Donald Trump, isolated from reality

What will it take for Congressional Republicans to conclude that President Donald Trump has lost all political utility and is dangerously ill-kept? We may know it soon.

In a circle of the circus, Trump suddenly decided to withdraw all US forces from Syria. This prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the anti-ISIS anti-ISIS envoy Brett McGurk.

Unlike many other former members appointed by Trump, they were not fired by tweet. They resigned in protest in principle, something too rare in American public life. McGurk sent an e-mail to his staff, stating: "The recent decision of the president was a shock and completely reversed the policy that had been exposed to us. This left our coalition partners confused and our partners disconcerted battles . "

The overthrow of Trump also sparked more vivid criticism than usual by his servile allies of the Senate. Lindsey Graham, usually a Trump toad, told Vice President Mike Pence : "If Obama had done that, we'd all be upset because it was such a bad idea. The work of the congress is to hold the executive branch accountable. He is the commander-in-chief, but he must be held accountable for his decisions. And I want hearings as soon as possible. "

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has called Trump's withdrawal a "major mistake" and Ben Sasse of Nebraska said the American generals believed that " the current big winners are Iran. , ISIS and Hezbollah. " Even the Senate The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, was dismayed and said so. McConnell usually docile, issued a long-breaking statement with Trump :

It is essential that the United States maintain and strengthen the alliances that have been carefully crafted by leaders of both parties. We must also maintain a lucid understanding of our friends and enemies and recognize that nations like Russia are part of them. "

I was so sorry to hear that Secretary Mattis, who shares these clear principles, will soon be leaving the administration.But I am particularly disappointed with his resignation because of deep differences with the President on these key aspects of America's world leadership.

Meanwhile, in another circus circle, Trump closed the government at Christmas, a subcontracted republican party that had reached an agreement with the Temporary resolution to keep the government financially secure until the New Year.

But Trump, attracted by Fox News commentators, reversed the trend by funding the promises of "big." its state of illusion, Trump still thinks that the idea of ​​a border wall to cost tens of billions of dollars to taxpayers along our southern border is extremely popular In fact, it is popular only by its solid base and its far right experts.

Trump seems to have a complex edifice around the wall. It has become a vanity project, like Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago or Putin's aborted Penthouse in Moscow.

He insists that a big wall is the best way to keep people away. In fact, most undocumented immigrants in the United States do not cross the southern border of America. They exceed the student visa, tourist visa or work visa.

With the new Congress, Democrats in the House will simply not agree to fund the Trump construction project. And the public opinion is with them.

You might think – between the withdrawal from Syria, the disorder caused and the fact that Trump has now managed to fire or hunt virtually all of his adult clients – the Republicans have had enough.

House Republicans, humiliated by Trump's brutal overthrow, dutifully gathered to pass a budget resolution on Friday, including funding for the Trump Wall. Not surprisingly, the measure died in the Senate.

Trump seems happiest when there are no adults in the room to contain his impulses. As he says in an interview with The Washington Post, "I have an instinct, and my gut sometimes tells me more than anything the brain can ever tell me."

But often, his gut is completely wrong. Trump has now become more and more a rogue president, as retired General Barry McCaffrey told the Washington Post . The more Mueller's inquiry swells around him, the more reckless he becomes.

So where are the Republicans? Are they starting to make the connection between Trump's disastrous and impulsive foreign policy moves, his budget antics and his out-of-order personality? Are they perhaps worried about their country?

Republicans sitting in Congress may conclude that they must rule on Trump, on the basis of one of the following three considerations. First, its policies seriously undermine the national interest. Second, he's crazy. Third, he humiliates them politically and has become a partisan responsibility.

Alas, the first two considerations have been all too obvious since Trump took office. But in his first two years, Trump was an ally too convenient for the Republicans to act.

Now that Trump has cost the House of Republicans and promises additional political embarrassment, let's hope the sheer opportunity catches their attention where a principled preoccupation for the republic has failed.