Donald Trump had the absolute worst week in Washington Analysis

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Donald Trump had the absolute worst week in Washington

By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Updated 10:22 AM ET, Sat June 17, 2017
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The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Trump is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice
Trump's attitude toward the investigation is getting worse and worse

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The Washington Post reported Wednesday night that Trump himself is under investigation by special counsel Bob Mueller for the possibility that he obstructed justice in his decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey.


Trump seemed to confirm that story -- his White House hadn't denied it but instead condemned the leak from which it sprang -- in a Friday morning tweet. "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt," wrote Trump. His aides scrambled in the wake of that tweet to make clear the President was simply saying he had read the reports that he was under investigation but had not been told it separately.

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It's not clear whether Trump doesn't grasp the severity of the circumstances he now faces or simply doesn't care. But he is now in a place that he can't tweet or talk his way out of. Mueller continues to hire investigators as the probe widens. And, short of firing Mueller -- which would be political suicide for Trump -- he just has to wait and see how it plays out.



The problem for Trump -- and Congressional Republicans -- is that Mueller's investigation is going to take time. And with the investigation reaching all the way up to Trump -- and with Trump regularly tweeting about it -- it's nearly impossible for the White House to compartmentalize.
The "cloud" that Trump has been complaining about for months got bigger and darker this week. And he is outside without an umbrella...........................