Robert Mueller trumped?
It’s too simple to say that Mueller has just handed Trump a second term, but it sure looks that way
Predicting the life and times of US President Donald Trump is like trying to guess which way a chicken in the middle of the road will go.You just never know.On Friday morning, things looked dark indeed for the leader of the free world, with various former confidants and advisers convicted of crimes as diverse as identity theft, obstruction of justice, campaign fraud and lying to the FBI as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. By late afternoon, however, after the news that Mueller’s investigation was complete and that no further indictments would be issued, Trump was in full crow, claiming "complete and total exoneration".That Mueller’s report does not, in fact, exonerate the president is beside the point. The Trump Machine, blunt instrument that it is, will bludgeon any dissent with the mantras "no collusion" and "failed illegal takedown" and the red-state base will cheer from their bars, jets and recliners.It’s too simple to say that Mueller has just ...
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