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There was a time when Candidate Donald Trump couldn’t say enough, about the “deliverables” that Russian Hacking provided. Hmmm, it’s almost like he had an Oppo “sponsor” or something …
How Trump feels about WikiLeaks: A timeline (with Timeline Video)
by Jessica Estepa , USA TODAY -- Apr 8, 2017
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July 23, 2016
Trump: Went on a tweetstorm to talk about the WikiLeaks release of emails from the Democratic National Committee. One tweet: "Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders. Mock his heritage and much more. On-line from Wikileakes, really vicious. RIGGED"
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For a guy that “had ABSOLUTELY Nothing to do with” Russian Hacking — he sure spent a LOT time “hawking” the spoils of said Hacking.
Trump mentioned Wikileaks 164 times in last month of election, now claims it didn’t impact one voter
by Judd Legum, Editor-In-Chief, ThinkProgress -- Jan 7, 2017
President-elect Trump says that information published by Wikileaks, which the U.S. intelligence community says was hacked by Russia, had “absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election.” This was not the view of candidate Trump, who talked about Wikileaks and the content of the emails it released at least 164 times in last month of the campaign.
ThinkProgress calculated the number by reviewing transcripts of Trump’s speeches, media appearances and debates over the last 30 days of the campaign.
Trump talked extensively about Wikileaks in the final days of a campaign that was ultimately decided by just 100,000 votes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania combined.
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It was just a coincidental. Donald Jr had nothing to do with “digging up that DNC Dirt” (he just was taking the Bull-dozer out for a joy-ride, when he went to that meeting).
But long as he got the Dirt dumped out there in “cyberspace” — who would Donald Sr be, if he didn’t take advantage of it? Only a fool would pass up on all that fresh mud-flinging …
Trump loved leaks before he hated them
by Aaron Rupar, Journalist, ThinkProgress -- Feb 14, 2017
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In October, Trump proclaimed his love for leaks during a rally in Pennsylvania.
“I love Wikileaks,” Trump said, while the crowd chanted, “Lock her up.”
“It’s amazing how nothing is secret today when you talk about the Internet,” he added, before reading the contents of emails stolen from the Clinton campaign and leaked to Wikileaks.
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No, Donald, nothing is really secret anymore — especially when you promote a culture of Winning by any means possible — including colluding with a Foreign Power, some would rate as our most serious adversary.
Isn’t Karma something?
Win by any means possible … and then Lose it all, because it was just so un-patriotically Wrong.
Who knew.