Opinion: The speech Trump should have given after the Mueller report dropped
President Trump at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday. By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist March 29 at 3:21 PM If President Trump were really a “stable genius,” he would have given a prime-time address from the Oval Office immediately after special counsel Robert S. Mueller III finished his investigation, and he would have said something like this.The last two years have been divisive and acrimonious.
To be sure, I know that I am no Russian agent. But I was fearful that my political opponents would manufacture evidence to frame me. I was especially concerned because so many of Mueller’s lawyers were Democrats. Angry at this investigation, I lashed out at the special counsel and his team in ways that I now realize were inappropriate. Mueller proved himself to be a consummate professional.
While the Mueller report clears me and my campaign of any criminal wrongdoing, the special counsel did find that some of my campaign associates had inappropriate contacts with Russian representatives and that some broke the law. I was not aware of this at the time, and I strongly condemn it now. I am a very loyal guy and I initially resisted accepting these conclusions when they were first reported.
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