Donald Trump's staggering litany of national security hypocrisy and failure

With the assignment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel into the matter of Russian links to the Trump administration, many would argue that Donald Trump’s days in the Oval Office are numbered—and rapidly shrinking.

Even some Republicans, such as Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, have openly voiced the “I-word.”

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), who last week became the first Republican to express support for an independent investigation into the Trump-Russia matter, said Wednesday that if the details reported this week are true, it could be grounds for impeachment.

According to the Hill, Amash added that “everybody gets a fair trial in this country.”

And of course, he is absolutely correct. Everybody in America should get a fair hearing, a fair chance, and if necessary, a fair trial. We shouldn’t consider only the negative inferences against him: we should also give a fair and honest listen to each and every mitigating argument in his favor. Trump deserves this as much as anyone else. But the truth is, that is exactly that kind of fair shake that he hasn’t been willing to give others—particularly not to Hillary Clinton.

And in many ways, that’s exactly what has landed him in his current predicament.