This is going to be Donald Trump’s most whacked out weekend yet

| 2:58 am EST November 18, 2017
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For mainstream Americans who are hoping the country survives the illegitimate reign of Donald Trump, the conundrum is whether or not they want him even trying to do the job. Everything he touches dies, so one theory is that we’re best off if he simply sits back and lazily does nothing at all. The problem is that when Trump isn’t focused on screwing up the job, and he has free time to himself, he tends to go looking for trouble. That’s why this weekend is going to be one of Trump’s most whacked out yet.

Kyle Griffin, producer for MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, tweeted on Friday night that “Trump has no public events scheduled this weekend, according to the White House.” This cannot be good news for him. As Palmer Report recently pointed out (link), Trump’s recent lack of boorish tweets since he got back from his Asia trip suggests that he’s run out of gas. But even if he doesn’t go berserk on Twitter this weekend, evidence suggests that he’ll find other ways to get into trouble.

Several months ago, after bad weather derailed his weekend golf outing, Donald Trump sat and stewed about the Trump-Russia investigation and had adviser Stephen Miller write a letter plotting the firing of FBI Director James Comey. That letter is now evidence in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s obstruction of justice case against Trump.

Donald Trump is now at a low point in his already sinking tenure. His Asia trip went nowhere and seemed to physically and mentally break him. His son and son-in-law both managed to get into much deeper legal trouble in the Trump-Russia scandal while he was out of the country. Whether it ends up playing out in embarrassing public view or behind the scenes, this empty-schedule weekend is going to be one of Trump’s most whacked out yet.