Did Mueller set Trump up?

[Drunken Irishman]

What if Trump's answers he submitted to Mueller last week relied on statements made by Manafort - and now it comes out those statements were lies and Trump just lied himself?



Curious this happens shortly after Trump sent his answers...

[NightWatcher]

1. Did y'all hear trump's asshole slam shut just then?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

23. yes... and, to answer the OP question: No one needs to "set" Teflon Don tRump up...

He keeps setting himself up for a bust with every word he tweets.

[Glamrock]

27. Your verbage brought back a childhood memory.

Joke my dad used yo tell when I was 7 or 8.

Q: Ya know why shit's tapered?
A: If it wasn't, your asshole would slam shut!

That was the funniest thing in the world back then....along with The Carol Burnett show anyway.

Thanks for the reminder!

[Grasswire2]

2. looks like it

Fed him misleading information and Manafort passed it to Trump somehow....

Someone says Shine was involved?

[Cary]

3. Fed to him through Whitaker?

Is Mueller that cunning?

I guess he is!

[Kitchari]

9. a ray of sunshine

Through the gloom

[watoos]

19. Manafort's lawyers meet with him in privacy.

[onenote]

31. Trump's lawyers and Manafort's lawyers reportedly have a joint defense agreement

that allows them to share information. No need to involve Whitaker or do anything secretly if that's the case. Personally, however, I think the speculation that Mueller "set up" Trump is overblown.

[RHMerriman]

4. "Set up"? Naah ...

More like this:

[link:|]

If the fish bites on a lure, it's not because the fish was "set up" ... it's because the fish is stupid and thinks something shiny is going to taste good.

[RKP5637]

5. tRump, thinks he's the smartest guy in the universe, the stable genius. He isn't, he's

a damn fucken bullying fool.

[Stuart G]

10. The smartest person I ever met, never bragged that he was smart. His name is Bob.

A doctor, immunologist, knew him from high school. Valedictorian from High School..Some eastern Ivy League college.. Heard from someone else that he was well known in his field. He once confided that he had been throughout the world lecturing only after I told him I had traveled to Japan. Modest, kind, helpful. respectful, a class act...
...The exact opposite of Trump who is a stupid, self centered, and a mean bully. Always extolling himself and his terrific deeds. Cannot keep his mouth shut. How sad that Bob is not the president and Trump is. Hell, I would do a better job than Trump. (and most of us here would too)..

[babylonsister]

13. I absolutely would vote for Bob.

[RKP5637]

17. We have so many smart and extremely capable individuals in the US, and we are saddled with this loud

mouthed stupid bully. There is clearly something wrong with our electoral process when an ass like Trump can become president.

[diva77]

25. with the loss of the Fairness Doctrine, thx to Reagan, dump is the manifestation of decades of

consolidated bully talk radio/fux network that has snuffed out reasonable, fact-based discourse. Add dark money, and election fraud and voila! meet imposter-president dump and his rethug accomplices around the US

[RKP5637]

30. Yes, it is, it's really a plan/implementation to bring down and destroy the US democracy. n/t

[triron]

26. I'm afraid it's more than just the electoral system.

[RKP5637]

29. Sadly, quite true! n/t

[leanforward]

6. I really like the thinking of this thread

Better than John LeCarre (sp).

[Amaryllis]

7. Mueller didnt have to set him up. He sets himself up.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Shhhh, it's a secret...

[Stuart G]

11. I do not believe that it is a secret that Trump sets himself up. But Trump fails to do what most

truly smart people do...and it is pretty easy if one practices and tries to do it...It is a one word project that most really smart people do...just one word...Obama did it..(1 word)...listen....

[Wounded Bear]

12. I like to precede that with a 3 word lead in that Trump also doesn't do...

that would be:

"shut up, and..."

[Stuart G]

14. You have hit the jackpot and all the gold..."shut up, and listen." That is the answer 4 Trump

......

[FarPoint]

15. Not sure....

When did tRump get the questions? Manafort didn't start talking with Mueller until I believe September 2018 once found guilty in first trial...
So, I think the timing of tRump receiving the questions would give insight to possible or not possible bait questions...

[Shaddox]

16. "Set up"? You've seen Trump in action for the past few years, right? The man is a guileless toddler.

[HipChick]

18. Dastardly deed...

Nah...would not take much for Trump to setup himself up...does not even require Chess..

[Mr. Ected]

20. "My lawyers don't write answers. I write answers", said Trump

"I was asked a series of questions. I've answered them very easily".

Game. Set. Match.

[gratuitous]

21. Those statements would haunt him

If Trump had a conscience. Instead, when he needs to dodge responsibility later, he'll just lie again and blame someone else for his damning answers.

[Volaris]

22. Yep I think he just walked himself into his own cell.

[triron]

24. Could be the other way around also. Manafort kept to his lies for Trump's benefit.

[Kablooie]

28. Whittaker probably informed Trump and his lawyers what Manafort said.

So they would coordinate Trump's responses with what they thought Mueller knew.
Mueller knew they would do this so he wouldn't tell Whittaker that Manafort lied.

That's why he wanted a delay for Manaforts sentencing.
He wanted Trumps signed statements first.

[onenote]

32. See post #31

No need for Whitaker to share information.