In a weird and stunning admission from Donald Trump, the President of the United States told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that if a foreign power came to him with information on his political opponent in 2020 that he’d think he’ll ‘take it’.
Um… didn’t we just have a huge investigation about this?
Via ABC News:
“I think you might want to listen, there isn’t anything wrong with listening,” Trump continued. “If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] ‘we have information on your opponent’ — oh, I think I’d want to hear it.”
President Trump made the remark during an exclusive interview with ABC News over the course of two days, wherein Stephanopoulos joined the president on a visit to Iowa and back to Washington for a day inside the White House.
“It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it,” Trump said. “If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI — if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, ‘oh let’s call the FBI.’ The FBI doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that’s the way it is. It’s called oppo research.”
As far as notifying the FBI in regards to this ‘oppo research’, Trump weighed in on that as well…
“I’ll tell you what, I’ve seen a lot of things over my life. I don’t think in my whole life I’ve ever called the FBI. In my whole life. You don’t call the FBI. You throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever you do,” Trump continued. “Oh, give me a break – life doesn’t work that way.”
“The FBI director said that is what should happen,” Stephanopoulos replied, referring to comments FBI Director Christopher Wray made during congressional testimony last month, when he told lawmakers “the FBI would want to know about” any foreign election meddling.
But on Wednesday, the president refuted Wray’s sentiment.
“The FBI director is wrong, because frankly it doesn’t happen like that in life,” Trump said. “Now maybe it will start happening, maybe today you’d think differently.”
Holy fuck! I mean his advisors have to be slamming their heads against the walls of the White House as we speak. Seriously, Trump slams the Mueller investigation saying it was investigating a ‘hoax’, he blasts House democrats for their ‘phony witch hunt’ then he goes and says shit like this? The only thing this does is almost force Nancy Pelosi’s hand when it comes to initiating an impeachment proceeding and give more fuel to the fire for the liberal Alex Jones types like Rachel Maddow.
EVEN if he has every intention of using information from a foreign government against his opponent in the 2020 election, you don’t fucking admit it on national television. You say I’m going to follow proper procedure to report this to the FBI and hang up the phone.
Damn…
