Might be to the jury? i think it s a slippery slope, john, and i ll explain why. so on one hand in the defense s favor, there are so many people in this country who have been impacted by opioids. it s a crisis. it s a crisis nationwide, so from the defense perspective, raising the specter that his opioid addiction could have led him to act irrationally and that he lied and was paranoid, this is something they believe will resonate with one or two jurors who have perhaps had personal experience either with themselves or a loved one or friend with opioid abuse. i say it s a slippery slope because on the flip side you re talking about somebody acting rationally, act k reasonably and the defense was saying alex murdaugh was not able to do that. he was paranoid. that s why he lied so long.
Donald trump press conference, september 727th, 2018. he reveals himself in press conferences and interviews and, of course, on twitter. that seems like what he s doing in the daily caller and this morning on twitter. and that s your point right here. i don t think the challenge necessarily is finding his intent in here. it s pulling it out of all the word salad. he does interviews and press conferences and on twitter. but one of the through lines in all of this going back to when he was inaugurated has been bob mueller. it s been a constant. like one of the polar stars of his paranoia. and his lashing out. there s very few subjects that define his presidency and targets for him as much as bob mueller. any time you want to look at a pressure cooker, a vice closing in around him, causing him to act irrationally, lash out at other people, it s often the mueller investigation.
Be justified seems reasonable to me. kirsten, senator santorum said this might prod the president to act irrationally. there was a tweet also telling the president to fire rod rosenstein right away. they ve been saying this for a long time. they were looking for a smoking gun as a reason to do it. unfortunately if this story is true, it does give donald trump, i think, the rationale that seems reasonable to most people if he decides to go ahead and get rid of them, even though i think it would be a rationale they ve been looking for for a long time. again, we don t know 100%. but, again, i agree with jeffrey. it s consistent with other stories we ve heard in recent days or recent weeks, whether it s bob woodward s book or the
He will react to things. so the idea that maybe someone would put some information out there, true or not true, to get the president to prod the president to act irrationally is not beyond the pale. jeff, what do you think? you know what would be an unbelievable story of donald trump, that he stays up nights reading briefing books. that would be a real shock. this story is just consistent with everything else about him. yes, it s an amazing story, but it s consistent with other people who talked about the 25th amendment, with other people who think this president is psychologically unfit. again, my hat s off to the new york times for yet another great scoop, but this is not like it s some bolt from the blue that s uncharacteristic of this president. this is what a lot of people who deal with him think. although the idea of the fbi
Potentially of someone to stir things up here right before the election and get the president look. you have people in this town who believe they can prod and poke the president to do things, that he will react to thinks. so the idea that maybe someone would put some information out there, true or not true, to get the president to prod the president to act irrationally is not beyond the pale. jeff, what do you think? you know what would be an unbelievable story of donald trump, that he stays up night and reads briefing book. that would be a real shock. this story is just consistent with everything else about him. yes, it s an amazing story, but it s consistent with other people who talked about the 25th amendment with ore people who think this president is psychologically unfit. again, my hat s off to the new york times for yet another great scoop, but this is not like it s some bolt from the