As befits a tabloid president

What else can we expect from someone who gets his talking points from Fox News and who's been in cahoots with the National Enquirer for years?  The Daily Caller is a rag founded by Tucker Carlson and an adviser to Dick Cheney.

President Trump said Tuesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is heading up “an illegal investigation” rife with conflicts of interest, including for Mueller himself.

  Daily Caller

Pure bullshit.

“Number one, there was no crime,” Trump said. “Number two, everybody was conflicted, including Mueller.”

Utter bullshit.

“I view it as an illegal investigation. It should have never been started. It should have never been allowed to start. You know, I’m not a target of this investigation, just in case you don’t realize.”

I'm not at all certain he doesn't believe that himself.

Among the conflicts Trump has cited, the president had interviewed Mueller for the FBI director role just days before the latter man’s appointment as special counsel.

“Sitting right in that chair,” Trump gestured from the Resolute Desk. “I liked him, but I didn’t give him the job.”

“I had a business dispute with Mueller before that. I had a real business dispute,” Trump said. The president’s claims of a business dispute reportedly revolve around decade-old golf fees.

“And he’s Comey’s best friend,” Trump insisted. “I could give you a hundred pictures of him and Comey hugging and kissing each other.”

Let's see just one.

“And then somebody from his law firm came out and said I can’t believe they picked Mueller. He hates the President. He hates the president,” Trump added.

“So that’s four things. That’s four.”

Somebody who? This is the man who keeps squealing that you can't believe anyone who cites anonymous sources.

The president then moved on to what he views as clear conflicts of interest among Mueller’s staff. “You know, I call them the 17 angry Democrats,” Trump explained.

“It’s incredible when you look at [Andrew] Weismann and all these people. Some of the people worked for the Hillary Clinton Foundation. It’s an incredible thing.”

Jeannie Rhee, a lawyer on Mueller’s team, reportedly represented Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation in two separate 2015 cases.

We have a new definition of "some".

“Honestly, people are very angry about it,” the president continued. “People that love our country are very angry about it.”

Indeed. Especially when some in the White House keep telling lies about it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.