Full-scale war in Washington

There's no getting away from it. There's bedlam in Washington, total chaos, a war of big personalities, and it's dangerous for all of us. How Theresa May must now be regretting holding Trump's hand in London. That hand is getting dirtier and dirtier (Trump's that is). The appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel (NOT special prosecutor as some people are still saying; there's a difference) is a smart move. But of course it wasn't Trump who appointed him, it was the new hero of the hour, Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. Now he's a political appointment but oh my goodness has he taken an independent track in dealing with the Grump (sorry, Trump)administration. First he objected like hell when Trump told the world he had sacked James Comey as director of the FBI on Rosenstein's recommendation. He did no such thing. Trump just asked Rosenstein to write down reasons for criticising Comey, then used the deputy attorney general's honest, up-front memo to screw Comey and say it was the Justice Department who demanded his termination. We all knew, and especially Rosenstein knew, that was a lie. So the poor dedicated lawyer who has never had to sink into such a political swamp before in his distinguished career, rang the White House and basically said: "Put the record straight or else..." Then he decided off his own bat to appoint Mueller as special counsel to oversee the Russia/Trump investigation BEFORE informing the White House that that was what he intended to do. Good for him, and, by the way, quite within his right as a government lawyer so to do. So Rosenstein is a man of integrity and, I suspect, a stickler for rules and fair play. I wonder if he informed Jeff Sessions, his boss, before making the announcement. Somehow I doubt it, because Sessions is too close to Trump and might have tipped him off. Trump. judging by his latest tweet, is furious and thinks he is the hardest done by president in history. I don't think so! Richard Nixon became enemy number one over Watergate and was constantly being accused in the papers of criminal activities. But slowly, bit by bit, leak by leak, revelation by revelation, Trump is edging towards a Nixon-style downfall. Personally, I don't believe, or cannot believe, that Trump actually colluded with Moscow (Putin) to make sure he beat Hillary Clinton to the White House. But if Mueller finds anything that confirms this, Trump is yesterday, he's finished, he's on the road to impeachment. It won't need a Deep Throat investigation by the Washington Post. Rosenstein, Comey and Mueller (that well-known firm of lawyers hahaha) will be the ones to raise the axe, and Congress, Republican-dominated, will have to move into line. Mike Pence, prepare yourself for the presidency!