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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:47 AM Sep 2018

Trump: If Manafort Tells The Truth There Will Be 'No Problem'

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Nicole Lafond

September 19, 2018 9:50 am

President Donald Trump on Wednesday touched on concerns over Paul Manafort’s decision to cooperate with the government as part of his plea deal, saying if his former campaign manager tells the truth, “it’s 100 percent.”

“If he’s honest and he is, I think he’s going to tell — as long as he tells the truth, it’s 100 percent,” he told reporters on Wednesday morning. “He was with Ronald Reagan. He was with Bob Dole. He was with (John) McCain. He was with many, many people. That’s what he did. Paul Manafort was with me for a short period of time. He did a good job. I was, you know, very happy with the job he did. And I will tell you this, I believe that he will tell the truth. And if he tells the truth, no problem”

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Trump: If Manafort Tells The Truth There Will Be 'No Problem' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

As long as he tells Trump's alternative 'truth' Trump won't have him offed. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #1

If he tells the truth, it's 100% that trump will do prison time. Meadowoak Sep 2018 #2

And if Manafort's truth is not Trump's "truth", what problem is Trump referring to? Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #3

Cheetox will tweet nasty... Maxheader Sep 2018 #11

Ummm, once you get to this point you alreeady have several problems. dameatball Sep 2018 #4

Oh, that must be why Mueller gave him a deal ... Jarqui Sep 2018 #5

Um ... was that a thinly veiled threat? bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #6

No, its just more of the tired old ScratchCat Sep 2018 #7

tRUMP's truth is... SayItLoud Sep 2018 #8

Does Mr Mushroom even have any idea what truth is? world wide wally Sep 2018 #9

Title is very misleading, not your fault OP blugbox Sep 2018 #10

Translation: As long as Manafort does not incriminate me, my family or anyone in my administration cstanleytech Sep 2018 #12

THIS BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #13

At every opportunity, Trumpsky Harker Sep 2018 #14

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

1. As long as he tells Trump's alternative 'truth' Trump won't have him offed.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:48 AM

Sep 2018

Meadowoak

(5,551 posts)

2. If he tells the truth, it's 100% that trump will do prison time.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:50 AM

Sep 2018

Freethinker65

(10,024 posts)

3. And if Manafort's truth is not Trump's "truth", what problem is Trump referring to?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:50 AM

Sep 2018

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)

11. Cheetox will tweet nasty...

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 12:01 PM

Sep 2018

stuff about manafort...Whats the traitor up to
now on documented lies? 6000?

dameatball

(7,398 posts)

4. Ummm, once you get to this point you alreeady have several problems.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:52 AM

Sep 2018

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)

5. Oh, that must be why Mueller gave him a deal ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:52 AM

Sep 2018

... so Manafort could tell the truth and exonerate someone who has told more than 5,000 lies since he took office.

[sarcasm]
makes perfect sense!
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bucolic_frolic

(43,188 posts)

6. Um ... was that a thinly veiled threat?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:02 AM

Sep 2018

and Manafort is under tons of legal obligations to tell the truth and penalties for not doing so ... so why would he lie at this point, and what is the purpose of floating this trial balloon? It just sounds like another instance where Donald J. Trump inserts himself into a situation as the final arbiter of "fairness". He does, after all, deternine what is FAKE NEWS and what is not.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)

7. No, its just more of the tired old

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:06 AM

Sep 2018

"everyone is lying except me" shit that comes out of the mouth of every con man who has been caught.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)

8. tRUMP's truth is...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:07 AM

Sep 2018

anything that exonerates him.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

9. Does Mr Mushroom even have any idea what truth is?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:19 AM

Sep 2018

blugbox

(951 posts)

10. Title is very misleading, not your fault OP

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:49 AM

Sep 2018

His wording here is very important.

He did NOT say "and if he tells the truth, there will be no problem."

He said "and if he tells the truth, no problem."

These are completely opposites. The first one means trump is on the side of truth, and wants that truth to be heard. The second one says that the truth is a problem for trump, but he will be ok DESPITE that hurdle.