The Canadian Press - Ray Graeme The key attribute of Trump’s brand is strength. Much of what he does is to show that he is strong compared to others whom he derogates for being weak. Beginning with midterm elections and the huge Republican loss, other attributes are being used to describe Trump. At his press conference the day after the election, journalists described Trump as depressed.
In addition to the expected onslaught of subpoenas and investigations from a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats, there are other reasons for Trump to be depressed. First, his son Don Jr. almost certainly will be indicted for perjury. Second, the sentencing of Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, included a sentencing memo that named Trump as a conspirator in an illicit scheme to pay off women with whom he had had affairs. Third, Trump’s attempts to downplay the importance of the Cohen’s sentencing memo and the legal peril it places Trump in has failed. And fourth, federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of whether Trump misspent funds raised for his inauguration. And the newly elected New York state attorney, Letitia James, is planning to investigate Trump and his family’s business dealings.
Now for the first time Trump has been telling people close to him that he is afraid he is close to impeachment. Perhaps for this reason he has had difficulty finding someone willing to serve as his chief of staff. Also, his televised meeting with incoming Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and Minority Senate Leader, Chuck Schumer was a disaster for Trump. Pelosi and Schumer managed to get Trump to take ownership for an impending government shutdown due to Trumps insistence that money be included in the budget for a border wall.
All in all, Trump has gone into a spiral in which he looks weak, behaves foolishly, and then looks weaker. As these we learn more about the ongoing investigations and other investigations are opened, Trump may appear so weak, his brand is obliterated.
In addition to the expected onslaught of subpoenas and investigations from a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats, there are other reasons for Trump to be depressed. First, his son Don Jr. almost certainly will be indicted for perjury. Second, the sentencing of Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, included a sentencing memo that named Trump as a conspirator in an illicit scheme to pay off women with whom he had had affairs. Third, Trump’s attempts to downplay the importance of the Cohen’s sentencing memo and the legal peril it places Trump in has failed. And fourth, federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of whether Trump misspent funds raised for his inauguration. And the newly elected New York state attorney, Letitia James, is planning to investigate Trump and his family’s business dealings.
Now for the first time Trump has been telling people close to him that he is afraid he is close to impeachment. Perhaps for this reason he has had difficulty finding someone willing to serve as his chief of staff. Also, his televised meeting with incoming Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and Minority Senate Leader, Chuck Schumer was a disaster for Trump. Pelosi and Schumer managed to get Trump to take ownership for an impending government shutdown due to Trumps insistence that money be included in the budget for a border wall.
All in all, Trump has gone into a spiral in which he looks weak, behaves foolishly, and then looks weaker. As these we learn more about the ongoing investigations and other investigations are opened, Trump may appear so weak, his brand is obliterated.
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