When committing suicide, you don’t get 15 shots

It’s time for news reporters and pundits to stop saying the words “political suicide” when referring to Faux President Donald J. Trump.

The latest reference came last night when rumors began to spread that Trump was considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. “I don’t think Trump will do that,” one pundit said. “It would be political suicide for the president.”

Political suicide? You mean like the time Trump insulted prisoner of war John McCain for being captured, or when he shamed that Gold Star family whose son died in battle? Times like that?

Or like the time he mocked the disabled reporter for the New York Times?

Or the time he admitted to sexual assault in the Access Hollywood interview? The pussy grabbing and all of that?

Or the fact that he operated a scam university for years, took people’s money, denied there was anything wrong and then settled out of court?

Or the way he continues to operate the White House as a profit center for himself, his children and his wealthy friends in violation of the emoluments clause?

Or the time he fired everybody who was investigating him, including the head of the FBI?

Or maybe the way he tries to bypass the legislative and judicial branches of government so he can rule the country like he’s the Most High Holy Potentate of Prevarication? 

Shall I go on? 

Does anyone think there is anything Trump could do at this point that would actually measure up to the phrase “political suicide?” I’m no expert on firearms, but when people kill themselves, I don’t think they get 15 shots, and if they do -- and survive -- well I’d call that person “bulletproof.”

Trump is continuing to do the things that Trump does best. He lies on demand, starts false rumors, deflects attention from real issues, tosses out threats to intimidate those who oppose him and does whatever else is necessary to cover up his involvement in Russia’s hacking of our election. Now he's even covering up the cover-up. 

He may or may not be considering firing the special counsel, but regardless we are well into our second news cycle in which Trump and his minions are trashing Mr. Mueller and the attorneys he has hired and have gone after James Comey as a “leaker” whose alleged indiscretion got us a special counsel in the first place.

None of that holds up to actual scrutiny but it will play well with the Deplorable 35 percent who would stand by and watch if Trump rolled up to their front door, stole their money, killed their dog, raped their wife, burned their house and kidnapped their children… and would still vote for him in the next election.

I don’t think for one minute that Donald J. Trump worries about political suicide. Why should he? He's dodged his 15 bullets and is still alive and kicking. Compared to what he has done (and gotten away with) in the last two years, the Watergate break-in was just an after-hours scavenger hunt by some Cuban drinking buddies and Nixon’s subsequent cover-up was only a fraternity gag.