It is interesting that White House staffers' defense of the president's behavior in Helsinki yesterday is that he is not mentally competent:
Behind the scenes:
- A number of people who’ve discussed election meddling with Trump, including current senior administration officials, say his brain can’t process that collusion and cyberattacks are two different things.
- Trump seems constitutionally incapable of taking anything Mueller finds seriously.
- He views the entire exercise as a "witch hunt" cooked up by Democrats and Deep State conspirators to undermine his election win.
- Ego prevents him acknowledging the possibility that any external action could have interfered with his glorious victory.
- The handful of White House staff we have privately communicated with since today’s press conference are not proud of the man they work for. But he doesn't expect any to resign.
