Trump biographer on lookout for the 'literal death watch'

Michael Wolff, the longtime biographer of President Donald Trump, is preparing for the Commander in Chief’s “demise,” he announced on Wednesday. While Wolff asserted that he’s on “a literal deathwatch, as the 80-year-old, obese, sleepless, unfit man, consuming his mortal fast-food diet and overdose of aspirin, seems to do everything possible to kill himself,” he’s also referring to the “downfall” of Trump’s political movement.

“Donald Trump’s end is going to happen,” Wolff declared. “We’re seeing it now. Below the surface of his anger, threats, and bloviation, it’s all coming apart: national fury over the economy, the war, his grift, masked men in the streets, his defacing of Washington, D.C. And, of course, there are his terrible, ever-sinking poll numbers.”

According to Wolff, “He doesn’t retreat; he doesn’t course correct; he only doubles down. We are now seeing his kick-off midterm strategy: he can’t win the election — so he will wage an angry, aggressive, possibly violent campaign against the election itself. As always, it is Trump against the system. He believes he wins, or at least gets a draw, because he is louder, more outlandish, more bilious, more frightening than any response the system can offer.” But as Wolff points out, the president’s cratering poll numbers and growing pushback from Republican lawmakers suggest otherwise.

Wolff is far from the only political insider forecasting Trump’s impending downfall. According to longtime campaign strategist James Carvelle, the president is going to resign by next spring.

“He’s going to walk away because the pain that is coming for him, both the emotional pain and the physical deterioration, you watch it right in front of your eyes,” said Carville on Wednesday. “I don’t have to be a doctor to see this guy can’t move. He can’t get out of a chair. I know what it’s like to be in the 80s. And unlike a lot of people, I know what that job is like, and it’s not compatible. You know, maybe there’s some people 80 who could do that. He’s not one.”

Wednesday brought still more political commentators noting Trump’s deteriorating health and collapsing presidency. According to Atlantic editor and speechwriter to three Republican presidents Peter Wehner, it has become clear that Trump has “entered his decline” as his “regime — and the 80-year-old man who leads it — is breaking apart.”

What’s more, Trump’s “word salad and cognitive confusion” have been on display for the world to see while he’s attended the G7 summit, where his fragile appearance and bizarre actions have prompted Republican political strategist Steve Schmidt to wonder about the president’s “frightening progression of symptoms.”

While Trump’s “aggression, incompetence, and self-destructiveness” are bringing him down, Wolff warns that it “does not mean that Trump ceases to be dangerous.” His health and support may be tanking, but he’s still in office for now, and according to Wolff, “The more threatened he is, the more dangerous he becomes.”