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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:44 PM Jul 2017

President 'applauds' Trump Jr for releasing emails: 'My son is a high-quality person'

Source: RawStory



BRAD REED
11 JUL 2017 AT 14:36 ET

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his eldest son and said he was proud of him for releasing emails that showed he knew the Russian government was trying to feed him damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

“My son is a high-quality person, and I applaud his transparency,” Trump said, in a statement read aloud by White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Trump Jr. on Tuesday morning released email correspondence that he had with music publicist Rob Goldstone, who offered to set up a meeting between the eldest Trump son and Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya to discuss potentially damaging information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Developing…

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/11/donald-trump-jr-emails-russia-meeting-240408



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Trump Backs Donald Jr. Amid Scandal: ‘My Son Is A High-Quality Person’

By MATT SHUHAM Published JULY 11, 2017 2:46 PM
President Donald Trump defended his son on Tuesday amid dramatic revelations that Donald Trump Jr. met in 2016 with a Kremlin-connected lawyer who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to aide Trump’s candidacy.

“My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency,” Trump said in a statement that was read by White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders during an off-camera press briefing, Link to tweet
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The White House did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.

On Tuesday, just as the New York Times was publishing its own version of the story, Donald Trump Jr. published emails showing that he accepted a meeting in June 2016 with an then-unnamed Russian lawyer — and he brought Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort along — after a family acquaintance promised that the lawyer would share damaging information about Hillary Clinton that was part of a Russian government effort to aide Donald Trump’s campaign.

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President 'applauds' Trump Jr for releasing emails: 'My son is a high-quality person' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
Oh for fuck's sake. How much more of this fool are we required to endure? rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1
I think my migraine has now reached my toes. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #3
Here's a "w," now take two aspirin and post in the morning. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #6
Thanks, that worked! Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #14
And I had just gotten rid of mine ashling Jul 2017 #12
Your whelp.... Aviation Pro Jul 2017 #2
A high-quality traitor - the best traitor ever dalton99a Jul 2017 #4
Aldrich Ames was a loser compared to Don Jr. LudwigPastorius Jul 2017 #26
By high-quality he means dishonest and deplorable FM123 Jul 2017 #5
I applaud him for making the prosecutor'S job easier. milestogo Jul 2017 #7
Just Like Bill O'Reilly and Mike Flynn and Uncle Puty and blah blah blah ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2017 #8
"High quality person" PatSeg Jul 2017 #9
people are objects to him maxsolomon Jul 2017 #16
Yeah, that's what I was thinking PatSeg Jul 2017 #29
He always described his properties as "very classy" spiderpig Jul 2017 #18
And then he calls deals or PatSeg Jul 2017 #30
A fellow intellect, Al Capone said, "with me, grand opera is the berries." Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #23
How funny! PatSeg Jul 2017 #31
But only if you leave him in his original packaging. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #33
"Transparency"--pretending the meeting was about adopting Russian orphans, Tanuki Jul 2017 #10
The fact he feels compelled to tweet that babylonsister Jul 2017 #11
You call that transparency?? C_U_L8R Jul 2017 #13
I wonder if the orange shitbag is smart enough to applaud beastie boy Jul 2017 #15
Mueller & Co. are going to enjoy this one. vkkv Jul 2017 #17
Okay, fine, but I still love this paragraph from uhhh NYT yesterday. The failing one. Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #19
Very telling. Chemisse Jul 2017 #24
His son is the same as Ivanka's line of clothing Kaleva Jul 2017 #20
Trump's son is a LOW QUALITY Traitor who whored for his father. Lied, committed treason. trueblue2007 Jul 2017 #21
I also applaud his transparency. We can see right through him! n/t Yonnie3 Jul 2017 #22
I guess about 35% fall for his bullshit. Hieronymus Jul 2017 #25
Here comes the victim randr Jul 2017 #27
"Transparency " means time to trot out press secretary lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #28
What an odd phrase to describe his son. procon Jul 2017 #32
I think it's been a while since Dump has had any association with a "high quality person." Seems he Doitnow Jul 2017 #34
Not exactly a ringing endorsement... Blue Idaho Jul 2017 #35
"High quality person" Virtual Burlesque Jul 2017 #36
Does anyone knows what this terms means? Gothmog Jul 2017 #37

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
1. Oh for fuck's sake. How much more of this fool are we required to endure?
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:47 PM
Jul 2017

When can we break out the pitchforks and torches?

Aviation Pro

(12,169 posts)
2. Your whelp....
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jul 2017

...is going to the crowbar motel, père, where he may learn some manners. Now go finish up your date with your kitten paw, fuckhead.

LudwigPastorius

(9,150 posts)
26. Aldrich Ames was a loser compared to Don Jr.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:05 PM
Jul 2017

He only made a couple of million off his treason.

Robert Hanssen? ...a low energy traitor. He only outed about 50 or 60 Soviets who were spying for the U.S., he didn't sell out the whole country, like Junior.

Sad.

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
9. "High quality person"
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:55 PM
Jul 2017

That's what he said about his wife too. Who calls people, especially relatives "high quality"? His use of the English language is so strange.

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
30. And then he calls deals or
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:29 PM
Jul 2017

healthcare "beautiful". He even called the dead babies in Syria "beautiful". He talks like an alien from outer space trying to behave like a human.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
10. "Transparency"--pretending the meeting was about adopting Russian orphans,
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:55 PM
Jul 2017

then changing the story day after day until finally publishing the e-mails right before the NYT was about to do so anyway.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
13. You call that transparency??
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 02:59 PM
Jul 2017

Junior's been sitting on this info for almost a year
despite all the hullabaloo and it wasn't until
he found out that the NYTimes was going
to publish the emails that he released them.
That's no transparent... that's chickenshit.
That's complicit. Treason and perjury
are exactly the words to use.

beastie boy

(9,363 posts)
15. I wonder if the orange shitbag is smart enough to applaud
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 03:16 PM
Jul 2017

his son implicating himself, Manafort and Kushner in treason.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
19. Okay, fine, but I still love this paragraph from uhhh NYT yesterday. The failing one.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 03:34 PM
Jul 2017

"The president was aggravated by the news of the meeting, according to one person close to him — less over the fact that it had happened, and more because it was yet another story about Russia that had swamped the media cycle."

Kaleva

(36,307 posts)
20. His son is the same as Ivanka's line of clothing
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 03:54 PM
Jul 2017

Supposedly high quality but in reality a cheaply made knock off.

trueblue2007

(17,223 posts)
21. Trump's son is a LOW QUALITY Traitor who whored for his father. Lied, committed treason.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 03:56 PM
Jul 2017

lock them all up.

French Revolution punishment ..... they used the Guillotine.

randr

(12,412 posts)
27. Here comes the victim
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:07 PM
Jul 2017

The lsos will wail like a baby that he was fooled by all the rules and never understood how Governin worked.

lib-ruhl

(127 posts)
28. "Transparency " means time to trot out press secretary
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:26 PM
Jul 2017

SHS to lie...deflect and place blame on someone else.

procon

(15,805 posts)
32. What an odd phrase to describe his son.
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 05:41 PM
Jul 2017

Trump speaks like he's referring to an object, "My Son Is A High-Quality Person."



My Steaks Are High-Quality Beef.

My Hotels Have High-Quality Rooms.

My Golf Courses Are High-Quality Venues.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
34. I think it's been a while since Dump has had any association with a "high quality person." Seems he
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:40 PM
Jul 2017

only knows swamp types.

Virtual Burlesque

(132 posts)
36. "High quality person"
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 08:59 PM
Jul 2017

Provided we are comparing sleazy, semi-competent, detestable traitors.

Amongst that group of personages, Junior rates bigly, even bigly bigly.

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