The king sits in Dunfermline town drinking the ... okay, maybe not blood red wine

Donald Trump didn’t hesitate to draw a connection between children dying of poison gas in Syria and the FBI executing a warrant against his personal attorney. Now, Trump is threatening to strike back against what he called “an attack on our country,” in a series of tweets that entangle warnings that he’s going to launch missiles with threats to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller.

Trump is the Fisher King, utterly convinced that he and the land are one. In his mind, it’s perfectly reasonable to respond to investigating his misdeeds by throwing missiles at another country. And it’s not Trump who is crazy. Oh, no. It’s everyone else.

x Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama. Mueller is most conflicted of all (except Rosenstein who signed FISA & Comey letter). No Collusion, so they go crazy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018

For months, Trump has been claiming that no one has ever been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump. He’s bragged about every sanction, no matter how late. He’s pointed out the engorged military budget as proof of his toughness. He’s even claimed that relaxing regulations on U.S. fossil fuel production is evidence that he’s tough, tough, tough on Russia.

But now that a U.S. missile destroyer is on the edge of firing missiles into Syria, Trump insists that the conflict is the fault of people who are investigating him. Trump isn’t being subtle. He flat out saying that he had to go to war with Russia, to throw off the people who thought he and Putin were too close. He doesn’t want to fight. They made him. So if this ends up in explosions—real explosions, not metaphorical ones—the people who are to blame are “all Democrat loyalists.” Like Republican Mueller, Trump-appointed Republican Rosenstein, Republican Jim Comey and … everyone. Just everyone.

They’re the ones who are crazy. Because Donald Trump believes he’s the only sane man in a crazy world. And he’ll kill to prove it.