Here's What an Innocent President Would Tweet:

[MineralMan]

"I welcome a complete and thorough investigation by Robert Mueller's team. My administration will cooperate fully in the quest for truth about these matters. I have nothing to hide and look forward to learning what is discovered."

That's what an innocent President would tweet.

[kentuck]

1. "And we will hold Russia accountable for their attacks upon our democracy..."

"...We will not stop this investigation until every stone is over-turned. We will get to the bottom of it."

But, that is not what we hear?

[MineralMan]

2. That would be the second tweet.

But, no, that certainly is not what Donald Trump is tweeting. His tweets scream out his guilt.

[onit2day]

32. What's worse is no one can hold him accountable

[Hekate]

35. Can? Absolutely. Will they? Remains to be seen.

[joshdawg]

41. If it's left up to the cowardly, trumpass kissing republicans,

trump will walk.

[jalan48]

25. Not just Russia. American oligarchs like the Mercers as well.

[serbbral]

3. Personally

I think an innocent President wouldn't tweet at all.

[MineralMan]

5. These days, a President is expected to use Twitter.

Why wouldn't a President do so? It's another way to communicate with Americans. President Obama used Twitter.

[serbbral]

9. I agree but I also disagree

Even though most Presidents today (Obama did also) use twitter, they would not be tweeting the way Trump does. We all know he's uhhh 'special.' Most Presidents would not be using twitter to get their main message across. Normal Presidents would not be tweeting about this investigation. If he were normal he would not be tweeting about this situation at all. However, he may have started something. President Obama did not use Twitter the way Trump uses it.

[MineralMan]

10. Well, I hope others learn from Trump's stupidity on Twitter.

He is hurting himself with his angry, lying tweets. I hope everyone recognizes that and doesn't do such things.

[imanamerican63]

4. But he is!!!n't!!!!!

[DetlefK]

6. "And if there were executive privilege, I would definitely declare it."

"I would not allow members of my administration to claim a bogus executive privilege on my behalf during testimony."

[mreilly]

7. Exactly and here's another analogy

... I was walking out of the grocery store this morning after having bought some food via the self-checkout.

Ever since I was accused of shoplifting from a grocery store once when I was a kid (sadly, the accusation was correct; I was stupid at 12; what can I say) I've always been mindful of the possibility that someone might chase me out of the store yelling: "Sir! SIR! We need to check your purchases against your receipt to make sure you paid for everything!"

And I've always envisioned myself calmly handing over the receipt and the food items saying: "Please do, I'm sure you'll find everything is in order. I'm a loyal customer and an honest man and would never steal anything." Then when cleared and apologized to I would simply nod and say "No problem. Have a good day. See you next time."

Instead Trump is screaming he's going to sue the store, he'll never shop there again, they have no right to question what he's done - the very fact they're questioning him is unfair, he's being picked on, HELL NO he won't hand over that receipt; this is a big frameup by a bunch of meanies who are just jealous of him, and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."

[MineralMan]

8. Yes, absolutely.

More than once, I've forgotten to put some item in my shopping cart on the checkout counter belt. When I discover that at my car, I take the item back into the store and go to the customer service counter to pay for it. I don't steal stuff. I can't.

[Farmer-Rick]

43. I don't use self check out for that exact same reason.

I forget what I have swiped and haven't swiped. When I realize what I've done, I try to correct it but then the machine gets all confused and someone has to come over and correct the error. Which defeats the purpose of the self check out.

It's such a boring and thankless job (self checkout) that I stop paying attention and screw it up. They should just scan the whole cart and leave me out of it.

[yurbud]

27. before they had tracking tags on everything, that used to be a common occurrence...

I would just kind of smile to myself and wonder if I looked particularly sketchy.

Now some stores do it for everyone like Costco.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. You're absolutely correct

Somebody innocent would never behave in such an obviously guilty manner. Even if Trump genuinely believed himself to be innocent but unsure if others around him might be guilty of something, an honorable person interested in seeking the truth, wouldn't be acting like Trump is either. Trump is guilty AF in my opinion based on how he has acted since Day 0 of the Russia investigation.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. This is a fantasy..............

IQ45 is too corrupt to EVER do the "honorable" thing - not once - not ever!

[MineralMan]

13. Exactly. That is why his tweets look different from that example.

That was my point. That he does not tweet like that is evidence of his guilt.

[erronis]

18. I like that moniker IQ45 for the dump. If IQ45 ever did an honorable thing

I think we would all assume it had a brain fart.

Of course we could wish for a massive aneurysm. Maybe it's already had a few....

[malaise]

14. But we know he's guilty

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Oh, do we EVER!!!!

[MineralMan]

17. You Shall Know Them By Their Tweets...

A little paraphrase from the Bible.

[malaise]

19. Made me recall this classic

[MineralMan]

21. I like it. I'd never heard that one before.

Thanks.

By his deeds shall a man be known. That should scare Trump, who is known for his misdeeds.

[malaise]

22. One of the great one shot wonders

of Jamaica

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I Would Have Added. . .

. . ."there is clear evidence that the Russian government made every effort to influence and disrupt the election."

But, we won't see that either.

[Volaris]

40. And if it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that I was elected by ANY means

That were not completely above board, reflecting the true will of the American Electorate, I will level all recommended sanctions against Russia, ask the vice president to resign so that he may be replaced with my opponent in the election, and then immediately resign my post.

Lol, ya that ain't never gonna happen. We're gonna have to drag that fucker out of there in handcuffs and leg shackles.

[Iggo]

20. That's the fact, Jack. (n/t)

[Fred Sanders]

23. Prisons are full of people who loudly or quietly or eloquently professed

their innocence, and still are full of the same people.

Flynn, Gates, etc. also claimed innocence, until they didn't, so with respect, I think any such statement would be fake and worthless, especially given the mountain of evidence.

[MineralMan]

24. Yes. But Trump doesn't even try to look innocent.

He's proud of his rapacious nature in all things. That is reflected in his tweets. Compare his public statements to, say, Barack Obama's tweets and other public comments.

A guilty person may attempt to appear innocent. Trump simply doesn't bother with any of that.

[C_U_L8R]

26. An honorable Trump

would state "I have said and done horrible things, immoral and often illegal things, and I hereby resign, effective immediately."

[Mr. Ected]

28. And he would have said it FROM DAY ONE

Instead, we've seen one indication of obstruction after another, mindless tweets, unsupportable attacks.

Trump's actions have yet to yield even ONE indication that he was unaware or uninvolved. Sometimes, it doesn't even really take a court of law to adjudicate one's guilt or innocence. This is one of those cases. A lot of his crimes have been committed in broad daylight, with the world as witnesses. However, DJT will be given much more legal latitude than he deserves. Meanwhile, he's running the clock, and our country suffers for it.

[Gothmog]

29. Trump is really acting like he is guilty

[jmowreader]

30. An innocent president would not have dragged us into this

We’re having this investigation because our president is a crook.

[dameatball]

31. There has been some discussion about whether Tweets are legally admissable and/or official documents

So, when he tweets something, then clarifies it in another tweet, what is the legal status? How long can he leave it "out there" before correcting or reversing course? Just wondering. I think that is my main concern about Tweets. Obama used the more judiciously. Trump is all over the spectrum.

[Ligyron]

36. If he tweets something incriminating he can always say he lost his phone for time.

I was thinking of that the other day. Plausible deny ability?

This is no way to be a President.

[left-of-center2012]

33. "I apologize to my 3rd wife for cheating with Stormy"

"And I will never cheat with Stormy again."

[NurseJackie]

34. Those words and that tone reminds me a lot of how AL FRANKEN carried himself.

[DFW]

37. Al Franken vs. Donald Trump

Passion Fruit vs. Rotten Tomatoes

[Cha]

38. Yeah.. and trump tweets what a guilty one would. nm

[syringis]

39. Hi Mineral Man

Trump has never heard about 2/3 of the words you used.

He has no idea of what they mean.

[TeamPooka]

42. Even if he were innocent he would still act like a jerk. Because he's a jerk. nt