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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy did Trump reply honestly to the reporter's question
about whether he told Putin to back off meddling with US elections?
He said that the subject didn't come up. He could have lied....lying is second nature to him, like breathing. He told the truth and all the flags went down on the field for me.
Does anybody have any ideas as to why he did that?
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)lying... not that it's stopped him before.
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
rzemanfl
(29,576 posts)Putin wants chaos, so why not back the Democrat this cycle? Perhaps they will flip some votes in a way that will stick out enough so they will be discovered. Meddling in Drumpf's favor has a low probability of succeeding, so why not put a pall over the next administration? Please tell me I am wrong.
spanone
(135,911 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,755 posts)spanone
(135,911 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Brawndo
(535 posts)Why keep up the pretense of lying when, in his mind, there are now really no consequences.
Raven
(13,906 posts)Brawndo
(535 posts)Yonnie3
(17,500 posts)Nah, I don't believe that 'rump has that much mental ability.
Perhaps Putin completely controlled the agenda and then warned him that he'd better not piss him off. Got to please his boss.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)Russians meddled
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)malaise
(269,237 posts)The Kremlin was listening for a James final Jeopardy wager Alex.
onecaliberal
(32,940 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Pompoy
(123 posts)That's a lie too far because Putin might not approve.