Trump: ‘Many People At The Higher Ends Of Intelligence’ Loved Putin Presser

HELSINKI, FINLAND JULY 16, 2018: US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin give a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by ... HELSINKI, FINLAND JULY 16, 2018: US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin give a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In his classic style, President Donald Trump battled criticism Wednesday with the affirmation of an unnamed multitude of people who think he did a great job.

In this case, “so many people” approved of his joint presser with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite the widespread critiques he’s since received.

Trump has tried to walk back his disastrous performance in Helsinki—when he refused to denounce Putin for the Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. election—with a flimsy excuse that he misspoke.

Trump was forced into the awkward pseudo-retraction of his words after an outpouring of disapproval from even some of his staunchest allies.

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  1. Everyone and everything in orbit around this fool just makes me exhausted.

  2. Really Spanky? Name one. I doubt that any member of your staff would say for the record that they loved it, with the exception of Madame Hamhock, but she doesn’t strike me as a person of higher intelligence (phi). What do you do to get designated a phi, is there a degree program?

  3. “So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki…” Yes, no doubt your masters at Russian intelligence were wetting their pants with “loved it” you fucking TRAITOR TO AMERICA.

  4. No doubt, for those’ ‘high’ on the Dunning-Kruger effect scale.

  5. WTF?? What is it with this ape? Now he thinks kindergarten insults are going to make things better.

    Face it, Dickhead, we all know you are a moron, and those people “at the higher end of intelligence” just flatter you because you’re a useful idiot.

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