'Very legal & very cool': Trump confesses to 'lightly' engaging in talks with Russia during campaign

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



TRAVIS GETTYS
30 NOV 2018 AT 05:15 ET

“Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly),” Trump tweeted Friday morning, from Argentina.

The president claimed those Moscow dealings, which Cohen told the court continued up until a month before he won the Republican nomination, because he did not expect to win the election.

“Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business – very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign trail,” he added. “Lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn’t do the project. Witch Hunt!”

Trump’s partner in the Moscow venture, Felix Sater, confirmed to Buzzfeed News that Trump’s company planned to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow, if it had been built.

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[watoos]

1. Well, I do believe he put up zero money.

No banks, other than money laundering bank Deutshe Bank, will give him a loan, and he doesn't have any of his own money.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Oh he's only a lightweight Traitor.....

[tanyev]

3. Don't worry, Individual 1. I'm sure they'll send you to a light prison.

[DetlefK]

4. "Very legal. Very cool. Are you cool? I'm cool. Cool, cool, cool. Everything very legal. Cool."

Said no innocent person ever.

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[peekaloo]

23. I think his girlfriend, er, daughter twatted this

Big Bad Bob is looking at her involvement AND she's with Daddy at the G20.

[htuttle]

5. Are confessions via Twitter admissible in court?

Honestly, he's getting closer and closer to just blurting it all out one day.

What he just said here contradicts pretty much everything else he's ever said in denying 'collusion'.

How many video clips do we have of him denying that he has any business interest in 'Russher'?

[Docreed2003]

6. Light treason??

[Stuart G]

10. Those two words, "Light treason" tell the entire story..

...He has just admitted to....Light lies.
Light business dealings.

and..."LIGHT TREASON"



.......................................oops Humpty just fell off of the wall...........officially

[Julian Englis]

7. He mistyped "Lying,"

Fixed that for you tRump:

“Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run my business – very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign trail,” he added. “Lying, looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia. Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn’t do the project. Witch Hunt!”

[GusBob]

8. I knew this was coming

He sat and watched as his lawyer lied to congress about his business dealings with a hostile foreign power. Knowing the truth the whole time.

He has to admit to something. He has been caught in lies and he has to back peddle like crazy

We will see more of this as the truths come out

[Stuart G]

9. Now he says he did it "lightly"..not deeply, but "lightly..like "a little" or.."a light lie"

So there was a "little lie" and not a big one. ??? His lawyer is going to jail for those, "little lies"

Trump was doing "light business" in Russia and it was a "light lie".
...As the word on this gets out, Trump will gain additional footage as the stupidest fool in the world.. We now can see the depths to Trump can go to cover himself..But it is too late.


...........Humpty Trump has had a great fall
...........He fell off of the wall
...........All the kings horses and all the king's men
...........Couldn't put Trump together again.

[Stuart G]

11. Please look at this one...When did he write these 2? At 3:52AM and 3:59AM..OH My..?

.......Most people are sleeping at those times....but not Humpty Trump..

................ That is when he fell off of the wall...
................ And he will never get put together again....

................. Light lie?..

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

15. Must be his guilty conscience keeping him up

It can't be work because we all know he does essentially nothing as president.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

12. Easing into the confession n/t

[Cousin Dupree]

13. Very legal and very cool? Who talks like that??

[Shoonra]

14. But he LIED about it!

It may be entirely true that doing business with the Russians - or with Putin himself - is very legal and very cool.

But then, why did Trump lie about this while running for President (and also after being elected)?

The details keep coming out that, more than a hotel proposal, Trump was negotiating for illegal campaign assistance from the Russians and, having gotten elected with this illegal assistance, he is obligated to do the Russians' bidding (in a way that he does not feel obligated to the Americans who actually voted for him).

The latest demonstration of Trump's client-situation to the Russians is his refusal to take a strong stand against Russian aggression against Ukraine. Rather than confront Putin and argue about it, Trump cancels his meeting and hides in the closet. It cannot be fear of combat because Trump is now enthusiastically throwing thousands of American lives away in a no-win war in Afghanistan, the Graveyard of Empires. It can only be that Trump doesn't dare cross his real owners.

And, going back to it, Trump has continuously lied about his communications and negotiations - direct or through proxies - with Russians. He wouldn't feel the need to lie except his dealings involved something shameful and/or illegal.

[Stuart G]

16. Yes you are totally correct..I must add this: Trump was totally sure he could get away with it

Repeat......Trump was totally sure he could get away with lying with no consequences


..................WELL, WELL, WELL, ISN'T THAT SWELL..........

...................no consequences to breaking the law.. none, zero, nada, OH MY....!!!!!

[Grasswire2]

20. THAT means...

....he knew that critical members of Congress were also compromised and would stand down.

[PassingFair]

24. He's gotten away with it his whole life!

I really hope he’s hit a brick wall here.

[not fooled]

18. A light lie, and light treason

coming from a light president

[SWBTATTReg]

19. Traitor.

[Power 2 the People]

21. Lock him up!

[peekaloo]

22. Pull that cockroach Felix Sater further out into the light.

Interesting guy with an interesting background.