Trump, as depicted in Mueller report, feared being tabbed a fraud
As the Russia investigation heated up and threatened to shadow Donald Trump's presidency, he became increasingly concerned. But the portrait painted by special counsel Robert Mueller is not of a president who believed he or anyone on his campaign colluded with Russians to interfere in the 2016 election.
The next day, Trump went on Fox News and called the assessment"ridiculous" and"just another excuse." The intelligence community actually had"no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody," he argued.The president's public narrative quickly shifted. He blamed Democrats and accused his political opponents of putting the story out because they"suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics.
Michael Flynn, who served on the transition team and would go on to be national security adviser, spoke with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the U.S. Flynn asked that Russia not retaliate against the United States because of sanctions announced by the Obama administration; the ambassador later told Flynn that Russia would hold back.
On May 9, 2017, Trump fired Comey. Trump would later admit in an interview that he had considered"this Russia thing" when he decided to fire Comey. Trump feared that his presidency, still in its infancy, could be over. And he was furious his aides hadn't protected him."Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm f---ed. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me," he said.
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