Donald Trump will literally do anything at this point to take the heat off his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., but this is a stretch even for him. President Trump fired off on a bizarre Twitter storm Tuesday morning, touching on topics from a Mississippi plane crash to the 2020 election to the Olympics. He has perhaps never seemed so desperate in his attempts to detract the public’s attention from the meeting allegedly held between Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner and an informant tied closely to the Kremlin during the presidential campaign.
The president tweeted:
‘SEN. CRUZ: It’s crazy to go an August recess without having Obamacare repealed. We should work everyday until it is done!’
SEN. CRUZ: It’s crazy to go an August recess without having Obamacare repealed. We should work every day until it is done! (via #Hannity) pic.twitter.com/wNQuEU5Oxy
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) July 11, 2017
This coming from a president who has been notoriously absent from the White House on weekends and can instead be found on one of his many golf courses, on the taxpayer’s dollar. Not even to mention that many Americans are against the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, especially given that Republican plans thus far have sought to eliminate protections for those with pre-existing conditions and unfairly impact vulnerable groups.
If that wasn’t enough, he then devolved to this menagerie of hand-waving ‘don’t look over here at Jr.’ garbage:
The Senate Democrats have only confirmed 48 of 197 Presidential Nominees. They can’t win so all they do is slow things down & obstruct!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2017
Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2017
Marine Plane crash in Mississippi is heartbreaking. Melania and I send our deepest condolences to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/884750055776948225
Beyond the scandal of the alleged meeting, Donald Trump Jr. is under scrutiny for claims that he was informed directly, by email, that the Russians had intentions of assisting his father in his campaign for president in 2016. As America now knows, Russians did indeed meddle in the election meaning that the implications of such an email would be huge in terms of proving collusion. What is most interesting about watching President Trump become unhinged over all of this however, is the fact that Donald Trump Jr., the one actually in the hot seat, has remained calm and collected on his social media profiles — and shockingly, has remained mostly on-topic.
Check out a few of his recent posts on the platform:
Obviously I’m the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent… went nowhere but had to listen. https://t.co/ccUjL1KDEa
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 10, 2017
No inconsistency in statements, meeting ended up being primarily about adoptions. In response to further Q’s I simply provided more details. https://t.co/FdT1D4hfhz
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 10, 2017
Happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know. https://t.co/tL47NOoteM
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 10, 2017
Everybody Is Forgetting That Clinton Allies Did The Same Thing As Don Jr. https://t.co/cpTTPcbUBI via @dailycaller
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 10, 2017
2020 cannot come soon enough to get these buffoons out of the White House.
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