Trump defenders are becoming delusional.
The good news for the White House is that more than 18 months since the F.B.I. probe began, there is still no evidence of Russian collusion, said Christopher Ruddy, the chief executive of Newsmax and a friend of Mr. Trump. The bad news is that the special counsel has a scorched-earth prosecution aimed at crushing the presidents associates.
I dont think the president is worried about the investigation himself, he added, but it clearly bothers him that people are being prosecuted simply because they worked for his campaign.
No jackass. Manafort and Gates are being prosecuted because they broke numerous laws. Sad thing is, a certain percentage of spoon-fed fox news knuckledraggers believe the lies that Ruddy et al. spew verbatim.
Funny part of a N.Y. Times article though:
"In a fiery speech to supporters on Friday, President Trump went after his vanquished opponent from 2016. We had a crooked candidate, he declared. The crowd responded with a signature chant from the campaign trail: Lock her up!
About three hours later and 10 miles to the north, Mr. Trumps former deputy campaign chairman, who helped put him in the White House, arrived at a federal courthouse in Washington to plead guilty to being crooked and face the prospect that the authorities will now lock him up."
I imagine the irony is lost on some blind Trumpsters here. Man, you can't write more poetic justice.