Trump’s tweets reveal ‘a very worried man’ who opened a ‘Pandora’s box’ of legal problems: biographer
Bloomberg editor Tim O'Brien told MSNBC on Thursday that President Donald Trump's tweets attacking California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff and others reveal the extent of the president's worries about the consequences he may be facing as a result of the multiple probes into his personal dealings.
Host Katy Tur noted that Trump really has no leg to stand on by objecting to the release of his taxes given that he'd promised to release them "once the audits are done," while O'Brien said "it's not entirely clear" than any such audit was undertaken.
"The taxes are important to a point," O'Brien said, saying they would reveal volumes about Trump's overseas income. But he quickly pivoted to the president's response.
"Whenever Trump begins tweeting at people and attacking people, it is rarely from a position of strength," he said, adding that the president was attacking House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff because the congressman was could now "use the oversight powers of Congress to take a closer look at Trump's business dealings." O'Brien identified three other investigations and said Trump was "surrounded."
"Trump is surrounded by multiple investigations, some of which will go on beyond his presidency, and at least one of which the power of the presidency won't enable him to protect himself from a consequences," O'Brien said, and continued that Trump was "in a corner", which his family, business dealings, and entire inauguration were now in investigators' sights.
"The best way to read his tweets is someone who's very worried of what he's exposed to," he said. "To a large extent it's a Pandora's box that has been opened and could have consequences that go well beyond his presidency."
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