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riversedge

(81,000 posts) Fri Aug 17, 2018, 11:51 AM Aug 2018

As Trump was leaving, the press asked him if he would pardon Manafort......... [View all]

I think Trump looks bloated---or has gained weight.

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Asked by @PeterAlexander if he would pardon Paul Manafort, President Trump says “I don’t talk about that now,” and asserts that Manafort, who worked for the Trump campaign for 5 months, “worked for me for a very short time” and “he happens to be a very good person.”

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As Trump was leaving, the press asked him if he would pardon Manafort......... [View all] riversedge Aug 2018 OP

Not fit to be an American, let alone president. Vile prick and one of the worst humans alive. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #1

"He worked for me for a very short time." The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #2

"Unlike Aretha Franklin who worked for me for a very, very long time" dalton99a Aug 2018 #6

He tries to bask in the reflection of others' fame and popularity. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #7

+1. It's obscene dalton99a Aug 2018 #9

Trump is NOT a very fine person..... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2018 #3

The saddest part is and primarily what trDump worries about.... magicarpet Aug 2018 #4

Manafort "happens to be a very good person" gratuitous Aug 2018 #5

Yikes he is extra orange, isn't he? MontanaMama Aug 2018 #8

So you're a very good person if you hide $16 million from taxes? sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #10

In the idiot's reckoning... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #11

He also said in that very "American innocent" dialect, "He hasn't been convicted of anything!1" UTUSN Aug 2018 #12