When House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes decided that, instead of monitoring the Trump administration, he’d rather join it as a secret agent man, his counterpart on the Senate side, Richard Burr of North Carolina, suddenly kicked his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election into bipartisan overdrive.

And if Senate Republicans are fearful, at a time when they have only one clearly vulnerable member and a favorable map for the 2018 midterm elections, you should be figuring out how not to get swept out in what could be a wave the size of the 2006, 2010 or 2014 midterms.

By dozens of points, Trump is the least-popular modern president at this stage in his presidency. While polls are snapshots — and public opinion could surely change between now and next November — are you willing to bet your seat that he’s going to gain enough ground to be helpful to you by then? If you are, let’s set up a regular card game, because I’d be happy to take your money every week.

And that assumes that he would want to help you. What he’s shown so far is a loyalty so shallow that you couldn’t submerge your voting card in it. Trump’s attacked fellow Republicans by name and suggested that voters ought to turn on Democrats and the GOP’s Freedom Caucus — which, as a friend points out, pits him against a majority of the members of the House.

I understand that it’s hard to turn on a president of your own party for reasons of both your own loyalties and the politics of opposing a base that just elected him. But, really, following this guy down blind alleys is a recipe for getting mugged by the electorate.