{"id":42260,"date":"2019-07-22T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42260"},"modified":"2019-07-22T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T21:09:18","slug":"the-fear-in-trumps-tweets-is-off-the-charts-bonkers-as-the-mueller-hearing-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42260","title":{"rendered":"The Fear in Trump’s Tweets is Off the Charts ‘Bonkers’ as the Mueller Hearing Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday the Congress will finally hear from special counsel Robert Mueller. His first-hand account of the conclusions from the investigation he led should settle the debate on whether Donald Trump’s tedious mantra of “no collusion, no obstruction”<\/em> has any basis in reality. What are the odds that Mueller will agree with Trump’s assessment of the probe as a “witch hunt”<\/em> or a hoax?”<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the runup to the hearings, Trump is behaving with a profound sense of dread. He is lashing out at critics, whining about “presidential harassment,”<\/em> and reanimating insults and lies directed at Mueller, including those log-ago debunked<\/a><\/strong> about Mueller having had business disputes with Trump and being former FBI director James Comey’s best friend. He’s making painfully obvious attempts at distractions with harangues aimed at Democrats<\/a><\/strong> and bragging about his imaginary accomplishments<\/a><\/strong>. He’s also deploying his extraordinarily lame defense team<\/a><\/strong> to take up his cause in the press. Which is doing more harm to him than good.<\/p>\n

In the latest Trump tweetstorm, he is proving that anyone who thought he had hit bottom was too optimistic. There either is no bottom for Trump, or he has a remarkable ability to keep digging. He began the morning with this wild-eyed rant:<\/p>\n

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….except for those stated by me, & \u201creams of paper\u201d were never given to me. It is a made up story meant to demean & belittle. The Post had no sources. The facts remain the same, that we have 4 Radical Left Congresswomen who have said very bad things about Israel & our Country!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n