Discussion: Trump Dismisses Reports He Tried To Fire Mueller: 'Fake News, Fake News'

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Trump attorney Ty Cobb declined to comment to the New York Times about its report that Trump sought to fire Mueller.

That seems like the wrong lawyer to ask—how would McGahn react to the question? Many people think he is behind the leak and trying to make himself look good…so probably ‘no comment’, with a wry smile.

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There have been all kinds of whispers that some big blockbuster revelation about Trump-Russia was imminent, and now this.

But I don’t think this is it. I think any day or week now we will get another story equally unsettling.

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Impeach Donald Trump before he surrenders to Russia.

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Trump: Presidents don’t work. They take credit and disperse blame.

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He said fake news? Wow. Totally did not see that coming.

/s

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how about something insane like Carter Page was seen going into the Cozy Bear workspace by Dutch intelligence.

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ZOMG that would be beyond awesome.

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WTF is wrong with this pathological liar? Even FOX, for Christ’s sake, says he did it.

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This litany of “fake news” reminds me of the former hobo in “Slaughterhouse-Five,” captured in the Battle of the Bulge, who kept telling all the other prisoners “This ain’t so bad, I been in worse places than this.” “This ain’t so bad,” he kept saying, and they were his last words. And Trump will be mumbling “fake news” as he’s taken away. What was always obvious about where this was going remains so.

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I’d LMFAO at this fool if he wasn’t a potential threat to the entire world.

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There is that. I have this sad little hope that this latest thing persuades a few people that his instinct under stress is to do the worst, most catastrophically destructive thing possible. Might be an important insight to keep in mind.

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I saw a link to this last night but it was in Dutch so I could not read it.

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Beat me to it.

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Several other outlets, including Fox News, the Washington Post, and Politico, followed up with confirmation of the New York Times’ reporting.

So, is Fox News also Fake News now? Did they just make a mistake in confirming the Times report? Or is this just a one-off when they reported correctly and they’ll soon be back to normal?

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Donald Trump’s reflexive, low brow incantation of the words “Fake News” are beginning to remind me of the childhood fable my parents read me. It was about a boy who cried “wolf” in a central European town back when wolves presented a security threat to humans. Except in this case, Trump himself was elected with Russian Intelligence Services’ deployment of Fake News on the US Social Media, so it is a projection his constant incantation of “Fake News.”

What a sleazy, unprepared, unqualified President. You know who warned us all about that, but she had email baggage…and Benghazi baggage…and her last name was Clinton…

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Fake president so it follows that it is fake news.
What a moron…

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The other part of this is that Trump doesn’t have the guts/balls to fire someone himself. I wonder if Mueller has talked to Keith Schiller the delivery boy of Trump’s choice? So since Trump needs to be seen as balls to the walls in charge why would he not pick up the phone and fire Mueller himself?
“Donald, Donnie if you want something done right you need to do yourself, because as we have all heard over the years, you are always right.”

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On his death bed Trump will gasp out a last “Fake news,” but around the world people will hear a disembodied voice whisper, “Rosebud.”

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