Trump dismisses need for impeachment team: 'I'm the team'

[babylonsister]

Trump dismisses need for impeachment team: 'I'm the team'
By Brett Samuels - 10/25/19 12:59 PM EDT


President Trump on Friday dismissed the need for a bolstered team to defend him against House Democrats' impeachment inquiry.

"Here’s the thing. I don’t have teams. Everyone’s talking about teams. I’m the team. I did nothing wrong," Trump told reporters outside the White House before leaving for an event in South Carolina.

The comment came as part of a lengthy rant against the impeachment inquiry, which Trump derided as a "phony deal" focused on a "perfect" call he had with the Ukrainian president. He went on to say that if anything came of this inquiry, he thinks it could plunge the country into economic downturn.

"I will say this: If anything ever happened with this phony witch hunt that the Democrats are doing ... I really believe you’d have a recession, depression the likes of which this country hasn’t seen," Trump said, questioning how Democrats could impeach "one of the most successful presidents."

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/467473-trump-dismisses-need-for-impeachment-team-im-the-team

[zaj]

1. He's crazy

[TruckFump]

2. He who represents himself...

...has a fool for a client.

[elleng]

4. NO DOUBT!

[elleng]

3. Good, that 'team' will LOSE!!!!

[world wide wally]

5. Is he saying he doesn't need Barr?

As if...

[RKP5637]

6. Sounds good to me. tRump can be his own team, just him. I hope he has to testify in public. Hmmm, I

guess they can do that if he is the only one!

[Brother Buzz]

7. I'm getting pretty good at translating Tumpenise

No reputable lawyer will defend him. Hell, even the shady ones are keeping clear of this.

[empedocles]

8. Dem great advantage has been, and continues to be, as trump the 'genius decider'

[global1]

9. He Knows That A Recession Is Coming Because Of His Tax Cut For The Rich.....

and his crazy tariffs. He's just setting that up so that he can blame the Dems and make himself look good.

He's going down and he knows it. His only hope is that he can keep the Repug Senate in his court so he's not thrown out of office.

He's really in a bind. He needs to remain president and needs to win in 2020. The pressure is on. That's why the DOJ is taking on this Russian investigation. He'll try anything he can to sway public opinion - even this bogus investigation that Barr is moving on.

My guess Trump doesn't have an impeachment team because no one wants to take on a losing proposition.

I just hope that the votes are so overwhelmingly against him in 2020 that he can't surmount them by employing voter suppression; stealing votes and cheating.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Oh, please proceed, Donnie

Everybody says you have the best team! The perfect team! You don't need anyone else, really.

[TheRealNorth]

11. I can see the headlines now

TRUMP SAYS THAT NO "I" IN TEAM IS FAKE NEWS.

Mainstream media pundits says that there are two legitimate sides to story.

[sakabatou]

12. "I am my own lawyer."

[raccoon]

13. No, you're the Dotard. nt

[Zambero]

14. The team that self-impeaches

He's made the process far too easy.

[ellie]

15. This will be amazing!

[crickets]

16. He just threatened the entire country with economic reprisal. Wow.

The coming economic storm will happen anyway, is his fault, and he knows it:

Federal Budget Deficit Swelled to Nearly $1 Trillion in 2019 - The New York Times

The deficit is expected to top $1 trillion in 2020 as a slowing global economy and festering trade tensions weigh on economic growth in the United States. Mr. Trump, who promised to eliminate deficits by cutting spending and growing the economy, has allowed them to swell under his watch by enacting sweeping tax cuts and boosting government spending.

Corporate tax revenues for the government’s 2018 and 2019 fiscal years have come in well below what the Congressional Budget Office forecast they would be before the 2017 tax cuts passed.[snip]

The deficit, which is the gap between what the government takes in through taxes and other sources of revenue and what it spends, now sits at 4.6 percent of gross domestic product.

[Aristus]

17. The defendant who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.

[Kid Berwyn]

18. Team like when toilet paper gets stuck to shoe.

Either no one told him — or he wouldn’t listen.



Leader of what once was the free world.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Not toilet paper, a price tag. Thanks Bill Maher.

[Glimmer of Hope]

20. Good luck with that and your golf game.

[WyattKansas]

21. Go gettim' tiger!

You are the smartest by far to beat this thing.