The White House Is Preparing for a ‘Dud’ or a ‘Dumpster Fire’
The administration is girding for potential fallout from Robert Mueller’s testimony, but like the rest of the country, officials don’t know exactly what to expect.
Updated at 9:15 a.m. ET on July 24, 2019.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, President Donald Trump was coy about whether he planned to watch Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress today. First, he said he wouldn’t tune in, before changing his mind in real time: “Maybe I’ll see a little bit of it.”
Let’s put an end to the suspense: The first hearing began at 8:30 a.m. ET, smack in the middle of what Trump’s schedulers call “Executive Time,” their code for the president watching and pushing out tweets from the White House residence. It’s a good bet he’ll be riveted to the TV all day—soaking in the coverage as he and his allies try to spin the hearing their way.
