Discussion: Trump: 'I Never Thought About' How It Would Look To Abruptly Fire FBI Director

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“I never thought about it."

It’s the mantra of this so called administration.

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Um, this looks bad. As does this. By bad, I mean good.

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“I never thought about it. It was set up a while ago, and frankly I could have waited. But what difference does it make?” Trump said.

He likely hasn’t given much thought to the ramifications of using nuclear weapons, either.

This man’s ignorance is beyond terrifying by an order of magnitude.

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“I just want somebody that’s competent.”

Oh, G-d, don’t we all.

But the Electoral College disagreed…

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Don McGahn? More like Don McGone.

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The White House on Thursday went into its third day of clean-up duty regarding conflicting official statements on Trump’s rationale for Comey’s abrupt termination.

Hey! You really want to clean this up? Then get Trump to shut the hell up. That advice is for your own good. Me? I’m glad he’s talking. Throwing his conspirators under the bus while pissing off the FBI further. So just keep up the stream of unconscionability.

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Soon to be disgraced former President now concerned about optics? Too funny.

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Wow! Trump tells the truth.

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Trump schedules a dinner meeting with Comey to discuss his future employment. During the meeting, Trump asks whether he, himself, Donald J. Trump, is the target of an FBI investigation.

That’s the definition of quid pro quo corruption. Not only grounds for immediate termination in every job I’ve ever held, but isn’t bribing (QPQ corruption is a form of bribery) a Federal law enforcement official a crime? TPM lawyers, I know you’re out there, what am I missing here?

Edit: Oops, just saw the other article/thread.

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I just finished watching the 13 min interview with Holt and he brought up the election and his win. [eye roll]

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Isn’t that comforting, he never thought about it. Is that in the same way as swatting a mosquito, or a baby crying at the least little thing. This is our president

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I think he might be president to only that rabid part of the country who voted for him, not the nearly 3 million plus who voted for Hillary over him. The Electoral College elected him, and it’s a crying shame

@irasdad The EV. Damn their eyes

@leftcoaster All we have to judge by as far getting rid of the monstrosity who’s taking up space in the WH is Nixon’s timeline. Elected November 1972, resigned August 1974 with almost nonstop investigations, Congressional hearings, newspaper leaks, public opinion, etc., but something we’ll never see, tape recorded plotting.

@ghost DiJiT’s staff including Rinse is scared silly of him, they won’t tell him anything like the truth, only what he wants to hear, for fear he’ll have a major, major angry eruption.

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When you listen to the entire interview, it sounded as if Comey volunteered the information. Then he riffs on about the two phone calls…totally not believable.

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Sorry, but I think you’d have a tough time proving that a piece of chocolate cake could be construed as a bribe. :grin:

BTW, can we confirm that Comey actually had dinner with the Dump? At this point I wouldn’t believe him if he said the sun rises in the east.

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“Did you ask him to drop the investigation?” Holt asked.

“I want to find out if there was a problem in the election having to do with Russia,” Trump insisted. “I just want somebody that’s competent.”

You will notice that trump did not answer Holt’s question and Holt let him get away with it. Isn’t there a reporter out there who can ask a question and then demand the answer when deflected?

So trump, if you want to find out if there was a problem, then why don’t you ask for an independent counsel to investigate?

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"It’s Yates’ fault! It’s McGahn’s fault! It’s…I need another name here."

How bout ‘it’s my OWN fucking fault!?’ Let’s see how that works.

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“I never thought about” how it would look.

(1) That’s something you can add to the very, very short list of true things Trump has said.

(2) It goes to show the utter incompetence of Priebus and the rest of the senior staff that allowed this shit storm without the least preparation to address it.

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Trump said of Flynn’s contacts with a Russian ambassador. “He’s, in my opinion, a very good person.”


Hmmmmm…nah

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The Democrats -he said the whole thing was set-up by Democrats. Russia is a made up excuse for losing the election.

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