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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:36 AM Jun 2017

"Its really hard to be accused of being a traitor and take your lawyers advice to shut up"

White House aides fret over Trump’s Russia probe obsession
The president can't stop talking about the expanding Russia probes, and advisers say they're worried he's making the situation worse.
By JOSH DAWSEY 06/15/2017 06:11 PM EDT



Trump, for months, has bristled almost daily about the ongoing probes. He has sometimes, without prompting, injected. “I’m not under investigation” into conversations with associates and allies. He has watched hours of TV coverage every day — sometimes even storing morning news shows on his TiVo to watch in the evening — and complained nonstop.

Aides have tried to change the subject, with little luck. Advisers have tried to buck up the president by telling him to be patient, agreeing that it is a “witch hunt” and urging him to just let it play out — and reassuring him, “Eventually, you will be cleared,” in the words of one.

“The frustration he feels is he fully well knows there was no collusion with Russia. And yet, he’s been on the hot seat about it for six months,” said Barry Bennett, a top campaign aide who continues to have ties to the White House. “He’s been told, 'You’re not under investigation,' and yet he still wakes up every day to read he’s under investigation. It’s really hard to be accused of being a traitor and take your lawyer’s advice to shut up and not talk about it.”

Two people close to Trump note that his is an obsessive personality — whether about businessmen who wronged him over the years, his years-long and fruitless quest to prove President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, to reporters who have written negative stories about him. One transition official said Trump lashed out at reporters over old stories within a day of winning the election in November.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/trump-russia-investigation-obsession-239614

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"Its really hard to be accused of being a traitor and take your lawyers advice to shut up" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2017 OP
Let donny rant. Perhaps it will hasten this probe along. riversedge Jun 2017 #1
You know who *didn't* complain about an investigation (which, unlike this, was actually baseless)? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #2
"They're worried he's making the situation worse". I cannot justhanginon Jun 2017 #3
It's in 45's nature to make things worse. ananda Jun 2017 #4
"he fully well knows there was no collusion with Russia" The_jackalope Jun 2017 #5

justhanginon

(3,287 posts)
3. "They're worried he's making the situation worse". I cannot
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:50 AM
Jun 2017

in all honesty, think of any situation presently known to mankind that tRump would not make worse by virtue of his complete ignorance of the world and his having no moral or ethical compass whatsoever. He is a complete waste of our precious air.

ananda

(28,782 posts)
4. It's in 45's nature to make things worse.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:51 AM
Jun 2017

You know -- if it aint broke, fix it till it is.

and for 45 and the Reeps, that means everything.

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
5. "he fully well knows there was no collusion with Russia"
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 12:15 PM
Jun 2017

Riiiiight......

One of these days quite soon, a dump truck is going to back up and leave a steaming, reeking pile of evidence on the WH lawn.

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