Screaming, cursing Donald Trump has reached his breaking point on Russia

| 9:20 pm EDT August 22, 2017
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Donald Trump has officially lost it over his Russia scandal. Sure, he never really “had” it to begin with. But now he’s really lost it. Don’t take my word for it. Try asking a few Republican Senators, who are now leaking like sieves. According to them, Trump has gone completely off the deep end and has been reduced to screaming and cursing about it.

The fracas began when the New York Times published an article this evening which included this sentence: “In a series of tweets this month, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. McConnell publicly, then berated him in a phone call that quickly devolved into a profane shouting match” (link). And while that’s eye popping enough as it is, it turned out to be merely the beginning of the trouble, because that’s when CNN weighed in.

CNN reporter Manu Raju shared the NY Times story and added his own piece: “Sources confirm to me Trump blew up and swore at McConnell at not just Russia probe but also Russia sanctions bill” (link). And after the NYT article was published, one of its authors provided a followup via Twitter: “GOP senator calls just now, sez Trump consumed w RUSSIA” (link). This led Rachel Maddow of MSNBC to add “‘consumed’ is a vivid word.”

So now we’re at a point where Donald Trump isn’t merely screaming and cursing about his Russia scandal; he’s screaming and cursing at the de facto leader of the Republican Party over his Russia scandal. That means Trump is completely losing it, on a level we’ve not yet seen – and he’s alienating his own party. This also means that Trump has committed obstruction of justice by asking McConnell to use his position as Senate Majority Leader to kill off the Russia probe. And McConnell responded not by cooperating, but by leaking the exchange to the New York Times. You can see where this is going.