{"id":38888,"date":"2018-08-19T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T22:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38888"},"modified":"2018-08-19T15:08:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T22:08:31","slug":"truth-isnt-truth-trump-unleashes-a-tweetstorm-of-frantic-desperation-and-fearful-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38888","title":{"rendered":"Truth Isn&#8217;t Truth? Trump Unleashes a Tweetstorm of Frantic Desperation and Fearful Guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump couldn&#8217;t look more guilty if he tattooed it on his forehead in neon ink. Everything he does and says these days reinforces his fear and unambiguous knowledge that he and his crime family are in deep legal peril. And it gets worse when he has time off (from golfing) to act out on Twitter. That&#8217;s what happened Sunday morning as the President hammered out half a dozen tweets protesting (too much) that&#8217;s innocent, dammit!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-scream.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36745\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2296579053690210\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tone and substance of these tweets are almost pathetically begging for absolution from a bevy of sins that he knows he committed. What&#8217;s more, most of these ravings are merely repetitions of the same carping he has been unloading for months. He has become a robo-bitcher whose mindless outbursts make little sense and avoid facts at all costs. He began by trotting out his familiar, and untrue, nickname for the New York Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The failing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type \u201cRAT.\u201d But I allowed him and all others to testify &#8211; I didn\u2019t have to. I have nothing to hide&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031134125602820096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just set aside that no matter how many times he tries, he simply can&#8217;t spell <em>&#8220;counsel&#8221;<\/em> correctly. More to the point, Trump&#8217;s characterization of White House Lawyer Don McGahn as a loyal subject flies in the face of reality. You don&#8217;t sit for thirty hours of testimony with a special prosecutor without supplying some critical information. And Trump didn&#8217;t even bother to refute the allegation in the Times that McGahn was afraid that Trump was setting him up to be the fall guy.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse is Trump&#8217;s slap at John Dean. During the Watergate affair, Dean had the job that McGahn has today. He courageously came forward to tell the truth about the crimes being committed in Richard Nixon&#8217;s White House. He is generally regarded as a hero for having told the truth under immense pressure. And for that, Trump thinks he&#8217;s a <em>&#8220;RAT.&#8221;<\/em> Which makes perfect sense because Trump thinks that anyone who might tell the truth about him would be vermin. Trump is allergic to the truth, which is why he avoids it so studiously. But the fact that he thinks Dean is a rat, while the rest of America is grateful for his patriotic service, putting country before party, shows just how deranged Trump is.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also congratulating himself on his alleged <em>&#8220;transparency&#8221;<\/em> for <em>&#8220;allowing&#8221;<\/em> McGahn to talk to special counsel Robert Mueller. That was not exactly his call. If he had tried to claim executive privilege he would have set off a court battle that he likely would have lost. And the loss would have opened the door to more access to his staff and more trouble for him. And then there was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;.and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing &#8211; McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller &amp; his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side &#8211; Media is even worse!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031137499995930624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Notice that Trump slipped in the required <em>&#8220;witch hunt&#8221;<\/em> reference which, by executive order, must appear in at least one out of every five tweets. And he continues ranting about his fake transparency. He says he allowed <em>&#8220;all others&#8221;<\/em> to be interviewed by Mueller. But he left someone important to the investigation out: himself. If he really wants this probe to end he needs to sit down with Mueller and try not to lie (admittedly, a difficult task for him). If he really has nothing to hide he should schedule that meeting today. And then there was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No Collusion and No Obstruction, except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. All of the resignations and corruption, yet heavily conflicted Bob Mueller refuses to even look in that direction. What about the Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Strzok lies to Congress, or Crooked\u2019s Emails!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031141396776984576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is just Trump having a <em>&#8220;whataboutism&#8221;<\/em> seizure. One of his favorite defenses is to accuse others of crimes that he is committing. And then there was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Failing New York Times wrote a story that made it seem like the White House Councel had TURNED on the President, when in fact it is just the opposite &#8211; &amp; the two Fake reporters knew this. This is why the Fake News Media has become the Enemy of the People. So bad for America!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031150465759633408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here Trump is repeating what said a an hour earlier. But he also took the opportunity to repeat his Stalinist, anti-First Amendment screed about the media being <em>&#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;<\/em> And then there was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some members of the media are very Angry at the Fake Story in the New York Times. They actually called to complain and apologize &#8211; a big step forward. From the day I announced, the Times has been Fake News, and with their disgusting new Board Member, it will only get worse!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031152483949838336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Talk about your fake news. If anyone in the media called to <em>&#8220;complain and apologize&#8221;<\/em> it could only have been Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, or some other similarly bootlicking Trump-fluffer trying to keep his spirits up. I guarantee that no credible journalist called him for that purpose. This is something <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-08-16\/trump-s-speeches-feature-mystery-men-the-white-house-won-t-name\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he does frequently<\/a><\/strong>, but then refuses to provide any names. And finally there was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031154974942810114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Holy crap. Trump is attempting to draw a parallel between the corrupt and corrosive Sen. Joe McCarthy and reporters doing their jobs exactly as they are supposed to. And advising people to study McCarthy is hysterical because you can bet the bank that he never did. Unless, of course, it was get pointers on how to be a demagogic sleazeball. What he isn&#8217;t saying is that McCarthy&#8217;s right-hand man,<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/24\/opinions\/lawyer-trump-wants-has-been-dead-32-years-callan\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Roy Cohn<\/a><\/strong>, was Trump&#8217;s close friend and mentor. He even wished he had a lawyer like Cohn.<\/p>\n<p>After unleashing this flood of whining and victimization, Trump looks more guilty than ever. When was the last time an innocent man lashed out with such wild, incoherent blather? And no matter how often he howls <em>&#8220;no collusion, no obstruction of justice, witch hunt,&#8221;<\/em> etc., it will not change the facts that are causing him to tremble in fear. While Rudy Giuliani may believe that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38875\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;truth isn&#8217;t truth,&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> the rest of the civilized world knows what hogwash that is. Just wait until he tries to explain that to a jury.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump couldn&#8217;t look more guilty if he tattooed it on his forehead in neon ink. Everything he does and says these days reinforces his fear and unambiguous knowledge that he and his crime family are in deep legal peril. And it gets worse when he has time off (from golfing) to act out on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,1200],"tags":[1336,554,627,1335,79,1247],"class_list":["post-38888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","tag-mcgahn","tag-donald-trump","tag-joe-mccarthy","tag-john-dean","tag-new-york-times","tag-robert-mueller"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-scream.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-a7e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43387,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43387","url_meta":{"origin":38888,"position":0},"title":"Where in the World is Donald Trump? 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