Crossing trump's Rubicon

We're getting to that unavoidable point of no return.

As the investigations into trump's world of vulgar behavior and questionable financial practices widen, he's making noises (again) about ending the primary investigation led by Special Counsel Mueller (overseen by Deputy AG Rosenstein) into Russia's interference with our 2016 elections.

I've discussed this before - and the likelihood that if he tries anything to shut that investigation down he will get hellfire from the Intel Community about it - but it's time to let someone else say Zachary Fryer-Biggs over at Vox.com to provide some input:

President Trump may think he can end all his growing legal problems by firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. He can’t.

A pair of federal prosecutors in New York are now working on cases tied to two of Trump’s closest confidants. The FBI raided Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s office on Monday for a case the prosecutor in Manhattan is handling. Last December, meanwhile, the US attorney in Brooklyn requested bank records tied to Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser.

Those cases are separate from Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling in 2016 and potential contact between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.

That means that if Trump fires Rosenstein and Mueller, those other investigations won’t just go away. Trump would have to fire the other prosecutors and a host of other Justice Department officials...

There's a good chance trump would drive out a solid number of high-ranking officials in the process, disrupting our chain of command in key national security departments.

This will also affect our legal system, as the judges who've signed off on these warrants will likely face retribution from a vengeful trump and his lackeys.

Whomever in the White House that's been holding trump back from making this dumbass move - I get the vibe it's Chief of Staff Kelly and most of the remaining sane people left, which is prolly about 23 17 people by now - will likely use his Saturday Night Massacre moment to jump ship to retain whatever integrity they think they have left.

Whatever ethical standards are left among the Republican ranks, open warfare against the nation's legal system is one. Even some of the corrupt SOBs among the Congresscritters know if they try to knock that down, they lose half their home support of the GOP base that isn't batshit crazy.

Thing is, while trump CAN'T get away with making this move, he's still damn well gonna TRY.

And he will break vital parts of our federal institutions to do so.

We knew - those of us who warned the nation, warned the world - this day would come. trump's history of corruption and ineptitude guaranteed a Constitutional Crisis that would either require his removal (angering his rabid wingnut base) or mean an end to our Republic (with him casting off all restrictions becoming the dictator he dreams to be).

There's been a question floating around "How can you tell you're in the middle of a Constitutional Crisis?"

Take a look around you. You're in one. You've been in one since 2015 when the damn Republicans refused to adhere to common goddamn sense and block trump from their ticket.

Welcome to trump-World.