Democrats have long criticized Donald Trump for his addiction to Twitter, his rolling-news attention span, the backlit narcissism of his reality-TV presidency. But the most media-addled people in public life are, in fact, Trump’s critics. Nobody is quicker to reach the most hysterical conclusions. The anti-Trump show must go on, just like the president’s Twitter feed, never mind the details.
Take Nancy Pelosi’s announcement this week that the Democrats are forming a committee to look into whether Trump should be impeached because of his dodgy negotiations with Ukraine. This is Big Trump News: impeachments always are. It’s also a foregone conclusion. There can only be one verdict. The Democrats now have to press ahead with the Trump-Ukraine conspiracy — or look deeply stupid.
Remember, folks, it’s Ukraine, not Russia. The Trump-Russia conspiracy fell flat — after three years of Democrats and most of the media insisting Trump’s ties to Moscow should and would lead to his impeachment, Robert Mueller’s exhaustive inquiry found no damning evidence of collusion.
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