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In his latest Twitter rant, President of the United States Donald J. Trump implored someone (Republicans? Robert Mueller? Twitter users?) to “DO SOMETHING!”
On one hand, he has a point. With so much focus on the alleged collusion with Russia from within his campaign, it’s conspicuous that the media isn’t nearly as focused on stories of his former challenger Hillary Clinton’s own connections with Russia. From the Uranium One story to recent revelations that the Clinton campaign, DNC, and FBI funded the Steele Dossier, the President’s frustration with the media seems to be vindicated once again.
On the other hand, there are already actions taking place to go after Clinton. The House and Senate have separate investigations into Uranium One as well as how the Justice Department and James Comey handled the Clinton email scandal. These things may not be moving as quickly as the President would like, but they’re moving.
What really has the President up in arms is the leaked report that special counsel Robert Mueller has filed charges in the Russia investigation that could yield arrests this week. The charges were sealed by a federal judge, supposedly to prevent those facing charges from fleeing.
Here’s the President’s Tweetstorm from this morning:
Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12,000,000?),….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017
…the Uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted Emails, the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia,….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017
…"collusion," which doesn't exist. The Dems are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for evil politics, but the R's…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017
…are now fighting back like never before. There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton, and now the facts are pouring out. DO SOMETHING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017
All of this "Russia" talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax Cuts & Reform. Is this coincidental? NOT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017
Making things worse
I’m sympathetic with the President’s frustrations. A little. However, reacting this way through Twitter is counterproductive.
Unless he knows something about the charges that we don’t, there’s a very good chance the charges are being brought up against Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, over actions that he took before he joined the Trump campaign. While this would shine a negative light on the campaign’s vetting process and further challenge the President’s claim that he only hires “the best people,” it likely wouldn’t link back to the campaign or the President himself.
Buzzfeed is reporting the charges may stem from Manafort’s activities in 2012 and 2013:
FBI Probe Of Paul Manafort Focuses On 13 “Suspicious” Wire Transfers
The FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, includes a keen focus on a series of suspicious wire transfers in which offshore companies linked to Manafort moved more than $3 million all over the globe between 2012 and 2013.
Much of the money came into the United States.
These transactions — which have not been previously reported — drew the attention of federal law enforcement officials as far back as 2012, when they began to examine wire transfers to determine if Manafort hid money from tax authorities or helped the Ukrainian regime close to Russian President Vladimir Putin launder some of the millions it plundered through corrupt dealings.
Buzzfeed is the TMZ of politics to me. They occasionally get decent scoops but they mostly peddle garbage. With that said, credit goes where credit is due so if this turns out to be the case, kudos to Buzzfeed.
The President is coming across as defensive, scared, and impotent. Posting “DO SOMETHING” in all-caps on Twitter is something unimaginable from a President until Trump moved into the Oval Office. His desire to fuel his unyielding base combined with his tendency to play the victim card regularly might score him points with a quarter of the nation, but his actions exude a weakness to most Americans and people around the world.
Instead of whining on Twitter, he should be letting whatever Mueller is doing play out. This verges on sounding like desperation and an attempt to redirect before a hammer is dropped on his narrative. If nobody in his administration or his former campaign colluded with the Russians during election season, he shouldn’t even be concerned about any of this. He should be focusing on tax cuts, moving forward with the wall, and reengaging on Obamacare.
Fine, he’s not “presidential”
During the campaign, every action he took that didn’t seem like the reaction of a petulant adolescent had many in conservative media saying he’s acting more presidential. They called it a “pivot.” They expected him to grow into the role.
That hasn’t happened and it’s time to accept that. He even took a jab at himself while attacking Michael Moore over the weekend:
While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2017
The point is this: this morning’s rant isn’t the first time he acted more like a Hollywood diva than the leader of the free world and it won’t be the last. I’m not going to call for the President to act mature. I’m ready to accept that he’ll never be “presidential” and hope for the best.
Final Thoughts
From Kellyanne Conway to Reince Priebus to John Kelly, many close to the President have tried to stop (or at least slow down) his embarrassing Tweets. It’s not going to happen. The ridicule from this morning’s “DO SOMETHING” plea will fade as all of his moments of weakness do. Whatever comes from the Mueller investigation, let’s hope it doesn’t cause the President to lose focus from the many important issues facing the nation today.
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