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He refused, threatened to resign and thats when President Trump backed down ultimately deciding not to fire the Special Counsel. But again, were seeing this new point of frustration from President Trump with these new attacks. Again, the most direct at robert mueller. The backdrop is important to point out. A few days ago, the president s former Attorney Michael Cohen spoke to a number of sources who then told cnn that he was ready to testify to the Special Counsel that President Trump approved that june 2016 meeting between russian nationals and his son donald trump jr. And other members of his campaign. So the president responding to that co ....
Political analyst and senior editor for the laatlantic and washington post columnist josh rogan. clearly something set the president off. what do you think it is? . i think the reporting that he noted is the logical precipitating cause here. look, this is part of a continuing effort to influence in effect the jury pool which will be congressional republicans. if bob mueller comes back with any recommendation that the president that the house needs to consider impeachment on the various areas he is vugting this is about creating more pressure on republicans to avoid that. i would point out this these attacks are a perfect microcosm for the trump presidency. they are having an influence among republican voters. but among the general public more broadly, it is consolidating uncertainty and moving people away. ....