Trump shows wear from a brutal week
The president lashes out at the 'witch hunt' against him that he claims is dividing the country.
By Matthew Nussbaum
05/18/2017 05:14 PM EDT
Updated 05/18/2017 06:13 PM EDT
President Donald Trump is tired of not winning.
He wants to talk about jobs, or trade, or combating illegal immigration, or his victory in the 2016 election. But reality continues to intervene.
Trump appeared at a news conference for the first time since April 12 on Thursday amid the most tumultuous stretch of his young presidency. His firing of the FBI director almost two weeks ago and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Russia and his campaign book-ended a torrent of bad news for the president, including allegations that he had leaked classified information to Russian officials and new bombshells about his former national security adviser.
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