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President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent.
[...] That is a far different explanation than Trump gave 13 months ago, when a statement dictated by the president but released under the name of Donald Trump Jr., read: "We primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children that was active and popular with American families years ago."
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President Trump Changed His Story on Son's Meeting with Russian Lawyer
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:30PM (4 children)
I wouldn't trust a plate of gold no matter who handed it to me. First off, it's likely to be fool's gold. Second, people just don't do things like that without an ulterior motive of some kind.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday August 07 2018, @09:09PM (3 children)
Oh, but they do - maybe not plates of gold, but things of equal value, out of the goodness of their hearts. But, you're right not to trust them. In my experience the majority of those too good to be true offers are just that, but once in a while you actually do encounter genuine generosity.
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @11:38PM (1 child)
Oh, but they do - maybe not plates of gold, but things of equal value, out of the goodness of their hearts
Which would still actually be illegal if from a foreign natural. We (used to) take foreign interference in our elections so seriously that we wanted to ensure it beyond the shadow of a doubt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @06:44PM
Uhhh... yeah! That's why its OK. All the tactical assistance came from foreign synthetics. Bots aren't natural.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday August 08 2018, @12:14AM
I have family members that could have handed out plates of gold. They didn't. They handed out checks sometimes for tax reasons, and would help in case of a real financial need, but they would never have done something remotely as tacky as "here's a plate full of gold".
I've also worked for non-profits. Large donations as a rule come with strings attached, either express ("Name the building after me") or implied ("I'd hate to see you have to cut back on your program, but I just can't continue my support if you ______").
As for any handouts coming in a business or political context, you can be certain that somebody is trying to pull a fast one.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.