Devin Nunes: It doesn't matter if Ukraine was "out to get Trump" as long as Trump THOUGHT they were

[brooklynite]

Everybody got that?

[Johonny]

1. His cow is smarter than he is.

[gratuitous]

2. Chatting with the intelligence agencies was clearly out of the question for Trump

The little voices in his head overrule everything. Trump is looking like nothing so much as Malfoy's buddy Crabbe in Order of the Phoenix when he sets the room of requirement on fire because he doesn't know how to handle his wand. Trump doesn't understand the functions of government, and he's just setting everything on fire. Nunes and his Republican cohort are fine with that, and if the country burns down, they feel like they'll come out unscathed on the other end. Unless something goes horribly wrong, like the people suddenly discovering the highest law of the land is the Constitution, not Donald Trump's worm-eaten brain.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. "Trump doesn't understand the functions of government ..."

Not only does he not understand, he considers all of that a hindrance to his deals. All he wants is the power, the adulation, and the use of the U.S. as leverage to gain more of everything for himself.

[jayschool2013]

3. Self-defense, right?

"Why did you kill that man?"
"He was going to kill me."
"He wasn't armed, he wasn't looking at you, and he wasn't even aware of your presence, according to witnesses."
"I thought he would kill me."
"Good enough. Case dismissed."

[Volaris]

4. So being a self deluded paranoiac is an acceptable excuse to commit all the crimes?

That's his argument basically, is that the president is a crazy person.

[moondust]

5. Bombs away!

"He was out to get me so I got him first!"