Trump Boosts Manafort’s Credibility Then Quickly Backpedals All In One Tweet

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican nominee Donald Trump, Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, and his daughter Ivanka Trump do a walk thru at the Republican Convention, July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleve... CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican nominee Donald Trump, Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, and his daughter Ivanka Trump do a walk thru at the Republican Convention, July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Brooks Kraft/ Getty Images) MORE LESS
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As the second day of the Paul Manafort trial gets underway, President Donald Trump threw his old pal a bone — then quickly snatched it back.

After bolstering Manafort’s credentials, Trump quickly washed his hands of his former campaign chairman. He also threw in that the Manafort case is completely divorced from the Russia-Trump collusion investigation, seeking to distance himself from Manafort’s legal troubles.

Though the trial will center on Manafort’s alleged bank and tax fraud among other things, he was still charged as part of Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s probe in a move many saw as an attempt to get Manafort to flip on others connected to the Trump campaign.

However, Trump’s attempt to minimize Manafort’s closeness to him has been a frequent team Trump tactic, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway becoming the most recent aide to emphasize their separation.

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  1. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    However, Trump’s attempt to minimize Manafort’s closeness to him has been a frequent team Trump tactic, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway becoming the most recent aide to emphasize their separation.

    The same could just as easily be said of the WH efforts to separate themselves from reality.

  2. It’s the funhouse mirror bizarro image of three-dimensional chess—it’s this snarled-up bird’s nest of mutually conflicting intertwined strands of bullshit. Sheer dumbness doesn’t get you there. You have to be mentally ill as well.

  3. Yeah, fucktard … just weigh in on the credibility of witnesses in an ongoing trial. No problem with that.

    What do you have to say about Gates? He worked for you longer than Mueller did. Must be a top-notch, honest, believable guy, huh? (See: Cohen, Michael, for character description tied to loyalty.)

  4. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    You assume that anyone who works for the Demented Donnie has any credibility?

  5. Under oath, if ever. :smile:

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