David Gergen, who adivsed Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, told CNN on Sunday that Trump was clearly troubled by the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, as well as the intensifying congressional oversight driven by new Democratic House majority.
Trump delivered a rambling two-hour speech at CPAC on Saturday, attacking a range of opponents and saving special vitriol for the Mueller inquiry and the Democrats intensified scrutiny of his inner circle, private business dealings and presidential conduct.
CNN host Ana Cabrera asked Gergen, who is a senior political analyst for CNN, “Do you see the candidate who was impervious to scandal, or do you see someone who is now really feeling the walls close in?”
Gergen replied, “I think it’s the man seeing the walls close in.” But despite the president’s beleaguered position, Gergen said he still thought that Trump believed he might be able to survive the Mueller investigation, now reported to be in its final stages.
