Friday, December 29, 2017

The New York Times Year-End Interview With President Trump



New York Times: Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Thursday that he believes Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weekslong campaign to try to discredit Mr. Mueller and the continuing inquiry.

During an impromptu 30-minute interview with The New York Times at his golf club in West Palm Beach, the president did not demand an end to the Russia investigations swirling around his administration, but insisted 16 times that there has been “no collusion” discovered by the inquiry.

“It makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position,” Mr. Trump said of the investigation. “So the sooner it’s worked out, the better it is for the country.”

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WNU Editor: No surprises in this interview.

3 comments:

fred said...

Thus, after a full month of Trump and his Senate and House all badmouthing the Mueller investigation, Trump now tells us Mueller is fair man...should the senate and house members offer a retraction of their smears? Or wait for Trump to change his mind again, soon.

Bob Huntley said...

Political rope-a-dope.

fred said...

We seem to have coined the phrase rope-a-dope based on the great boxer Ali...He was a champ and knew what he was doing. Trump,a lightweight, is simply someone who can not keep a consistent view of things from day to day.