TRUMP'S DAY OF DESTINY

May 17, 2017, will be a day Donald Trump will want to forget.  It was a day when he was given a civics lesson on the limitations of presidential power, a lesson that presidents before him grumbled about, but in Trump's feeble mind did not apply to him at all.

The appointment of a special counsel by the Justice Department to take over the investigation into collusion between Trump campaign aides and Russia was a good day for democratic institutional accountability.

The rule of law in the US is alive and well, and events of the past week highlight the rules that apply to other politicians have finally inveigled Trump.  He once boasted that his shooting of someone on Fifth Avenue would be inconsequential to his voters.  But, as President his arrogance, pomposity and hubris has become a liability even amongst his most ardent supporters.   To Trump, the race for the White House was a game in which winning is paramount - an obsession that is central to Trump's egomaniacal character.   

In time Trump may face impeachment.  He will resign rather than impeachment which in his disturbed mind will be a win.