The End Is Near?

Josh Marshall, writing at Talking Points Memo, says events are closing in on Donald:

As you can see, the tempo of events is moving rapidly now. Donald Trump not finishing his term of office now seems like a real possibility, as astonishing as that may seem. A number of developments are coming together, like converging waves that build on each other.

There are two things I think we should be thinking about as developments which led to this quickening.

First, you may have seen that the US Attorney in DC today said people will be shocked when the [sic] find out the totality of what happened in the Capitol last Wednesday. It is almost certain that top congressional leaders have been briefed on these investigations. They likely know what’s coming. That could be moving things along.

Second, this morning President Trump departed the White House and gave some brief remarks to reporters. The tone of his remarks suggested he felt confident he was in the clear. Pence had ruled out the 25th Amendment and Republicans were holding tough on impeachment. He said he had nothing to apologize for and essentially threatened more violence if he were impeached.

That sent a clear message to anyone with any doubts what the last eight days of Trump’s presidency will be like. A number of Republicans, inexplicably, were on TV over the last few days saying ‘well, that got crazy so he’s learned his lesson.’ Obviously that was never the case. This morning he made that crystal clear.

I suspect both of these developments and especially the first helped quicken the erosion of his support which now appears to be on the verge of collapse. (This is the article, which was posted last night, in its entirety.)