Podesta Hits Back At 'Whack Job' Trump Over Server Tweet: 'Get A Grip Man'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo





By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JULY 7, 2017 11:36 AM

After President Donald Trump claimed Friday morning that John Podesta “refused” to give federal investigators a hacked email server and that “everyone” at the G20 summit was talking about it, the former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman hit back with his own tweetstorm.

Podesta, whose personal emails were hacked during the 2016 election, called Trump a “whack job” and noted that he never ran the Democratic National Committee, which was the victim of a separate cyberattack.

“Get a grip man, the Russians committed a crime when they stole my emails to help get you elected President,” he wrote:

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[Bayard]

1. Why in the world

Would anybody there care about Hillary's emails at this point? They ARE probably talking about Rump and Putin, and he can't stand it.

[pangaia]

2. THE WEEK WINNER !!!!!!!!!

[Gothmog]

3. Trump is trying to divert attention

[flibbitygiblets]

4. Yup, another crazy diversion so maybe we won't notice that Putin's about to spank tRump hard

That's why he doesn't want anyone else in the room, so no one will see him bend over and say "thank you sir, may I have another".

[aquamarina]

5. "God only knows what you'll be raving about on twitter by the time we get to Utah."

[CherokeeDem]

6. Best line, ever!!!!

[aquamarina]

7. Seriously, I can't stop laughing.

[montana_hazeleyes]

11. Absolutely Best! LOL

[riversedge]

9. I am going to start using the term 'raving' It is so fit for Trump

[dalton99a]

8. Awesome

[riversedge]

10. W.H. officials have no idea why Trump tweeted about John Podesta. "Trump himself brought it up" ran

Resist4Humanity and 2 others Retweeted
Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 18m18 minutes ago

W.H. officials have no idea why Trump tweeted about John Podesta.

"Trump himself brought it up" randomly in person.

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Trump Aides on Podesta Tweet: ‘No Idea What He Is Talking About’


President Trump’s tweets sometimes leave even his closest aides scratching their heads - today was one of those times.

07.07.17 1:01 PM ET

The world’s most powerful leaders gathered in Germany this week to hammer out tough geopolitical issues—and, according to a tweet from President Donald Trump, to dump on Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman.

“Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA, Disgraceful!” Trump tweeted from his personal account early Friday morning, half an hour before he was scheduled to depart his hotel for the G20 summit in Hamburg.
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It was an peculiar aside deviating sharply from some of Trump’s other tweets during his swing through Germany and Poland, which have largely focused on the serious business at hand—with a few shots at “Fake News” and “the haters” who annoy the president. It also appeared to get basic facts wrong about last year’s alleged Russian election-meddling: Podesta worked for the Clinton presidential campaign at the time, not the Democratic National Committee, and hence had no say in the treatment of the latter’s hacked email servers. The DNC has also repeatedly disputed the narrative endorsed by Trump, as the committee claims law-enforcement agencies did not reach out until August, when the hacking had already been made public and the security gap closed.

The tweet baffled White House aides on the trip. "I have no idea what he's talking about,” one messaged The Daily Beast. Officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not cleared to discuss the bizarre tweet.

According to those present, the only world leader at the summit who was actively bringing up Podesta and “the DNC server” was the U.S. president.

“Trump himself brought it up” randomly in person while talking to staff, a senior official on the trip told The Daily Beast. Puzzled advisers nodded politely or ignored him as the president went down the rabbit hole of a controversy—his campaign’s potential involvement in or knowledge of Russian government hacking of email accounts owned by Podesta and the DNC—that has dogged the new administration since day one.............................