Against that backdrop, Comey’s reemergence is a reminder that the resistance to Trump was not limited to noisy street marches. Like so many of the Trump-hating tribe, he reflects the sense of moral superiority, as when he compares the president to New York mob bosses.

His demonization echoes Clinton’s “deplorables” comment that reflected her disdain for the 63 million American citizens who voted for Trump. We hear the same sneering in the catcalls from former CIA director John Brennan, a bleacher bum whose unprecedented attacks on Trump show how espionage was politicized under Barack Obama.

Unfortunately, there is mounting concern that special counsel Robert Mueller also has succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome. Apparently unable to find any Trump collusion with Russia, his initial assignment, Mueller and his handler, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, authorized a highly unusual raid on Trump’s lawyer, Michael ­Cohen.