This is Trump threatening Mr. Comey with obviously contradictory documentary evidence if\when Mr. Comey “leaks” to the press any information that’s obviously going to be nothing but a bunch of “fake news”\total fabrications to the “Enemy of the people” lying bunch of liberal media fake news purveyors. I think I have that right. It’s hard to decipher Trump’s mindless blathering.
This tweet actually provides a fascinating look inside Trump’s thinking. He’s made several statements to the effect that Mr. Comey told him on three separate occasions that the FBI was not investigating Mr. Trump. I’ll let it slide that practically everyone who knows Mr. Comey and\or is familiar with how the FBI generally works has said it’s highly unlikely\practically impossible that Mr. Comey would make any comment to anyone outside the FBI on an ongoing investigation. I’ll take Trump at his word (don’t get used to that) that Mr. Comey did in fact say that.
The insight from this tweet is that Trump thinks everyone thinks and behaves just like he does. That is to say he thinks everyone lies most of the time. And in all fairness, maybe everyone he knows does. He values loyalty above everything, even above honesty. Trump seems to put zero value in honesty at all. He’s made zero effort to be honest or even consistent with his frequent fabrications.
I don’t understand Trump. I’m happy to say I’ve never met anyone who is as uninterested in objective truth as he appears to be. But what’s even harder to understand is just how much bull shit his supporters appear to be willing to lap up.
Why? I’d really like to know why. I understand if someone voted for Trump because he spoke to their needs. But how can anyone look at his actions as president and not see him for the liar he is? I really don’t know how anyone could. Please explain.
I’m waiting.
MORE INFO: So now it becomes clearer on why Trump tweeted this. It seems that various news outlets had stories with info from the “very good dinner” in January that (according to Trump) Mr. Comey requested. These sources (more than one) said that their records show that Trump requested the dinner and that Mr. Comey was reluctant to accept the invitation. He did as he felt he couldn’t really refuse. Mr. Comey said after the dinner that Trump had flat out asked for his loyalty. He didn’t ask him to do a good job, to be honest, or to be fair, He just wanted his loyalty. Mr. Comey said he couldn’t promise to be loyal but he could promise to be honest. Trump wasn’t too happy about this. And no, at no time did he tell Trump he wasn’t under investigation. Please note, the sources for this information do NOT include Mr. Comey. Unlike Trump, he is reluctant to say anything about the dinner to the press.
Trump see the stories and immediately thinks that Mr. Comey is trying to point out Trump’s pathetic lies. So he threatens him. The incredible irony here is that if there are “tapes” of the dinner, they would simply show Trump to be the liar that he is. He will never release the “tapes” but will continue to refer to them as proof, just as he has with the non-existent “proof” that President Obama tapped his phones.
Think how funny this would be if the liar in question wasn’t the POTUS.
Again, I welcome any insight as to how anyone can watch this circus and continue to think Trump is anything but a pathetic, needy, liar.
Please enlighten me.
EVEN MORE INFORMATION!; Sources provide more detail about the dinner and to Mr. Comey’s reaction to Trumps threat. They say Trump specifically asked for “an oath of loyalty” from Mr. Comey. They also say that Mr. Comey has specifically said he’s not at all worried about the existence of any “tapes” of the dinner or the conversation. They say he said he’s completely comfortable with anything the “tapes” might contain.
And this goes right along with why Trump thought the existence of such “tapes” would frighten Mr. Comey. In Trump’s mind, the existence of any documentary information of any of his conversations is terrifying as he never tells the same story twice. He’s been quoted as saying this is because he’s “too busy to be accurate.” These are his very words.
I’m still waiting for a Trump supporter to enlighten me how any of his actions make any sense at all. I’m willing to listen.
