Trump hits New York Times for report implying White House counsel is a 'rat'

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

President Trump early Sunday attacked the “failing” New York Times for a report that he said implied White House Counsel Don McGahn must be a “John Dean type RAT.”

“The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type 'RAT.' But I allowed him and all others to testify - I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide......,” Trump tweeted. "....and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing - McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side - Media is even worse! "

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402506-trump-hits-new-york-times-for-report-implying-white-house-counsel-is

[Zorro]

1. When will that dumbass ever learn to spell "Counsel"?

[dalton99a]

10. He'll try "Council" next time

as he did in the past

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. It's a tell that it's Dear Leader Don Dong Ill and not staff. . . . nt

[Achilleaze]

2. "Look, up in the sky! What the hell is that coming my way?" - Dirty Donny* (R)

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[vlyons]

3. interesting how he see John Dean as a rat

[jayschool2013]

5. Tony spots a rat

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Must be some Roger Stone ear whispers

[Jarqui]

4. "I have nothing to hide." Trump Tweet

When Nixon uttered those words about Watergate, our protests turned to streaking.

Going after the national security folks clearances this week reminded many of Nixon's enemies list.

It's getting more like Watergate every day except for one key thing:

The big difference is unlike 1974, most of the GOP of today seems complicit with Trump's unethical, abusive, racist, misogynistic and/or criminal behavior.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "our protests turned to streaking."

Oh geez... I forgot about that.

(@ the 0:56 mark)

[Jarqui]

18. We got a lot more folks out than this

If we want to bring the GOP around, protests like the above resulting in a rotten November might help

[BumRushDaShow]

35. Ha!

I remember folks used to zoom out on the field during ballgames and whatnot. The talking heads on network news used to have a fit.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

12. Sad to say - you did not need to say "and/or"!!

You only needed to say AND!!

[donkeypoofed]

8. McGahn DID flip and the proof is his lawyer!

It's the same lawyer as Rinse Penis and Steve Bannon. That lawyer couldn't have taken on McGahn as a client when Priebus already retained him after he flipped. The proof is in the lawyer ! It's so obvious. Why doesn't Spanky realize this?!

[Trust Buster]

9. So many lives ruined ? By him he must mean.

[Botany]

11. "the real crimes on the other side -"

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Like HRC working with the deep state and Russia to rig the elections?

Trump is a corned rat.

BTW who calls people rats? Oh, that would be the mob.

[Snellius]

23. There's nothing to prevent him from investigating "real crimes on other side"

So why doesn't he do it? Either DOJ won't for lack of evidence or, if they did, Trump knows he would wind up looking like an even bigger fool. The talking point value of the lie is worth more than finding the truth.

[cstanleytech]

13. Allowed? You didn't "allow" anything you vapid headed twit.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. "I allowed him" Hahahahahahaha

Yeah, right. Hahahahahaha

[demmiblue]

15. Oh, my... the NYT story must really be bugging him (more tweets):

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[demmiblue]

22. Lol... J.K. Rowling response:

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[bronxiteforever]

16. Can't wait till the Trump POTUS library opens to visit

The “hall of tweets”. I think the President calling someone a “rat” will be right in there. Yes we are witnessing history and I didn’t say it was good history.

Degradation of our public life is occurring at light speed due to this orange carbuncle. Everything the Con touches dies and unfortunately that is the dignity of the office of POTUS.

I never thought we would match W’s inarticulate speech but W’s public utterances seems like Shakespeare to me now (albeit like the play Henry VIII which is very bad Shakespeare)

[Dave Starsky]

19. If Shakespeare had written a play about someone like Trump...

The audience would have booed it off the stage as being too lowbrow and ridiculous.Shakespeare would probably have never worked in that town again.

[ChazInAz]

36. Well...

There is MacBeth. Though, to be sure, the Thane of Cawdor and King thereafter had a much better way with words than this feculant carbuncle.
Remember "MacBird" in the Sixties?

[bronxiteforever]

38. +1 for feculant carbuncle! Apt description for the Con

[bronxiteforever]

37. Absolutely!

[marble falls]

17. cheetolini's right: McGahn is not a rat, he may be covering his butt but he is mostly ...

a co-operating witness. cheetolini's losing his mind and its a good thing.

[Dave Starsky]

20. That's implying that he has a mind to lose.

I, personally, think the spirochetes in his brain (from his "personal Vietnam" of fighting syphilis) are animating his body and running his mouth.

[marble falls]

21. "Bless his heart, but there's something wrong with that boy," is how my granma would have put it ...

and what she meant was lot, lot worse than how it sounded.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Spambo is projecting "rat"; hence that is what Citizen Vain REALLY thinks of McGahn. . . . nt

[pazzyanne]

26. Someone should tell tRump that he is the POTUS

and needs to start acting like one. No more pointing fingers "at the other side". He wanted the power, he got the power, he is in charge and needs to start doing his job. He will be held responsible for every action and every lack of action he is involved in. Wonder if he still thinks it was good idea to have run for president?

[The Liberal Lion]

33. He's not the president

He is an illegal occupant of the White House. Therefore why he doesn't act like a president.

[pazzyanne]

34. Sadly he is what we've got right now.

My point is that he is not doing his job.

[bunny planet]

27. as usual, Marcy Wheeler at Empty Wheel has some intelligent insights into the NYT McGhan piece...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/08/18/why-would-don-mcgahn-and-his-lawyer-cooperate-in-a-piece-claiming-he-cooperated-with-mueller-on-obstruction/

[bunny planet]

30. and this too....

https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/08/18/should-trump-run-don-mcgahn-has-been-covering-for-roger-stones-rat-fucking-for-seven-years/

[Doodley]

28. An innocent man doesn't behave like this. Every day Trump shows us his guilt.

[duforsure]

29. When even the people working around him do this

It speaks volumes how much he's hated , and not trusted. They know him well enough to record him too to protect themselves from this evil person . Even his own family members will turn on him , and be talking , if not already. They all hate him.

[DesertRat]

31. He spells "counsel" incorrectly EVERY time

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[sarcasmo]

32. When Daddy pays for your education, spelling counsel is a chore.