Silent majority

17 May 2017 By Gina Chon Follow @GinaChon

Trump vowed to operate the White House as if it was a company. But the skills required in his private firm have been less transferable than for a CEO of a publicly traded one with checks and balances. An independent board, aka Congress, is the best hope for a course correction.

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U.S. President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to end the agency’s investigation into former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn and his ties to Russia, the New York Times reported May 16. The White House denied that Trump made such a request to Comey, who was fired on May 9. Flynn resigned in February after making misstatements to Vice President Mike Pence about his past conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.

Kislyak and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Trump in the White House on May 10. The Washington Post reported on May 15 that Trump revealed classified information about a planned Islamic State operation to those Russian officials. Trump tweeted on May 16 that he has an "absolute right" to share facts about the fight against terrorism with Russian officials. The FBI is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and potential ties to Trump's campaign.

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