Trump: 'We're not as bad as Julius and Ethel Rosenberg'

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Zeke Miller‏ @ZekeJMiller

.@POTUS to pool: "When they say "treason" -- you know what treason is? That's Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for giving the atomic bomb, okay?"


David Frum‏ @davidfrum 12m12 minutes ago
“The Rosenbergs gave away the atomic bomb, I only gave away Israel’s penetration of ISIS!”

ErinA‏ @AErinalex
Pretty sad the US President doesn't know the difference between treason and espionage.

[blogslut]

1. IIRC the Rosenbergs were convicted of Espionage, not Treason

[DefenseLawyer]

2. Fair enough Don. The Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage, not treason.

I'm fine with seeing you convicted of espionage.

[gratuitous]

3. Ethel Rosenberg was executed on less evidence than there is now against Junior

I would really advise President Trump to shut up, but knowing that he'll disregard all advice, I feel I've done my duty.

[Ezior]

4. Rosenbergs: Why does everyone else want war with Russia?

Rosenbergs: Sure, we gave away the atomic bomb, but what about Albert Einstein?!? It's his fault!
Rosenbergs: Giving away the atomic bomb is not a crime.
Rosenbergs: Show me the evidence? Fake News!
Rosenbergs: Everybody would give away the atomic bomb.
Ethel Rosenberg: Julius is a high-quality person.
Stalin: The Rosenbergs are great Americans, they didn't give away the atomic bomb, this is BS!

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5. good kids

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[marylandblue]

6. Does he know they gave secrets to Russia?

[MiddleClass]

7. Didn't they give the Soviet Union American secrets

Isn't that exactly what the idiot did to the same country.

Yes, one secret is a lot heavier than the other one, but they were both American secrets.

If the man had an ounce self-awareness, he might have picked another example

[Yavin4]

8. The illogic of his statement just astounds me.

Forget about the accuracy for a second. The logic that he's using is that if someone committed a crime worse than his, then his crime is not so bad. So, if I kill 3 people, then my crime is not so bad. Look at Hitler.

[eleny]

9. Omg, I thought this was The Onion

I should know better by now.

[hatrack]

10. Wait a minute, he actually said this?

He actually fucking SAID this, in public?

Please tell me this is parody or a fake news site.

[Raine1967]

11. They were convicted of espionage AND (trump should know this) His mentor/friend Roy Cohn

played a part in the prosecution. He was McCarthy's chief counsel:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/20/roy-cohn-donald-trump-joseph-mccarthy-rosenberg-trial

But it wasn’t always that way for Cohn. There was a time when he was thought bright and powerful. As Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel, he was a kind of stage director of the major events of the red scare: the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and the McCarthy hearings. Another man would have let himself be an invisible functionary in those proceedings, but not Cohn. He made himself visible. He wanted to be front and center, even when the press turned on McCarthy’s tirade. He befriended gossip columnists and used the tabloids. Shamelessness was, in fact, Cohn’s defining trait. And it was a shamelessness that Trump picked up and ran with.

[Hekate]

12. This

[Stuart G]

13. Why can't he just ...shut up...no tweets for a month..

All these comments do is make him look stupid, doesn't he know this?
Won't someone tell him?

I guess he is.....stupid.....to keep doing this...

[Dave Starsky]

14. He even knows who the Rosenbergs are?

Because I find that impossible to believe.

[Solly Mack]

15. A little learning is a dangerous thing. Stupid fuck.

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[WinkyDink]

17. Trump tried to make a foreign agent his NSA!

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18. Mass murderer: "Hey, at least I didn't EAT them!"