Given that Robert Mueller has handed down an indictment to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and a couple of associates for business activities which pre-dated his association with Trump one wonders if Mueller did this in the hope that Manafort will hand him Trump on a silver platter.
If that is the case it seems like an awfully long gambit. I doubt Manafort was around long enough to know where the bodies were buried much less gain access to Trump's inner circle.
Of course, a lot of this depends on Trump himself. For now, he is playing it well as demonstrated by his tweet, "Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump
campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????"
Trump correctly states Manafort has been accused of transgressions which dated his presidential run and then puts it back on Hillary much to the delight of his MAGA supporters.
If Trump continues to play it this way then he should come out fine.
But this is Trump we're talking about. Who knows what he'll be thinking the next time he accesses his Twitter account.
If Trump fires Mueller then public perception will be that Mueller is getting close and that Trump has something to hide.
It is in Trump's interest to leave Mueller alone and let things ride their course. But if Trump was willing to fire Comey and get away with it why wouldn't he do the same to Mueller?
When it is all said and done I doubt anything Mueller does will result in Trump leaving office. Only the voters can do that. But as long as Democrats are too busy condemning Trump supporters instead of asking them where all the winning is then I don't think this will come to pass either.
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