Trump and Mueller are closing in on open war

[DonViejo]

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 6:35 AM ET, Thu May 3, 2018

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Robert Mueller look ready to go to war.

It was always theoretically possible that the Russia investigation could end with the President and the special counsel on either side of a constitutional showdown. But a breakneck sequence of events over the last two days may have made the nightmare scenario increasingly likely.

Trump, the rule-breaking President who relishes throwing punches, has restocked his legal bench and now has a defense team that might better reflect his aggressive tendencies.

After saying he'd love to sit down with Mueller, he now seems to be backing away. And his White House is right behind him -- branding the special counsel's probe a "witch hunt" in an official news release.

The President is also escalating the political heat around the Mueller investigation, seeking to rile up supporters, who he has been priming for months as a firewall against any eventual impeachment fight.

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[cilla4progress]

1. Yes,

It's palpable.

[shraby]

2. My money is on Mueller. Anyone who can run an investigation this large and not have one leak

knows what he's doing.
The gang that can't shoot straight? That's a whole nuther question.

The kicker is the supreme court judge that McConnell held up Obama's nomination for so trump could pack the court. Seems McConnell had some foreknowledge that the whole schmear would come this and got that base covered ahead of time.

McConnell needs to be included in the chain gang with the leg irons.

[SonofDonald]

3. Yes, Mr Mueller already knows it all

And what to do with it, he hired the best there is at what they do and they are going to do it

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