Posted on 04/20/2019 9:35:08 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump normally seems to relish the idea that he and the media are foils. He's gone so far as to call some outlets the "enemy of the people," but he still stops and talks with them as often as he can. But, apparently, First Lady Melania Trump can convince him not to.
On Thursday, as the president crossed the White House's South Lawn shortly after the public release of the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on 2016 Russian election interference and the Trump campaign's conduct surrounding the meddling, he walked right past a "mob of reporters." Instead of stopping to take a few questions like he usually does, Bloomberg reports, Trump just waved silently before boarding the presidential helicopter and heading down to Florida for the weekend.
Trump, per Bloomberg, sought to show defiance after Mueller's findings became public — although the White House has largely claimed the report vindicates Trump, he is reportedly still frustrated with the news coverage on the matter. Ignoring the reporters on the lawn fed right into that plan of defiance. However, people briefed on the matter told Bloomberg that it was the first lady, not the president, who suggested spurning the press. Trump appeared to continue following the first lady's advice as he ignored reporters' questions upon arriving in Florida on Thursday evening, as well. Read more about the aftermath of the Mueller report at Bloomberg.
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Disagree
I hope that Horowitz and Huber moves are timed w/ Barr and it is an absolute $h!+ storm of indictments as well as PDJT declassifying everything we want and have talked about here.
Release the Friggen Krakken all at once....
Rudy says they will hold it until a later date, as they deem appropriate.
Defiance was playing golf with Rush at Mir A Lago.
“Apparently” is the new standard of journalism.
As gandalfth so widely pointed out on another thread,
“The Supreme Court has ruled that if there is no underlying crime, the investigated cannot be accused of obstruction for having pushed back in any way.”
Other than criticizing the Mueller team for writing that scurrilous report, and holding Mueller accountable for that dirty deed, the President and his attorneys should say nothing except to state the SC ruling that there can be no obstruction without a crime, which of course, Mueller knows very well, proving the “obstruction” part of the report was only for the purpose of him venting his spleen.
WISELY, not widely! Sigh...
The Dems are going to keep going on it. The public doesn’t want to hear it. The only way Trump is going to win independents is to drop it. Independents don’t want to keep hearing about Russia.
I feel he has to fight and thats one of the best weapons
The leaker hiding behind the curtains
Barr can pursue it now at DOJ. Trump doesn’t need to tweet about it anymore.
Ok we disagree
Just as soon as the Dems and MSM stop doubling down on it.....
I have a feeling some things are redacted that hurt the left.
They demand it be released and bammm, its out there and it’s their fault.
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