Trump's Friends at the 'National Enquirer' Float a New Theory: Hillary Framed Don Jr.

[DonViejo]

July 21, 2017
9:46 am



As Donald Trump continues to deny that his campaign colluded with Russia and tries to discredit any investigation into the issue, he hasn’t been shy about trying to turn attention to Hillary Clinton]. It’s no surprise, given how well demonizing her worked out for him last year.

But so far, the Clinton bashing hasn’t taken any heat off of the White House. And that might explain why Trump’s friends in the right-wing media-sphere are stepping up their attacks.

As CNN reports, Fox News has this week devoted an outsize amount of time and attention to Clinton. And now, the National Enquirer is out with a completely new line of attack that moves beyond emails and simply blames Clinton for setting up the Trumps.

The latest issue of the supermarket tabloid, which is run by Trump booster David Pecker, claims to tell the “truth about the Russia scandal.” The story that tells that truth is not online — Pecker may be unscrupulous, but he’s not dumb — but a short description on the site lays it out in broad strokes. Clinton’s team set a “honey trap” for Donald Trump Jr. by having operatives offer fake dirt on her in hopes of catching him working with the Russians.

What’s unclear from the short description is why Clinton waited until eight months after she lost the election to reveal Don Jr.’s misdeeds. But maybe that’s in the rest of the piece, which you’ll have to read the next time you’re standing in line at the grocery store. That is, if you can resist reading about the rift between Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa instead.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/the-national-enquirers-new-theory-hillary-framed-don-jr.html

[Vinca]

1. I don't know. By Trump supporter standards this is pretty tame. Remember, they're

the ones who actually show up at pizza parlors with weapons.

[NewJeffCT]

2. yes, and she personally twisted his arm

and forced him to go to this meeting

[Chasstev365]

3. Well Good For Her! It's just politics, right Donald?

[leftstreet]

4. With her awesome powerz, why didn't she do this pre-election?

This article seems pretty boring for supermarket tabloid standards

[GallopingGhost]

5. Great picture of Donald.

He looks like a Gorn.

[Solly Mack]

6. They were already probably thinking it. The Arkansas project served its purpose -

to forever make it easy for right-wing voters to believe any lie about the Clinton family.

They'll believe anything.

Absolutely anything.

The more outlandish the better. The more absurd the better.

They believe Trump, for example.

[Catmusicfan]

7. This is beyond insane

[underpants]

8. I'm still turning them around

[TeapotInATempest]

9. Of course she did.

Everything in the world that isn't Obama's fault is Hillary's fault.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I have my own theory: The Russian hackers planted those thousands of emails

on Anthony Weiner's computer...

[COLGATE4]

11. You just can't make this shit up -

The 'Enquirer's boss is named David Pecker. How very appropriate.

[oswaldactedalone]

15. Pecker

Is acting like a big dick about this.

[gratuitous]

12. The party of personal responsibility

Quick! Find someone to blame for my screw up. These people are beyond pathetic.

[Thrill]

13. They find a way to blame the Clintons for everything. For almost 30 yrs now

[dembotoz]

14. do you think a call for civil unrest from his supporters is in the cards?

are they building for a coup?

[tanyev]

16. Ooh, our computers went down at work last week. I bet it was Hillary.