President Trump Tells Lester Holt He’s ‘Fighting Hard’ for Legitimacy in ‘Divided Country’

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After persistent questions about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump acknowledged in an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt that "we're fighting hard" when asked about his credibility being called into question.
"Do you feel like you're fighting for your legitimacy sometimes?" Holt asked during a 31-minute interview Thursday at the White House, a segment of which aired Friday on TODAY.
"Well, we're fighting hard," Trump said.
"That your legitimacy is under attack?" Holt asked.
"Well, we have a very divided country," Trump added. "I mean, the Republicans are very, very much behind me. They love what we're doing on health care. Obamacare is dead. It's a disaster."
Holt had also asked whether Trump still has moments where he can't believe he's in the White House — as evidenced when he said during a Rose Garden event last week: "Hey, I'm president. Can you believe it?"
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In fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, 'You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won," he added.
That contradicted White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, who had said Comey was fired on Rosenstein's recommendation. Aides had also told reporters over the past two days that the Russia investigation had nothing to do with Comey's firing, and was a result of the FBI director's handling of the probe into Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state.
Trump in his interview also branded Comey as a "showboat," who was "not the right guy" for the job.
Holt asked Trump about the termination letter he sent to Comey in which he wrote, "I greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that I am not under investigation."
When asked what those three occasions were, Trump said they occurred once over dinner and twice over the phone and that Comey explicitly told him he was not the focus of the investigation, according to Trump.
Several legal experts have told NBC News the president's action to ask whether he was under investigation and be told by the FBI that he is not is improper because it raises the issue of potential intimidation and conflicts of interest.
But Trump told Holt that he wants an investigation into any Russian interference to continue with a new FBI director who has yet to be named.
"As far as I'm concerned, I want that thing to be absolutely done properly," he said, adding, "I might even lengthen out the investigation, but I have to do the right thing for the American people. He's [Comey's] the wrong man for that position."
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