Trump: Election Interference Had Nothing To Do With Us

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-election-hacking-nothing_us_5905f3b7e4b0bb2d086f397b?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
04/30/2017 12:21 pm ET

Hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computers and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email during the 2016 presidential campaign “had nothing to do with us,” President Donald Trump told John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday.

“Had nothing to do with this, and everyone knows it,” the president added.

But that’s not what intelligence information has shown. The U.S. intelligence community has argued, both publicly and via anonymous leaks in the press, that Russia interfered in the election in an effort to help Trump win. But Trump refuses to accept that, too. “I’ll go along with Russia,” Trump told Dickerson immediately before speculating that the hacking also “could’ve been China, could’ve been a lot of different groups.”

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Seriously?? Now, it's China's fault. Wow, dude is delusional.

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Trump: Election Interference Had Nothing To Do With Us (Original post)	iluvtennis	May 2017	OP
Me thinks the more he protests, the guiltier he and his entire	democratisphere	May 2017	#1
Bullshit! trump LIES like a damn gopropaganda machine.	Cha	May 2017	#2
The article goes on to "interpret" Trump's words. This is not good methodology. One analyzes EXACTLY	WinkyDink	May 2017	#3
I agree with your analysis, but I don't think Trump is smart enough to intentionally speak with...	iluvtennis	May 2017	#11
At first there was nothing at all and now there's a "this".	NewDealProgressive	May 2017	#4
Trump's made far too many enemies to get away with this.	oasis	May 2017	#5
Electile dysfunction	trusty elf	May 2017	#6
:D	C Moon	May 2017	#8
IF THAT WAS TRUE, YOU WOULD WELCOME AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATON	Skittles	May 2017	#7
The article says it, but he's not president: he's a crook.	C Moon	May 2017	#9
Good to hear he's talking about it publicly. Good sign things are steaming up.	lindysalsagal	May 2017	#10

Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Mon May 1, 2017, 12:37 AM

democratisphere (17,235 posts)

1. Me thinks the more he protests, the guiltier he and his entire

administration are.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 12:43 AM

Cha (268,359 posts)

2. Bullshit! trump LIES like a damn gopropaganda machine.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 12:50 AM

WinkyDink (51,311 posts)

3. The article goes on to "interpret" Trump's words. This is not good methodology. One analyzes EXACTLY

what the speaker says, no more, no less, to understand his lies and obfuscations.

http://www.statementanalysis.com/

In this case, Trump uses the general pronoun "this" without explicit antecedent; he refers to a vague "us" to disperse personal guilty knowledge; and he deliberately uses confusing sentence structures.

As to the last: If the subject is the "hacking," Trump replied, "had nothing to do with us."

What, then, does the following "Had nothing to do with this" mean? No subject, no reference for "this."

"Everyone knows it." Trump cannot know what "everyone knows," and again, he uses a pronoun ("it"

without clear antecedent.

All of the above is to say: Don't try to figure out "what Trump means."

It's "how" and "why." The "how" is to speak in meaningless vagueness with "this," "it," and "could've been."

The "why" is to lie to your face and get away with it.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 10:34 AM

iluvtennis (14,667 posts)