But just as he breaks almost every norm in politics, President Trump takes prevaricating to a whole new level, as his persistent refusal to accept anything other than total exoneration by the Mueller report, even though the report is now public and explicitly does the opposite of what Trump says, shows this. Instead, the report provides evidence that a Russian organization with ties to the Kremlin tirelessly promoted Trump and bashed Hillary Clinton on social media with the (evidently) unwitting aid of Trump campaign officials and Trump himself. It also notes several overtures by Russians to supply stolen emails and other “dirt” to the Trump campaign, drawing interest rather than alarm from campaign officials. Trump fired FBI director James B. Comey — at least partly because of the “pressure” from the Russia investigation — and then lied about why he did so. But the special counsel’s account underlines the importance of making Donald Trump a one-term president.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 20, 2019 11:03 UTC