A triumphant President Donald Trump emerged Sunday to claim
„It was just announced there was no collusion with Russia, the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction, none whatsoever,“ Trump said, calling Mueller’s investigation „an illegal takedown that failed.“
Speaking to reporters on a tarmac before boarding Air Force One in Florida, Trump declared outright victory.
„It’s a shame that our country had to go through this. To be honest, it’s a shame your President had to go through since before I was even elected,“ he said.
Instead of calling for the country to move forward, Trump insisted investigators now turn their attention to alleged misdeeds committed by Democrats, though he did not specify any particular targets.
„It began illegally, and hopefully somebody’s going to look at the other side,“ he said implying the formation of Mueller’s special investigation could now be subject to scrutiny.
People close to the President told CNN he has remained fixated on one thing in the last several weeks — that he and his allies were harassed by investigators and that this should not happen to another president.
