Trump's Response to Robert Mueller Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Especially when you're the President of the United States.What Really Happened: The day after Mueller's statement, President Trump took to Twitter, as is his wont, to gripe, justify and—this time around—offer quite the Freudian slip.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1134066372584062976Did you see it? But don't worry; Thursday wasn't over just yet.https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/1134128528880951296What Happened: Because the president hates it when people are talking about him in manners in which he can't control, Thursday evening saw the announcement of a new trade policy with Mexico that was, well, not entirely popular.What Really Happened: With all eyes on him because of his response to the Mueller statement—not to mention the fact that a second Michael Wolff book about his presidency is imminent; remember how Fire and Fury dominated the headlines last year?—it was widely expected that President Trump was due some extremely ill-considered decision to try and shift the conversation toward a subject of his own choosing. Not everyone was convinced.https://twitter.com/juliettekayyem/status/1134261076386861057https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1134285505384865792Still, at least people had stopped talking about Russia for a second, so mission accomplished?The Takeaway: Still, surely all of these tariff announcements and proclamations are definitely helping with that whole "Making America Great Again" thing, right?https://twitter.com/TiffanyBond/status/1134256181462085632What Happened: That politicians can be two-faced is nothing new, but every now and then, one can be so contradictory that it seems only appropriate to be surprised by their statements. Which is only reasonable, considering that it's not super true.https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1133720620028583937https://twitter.com/evanrobertsonDC/status/1133812941227274240https://twitter.com/IPreferPi314/status/1133788761282686976https://twitter.com/MichaelSLinden/status/1133719149509840896https://twitter.com/dana1981/status/1133822257569050624The moral of this story, as with so many stories relating to the Supreme Court, is simple: Ruth Bader Ginsburg might need to live forever to solve this problem.The Takeaway: You take this one, Eric Swalwell.https://twitter.com/ericswalwell/status/1133571884757467137What Happened: For once, it wasn't just those on the right who were concerned about the bona fides of the media, with the record and reporting of the New York Times' Maggie Haberman coming under the microscope after she wrote a piece about a former Trump administration figure.What Really Happened: The phrase "Who watches the watchmen?" doesn’t just apply to HBO executives wondering if Damon Lindelof can make the graphic novel into a hit show; this week, it's been particularly appropriate for those wondering about how reporters covering the current administration are conducting their business.