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The Mueller inquiry distracted us from Trump’s true awfulness, just as its outcome will
(The Independent, 25 Mar 2019) The president is now well on the way to winning a second term in which to pursue his America First, climate change denial agenda.
For two years, critics of Donald Trump have awaited the outcome of Robert Mueller’s inquiry with high anticipation.
Now, as its conclusions are made public, those who expected the president to be damned are left disappointed. Trump, meanwhile, can claim victory.
Inevitably things aren’t quite as simple as all that. For one thing, the special prosecutor’s report – as summarised by the Attorney General, William Barr – is equivocal about whether Trump acted to obstruct justice. It does not exonerate him, but nor does it conclude that he committed a crime.
And while Mueller did not establish that either Trump or his campaign team conspired with Russia during the presidential election campaign, Democrats are likely to push for more details about whether he was unwittingly compromised.
Ultimately, for as long as the full Mueller report remains unpublished, questions are likely to swirl – such is the polarised nature of US politics in the Trumpian age.
The Independent, 25 Mar 2019: The Mueller inquiry distracted us from Trump’s true awfulness, just as its outcome will
