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BREAKING: Trump confirms he's under investigation! (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2017 OP
He's claiming Mueller told him to fire Comey? n/t pnwmom Jun 2017 #1
And he also doesn't know what the hell he's talking about, or who the hell he's talking about. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #2
Rosebud Borchkins Jun 2017 #3
Strawberries. deminks Jun 2017 #15
I assume he's talking about Rosenstein Goodheart Jun 2017 #7
It Was the Big Kid Who Told Me To Do It and Then Ran Away muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #11
That was pretty amazing. Atman Jun 2017 #4
I'm not saying it was Trump... Moostache Jun 2017 #5
Isn't the intent of these Tweets to try to obstruct justice? Doodley Jun 2017 #6
To spread confusion, certainly muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #10
Ascribing intent to a Trump tweet is ridiculous... brooklynite Jun 2017 #13
I don't think we should assume he doesn't think before tweeting muriel_volestrangler Jun 2017 #22
He needs Dementia - Medications HAB911 Jun 2017 #8
It's not dementia. It's narcissistic personality disorder, which tends to get worse with age. athena Jun 2017 #16
Sorry, HAB911 Jun 2017 #18
Holy batshit !!! Unbelievable. OnDoutside Jun 2017 #9
Keep tweeting numbnuts. panader0 Jun 2017 #12
Why does his staff let him have a phone? And why isn't he working instead irisblue Jun 2017 #14
I thought he said he'd already decided to fire Comey before the memo?? tammywammy Jun 2017 #17
9:07 AM! I swear to gawd this guy doesn't work. chelsea0011 Jun 2017 #19
Wow, throwing Rosenstein right under the bus Fait Accompli Jun 2017 #20
A vicious circle! imanamerican63 Jun 2017 #21

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
2. And he also doesn't know what the hell he's talking about, or who the hell he's talking about.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:24 AM
Jun 2017

Mueller? (That would be factually correct.)

Rosenstein? (I presume that's who he's talking about)

The ghost of J. Edgar Hoover? Sasquatch? A 1972 Ford Falcon?

Goodheart

(5,327 posts)
7. I assume he's talking about Rosenstein
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:28 AM
Jun 2017

This is unreal, really.

First off, he's admitting that he's under investigation, but I think he also did that yesterday.... but even more significantly he just said that SOMEBODY TELLS HIM WHAT TO DO!


muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
11. It Was the Big Kid Who Told Me To Do It and Then Ran Away
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:35 AM
Jun 2017

It's an excuse for a moment. He'll be back to saying he's The Decider in a short while.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
10. To spread confusion, certainly
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:33 AM
Jun 2017

The advantage of being president is that you know who your jury is going to be - 100 senators (plus 438 Representatives as the deciders to prosecute). So you can use a medium you know they'll all look at (they have to, to be informed for their job), and cast as much doubt as possible in their minds. With that doubt, he can probably keep enough Republicans on his side to get away with it all, since they have a lot invested in not exposing their party as corrupt and stupid.

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)
13. Ascribing intent to a Trump tweet is ridiculous...
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:40 AM
Jun 2017

This is pure impulse. I'm guessing that if you had been watching FOX & FRIENDS (as Trump was), some commentator made the observation about Rosenstein urging trump to fire Comey and then appointing Mueller to investigate Trump, and Trump tweeted it 5 minutes later.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
22. I don't think we should assume he doesn't think before tweeting
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 11:44 AM
Jun 2017

He may not be Machiavelli, but that doesn't mean he isn't thinking "I want every possible idea that makes me look better out there to someone, to give me a better chance of surviving". And that include effectively retweeting Fox & Friends so that Republican voters, and Republican politicians, are sure to see it.

athena

(4,187 posts)
16. It's not dementia. It's narcissistic personality disorder, which tends to get worse with age.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:48 AM
Jun 2017

People are doing a great disservice to all those who suffer from dementia by claiming, based on their own personal ignorance, that dementia is what Trump is suffering from.

Before you start spreading misinformation, do some research.

 

Fait Accompli

(40 posts)
20. Wow, throwing Rosenstein right under the bus
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:56 AM
Jun 2017

This is so strange, especially after Rosenstein came to the president's defense last night with that bizarre message about not believing stories with questionable sources.

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