Appearing increasingly desperate to rewrite history, President Donald Trump took another stab at reframing his remarks to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on his infamous July 25 phone call.
The United States President now claims when he said the word "us", he meant the "United States" as in "U.S." Get it?
Trump tweeted:
"When I said, in my phone call to the President of Ukraine, 'I would like you to do US a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.' With the word 'us' I am referring to the United States, our Country."
"I then went on to say that 'I would like to have the Attorney General (of the United States) call you or your people...'."
"This, based on what I have seen, is their big point - and it is no point at a all (except for a big win for me!). The Democrats should apologize to the American people!"
While it is almost guaranteed his core supporters will begin parroting this latest defense as they have all the others, it appears to be a dud with those outside the Trump bubble.
So, why is your personal lawyer CURRENTLY in Ukraine?https://t.co/mwdTf2XjIx
— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) December 5, 2019
Except that following “us though" you specifically talk about Crowdstrike, the server you want, the Mueller investigation. Then your next statement is about Biden and the Prosecutor everyone agreed was corrupt and should be rightly removed pic.twitter.com/aVyMLwla4g
— DamonMPA (@DamonMPA) December 5, 2019
As former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa pointed out in her own on point response...
"One of the things the FBI keeps on the down-low is that if you rob a bank at gunpoint and say 'Give us the money' instead of 'Give me the money' you can't be investigated because who's to say that you intended to keep the money for yourself? CASE CLOSED"
...illegal, unethical or unconstitutional actions do not become proper if you claim you are asking on behalf of yourself and others.
Others concurred with her assessment.
Just the president of the United States admitting, again, to committing a crime.
Has anyone ever seen a criminal so eager to be indicted?
— dipshit gotta go (@artfact0ry) December 5, 2019
Whether President Trump intended to dig up dirt or create a false narrative about Joe and Hunter Biden on behalf of himself or himself on behalf of the United States and withheld duly appropriated foreign assistance funds to get it, the action is still the same.
And the responses to the President's tweet were less complimentary and more contradictory.
Laughingstock of the World. pic.twitter.com/SOLeYzhxsS
— Do Not En-Coup-Rage (@OK_Dumbass) December 5, 2019
Lies...barefaced lies!
If he meant America & not him as an individual, can he explain why he then told Zelenskiy he was sending him his private attorney to discuss matters of such momentous significance to the American nation? Is Rudy a DOJ official? He's making it up...again!
— His Great & Unmatched Wisdom😲😜😝! (@uziosaka) December 5, 2019
Ok, President Chosen One Laughingstock... 😂 pic.twitter.com/TTJo1eYgtF
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) December 5, 2019
Some pointed out the grammar of it all.
Can we do an option of what happens when he asks for a favor in the third person? If only he talked in the third person more, people would see through his narcissistic crimes.
— TheGamblingQB (@TheGamblingQB) December 5, 2019
But most focused on the excuse itself:
It's OK if I break the law or violate the specifications of the Constitution if I say it's on behalf of others.
What, exactly, did Biden have to do with 'what our country has been through'?
Why would you tell Zelensky to call Rudy Colludy? https://t.co/gjMLJG0x2k pic.twitter.com/3Fbv9r2vmp
— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) December 5, 2019
While some simply questioned the tweet's origins.
How long the President will tout this latest defense of his behavior is anyone's guess.
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