On 18 Dec. 2020 President Trump, leaving no stone unturned, met at the White House with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and the once-pardoned Michael Flynn.

On 21 Dec. he met with a group of Republican congressmen at a meeting arranged by Rep. Mo Brooks. The representatives who attended were: Rep. Brian Babin, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Paul Gosar, Rep. Andy Harris, Rep. Jody Hice, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Scott Perry, Then-Rep-elect. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Bold type indicates the names of those who received or have been seeking a pardon from Trump.

Who would assemble a group like this? and for what purpose? These two meetings highlight Trump’s desperation, lack of discrimination, and his true character as he surrounded himself with sleazes and crazies like these. All these false counselors were relentlessly telling Trump what he wanted to hear and driving away his temperate advisers. Their manic energy combined with Trump’s self-aggrandizing bitterness to produce the Insurrection of January Sixth.

No one with ambitions to accomplish anything at all, would select a crew like this, no one with a modicum of sanity and prudence. The delusionists at the Dec. 20 meeting heated up Trump’s delusions, and the chorus of yes-men of Dec. 21 kept the pot boiling. Good help is hard to find, and America can be grateful that Trump got the help he deserved.