Trump, himself, had told former FBI Director James Comey that if there was anyone within his campaign working with the Russians that he expected that to be investigated.

So that’s happening.

It didn’t stop there.

With all the controversy following comedienne Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, targeting former Obama-era White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, you had to know there were going to be questions during today’s briefing, since Barr has fashioned herself, as of late, as being some new age Trump supporter.

To be clear, Trump did address it.

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

Yes, it’s all about you. Everything is.

Sanders, when asked about the president’s tweet, responded:

“The president’s pointing to the hypocrisy in the media, saying that the most horrible things about this president, and nobody addresses it,” she said. “Where was Bob Iger’s apology to the White House staff for Jemelle Hill calling the president and anyone associated with him a white supremacist, to Christians around the world for Joy Behar calling Christianity a mental illness? Where was the apology for Kathy Griffin going on a profane rant against the president on ‘The View’ after a photo showed her holding President Trump’s decapitated head?”

“Where was the apology from Bob Iger for ESPN hiring Keith Olbermann after his numerous expletive tweets attacking Trump as a Nazi and even expanding Olbermann’s role after that attack against the president’s family. This is a double standard that the president is speaking about. No one is defending her comments. They’re inappropriate, but that’s point that he was making,” she added.

Yes. The media tends to be hypocritical. It’s not fair, but it’s not new. Welcome to politics.

Imagine if George W. Bush had to lash out at every perceived slight from the media.

This president has not been tested on any real level. He’s not had to deal with a 9/11 or anything beyond the situations he creates in his ratings grabs.

I pray he’s never tested, for all of our sakes.