by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump has barely had time to catch his breath lately after prancing around the country joyfully (and falsely) proclaiming that the Mueller Report found "no collusion" between the Trump campaign and agents of foreign governments during the last election. That finding was, of course, not reached by the Mueller team, but rather by Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney General William Barr who skillfully surmised the report in his own words and then denied the rest of the world access to the complete Mueller report. Trump's man Barr says there was no collusion, so there wasn't - case conveniently closed.
But Donald Trump, who suffers from chronic oral diarrhea, was bound to screw up his staged victory - and he did so quickly, even by Trump standards.
This week in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Trump was asked how he would respond if he was offered dirt on a political opponent by an agent of a foreign government, and the infamous "non-colluder" was quick to say that he would take it - and he also indicated that he might not report the contact to U.S. law enforcement.
Donald Trump had gone on the record basically letting the world know that he was open to receiving dirt on any of his political opponents and was not going to be overly choosy about the sources of the information - just like in 2016! He's not a colluder, he's just smart - in a Trump sort of way.
Bring it on, Russia. Donald is ready to listen!
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump has barely had time to catch his breath lately after prancing around the country joyfully (and falsely) proclaiming that the Mueller Report found "no collusion" between the Trump campaign and agents of foreign governments during the last election. That finding was, of course, not reached by the Mueller team, but rather by Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney General William Barr who skillfully surmised the report in his own words and then denied the rest of the world access to the complete Mueller report. Trump's man Barr says there was no collusion, so there wasn't - case conveniently closed.
But Donald Trump, who suffers from chronic oral diarrhea, was bound to screw up his staged victory - and he did so quickly, even by Trump standards.
This week in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Trump was asked how he would respond if he was offered dirt on a political opponent by an agent of a foreign government, and the infamous "non-colluder" was quick to say that he would take it - and he also indicated that he might not report the contact to U.S. law enforcement.
"I think I'd want to hear it. It's not an interference, they have information -- I think I'd take it," Trump said. "If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI -- if I thought there was something wrong."Republicans scrambled for the remainder of the week in efforts to either "explain" what Trump really meant, or to condemn his remarks in the mildest manner possible. Toward the end of the week Trump himself tried change what he had said, but by then the damage had been done.
Donald Trump had gone on the record basically letting the world know that he was open to receiving dirt on any of his political opponents and was not going to be overly choosy about the sources of the information - just like in 2016! He's not a colluder, he's just smart - in a Trump sort of way.
Bring it on, Russia. Donald is ready to listen!
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