It's Friday Trump Watchers! And wowza, it has been quite the week. On Monday, the government was shut down (yeah, remember that? #tbt). Today, as President Donald Trump rubs parka-covered elbows with the world's economic elite in Davos, Switzerland, we here in the states are wrapping our heads around the bombshell reporting that he ordered the firing of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, only to rescind when White House Counsel Don McGahn, threatened to resign over it. In today's Trump Watch, I'm breaking down all of this week's crazy. Got news tips, comments, concerns, mild insults? Email 'em to me here or tweet at me.

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TRUMP AND MUELLER'S WACKY WEEK THAT WAS



The New York Times reported Thursday night that President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, in June last year. When White House Counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign instead, Trump reportedly backed off. This is significant for a number of reasons, including that Mueller could use the moment in making the case that Trump sought to obstruct the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Though news outlets reported Trump was considering firing Mueller months ago, the White House denied it over and over. They still are: Trump today called the NYT report “fake news.”