Trump’s Paranoia Grows About Mueller’s ‘Conflicts’ From Fee Dispute, FBI Job

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1 : President Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting with inner city pastors in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The ... WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1 : President Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting with inner city pastors in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Wednesday, Aug 01, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump has been paranoid that Robert Mueller holds past grudges that influence his investigation since the first day he was appointed special counsel, according to a Friday Bloomberg report.

In May of last year, the day Trump found out about Mueller’s appointment and exploded so violently at Attorney General Jeff Sessions that Sessions tried to resign, the President immediately cited past run-ins with Mueller that he felt would preclude the special counsel from being impartial.

One of those incidents occurred over ten years ago, when Mueller tried to get reimbursement from Trump’s National Golf Club in Northern Virginia after he cancelled his membership. Per Bloomberg, a spokesperson for Mueller has said that there was no dispute, while Trump maintains that the two had a contentious conversation.

The other interaction that sprang into Trump’s mind happened much more recently — the day before Mueller was appointed to the special counsel role, Trump had interviewed and dismissed Mueller to be director of the FBI.

Trump’s advisers have reportedly tried to quash his panic, soothing him that Mueller would not be out to get him for a decade-old membership fee dispute or rejection from a job he had already held for 12 years.

It hasn’t worked. Trump still harbors — and voices — his conviction that Mueller is “conflicted” and trying to take him down.

This old paranoia will likely come into play even more pointedly as Trump indicates a growing desire and willingness to interfere with the investigation, and weighs a sit-down interview with Mueller. 

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  1. “One man’s molehill is another man’s mountain”

  2. Come on, Spankee, help yourself:

    ETA: The reason why Spankee is so wired up about this is because the sort of petty revenge which he is accusing Mueller of is exactly what he himself would do in such a situation – getting even at all costs, no matter how trivial the slight.

  3. The fear is strong in this one. Feelin’ guilty bout something, Shitler?

  4. I think you’'re confusing paranoia with run-of-the-mill narcissistic distraction protocol. He delivers the shit, and his supporters eat it up.

    Apologies for being so graphic, but underestimating his only true strength, that of manipulation, is what got us in this mess. These tweets and all his messages are intentional, even if they arise from instinct. He’s not stupid. He’s a con man.

  5. In trump’s case, he can be both.

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