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How Trump learned about the special prosecutor
How Trump learned about the special prosecutor
The latest blow to the president came as he interviewed candidates to replace the FBI director he had fired eight days earlier
By JOSH DAWSEY and ANNIE KARNI 05/17/2017 11:16 PM EDT Updated 05/18/2017 09:15 AM EDT
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/17/donald-trump-special-prosecutor-mueller-238534
Trump handled it better than anyone expected, according to a person in the room. His reaction was “extremely measured,” another said.
He didn't yell or scream. He told the assembled crowd they had nothing to hide.
But that level-headedness was quickly replaced Thursday morning by a wounded Tweeter-in-Chief lashing out — as some of his staffers had been expecting the news would bring out.
The change in attitude followed a typical pattern with Trump: accepting a defeat in real time, and then later raging against it after talking to friends and watching television. After his first attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare failed, he was calm and conciliatory, and then later began blasting the House Freedom Caucus from his online pulpit.
The latest blow to the president came as he interviewed candidates to replace the FBI director he had fired eight days earlier
By JOSH DAWSEY and ANNIE KARNI 05/17/2017 11:16 PM EDT Updated 05/18/2017 09:15 AM EDT
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/17/donald-trump-special-prosecutor-mueller-238534
Trump handled it better than anyone expected, according to a person in the room. His reaction was “extremely measured,” another said.
He didn't yell or scream. He told the assembled crowd they had nothing to hide.
But that level-headedness was quickly replaced Thursday morning by a wounded Tweeter-in-Chief lashing out — as some of his staffers had been expecting the news would bring out.
The change in attitude followed a typical pattern with Trump: accepting a defeat in real time, and then later raging against it after talking to friends and watching television. After his first attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare failed, he was calm and conciliatory, and then later began blasting the House Freedom Caucus from his online pulpit.
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"Trump handled it better than anyone expected, according to a person in the room. His reaction was “extremely measured,” another said.
He didn't yell or scream. He told the assembled crowd they had nothing to hide."
