Day 372

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

Updated 1/26/2018 9:22 AM PST

1/ Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller in June, but backed down after Don McGahn threatened to quit if Trump went through with it. After receiving the order from Trump, the White House counsel refused to ask the Justice Department to fire Mueller and said he would resign instead. Mueller learned about Trump's intention in recent months through interviews with current and former senior White House officials. (New York Times / Washington Post)

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/01/26/day-372/

[elaphe (Lynn)]

If I could be sure that firing Mueller in June would have immediately touched off an impeachment, then I almost wish trump had done it, and saved us from this horrid year of watching him occupy the White House and trashing our country. But we’ll just have to live with the fantasy of “what if”?

[ActionPumpkin]

@matt

Trump said he’d be willing to publicly apologize for retweeting three anti-Islamic videos posted by a leader of Britain First, one of the U.K.'s far-right groups. Trump said he didn’t know who the group was and that he didn’t want to cause any difficulty. (CNBC)

Trump Offers The Most Unenthusiastic Apology For Racist Retweets

[elaphe (Lynn)]

trump is nothing more than one big gas bubble. Anytime he opens his mouth, he is lying, and it’s only to serve his own purpose. I could never have imagined a president who is less presidential* than this A-hole. (-and that’s the ONLY thing I give him an “A” for!) *He has no interest in “doing the job”, never for representing Americans, he’s only for himself & his cohorts. Even as he’s bragging about his crowd sizes yet again, I’m so glad to hear the boo’s!