JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russia collusion probe. The Stormy Daniels allegations. The escalating tension with Moscow. The tempests that have separately buffeted the White House for months merged into a maelstrom this week and threatened to engulf President Donald Trump, who on Wednesday [4-11-18] railed against members of the Justice Department by name and took to Twitter to threaten military strikes in Syria and taunt a nuclear-armed power. While alarmed aides and allies worried that Trump was the angriest he’d ever been, the president saw conspiracies in the challenges facing his administration and hinted at more chaos. And as Trump’s party was rocked by upheaval on Capitol Hill, White House staffers explored whether he has the legal authority to fire the men leading the investigation into his administration and, as underscored by the seizure of documents from his private lawyer, his business and personal life.”
-Jonathan Lemire, Catherine Lucey and Zeke Miller, ” Tempests buffeting White House now threaten to engulf Trump,” The Associated Press, April 11, 2018 4:03 pm