The Memo: Trump's anti-Mueller rage is for real

President Trump isn’t trying to goad Democrats into impeachment, after all — he is genuinely angry at the prospect.

That’s the main conclusion to be drawn from Trump’s furious reaction to the first public comments from former special counsel Robert Mueller on his report into allegations of Russian collusion.

Mueller on Wednesday emphasized that he had not been able to exonerate Trump on suspicion of obstruction of justice and seemed to imply that Congress should look at taking up the matter, presumably via impeachment proceedings.

Trump reacted in strident terms,...