He wasn’t kidding. He loved Wikileaks.
by digby
You remember this, I’m sure:
More bullshit from our president on Meet the Press this morning:
CHUCK TODD:
But going back, on WikiLeaks, knowing now that that was stolen foreign material, do you regret using it?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Well, I, I wouldn’t have. But this was well-known. I think it was in papers. And, again, I’m going back now a long ways. But —
CHUCK TODD:
It was all rumored to be Russian stolen property.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Wait a minute. But —
CHUCK TODD:
So why’d you use it?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
–but how would I even know that? I made a speech. It was in there about WikiLeaks. I’m not a —
CHUCK TODD:
Right, but I’m saying knowing now —
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
— WikiLeaks person.
CHUCK TODD:
Knowing that they are a Russian intelligence —
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Hey, Chuck.
CHUCK TODD:
— asset —
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Ok.
CHUCK TODD:
— do you regret it?
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Let me tell you– WikiLeaks, et cetera, that’s not my deal in life. You know, in other words, I don’t know about WikiLeaks. It was a strange name. But there were stories about something WikiLeaks that they had information. And I say it in a joking manner at a speech. Joking. Everybody laughing. Everybody having a — And they made it like it was serious. No, I don’t want anything bad to happen to our country. Anything bad happens to this country, I will end it and I’ll end it fast. I don’t want any of that to happen.
Also this:
Anyone who would vote for a snotty piece of work like Trump has a lot to answer for. There is just no excuse for that.
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