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Trump Admits that He Fired Comey Because of Russia

Did Trump admit that he fired Comey to relieve pressure over the Russia Investigation?


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eldios

Active Member
Did Trump finally admit that he fired Comey because of his frustration with the Russia investigation? And, did he also admit that he thought firing Comey would relieve the pressure from the investigation?

I admit, I am hesitant to even think Trump would be that dumb. But, the recent alleged statement from Trump and Spicey's almost confirmation of that comment seem to back it up.

From Trump hit by twin Russia bombshells as he departs for foreign trip

“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump said, according to the Times. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

White House press secretary Sean Spicer offered a statement that did not dispute Trump’s quotes and instead presented them as the president talking frankly about the “pressure” Comey had put on Trump’s diplomatic responsibilities.

He also attacked the leaks coming out of the U.S. government.

"The President has always emphasized the importance of making deals with Russia as it relates to Syria, Ukraine, defeating ISIS and other key issues for the benefit and safety of the American people. By grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia's actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia,” Spicer said in the statement.


PLEASE DON'T RESORT TO CALLING POLITICO OR THE NYT "FAKE NEWS" AS YOUR ARGUMENT (WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT). IF YOU THINK IT IS A COMPLETELY FABRICATED STORY, PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY AND EXPLAIN SPICER'S COMMENT ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

I'm sure Trump thought Comey should keep quiet about an investigation that doesn't have any evidence yet to talk about. Even if they do have evidence, Comey should keep quiet until the Department of Justice decides to do something about it. The talk about Russia is using up valuable journalistic time to talk about his achievements which they don't seem to want to talk about.
 

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
Then I'll make it clear, if it looks like a demolition, it probably is a demolition.
Maybe flying a plane into a skyscraper also looks like a demolition. If appearances are all you're going on, then how do you control for the possibility that one method of destruction might look similar to another method of destruction?
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
Then I'll make it clear, if it looks like a demolition, it probably is a demolition.
*sigh* Again, a few of the videos in that playlist already address this, but since you choose to wallow in willful ignorance, I'll present one here:

 
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Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
I'm sure Trump thought Comey should keep quiet about an investigation that doesn't have any evidence yet to talk about. Even if they do have evidence, Comey should keep quiet until the Department of Justice decides to do something about it. The talk about Russia is using up valuable journalistic time to talk about his achievements which they don't seem to want to talk about.
I'm sorry, but the possible collusion of our President with Russia is kinda important.

I don't get Trump supporters. They talked about Benghazi and emails for years, but a couple months of talking about possible treason by our actual President, and they are already bored.

Im also not really sure what achievements we should be talking about. Yes, he nominated a reasonable SC Justice, and McConnell made sure he got approved. Otherwise... what is there? His travel bans have been a PR and legal nightmare. His healthcare and tax initiatives are looking crappy and not going very far. What am I missing?
 

eldios

Active Member
I'm sorry, but the possible collusion of our President with Russia is kinda important.

I don't get Trump supporters. They talked about Benghazi and emails for years, but a couple months of talking about possible treason by our actual President, and they are already bored.

Im also not really sure what achievements we should be talking about. Yes, he nominated a reasonable SC Justice, and McConnell made sure he got approved. Otherwise... what is there? His travel bans have been a PR and legal nightmare. His healthcare and tax initiatives are looking crappy and not going very far. What am I missing?

I don't vote for any liars because the last liar I voted for told us that we wouldn't be paying more taxes or going to war. We ended up paying more taxes and going to war in Iraq.

However, I do know that most people who watch the MSM are getting a mindful of Russian stories without any evidence to support those stories. That's what Trump wants to stop so that MSM viewers can start hearing about the good things that he is doing as the President of the U.S.A.
 

Riders

Well-Known Member
I don't think it's "fake news," but merely repeating what amounts to rumor and speculation doesn't really give us anything solid to go on.


Its rumour and speculation? Listen to me, I did not have sex with that young woman! All I did was use a cigar, I didn't know what you meant by the word sex.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
I don't get Trump supporters. They talked about Benghazi and emails for years, but a couple months of talking about possible treason by our actual President, and they are already bored.
Frankly, I think this is the case because so many of them think they're getting "news" from the likes of Fox, Limbaugh, Breitbart, etc.

I was watching Fox one day last week during one of the evening hours, and even though there was quite scandalous news relating to Trump, most of what they talked about dealt with leaks and Hillary's server scandal and how she should be put on trial. And, in their mind, she was guilty. Hannity totally avoided during his hour even mentioning anything about any of the Trump scandals, spending most of the program dealing with Hillary.
 

Kemosloby

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Maybe flying a plane into a skyscraper also looks like a demolition. If appearances are all you're going on, then how do you control for the possibility that one method of destruction might look similar to another method of destruction?

WTC 7 wasn't hit by an airplane. It had a couple small fires, 99% of it's windows even appear intact when it collapsed demolition style, visible demolition exposions coming out the side. Then you have the owner of the building Larry Goldstein saying "they decided to pull it" which is demolition talk for a demolition. But demolition is not part of the official story. I believe they say debris from the other trade centers damaged it and it collapsed. But it looked in fairly good condition to me.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
However, I do know that most people who watch the MSM are getting a mindful of Russian stories without any evidence to support those stories.
That's really not true as both Democrats and an increasing number of Republicans do agree that there's sufficient reason to suspect Russian collusion by members of this administration, but the big questions are whom and how much?
 

eldios

Active Member
That's really not true as both Democrats and an increasing number of Republicans do agree that there's sufficient reason to suspect Russian collusion by members of this administration, but the big questions are whom and how much?

Do you know how a story can be told without any evidence of that story ever happening the way it's being told?

Here's an experiment that we learned as children at a birthday party. We all got in a line and the first one in line told a story to the person next in the line Then that person told the same story to the one standing next to that person. By the time the last person tells the story to all the kids in the line, the story was completely different than the first person who told the story.

This is how liars work in this world.
 
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