by digby
If Gordon Sondland’s testimony was this year’s stupid Watergate’s John Dean moment, then Trump’s appearance outside the White House was the “Pray with me, Henry” meltdown.
Trump yelled his notes to reporters: “I say to the Ambassador in response: ‘I want nothing, I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zelensky, President Zelensky, to do the right thing.'”
And regarding Sondland, of course Trump doesn’t know him. “I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. Seems like a nice guy though. But I don’t know him well. He was with other candidates.”
Trump with Melania and Sondland, Sondland and Trump chatting before boarding Air Force One, Sondland speaking aboard Air Force One while traveling with Trump, Sondland and Trump walking toward Air Force One: https://t.co/H2GT8ga6Bc pic.twitter.com/ZmqxBecUMe— Melanie Schmitz (@MelsLien) November 20, 2019
“I want nothing” would be an easier sell without “I need a favor, though.” pic.twitter.com/pZUXS3FUI4— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) November 20, 2019
Langum observed that it was only a matter of time before Trump calls Sondland, the million-dollar donor, a “Never-Trumper.”
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