Donald Trump just staked his presidency on 4 words

[Towlie]

Donald Trump just staked his presidency on 4 words

Washington (CNN) At a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manual Santos Thursday, President Donald Trump was asked a very simple question: Had he urged then-FBI Director James Comey to slow or stop an FBI investigation into deposed national security adviser Michael Flynn?

"No. No. Next question," Trump responded.

It was over in a flash. But in those four words, Trump staked the viability of his presidency. Why? Because he directly contradicted the reporting around a memo that Comey had written in the wake of a February 14 meeting in which Trump told him to see if he could find a way to end the Flynn investigation, The New York Times first reported and CNN confirmed.

Both of those things can't be true.

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But wait, maybe he meant "No. No. I don't want to answer that. Next question."

[FakeNoose]

1. Yes I saw that

...but it doesn't have the significance you're stating.

All it meant was he had no interest in answering any questions, especially since the guy from Colombia was there.
It was basically a "no comment" answer, and it was given rather rudely.

[Towlie]

2. Thanks for your response, even though it made no sense.

Please read it again. I didn't state that it had significance, I only posted an excerpt from an opinion written by Chris Cillizza of CNN. Only the last line is mine. It's a brief comment that's basically the same as yours, although in my case I was just kidding.

By the way, if he had "had no interest in answering any questions" then why did he say "No. No. Next question"? A person who has no interest in answering questions doesn't ask for more questions.

[Demsrule86]

4. I think it had significance.

It shows that Trump probably obstructed justice.

[gristy]

6. If that indeed was your position, suggest you shouldn't have posted the OP title that you did

Instead you might have wrote "I don't think it's true that Donald Trump just staked his presidency on 4 words".
The way you wrote it, it kind of looks like clickbait. Certainly confusing.

[WhiteTara]

12. The OP title is the title of the article

and that is what we use to start threads.

[gristy]

13. LBN only

All else you run the risk of being viewed as either sloppy or supporting the view in the OP title.

[Demsrule86]

3. That is not true...another Trump lie

They are starting to add up.

[world wide wally]

5. The follow up question should have been, "Was Comey lying?"

[thesquanderer]

7. re: "Both of those things can't be true. " It doesn't matter. Add it to the list.

Tons of things he says are false, so what? We've already seen that it doesn't change anything. And there is no law against lying, unless it is under oath.

[Orsino]

8. Eventually, the wingers will be retreating to "But he wasn't under oath." n/t

[L. Coyote]

9. Asking that question is a No No.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. "I am not a crook", 2017.

Or, if we really want to delve into the trivial and irrelevant but still memorable, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman", 2017.

[Stuart G]

11. Well said...can't top this one.........nt