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The president thinks hes still the victim.

There has been plenty to criticize congressional Republicans over during Donald Trump's term. On the whole, they've been more than happy to talk about how "troubled" they are by President Trump's behavior, but ask them to do anything about said terrible and terrifying behavior, and suddenly the Mitch McConnells and Paul Ryans of the world are nowhere to be found. Why? Because as much as they understand supporting an openly bigoted president is a bad look for them, they also know that torpedoing this presidency could spell doom for all of their pet policy projects (read: giving tax cuts to rich people while screwing over the less fortunate).

So yes, it is absolutely reasonable to be pissed at GOP members of Congress. Considering the scope and depth of the scandals that currently swirl around the president, Donald Trump should be on his knees thanking House and Senate Republicans for mostly giving him a pass on the myriad things they couldnay, shouldbe investigating. But of course Donald Trump is not grateful. No, in fact, he's resentful and angry with this Congress for giving him a hard time.

Imagine being such an egotistical monster that, when it comes out that your son, son-in-law, and campaign manager all met with a Russian lawyer who claimed to be representing the Russian government in its attempt to collude with your campaign against your opponent, you think it's unfair that Congress wants to sanction some Russians. It is beyond insane, and yet according to a new Politico report, that's exactly what happened. Trump, who is the only person in the world who thinks the problem is congressional Republicans being too hard on him, made phone calls to multiple GOP senators (including a public beef with Mitch McConnell) to fight against the need for sanctions.

Trump expressed frustration over a bipartisan bill sanctioning Russia and tried to convince Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that it wasn't good policy, according to three people familiar with the call. Trump argued that the legislation was unconstitutional and said it would damage his presidency. Corker was unrelenting, these people said, and told Trump the bill was going to pass both houses with bipartisan support.

But if that didn't scream, "I'm guilty!" loud enough, he also made calls to protest against a bipartisan bill that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by Trump. This would ensure Mueller's investigation isn't stymied by a nervous Trump. If Trump were innocent, this wouldn't be a problem, but apparently it's a problem.

Trump dialed up Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Aug. 7... Tillis is working with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on a bill designed to protect Robert Mueller, the independent counsel investigating the president's Russia connections, from any attempt by Trump to fire him.

The Mueller bill came up during the Tillis-Trump conversation, according to a source briefed on the call the latest signal of the president's impatience with GOP senators' increasing declarations of independence from his White House. Trump was unhappy with the legislation and didn't want it to pass, one person familiar with the call said.

And here's the thing: He doesn't even realize how good he has it! He has so many Republicans in Congress ruining themselves out of fear of upsetting Donald and his base, and instead of recognizing how lucky he is, he has taken to attempting to intimidate those who do LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM to hold him accountable. One could hope that this would just make these members harder on Trump, but one might be a naive idiot, if the past seven months are any indication.

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Donald Trump Is Now Yelling at Republican Senators Over Russia - GQ Magazine