Spoiler alert: There aren’t any. Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped people from trying.
Indeed, 16 months into this crisis presidency, one of the most troubling things about it is not the revolving-door White House, the indictments, the lies, the sex scandals, the racism, the decline in American prestige, nor the daily drumbeat of war, but rather, the refusal of his followers to hold the Dear Leader accountable for any of it.
Consider the excuses above, each more threadbare than the last.
It’s a litany of rationalizations and justifications of a sort depressingly familiar to anyone within earshot of a Trump believer.
“He’s not perfect, but …”
“He says crazy things, but …”
“What about when Hillary … ?
“What about how Obama … ?
“What about … ?”
Accountability is needed
Granted, Trump, a rich man’s son with a long history of walking away from responsibilities and debts, has probably never known what it is to be held accountable.
But his failure to take responsibility is a personal problem. The failure of 89 percent of Republicans — Trump’s most recent Gallup approval rating — to demand responsibility is a national scandal.