We’re surprised it took this long. Writing in the third person, Donald Trump claimed the Nunes memo clears “Trump.” Yep, he wrote that.
This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2018
Maybe he’s seen another memo because the Nunes document doesn’t vindicate anyone. But perhaps absolving “Trump” of any responsibility was the idea from the beginning. We’ll never know where this germ of a Congressional “investigation” was born but it could have been 1600 Penn. Why not? In the wackadoodle world of Fox News, anything is possible.
But for those who legitimately gauge public opinion, the Nunes memo probably won’t change perceptions already hardened. The majority of Americans think the Mueller investigation is fair. An Associated Press poll in December found support for the special counsel by a 57-42 margin.
But here is what’s troubling. In the scorched earth effort of Trump to clear his name, he’s doing serious damage to the credibility of others, namely, America’s premier law enforcement agency. A new survey by Axios found:
“…that not even 40% of Republicans approve of America’s main federal law enforcement agency — a stunning turn for the law-and-order party. FBI approval in the SurveyMonkey Poll, taken over the past two days, is 64% among Democrats and just 38% among Republicans. Unfavorable opinion of the FBI: 47% in the GOP; 14% among Ds. The stark new Republican skepticism of the FBI means that Trump has succeeded in preemptively undermining the findings of special counsel Bob Mueller.
So that’s where we begin the weekend. In a never-ending effort to save his skin, Donald Trump’s American divide grows deeper and wider.
Meanwhile, we wonder why the Democrats fought so hard against the release of the Nunes memo. It only fueled the hype, for in the end what turned out to be much ado…