And crucially he knows he is not supposed to do what hes doing, not supposed to get involved, admitting at much in a Radio Interview yesterday. You know, the saddest thing is that because im the president of the United States, i am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. Im not supposed to be involved with the fbi. Im not supposed to be doing the kind of things that i would love to be doing. And i am very frustrated by it. I look at whats happening with the Justice Department. Why arent they going after Hillary Clinton with her emails and with her the dossier. If we havent yet heard widespread calls for impeachment, its because this president s disregard for the rule of law for democratic norms, his authoritarian impulses are largely baked in in the countrys perception, even among political insiders. It was just a couple of days ago, for example, that he called the american criminal Justice System a joke and a laughing stock. On top of that, all indications are that th
the trump tv network sort of turn this around, as the pressure has ratcheted up. you can see them spinning this countertale, which looks like it s fairly effective. i call it earth two. so on earth one, donald trump is in trouble because of russia ties during his campaign. on earth two, none of that is true. that s all just a hoax, and hillary clinton is the one with ties to russia and everything true about trump is really true about clinton. they re so thorough in this narrative and so disciplined about it and it s so consistent across conservative media. and people with a conservative bend are most likely to consume a small amount of media. in their universe, earth two is the real earth. the way i describe what s happening on the trump tv network is that it s like it is to reality what a really good theater set is to an actual
and russia. there s clear evidence of the clinton campaign colluding with the russians to influence the election. a month ago, get this, 41% of trump voters thought russia wanted clinton to win the election, which would be weird to think that. and now that same survey conducted after the news that mueller indictments coming out, finds that 56% wanted russia to win. there s the sort of connection. so there s two questions, one is what s happening on the trump base. it s been fascinating to watch the trump tv network sort of turn this around, as the pressure has ratcheted up. you can see them spinning this countertale, which looks like