Trump blames everyone but himself. So what else is new?

The finger-pointing has begun. Or rather, the single finger pointing away from the Oval Office has begun.

In a display of political predictability that surprises absolutely no one, President Donald Trump spent the early hours of Wednesday morning executing his favorite strategic maneuver: blaming everyone else. Because in the eternal Trump doctrine, accountability is an alien concept. He always points away from himself. Victories belong to him alone; defeats belong to the universe.