Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump Can’t Sweep Aside the Lies Manafort Told Mueller

The president is VERY HAPPY about Russia. Don’t expect that to last.

February 14, 2019 at 12:30 PM 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.”

Donald Trump is DELIGHTED with the Senate's Russia probe. Now he just needs to deal with the Mueller inquiry, law enforcement, the House of Representatives, the media — and voters.
Photographer: Carolyn Kaster/AP

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The president of the United States, CLEARLY ELATED, took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to praise the Senate:

POTUS’s tweet wasn’t entirely accurate, of course. Inspired by an NBC News report from the day before, which provided an update on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation of possible ties between Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and Russia, it inevitably reflected his desire to push aside his problems.