But there are other key revelations in “Fear” that illuminate a different set of traits — Trump’s nonstop lying, his utter contempt for legal and governing process, and his bottomless bad faith in developing rationales for extremely consequential decisions. These sorts of traits — unlike Trump’s temperament and incuriosity — are not usually looked at as evidence of his unfitness for this office. He told Porter, “If he was going to recuse himself from this, why did he let himself be picked attorney general? He’s the attorney general. In this regard, Woodward also reports that in multiple private meetings, Mueller directly told Trump’s team that he wants to interview Trump for the express purpose of gauging Trump’s “corrupt intent” toward the investigation.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 13:39 UTC