'He needs to let it go': Trump's allies urge him to shut up about Mueller

Politico

White House allies are starting to worry that Trump’s inability to move on to other subjects, or at the very least stick to playing up Mueller’s conclusion that his campaign did not engage in a criminal conspiracy with the Russian government, is doing more harm than good. One former Trump campaign official described the president’s post-Mueller volley as “a complete and utter disaster,” suggesting that Trump is likely to generate another negative news cycle for himself when he sits down for an interview with longtime pal and Fox News host Sean Hannity Thursday night.

“Obviously it’s not a smart strategy,” said a former White House official, who noted that there are “very few” West Wing staffers left who are likely to tell the president to move on. “He needs to let it go. It’s especially not helpful to him, but he just can’t help himself."

Even some House Democrats would prefer to be responding to non-Mueller related questions, knowing that their constituents are paying close attention and want them focused on important policy matters as opposed to what is currently gripping Washington.

“In the big spectrum of everything, people are still deeply concerned about prescription drug prices.. They’re wanting to see Washington focused on immigration reform,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.), told POLITICO in an interview. Spanberger, like many of her colleagues who have tried to steer the conversation elsewhere in recent days, hails from a swing district where she is likely to face an uphill battle to re-election in 2020.