Thread by @TimInHonolulu

1. Trump's obsession with his #Alabama gaff is defensive. He's trying to disprove he's suffering from dementia. If he just stopped tweeting he could cover it better. My uncle, who told me he did Reagan's PDB, made some comments to me in his 80's that in later years made sense.

2. Reagan was able to cover he had Alzheimer's. But President Reagan didn't rage Tweet 120 times over a holiday weekend. Trump will continue to try to cover his decline, while he and his kids rob the treasury blind.

I won't be surprised if he drops out.

3. If he can't draw crowds the primary campaign will be torture for him. He's not well. And he may be grooming Pence to feed his family's need for cash and a promise to pardon him. I thought he'd bail before the tax files were exposed. Once he is shown to be a business failure

4. living off of Russian mob money laundering, now replaced by his Secret Service scam, things may move fast. Recent attack on @FBI tells me he may have gotten @TheJusticeDept mole Barr's briefing on the counterintelligence case that I think may actually be what is being teed up

5. after Congress returns from break.