WaPo interview- Trump offered IvanRed "privilege". Everyone loves him. Election not over.

[underpants]

He said the committee’s interview with his daughter Ivanka Trump for eight hours this week was a “shame and harassment,” though he insisted he did not know what she had told the members. He said he also did not know what her husband, Jared Kushner, had told the committee, and that he had offered the couple “privilege” if they wanted it. They declined, Trump said.

Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, saying new findings from Georgia would emerge next week. He said they would be released by a group called True the Vote and would show millions of illegal votes, but he offered no proof.

Other world leaders regularly call him because they like him so much, Trump claimed. He declined to say if he’d spoken to President Xi Jinping of China or Kim Jong Un of North Korea.

“These other leaders, they want endorsements,” he said. “I’m the king of endorsements. It’s more than just this country. It’s other countries."

He declined to specify which other world leaders had pressed him for an endorsement — or whether he would be giving more. “You’ll see,” he said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/trump-interview-jan6/

[BeyondGeography]

1. Macron offered him to come to France and endorse LePen

To name just one.

[vlyons]

10. +100

[spanone]

2. The 'interview' is a waste of time. Same old bullshit as ever.

WaPo let him ramble and reiterate his lies.
Blames Nancy Pelosi for not stopping the insurrection.
Fuck him.

[PatSeg]

6. Yes, that was hysterical

In his eyes, the President has almost unlimited powers, but apparently very limited responsibility.

[Nevilledog]

30. If by "very limited" you mean "none".

I take that back. They have total responsibility when taking credit for something good somebody else did.

[PatSeg]

41. Exactly

Never to blame for anything bad, a true authoritarian.

[PatSeg]

3. He just can't keep his mouth shut

He'll just keep digging that hole deeper and deeper. How did such an undisciplined fool get so far in life?

[Phoenix61]

27. It's that proverbial silver spoon. nt

[PatSeg]

42. Yep

No real accountability throughout his life.

[SergeStorms]

37. When parents reach a certain level of wealth...

their children will always fail upward.

I think that's Milton Friedman's Third Law of Economics.

[PatSeg]

43. "Fail upward"

Describes it perfectly.

[MerryHolidays]

44. Putin nt

[PatSeg]

45. It certainly wasn't his intellect

[Samrob]

4. No doubt GA will report similar findings as AZ.

That AZ finding had to really hurt the MAGAs since it was all done by Republican suck-ups to Trump. But it probably won't change their closed minds.

[uponit7771]

5. +1, like in Russia the findings were underreported in MAGA Media.

[kentuck]

7. They declined his "privilege"??

What kind of "privilege" did he have to give them? He doesn't have "executive privilege" to offer. Perhaps he was talking about some other "privilege"? What could that be?

[Ray Bruns]

14. You are listening to the ramblings of an old man slipping into dementia.

"saying new findings from Georgia would emerge next week."

I guess he is smoking the same thing Mike Lindell is.

[underpants]

16. Well at least it's down from the normal "two weeks"

[Ray Bruns]

20. That's true.

[brush]

8. He continues the lying about the election. And his claim...

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that Georgia findings coming out next week will substantiate his claims of voter fraud. Sounds like his old infrastructure is coming in 2 weeks claims during his admin. More bullshit, as is his statement that foreign leaders are always calling him, for endorsements and such.

Ridiculous lies.

[wnylib]

38. Maybe Bolsinaro and Orban?

But, more likely, the only foreign leader who would contact him would be his idol, Putin. "Hey Donald, I need favor. Mr. Biden is making bad public image for Russia. You tell American people and UN how corrupt is Mr. Biden, I make you president of Donbas."

[livetohike]

9. His delusions and lies get worse with time. He inflates his

ego so much that it’s a miracle he hasn’t exploded.

[Ray Bruns]

15. Old man yells out clouds.

[sop]

11. The king of endorsements is probably selling them to the highest bidder.

[underpants]

18. 👑 empty is the head that never wore a crown

[7wo7rees]

28. Just perfect!!

[onethatcares]

19. I bet Kim was elated

to find that out. After all, he was way behind in the North Korean election polling before then..

[Mr. Ected]

12. That must have been the first privilege that Ivanka and Jared have ever declined

Although it was an imaginary one, to be sure.

Why does WaPo run stories like this without a sidebar refutation with the facts? Under the circumstances, it's as destructive as screaming FIRE in a crowded theater.

[pandr32]

40. Imaginary for sure

He indicated at the same time that he was not in on their communication loop, but had offered them privilege. Clearly there was communication in his mind--as was any kingly privilege he can mete out.

[SoonerPride]

13. I will rejoice when he is dead

And then he will cease being quoted

[sop]

23. I fear his followers will publish "The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Donald J. Trump" after he dies.

[SoonerPride]

24. It'll be a coloring book

with blank pages.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Thoughts of a Madman.

[malaise]

21. To be kind

He is not only fucking mad, but also fucking delusional.
That is all.

[Septua]

22. Millions of illegal GA votes?

Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, saying new findings from Georgia would emerge next week. He said they would be released by a group called True the Vote and would show millions of illegal votes, but he offered no proof.

There were only 5 million votes cast. Trump had/has all sorts of "we believe" or "we think" claims on the Georgia ballots but no hard facts to prove them. Most every time he starts with the illegal vote thing, the number gets bigger.

https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-georgia-elections-atlanta-c23d10e5299e14daee6109885f7dafa9

[Midnight Writer]

25. Did they ask if he speaks to Putin? They asked about Xi and Kim, but not Putin?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[7wo7rees]

26. RAVING G'D LUNATIC!!!!!!! n/t

[milestogo]

29. "privilege"

That pretty much sums up his whole life.

[tishaLA]

31. Considering the classified documents he absconded with

That the National Archives had to recover, I have no doubt he's spoken to foreign leaders quite a few times, but to see how he could monetize the documents, not to give endorsements.

[bucolic_frolic]

32. I want my privilege! Is it traded on the stock exchanges?

WTF?

[CatWoman]

33. remember the Apollo and The Gong Show

when a giant hook would appear behind the contestant and yank him off the stage?

America needs an industrial sized giant hook.

[underpants]

36. 🪝

[tavernier]

34. For the life of me I can't understand

Just how easily some otherwise intelligent people can be conned by this continual nonsensical bullshit. Forget Trump, we know he’s a nut job, but people who normally don’t fall for emails from Nigerian royalty, or would never invest with Bernie Madoff, decide to just give away their precious country, their hard fought for freedom, to a well known con man? Unbelievable.

[Kid Berwyn]

35. Traitor

Unstable Moron, as well.

[GB_RN]

39. He Offered Them Privilege?

Lol! The courts have already ruled executive privilege doesn't apply here, so his statement is bullshit. Had they not cooperated, they were at risk of contempt charges and prosecution. Jesus, he just spouts off.