The scariest thing about Trump’s letter to Erdogan isn’t that Trump dictated it. It’s that no one–the national security adviser, the chief of staff, the Secretary of State (all of whom I presume saw it before it was sent)–could persuade him not to send it. Did they even try?

No, Bill. But someone in the President’s inner circle DID leak it to the press.

If you haven’t yet read this Paragon of Presidential Prose, look here:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/10/16/tapper-reaction-to-trump-letter-erdogan-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/