Though the whispers that the Mueller investigation is circling ever closer to the White House have been growing since the midterms, it's all been a bit quiet for a while. That appears to have helped Donald Trump chill out a bit, as he claims in a new book that the allegations of potentially treasonous collusion with Russia, obstruction of justice and multiple related convictions has actually been really great, thanks very much.

"I think it makes my base stronger," Trump says in an interview with longstanding supporters Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, alongside his vice president Mike Pence. "I would have never said this to you. But I think the level of love now is far greater than when we won. I don’t know, what do you think, Mike?"

"As strong or stronger," Pence added.

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Trump also says in the book that one of his biggest regrets is not sacking former FBI head James Comey immediately upon taking office, instead of trying to get him to pledge his loyalty to the Trump administration as Comey contends. "I should have fired him the day after I won and announced please get the hell out," Trump says.

A book written by two of Trump's most enthusiastic sycophants - campaign manager Lewandowski and right-wing film producer and deputy campaign manager Bossie - and titled Trump’s Enemies: How the Deep State Is Undermining the Presidency is as balanced as you might expect. The Washington Post, which got hold of an advance copy, says the book "reads in part like Trump’s Twitter grievances in book form".

If you're unfamiliar with their work, this is an opportune time for a quick primer on Lewandowski and Bossie. Lewandowski has launched himself into this news cycle by claiming he could probably beat chief of staff John Kelly in a fight ("I always bet on me"), but was previously best known for insulting a 10-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome who was separated from her parents at the Mexico-USA border, dismissing her plight with a sarcastic sad trombone noise.

Bossie was a congressional investigator who went after Bill Clinton over his campaign expenditure, but after resigning in 1998 he spent most of his time making right-wing propaganda films - which, as was the case with the Michael Moore-baiting Celsius 41.11, were sometimes little more than grossly overextended Powerpoint presentations - with Steve Bannon and was the man who introduced the ex-Breitbart News chairman to Trump in 2011.

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