Trump says Mitch McConnell 'knows less about Russia' than Trump

[left-of-center2012]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over criticism the Kentucky Republican has drawn for blocking election security legislation and for the fourth day in a row attacked one of the chairman conducting White House oversight, Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings.

“Mitch McConnell is a man that knows less about Russia — and Russian influence — than even Donald Trump,” the president said. “And I know nothing.”

Those comments came in response to a question about Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank calling McConnell a “Russian agent” in a Friday column. The president dubbed that contention “a disgrace.” (MSNBC host and former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough has repeatedly referred to the GOP leader as “Moscow Mitch.”)

And though Trump said McConnell has zero knowledge about Russia, the senator on Monday read from a 1994 Wall Street Journal report about his plan “to attach stiff political conditions” to a Russia aid bill favored by the Clinton White House that targeted Moscow’s “meddling in its neighbors’ affairs.’”

https://www.rollcall.com/news/whitehouse/trump-says-mitch-mcconnell-knows-less-russia-trump

[Pachamama]

1. Its weird when he speaks about himself in the 3rd Person

WTF is that all about?

[sakabatou]

3. I have no idea

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. It's an odd thing. Perhaps he is dissociated from himself.

Perhaps he views "Trump" as another entity, as if he is viewing it/him from an external perspective. So strange. Not healthy.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Well he was dead on accurate...

with that "I know nothing" line.

[dalton99a]

4. Very very different from "I know more about XYZ than anybody"

[KentuckyWoman]

5. Individual #1 says Redacted knows nothing.

I put forth for your consideration.

Individual #1 is the bigliest know nothing that has ever been or ever will be. And Redacted knows even less.

[MoonRiver]

6. Well, they're both incredibly stupid, so there's that.

But they're also both incredibly greedy and corrupt. Of course the two are traitors to Russia.

[volstork]

7. "And I know nothing."

These may be the only words of truth this dude ever uttered...

[gordianot]

8. Finally some truth "Know Nothing" even had a nativist political party.

Nativist, racist, xenophobic thugs. Trump is a man out of time.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. In other words, TrumPutin confirmed Moscow Mitch is Putin's bitch