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Byron York sheds new light on the relationship between Trump and Mueller and it’s not at all what Dems were expecting twitchy.com/gregp-3534/201… via @twitchyteam
"In summary, Robert Mueller was speaking in code to Trump’s legal team and the president was fully cooperating with the investigation. "
" how could one say Trump fully cooperated when the president was, at the same time, loudly denouncing the probe as a "witch hunt" and a "hoax," and bashing Mueller's prosecutors as "17 angry Democrats"?
The answer lay in Trump's longtime habit of operating on two levels."
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The answer lay in Trump's longtime habit of operating on two levels."
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" On the surface, Trump sets off controversies, often using Twitter to say something outrageous that sets the media agenda and leaves some commentators with their hair on fire. At the same time, below the surface, Trump is actually taking steps to get a particular job done "
" On the surface, Trump sets off controversies, often using Twitter to say something outrageous that sets the media agenda and leaves some commentators with their hair on fire. At the same time, below the surface, Trump is actually taking steps to get a particular job done "
" Mueller understood that Trump had to mount a political defense on the Russia issue. "Bob understood this, it was political," "
The level of cooperation, Dowd said, was "truly remarkable," all while the president distracted the world with his tweets.
Dowd described a tacit arrangement in which Mueller's office signaled to Trump's lawyers when a major press report was wrong.
