Donald Trump was back to his old campaign tricks by calling into Fox & Friends for a phone interview and the idea of this man leading the country became even more alarming. Somehow, to Trump, the 2016 elections never ended and everything he does is great because…Hillary Clinton.
He’s still sore about losing the popular vote, of course, and justified his loss by insisting that ‘I would rather have the electoral college than the popular vote because it is, to me, much easier.’ Of course, it’s the Democrats who are the real losers, since Trump’s win was ‘an absolute beating in the electoral college.’
He returned to his same ridiculous accusations from the 2016 elections, as well. CNN gave Hillary the debate questions. The Democrats refused to give up their server to the FBI. How all of this relates to the job Trump is doing now is anyone’s guess. It’s 2018. The presidential elections are long since over.
Me turning on the Trump interview on Fox & Friends pic.twitter.com/XwuDM35RoC
— Middle Class Anon (@MidClassRepub) April 26, 2018
The real insanity, though, began with his answers to questions about his personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Trump distanced himself from Cohen immediately, saying that Cohen is more a businessman than a lawyer and only represented him on a small percentage of his total legal woes and that all of the investigations are related to Cohen’s businesses, which have nothing to do with Trump.
‘I have many attorneys…sadly, I have so many attorneys you wouldn’t believe it…[Cohen worked on] a tiny, tiny little fraction, but Michael would represent me, and represent me, on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represents me and from what I see, you know, he’s done absolutely nothing wrong. There were no campaign funds going into this.’
Michael Avenatti responds to Trump saying Michael Cohen represented him in the Stormy Daniels deal on @Morning_Joe: "Another gift from the heavens in this case… It's a hugely damaging admission by the president."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2018
With that statement, Trump may have dug himself into a hole. He has stated repeatedly that he knew nothing about the Stormy Daniels (aka Stephanie Clifford) case and that Cohen alone handled that. If he has no knowledge of the original NDA and no idea how she was paid or where the funds came from, how exactly does he know that no campaign funds were used and why was Cohen representing him on “this crazy Stormy Daniels thing?”
Stormy Daniels attorney @MichaelAvenatti calls Trump's comment about his case "a hugely damaging admission." pic.twitter.com/erc0V8HN0B
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2018
Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, seemed delighted by the interview, saying it was a “hugely damaging admission by the president.” He tweeted during the interview, thanking Fox & Friends for drawing yet another contradictory and possibly crushing statement by the president against himself and his personal lawyer.
Thank you @foxandfriends for having Mr. Trump on this morning to discuss Michael Cohen and our case. Very informative.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
Eventually, Fox & Friends cut the president off during another long rant, saying he was “probably busy” and that they should stop talking now. The damage, however, had already been done.
Featured image via Twitter by @MattGertz
