Memo Reveal: Trump Was Angry At Flynn For Not Telling Him Putin Was First To Congratulate After Election

The Hill reports:

President Trump was displeased with his short-lived national security adviser Michael Flynn last year after Flynn failed to tell him for several days that he had received a congratulatory phone call from Russia’s Vladimir Putin, according to memos written by former FBI director James Comey.

Comey claims in memos released Thursday that Trump was unhappy with his top aide after Flynn revealed the call during a conversation between Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May.  The admission apparently happened right after Trump had thanked May for being the first foreign leader to offer a congratulatory call after Trump’s election victory.

Flynn, according to the memos, then said Putin had called nearly a week beforehand. Trump’s anger with Flynn seemed to stem from his belief that six days, the length of time between the call and Flynn’s revelation, was too long to make it appropriate for the president to return the call, Comey wrote.