out in the washington post titled trump insiders are finally speaking up. what took so long? in it gene writes this. i wonder why it took a still anonymous whistle-blower to launch the probe of holding trump accountable approximately why it took a war crimes case to focus the attention on trump s disregard for the rule of lieu law. i wander why it took so long for the insiders to begin telling us what they know. there s no shortage in one time administration officials who hint darkly at the danger trump poses to our national security. former chief of staff john kelly, rex tillerson, former defense secretary jim mattis yet refuse to speak plainly. are they afraid of trump for some reason? do they feel some sense of loyalty to a man who obviously has no loyalty to them? working for the trump administration has been a moral slippery slope. i applaud the desire of officials to serve their country and i believe i can understand how they rationalize staying on.
who he helped to doll out pardons to his former colleagues. he has been consistent to be fair to barr in his view of the constitution. i am officially out of time. i have to add this because you sort of you write for an organization that really channels a lot of what the progressive movement is thinking. when i listen to joe biden yesterday and he s talking about unifying the country and getting beyond the divisions as if you could snap your figure and your biddeniness makes it go away, i wonder if the democrats are having an opportunity cost that a lot of progressives who elected people like aoc, these hard charging young women, eye yana presley are going to think we gave you power and now you won t use it. if that might dampen enthuse for voters in 2020. it s such a good point. this is the danger of obsessing over trump. we re going to anger trump s
completely wrong. it just said that there was some not accurate portions of the buzzfeed article. what s amazing is suddenly trump has now taken this position that robert mueller, the robert mueller who has been the king, the marshall of the witch hundred parade suddenly he s an american hero to donald trump. donald trump can t have it both ways though. if robert mueller is leading some crazy witch hunt investigation, ultimately when his findings are that there was collusion, there was obstruction of justice, then is trump then going to say that robert mueller isn t a credible person? that s the danger trump has right now as he tries to dissect the statement out of robert mueller s team. he did offer thanks for beak the integrity of the mueller office. that was a first certainly from the president for this person and the special counsel s activities. but look, the special counsel felt so compelled to refute this report. does this in any way confirm past reports because they did
roy kohn would say, you should squash this. you are the most powerful person on the planet. you should squash this. it doesn t matter to him that mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are protecting him so well. it bothers him such a great deal that he can t squelch it, democracy doesn t work that way. it s simple when you continue to give a child what they want, and they keep lashing out, wanting more and more and more, you never say no. it s like dealing with a child, but they are not good parents. impulse control from the campaign throughout. people inside the white house say the burst of tweets reflect the anger trump has aired privately for months. he s been in a dark place since the cohen story broke last week. . when someone is in a dark place like that, in your experience are they operating?
that he can t squelch it, democracy doesn t work that way. it s simple when you continue to give a child what they want, and they keep lashing out, wanting more and more and more, you never say no. it s like dealing with a child, but they are not good parents. impulse control from the campaign throughout. people inside the white house say the burst of tweets reflect the anger trump has aired privately for months. he s been in a dark place since the cohen story broke last week. . when someone is in a dark place like that, in your experience are they operating? does this come from a guilty conscience? it s hard to say definitively. with the actions of someone who s acting out. are they someone who should be defiant? or should they be a defend. you wonder about this, because at the one hand you mentioned