Donald Trump Trump releasing the Nunes memo is Nixonian – but today's GOP won't resist Analysis: The president’s decision follows a pattern of seeking to undermine institutions, and his views are no longer on the fringe Donald Trump is seeking to discredit and delegitimise those investigating him. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPAThe release of the “Nunes memo” confirms Donald Trump’s willingness to burn down America’s institutions to save his own skin. Q&A What is the Nunes memo? On Friday, Nunes published the memo after Donald Trump declassified it. “Donald Trump is in the clear and the nation needs to know that,” he told Fox News.

Source: The Guardian February 02, 2018 20:37 UTC