NBC exclusive - Trump: I was going to fire Comey 'regardless,' he was a 'showboat'

[orangecrush]

Source: CNBC

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was going to fire "showboat" FBI Director James Comey "regardless" of what the Justice Department recommended, directly contradicting what the White House said Wednesday.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump said the FBI had been in "turmoil" and called Comey a "showboat."

"Look, he's a showboat, he's a grandstander, the FBI has been in turmoil. You know that, I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the FBI a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago — it hasn't recovered from that," Trump said at the White House.
White House officials are scrambling to justify the timing of Comey's termination, insisting that he lost his job because of his conduct in the probe into Hillary Clinton's emails last year. They said it had nothing to do with the FBI's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which Comey first revealed publicly in March and includes any possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/05/11/trump-i-was-going-to-fire-comey-regardless-of-recommendation-that-was-given-to-me.html

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Trump completely off his frigging rocker.

[mnhtnbb]

1. Showboat? Classic projection.

When are they going to come take this guy away. He is paranoid, delusional, grandiose and a pathological liar, malignant
narcissist...and has no business occupying the Oval Office.

[katmondoo]

6. I don't think Trump could stand the fact that Comey was so much taller than he

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I definitely think that is part of it

His kind consider that a "power play".

[Feathery Scout]

26. And have you seen Comey's HANDS.

Trump must have died of envy every time Comey was in the buiding.

[orangecrush]

8. To use such a term

As a reason for such a serious decision as firing an FBI director is an excellent indication of mental imbalance, imo.

[forgotmylogin]

30. "Showboat" says the barge.

[notdarkyet]

37. Blame the Repubs for letting him stay where he is. Kinda like assange at the embassy in

Ecuador. They are the ones who need the heat put on them. Enablers.

[yurbud]

64. Assange has arguably performed some public good even if you dislike some leaks

Trump by contrast is entirely worthless.

[moda253]

2. I hope the FBI BURIES HIM!!!! EOM

[orangecrush]

5. From the link...

"Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe would not confirm in a Senate hearing Thursday whether Comey did tell Trump that. Comey telling Trump he is not under investigation would be unusual. McCabe also strongly disputed the White House's assertion that FBI employees had lost confidence in Comey."

[Plucketeer]

3. His Majesty

King Fruitcake!

[orangecrush]

9. ...

[niyad]

21. ah, a perfect item for the annual Manitou springs fruitcake toss.

[orangecrush]

22. I actually

Am one of those who actually love fruitcake.

Trump excluded.

[niyad]

24. I am not a fan, but have had some decent ones. used to make a good one as well, for

my friends who love the stuff.

[OriginalGeek]

62. I didn't think I liked it

until I saw that picture - now I want a slice lol.

My mom lived in Corsicana, TX until she died but she resisted ever sending me a fruitcake from the famous manufacturer (whose name escapes me) there.

[OriginalGeek]

39. not for nothin

but that's a damn fine looking fruit cake!

[orangecrush]

44. Made me hungry!

[sprinkleeninow]

56. I made a cocoa fruitcake, fruit and nuts, doused with booze, wrapped in cheesecloth, showered with

add'l booze a few times more, unwrapped, then you 'drink' your creation! 😝

[PsychoBabble]

4. Apparently there is only room for ONE swaggerer in this here town ...

45 only has a few shticks .... smarm, lying, bluster, chaos creation. But after a while even stupid people see the pattern, and realize there is no there there.

It is a bit sad to watch him do his thing, as if we don't know the truth.

While it IS a shame that he currently has outsized power ... it is both my hope and continued belief that he WILL go down, and become, historically, the saddest and most-revlied of US Presidents, ever. (And rot in jail as an object lesson to all who followed him.)

GO FBI!

GO Schneiderman!

[orangecrush]

12. Trump is incompetent

And by himself wouldn't have become President.

As Putin's cat paw, he is extremely dangerous.

[DonViejo]

7. ...

[orangecrush]

13. Thanks!

This story is going viral bigly.

[yallerdawg]

14. This is now a public statement of record.

"I am not under investigation."

Will we have a whistleblower from the FBI come forward and divulge the truth?

We certainly can't let the potential target of an investigation be considered the reliable source!

[orangecrush]

18. He seems

Very concerned with convincing us of that.

[knightmaar]

28. Still got those sniffles, eh?

[The Wielding Truth]

35. I just shake my head. What a liar. What is faster than impeachment?

[madokie]

60. Lester isn't having any of it

[George II]

10. This is exploding on MSNBC - the big blockbuster is that trump ASKED Comey....

....if he was under investigation. This can and will be extrapolated into being obstruction of justice.

C'mon donnie, keep talking, please! The more you talk the deeper the hole you dig for yourself.

[PsychoBabble]

15. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Pu-Leeeze!!

Let it be obstruction .. and ACTED upon by courts.

My wife and I agree, this may all be vaguely worth it if in the end, 45 rots in jail ... FOR.EV.ER.

[orangecrush]

17. Better late

Than never.

[orangecrush]

16. Please continue

Mr. Trump!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Comey probably said "I can't say that" and tRump thought that meant he was cleared. . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. The only turmoil was Giuliani's fomented rogue cabal inside NYC FBI office. . . . nt

[CousinIT]

19. Oh Look. ANOTHER LIE. VP Pence said otherwise. n/t

[orangecrush]

23. Lying liars

From the getgo.

[Cirque du So-What]

25. 'Showboat'? That's rich, coming from one who is probably

neither a shower or a grower.

[jesskirablue42]

27. I'll bet some judges found his comments interesting

just saying. What he said could have legal implications.

[Feathery Scout]

29. So.... No Rudy, No Chris Christie - 'cause those guys are REAL Showboats

[perdita9]

31. Well, if that isn't the pot calling the kettle a pot!

How unaware can one man be?

[xxqqqzme]

38. There is only room for

one peacock strutting around the grounds.

[kwassa]

33. Totally classic projection, from the chief showboater himself.

Trump is so insecure, and has a bottomless need to be the center of attention.

[4lbs]

34. LOL. The same showboat that the orange orangutan was complimenting just a month ago?

Hmm... what changed in a month?

The Russia probe gained steam.

[orangecrush]

36. Comey might say...

[Grammy23]

40. "You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it."

This is a tactic tRump uses. He makes a sweeping statement saying I'm right and everyone knows it. He does the same thing at his rallies. He makes a statement (usually false) and then says, "Riiiggghhhhtttt??" So he gets his audience to agree with him...or so he thinks since most of the time they seem to go along with him. It is a strategy to make you say you agree with him whether you do or not. He does this a lot when he wants to get agreement that he is right. So if you don't agree, he strongly suggests it is you who is wrong.

[orangecrush]

45. Other countries

Must be baffled as to how we could elect a man like Obama twice, and then this criminal.

[Grammy23]

52. I ask myself this question many times daily.

How did this happen? Aaaarrrrggghhh!

[OldHippieChick]

41. This is so f##king amazing

His sycophants have to be dragging their knuckles trying to figure out how to stay up w/ his latest paranoid delusions. He was a "showboat". Really!? No one can keep up w/ his craziness. Even the power-hungry crazies have to be wondering wtf? i.e. Paul Ryan

No one, no one sane, can keep up w/ his magical carpet ride.

[orangecrush]

46. It must be scary

Riding the crazy train with Trump as engineer.

[SylviaD]

42. The drumbeat must be IMPEACH, impeach, IMPEACH!

IMPEACH NOW!

[orangecrush]

47. He doesn't have much longer

That's my guess.

[Blue_Roses]

43. And then he wanted to go to the FBI today and boost morale

Sometimes there are just not enough words...

[orangecrush]

48. The FBI has words for him

Which I won't repeat here.

[Blue_Roses]

50. As they should...

No matter what people think of how Comey handled the Clinton fiasco, he was proving to be the independent, dedicated professional he has always seemed to be.

When it comes to our country and our Constitution, partisan politics should be left at the door. No, it usually isnt't and maybe it wasn't with Clinton (tired of hashing that debacle), but I believe he was sincerely striving toward finding justice for what had gone wrong.

And the shitty way he was fired...disgusting.

[StanleyBolten]

49. FBI is corrupt anyways

The FBI seem to be corrupt anyways.

You try to ask the FBI to do something about a corrupt local Police Department engaging in corruption, possibly evidence fraud or tampering, and they shoe you out.

The FBI doesn't do anything about evidence tampering and planting anymore.

If they want you convicted in Federal Court, who cares how you get convicted. Evidence tampering, corruption, lying on the stand which is perjury, filing false reports. Anything to convict somebody, even if that person is innocent.

It's a sad state of affairs.

[Blue_Roses]

51. that's a pretty broad brush

you're using there. While no doubt there has and will always be corruption in law enforcement, overall the good out-weighs the bad. We just don't hear about it. The sensationalism is too enticing for the press to ignore, so they slam us time and again with horror stories. I have several friends who have worked for federal law enforcement agencies and they are awesome people, who I would trust my life with.

[StanleyBolten]

53. Re: that's a pretty broad brush

Maybe you are right.

It's just my friend has had a dealing with a corrupt Police chief from the Town of Mayodan in North Carolina.

All he did was try to stop torture and he got confronted with false allegations that he likes torture pictures.

It makes me sick. They twisted his hard work and destroyed him simply because he called the state senator a traitor. That Senator was the town lawyer of Mayodan. That lawyer had connections and turned an entire police department against him, to destroy him. Now the entire police department in Mayodan has become corrupted, breaking laws, lying in reports, falsifying evidence, threatening emails from tormail.org, threats by the Federal Judge. my friend messed with one corrupt politician and his life went straight to hell and he almost committed suicide to the point where police had to escort him to a mental hospital.

Corruption is sick!

[Blue_Roses]

54. That is horrible

I hope your friend is doing better. Seriously.

I definitely get what you are saying and as one who was born and raised in the Deep South, I can see that happening. Those stories do exist and those are the stories that leave a tarnished spot on law enforcement.

But, I don't look at those corrupt police as "law enforcement", because they wouldn't know how to protect the law if it hit them in the face. They're thugs and crooks. But, I know that doesn't make a hill-of-beans when your the one who is on the receiving end of their injustice.

[StanleyBolten]

55. Your right

You are right. There are good police out there. before he was set up, he had traveled out west and went by Las Vegas. He started getting lost from his family, he has Type 1 diabetes, and he would have died if he got no medical attention.

Within less than two hours, the police located him and he was reunited with his family. At another time a cop helped him when he was a kid.

So yes, there are good cops out there. I'm sorry if I do sound like I have generalized police in that way.

It's just it's hard to know who is corrupt and who isn't because the bad actors act nice, and look good in the media. The criminals that are deceitful and have a position within Government and/or law enforcement are the most dangerous because deception is a very powerful tool.

If somebody can commit crimes and convince other people that no wrong has been done, then more crimes are committed until the person is finally caught and arrested.

[orangecrush]

58. Welcome to D.U.

[Kablooie]

57. That's a good reason to fire the FBI director? He's a showboat?

[orangecrush]

59. 45 is unbalanced

How much more do they need to hire a special prosecutor?

[Julian Englis]

61. Colbert on this

[yurbud]

63. too funny