Often when it comes to Donald Trump, language alone fails to describe what is going on.
At various points, particularly so once he became president, charts or timelines can prove to be a better tool for understanding events, writes Andrew Buncombe.
His firing of James Comey in May 2017, for instance, apparently because the FBI Director would not agree to go easy on General Michael Flynn, who lied to agents about his conversations with a Russian diplomat, led to the creation of the Mueller Probe, which highlighted many lapses by Trump and possible obstruction of justice.
Trump would rage for months about the Mueller report – both claiming he had been exonerated and that it was a witch-hunt.
When it came to Trump’s first impeachment, with enthusiasm for such a venture among Democrats no doubt heightened after Mueller was not able to lay out actionable conclusions, it was often handy to have a list of names to follow along.
