Trump's Ludicrous Walk-Back

Scrambling at damage control after his #treasonsummit (and after a meeting today with his national security/ intelligence leadership), Putin puppet Donald "Rump" Trump attempted a magic trick -- denying that what he said was what he meant to say at yesterday's joint press conference with his handler. Reading from a prepared statement as though he was reading a hostage message, he said:

“In a key sentence in my remarks I said the word would instead of wouldn’t. The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t or why it wouldn’t be Russia.’ … Sort of a double negative. So you can put that in, and I think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself.”

So this world- class dolt, who thinks everybody is as stupid as he is, thinks this "clarifies things pretty good," 30 hours after he made his original remarks. Considering his long pattern of dismissing the intelligence community's unanimous findings, and the many statements and omissions during his part of the 40- plus minute press conference with his handler when he was invited to criticize Russia's meddling in the 2016 election but denied or deflected, you can trust this de minimis "clarification" as much as you can a degree from Trump University. (Recall also his lame walk- back of his criticism of British PM Theresa May while she was hosting him in Britain -- he's not getting any better at these "clarifications.")

Here are a few reactions:

A man who unironically calls himself a "very stable genius" claims it took him 30 hours to realize he said "would" instead of "wouldn't"

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 17, 2018

I’m not laughing.  😥😥😥😥😥. Oh, hell.  YES I AM. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/My2mleSAAM

— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) July 17, 2018

Clean up, aisle Trump.

He didn't misspeak. He said exactly what he intended to, and he doubled and tripled down until he got back here and was forced to change his tune. He can't be trusted on his own. We deserve to know what he said to Putin when they were alone for 2+ hours https://t.co/vz2mch4Nzs

— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) July 17, 2018

It’s all good now, right? pic.twitter.com/AXRBcoG2fo

— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 17, 2018

More here.

Give him days hours minutes before his tiny fingers are on Twitter refuting all his "clarifications."

Late Night Takes Aim At #Treasonsummit

All of the late night television hosts were unsparing in their views of malevolent dolt Donald "Rump" Trump's treasonous news conference with his handler yesterday in Helsinki. Late Night's Seth Meyers took "A Closer Look" at Rump's gaffe- prone visit to Great Britain prior to the #treasonsummit:



Other scathing takes from The Late Show's Steven Colbert here and here, Live's Jimmy Kimmel here, and The Daily Show's Trevor Noah here.