Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, alleged on Tuesday night that Trump had directly approved a National Enquirer story in 2016 that ludicrously claimed the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
My surprised face -> 
Of course he was.
It was all lies and Fat Nixon is the lyingest liar there is.
Why, I haven’t been this surprised since someone informed me that Donald Trump is a corrupt, lying, racist son of a bitch.
tRump personally involved…DUH! Of course he was. If it’s a smear or outright lie you can bet you bottom dollar tRump was all in.
Ted Cruz says it’s just boys being boys. He loves this president - yes he does. Don’t you, Ted? Good boy.
You love him, don’t you? Who loves the president? Ted does, don’t you boy? You’re such a good boy!
I suppose it’s too much to ask Cruz to show some integrity, some sense of self-worth, some respect for the memory of his father and say something to Trump about this.
Yeah–that’s what I thought, too.
Pecker needs to feel some pain over this BS also too.
I know this seems obvious but there’s still a difference between things you “just know” and things that are confirmed on the record by someone in a position to actually know. The number of votes that remain undecided is smaller than in past generations but it’s not negligible. So this drumbeat of confirmation could have an effect.
Cruz doesn’t give a rat’s ass.
He’s brilliant (and he’ll tell you as much), so nothing really can affect him, especially things that are done by lesser minds, which includes everybody else.
(Jeez, I woke up cynical today. Can’t help it.)
I doubt that Cruz has enough soul left to care. He has so thoroughly invested in Trump, Inc. that it doesn’t matter any more.
OTOH, the photo that accompanies the story requires no training in body language to read. He isn’t looking at Cruz as Cruz smiles and approaches him, as if he is annoyed to have to deal with him. The photo may have just caught a fraction of a second before he clasped Cruz’ hand, but it looks to me as if he isn’t reciprocating the handshake.
Looks like a campaign finance violation by Pecker. A negative story about Cruz was a “thing of value” for Trump.
He is personally involved in ALL OF IT. Knowing his “management style,” there is nothing that goes forward without his personal sign-off. Nothing.
Trump knows about anything evil that happens around him.
It may not be his idea, because he is not that smart, but his handlers inform him people will be hurt he is for it.
Maybe some day Trump will find out many of those who appear to be sucking up are riding him hard and putting him away wet. He is being used.
Pecker already got fired a few weeks ago. https://www.thedailybeast.com/national-enquirer-chief-david-pecker-out-after-ami-merger
What a wimp Cruz is. Look at him in that picture. Sucking up didn’t do much good, did it, Teddy.
I have absolutely no trouble believing this, but I am cynical enough (and not just this morning, @euglena4056, to wonder if this is designed to keep adding layers of incredulity so that those few who aren’t deep in either camp will commit the fallacy of saying, “Because this statement is absurd that statement must be absurd also”. Like the Steele dossier–everyone focused on the pee tapes and mostly ignored the rest.
Tin-foil hat, I know, I know.
He is being used against America.
Wow, I did not know that.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany stating that Cohen has “lost all credibility.”
But the National Enquirer is good as gold, huh?
