The Associated Press
CATHERINE LUCEY, JONATHAN LEMIRE AND ZEKE MILLER Oct 16th 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won't accept the blame if Republicans lose the House in November.
Trump said he believes he is "helping" Republican candidates as he campaigns ahead of crucial midterm elections next month. With Republicans facing headwinds, Trump said he thinks the GOP is "going to do well," arguing that "it feels to me very much like" 2016.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Trump also accused his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen of "lying" under oath, defended his use of the derisive nickname "Horseface" for porn actress Stormy Daniels and argued that the widespread condemnation of the Saudis in the disappearance of a Washington Post columnist was a rush to judgment.
Of his efforts on the campaign trail, Trump said: "I don't believe anybody has ever had this kind of impact." He resisted comparisons to President Barack Obama, who took responsibility for the Democrats' defeat in 2010 by acknowledging that his party got "shellacked."
Democrats are hopeful about their chances to recapture the House, while Republicans are increasingly confident they can hold the Senate. If Democrats take the House and pursue impeachment or investigations — including seeking his long-hidden tax returns— Trump claimed he will "handle it very well."
Trump also declared that Cohen's testimony was "totally false" in his August plea deal to campaign finance violations alleging he coordinated with Trump on a hush-money scheme to buy the silence of Daniels and a Playboy model who alleged affairs. But in entering the deal with Cohen, prosecutors signaled that they accepted his recitation of facts and account of what occurred.
He derided Cohen, who worked for Trump for a decade, as "a PR person who did small legal work," and said it was "very sad" that Cohen had struck a deal to "achieve a lighter sentence."
And Trump did not back down from derisively nicknaming Daniels "Horseface" in a tweet hours earlier.
Asked by the AP if it was appropriate to insult a woman's appearance, Trump responded, "You can take it any way you want."
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"When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history."
~ John Brennan~
Trump says His administration is a well oiled machine! This machine produces… severe violations of the emoluments clause, conspiracy, obstruction, money laundering, tax evasion, fraud, racism, adultery, treason!—
REALLY is this a USA President?????
Trump made similar claims in January when boasting about how loyal his fanbase is by suggesting he could shoot someone dead and not lose their vote. Trump>>“They say I have the most loyal people. Where I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, ok?<<Trump
Dictators .. Seek to Confuse the centers of power! Playing one against the other… Causing division in the Executive, the Judicial and the Legislative Branches of Government!!! Dictators make alliances with Foreign Dictators… Russia, Does this sound like anyone familiar?
This piece of Garbage has never taken responsibility for ANYTHING - always blaming everyone else - a great example of a COWARD.
Okay. We'll blame the lying fat guy with the lousy hair, who puts rapists on the supreme court, calls women dogs and horsefaces, tells murdering dictators he loves them, and does business with assassins because he loves money more than human life. We'll blame that guy.
At every rally he says a vote in November is vote for him but he won't accept blame for a loss? Truth is, trump won't accept responsibility for anything.
I still remember all those campaign promises Trump came up with. We will build a great wall and Mexico will pay for it. We will rebuild the military and the infrastructure while cutting taxes for everyone, especially the wealthy. I kept thinking to myself, how are we going to pay for this? Does Trump know? Has he even thought about it?
It was all a bunch of lies to get fools to vote for him so he could give the wealthy a permanent, massive tax cut, and look at all the fools that still support him.
Last but not least :
Many ways to spot a Trump supporter:
1) They don't really support Trump; they follow him. Kind of like how sheep follow their master or how that cult in Guyana followed Jim Jones. They aren’t really capable of critical thinking.
2) They want to “make America great again” but can barely string a sentence together and probably don't hold an advanced degree.
3) They hate (or fear) anyone who is different from them.
4) They tend to vote against their own best interests.
5) They are blissfully unaware of numbers 1 through 4.
6) They are easily brainwashed
7) They never search for the truth.
8) They never check sources of news on their Facebook and other social media accounts.
9) A lie is just as good as the truth if you can get someone to believe it
10) They will cheer ANYTHING Trump says.
11) And if he says something completely different the next day, they will cheer that too.
That's all folks ------------Just my humble opionon
The dustbin of history is getting pretty crowded...standing room only. Mr Trump will happily rub shoulders with the likes of Hitler, Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin ... possibly Vlad the Impaler. He'll have a bromance with them all. He tends to love vicious and brutal leaders. I looked up 'dictator' and 'tyrant'. Their origins were quite different but in modern times they have become almost interchangeable... a leader with sole authority, without checks or balances to prevent abuse of power... unrestricted by the 'rule of law'. They try to maintain their power by becoming increasingly oppressive. Conversely, a facist mentality can spring from deep seated insecurity. I can see Trump in most of these statements. If he wins another term, these facets of his character will probably develop more. His arrogance reminds me of the rooster who believed his crowing made the sun rise.
ReplyDeleteThe list of qualities belonging to the Trump-ets is funny but frightening; a mob mentality of low IQ. They would likely tear someone to pieces if Trump wished it. Perhaps if he jumped off a cliff they would follow. No doubt he believes he can fly. One can dream.
Just my humble opinionon
Shadow