SoylentNews

President Trump Changed His Story on Son's Meeting with Russian Lawyer

posted by martyb on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:08PM   
from the "A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field" dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

5News reports:

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."

also at Vox, MSN and Mic

---

Original Submission

• Well, I guess I've finally given you enough rope. Well, I guess I've finally given you enough rope. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:57PM (6 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:57PM (#718376)

  "Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself."

  Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the violence inherent in my collocutor's philosophy.

  Parent

• Re:Well, I guess I've finally given you enough rop Re:Well, I guess I've finally given you enough rop (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:11PM (5 children)

  by ikanreed (3164) on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:11PM (#718385) Journal

  Ah, obviously contradicting yourself to make a joke, 100% guaranteed to not be understood by right wingers. It's such a weird mental block you guys have.

  You can put the words "peacefully" and "mass executions" practically side by side, and they cannot grapple with the idea that it may be in jest.

  But the central point that you're pathologically unreachable is still relevant.

  Parent

  • "It was just a joke" "It was just a joke" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:17PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:17PM (#718390)

    Smooth recovery, Mao.

    Parent

    • Re:"It was just a joke" Re:"It was just a joke" (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:33PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:33PM (#718406)

      "Locker room talk"

      "Both sides"

      "Very good people" (the nazis)

      You can try and mimic Trump but his sociopath nonsense only works on dummies like you.

      Parent

      • What about your disgust with whataboutism? What about your disgust with whataboutism? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:37PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:37PM (#718407)

        Hypocrisy, much?

        Parent

        • Re:What about your disgust with whataboutism? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @08:24PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @08:24PM (#718426)

          Trollolol

          Parent

    • Re:"It was just a joke" (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Wednesday August 08 2018, @02:45PM

      by ikanreed (3164) on Wednesday August 08 2018, @02:45PM (#718796) Journal

      Reminded of you today I know, it's a weird ass journalist tweet. Click it anyways. [twitter.com].

      Parent