Fudd Gantry a.k.a. POTUS Covfefe continued to play fast and loose with truth last night in the SOTU, but that didn’t stop collateral events to proceed.
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump made 12 false claims in his first official State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
In total, Trump has said more than 1,100 false things since his inauguration last Jan. 20, an average of 2.9 per day. You can read the Star’s full, interactive database at this link.
The Deep Anti-State...
Their alleged crimes all occurred in just the last eight months, most recently in January, adding to fears that an emboldened American white supremacist movement is growing more violent by the day. White supremacists, after all, murdered twice as many people in 2017 as they did the year before, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Dark Territory ...
Darn that victimless crime industry and its media coverage...
Loyalty is about volition and reciprocity, not about fealty and a $130k payoff.
And then there’s the loyalty to the Giant Yam: Eid der riesigen Süßkartoffel
(June 2017)
Trump’s assertion that he would never ask for a pledge of loyalty came during a news conference alongside the Romanian President in the Rose Garden at the White House on Friday. The President called on ABC’s Jon Karl, who posed these questions:
Karl: Mr. President, I want to get back to James Comey’s testimony. You suggested he didn’t tell the truth in everything he said. He did say under oath that you told him to let the [former national security advisor Michael] Flynn — you said you hoped the Flynn investigation he could let go–
Trump: I didn’t say that.
Karl: So he lied about that?
Trump: Well, I didn’t say that. I mean, I will tell you I didn’t say that.
Karl: And did he ask you to pledge his loyalty —
Trump: And there’d be nothing wrong if I did say it, according to everybody that I’ve read today. But, I did not say that.
Karl: And did he ask for a pledge of loyalty from you? That’s another thing he said.
Trump: No, he did not.
Karl: So, he said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of those events?
Trump: One hundred percent. I didn’t say under oath. I hardly know the man. I’m not going to say, ‘I want you to pledge allegiance.’ Who would do that? Who would ask a man to pledge allegiance under oath? I mean, think of it. It doesn’t make sense. No, I didn’t say that. No, I didn’t say the other.
While this wouldn’t be the first time that Trump has lied – in fact, the Washington Post revealed that, in 137 days in office, Trump has made 623 false and misleading claims – this may be the most significant. Trump has declared that he is willing to testify under oath that Comey was lying about the loyalty pledge.
The Nunes memo is a weak attempt to tie off #TrumpRussia, taint the evidence, and divert the investigation.