If FOX Ever Goes Up For Sale, Guess Who is First in Line

Hell why not: Only a slight name change to fit reality 101 right now

Trump and his surrogates — most especially the Fox News lineup (which includes a fleet of conservative pundits who disgrace themselves by facilitating a political distraction game for Trump), obsequious Republicans in Congress, old allies such as Roger Stone (who wound up getting banned by Twitter) and the talk radio crowd — have been frantically fanning Hillary Clinton non-scandals about Uranium One (it was baseless before and baseless now) and the [Steele] Dossier funding (fusion GPS initially was hired by the conservative Free Beacon, which at one time claimed not to know the identity of the Republican outfit that first hired Fusion).

The unhinged rants from Trump’s defenders demanding Clinton be locked up for one or both of these reveal how tightly Trump and the right-wing ecosystem that supports him rely on Clinton as an all-purpose distraction.

Upon a moment’s reflection, the non-scandals make no sense (Clinton was colluding with Russia to beat herself in the election?), have been debunked before and in no way affect the liability, if any, of current or ex-Trump administration figures.

This is “whataboutism” run amok. It does expose the degree to which Fox News has given up the pretense of a real news organization, preferring the role of state propagandist (and it’s not just the evening hosts; the non-scandals now monopolize the rest of the schedule.)

The intensity of Trump’s frenzy underscores the peril in which the president now finds himself. Beyond the (3) indictments unsealed, Trump does not know what special counsel Robert Mueller has uncovered; which witnesses are flippable; what financial documents have revealed about the Trump business empire; and whether, for example, Mueller finds support for an obstruction of justice charge from Trump’s own public dissembling (e.g., hinting at non-existent tapes of former FBI director James Comey).

For someone who insists on holding all the cards and intimidating others, Trump finds himself in a uniquely powerless position.

Related and an excellent documented trail of Trump lies – a reminder as it were.

I conclude: Trump is apt to pull a Nixon as he moves to fire Mueller anyone around Mueller, then he will effectively shut down any and all links to Russia, and then close all investigations leading to his doorway.

Then, this all GOP-run Congress, if they can ever find the guts, will move to impeach and then remove Trump.

Final step: Trump pulls the final Nixon: He resigns.

So, who says history does not repeat itself?

Stay tuned, and as always, thanks for stopping by.