Sun Tzu said that the two most important thing a general must know are himself and his enemy. We are currently watching a war between the Trumpist wing of the Republican party and the intelligence community.
In this war, it is clearly obvious that Trump knows neither himself nor his enemy.
What has been astounding is how many self-incriminating statements Trump has made since descending his golden elevator. He has admitted he fired James Comey to stop the Russia investigation. On live TV to Lester Holt. Every time his legal team comes up with some sort of plausible deniability, Trump goes on Twitter and shoots holes in it. His lack of self awareness is perhaps the most impressive thing about him.
He - and his acolytes like Devin Nunes - clearly don't know who they are messing with. These are the nation's secret keepers and lie detectors. If Trump does find a way to fire Mueller - and at this point it simply seems a matter of when, not if - everything that Mueller found out will find its way into the press. Remember, Nixon's Deep Throat was Mark Felt at the FBI. Trump's Deep Throat could be the whole bureau (if it's not Stormy Daniels...).
I am hopeful that when the history of this reign of error is over, historians and political scientists will be relieved that the would-be Generalissmo Franco of America is in fact an oafish clown who never read anything by Sun Tzu.
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