Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Donald Trump Wants You to Hate Robert Mueller, Too

The president takes on the Justice Department.

May 22, 2018 at 11:00 AM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Concerned about an infiltrator.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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Back in 2011, Donald Trump published “Midas Touch,” one of his many how-to books offering secrets for financial success. This is where Trump, a lifelong performance artist, revealed that one of his favorite business personas is the “Outlaw.”

“The Outlaw archetype loves to break the rules,” the book noted. “The motto of the Outlaw is: ‘Rules are meant to be broken.’”