Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), a close ally to the President, tweeted out a warning that “anyone advising” President Donald Trump to fire special counsel Robert Mueller “does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at heart.”
Anyone advising the President — in public or over the airwaves— to fire Bob Mueller does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at heart.
Full stop.
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) April 12, 2018
In the past, Trump has attempted to hide his disdain for Mueller’s investigation, but he has become increasingly explicit about his reported desire to fire the special counsel in recent weeks. In March, Trump slammed former FBI Director James Comey in a tweet and specifically called out Mueller for the first time, saying his probe should “never have been started.”
After news broke on Monday that the FBI had raided Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s house, hotel and office, Trump told reporters that “people have said” he should fire the special counsel, but he stopped short of confirming that he actually wanted to.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said.
While Mueller did not directly order the FBI raid, deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller’s Russia probe, reportedly signed off on the raid.
~cough~ Bannon ~cough~
Trump is so dumb, that he needs this kind of advice.
Because Bannon’s spilling to Kutner (got him ousted?) and his spilling to Michael Wolfe wasn’t enough to demonstrate to Trump that Bannon is a bad hombre for Trump?
Can you imagine any other president in the modern era requiring such a message to the President, via the press.
Republicans must really be starting to worry about him firing Mueller. Unfortunately, it may wind up being too little, too late. I think that they are (belatedly) realizing that they are losing whatever positive control they might have had (or thought they had) over him. sigh
Who gives a shit about the president*’s interest. The country’s internet is what’s important. The sooner tRump is gone the better we’ll all be.
It doesn’t say anything good about our president when his “close allies” are tweeting not to encourage him. The peril in the White House must be much greater than we know.
Not just Bannon either (besides, he seems to be attempting to advice Trump’s aides in private, not public). He specifically calls out people advising Trump “over the air” to fire Mueller. That’s Fox News.