This may be Trump's stupidest tweet ever.
The Guardian reported *years ago* that the counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign began in late 2015 based on intel from *seven* allies. I wrote a 2,500-page trilogy about it.
Trump and the Right pretend we *just learned it*.
The Guardian reported *years ago* that the counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign began in late 2015 based on intel from *seven* allies. I wrote a 2,500-page trilogy about it.
Trump and the Right pretend we *just learned it*.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1339768443042738176
If you want to know how *ignorant* about the Russia investigation Trump, his sycophants, and all his supporters are, look no further than them believing that the Russia investigation began with George Papadopoulos in 2016—when everyone else has known for *years* it began in 2015.
I'm actually livid about this, as not only have there been 3 bestsellers about this counterintelligence probe, but I've tweeted out that Guardian article maybe 40 times since it was published.
Had major media done more to spread the word, Trump wouldn't be able to play dumb now.
Had major media done more to spread the word, Trump wouldn't be able to play dumb now.
So now you have half the country feverishly believing they've just discovered some big secret in an FBI-agent text, when what they've discovered is info that was *publicly available domestically and internationally* beginning *years* ago and that they *willfully* chose to ignore.
In writing 3 books about the investigation into Trump's campaign, the *first question I encountered* was, "When did these investigations begin?" It *also* should've been the first issue considered by media. It *also* should've been the first issue considered by Trump. But *nope*.
So we have Trump spending almost 4 years whining about investigations he clearly didn't know *even the very first thing about*, half the voters in this country *similarly worked up and ignorant*, and our national media doing almost nothing to erect a clear investigative timeline.
Like imagine that your chief topic of conversation for nearly 4 years has been cats. All day long you tweet and rant and whine and give speeches about cats. And at the end of those four years it's revealed that you've confused *mice* and cats. Cat scholars would be pretty pissed.
So here's the article from *over three and a half years ago* that many books have been written about but that @joelpollak—the stupidest effing diarist ever to pretend to be a journalist—clearly never saw, allowing him to "break news" 44 effing months late. google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
There was never—*ever*—an "official narrative" saying that federal law enforcement first began investigating the Trump campaign because of George Papadopoulos.
That was the claim made by *Papadopoulos*, who of course was *under indictment for lying to the FBI at the time*.
JFC!
That was the claim made by *Papadopoulos*, who of course was *under indictment for lying to the FBI at the time*.
JFC!
I understand that folks see hyperbole in my claim that this is Trump's stupidest tweet. But consider: Russia and the Russia investigation has been his chief topic of conversation since he's been in politics. This tweet is like admitting he hasn't even read *pg. 1* on the subject.
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