Donald Trump is an opportunist waiting for the right moment to attack his enemies.

[kentuck]

Although many will disagree, he has a unique ability to read the hearts and minds of his supporters. Granted, they are a minority but they are enough to obstruct and block any attacks against their beloved leader.

Donald Trump waits for moments of weakness or mistakes from his enemies to take advantage of political situations. For example, he immediately sprang on Chuck Schumer and blamed him for the government shutdown. Today, it is being reported that he wants the Nunes memo released, over the objections of his own Justice Department. They have called it "reckless". Yet, he understands that it is what his supporters want.

What moment is he waiting for? When the moment of chaos reaches a crescendo that he can spin in his favor in the "fake news", then he will act. In the interim, he will spend his time branding and tearing down the opposition's arguments. But when the right moment comes, he will take advantage of it, to protect himself and his family. This includes stopping any investigations against him. This includes the firing of Robert Mueller. He is just waiting for the right opportunity.

If you think this is giving him too much credit, look at his actions in the last year. He saw an opportunity to get rid of James Comey and he did so. He saw an opportunity to get rid of the TPP and he did so. He takes whatever is given to him.

[RKP5637]

1. He's a very cunning individual, none should ever let their guard down. He's like a rattlesnake

waiting to strike.

[CrispyQ]

4. LOL.

[RKP5637]

7. LOL, he's a lot of things, but rattlesnake came to mind!

[dalton99a]

6. Yep. Never let your guard down with a con man.

[RKP5637]

8. And he sees any sign of compromise and working together as a weakness to be exploited to his

advantage.

[MFM008]

2. He's going to get something

And it's going to blow up in his face bigly.
He has no idea of the shitstorm coming if the tries it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. When you were 12 and you saw the girl you had a crush on, or the boy, getting attention

from others, you acted out in a way to show jealousy or to get the same attention. We all did, that is what you do when you are 12.

His behavour is that of a child in every aspect, what makes him unique is he is willing to harm anyone, anytime over anything.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump has the street smarts of a criminal and a schoolyard bully.

[kentuck]

11. He is a "scofflaw".

scoff·law
ˈskôflô/
nounNorth Americaninformal
noun: scofflaw; plural noun: scofflaws

a person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively.

[world wide wally]

9. You mean like a snake in the grass

[duforsure]

10. He uses issues to divide groups with

And has his goons digging up dirt on others, then when they say anything he starts in on them, and once they respond back he uses his dirt to humiliate them with it.

[D23MIURG23]

12. The Comey firing wasn't cunning, it was dopey.

He acted hamfistedly and it blew up in his face and got him the Mueller investigation. He's already tried to fire Mueller, but he doesn't want to do it himself and no one around him wants to do it either. He and his family will probably be served a bunch of indictments, and he will likely pre-emptively pardon everyone. At that point it will be up to congress and the electorate to decide whether that is acceptable conduct.

[kentuck]

13. He was testing his power, to see what he could get away with...

So far, he has gotten away with it. He saw the opportunity and he took it.

[D23MIURG23]

14. No he hasn't. He's being investigated for obstruction of justice...

and it's largely because he pressured Comey to drop the Russia investigation, and then fired him when he didn't. This wasn't any special "opportunity". He can fire the people under him when he wants to. He did it stupidly, right after he pressured Comey to stop investigating him, and now he's being investigated for obstruction of justice in addition to the Russia collusion. He thought he could cover his ass by pretending he fired Comey because of the Hillary email October surprise, but nobody bought that.

If he gets away with it, it will only be because Republicans in congress care less about upholding the rule of law than they do about having a republican president. It has nothing to do with Trump's craftiness and everything to do with the claque of traitors covering his tracks. If he fires Mueller it will only escalate this shitshow and make it harder for republicans to pretend that nothing unsavory is going on.

[kentuck]

15. Do you think he is not playing the Republicans in Congress??

"If he gets away with it, it will only be because Republicans in congress care less about upholding the rule of law than they do about having a republican president."

They are doing his bidding. And when he feels they have done enough, he will make his move to stop the investigation. When he makes mistakes, which is on a regular basis, he tries to make "lemonade out of lemons". He never admits to mistakes and he never apologizes.

[D23MIURG23]

16. I think the republicans in congress are doing what they always do -

i.e. acting in their own self interest at the expense of the country. I do not attribute this to some kind of skill on the part of Donald Trump. If he becomes unpopular enough they will stab him in the back and move on. He won't get out of this fiasco without egg on his face at this point. It remains to be seen whether it will make him unpopular enough to make congressional republicans nervous.

[kentuck]

17. He is using the "base" to manipulate the Republicans in Congress to do what he wants them to do.

So long as his base sticks with him, he will never be unpopular enough for Republicans to turn on him.

[D23MIURG23]

21. As much as is made of his base, he consistently has the lowest approval rating of any president.

This is in spite of inheriting a good economy from Obama. He also lost the popular vote by more than anyone ever elected. Trump isn't some voodoo master persuader as Scott Adams likes to think. The guy certainly appeals to a certain species of braindead dittohead, but he inherited that jackass from the conservative media establishment. Moreover, there are plenty of Trump voters who held their noses and voted for Trump unenthusiastically. Those people can be turned, and his excesses are likely to do that.

[kentuck]

22. I agree with most of what you say but...

... the problem that some folks have is that we may not have the luxury of waiting until the next election? Our democracy is under threat in the now and present. We pin our hopes on Robert Mueller. We hope to see the truth exposed and justice served. It is not just Donald trump - it is the complicity of the Republican Party. They are a bigger threat to our justice system.

[D23MIURG23]

23. I'd like to think that congress could be spooked into doing something...

If they are worried enough about losing their jobs. But we'll have to see what happens. I'm sure they won't do it if they feel they have a choice.

[rockfordfile]

18. lol his base are idiots and racists. It doesn't take much to read them.Trump is a traitor racist.

[Vinca]

19. How do you know from one moment to the next who's a friend and who's an enemy?

Just read on HuffPo he's now trashing his "good friend" Prime Minister May about Brexit.

[kentuck]

20. He badmouths leaders of government in the same way he criticized business competitors...

....thinking tomorrow he can re-gain their confidence.

But, being President is different than doing business with oligarchs and Russian Mafia-types.