Trump blubbers over Flynn, Russia but his troubles are tiny in history’s eyes

US senator Susan Collins speaks for the human race. The ­Republican on Capitol Hill, Monday:

Can we have a crisis-free day? That’s all I’m asking.

Yeah, nah. The Australian online, yesterday:

Michael Flynn reportedly told ­Donald Trump’s team before the ­inauguration that he was under investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey ... the Justice ­Department said it would appoint a special counsel to investigate Russia’s involvement in last year’s US election ... Yesterday it was revealed that Mr Trump had suggested to Mr Comey in February that the FBI abandon its ­investigation into the former national security adviser Michael Flynn over his links with Russian officials.

The President feels a little hard done by. Donald Trump at the Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday:

No politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly than me.

Toughen up, princess. Assassinated commander-in-chief John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Library website:

Bullets struck the president’s neck and head ... at 1:00pm John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead.

Abraham Lincoln got treated pretty badly by John Wilkes Booth. Wikipedia:

The bullet struck the back of Lincoln’s head behind his left ear, entered his skull, fractured part of it badly and went through the left side of his brain.

Russian empress Catherine the Great’s legacy was tainted by salacious rumours. History Channel website, July 9, 2012:

After her death on November 17, 1796, her enemies at court began spreading various rumours about Catherine’s final days ... perpetuating a myth that has endured for centuries: that Catherine, whose lustful life was an open secret, had died while engaging in a sex act with an animal, usually ­believed to be a horse.

OK, OK, there were a lot of rumours that President Trump had a sordid Russian sex tape ... London’s The Sun, January 11:

Trump insists explosive allegations he cavorted with Russian prostitutes could not be true ...

But at least Trump didn’t lose everything like Pu Yi, the last emperor of China. Time magazine, September 27, 1999:

Pu Yi spent a decade in jail, where he underwent relentless thought reform ... On Dec. 4, 1959, Comrade Pu Yi, a 54-year-old who could now dress and groom himself, was issued a special pardon and entered life as a private citizen. In 1960, Pu Yi was sent to the Beijing Botanical Gardens to begin work as a gardener and handyman.

Though he came close ... The Washington Post, September 27 last year:

Trump’s Taj Mahal opened in April 1990 in Atlantic City, but six months later “defaulted on interest payments to bondholders as his finances went into a tailspin” ... In July 1991, Trump’s Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. He could not keep up with debts on two other Atlantic City casinos, and those two properties declared bankruptcy in 1992. A fourth property, the Plaza Hotel in New York, declared bankruptcy in 1992 after amassing debt.

You could always quit, Donald? US conservative commentator Erick ­Erickson writing on The Resurgent website, yesterday:

President Trump needs an intervention. Without that, we need his resignation. Republicans ... have no need for him with Mike Pence in the wings.