I love the story foolishly accelerated by President Trump.
He viciously attacks Mr. James Clapper for Clapper's recent, negative comments about the president's fitness for office.
Clapper had described Trump's behavior as worrisome, unglued, and disturbing.
Clapper candidly questioned Trump abilities and fitness for office.
In response, Trump demeaned Clapper, and then challenged Clapper to reveal the nice note Clapper sent to President-elect Trump shortly after the election.
This is classic Trump. Pushing back. Trying to belittle. Acting like a frantic bully.
Apparently, Clapper, serving as director of National Intelligence, did, on behalf of the nation's National Intelligence agency, send Trump a note.
And Trump interpreted that note to be especially complimentary, a "nice" note.
Trump, as he ridiculed Clapper, wanted everyone to realize that Clapper was two-faced.
Nice move, Mr. President, thought his supporters.
But wait.
Trump didn't know what he was talking about.
The short note he received from Clapper shortly after his election was a mere formality.
It turns out a short congratulatory note had been prepared for both candidates, with the winner getting the only delivery.
Trump completely misunderstood the purpose of the note.
Clapper has now released the essential contents of that note, and it is a superficial type of message. Clapper did add a sentence to the note he penned for Trump that differed from Clinton's note. He made it a point to include mention of the importance of his agency telling truth to power.
Truth is something Donald Trump disregards on a regular basis. His lies and half truths are truly troubling.
This episode reveals once more that Trump's self-serving point of view is vulnerable to misimpression and foolhardy decision-making. He stumbles from temper tantrum to temper tantrum. Defending and propping up his fragile ego is his primary focus each and every day.
BTW -- Clapper is no lightweight. or some agent of fake news. He's a retired Air Force Lieutenant General, and a former director of National Intelligence, with decades of important intelligence work for government.