{"id":40730,"date":"2019-03-01T10:46:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40730"},"modified":"2019-03-01T22:26:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T06:26:56","slug":"plead-the-25th-trump-disgorges-an-insane-tweetstorm-about-an-imaginary-michael-cohen-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40730","title":{"rendered":"Plead the 25th: Trump Disgorges an Insane Tweetstorm About an Imaginary Michael Cohen Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like Clockwork. Whenever Donald Trump is the most fearful about his snowballing legal peril, he lashes out from his Twitter throne with the most deranged and groundless spasms of utter nonsense he can contrive given his obviously advanced mental infirmity. And on Friday morning he didn&#8217;t disappoint. The fury that he unleashed only affirms just how recent events have driven him to near incapacitation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-toilet-golden-tweeting.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38963\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/2596654313682681\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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>Trump just returned from Vietnam where he engineered an historic failure to achieve any of the progress that he promised prior to his meeting with his girlfriend (<em>&#8220;We fell in love&#8221;<\/em>), Kim Jong Un. As Jimmy Kimmel put it, <em>&#8220;Trump literally got more done in his summit with Kim Kardashian.&#8221;<\/em> And while Trump was embarrassing America abroad, his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was dishing on him in a hearing before the House Oversight Committee. His testimony was so damaging that even the senior judicial analyst at Fox News recognized that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40720\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump could be liable for as many as four felonies<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s at times like these that Trump totally freaks out and decides to go public with his delusions and make things even worse. The following tweets are some of the best arguments that Trump is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36318\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suffering from senile dementia<\/a><\/strong> and needs to be evaluated for a possible invocation of the 25th Amendment. He starts off with this pile of blathering falsehoods:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow, just revealed that Michael Cohen wrote a \u201clove letter to Trump\u201d manuscript for a new book that he was pushing. Written and submitted long after Charlottesville and Helsinki, his phony reasons for going rogue. Book is exact opposite of his fake testimony, which now is a lie!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1101467190824439808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>First of all, nothing about this was either <em>&#8220;new&#8221;<\/em> or <em>&#8220;just released.&#8221;<\/em> In fact, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/michael-cohen-kills-his-own-book-on-the-trump-revolution-amid-legal-woes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Daily Beast reported<\/a><\/strong> on a proposal for a book by Cohen last May. It was tentatively titled <em>&#8220;Trump Revolution: From The Tower to The White House, Understanding Donald J. Trump.&#8221;<\/em> But it was scrapped due to his legal problems that were beginning to spin out of control. Also, why is Trump always so obsessed with people writing him <em>&#8220;love letters,&#8221;<\/em> ala Kim Jong Un? And then Trump tweets that:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congress must demand the transcript of Michael Cohen\u2019s new book, given to publishers a short time ago. Your heads will spin when you see the lies, misrepresentations and contradictions  against his Thursday testimony. Like a different person! He is totally discredited!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1101469141213630464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Congress cannot demand something that doesn&#8217;t exist. There was never a book published or even submitted to the publisher. So it&#8217;s impossible to figure out what Trump is referring to that is so head spinning. But it shouldn&#8217;t surprise anyone if the pitch for the book featured a vastly different characterization of Trump than the one that Cohen is presenting now. A year ago he was still shilling for the President and telling what he now concedes were lies. The difference between his statements then and now is that now he&#8217;s making them under oath. Nevertheless, Trump continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh\u2019 I see! Now that the 2 year Russian Collusion case has fallen apart, there was no Collusion except bye Crooked Hillary and the Democrats, they say, \u201cgee, I have an idea, let\u2019s look at Trump\u2019s finances and every deal he has ever done. Let\u2019s follow discredited Michael Cohen&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1101472084730003457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;and the fraudulent and dishonest statements he made on Wednesday. No way, it\u2019s time to stop this corrupt and illegally brought Witch Hunt. Time to start looking at the other side where real crimes were committed. Republicans have been abused long enough. Must end now!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1101473899357880321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>No &#8211; It&#8217;s clear that Trump does not see. The case for his conspiracy with Russia is stronger than ever. And there is still no evidence of any wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton, even after thousands of hours of investigations by a Republican congress. If there were, Trump&#8217;s Justice Department would have brought indictments. What&#8217;s more, the only reason Trump&#8217;s finances are being scrutinized is that there is so much evidence of criminal activity. If this is a <em>&#8220;Witch Hunt&#8221;<\/em> then it&#8217;s already found a vast coven of witches. And finally:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Cohen\u2019s book manuscript shows that he committed perjury on a scale not seen before. He must have forgotten about his book when he testified. What does Hillary Clinton\u2019s lawyer, Lanny Davis, say about this one. Is he being paid by Crooked Hillary. Using her lawyer?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1101476470034259968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How does Trump know what Cohen&#8217;s book manuscript shows? Does he have a copy? Why doesn&#8217;t he just release that to the public? Perhaps because it doesn&#8217;t exist. Even the prospective publisher said that he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/03\/01\/trump-michael-cohen-book-1197243\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">never received a manuscript<\/a><\/strong>. And Trump shouldn&#8217;t be portraying others as lying <em>&#8220;on a scale not seen before,&#8221;<\/em> considering the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/01\/21\/president-trump-made-false-or-misleading-claims-his-first-two-years\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">documentation of his lies<\/a><\/strong> since taking office that now exceed over 8,000. As for Lanny Davis (who is not Hillary Clinton&#8217;s lawyer), why does Trump care what he has to say? He is representing Cohen and will surely take positions that advance Cohen&#8217;s interest. And he&#8217;ll probably be more effective than Trump&#8217;s legal team headed by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38875\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">always entertaining Rudy Giuliani<\/a><\/strong>.<\/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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So Trump is once again displaying the signs of a man consumed by fear who has no idea how to respond to the numerous and legitimate allegations swirling around him. So he posts incoherent tirades on Twitter that are filled with lies and slander. And for some reason he thinks this will be helpful. Well, he&#8217;s kind of right. It will be very helpful to special counsel Robert Mueller and the prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Clockwork. Whenever Donald Trump is the most fearful about his snowballing legal peril, he lashes out from his Twitter throne with the most deranged and groundless spasms of utter nonsense he can contrive given his obviously advanced mental infirmity. And on Friday morning he didn&#8217;t disappoint. The fury that he unleashed only affirms just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[1,1200,13,16],"tags":[554,33,31,1263,322,1299],"class_list":["post-40730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-politics","category-scandalous","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-lanny-davis","tag-michael-cohen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-toilet-golden-tweeting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-aAW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35376,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35376","url_meta":{"origin":40730,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Implies That Donald Trump is Just as Batty as Kim Jong-Un. 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