I'm more optimistic, Bill. This could be GOP's finest service to the country. Not that it will find a silver bullet but it may stumble into America's vaunted checks and balances as they're supposed to work. We see it looming now in the Senate.

The US is the last place I'd look for one-man rule with a president appearing to put his commercial interests before the country. Poking China in the eye while it hold your debt, enough interest to pay for its military, isn't smart.

It's just that I have so much faith in the country, worked there as reporter for years. China now calling Trump "an ignorant child" is distinguishing itself as different from Russia but knows as I do that the US is no one's baby.