I’ve watched Trump testify, and it isn’t pretty
He’ll believe he’s in charge no matter who’s running the show
"There’s been no collusion whatsoever. There’s been no obstruction whatsoever." —Donald Trump, January 24 2018 US President Donald Trump held an impromptu press briefing in the White House early on Wednesday evening, popping into a meeting of reporters and his chief of staff and telling the group that he’s "looking forward" to speaking "under oath" with special counsel Robert Mueller. That’s the Robert Mueller who is overseeing a US justice department investigation into whether Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with the Kremlin to tilt the 2016 election in his favour. That’s the Robert Mueller who is examining whether Trump and others in his orbit obstructed law-enforcement efforts to examine that matter. And that’s the Robert Mueller scouring the president’s businesses and finances. He’s already indicted four former Trump insiders for a variety of crimes, including lying to the FBI. Yet the president mustered the bravado to tell reporters last night that he "would love to" sit...
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