Two displays of his signature boorish behavior and it's only early afternoon

As regular LITD readers know, I've taken note that there is a cycle to the Very Stable Genius's way of operating: one good move, followed by two or three so egregious that they tarnish the good move.

Well, he's racked up two so far today.

At the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, he strutted onstage waving today's edition of USA Today, the headline "Acquitted" emblazoned above the fold. He then launched into one of his characteristic blends of whining and veiled threat:

“So many people have been hurt, and we can’t let that go on,” Trump said at the religious gathering.

He also appeared to reference Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the only Republican to vote to convict Trump on the abuse of power charge. Romney said on the Senate floor that his faith guided him toward his decision to vote for Trump’s removal from office.

“As everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people,” Trump said. “They have done everything possible to destroy us, and by so doing very badly hurt our nation. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our great country.”

“Weeks ago and again yesterday, courageous Republican politicians and leaders had the wisdom, fortitude and strength to do what everyone knows was right,” Trump said.

And then a bit later, back at the White House:

With little left to hold him back now, President Trump is airing his grievances and declaring victory over not just the impeachment saga that has forever marked his legacy, but over everyone and everything that has gotten in his way since he took office. 

The president declared a Thursday East Room event, surrounded by Republican members of Congress and other allies, a "celebration" not just because of his acquittal, but because of perseverance through the Mueller investigation, race against Hillary Clinton, and tenure of fired FBI director James Comey. 

"We went through hell unfairly, did nothing wrong," the president told his exuberant crowd, as he continued to insist his conduct regarding Ukraine was "very good." Several Republican senators have explicitly said what the president did was inappropriate or wrong. 

As we know, his attention span is not too long, so he's given to digressions like this one:

The president also went off on some strange tangents, including about House minority whip Steve Scalise, who nearly died when a man opened fire on a congressional baseball practice in 2017.

"He got whacked," the president said, going off for several minutes in the retelling of the horrific event.

Mr. Trump said Scalise's wife was a "total mess," and reacted differently than most wives, who wouldn't care. He went on to tell the gruesome story of that congressional baseball practice.  

The VSG, unleashed and emboldened. It's gonna be a long year.