US President Donald Trump has dismissed Robert Mueller’s investigation and ongoing talks about a proposed border wall in a New York Times interview.
The president said negotiations in Congress about funding for a wall – the issue behind the recent government shutdown – were a “waste of time”.
He also claimed his lawyers had been reassured he was not a target in the special counsel’s investigation.
Mr. Mueller is probing alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 election.
The New York Times’ interview with Mr. Trump came after the president reached out to the newspaper’s publisher A G Sulzberger.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly attacked the paper as the “failing New York Times”.
The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite – & the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Mr. Sulzberger asked the president to stop his attacks on the media last year, saying they could “lead to violence” against journalists.
