nat4900
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I know that we've grown immune to Trump's constant series of lies and moronic, unsubstantiated statements (one of his latest one was that his SOTU was the most watched in history......which is downright false.)
But, more to the point, Trump now states that the whole controversy about Carter Page being "railroaded" by the FBI somehow "VINDICATES" him???
We could argue about the validity of the FISA warrant on various other threads, BUT, would not the above imply that Page was DIRECTLY connected to Trump's campaign?
Here are some direct statements previously made by the WH and Trump.
When Trump was asked by The Washington Post last March who was advising him, Trump listed “Carter Page, PhD” as a member of the campaign’s foreign policy team. This was a strange choice, given that Page had no foreign policy experience beyond working in and on behalf of the Russian energy sector. The Trump campaign subsequently cut ties with Page after he claimed that Vladimir Putin was a better leader than Barack Obama (an assertion Trump himself would later make) and said, “Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption, and regime change.” The campaign’s communications director, Jason Miller, said that Page had “never been a part of our campaign. Period.”
And when Trump was asked about Page, he said, “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to him. I don’t think I’ve ever met him. And he actually said he was a very low-level member of I think a committee for a short period of time. I don’t think I ever met him. Now, it’s possible that I walked into a room and he was sitting there, but I don’t think I ever met him.”
So does Donald Trump know Carter Page or not?
With the above factors in mind, HOW can Trump feel "vindicated" about an issue that......by the WH and Trump's own assertions,.....concerns a guy who had almost nothing to do with the campaign???
But, more to the point, Trump now states that the whole controversy about Carter Page being "railroaded" by the FBI somehow "VINDICATES" him???
We could argue about the validity of the FISA warrant on various other threads, BUT, would not the above imply that Page was DIRECTLY connected to Trump's campaign?
Here are some direct statements previously made by the WH and Trump.
When Trump was asked by The Washington Post last March who was advising him, Trump listed “Carter Page, PhD” as a member of the campaign’s foreign policy team. This was a strange choice, given that Page had no foreign policy experience beyond working in and on behalf of the Russian energy sector. The Trump campaign subsequently cut ties with Page after he claimed that Vladimir Putin was a better leader than Barack Obama (an assertion Trump himself would later make) and said, “Washington and other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption, and regime change.” The campaign’s communications director, Jason Miller, said that Page had “never been a part of our campaign. Period.”
And when Trump was asked about Page, he said, “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to him. I don’t think I’ve ever met him. And he actually said he was a very low-level member of I think a committee for a short period of time. I don’t think I ever met him. Now, it’s possible that I walked into a room and he was sitting there, but I don’t think I ever met him.”
So does Donald Trump know Carter Page or not?
With the above factors in mind, HOW can Trump feel "vindicated" about an issue that......by the WH and Trump's own assertions,.....concerns a guy who had almost nothing to do with the campaign???
