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Inside Trump's 48 hours of fury - CNNPolitics
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump started 2018 in a fury partly fueled by anger at his legal team for offering shifting timelines about when the Russia investigation would end, according to two sources familiar with the President's mindset.
The anger continued until midday Wednesday as Trump helped draft his blistering break-up letter to former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who offered a scathing attack on Trump and his family's handling of the Russia investigation.
That followed his taunting tweet Tuesday evening directed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which caught many top administration officials off guard and prompted renewed worry among staff and allies about whether the President fully comprehends the risks he's taking in provoking adversaries. After Trump's North Korea broadside, aides inside the White House reached out to some of Trump's allies seen as having influence over the President to talk to him about his tweets and the risks they carry.
It's a bitter shift for a President who, just days ago, merrily rang in the New Year at his Florida resort dancing alongside a party-hatted first lady to Gloria Gaynor's persistence anthem "I Will Survive" and told The New York Times he felt special counsel Robert Mueller would treat him "fairly." Trump, who always loves his time at Mar a Lago, is readjusting to life in an icy Washington where the Russia probe looms and global flashpoints test his leadership skills with sometimes harrowing results.
This account of Trump's explosive first days of 2018 is based on interviews Wednesday with a dozen White House officials, lawmakers and other Republicans. It depicts a volatile President intent as ever on shaking the country's political norms, even as he faces crucial deadlines in the coming weeks on immigration and government funding.
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Lingering Russia collusion probe, Bannon in new book, saber rattling directed at North Korea - 2018 is shaping up to be very unpleasant for Donald Trump... and likely the rest of us as well. For a man used to being in control, he must find control over events slipping away from him.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump started 2018 in a fury partly fueled by anger at his legal team for offering shifting timelines about when the Russia investigation would end, according to two sources familiar with the President's mindset.
The anger continued until midday Wednesday as Trump helped draft his blistering break-up letter to former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who offered a scathing attack on Trump and his family's handling of the Russia investigation.
That followed his taunting tweet Tuesday evening directed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which caught many top administration officials off guard and prompted renewed worry among staff and allies about whether the President fully comprehends the risks he's taking in provoking adversaries. After Trump's North Korea broadside, aides inside the White House reached out to some of Trump's allies seen as having influence over the President to talk to him about his tweets and the risks they carry.
It's a bitter shift for a President who, just days ago, merrily rang in the New Year at his Florida resort dancing alongside a party-hatted first lady to Gloria Gaynor's persistence anthem "I Will Survive" and told The New York Times he felt special counsel Robert Mueller would treat him "fairly." Trump, who always loves his time at Mar a Lago, is readjusting to life in an icy Washington where the Russia probe looms and global flashpoints test his leadership skills with sometimes harrowing results.
This account of Trump's explosive first days of 2018 is based on interviews Wednesday with a dozen White House officials, lawmakers and other Republicans. It depicts a volatile President intent as ever on shaking the country's political norms, even as he faces crucial deadlines in the coming weeks on immigration and government funding.
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Lingering Russia collusion probe, Bannon in new book, saber rattling directed at North Korea - 2018 is shaping up to be very unpleasant for Donald Trump... and likely the rest of us as well. For a man used to being in control, he must find control over events slipping away from him.
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just getting along...until they don't .