President Donald Trump had a lot on his mind Thursday morning that spilled out onto Twitter — the Russia investigation, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the Obama administration, his self-perceived success as a global leader.
He also floated a truly burning question: When will people start showing me some gratitude?
When will people start saying, “thank you, Mr. President, for firing James Comey?”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018
Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey more than a year ago and publicly admitted at the time that the firing had to do with the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.
Special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take on the probe after Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an early Trump supporter, recused himself from the investigation. Mueller is currently investigating, among other things, whether Trump obstructed justice in firing Comey.
Trump has since denied that Russia had anything to do with Comey’s ousting.
Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2018
All Dotard, all the time.
More petulant and self-centered than a five-year old…
Assume for the moment, that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, and then proceeded to fire Comey, for precisely the same reasons Trump is now claiming. I’m assuming that Trump and the GOP would have had no problem with that, yes?
When he gets impeached for it, and not a minute sooner.
I take back every other time I have ever used this word, ever.
#Sad.
The word “sad” is hereby retired. Appreciate the congrats.
The thing is that Comey actually did blow it and should’ve been fired, but not for the reasons Trump did (which were transparently obvious). The irony is he made things worse for himself by doing that.