Jamelle Bouie: So Much of the Russia Story Is Self-Inflicted By Trump

RUSH EXCERPT:
BOUIE: "I think, I think that is a fair thing to say, if you look at sort of this entire saga, so much of it is self-inflicted, so much of it stems from choices, the president made impulsive firings, for example, tweets, going on — having interviews in national outlets and simply saying out right that he — I fired Director Comey because of this Russia stuff. Had the president simply showed more discretion he would not be in this mess. And we are sort of in this sort of feedback loop where the president’s lack of discretion results in investigations or pushback, which then fuels further lack of discretion, which then fuels further investigations and pushback."