President Trump is suffering from mental illness

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I guess the upside of keeping the heat off McConnell is that it allows everyone to focus on the deteriorating mental health of the President.
"They're driving in and they're not coming through checkpoints, because you can't have three or four people in the back with tape over your mouths and your hands tied and drive past someone who is checking out your van...The fact is if we don't have barriers, walls, call them what you will, very strong barriers where people can not any longer drive right across. They have unbelievable vehicles. They make a lot of money. They have the best vehicles you can buy. They have stronger, bigger and faster vehicles than our police have and that ICE have and that Border Patrol have." 

AT LAST…Coons Mentions Mitch McConnell’s name on Morning Joe

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As James Fallows has noted, the one legislator with the greatest control over ending the #Trumpshutdown is Mitch McConnell. Chris Coons just appeared on Morning Joe and tiptoed up to that reality mentioning Mitch McConnell (in part to exculpate the majority leader for not negotiating). Coons initially attempted to leave McConnell out of the conversation highlighting the fact that Trump is unwilling to compromise and can't come up with a "face-saving" exit. Coons stated that the Democrats are trying to give Trump $1.3 billion for border security, but said that President would not take it. To his credit, Coons called the wall a "vanity project" a couple of times. Under repeated questioning, Coons empathized with his GOP counterparts in the Senate and mentioned that Trump is a bad actor which makes it difficult to negotiate on his behalf. "You can craft a comprise with Republicans only to have to have it blown up by the President. It is difficult for senators to negotiate on his behalf...That's why Mitch McConnell is nowhere to be found in these negotiations." It wasn't much, but it was a start. At least Chris Coons now recognizes that McConnell is not taking part in the process. But I still don't understand the strategy of leaving McConnell off the hook.