Trump Denies Report That He Calls Sessions ‘Mr. Magoo’

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Wash... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Saturday denied a new report in the Washington Post alleging that Trump will refer to Attorney General Jeff Sessions as “Mr. Magoo,” an old cartoon character of an elderly man with poor vision.

Trump also denied that he calls Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “Mr. Peepers,” another old character from a 1950s sitcom, as the Washington Post reported.

It’s well known that Trump remains frustrated with Sessions over his recusal from the Russia investigation and Trump reportedly considered firing Rosenstein recently following the FBI raid on his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

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  1. “I never called the reasonable and friendly Kim Jong Un ‘rocket man’. FAKE NEWS from warmongers!!”

  2. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Donnie always denies, which means he LIES. I think we should call him “Denyin’ Donnie.”

    Turnabout is fair play, don’t ya’ think?

  3. Avatar for danny danny says:

    I just dealt with a bully yesterday. They don’t like to be called out, will stubbornly deny everything, and will lash out instead of being reasonable. Trump is a classic bully.

  4. Trump is truly the “cream of the crap!”

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