Investigation or no, the evidence has always been right in front of us. Here it is./1
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1. “Putin has become a big hero in Russia with an all time high popularity,”Trump tweeted as Russia seized Ukrainian bases and vessels in Crimea.
2.”When people call you brilliant, it’s always good,especially when the person heads up Russia.”
3.”A lot of good things can happen with Russia if we get along well..Putin does not respect our president,..our president does not like Putin..I watch those 2 sitting in 2 chairs looking at each other..&say, ‘Wow,that’s really bad chemistry.’”
“Our country does plenty of killing also..At least he’s a leader, you know, unlike we have in this country.” Again, Trump marveled at Putin’s approval ratings, noting that they were “in the 80s” while “Obama’s in the 30s &low 40s.”
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”
“No, it gives me no pause..If Russia or China or any other country has those emails, I mean, to be honest with you, I’d love to see them.”
“Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: ‘In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity.’ So true!”
“If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability,” he said.
“Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is ‘A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION”.
2 days later:”Russia says nothing exists.Probably released by ‘Intelligence’ even knowing there is no proof, &never will be.”
He brushed aside Putin’s bloody history, asking, “What, you think our country’s so innocent?”
“I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.”
“Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?),” he tweeted.
“The whole Russian thing,”is a “ruse..a fabricated deal to try &make up for the loss of the Democrats.”
“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump told Lavrov &Kislyev.
“I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”
Trump alarmed his aides by sharing highly sensitive intelligence with the Russians.
Any candidate would have accepted the Russian offer. “That’s very standard in politics,” he said.
He tweeted that Putin “vehemently denied” having meddled in the election.
“Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low,” Trump tweeted. “You can thank Congress, the same people that can’t even give us [health] care!”
“The Russia hoax continues, now it’s ads on Facebook,” he tweeted.
“Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ ” said Trump. “I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. … I think he’s very insulted by it, if you want to know the truth.”[Re:Interference]
“President Putin would be tremendously helpful..But this artificial barrier gets in the way.I call it ‘artificial Democrat barrier.’..a shame that something like that can destroy a very important potential relationship between 2 countries.”
“You hear it’s 17 agencies.Well, it’s 3. And one is Brennan, &one is whatever.I mean,give me a break. They’re political hacks..You have Brennan,you have Clapper, &you have Comey. Comey is proven now to be a liar,&he’s proven to be a leaker..”
“..So U look at that,&U have President Putin very strongly, vehemently says he had nothing to do w/that..Democrats wanted to have a good relationship w/Russia, but they couldn’t..because they didn’t have the talent..[or]chemistry to do it.”
“Bush tried to get along, but didn’t have the ‘smarts,’ ” Trump wrote. “Obama and Clinton tried, but didn’t have the energy or chemistry.”
“Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama,” Trump tweeted.
“Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse,” he tweeted, “thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!”
“The whole concept” of Russian interference, said Trump, had been concocted “as a reason why the Democrats lost.”
He demanded to know “why the FBI never took the server.” And he concluded: “President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.”
“And President Putin said ..when we started,he said:”It’s really a shame,because we could do so much good.”..When he went in,he said,”What a shame.”He felt it was very hard for me to make a deal because of,you know,all of this nonsense.”
Mueller’s team was so rotten that it probably wouldn’t accept Putin’s “incredible offer” to work w/Russia in investigating the indicted Russian officers. Putin had generously “said that Robert Mueller’s people could go with them..”
“..But they probably won’t want to. The 13 angry Democrats—you think they’re going to want to go? I don’t think so.”
“The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation w/Russia,even a confrontation that could lead to war,” Trump tweeted. “The Summit w/Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media.”
“The U.S. can’t have a president who’s mentally incapable of uniting our country,acknowledging an attack on it,putting its interests before his own,or distinguishing foreign from domestic influence. No one who is that morally defective can fulfill the oath of office.”