Trump Changes Tune On Russian Lawyer Meeting: 'Maybe It Was Mentioned'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published JULY 13, 2017 4:53 PM

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he may have previously heard about his son and top campaign staff meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016, a stunning contradiction of his earlier statements on the matter.

Emails released Tuesday by Donald Trump Jr., ahead of a New York Times story on the same messages, show the President’s son responding enthusiastically to the promise of dirt on Hillary Clinton provided as part of a Russian government effort to aide his father’s campaign.

On Wednesday afternoon, Trump told Reuters that “No. That I didn’t know. Until a couple of days ago, when I heard about this. No I didn’t know about that,” referring to the meeting between Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.

Trump changed his tune later in the day, when he told reporters on Air Force One: “In fact maybe it was mentioned at some point,” referring to the meeting. (Reporters on the plane initially thought the conversation was off-the-record, but the President said otherwise on Thursday.) Asked whether he had been told the meeting was about Hillary Clinton and dirt against her, Trump said no, according to a White House pool report. On Thursday, Trump called the meeting “very standard.”

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[dalton99a]

1. He lies so much he can't keep anything strait

[mpcamb]

12. He's a serial liar.

He needs to be taken to court.
I wish someone would do it instead of the pointless editorials.

[Blue_Adept]

2. Senility is a terrible thing.

Someone should help that poor man.

[global1]

4. This Is Not A Senility Issue - Trump Is A Pathological Liar.....

how can we believe anything he says.

[Doodley]

3. Trump said meeting Russians to provide dirt on American presidential candidates was "very standard."

[Lebam in LA]

5. No one in their right mind believes

that trump did not know that his son, son-in-law and campaign manager were meeting with a Russian lawyer, in trump tower one floor below where trump was sitting. The narcissist has to be informed of everything. He probably is given his employees bathroom schedule (well maybe not that)

[Moostache]

6. What the holy-fuck is wrong with him????

More to the point, WTF is wrong with the GOP and his staffers???
Jesus Christ Crucified already....seriously? SERIOUSLY!?!?!?

How the hell can ANYONE work for, with or around these people? I could not work with anyone that is THAT fast and loose with the truth for more than a day without having to resign, quit or blow my brains out!

The fundamental currency of ALL human interactions is the truth...we have to have and retain a fundamental assumption that when someone we are working with asks us to do something or discusses something with us to work towards a solution to a problem that what they say means what they say and that it won't mean something else in a few months, days or hours!!! When you and I cannot even agree on the meaning or truth of what you say to me, then EVERYTHING else is a charade...

"I never heard of it until yesterday" is fundamentally different than "In fact maybe it was mentioned at some point..."

Its like there is Standard English (British), Standard English (American) and Non-standard English (Trump)....where words that actually have meanings in the first two are merely suggestions in the third...he is a real-life Mad Hatter!

[bettyellen]

7. Wow. He knows they have evidence he knew.

[rockfordfile]

9. yeah he knows. I wouldn't be surprised if he was at the meeting.

[Gothmog]

8. Jarrod is on record as stating that he told trump about the meeting

[bettyellen]

13. I bet you're right. His lawyer knows better than to lie.

[Gothmog]

14. You only hire Abbe Lowell if you are guilty

[central scrutinizer]

10. He's gonna pull a hamstring

Back pedaling like that so often. No wonder he needs a golf cart to get around.

[Solly Mack]

11. If ever went a second without lying, he would die.

His body would go into shock and that would be it.