Donald Trump Is Getting Dragged for His New Grammatical Defense of His Call With the President of Ukraine

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.

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.

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.

Some pointed out the grammar of it all.

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.

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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