Mueller report: Donald Trump failed us as commander-in-chief

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Mueller report: Donald Trump failed us as commander-in-chief
Opinion, Tom Nichols, USA Today, 4/19/19

As a team of writers at Lawfare put it, Trump’s people “were aware the Russians sought to help them win. They welcomed that assistance. Instead of warning the American public, they instead devised a public relations and campaign strategy that sought to capitalize on Russia’s illicit assistance. In other words, the Russians and the Trump campaign shared a common goal, and each side worked to achieve that goal with basic knowledge of the other side’s intention. They just didn’t agree to work toward that goal together.”

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As a candidate and as a citizen, Donald Trump had a responsibility to put a stop to this unethical and dangerous behavior in his organization. He had an obligation to report it to the FBI, and to work with the government to thwart the Russian efforts. Instead, he knowingly allowed his campaign and some of the people closest to him to continue their contacts with the Russians, and then he spent months lying, encouraging others to cover for him, and gaslighting an entire nation with talks of witch hunts and hoaxes.

This is execrable behavior from a citizen. But a citizen has the right to be execrable and to do bad things, as lawyers would say, that are “lawful but awful.” As president, however, it is now clear from the Mueller report that Trump knows, and has known for years, what Mueller knew. He knows that the Russian assault on the U.S. political system was real, sustained, and serious. He knows now that he is surrounded by people who tried to benefit from that attack on his behalf. He knows that it is likely to happen again.

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1. Yes, he did. Failed miserably too. What else can be said? ...

rump is more concerned about the hits to his ego than anything else. He is consumed 100% how he perceived among his darling voters, and nothing else. He knew what was going on, he had to know. If someone who is supposedly a billionaire (according to him multiple times, I doubt very much that he is), they would be very aware of what their people representing them are doing.