Why so nervous, guy?

Trump is back to his schoolyard name-calling. Something about Senator Dianne Feinstein unilaterally releasing the August 2017 transcripts from Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee really got him rankled.

I’m not all the way through the transcript, yet, but I don’t know why he’s so unsettled. As far as I can tell, there’s not a lot there – once you get through all the talk of the Russian mob, that is.

Trump even suggested Feinstein face a primary challenge for her actions.

The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way, totally without authorization, is a disgrace. Must have tough Primary!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018

It’s like he forgot that he’s a [sort of] Republican, and not a Democrat. I don’t think his foot soldiers have a lot of power in Democrat primaries in California.

“Sneaky” Dianne Feinstein.

She’s a liberal Democrat from California, man. “Sneaky” isn’t an insult to her. She’s got that on her resume, for Pete’s sake.

What Feinstein did by tossing the transcript out there is create a rush from both sides to pick through and find those parts that can be used to their advantage.

For Republicans, they need to be able to use this testimony as proof that Trump did not directly coordinate with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election unfairly.

Democrats see the connection in Trump’s business dealings with Felix Sater, the Bayrock Group, and the sort of open secret/rumor in New York and New Jersey that the Russian mob has long been involved in bankrolling Trump organization projects.

Trump also lashed out at the “witch hunt” again, and urged Republicans to “finally take control.”

The single greatest Witch Hunt in American history continues. There was no collusion, everybody including the Dems knows there was no collusion, & yet on and on it goes. Russia & the world is laughing at the stupidity they are witnessing. Republicans should finally take control!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 10, 2018

So what do they do?

There’s not much they can do now, without making this look like a banana republic, rather than a representative government, dedicated to order and the rule of law.