'The hoax is finally dead! The collusion delusion is over!' Trump blasts the Mueller probe 'fraud,' claims the inquest was 'ridiculous bulls**t,' declares he has been 'totally exonerated' and demands 'accountability' from Democrats and the media

  • Donald Trump is declaring his victory after his name was cleared by the Mueller investigation in his first campaign rally since the report's release last week 
  • He spoke before a crowd of more than 11,000 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday 
  • He boasted its been an 'incredible couple of weeks for America' and said that 'the Russia hoax is finally dead'
  • He demanded 'accountability' from Department of Justice, FBI officials, and media outlets who perpetuated the Russian collusion theories
  • Trump also launched a blistering attack against House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, who still insists there's evidence of collusion with the Kremlin
  • 'Little pencil-neck Adam Schiff! Got the smallest, thinnest neck I've ever seen,' Trump said
Donald Trump said Thursday night that there should be 'accountability' for Democrats and members of the media who promoted the now dismissed idea that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to tilt the presidential election.
'Their fraud has been exposed,' he told a screaming crowd of more than 12,500 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, saying that 'they've now got big problems.'
Trump railed against 'this phony, corrupt, disgusting cloud' of suspicion that hamstrung much of his policy agenda during his first two years in office. Later, he called the 'partisan' investigations and other pressure on him 'ridiculous bullsh*t.'
And for the first time, a Trump rally crowd chanted their favorite slogan in the plural on Thursday, yelling 'Lock them up!'
'They're on artificial respirators now,' he laughed, 'needing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.'
The president specifically targeted California Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman whose ouster every Republican member of that panel demanded this week.
'Little pencil-neck Adam Schiff!' he jabbed. 'Got the smallest, thinnest neck I've ever seen. He's not a long-ball hitter.'
Trump aped Schiff's insistence, even after Mueller's probe exonerated the president, that there is evidence suggesting campaign collusion with the Kremlin.
Trump declares in Michigan that the 'collusion delusion is over'
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Donald Trump is declaring his victory after his name was cleared by the Mueller investigation in his first campaign rally since the report's release on Thursday evening in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Donald Trump is declaring his victory after his name was cleared by the Mueller investigation in his first campaign rally since the report's release on Thursday evening in Grand Rapids, Michigan 
He boasted its been an 'incredible couple of weeks for America' and boasted that 'the Russia hoax is finally dead'
He boasted its been an 'incredible couple of weeks for America' and boasted that 'the Russia hoax is finally dead' 
He spoke before a crowd of more than 11,000 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday evening
He spoke before a crowd of more than 11,000 at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday evening
Trump’s Thursday rally was a victory parade following the Mueller report results that stumped any rumors of collusion as well as a head start on the 2020 presidential campaign trail
Trump’s Thursday rally was a victory parade following the Mueller report results that stumped any rumors of collusion as well as a head start on the 2020 presidential campaign trail
He opened his speech by declaring victory with the Mueller report and slammed his opponents who insist there was collusion
He opened his speech by declaring victory with the Mueller report and slammed his opponents who insist there was collusion
'Uh, we don't really know, there might have been,' Trump mimed.
'There has to be some accountability because it's all lies and they know it's lies,' he said.
'The Democrats have to decide whether or not to continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bulls**t,' he said. 
Trump's eldest son Don Jr. warmed up the crowd by deriding Schiff's 'bullschiff,' and claiming he 'really schiffed the bed.'
The president cited 'all of the Democrat politicians, the media bosses – bad people – the crooked journalists, the totally dishonest TV pundits,' as boos rained down from the packed rafters of the Van Andel Arena.
'They know it's not true! They just got great ratings!'
'By the way,' Trump grinned, 'their ratings dropped through the floor last night.'
'They have to be – I'm sorry, they have to be accountable,' he said.