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'I think I’d take it': Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
ABC News ^ | June 12, 2019 | Lucien Bruggeman

Posted on 06/12/2019 8:33:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump may not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race, he said, despite the deluge of investigations stemming from his campaign's interactions with Russians during the 2016 campaign.

Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners -- such as China or Russia -- or hand it over the FBI, Trump said, "I think maybe you do both."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: foreignintel; stephanopoulos; trumpgsinterview; trumpinterview
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'I think I’d take it': In exclusive interview, Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
1 posted on 06/12/2019 8:33:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I don’t believe in a million years any of the dims would not listen to dirt on him if offered. No matter who offers it. When they don’t have any they are quick to make it up.

Who knows with all the dims dabble in he might be told things they are up to that could jeopardize the security of our country, our people, things he needs to be aware of. They have shown they are not above that.


2 posted on 06/12/2019 8:37:28 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I love my President.

Every morning is like Christmas morning.

3 posted on 06/12/2019 8:38:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Tammy8

Trump is in a situation where one would say the msm is “gonna BASH him if he does and BASH him if he doesn’t”

on EVERYTHING.

So might as well have fun :)


4 posted on 06/12/2019 8:39:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary paid money for it. Why would anyone not listen?


5 posted on 06/12/2019 8:39:43 PM PDT by poinq
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, OK, but would he hire a company to hire a former British spy to write a phony dossier based on non-existent Russian contacts claiming ridiculous smears against his opponent and turn that over to the FBI?

That’s what I wanna know!


6 posted on 06/12/2019 8:40:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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You mean like Hillary did except she paid off the foreign informant with money laundered through her lawyer (kind of like what they accused Trump of doing with his Stormy Daniels payment)


7 posted on 06/12/2019 8:43:10 PM PDT by TennesseeProfessor
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To: Tammy8
Right?! Is there anyone claiming that they would turn it down?
8 posted on 06/12/2019 8:44:25 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

If anyone is claiming that, they are obviously lying.


9 posted on 06/12/2019 8:45:47 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It would knock all the mediot heads off if Trump told them he was considering paying a private investigative firm to contract with foreign intelligence agents to dig up dirt on his democrat opponents. Since the Steele dossier is exactly that, and Mueller didn’t think it was worth investigating, it must be okay.


10 posted on 06/12/2019 8:52:03 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners — such as China or Russia — or hand it over the FBI, Trump said, “I think maybe you do both.”
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I suspect Stephanopoulos is less concerned with possible information coming to Trump from China or Russia than he is with potential information that the Italian, Australian and/or U.K. governments could easily give him.


11 posted on 06/12/2019 8:59:41 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: Tammy8
I don’t believe in a million years any of the dims would not listen to dirt on him if offered. No matter who offers it. When they don’t have any they are quick to make it up.

In fact, Adam Schiff-for-brains, thought he was talking ot Russians who were telling him they had nude pictures of Trump, etc. Shifty was almost orgasmic at the possibility. Turns out he was being pranked.

12 posted on 06/12/2019 9:05:03 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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Trump just needs to learn the DC Deep State Code. To take oppo research from a foreign country you have to hop on one foot three times, say the pledge of allegiance backwards and walk across the street and use a public phone to listen to the dirt.

It's the same with taking bribes - DC has a ‘legal’ way to do it.

13 posted on 06/12/2019 9:12:49 PM PDT by GOPJ (Send Ebola illegals from Congo to Martha's Vineyard - let them kill liberals elites first...)
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Of course he’d take the intel. In fact, I believe he would be obligated to do so. If there was valid negative intel on a Presidential candidate it would need to be investigated, evaluated, and possibly made public *prior* to that person being elected. It would be stupid beyond belief to entrust the highest office in the land to someone susceptible to foreign influence.


14 posted on 06/12/2019 9:16:04 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: kiryandil

I know. Every day there’s something new to like. I didn’t even see this one coming.


15 posted on 06/12/2019 9:23:48 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Troll farm


16 posted on 06/12/2019 9:48:15 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only difference, Trump admits it.


17 posted on 06/12/2019 9:59:18 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

*clutches pearls *


18 posted on 06/12/2019 10:21:34 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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He also said he would listen to what they had to say then decide if it merited notifying the FBI or other agencies. That’s a perfectly logical decision and one I highly doubt ANY world leader would not do it the same way. Besides...people screen who even gets to talk to the President. It’s not like anyone can pick up the phone and gossip!


19 posted on 06/12/2019 10:22:10 PM PDT by boatbums (semper reformanda secundum verbum dei)
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Trolling, Trolling, Trolling!


20 posted on 06/12/2019 10:42:10 PM PDT by jospehm20
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