Senator John McCain did not mince words in his statement: “Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence,
and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake.” The Arizona Republican senator added, “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.”
Suddenly the word “treason” became part of the public debate about Trump. The former CIA director John Brennan called Trump’s comments “nothing short of treasonous.” A dam had broken.
At about 8:30 in the morning on July 17, Trump called counselor Kellyanne Conway, who was at her West Wing desk, and told her to meet him in the private dining room off the Oval Office. The president was upset.
He had been watching brutal cable television analysis about his “I don’t see any reason why it would be” comment.
“That isn’t what I said,” Trump told Conway.
“It is what you said,” Conway told him.
“I didn’t say that,” the president insisted. “Why would I say that?”
“That’s a great question,” Conway said. “Why did you say that?”
“It is what you said,” Conway told him.
“I didn’t say that,” the president insisted. “Why would I say that?”
“That’s a great question,” Conway said. “Why did you say that?”
Trump had written down what he meant to say in Helsinki: “I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia.” He handed Conway the piece of paper. “I meant to say this,” he told her. “Here, go out🤣🤔 and tell everybody that this is what I meant to say.”😣
“No,” Conway said. “I think you should do that. . . .
“You need to clear that up right away,” she added. “That’s not just a difference of three letters. That’s a difference of intent.”
“You need to clear that up right away,” she added. “That’s not just a difference of three letters. That’s a difference of intent.”
🍊 loathed John McCain. Even as the Arizona senator was dying of brain cancer at his Sedona ranch, Trump attacked him at his rallies over his decisive 2017 vote against the GOP’s proposed health-care overhaul....Rest in PEACE Mr McCain🥺 your vote saved MANY People from dying!
After McCain passed away on August 25, 2018, at the age of eighty-one, Trump stubbornly rejected his aides’ suggestion to issue a statement about his death. 😣😖
The White House briefly flew the American flag at full 😣😖staff, even though Washington protocol dictated that it remain at half-staff until the senator was laid to rest.
