Trump's Post-Mueller Euphoria Gives Way to Anger and Recrimination [View all]

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Source: Bloomberg.com



April 19, 2019, 1:44 PM CDT

Melania Trump advised husband to spurn White House reporters
President, aides said to be particular angry at McGahn, Porter





On the White House’s South Lawn on Thursday, a mob of reporters waited to question Donald Trump about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report before the president left for a long weekend in Florida.

He emerged from the White House holding his wife’s hand. But instead of his customary stop to take a few questions from reporters, he silently waved and boarded the presidential helicopter.

It was First Lady Melania Trump’s idea to spurn the press as Trump sought to show defiance after Mueller’s report, people briefed on the matter said. But his vindication over Mueller and Attorney General William Barr clearing him of criminal liability is giving way to anger. People close to him are worried Trump has begun to stew over news coverage of the report, which has focused on Mueller’s documentation of the president’s efforts to interfere in the investigation and deceive the public about his actions.


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Fresh Concerns

People close to him hope he realizes that the report isn’t crippling and the negative stories will largely end by Monday. But there are fresh concerns that Mueller’s revelations could damage his image with moderate swing voters who approve of Trump’s handling of the economy but are turned off by his unpredictable, unpresidential style, one White House aide said..........................................

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-19/trump-post-mueller-euphoria-gives-way-to-anger-and-recrimination

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wish someone had bugged the conversation between Rush Limpballs and dumpy Trump today.






U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 19, 2019. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg




Trump issued two tweets on Friday in which he used a profanity to describe some of Mueller’s findings

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