If you’re reading this, the odds are that you’ve used the word “crazy” in reference to Donald Trump more than once since this political saga began. But it turns out you’re in good company. According to some of his associates, former FBI Director James Comey had been telling them as far back as March that he thought Trump was “crazy.”

That’s the word from a shocking New York Times expose this evening, which quotes associates of James Comey as sayin that Comey told them he thought Trump was “outside the realm of normal” and “crazy” after Trump claimed that President Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower (link). This new detail, which has leaked in the wake of Comey’s firing, reveals just how exasperated the seemingly mild mannered Comey had become while trying to deal with Trump’s antics.

According to this same expose, Donald Trump was outraged when he heard James Comey say on national television that he was “mildly nauseous” at the prospect of having influenced the election by sending a last minute letter which cast doubt on Hillary Clinton. In other words, Trump thought Comey was taking the blame for Trump’s win, which in turn would imply that Trump didn’t win legitimately.

This helps explain how Donald Trump did indeed fire Comey out of some kind of jealous or resentful anger, and that it was not a smart or calculated move. That in turn explains why Press Secretary Sean Spicer was so unprepared for the move that he literally hid in the bushes outside the White House to try to get away from reporters who were asking questions about it (link). And so even as we wait to see how much Trump may have damaged himself with this capricious firing, we now know that James Comey thinks Trump is just as crazy as the rest of us do. Help fund Palmer Report