From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump seeks to paint the rosiest picture

The following article by Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website November 28, 2017:

President Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the White House with his family for the Thanksgiving holiday last week. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

President Trump has expressed certainty that the special-counsel probe into his campaign’s possible collusion with Russia will be finished by the end of the year, complete with an exoneration from Robert S. Mueller III, according to several friends who have spoken with him in recent days.

Trump has dismissed his historically low approval ratings as “fake” and boasted about what he calls the unprecedented achievements of his presidency, even while chatting behind the scenes, saying no president since Harry Truman has accomplished as much at this point. Continue reading “From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump seeks to paint the rosiest picture”