Dear Mr. Trump:

You chose well in picking Rudy as your personal counsel. He is undoubtedly as unbalanced as you are, so you’re a good fit. Now we know that “truth isn’t truth.” I translate that to mean that you won’t talk to Mr. Mueller because everything you say will be a lie.

We can imagine your criminal trial defense under such a harebrained advocate as Rudy: (1) the documentary evidence pointing to your campaign’s collusion with Russia was planted by Mark Fuhrmann, who is part of the deep state; (2) it was Hillary – not you — who complimented the Russians on hacking into her own emails; (3) Mr. Mueller is a closet Democrat because he was saddened by the assassination of JFK; and (4) so what if you colluded? Your base loves you, as do the “very fine people” you praised in the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party.

But I see from your comments to Reuters that you have an even better defense up your sleeve. You claim the power to undertake the Special Counsel’s investigation yourself! This is clear proof of your insanity. The only person who can judge you is you, because you’re the only one who counts in your delusional world.

Imagine! Hitler rises from the grave to investigate and prosecute Nazis at the Nuremberg trials! Imagine! O.J. Simpson takes over his prosecution for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend! Imagine! James Wilkes Booth rises from the grave to take over his prosecution for the assassination of President Lincoln.

Why didn’t you think of this earlier? Only one reason: you didn’t have Rudy as your closest advisor and defender.

Here’s a way of thinking of your presidency, your mental state, and that of your personal counsel: Lost in Space.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger