Truth Isn’t Truth? Trump Unleashes a Tweetstorm of Frantic Desperation and Fearful Guilt
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Donald Trump couldn’t look more guilty if he tattooed it on his forehead in neon ink. Everything he does and says these days reinforces his fear and unambiguous knowledge that he and his crime family are in deep legal peril. And it gets worse when he has time off (from golfing) to act out on Twitter. That’s what happened Sunday morning as the President hammered out half a dozen tweets protesting (too much) that’s innocent, dammit!
The tone and substance of these tweets are almost pathetically begging for absolution from a bevy of sins that he knows he committed. What’s more, most of these ravings are merely repetitions of the same carping he has been unloading for months. He has become a robo-bitcher whose mindless outbursts make little sense and avoid facts at all costs. He began by trotting out his familiar, and untrue, nickname for the New York Times:
The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type “RAT.” But I allowed him and all others to testify – I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Let’s just set aside that no matter how many times he tries, he simply can’t spell “counsel” correctly. More to the point, Trump’s characterization of White House Lawyer Don McGahn as a loyal subject flies in the face of reality. You don’t sit for thirty hours of testimony with a special prosecutor without supplying some critical information. And Trump didn’t even bother to refute the allegation in the Times that McGahn was afraid that Trump was setting him up to be the fall guy.
Even worse is Trump’s slap at John Dean. During the Watergate affair, Dean had the job that McGahn has today. He courageously came forward to tell the truth about the crimes being committed in Richard Nixon’s White House. He is generally regarded as a hero for having told the truth under immense pressure. And for that, Trump thinks he’s a “RAT.” Which makes perfect sense because Trump thinks that anyone who might tell the truth about him would be vermin. Trump is allergic to the truth, which is why he avoids it so studiously. But the fact that he thinks Dean is a rat, while the rest of America is grateful for his patriotic service, putting country before party, shows just how deranged Trump is.
Trump is also congratulating himself on his alleged “transparency” for “allowing” McGahn to talk to special counsel Robert Mueller. That was not exactly his call. If he had tried to claim executive privilege he would have set off a court battle that he likely would have lost. And the loss would have opened the door to more access to his staff and more trouble for him. And then there was this:
….and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing – McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side – Media is even worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Notice that Trump slipped in the required “witch hunt” reference which, by executive order, must appear in at least one out of every five tweets. And he continues ranting about his fake transparency. He says he allowed “all others” to be interviewed by Mueller. But he left someone important to the investigation out: himself. If he really wants this probe to end he needs to sit down with Mueller and try not to lie (admittedly, a difficult task for him). If he really has nothing to hide he should schedule that meeting today. And then there was this:
No Collusion and No Obstruction, except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. All of the resignations and corruption, yet heavily conflicted Bob Mueller refuses to even look in that direction. What about the Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Strzok lies to Congress, or Crooked’s Emails!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
This is just Trump having a “whataboutism” seizure. One of his favorite defenses is to accuse others of crimes that he is committing. And then there was this:
The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite – & the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Here Trump is repeating what said a an hour earlier. But he also took the opportunity to repeat his Stalinist, anti-First Amendment screed about the media being “the enemy of the people.” And then there was this:
Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize – a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Talk about your fake news. If anyone in the media called to “complain and apologize” it could only have been Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, or some other similarly bootlicking Trump-fluffer trying to keep his spirits up. I guarantee that no credible journalist called him for that purpose. This is something he does frequently , but then refuses to provide any names. And finally there was this:
Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2018
Holy crap. Trump is attempting to draw a parallel between the corrupt and corrosive Sen. Joe McCarthy and reporters doing their jobs exactly as they are supposed to. And advising people to study McCarthy is hysterical because you can bet the bank that he never did. Unless, of course, it was get pointers on how to be a demagogic sleazeball. What he isn’t saying is that McCarthy’s right-hand man, Roy Cohn , was Trump’s close friend and mentor. He even wished he had a lawyer like Cohn.
After unleashing this flood of whining and victimization, Trump looks more guilty than ever. When was the last time an innocent man lashed out with such wild, incoherent blather? And no matter how often he howls “no collusion, no obstruction of justice, witch hunt,” etc., it will not change the facts that are causing him to tremble in fear. While Rudy Giuliani may believe that “truth isn’t truth,” the rest of the civilized world knows what hogwash that is. Just wait until he tries to explain that to a jury.
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Behold our mentally ill, criminal president.
What did Ghouliani say - that if the Rump testified - something like - he would be forced to commit perjury? Well if he tells the truth, no perjury.
Sounds guilty to me.
Maybe Trump can use that as his campaign slogan in 2020, 'Truth isn't Truth'
I saw Guiliani saying that this morning! I thought maybe I didn't have enough coffee yet
The tone and substance of these tweets are almost pathetically begging for absolution from a bevy of sins that he knows he committed.
Wrong! Trump does not (can't) know he committed "sins". Trump mentally thinks he is perfect and does not commit sins or ever be wrong.
The guy has mental problems and needs to be subject to the conditions of Section 4 of the U.S. Constitutions 25th Amendment.
We need to get rid of this guy before he more seriously damages our relationship with many of our allies and/or gets us into a war,
I was 6 years old when FDR died. Trumps is my 12th president, and I can see that THIS guy is very dangerous. Bush II was a little scary. but Trump is totally incapable of handling the U.S Presidency.
Aren't there any Big R Republicans left in congress? What about the Supreme Court? What about the army, navy marines?
It is time a delegation of Republicans had a long hard talk with the President to explain it best he goes quietly and, quickly.
If McConnell, Ryan, chief Justice Roberts, the Joint Chiefs and his cabinet would lead he could still leave with some dignity.
It would be a waste of time. Trump doesn't listen to anybody because he thinks he is better, smarter and above everybody in the world.
Assuming the Dems take control of congress in November...... he'll just have to be impeached. There is no other way. The guy will never voluntarily give up his tower of power. They'll have to drag him out of there.
I dont think president trump will either be impeached nor probably even drug out of the white house. I think he may even get re-elected. I stopped underestimating this man long ago.
It's my believe trump will either run out his time or do something or say something so fuckeed up he will actually have crossed too many steps over the line and accidently Trump himself right out of power.
I see some of what president trump is doing as gambling. If and when he losses a large enough hand or if he losses too many hands in a row, it's so long sucker as well.
Collapse this economy and see if ya get re-elected?
Grow this economy and its almost a sure thing.
Certainly this president understands even that.
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He is very close to running out of time. he is slowly losing his base because he is constantly saying and doing stupid things, and one by one the people in his "base" are realizing they have elected a fool and they drop away.
The fact is that Donald Trump is not sufficiently educated, lacks the mental capacity, is almost completely unaware of our nations history, has no idea how the presidency is supposed to be operated and sincerely believes his decisions are always correct. This guy conned his way into the White House, he does not know he is constantly making bad decisions.
None of that addresses his constant lying. The President of the United States constantly lies to the American people ...... and he will not be ever impeached? What have we come to? All this bullshit is ok?
Eighteen months of DAILY crazy tweets, crazy comments, constant lies, constant misdirection..... and you are correct. He is eventually going to say something or do something that will "take him out of power". THAT is an impeachment proceeding.
he will in NO WAY, make it through first term,
he should have been aborted before he was conceived, but shows you can never underestimate the ignorant and deceived
Abraham Lincoln:
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time. But you cannot fool all the people all the time."
Trump like to think he has some Lincoln qualities. Let him contemplate that piece of advice from his hero.
Our politicians, President trump included seem to have figured out that as long as they: "You can fool some of the people all the time, ... (appx 51 percent) that's enough to gain control over 100 percent of us. All they need to do really is fool some of the people some of the time even, Just long enough to get elected even if that's all they want.
So, Why shoot for more ?
I'd say many of them don't.
That is a very interesting observation Steve. It is true in the numbers alone, but we have an important ally in our favor that tends to balance things out and it the most important objective Trump has got to convince us of.
Trumps' objective is to convince the public that the media is totally dishonest. It is true that some of the media is inherently dishonest (Alex Jones), some others don't effectively fact-check their sources, however, the media is the way Americans are told what is actually going on in the country. It is up to us, the American people, to figure out what in the media is accurate and true. That is not the job of the United States' President.
I agree trump wants the free press stifled so he can spread his message above all others, but the "balancing out" factor of the media has no voting power within our government anyway.
The power of the press and the "balance" of information doesn't really mean squat when it comes to enacting policies that affect the whole country.
Once a politician has power over us they can pretty much do as they please until the next election. Unfortunately so many people vote straight party line likely they'll even be reelected again as long as they have a D or an R next to their name that is.
IMO: We the people have lost our power and the control over our own government.
So I say, Good Luck America !
Trump is unhinged. He has lost it. Someone needs call those marines who wear white coats to take him away...
Trump is not "unhinged" and he has lost nothing.
He is the same miserable prick, two faced bastard he has always been. The Americans were conned. This will go down in history as the biggest, greatest, and most magnificent con that ever succeeded.
The problem is that it is beginning to have a significant negative effect on the United States and the world.
Rudy is destroying his own reputation with this crazy nonsense. Eventually he will leave the White House remembered as a fool that has lied and manipulate facts for a disgraced president. His image as the "nations mayor" will be forgotten because at this rate, he is going to go down with Donald.
Rudy is such a sad, sad case. It's painful watching him make a total jackass of himself. He could have basked in the glory of being America's mayor, loved by all, for the rest of his life. Now he's nothing more than a punchline, a sad joke of a man.
Alternative facts, and now we have the truth that isn't the truth. Is there anyone in trumps orbit that is capable of telling the REAL truth? Because we know it isn't trump, who now has told over 4,300 lies....in less than 2 years. He makes GWB look honest.
Trump is the same thing he's always been. He lives in a world of one with a secret lust of only one other.
Gleaned from Goebbels are the 'alternative facts.'
With that being said, how shall the nation contend with the solid 40%?
Give them all shiny objects on election day?
they'll go blind
Don't believe your lying eyes. Donald Trump