His right to fight back
by Tom Sullivan
There is a cheap pot and a wooden spoon still rolling around the back of the car. One never knows when they might come in handy for raising a ruckus. Should the president finally find the stones to reenact the Saturday Night Massacre, they're ready to hit the street.
The man reeks of guilt. We just don't know of what. Money laundering, likely, at minimum.
The New York Times Editorial Board asks (in bold type), "Why Does President Trump Fear the Truth?"
For a man who insists he has done nothing wrong, President Trump sure acts as if he has something big to hide. President Trump‘s attempt to fire the special counsel, Robert Mueller, last June which he backed off only when the White House counsel, Donald McGahn, threatened to resign over it – is only the latest in a long string of firings and lies that establish an undeniable pattern:They have a list.
Mr. Trump may call this behavior “fighting back,” but the federal criminal code would almost surely call it obstructing justice — an offense that has led to the resignation of one president and the impeachment of another.Fighting back. There's some white privilege for you. Pursued by law enforcement, Trump believes fighting back is his right. Cult members agree. They elected him because they perceive him as a fighter, an emblem of a day when whiteness conferred privilege on even the poorest white man.