Trump's 'rolling hissy fit' is now focused on causing 'civil war': columnist

Donald Trump has had "rolling hissy fits" about E. Jean Carroll, his criminal courtroom dramas, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley — and now he's stomping into the Senate's Ukraine and border debates.

The fact that he's so angry about so many things is a sign that he's "becoming unglued," Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton wrote Friday.

It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump asserted himself into the senate negotiations over the funding bill, she said. And he did so, "In the most destructive and self-serving manner possible," writes Salon's Heather Digby Parton.

Parton points to reports that Mitch McConnell told Republicans Trump doesn't want any legislation on the border issue so he can keep it an election issue, and it's best not to "undermine" him.

"It's clear that he wants Congress to refuse to do any deal until he can win and create the 'PERFECT' border," Parton writes.

Even though some Republicans have expressed willingness to negotiate with Biden, the "hardcore Trumpers" in Congress haven't been persuaded, according to Parton. "They don't care about the reality of the border as much as they care about having the issue of the border to express their solidarity with Donald Trump and their racist base."

Parton says there's a "new dynamic" in MAGA world, signaled by Republican governors rallying behind Governor Greg Abbott after he defied a Supreme Court order to remove razor wire that Parton claims was installed "to maim and kill any migrants who try to cross the border."

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"Declaring that they have a right to defend themselves from an 'invasion' (based upon a fatuous reading of the Constitution), Texas is refusing to comply," Parton writes. "Essentially, Abbott and the other GOP governors are calling for 'nullification' a concept we thought we had settled with the Civil War. Apparently, these states have decided that they might just want another one."

Recent comments from Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt, who told Newsmax that the showdown over the border is a "powder keg of tension," essentially reinforce the "civil war" narrative.

"[Texans] would be in a difficult situation to protect their homeland or to follow what Biden is saying," Stitt said. "But then you've got Oklahoma and Florida and Tennessee and you got all these other states that would send [their] national guard to help and support the efforts of Governor Abbott.

Trump's recent post to Truth Social essentially endorses that idea, since he basically calls on governors to send the National Guard to Texas to fight the federal government.

"It's unclear how this is going to work out, but we know now that these Governors are all on board the Trump train and eager to help him exacerbate the problem for his political gain," Parton writes.

Read the full op-ed at Salon.