Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’

The following article by Michael S. Schmidt and Michael D. Shear was posted on the New York Times website December 28, 2017:

After playing golf on Thursday at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., President Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that he thought the Russia investigation “makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position.” Credit Greg Lovett/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Thursday that he believes Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weekslong campaign to try to discredit Mr. Mueller and the continuing inquiry.

During an impromptu 30-minute interview with The New York Times at his golf club in West Palm Beach, the president did not demand an end to the Russia investigations swirling around his administration, but insisted 16 times that there has been “no collusion” discovered by the inquiry. Continue reading “Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’”