President Trump spent two years acting like a guilty man. Then exhaustive investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller didn't find evidence to support the collusion charges leveled against him in the press.
What was Trump thinking?
It’s theoretically possible, but also implausible, to argue as many liberal media figures have in the wake of Mueller’s report, that Trump really did collude with Russia and just successfully covered it up.
But the simpler and more likely explanation is that Trump was so infuriated by an investigation into a crime he didn’t commit that he repeatedly tried to shut it down and repeatedly ordered his aides to lie about it and other matters pertaining to Russia and the FBI.
Trump looks bad.
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07.12.2025