Donald Trump
gave vent to frustrations over his mounting political problems Wednesday,
declaring that no president in US history had been treated “more unfairly.”
During a
commencement address at the US Coast Guard Academy, Trump urged graduating
cadets to follow his example and “fight, fight, fight. Never, ever, give up.
Things will work out just fine.”
“Look at the way
I’ve been treated lately. Especially by the media. No politician in history,
and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. You
can’t let them get you down,” he said.
The outburst
came amid intensifying pressure on the president in the wake of his firing of
James Comey as director of the FBI last week, in the midst of a probe into
whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russian attempts to tilt the US election
in his favor.
The Senate
Intelligence Commitee announced Wednesday that they have asked Comey to
testify.
The New York
Times, citing sources close to Comey, reported on Tuesday that Trump asked the
FBI director in an Oval Office meeting to drop its probe of former national
security adviser Michael Flynn.
A day earlier,
the Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, reported that Trump had shared
highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
regarding an Islamic State group terror threat.
AFP
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