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factfinder_77

(841 posts)
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 10:55 PM Sep 2017

Trump on 2016: 'No, Russia did not help me'

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump on Friday called the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election "one of the great hoaxes," and denied anything they did aided his victory.

"No, Russia did not help me, that I can tell you, OK?" Trump said.
"Are there any Russians in the audience, please?" he asked. In a jab at rival Hillary Clinton for losing a key state, said he "didn't see many Russians in Pennsylvania."
"Honestly, it's the thing they did best," Trump said of Democrats. "They did a rotten job of running, but they convinced people about this hoax. That was probably the thing that they did best, but it was one great hoax."


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/22/politics/trump-russia-alabama/index.html

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Trump on 2016: 'No, Russia did not help me' (Original Post) factfinder_77 Sep 2017 OP
Keep talking, dotard dalton99a Sep 2017 #1
Liar liar pants on fire. N/T SonofDonald Sep 2017 #2
Well........that's it then. SergeStorms Sep 2017 #3
anytime he ends a sentence with either lapfog_1 Sep 2017 #4
He lies constantly, but "believe me" IS a tell. Dave Starsky Sep 2017 #11
As if any sane person believes that.... hadEnuf Sep 2017 #5
Well, then he's never visited my cousin's town! Main church is Russian WinkyDink Sep 2017 #6
If it weren't for Russia, he'd be selling bootleg DVDs out of the trunk of his 82 Aries... Thor_MN Sep 2017 #7
OMG So true! FakeNoose Sep 2017 #9
Let's hold his feet to the fire on this "one of the great hoaxes" thing. What were the other truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #8
Tump is a liar Gothmog Sep 2017 #10
Trump's Administration was born in Russia bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #12
Facebook has just proven otherwise...oh, I forgot, Facebook is just mad because Hillary lost. ElementaryPenguin Sep 2017 #13

SergeStorms

(19,187 posts)
3. Well........that's it then.
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 11:42 PM
Sep 2017

Mueller might as well close the investigations and everyone can go home.

If anyone has proved themselves totally trustworthy, it's Donald J. Trump!

I don't think this is necessary, but you never know.

lapfog_1

(29,193 posts)
4. anytime he ends a sentence with either
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 01:07 AM
Sep 2017

"believe me" or "that I can tell you" you KNOW he is lying his ass off.

Of course, any other way he ends a sentence is also a lie so maybe this isn't much of a tell.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
11. He lies constantly, but "believe me" IS a tell.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 09:02 AM
Sep 2017

It means he knows that you know that he's completely full of shit, but he's going to to tell you anyway. Usually, he just naturally assumes that people are fooled by him.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
7. If it weren't for Russia, he'd be selling bootleg DVDs out of the trunk of his 82 Aries...
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 05:35 AM
Sep 2017

No US bank would talk to him after his bankruptcies.

FakeNoose

(32,596 posts)
9. OMG So true!
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 08:48 AM
Sep 2017

You'd think he'd at least pay his US taxes, but he's already paid his Russina income tax.


truthisfreedom

(23,140 posts)
8. Let's hold his feet to the fire on this "one of the great hoaxes" thing. What were the other
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 07:17 AM
Sep 2017

"great hoaxes"?

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If he won't list them, may we? Like umm... his wife is an illegal immigrant, right? Great hoax that she's legal!

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
13. Facebook has just proven otherwise...oh, I forgot, Facebook is just mad because Hillary lost.
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 08:36 PM
Sep 2017

Trump also said no one in his campaign ever talked to any Russians, but according to Donald Jr., among others, they met with some in Trump Tower.

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