Little Boy Scared

Donald Trump believes we should terminate “all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution” to overturn the 2020 election. That was his view on 1/6 and remains his view today. No honest person can now deny that Trump is an enemy of the Constitution.

— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) December 4, 2022

With the former President calling to throw aside the constitution, not a single conservative can legitimately support him, and not a single supporter can be called a conservative. This is insane. Trump hates the constitution

Right @GOPLeader @EliseStefanik @Jim_Jordan ? pic.twitter.com/C0bjM6exGv

— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) December 4, 2022

Trump is an enemy of the Constitution. (The oath of office is to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.” How does that work if you just threw it away. For that matter, how do you take an office created by the Constitution you just terminated?). Trump does hate the Constitution. In fact, all Trump cares about is Trump.

On the @nytimes website I still see an article about @soledadobrien's floors, but nothing about Trump's calling for the overturning of the 2020 election through "the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution."

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 4, 2022

December 3.

Trump calls for "termination" of the Constitution so that he can be restored to power and most Republicans, like McCarthy, say nothing. ⁦@MaggieAstor⁩ https://t.co/4I6FW90xHv

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) December 4, 2022

Well, it took them another day, but they finally got around to it. And at least they didn’t say “suspend.”

Trump is unfit to hold office. He always has been. This incident just underscores that point. The reaction also overlooks the reason for Trump’s panic: he faces criminal indictment very soon, and not just from Jack Smith. It will actually be interesting seeing him trying to run a campaign while dealing with multiple criminal charges and cases. 

So I never finished this, and today Trump finished it for me:

Trump today: When I said the constitution should be terminated over election fraud, I didn’t actually say the constitution should be terminated.

Also Trump today: But there was fraud and the Constitution should be terminated. pic.twitter.com/LDdy8XEBJU

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 5, 2022

So he furiously denies saying what he said, and proves it by restating it without the word "Terminate." But he can't stand it, so he repeats the original 'truth' again. This is not a man involved in a complex scheme of control and establishing authority:

As I explain here, Trump's latest demand to abolish the constitution is best seen as his way of demonstrating his continued and sole ownership of the entire GOP since he shows no GOP electeds are willing to disown him and his demands. https://t.co/6rK9sWf2R8

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 5, 2022

This is a man scared shitless by what the 11th Circuit did just last Thursday (his "truths" started on Friday), and fully aware Lindsay Graham has testified (as has everyone else and his dog) to the Georgia grand jury.  There's also a federal grand jury who just talked to Trump's former White House Counsel who, unless he invoked the Fifth, probably had to tell everything he knew.  Trump, in other words, doesn't know whether to shit or go blind.  He wants to be magically reappointed President RIGHT FUCKING NOW! because he thinks that stymies Georgia and makes DOJ go away and solves all his problems forever.  Except that's not how this works; that's not how any of this works.

He's not a brilliant tactician working out his next battle plan.  He's a little boy looking for his Mommy to make all the scary monsters go away and save him from the consequences of his stupid actions.  That's really all he is.  He's a desperate little child with no exit and no escape.  And the more he screams, the more that becomes apparent to everybody.