Trump's demand this morning for William Barr to prosecute the bogus Hunter Biden affair should be understood as a display of weakness and panic. On numerous fronts, Trump's schemes to corrupt the election have imploded. Even Barr is failing him. New piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/20/trump-begs-william-barr-save-him-revealing-weakness-panic/

Nothing but failure:

* Trump's corrupt vaccine scheme fizzles

* No Durham report

* Record early voting makes stolen election far less likely

* Ron Johnson report is a sad joke

* Trump raging at media ("criminal!") for not amplifying Hunter nonsense

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/20/trump-begs-william-barr-save-him-revealing-weakness-panic/

Numerous news outlets have now confirmed FBI is examining whether materials on the Hunter laptop are linked to Russian disinformation.

The parallels to impeachment are glaring: Here again, Trump just wants Barr to *announce* some kind of investigation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/20/trump-begs-william-barr-save-him-revealing-weakness-panic/

Final point: Trump thinks his naked displays of corruption show his fearsome strength.

By hyping the Hunter crap, he thinks he persuades his supporters that he's on offense, that he's *got the Bidens where he wants 'em.* In reality he's tanking big time:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/20/trump-begs-william-barr-save-him-revealing-weakness-panic/