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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:45 AM May 2017

Trump, Back on Twitter, Complains of 'Witch Hunt'

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out Thursday at his predecessor, President Barack Obama, and his former campaign opponent, Hillary Clinton, complaining that what he called “illegal acts” committed during their time in office never led to the appointment of a special counsel. He complained that he was the target of a witch hunt.

The morning after Mr. Trump’s Justice Department named Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, to investigate ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, Mr. Trump sent out a Twitter message making his case.

“With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special councel appointed,” the message said, misspelling counsel. Moments later, Mr. Trump added, “This is the greatest single witch hunt of a politician in American history!”

The posts, shortly before 8 a.m., were a stark contrast to his muted reaction to the announcement of Mr. Mueller’s appointment on Wednesday evening.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/us/politics/trump-back-on-twitter-complains-of-witch-hunt.html?

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Trump, Back on Twitter, Complains of 'Witch Hunt' (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Note....."councel" Liberalagogo May 2017 #1
That whiney little baby graphic should be posted everywhere. mnhtnbb May 2017 #6
Misspelled words and I bet sniffing too. ffr May 2017 #31
Trump is simply pathetic at this point bucolic_frolic May 2017 #2
I want nothing less than him dragged out of the Oval in handcuffs... Moostache May 2017 #3
Perp walk DK504 May 2017 #12
Doofus VWolf May 2017 #4
Yes, it is. Scarsdale May 2017 #11
Remember when "we picked the president we'd most like to drink a beer with?" yallerdawg May 2017 #5
He's the CIC Yonnie3 May 2017 #7
Pence would be worse. nycbos May 2017 #8
Pence is going down with him. n/t LittleGirl May 2017 #16
You don't know that. nycbos May 2017 #19
As a former Hoosier LittleGirl May 2017 #20
I want that as well. nycbos May 2017 #21
I thought Hatch was next in line LittleGirl May 2017 #27
It goes... nycbos May 2017 #28
I stand corrected. Thanks! eom LittleGirl May 2017 #35
That horse is out of the barn. MGKrebs May 2017 #18
They couldn't keep him away for long. . . janx May 2017 #9
If he has a lawyer, the lawyer must be tearing his/her hair out or on the brink of quitting steve2470 May 2017 #10
Exactly. nycbos May 2017 #25
Politician? Scarsdale May 2017 #13
is he talking to the paintings yet? lol nt Javaman May 2017 #14
Well, he does weigh the same as a duck... Maeve May 2017 #15
Hey sexual predator and your team of lackeys' turbinetree May 2017 #17
God, note the ego and narcissism in that statement packman May 2017 #22
Hey Twittler! Produce the stand down order that Hillary allegedly gave. muntrv May 2017 #23
"Hey! They do it! Why can't I?" muntrv May 2017 #24
They're disrespecting our President! mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 #26
great post, thanks! edit - link goes to something else? Kali May 2017 #33
Which one? I was banned yesterday afternoon. It might be related to that. mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 #34
the last one Kali May 2017 #38
Okay; I see. mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 #40
cool! I will have to have a look around after I catch up with the latest BS from tinyhands Kali May 2017 #41
He is insane. gademocrat7 May 2017 #29
You mean worse than blowjobgate?? Really Trump?? titaniumsalute May 2017 #30
he is such a fucking child. Kali May 2017 #32
He is getting so predictable with these tweets Blue_Roses May 2017 #36
...which tells me the staff wrote the "White House Response" last night and didn't show it to him brooklynite May 2017 #37
or they tried but he knows better than anybody else in the world Kali May 2017 #39
Yep. Not his words at all. It was painfully obvious. Coventina May 2017 #42

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)
6. That whiney little baby graphic should be posted everywhere.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:03 AM
May 2017

People on Twitter should fill his feed with it.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. I want nothing less than him dragged out of the Oval in handcuffs...
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:49 AM
May 2017

The image of him suffering a Perp walk out of the White House is a perfect ending to his bullshit story.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
12. Perp walk
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:27 AM
May 2017

Perp walk for all of them. Since he is only "working" with a 1/4 of a crew, I can't wait to see what Lyin' Cryn' Ryan.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
4. Doofus
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:01 AM
May 2017

The "witch hunt" was the relentless shit flung at Hillary Clinton. All those investigations, turning up NOTHING illegal.

In 45's case, it's less like a hunt and more like shooting fish in a barrel.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. Yes, it is.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:24 AM
May 2017

The entire tRump family needs to be investigated. They are all grabbing the Russian contracts as fast as they can.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. Remember when "we picked the president we'd most like to drink a beer with?"
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:01 AM
May 2017

This "person" has not one, single redeeming quality that any decent human being could respect or admire.

Not one.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
8. Pence would be worse.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:10 AM
May 2017

He can serve out Trump's term and then run twice more. Lets be careful before we start calling for impeachment.


At least until we have control of The House.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
19. You don't know that.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:45 AM
May 2017

He formed own PAC.

I think they are deliberately keeping him in the dark about many of things going on the Whitehouse so he can have plausible deniability.

In this crazy world of ours anything can happen.

LittleGirl

(8,282 posts)
20. As a former Hoosier
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:49 AM
May 2017

I want Pence to go down with him...the guy is a disaster.

I have a few friends in Indy...they track all of the Pency-poo's high jinks.
He can claim innocence all he wants but he was the head of the transition team.
He knew.

He's going down too.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
21. I want that as well.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:53 AM
May 2017

Doesn't mean it will happen.


And if they both go down we wind up with President Ryan if we don't take back The House.

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
18. That horse is out of the barn.
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:41 AM
May 2017

The ship has sailed.
The fuse it lit.
It's out of our hands.
Que sera, sera.

janx

(24,128 posts)
9. They couldn't keep him away for long. . .
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:11 AM
May 2017

It seems that nobody in his administration can give him advice, let alone control him.

What an embarrassment to this country.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
10. If he has a lawyer, the lawyer must be tearing his/her hair out or on the brink of quitting
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:14 AM
May 2017

It was too good to be true, him being off Twitter.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
25. Exactly.
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:13 AM
May 2017

I am sure that statement last night was crafted by a top notch lawyer.

He or she must be fuming at this point.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
13. Politician?
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:31 AM
May 2017

I thought one of his followers reasons for supporting him was because he was NOT a politician? This is not a witch hnt, but a hunt for the TRUTH. He has made this country a laughingstock. IF he goes overseas, there will be massive protests. He is reviled EVERYWHERE. So, he thinks Obama and Hillary broke laws, but were not investigated? Hah! So now he firmly believes he is a target, because he IS being investigated? Such a simpleton, but hey - the gop loves what he is doing and are giving him cover. They need to be investigated, too. I am astounded at the choices the gop makes for their presidential contenders. Are there no intelligent ADULTS in their party?

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
15. Well, he does weigh the same as a duck...
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:34 AM
May 2017

It's a fair cop!
(Okay, a very large, very strange duck, but we knew he was a strange duck from the get-go!)

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
17. Hey sexual predator and your team of lackeys'
Thu May 18, 2017, 09:38 AM
May 2017

your god father boss mentality, is coming back to haunt you , and since you have has no clue, that your boss and everyone associated with this sexual predator has sh*t up to his orange face eye balls for TREASON, ESPIONAGE, MONEY LAUNDERING, that's just for starters.

He still can't face reality that he LOST the popular vote, and that the election process was corrupted and tainted by a foreign state murderous actor, and other malfeasance of voter suppression in this country by so called "patriots" that make voting harder.

And he thinks in his bizarre world that it's Obama and Clinton's fault, did someone give him the big white mint out of the bathroom urinal to eat again............................. or did someone walk in while his small hands were under the table playing with himself again, to be a narcissistic ass**** jerk which he really is.

Hey dumpster you are this:







 

packman

(16,296 posts)
22. God, note the ego and narcissism in that statement
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:01 AM
May 2017

"This is the greatest single witch hunt of a politician in American history!” Even when it's something that can bring him down, it's "THE GREATEST".

Fucker is unbelievable.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
26. They're disrespecting our President!
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:17 AM
May 2017
They're disrespecting our President!

Let me know when it gets to this level.

Here's a message for everyone who feel politics used to be more civil in the good old days. No, it wasn't. I post this picture every time someone at DU - and now, in a tweetstorm - says that politics has hit a new low.

Jefferson was one of the most detested presidents ever. People just loathed him. He was fortunate, though, to live in a time of complete civility in politics, so unlike today.

Well, maybe not.

Thomas Jefferson - The West



The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scrawny dog, is stung by a hornet with Napoleon's head into coughing up "Two Millions" in gold coins, (the secret appropriation Jefferson sought from Congress for the purchase). On the right dances a man (possibly a French diplomat) with orders from French minister Talleyrand in his pocket and maps of East Florida and West Florida in his hand. He says, "A gull for the People."


It's No Laughing Matter - Analyzing Political Cartoons

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
34. Which one? I was banned yesterday afternoon. It might be related to that.
Thu May 18, 2017, 11:07 AM
May 2017

I posted this material yesterday afternoon in a related thread in LBN. The post was removed. We might have to wait for the dust to settle for all the links to work correctly again.

Thanks.

Blue_Roses

(12,894 posts)
36. He is getting so predictable with these tweets
Thu May 18, 2017, 11:19 AM
May 2017

It's like he mulls over any bad news for him and it festers until before you know it, he's hurling out insults and well, just plain bullshit.

We've all met that person who gets madder the more they dwell on something. This is how DT is except the whole world has to hear him complain.

Kali

(55,007 posts)
39. or they tried but he knows better than anybody else in the world
Thu May 18, 2017, 11:26 AM
May 2017

and didn't pay attention. "yeah yeah yeah, where is dinner?"

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