The wild thing here is that he doesn't get that the only one on trial is Donald Trump. A case against Democrats is not a case for Trump, and anything that is not a case for Trump is a case for removal.
The wildest thing to me is how many people shamelessly enable it. I think his toddler-like (because developmentally it precedes the capacity to grasp that it effects others, and/or that there's any reason he should take accountability for what he is guilty of) sense of entitlement is so deep-seated and pervasive that he can't begin to wrap his mind around the possibility that he might have to take accountability for something. Like, his mind just doesn't go there, and absolutely any blame - no matter how merited it actually is, no matter how guilty he actually is - automatically gets redirected at someone else. In his demented little toddler brain, it's not "fair" to try to put him on trial for
anything. He does what he wants, and any unwanted consequences are "unfair". That's not even the part that's extraordinary to me, that's just garden variety NPD. The part that's extraordinary (and thoroughly disheartening) is how many people either knowingly enable it (because: first POTUS to attend a pro-birth rally!) or just flat out don't see it.
It would be one thing if the people I encounter who support him took a stance like, "Yeah, he's an out-of-control man-toddler who behaves worse than most junior highschool bullies, but he's getting things done that align with my own values." But instead, far more often than not, what I encounter in supporters is denial (e.g. "Ha ha, Trump Derangement Syndrome") or indifference and even weird brazen celebration of it (like it effectively conveys "Up yours, liberal elites!" in a way they've never been able to say it before.....to whoever these "liberal elites" actually are). It's just difficult to maintain respect for people who can look at that tweet (knowing that it's not an exception, it's pretty representative of most of his tweets and most of his behavior) and think "Yeah, I'm gonna vote to make that guy president again," without feeling
some apprehension about how much of a throbbing pile of mental illness he is. That's utterly stunning to me.