Trump For Some Reason Says Sondland’s Testimony Was A ‘Win’

US President Donald Trump reads from his notes as he talks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, November 20, 2019, en route to Austin, Texas. (Photo by Joshu... US President Donald Trump reads from his notes as he talks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, November 20, 2019, en route to Austin, Texas. (Photo by Joshua Lott / AFP) (Photo by JOSHUA LOTT/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump had a positive reaction to the public testimony of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, despite the official’s damning testimony earlier Wednesday.

During an Apple manufacturing facility tour in Austin, Trump told reporters that Sondland’s testimony was “fantastic” and that it proved that he “did absolutely nothing wrong.”

“I think they have to end it now. There was no quid pro quo,” Trump said, according to CNN. “Not only did we win today; it’s over.”

While reading from handwritten notes on Sondland’s testimony, Trump asked: “Why didn’t he put this statement into his opening remarks?”

“We have no due process, we can’t have anything, and yet, not only did we win today, it’s over, and some of the fair press of which there isn’t too much, said this thing is over,” Trump said, according to CNN.

Sondland testified Wednesday that there was a quid pro quo related to military aid to Ukraine and that key senior officials in the Trump administration knew of the scheme.

CNN reported that Trump then claimed that he doesn’t know Sondland “very well” and described him as “a guy that got put there.”

“He came over to me after I defeated other people, I defeated them all,” Trump said, according to CNN.

In a statement obtained by the Washington Post, the White House said Wednesday night that Sondland’s testimony “completely exonerates” Trump.

“Though much of today’s testimony by Ambassador Sondland was related to his presumptions and beliefs, rather than hard facts, he testified to the fact that President Trump never told him that a White House meeting or the aid to Ukraine was tied to receiving a public statement from President Zelensky,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said.

Watch Trump’s remarks below:

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  1. It would be nice to see this douche go down.

  2. “Not only did we win today; it’s over.”

    Heh.

    We will.

  3. “Not only did we win today; it’s over.”

    Yeah because he is the one that decides what the House of Representatives does.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    He rejects your reality and substitutes his own.

  5. He never said “quid” or “quo” so how could there be a quid pro quo? Trying to make it about the latin phrase, not the behavior itself - this has been Trump’s mindset all along.

    The testimony was bad enough that some of the loyal are now looking for a scapegoat. Mayor Rudy is top of the list. I don’t think Rudy is down with that idea, though.

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