Osler's Razor

I could just imagine the President in front of a grand jury. His attorneys may say he will take the Fifth but I don't think he would be able to keep his mouth shut. A camera view of him would show his color (well I'm not sure how orange turns a reddish purple) ready to burst and explode.
 

Great column on Sunday. Thanks.
 

I'm amazed at how many people close to the President are crooks. Casting it in a light most favorable to the President, there's a lot of (supposedly) independent illegality going on. Manafort has been working for unfriendly foreign governments for years and laundering the proceeds. Flynn gets caught running his own backdoor diplomatic operation and lies about it. Cohen views his client getting elected as President as his own opportunity to create a consulting slush fund to sell at least the appearance of access to the Oval. That guy is going to go to prison for a long time.

President Trump appears to attract some shady characters. I wonder why that is?
 

I agree with you about Robert Mueller. He is moving his investigation steadily along - and from my media-informed view, he is doing everything right, both procedurally and morally. We Americans want everything fast, fast, fast. But Mr. Mueller is taking a steady-as-she-goes approach that will produce the best outcome IMO.

 

"Trump Fatigue has settled over the electorate...And that's dangerous, because some of it is probably really important." This, this, this and this.

In conversations with friends and colleagues, we always comment on how fascinating it will be to look back on this time with the luxury of the clarity that will come with hindsight and retrospect. Virtually impossible to recognize all of the issues as they happen. Disheartening to see in real time, terrifying to think of the implications if worst case scenarios come to fruition, but fascinating nevertheless.