Madman Trump Tweets: ‘Donald Trump was a GREAT Candidate!’

Our unhinged president Donald Trump went on Twitter again this morning to vent his anger and frustration at special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump has been losing it ever since his threats against House Democrats in his State of the Union speech didn’t work. The morning after he gave his address to the nation California Democrat Adam Schiff — chairman of the House Intelligence Committee — issued a statement that caused Trump to go ballistic. In the statement Schiff said that his committee, as well as several other key House committees, would soon be opening investigations into all aspects of the president’s businesses and behavior as president.

In this morning’s tweets Trump insanely claimed vindication because one of his lapdog Republican Senators — Thom Tillis of North Carolina —  said this week that his Senate committee had found no evidence that the Trump 2016 campaign coordinated with the Russian government.

The president tweeted:

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The mainstream media has refused to cover the fact that the head of the VERY important Senate Intelligence Committee, after two years of intensive study and access to Intelligence that only they could get, just stated that they have found NO COLLUSION between “Trump” & Russia….

… It is all a GIANT AND ILLEGAL HOAX, developed long before the election itself, but used as an excuse by the Democrats as to why Crooked Hillary Clinton lost the Election! Someday the Fake News Media will turn honest & report that Donald J. Trump was actually a GREAT Candidate!

Despite Trump’s claims that the Mueller probe is a “hoax” and a “witch hunt”  the investigation so far has secured guilty pleas or convictions from former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former deputy Trump campaign chairman Rick Gates, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.

Last week, the special counsel’s office also indicted longtime Trump ally Roger Stone on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. They have also succeeded in securing indictments against over 30 foreign agents and entities — mostly from Russia — who they say worked hand-in-hand with the Trump campaign to subvert the 2016 U.S. elections. They also say they have proof that the Russian actions helped Donald Trump illegitimately win the presidency.

The fact that most people believe he is not a legitimate president literally drives Trump mad. Of course, nothing angers him more than to be called out for his lies and deception — as well as for his many crimes.

But if there is one thing that is clear right now, it is that Donald Trump had better get used to dealing with investigations into his campaign, into his business, into his presidency, and into his personal finances.

Now that Democrats control the House they will open up potentially dozens of investigations and in so doing will show American voters all of the faults and crimes of Donald Trump, his children, his close associates, and his entire presidency.

Trump insanely believes that when he tweets something it becomes true. This morning’s tweets prove that he is still living in a dream world. But Adam Schiff, Bob Mueller, and others will soon be bursting his bubble and bringing him back to reality. And when that happens we can expect to see Trump’s madness reach entirely new — and very frightening — heights. 

Leo Vidal

I am a lifelong Democrat with a passion for social justice and progressive issues. I have degrees in writing, economics and law from the University of Iowa.