Trump was speaking in fragments, claiming ISIS will be destroyed by tonight and attacking Mueller in an exchange with reporters that was a meltdown.

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Trump was breaking down and unable to speak in complete sentences

The President Of The United States said:

I have no idea. No collusion. No collusion. I have no idea when it’s going to be released. It’s interesting that a man gets appointed by a deputy, he writes a report, uh, you know, never figured that one out. Man gets appointed by a deputy, he writes a report. I had the greatest electoral victory, one of them, in the history of our country. Tremendous success. Tens of millions of voters. And now somebody’s going to write a report who never got a vote.

So we’ll see what the report let’s see if it’s fair. I have no idea when it’s going to be released. [ Inaudible question ] In Syria we’re leaving 200 people there and 200 people in another place in Syria closer to Israel for a period of time. I brought this out for you because this is a map of — everything in the red, this is on election night in 2016. Everything red is ISIS. When I took it over, it was a mess. Now on the bottom, that’s the exact same. There is no red. In fact, there’s actually a tiny spot which will be gone by tonight. So that’s ISIS, red, right and the bottom one is how it is today. This just came out 20 minutes ago. So this is ISIS on election day, my election day. And this is ISIS now. So that’s the way it goes.

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I don’t mind. Frankly, told the House, if you want, let them see it. Again I say, a deputy, because of the fact that the attorney general didn’t have the courage to do it himself, a deputy that’s appointed appoints another man to write a report. I just won an election with 63 million votes or so, 63 million. I had 206-223 in the electoral college, saying to myself, wait a minute, I just won one of the greatest victories in the electoral college, even you will admit that, and now I have somebody writing a report that never got a report? It’s called the Mueller report. Explain that because my voters don’t get it and I don’t get it. At the same time, let it come out, let people see it. That’s up to the attorney general.

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Trump is hiding behind Barr on the Mueller report

Trump doesn’t want the report to be released, so what he is going to do is hide behind Attorney General Barr. When Barr refuses to release the report, Trump will say I wanted it released but the attorney general decided not to release it. Trump is trying to pull a con, and no one should believe a single word that he is saying about wanting the Mueller report released.

Trump has been triggered by Mueller

It is now clear that it Mueller who has set Trump off and has him spinning out of control. Trump is worried about the Mueller investigation. He isn’t attacking George Conway and the late John McCain to distract from Mueller. He is launching these attacks because he is losing it. Trump’s performance in front of reporters was that of a scared man who knows that time is running out.

Donald Trump is coming apart, and Robert Mueller is a big reason why.

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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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